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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1929
Page
2
A historical appraisal argues farmers are thrifty buyers who favor best value. It highlights farmers read catalogs, expect refunds, and drive mail order success through persistent follow-up advertising. It urges home merchants to study catalogs, adopt leaders and persistent newspaper ads to compete.
The piece argues taxes are necessary but many levels of government wasteful. It calls for taxpayer protest and action to curb duplication and expense, urging sharper business discipline in public administration to raise efficiency. Public accountability could improve roads courts and schools.
An open letter from Count Kalergi, head of the Pan European Union, asks President Hoover for moral support and active sympathy to foster a united Europe modeled after the United States. He argues Europe’s division harms global progress and urges unity to stop social and economic disaster. Myron T. Herrick, former U.S. ambassador to France, dies in Paris at 74 after long service. Foreign wages analysis shows American workers earn far higher real wages than European counterparts, widening the purchasing power gap.
A collection of quotes and notes on advertising value, the Rockefeller Foundation and Brazilian government teaming on a three year yellow fever elimination program, the French Senate’s ratification of the Kellogg Peace Pact, and Henry Ford on personal inspection and progress.
A narrator notes shared porches and doorways as symbol of global closeness. She argues daily contact makes neighbors and nations closer, predicting air travel links 48 states and reshaping transport, mail, money, and goods across a world drawn together by common interests. Friendship becomes essential for near and far lives.
Reverend Henry T. Caldwell is transferred to Church Hill Maryland and Reverend Harvey Huffnal arrives as the new pastor. The Woman's Unity Club will meet in the community building on Wednesday April 17 featuring hostesses Nettie Satterfield Pauline Hopkins and families Ellwanger and Murphy. Visitors from Marcus Hook and Anderson Town joined Mr and Mrs Fountain for Sunday. Extensions note visits from Denton Pocomoke Philadelphia and local households.
Ten room house equipped with bath and electric lights located on Courthouse Square in Denton Apply to T Fred Towers Denton Md.
Twenty five years ago this week Ridgely ball players aimed for the pennant again as local news noted market activity and town improvements. A sale of the B Parris farm for 3300 dollars to a Pennsylvanian was reported along with sidewalks to be paved in Federalsburg. Rev E T Mowbray returned to Hagerstown for another year and the Baltimore M E Conference adjourned.
Vernon community announces a Shadow and Pie Social at Patterson's School Townsend Delaware on Tuesday evening April 16 hosted by the P T A with a rain date the next evening Proceeds benefit the school and picnic All invited with entertainment ice cream and cake for sale Mrs R Wesley Ross attended the New Castle County Teachers Convention and banquet at the Du Pont Biltmore Hotel in Wilmington on Saturday It was a delightful affair and greatly enjoyed Rev W T Archer of Union M P Church has helped repaint Piney M P Church near Denton Mrs Gladys Burchenal bought a home in Milford and with Mr and Mrs Gorton is keeping house there Mrs R Wesley Ross recently guest of cousin Mrs Kathleen Gorton of Milford Rev W T Archer was a visitor to R Wesley Ross Prof and Mrs J O Messner and children took an out of town trip during the holidays Mr and Mrs E D C Hedgeman of Denton visited Milford during the holidays.
Maryland clergy listings show assignments for M E ministers with names tied to towns including Queenstown Tidgely Rock Hall Royal Oak St. Michaels Smyrna Peel Pond Betterton Wis. Sadlersville Tilghian Townsend Trappe Wye Mills and Starr. assignments list senior pastors and supply roles across several communities.
A list of church locations and pastors in Delaware and Maryland with supply assignments. Includes Dover East New Market Felton Frederica Georgetown Laurel Milford Nassau Rehoboth Seaford and Windsor plus numerous circuits and ministers like J. P. Sutton Alfred White and W. R. Woodell.
A long readable roster lists churches and clergy across Maryland and Virginia with paired names and locations such as Berlin W E Greenfield and Ocean City Otis P Jefferson, including several supply assignments and multiple parishes like Crisfield Immanuel J J Bunting and Salisbury Asbury Samuel McWilliams.
J M Kelso professor Wesley Collegiate Institute Dover E C Prettyman superintendent Peninsula District of the Maryland Delaware Anti Saloon League Mc Cabe Quarterly Conference Wilmington J H Beauchamp superintendent Goodwill Industries Asbury Quarterly Conference Wilmington W S Corkran permanent secretary Conference Claimant Endowment Commission G P Jones treasurer Asbury Quarterly Conference Smyrna IFB Short lecturer Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals Grace Quarterly Conference Wilmington F A Lindhorst director Religious Education Wesley Quarterly Conference Dover Miss Irene Worrell superintendent Riddle Memorial Deaconness Home Miss Minnie Pabst South Wilmington Settlement Miss Elizabeth Hall New Castle Quarterly Conference Conrad Hamer left without appointment to attend school
An old advertisement promotes Hera, a tonic claimed to cure indigestion constipation and after meals pain. It asserts only a successful woman can be a good homemaker and urges mothers to mail order through druggist W. J. Evans with a money back guarantee.
Schwab and Mandel present the musical comedy Good News at the Maryland Theatre on Monday April 15. Reviews praise its lively score by Henderson and book by Schwab DeSylva and Brown. The cast includes Will Ahern, Max Hoffmann Jr, Margaret Breen, and a fifty strong chorus. a college town setting features a football game and plenty of dance.
Dr. R W H Riley announces continued health talks from WBAL and WFBR Baltimore under the State Medical Society and Medical and Chirurgical Faculty. A provisional schedule lists topics and speakers from Johns Hopkins University from April to May with sessions on Mondays and Fridays and features experts in medicine, ophthalmology, psychiatry, surgery and public health.
Ridgely and surrounding towns report numerous social visits and household updates. Philadelphia guests include Miss Mary Briscoe and Mr. Bryant Turbitt visiting relatives. silver Springs and Baltimore travelers also appear in letters and weekends. A bake sale at Mr DeGrachey’s shop supports the local school, and residents note new rabbit hutch construction and local employment in Philadelphia.
This homemaker friendly guide outlines buying and preparing fish, includes Hollandaise sauce steps with butter egg yolk and lemon, signs of fresh fish such as bright eyes red gills and sinking in water, and recipes for Fish Timbales and Fish In Blankets with precise ingredient amounts and cooking guidance.
A concise poem praising the unseen, ahead man who pays his bills promptly and keeps towns alive. It contrasts the famous buzz and controversial figures with the dependable patron who signs checks, supporting all business and the commercial clan.
A national cold control demonstration by Frigidaire Corp opened at 320 Market Street, showcasing the new freezing chamber control for refrigerators. The display runs through Tuesday, April 16, with nightly hours until 9. Demonstrators showed desserts frozen quickly using the lever dial and shared recipes for 155 new desserts. M. K. Newnam announced the event and explained how the device allows independent temperature control of the freezing compartment.
County Extension News reports the Spring meeting on April 2 at Preston with speakers Prof. J. F. Palmer of Delaware and Prof. W. N. Rice of Maryland presenting data on 1928 poultry work. Breeding records from 140 Delaware farms show fewer losses and higher pullet maturity when Grow Healthy Chicks guidance is followed. Rice notes Maryland results align with Delaware. Emphasis on clean ground and sanitary brooding practices as profitable factors. 1929 officers elected: President J. J. H. Rieck Preston. Vice President Lloyd Holsinger Denton. Secretary D. W. Sparktlin Denton. Treasurer W. H. Irons Greensboro. Directors: E. R. Denner Greensboro. H. A. Spies Preston. I. E. Yeoman Denton. E. L. Pooks Preston. H. J. Quillen Preston.
A local ad offers barbed wire spools from two to six feet in height at four dollars each. Contact R H Stafford Burrsville Maryland for farm and home needs.
A concise note attributing Franklin with the idea that a space should be organized with every item in its proper spot.
A Del Mar Va Peninsula themed radio program will air on station WJSV Mount Vernon Hills Va Wednesday April 17 at 8 15 p m. Edwin C Totten of the Del Mar Va Association will present the story with Filbert Hitch singing The Good Old Eastern Shore and talks by Tatten and Col Charles I Stengle. WJSV broadcasts on 1460 K C or 205 meters and is widely heard.
Templeville and Washington visitors called on Russell Robinson who remains very ill. Guests from Marcus Hook Newark and Rising Sun shared Sundays with local families. Russell Robinson returned from the State Sanatorium last Saturday after six months. Other visits included Mrs. Stanley Campbell in New Brunswick and Mrs. Edna Cahall’s daughter, plus gatherings with the Golt and Hong families and several Kindred relatives across Wilmington Ridgely and nearby areas.
Farm and home ad listing a one twenty inch Frick thresher described as nearly new offered by R H Stafford Burrsville Maryland seeking a buyer for farm use and home production needs.
Mrs Blanche Adams and daughter Marian attended a birthday dinner at Mrs Don Harmon's near Greenwood with friends from Wilmington and Harrington. Miss Edna Adams and Mr Earl Robinson also present. Several local families hosted gatherings and celebrated birthdays including Mrs T J Smith with thirty guests.
The Twentieth Century Community Club praised Bethlehem event on the 3rd with Miss Spafford noting needed changes. Next meeting set for April 17 at James and Cheezum home with full attendance desired. Pancake Supper on the 4th and 8th praised. thanks to Twilley and son and Carlton Robinson for fleezing products. Last Aid meeting held April 2 at O. C. Blades home. May 7 meeting to be at Roland Chambers home.
Any amount of field seeds at the right price. Anything for farm and home R N Stafford Burrsville Maryland invites inquiries about seed supplies and pricing for agricultural needs.
R H Stafford of Burrsville Maryland advertises plenty of wagons on hand for farm and home use, inviting customers to shop the selection and find suitable models for chores and transportation.
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