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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1921
Page
4
A snapshot of the Denton Journal's Saturday morning page dated April 23, 1921, reflecting the era's local news items, notices, and brief stories typical of a small town newspaper front to mid page layout.
Dean Nicholson calls for Coolidge to temper Harding with kindness, urging humane foreign policy and domestic courage. The piece notes rising crime in Maryland, bootlegging, and the need for strong law enforcement, plus public health messages on milk, vitamins, cleanliness, and nutrition, and reports Maryland potato giveaways and state spending cautions. Governor Ritchie plans to audit the State Purchasing Bureau as New York reports progress with an overcharging barber.
Maryland tomato canning faces competition from Western states led by California. Maryland's 1913 output tripled California's, but Maryland yields have fallen while Western yields rise. High costs in canning, rising cans and labor keep finished price below production costs, prompting expected production cuts and market curtailment across Maryland packers amid idle canneries and rest for soil.
The piece argues that advertised goods carry guarantees of merit and buyer protection, while unadvertised products offer no safeguards. It notes manufacturers’ responsibility to honor claims, the educational value of honest ads, and cost benefits from mass production. It ends by reporting a 70,000 bushel sweet potato storage facility being built near Seaford.
Locals report Rev. Thomas F. Waldron formerly of Easton and now in Wilmington condemned fashions in a recent sermon. He critiqued ultra decollete waists ragged cheeks penciled eyebrows and aroused strong church criticism prompting several young women to leave the pews and others to depart the church. A Baltimore trade note notes a march of unemployed men walking from Baltimore to Port Deposit to help in shad fishing at $1.70 daily.
The Delaware Apple Company near Georgetown and Bridgeville maintains about 76,000 trees across five varieties. Apple expert Snyder H. Carr, brought from the west, will oversee operations forecasting at least 400,000 baskets for the season from June to October. Orchards, said to be the largest east of the Mississippi, have seen years of investment. Neighboring sites are near Seaford Millsboro and Nassau but owned separately. Experts predict Southern Delaware becoming a top apple growing region within ten years.
Infant son Franklin Paige died April 10 1921 aged 16 months 1 week Funeral held at home with Rev A B Frye officiating Interment in Concord cemetery Poem ends with Our late crib is empty now A voice we loved is stilled a place is vacant in our home
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