Denton Saturday publication details 1927
The notice announces a weekly newspaper published every Saturday by Melvin and John Incorporated with Benjamin H Johnson as president and secretary and Benjamin F Johnson as vice president and treasurer. It notes postal registration as second class mail matter in Denton Maryland with a Saturday morning edition dated April 23, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin and John Incorporated
Benjamin H. Johnson
Benjamin F. Johnson
Denton
Future of Your Town in National Community Foundation Plan
An editorial urges towns to attract educational and cultural investment by backing a new National Community Foundation. It promotes Swarthmore Chautauqua as a model and notes Denton's early adoption with a local committee led by William J. Norris. Funds cover farmer supervision, field cleanup, and machinery for cornborer control, stressing local cooperation and minimal office overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York City
National Community Foundation
New York Times
Great Press Associations
Foundation
Chautauqua
Swarthmore Chautauqua
Denton
National
Editorial notes on 1927 bank and business failures
The piece rebuts claims of broad prosperity, noting 174 bank suspensions in Q1 1927 with $65.8 million liabilities versus 94 failures and $25.9 million in Q1 1926. Commercial failures reached 6,643 in Jan–Mar 1927, up from 6,081 a year earlier, with liabilities rising about 50 percent. It also notes Forestry Service guidance urging smaller boards for schools and Boy Scouts to reduce lumber costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
United States Forestry Service
Boy Scouts
Farmers Will Be Recipients of Corn- Borer Appropriation
The Agriculture Department states that about half of the 10 million dollar corn borer appropriation will be paid to individual farmers to reimburse extra work done to comply with cleanup rules. The original distinction between sweet corn and field corn caused disadvantages to some farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Eee
Plan To Can Part Of Garden Surplus
Plan ahead for surplus vegetables to can during the season. Tomatoes lead the list for year round use, and even green tomatoes can be brined for relishes. Beans, peas, and other nonacid vegetables require steam pressure canners, while tomatoes, beets, and pimentos can be water-bath canned. Prepare both canner types, jars, lids, rings, and handling tools to efficiently store the seasonal surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Chevrolet executive predicts record prosperity for year
R H Grant vice president and sales manager of Chevrolet after 21 nationwide meetings said the first three months show strong business across the United States. He cited abundant savings deposits and wealth, improved trade activity and optimism. noted crop diversification, irrigation, and rising employment as drivers of demand. He added Chevrolet expects the greatest year in its history due to high car registrations and strong market reception nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Grant
Chevrolet Motor Company
Grant
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Northwest
New York
New England
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Mojor Company March output record
In its history the Chevrolet Mojor Company reports March production of 107 900 units, a new monthly high, topping the prior best by over 22 000 units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet Mojor Company
The Fireless Cooker Weekly Health Talk
A health note on using fireless cookers to save time and fuel. It explains proper moisture, suggests following device manuals or U S Department of Agriculture guidance for timing, and outlines a sample menu including beef pot roast carrots potatoes and a Bavarian cream dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Health Forces Mobilized For Child Health Day
Governor Ritchie proclaims May 2 as Child Health Day in Maryland. State and local health and education groups join in a spring observance inspired by the American Child Health Association and Hoover’s Child’s Bill of Rights. Programs extend through spring with school activities, health parades, plays, pageants, and public education on disease prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Parent-Teacher’ Associations
Women’s Clubs
Amercian Legion
Federation of Labor
The
Playground Athletic League
County Medical Societies
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts
Babies Milk Fund Association
State Tuberculosis Association
Baltimore Dairy Council
J. H. M. Knox
State Bureau of Child Hygiene
Jackie Coogan Visits Public Schools For First Aid Week
Jackie Coogan will visit public schools during the week of April 25 as commander in chief of the Junior Legion a group promoting First Aid for boys and girls. The Legion now has over 700000 members and Bauer and Black sponsor the effort expanding into schools nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Coogan
Ameerica
Junior Legion
First Aid Week Aims Training Teachers and Pupils
Authorized First Aid Education launches an intensive First Aid Week in public schools. Teachers receive complete demonstration kits and pupils obtain a First Aid textbook by Angelo Patri. Health officials back the program as a vital public health movement. Drug manufacturers promote Junior First Aid Legion enrollment offering a compact kit and full instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autheritatioe
Angelo Patri
Fordham
New York City
Druggists of America
First Aid Legion
Nitrate of Soda Lights Chilean Prosperity and Fields
A Chilean priest, invoked to drive an evil spirit, discovers nitrate rock in the desert near Indians. The mineral, later known as nitrate of soda, proves to boost soil productivity and crops, becoming Chile’s key revenue and a premier nitrogenous fertilizer used worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
New Dover Opera House Presents Volga Boatman Star William Boyd
William Boyd, the rising film star, headlines Cecil B De Mille's The Volga Boatman at the New Dover Opera House next Monday through Wednesday April 25 to 27. The Ohio native, once an oil driller and car salesman, rose under De Mille and co stars Elinor Fair and Victor Kosloff in this dramatic Revolutionary Russia tale adapted by Lenore Coffee from Konrad Bercovici.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boyd
Boyd
C. B. de Mille
Wally Gay
Metropolitan Pictures
Steel Mill Story
Steel
Cecil de Mille
Wallace Reid
de Mille
Ohio
Oklahoma
New Dover Opera House
Lenore Coffee
Konrad Bercovici
Elinor Fair
Victor Kosloff
Mr. Boyd
Russia
State Report On School Attendance For February
State data shows Caroline County third in white elementary attendance at 90.2 percent, with Wicomico at 91.6. High school attendance places Caroline eleventh at 93.3 percent, 2 percent above last February, Allegany leading with 95.9.
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Caroline County
Wicomico
Caroline
Allegany
Atwater Kent Radio Hour April 24 1927 Program
The April 24 1927 Atwater Kent Radio Hour features Paul Althouse and The American Singers with Charles Harrison Redfern Wellingshead Vernon Archibald Frank Croxton. The program includes selections from John Peel The Drum Moon Marketing A Smile Take All of Me Mother O Mine Were You There Scandanze and The Living God among others with Hadley Burleigh Brown Bennett and Arrangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwater Kent Radio Hour
Paul Althouse
Charles Harrison
Redfern Wellingshead
Vernon Archibald
Frank Croxton
John Peel
Andrews
Metcalf
Gibson
Jos. P. Dunn
Moon Marketing
Weaver
Smile
Helen Fromer
William Stickles
Burleigh
Hadley
Mary Helen Brown
Charles Bennett
Musical Names and Pieces Listed in Almanac
Geoffrey A tara 6 a Brevil Barts lett b At Dawhing Canidom 6 a Darling Nellie Gray Stephen Foster b Ole Uncle Moon Scott c Lassie OMine Walt 7 0 The Last Song Jas Rogers b Sacrament MacDer mid ¢ The Great Awakening A Walter Kramer 8 Going Home Dvorak Mr Rudolph Gruen accompanist for Mr Althouse
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Geoffrey A' Tara
Brevil
Bartslett
Dawhing
Canidom
Darling Nellie Gray
Stephen Foster
Ole Uncle Moon
Scott
Lassie
Walt
Jas. Rogers
B. Sacrament
MacDermid
Walter Kramer
Dvorak
Rudolph Gruen
Mr. Althouse
Fire halts Greensboro and Upper Dorchester papers
The Greensboro Enterprise and The Upper Dorchester News did not publish this week after a Monday fire. The Denton Fire Co. responded but arrived too late to save the print shop and dwelling above it. Local social notes list guests and visits across Federalsburg Clarendon Wilmington Vienna Greens boro and nearby towns through Easter weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Enterprise
Upper Dorchester
Denton Fire Co
Hazelwood Spicer
Alice Davis
Federalsburg
Sadie Gibson
Clarendon
E. M. Willey
Annie Todd
Concord
Andersontown
Liobbs
Virginia Adams
Bereoms’ College
Wilmington
F. E. Adams
Ola Gootee
Quaker City
Catherine Cohee
Monumental City
B. B. Cohee
Calvin Betts
Harold Snow
Del
A. W. Betts
I. N. Smith
Miss Esther
C. F. Cummins
Vienna
F. N. Smith
J. A. Billing
Greensboro
Robert Neighbors
Christian Endeavor
Wopkins Thomas
Neil Edgell
Greenwood
Social Visits Round Templeville and Nearby Towns
Templeville residents hosted guests over the weekend and holiday period. Baltimore visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ackerman and Mr. Ernest Ackerman. Mr. Eugene Everett and Mrs. Edith Everett entertained them. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred McKnett and daughter from Marcus Hook, Pa., visiting Mrs. Laura McKnett. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Whittington and family from near Middletown, Del., visited Mrs. Edna Cahall. Miss Nell D. Knotts from Baltimore visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. William I. Knotts. Miss Phyllis Butts from Wye Island spent the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Butts. Miss Ruth Purnell from near Saddleville spent the holidays with her sister Mrs. M. B. Kinnamon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Everett
Charles Ackerman
Ernest Ackerman
Baltimore
Wilfred McKnett
Marcus Hook
Laura McKnett
Ernest Whittington
Near
Middledown
Del
Edna Cahall
Nell D. Knotts
William IW. Knotts
Phyllis Butts
Wye Island
George Butts
Near Town
Ruth Purnell
Sadlersville
M. B. Kinnamon
Women in Liden Begin Extension Work Program
County Extension notes a kickoff meeting on Friday April 16 to promote women’s involvement in extension projects. They start clothing work with cut house dresses and plan a neck finishes session on April 26. Basketry classes begin April 27 at 2 in the Home Demonstration Agent’s office for beginners. Contact the agent to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liden
Attendance Records Highlight Caroline County Schools
Caroline County schools report March attendance with many schools above 90 percent despite ongoing illnesses. Top performers include Caroline High Preston Elementary Greensboro Ridgely Primary and Federalburg Elementary with banners and library books awarded to Caroline High Preston Elementary Hillsboro Nichols rural and Castle Hall colored.
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Caroline
Preston
Federalsburg
Greensboro
Town
Goldsboro
Ridgely
Ridgely Grammar
Denton
Hillsboro
Smithson
Friendship
Rural Nichols
Burrsville
Bee Tree
Chestnut Grove
Houston’s Branch
Hickory Hill
Castle Hall
Union
Johns
Jonestown
Bethel
Mission
Caroline High
Preston Elementary
Nichols
Peach Prospects Bright for Delaware Orchards
W T Derrickson Director of the State Bureau of Markets says frost damage is unlikely up to April 12. Orchards around Milton Bridgeville and central Kent County are in excellent shape with a heavy crop anticipated. State strawberries are in good condition with a May 22 movement target. Sweet potatoes in storage are largely cleared with only a few loads of apples left.
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Delaware
W. T. Derrickson
State Bureau of Markets
Milton
Bridgeville
Kent County
Adams Cross Roads Hosts Visitors and a Birth Notice
Mr and Mrs Arthur Adams hosted Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Ormond Wright of Denton Mrs Arthur Marvel of Bridgeville visits sister in law Mrs Kemp Adams. The stork visited Kemp Adams home April 9 but no baby girl was born Miss Marie Parker of Newark College stays with her parents here Miss Mildred Jones visits cousin Miss Ruth Collison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Adams
Ormond Wright
Denton
Arthur Marvel
Bridgeville
Kemp Adams
Marie Parker
Newark College
Mildred Jones
Ruth Collison
Orphans Court Grants Letters In Probate Session
In regular session Judges West Harper and Shawn presiding the court granted letters of administration on the personal estate of Margaret Carroll to W Carroll and S Ellwanger with bond filed and approved and creditors notified Freeborn Ellwanger and Louise Bicklng named as appraisers The will of Margaret L Cecil was proved and letters testamentary issued to George E Sullivan bond approved and appraisers named and creditors notified Atley E Lord administrator of Mary E Lord filed releases and George FE Sullivan, executor of Cecil, filed inventory and appraisement The Denton National Bank was authorized to pay Pauline Carroll a specified sum on deposit.
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West
Harper and Shawn
Margaret Carroll
W. Carroll
S. Ellwanger
Freeborn Ellwanger
Louise Bicklng
Margaret L. Cecil
George E. Sullivan
W. Carroll Meredith
B. H. Holsinger
Atley IE. Lord
Mary E. Lord
Atley E. Lord
Lona M. Wubbard
Ollie M. Davis
Ella M. Woollen
James E. Lord
Charles C. Lord
Mary E. Hastings
Nora A. Allen
George FE. Sullivan
Denton National Bank
Pauline Carroll
Easter week social and church notices in Hillsboro
Mr Edgar Blanch Jr of Baltimore visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Edgar Blanche. Mrs Mary S Cooper hosted her Sunday School Class and wives. Mrs H P Flowers led the Home Missionary Society event. G L Wilson and family attended Easter service at Christ Church Easton. Community egg hunt Monday afternoon. W H M Society met at Mrs Howard Flowers home last Tuesday. Miss Ruth Greaves of Denton visited Aunt Mrs HS N Smith over Easter. Miss Frances Fisher spent Easter with her parents. Miss Virginia Blades visited Miss Dorothy Wyatt in Greensboro. Rev and Mrs W P Taylor hosted guests from Salisbury Sunday. Mr Morgan of near Washington visited his aunt Mrs Annie Jump. Mr Asbury Sharp visiting family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Blanch, Jr
Baltimore
Edgar Blanche
Mary S. Cooper
H. P. Flowers
Home Missionary Society
M. E. Church
G. L. Wilson
Christ Church
Easton
W. H. M. Society
Howard Flowers
Ruth Greaves
Denton
HS. N. Smith
Frances Fisher
H. S. Fisher
Virginia Blades
Dorothy Wyatt
Greensboro
W. P. Taylor
Salisbury
Mr. Morgan
Near
Washington
Annie Jump
Asbury Sharp
M. F. King
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Detwiler
Stewart
Sillsboro
Ben Weaver
McBride
Della Turner
Philadelphia
Albert Saulsbury, Jr
Workboat Races Set for June 25 Off Oxford
The Chesapeake Bay Championship Workboat Races Association chose June 25 for the seventh annual event in Oxford, Talbot county. Races start at 9 a.m. with a course from Town Point past Benoni Light, Todds Point, Castlehaven buoy, and back for schooners, bug-eyes, and skipjacks. Motor boats begin at Town Point and loop twice. larger course runs about twelve nautical miles.
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Chesapeake Bay Championship Workboat Races Association
Oxford
Talbot County
Chesapeake Bay
Town Point
Benoni Light
Todds Point
Castlehaven
Assignee's Sale Of Real Estate Under Mortgage
The assignee will expose at public sale in front of Denton Maryland Court House door the property described as Lot 10 excluding a portion to Austin R. Murphy and all Lot 11 Parcel A Carter subdivision. The land lies in Caroline county on the Denton Greensboro state road, parcel details from various record books, under a mortgage dated September 3 1924 to Harvey L. Cooper and assignments culminating to W Brews ter Deen. Sale between 2 and 4 pm to the highest bidder.
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Court House
Denton
Maryland
Caroline County
Greensboro
Austin R. Murphy
George E. Culver
Carter
Liber L. B. T
William C. Culver
Jennie Culver
Bearin
Local society notes and community updates
Ridgely families entertainments and visits span Marcus Hook Harrington and Lancaster. Prof McBride welcomes a son on April 13. 4-H Girls announce a May 30 bake. Several residents travel or recover, and summer arrives with a vengeance.
Assignee's Sale Of Mortgage In Caroline County
James W. Johnson and Isabella Johnson his wife transferred mortgage to Harvey L. Cooper on June 30 1924 with multiple assignments culminating to W Brewster Deen. The mortgage recorded in Liber G A D No 24 Folio 127 shows default in covenants. The undersigned assignee will proceed with sale per record and law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gantee E. Culver
Harvey L. Cooper
W. Brewster Deen
Caroline County
James W. Johnson
Isabella Johnson
Public sale of land in Caroline County Maryland
Public notice states on May 17 1927 between 2 and 4 p m at the Denton Court House door the sale of Parcel No 1 in the Second Election District Caroline County Maryland describing a land with improvements along Barrett land James A Seward farm and county road lines, with measurements and boundaries outlined.
Parcel Details of Two Acres and Adjacent Tract Conveyed Land
Parcel No 2 and an adjoining two acre tract lie south of the above parcel and are marked by corner stones. They were conveyed to James W Johnson by deed from George W Waters dated February 28 1905 and recorded in Liber T L D 70 Folio 379 Caroline County land records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Johnson
George W. Waters
Liber T. L. D
Caroline County
Dwelling House and Outbuildings in Fair Repair
A description noting a dwelling house and all necessary outbuildings are maintained in fair repair. The statement focuses on structural and ancillary structures, indicating satisfactory condition for continued use or sale. No additional details on location or owners are provided.
Auction Terms for Real Estate Sale Assignee Notice
One half cash due on sale day with the balance in two equal installments at six and twelve months. Deferred payments bear interest from sale date and secure to the Assignee. Title papers at purchaser expense. W Brewster Deen, James Temple, Auction Assignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Brewster Deen
James Temple
Mortgagee's sale of two parcels in Caroline County Maryland
By virtue of a 1910 mortgage and later assignments, Fred R. Owens as assignee will sell at the Denton court house under power of sale between 2 and 4 pm the two parcels in Carroll County life? actually Caroline County on the Hillsboro to Ridgely road adjoining D B Stayer Peter Hagadone and others and a adjoining woodland north of the N and C Railroad near Ludwig Myers and Thomas Blackburn lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
State of Maryland
Hillsboro
Ridgely
D. B. Stayer
Peter Hagadone
Ludwig Myers
Thomas Blackburn
Land Description Traces 20 Acres Across Caroline County
A land parcel of about twenty acres is traced through multiple conveyances in Caroline county records from 1884 through 1910. Maury E. Long and wife to Mary C. Wilson, then to J Nelson Richards via Wallace C. Wilson, and finally to Herman Mitchell per deeds dated 1884, 1906, and 1910 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury E. Long and
Mary C. Wilson
J. Nelson Richards
Wallace C. Wilson
Caroline County
Herman Mitchell
J. Nelson Rickards
Liber T. L. D
Improvements On Ridgely Area Farm Tract For Sale
Tract No 1 features an eight room dwelling a three room tenant house multiple outbuildings including barns sheds a meat house and berry shanty all in good condition plus superior quality cultivable land near Ridgely and state road. Taxes paid by buyer possession with tenant rights and rents for current year. sale to proceed tract by tract or as a whole to maximize bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Terms of Sale for Property Auction in Denton Maryland
One third of the purchase price due at sale with two later installments on July 1 1928 and January 1 1929. Deferred payments bear interest from sale and are secured by purchaser notes with acceptable surety or all cash at purchaser option. Title papers at purchaser expense. Fred R Owens Assignee for Collection James Temple Auctioneer. Mortgage loan offered upon application in Denton Maryland.
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N. B
Fred R. Owens
Denton
Maryland
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Denton Journal
Ison
Easurer
Newspape
Rene
First Aid
Hobbs
Templeville
County Extension’ News
Caroline County School News
Adams’ Cross Roads
Frank Barrett
James A. Seward
Ide Mitchell
Auditor’s Order
Msi
Kate Johns
William B. Hazel
Circuit Court
Equity
T. Clayton Horsey
Howard Jones
Second Street
Jas. A. Trazzare
Denton, Md
H. D Omar Hotel
Cuabriee Md
Ernest J. Brown
Methodist Episcopal Church
Melvin E. Wheatley
Jesus the Conqueror
Jesus
Epworth League
James Wright
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