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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1931
Page
2
Mary Melvin serves as vice president and secretary as the item indicates the post office at Denton Maryland received newspapers as second class mail matter on Saturday morning April 25 1931.
The Denton town election will be held next Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Fire Building office of the Denton Commissioners. Citizens are urged to participate and support an outstanding local citizen to fill the vacancy. Go to the polls and vote.
The piece argues boys remain the same at heart but adults now support a constructive path. It promotes school and community groups like Boy Scouts 4 H clubs Highlanders and Sea Scouts to channel energy into wholesome citizenship. It urges backing Boys Week from April 25 to May 2 to show trust in those entrusted with sons care.
Boys' Week April 25 to May 2 promotes citizenship training with daily themes and activities. Walter W. Head, Chicago bank president, chairs the national committee and announces events including a hobby fair parades bands factory trips athletics and a temporary transfer of city duties by boys. The movement began with the New York Rotary Club in 1920 and has since spread worldwide.
A critique of rising gasoline taxes across states arguing most funds go to roads and motorists bear the burden. The piece contends that property taxes are often unnecessary and warns that small tax hikes may cumulatively hit motorists hard as the public grows wary of being exploited for revenue.
The piece argues that higher taxes hinder business recovery by harming employment and investment. It notes big employers create jobs for workers and that the line between capital and labor blurs as individuals invest in major industries. It warns tax increases deter industrial activity and slow prosperity.
Editor William M. Glenn voices skepticism on progress while urging nationalists and British officials to back constructive social effort. The piece extols the community builder as a practical, cheerful, service minded carpenter forging social equality and mutuality through honest work and civic clubs.
The article discusses mixed reactions to a Gandhi Irwin truce with Britain. Some see pause as needed for resource reorganization, others warn Britain would lose influence now or later. Subhas Bose pledges continued struggle until full independence, while leaders hope for peace if Britain relinquishes India.
Editorial notes from an international Frankfort-am-Main meeting highlight unemployment, political turmoil, and economic strain in Germany. The piece discusses rising factionalism among National Socialists, Social Democrats, and Communists, plus the global impact of tariffs and capital loss. A Geneva conference on Africa’s children and Gandhi Irwin talks are also noted.
Goldsboro announces the birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lapham Monday at Kent General Hospital in Dover. The item also notes visits, church events, and several residents traveling or visiting relatives during the week.
A Denton area column recalls a goose that laid two eggs in one day and multiple local ventures including Robinson and Loungfellow's factory near West Denton and a new Denton Concrete Stone Company plant planned south of Denton by May first. It covers local officials, a naval academy surveyor post for Wm D Uhler, family visits, marriages, legal cases over a road incident with James Laughlin, a dentist’s widow Annie Annabal from Logansport, and a brief note on Major Dill's suicide near the depot.
A despondent man discharged a single barrel gun at himself in his home on Wednesday afternoon, killing himself after his wife and children were in an adjacent room. The tragedy followed heavy drinking and a recent decline in mood. An inquest ruled death by self inflicted action. The same town board also bought land for a jail near the river, planning a cost saving, architect design, and a layout to improve the square’s appearance.
President Hoover calls a nation wide observance on May Day for Child Health Day. Maryland Governor Ritchie designates the day statewide to improve health care for mothers and growing children, with Baltimore City also issuing a proclamation. The effort emphasizes community responsibility, regular medical supervision, disease prevention, and recreational needs, plus school age examinations and parental guidance led by the State Bureau of Child Hygiene and local school and health officials. Dr. J. H. M. Knox Jr. chairs the Maryland Committee for Child Health Day, uniting state city and county health and education departments.
Sincere thanks to friends for beautiful floral tributes at the funeral of Thomas Wright and for help during his illness and death. From Mrs. John H. Williamson and family. Wedding invitations and announcements printed with care and neatness.
Ross Farquar writes in a diary style of a week in a small community. Entries cover social plans, radio proximity humor, a bookstore vow incident, older jokes, classroom dynamics, a bank Christmas deposit, a humorous miscue at a store, a failed collecting attempt, and Rozell’s postponed wedding due to a near collision with a locomotive, with several names and places mentioned.
Harmony S E Storey celebrated her birthday Saturday with thirty four family members and relatives joining in ice cream cake and gifts. Various visitors from Harrington Baltimore Yonkers and Philadelphia called or were entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs W R Thomas and other locals.
Ridgely Mrs. B. W. Briscoe entertained the Sewing Circle with a taffy pull. Miss Beatrice Bowers visited Mrs. A. M. Rahn at Souderton Pa. Mrs. J. M. Ludwig visits daughter Mrs. Flagg in Baltimore. Mrs. Fred Flounders is visiting in
A Montreal family Herald report notes Cliff Furnishes Medicine Beachy Mead is consumed by patients at St Thomas hospital London at two tons yearly. A new powder from chalk, bicarbonate of soda, magnesia and bismuth cuts operations from daily to monthly. Two hundred patients use a hundredweight each month. Bisulphate costs 8 shillings per pound. chalk 11 shillings per hundredweight. both give similar relief.
Fear grips cedar wood suppliers as a near exhausted supply presses pencil makers. The industry has deployed investigators to locate suitable red cedar from which straight grain lumber can be milled. European Japanese and American producers consume over 600 tons monthly, while blinding debits moisture for three months. Myrtle emerges as the best substitute, native to Oregon and western Washington, for future use.
The article proclaims St Kitts as the mother colony of the British West Indies, highlighting its historic prominence in the early colonial framework and its lasting influence on regional governance and ties among Caribbean colonies.
The article explains junior high aims beyond vocational guidance, highlighting language exploratory classes, three senior high options, and emphasis on fundamental processes like arithmetic and English. It argues for helping students discover themselves, select a life work, and pursue continuous foundational education.
Funeral services for Mr Thomas Wright who died at his home on Wednesday were held Friday at his sister Mrs John H Williamson's home with Rev S L Hanley officiating. Interment followed in Concord Cemetery. He was born January 28 1872 and lived his life with his family. He leaves a sister a brother Willis Wright two nephews and a niece. Attending friends and relatives from Pennsylvania Baltimore and Dover included Ernest Wright Mrs John Brutton Mr and Mrs William Stair and Kathleen Mrs Mollie Miller Ruth from Baltimore and Mrs Willis Wright others visited family.
Sunday gatherings bring Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lare and family together with Annie Layton and family. A baby boy arrives for Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Morris at their home with Thomas family kin. Numerous visits span Reliance Greenwood Bridgeville Federalsburg and Adams Cross Roads as locals share welcomings and thoughts on humility and perseverance.
A family dinner planned for Grandma Briggs before her May departure. Menu includes Cream of carrot soup stuffed baked fish spinach stuffing casseroles potatoes apricot salad whole wheat bread butter baked custard and orange juice cookies. Fish is prepared with back bone removed and spinach stuffing, baked 400 F 10 to 15 minutes per pound, finished with cream sauce and parsley. Recipes detail stuffing ingredients cookie dough and baking directions.
W R Ballard of the University of Maryland Extension Service outlines how to grow Mountain Laurel Rhododendrons and Azaleas in acid soil. Prepare beds by removing heavy clay or lime contaminated soil, use leaf mold sand and foam fill, mulch annually with oak leaves or needles. Maintain acidity with decomposing mulch, guard against fertilizer missteps, and apply a specified mix of ammonium sulfate, phosphate, potash, cottonseed meal and aluminum sulfate. Place evergreen shrubs on east or north sides to minimize winter scorch, ensure light for best bloom, and invest soil prep for thrifty growth.
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