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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1929
Page
4
The article notes 49 candidates tested by Thomas Edison to gauge knowledge and imagination. Wilbur B. Huston, a 16 year old from Seattle, led the results with four runners up close behind. Edison seeks original thinkers who can advance invention and carry the work forward.
Editorial notes praise Senator Couzens of Michigan for exposing secrecy in the Senate Finance Committee. He vows to publish schedules as agreed, highlighting Democratic solidarity and opposition to the Smoot-Hawley tariff. Building materials duties threaten higher costs for homes, farms, and lumber imports.
The piece critiques plans to lift the sugar tariff and discusses political tactics, tax relief hopes, and the influence of industry on policy. It highlights President Hoover's stance on reducing military spending to ease costs of living, warns of stock tipping frauds, and ends with fashion satire on hat imports and an old aphorism.
Wheat and other crops affected markets as water works budgeting and a bank renovation moved forward. Notable items include Hicks predicting a hot August, Queen Anne School opening September 1, new barbershop purchase, law exams passed by William Rickards, and multiple social visits. A snake incident and two funerals mark the week.
Ross Farquar mimics a rough week diary of Slats as manager of the Tigers baseball team. He laments losing a game, quarrels with a misbehaving player, and details family and household antics with humorous misstatements. The entries cover Friday to Thursday with oddities about roses, a rooster, and vocabulary tips.
Adams families and friends, including Walter Adams and Misses Bernice Reba and Edna Adams, travel to Stone Beach and Rehoboth with others. Bloomery picnic at Cedar Grove features bathing and ice cream. Local visits include Elwood camp, Beach Haven and Ocean City outings with several Adams relatives in attendance.
Advertising is vital for local merchants to compete with mail order houses. Persistent, well crafted ads build demand, using catalog tactics to entice customers. Newspapers offer a platform for daily or weekly merchandise bulletins that deter mail order competition and strengthen community commerce.
Ridgely residents I E Mason attend a funeral in Centreville on Wednesday. The Methodist Sunday School picnic occurred at Talchester on Wednesday. Nell Starkey and her son Stanley of Valley Forge visit in town. Walter Mitchell traveled to New York last week. Dorothy Saulsbury returned Friday from Virginia. Mrs Betson of Greensboro visits the Hoffman sisters. Amy Frances Seward returns from Rehoboth. A W Saulsbury visits Centreville on Wednesday. Harvey Holsinger and family recently tour Atlantic City. Dr Brackett and spouse begin a northern trip Sunday. Thomas Jones Jr returns from the west. Gracie Richards visiting Centreville.
The eighth annual regatta of the Miles River Yacht Club at St Michaels Maryland will be August 16 and 17 with the Gov Emerson steamer used to ferry spectators for water views. Events include Chesapeake Bay log canoe and a free for all sailing race open to any sail craft. A Tri-State cruiser race from Essington Pa and a Maryland Yacht Club cruise to Tilghman’s Point are noted along with reception, committee plans, and strong local attendance.
A letter from A L Sullivan, Chief of the Bureau of Food and Drugs, stresses cleanliness as the model for canning houses. It outlines requirements for sanitary buildings, lighting, ventilation, smooth washable surfaces, clean benches, hand washing, waste disposal, living quarters hygiene, and daily supervision by a sanitation overseer.
Hickman households report a Philadelphia visit by Mr and Mrs E T Wroten and son Lyman and their daughter who joined them home after two weeks away. Mrs Zott dies August 3 at her daughter’s Greenwood home. Local sympathies extend to Mrs Geo Wooley and daughters.
Burrsville M E charge lists Sunday services for Wesley Whites Hickman and Burrsville locations with the theme The Midnight Hour. The second quarterly conference of Burrsville M E charge was held in Hickman with Dr J L Johnson district superintendent presiding. Local residents and guests include the Thawley and Porter families visiting Easton Oxford Ocean City and Bridgeville events.
Dr F P B Bomberger to speak at the Choptank Community Club Picnic in Community Park on August 11 with Judge Pope and other speakers listed. The event features a lunch program and remarks from state figures including Maryland watch chief Bomberger. An ad recalls Hera stomach tonic claims and a money back guarantee.
Economic Trends argues that while stock prices and employment show prosperity, many farmers and merchants doubt it as the economy shifts from crude to scientific management. It notes motor vehicles radios and chemical industries reshape production and distribution, chain stores spread, and highways link markets, urging investors to back modern, expanding industries rather than those being displaced.
A strong Dover program features The Dummy and Joy Ride as all talkies with snappy humor. The Fox sound system brings Royal Hawaiian Singers and Hugo Reisfeld orchestra to accompany The Awakening. Wilma Banky stars with Richard Dix in Nothing But the Truth, plus vaudeville acts and the Fox News in sound.
Dr Breeding cautions on summer ear infections linked to swimming. Pollution and cold water raise risk of external ear infections and middle ear problems teaching safe hygienic rules and proper treatment. Seek an ear specialist for fullness pain or sudden deafness after swimming and avoid inserting objects into the ear. Prolonged untreated infections can cause permanent deafness.
The Biological Survey closed the season on greater and lesser yellow legs for two years in 1927 and indefinitely in 1929. No shore birds may be hunted or pursued this season except rail birds from September 1 to November 30. Upland plover and reed birds are illegal to hunt at any time.
A compact collection of aphorisms on power, envy, hatred, and virtue. Montaigne and Buddha frame ambition and covetousness, while references from The Christian Science Monitor and Hare illuminate how praise and love reveal character.
Guernsey stock to be sold at public sale on the Griffin farm opposite the cemetery in West Denton commencing 1 PM rain or shine. The sale includes 16 Guernsey heifers and 2 bulls from a credited herd, ages 18 months, well sized and clearly marked. Selected from a premier milk producing herd on the F Peninsula, all chosen from this herd recently purchased in full.
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