Centor Journal Melvin and Johnson 1942 Publication
The Centor Journal notes a Saturday morning issue dated August 15 1942 published by Melvin and Johnson Inc. This record marks the paper’s printer and publisher details for archival reference.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1942
Page
4
The Centor Journal notes a Saturday morning issue dated August 15 1942 published by Melvin and Johnson Inc. This record marks the paper’s printer and publisher details for archival reference.
Household hints cover labeling jars with adhesive tape and pencil marks that endure washing. Folding for laundry, pin sheets and tablecloths to dry lines to resist wind, warming jars to loosen stubborn lids, and using contrasting basting thread to mark bad spots on garments. For berries, slow refrigerator thawing preserves shape and juice, serving raspberries just before fully thawed.
A catalog of everyday domestic hints covers picnics cleanup with paper wares, using large mouth bottles for food, table setting alignment, glove repair with marble use, corks and vaseline to prevent sticking, waxed paper for flour sifting, a medicine dropper for cake icing color, peanut butter on cake before frosting, keeping houseplants moist with a sponge, soap on nails to ease driving in hardwood, steaming clams and chilling to prevent toughness, mint and apple jelly recipes, and rhubarb prep guidance.
A garbled note outlines a fruit stew with thubarb and sugar, then shifts to a market tip about smelts not cleaned to protect roe. Instructions mention minimal water, rapid cooking, cleaning at home, and frying the roe, with odd phrases about tying a towel around the fish and washing windows. The text is fragmentary and lacks coherent structure.
Notice to creditors that letters of administration were granted for the personal estate of a deceased resident of Caroline County Maryland. Claimants must exhibit claims with vouchers by February 12 1943 or be barred from the estate. Debts must be settled promptly. Dated August 11 1949. Administrators Emily F Johnson Frances I Johnson. True Copy Test Carlton V West Register of Wills.
Senator Dudley G Roe, a Maryland Senate veteran of 20 years, runs again for the Democratic nomination for Congress. He carried five of nine Eastern Shore counties in 1940 while opposing candidate carried only one. He vows fiscal economy, opposes pension gravy, and pledges to defend tax payers and watermen interests. He calls for victory in war and peace, and invites scrutiny of his 20 years on vital legislation. Published by Authority of G Edward Gillespie, Pol
An Eastern Shore advocacy piece lauds Senator Dudley G. Roe for over 20 years of public service to Maryland and urges voters to back him for Congress. It highlights his business, farming, banking background, education advocacy, and leadership, pledging reliable, economical representation for all shore counties during wartime.
State's Attorney Edward D E Rollins seeks consideration for associate judge on merit, filing in primaries of both major parties. His wartime service began at 17 as an apprentice seaman, later chief petty officer, and he ranked second in a 1922 bar exam cohort. Rollins has won three consecutive terms as state’s attorney, chairs the Washington College board of governors, led funds to build a county hospital, and served as Cecil County air raid warden, with the county defense council lauding his efforts.
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