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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1931
Page
2
The article urges merchants to buy locally and publish at home to support the community. It notes many merchants buy stationery elsewhere and question why editors should urge locals to purchase locally if merchants do not practice what they preach. It argues home spending keeps money in the community and benefits public enterprises.
Walter Locke of the Dayton Daily News analyzes Soviet aims under the five year plan. He notes Russia’s vast wheat and timber resources, population of about 162 million with growth to nearly 200 million in twenty years, and warns that world economies must adjust to Russia’s output of wheat, wood, minerals, and industrial goods. He concludes that Russia and the United States share global fate and must seek peaceful coexistence despite differing systems.
A compact history of scoops in journalism recounts early printed works around 1450 that predated newspapers, noting Public Intelligencer of 1663 as the first general-info paper and The Daily Chronicle of 1709 as a true daily. The Bible is cited as the ultimate early scoop in publishing history.
An essay argues modern newspapers merely echo biblical narratives, citing famines, murders, wars, and revolutions as prewritten stories. It asserts the Bible remains the authoritative, enduring publication with far higher circulation than any secular periodical, challenging Voltaire’s prophecy of the Bible’s obsolescence.
A tale describes a man who stored a Geneva Bible Society depository from attic to cellar with packed Bibles, illustrating that the joke is on Voltaire amid a shelf of religious texts.
Editorial notes attack President Hoover over two years of rising unemployment. It accuses him of delay and poor choices, citing Wagner bills veto, Doak job claims, and a Rhode Island senator's unemployment insurance push. It warns public trust will erode as political maneuvering dominates relief efforts.
Twenty Five Years Ago China edges toward better highways linking eighteen provinces as Good Roads movement grows after famine relief. Berlin and Germany face capital flight and new loans as France Italy seek disarmament progress. Britain holds armament spendents steady. China plans Good Road Exhibit in Nanking for September. Marco Polo's ancient roads cited.
Preston and Mrs Fred Catrell of Hyattsville Md visited friends here Miss Mattie Smith stays with her mother Mrs G W Twilley Lorel Parrott has a job in Atlantic City she left August 1 Mrs W H Alderson of Baltimore spent the weekend with Mrs J T Dennis Miss Betty Phillips of Berlin is visiting relatives in town
Mr. and Mrs. William Alderfer and daughter and Mr. George Rittenhouse of Souderton Pennsylvania were Sunday guests at the home of their cousin C. J. Kern in Tuckahoe Neck.
A Talbot County stock charter appeal is described with officers named Ernest P. Fink Gen Joseph B. Seth Robent A. Orbison and Charles R Wooters and a $1,000,000 subscription limit. The obituary notes Mrs Catherine A. Burke died at Burrsville aged 88 after Bright's disease, survived by sons George and Edgar and daughters Mrs Harry Layton and Katie A. Burke. funeral held at her home and interment in Union M. P. cemetery. It also mentions Thomas E. Burke of Kenmore North Dakota as a son of the deceased.
Our journey along the Southern Route included Santa Monica beach with movie stars like Marion Davies. We traveled by Greyhound through Arizona and Texas, passing orange groves and irrigated fields, endured a desert downpour, and crossed Virginia in August 11 with schools in session, reaching home August 14 via Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley.
Miss Pearl Willis of Harmony, a Maryland public school teacher, returns from a two month journey to the West Coast with Miss Helen Boyce. She describes oil wells in Pennsylvania, wheat fields in Illinois and Kansas, the Dry Rockies and Yellow stone Park, Old Faithful, the Grand Canyon, wild animals, and a Pacific Coast stay in San Francisco and Los Angeles including studio visits and a Mexico excursion.
Dr Richard C Leonard, head of oral hygiene, urges parents to take six year olds to the family dentist before school starts. Regular biannual visits help protect baby and first permanent teeth, especially the six year molars, and good diet plus twice daily brushing keep mouths healthy for better school progress.
Ross Farquar recounts a week of local humor and mishaps in Slats Diary. Entries touch on a misbehaving goat, a schoolteacher, restaurant flies in soup, neighborhood romances, a near electrocuted incident, a bouncer job, tobacco curing jokes, and Clem Blatt hoping to sell his Osten car after rough rides with girls.
In memory of my dear husband William H. Satterfield who died August 26 1926. Sunshine passes shadows fall Love s remembrance outlasts all They will be filled with remembrance of you. Sadly missed and never to be forgotten by his wife Emma Satterfield. In loving memory of my dear father William H. Satterfield who departed this life five long years ago August 26 1931 Oh sad the way and lonely Without you father dear Loved remembered longed for always Bringing many a silent tear Sadly missed by your loving daughter
In loving remembrance of our dear wife and mother Elizabeth Noble who died August 21 1930. She rests in the graveyard where flowers wave and memory endures. Sadly missed by her husband and daughters as we honor her quiet life and enduring love.
Ridgely Mrs. Wilson Jackson visited her mother Mrs. Emma Jackson this week. Mrs. Mary Sharp entertained her son Mr. Fred Sharp and wife from Harrington. Mrs. Sallie Nichols of Greensboro spent the weekend with Mrs. George Cherry. Miss Jeanette Beckman visits Annapolis and Washington this week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flounders visited her cousin at Trappe on Sunday. Miss Sadie Crause of Philadelphia visits Mrs. Roger Ringgold. Mr. Leo Callahan Jr. uses crutches to get about. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilson visited in Easton on Tuesday. Mrs. Nelson Rickards returned from Baltimore. Miss Cora Allen is confined to her rooms. Mrs. Will Wooters is on the sick list.
American Corner Ladies Aid met at Mrs Elva Smith home on Wednesday August 12 with 10 members and 5 visitors. President led the meeting, then social activities included readings and recitations. Prizes went to Mrs Lydia Nichols and Mrs Elva Smith. Ice cream and cake served. Next meeting planned with Mrs Amanda Connelly in October. Neighbors and relatives visited, including George Howard and family, and O H Connelly family.
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