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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1930
Page
4
The article argues air transportation costs are rising per mile due to plane depreciation and rapid technical progress, but time savings keep air travel economical. It notes last year’s 11 cents per mile vs this year’s 8, with Los Angeles to Kansas City showing a $36 difference, and predicts rates will fall as the industry standardizes.
A seven year old and a university sorority story illustrate the deep pain of being left out. The speaker notes how exclusion causes grief, shaping behavior in youth and adulthood, and warns that unseen wounds of being unchosen linger, influencing social and professional life.
A Baltimore Sun article warns that by the first month of the new fiscal year every government department must curb spending to avoid tax hikes. It cites higher 1931 appropriations and weak business as reasons, urging officials and citizens to favor conserving funds over costly new laws and federal experiments. The decision will appear on upcoming tax statements.
Editorial notes announce Rabindranath Tagore will visit the United States this fall under the American Friends Service Committee. The Friends plan to send Dr. Harry Timbres and his wife to Santiniketan to assist in rural health work, with details from his first days there.
A summary of the 1920s movement details diverse efforts from Visva-Bharati to rural cooperatives and air transport committees. It notes Tagore's ideals, the Institute of Rural Construction and experimental silk projects, village crafts training, and social work in rural banks, irrigation, libraries, and health programs. It highlights the Air Transport Cooperation Committee and its maps for Europe to capitals mail handling and night route marking. It then shifts to Denton civic musings urging practical action, business focus, wind power, a Tend to Business Week, sensible car sales messaging, and time value alongside a changing dollar.
A letter from Wolfville Nova Scotia reflects on Denton Academy, Kate Hobbs, and Longfellow’s Evangeline. The writer recounts arriving at Yarmouth Harbor at dawn in mid July and falling under the beauty of Bay of Fundy hills, farms, and seas. She praises local hospitality, Sabbath reverence, and the peaceful, restorative air, noting plentiful food for body, mind, and soul. Signed by Nelle Valliant Foster.
Small envelopes perfect for Mrs calling card size notes. Useful for sending or acknowledging Sage invitations.
Twenty five years ago Denton planned steps to secure sewers as autumn weather gave way to summer. Local births weddings and deaths mark community life with multiple marriages and notable obituaries. Readers note Calvert and Talbot county residents moving, weddings in Preston and Federalsburg, and prohibition party planning in Caroline county.
The Orphans Court of Caroline County met with Judges West, Harper and Shawn present. Letters of administration were granted to Franie Smith for James H. Carter with bond and creditor notices ordered. J Qwen Knotts filed debts, sales, and final accounts for Dora L. Washington. Guardian accounts for James H. Perry Jr. were ratified. Several releases and guardian appointments were noted along with administrator accounts for Homer L. Kinney.
Harrington family guests Elma Bessie Langrell visit sister Annie Langrell and plan trips to Philadelphia Atlantic City Chester and Wilmington. Other relatives from Lexington Pocomoke City New York Philadelphia Cape Charles and Pittsburgh are noted as visiting or hosting, reflecting a busy social round.
Community celebration at Liden's on Aug 30 begins at 10 o'clock featuring contests races and games. A flag will be raised at 2 p.m. Rev John Rosser speaks and music follows. Candidates welcome to meet old friends as the new road opens to Andersontown.
American Corner Dr D L Clark and W C Angell visited Pinewood Poultry Farm near here to promote worm sowders. Mrs C H Howard showed high grade Hollywood breeding stock and 300 birds raised on a clean ground plan praised for sanitary conditions and vigor. Dr Clark noted the sickness free flock and praised Mrs Howard. Week-end guests included Prof N Walter and wife, West Philadelphia.
Merrick Cohee 31 son of J W and Amelia Whiteside Cohee was murdered early Sunday morning July 27 near his home at 57th and Woodland Ave He had spent the last ten years in Philadelphia working as an electric welder and had studied several courses in the trade The evening before his death he and three fellow workers spent time with music After leaving a nearby restaurant to buy dain ties he was last seen speaking with the men who had loitered nearby His body was found Monday morning in Morton's coal yard near his home He was robbed of a diamond and garnet ring a white gold wrist watch and money His parents left for Philadelphia to bring his body home Services were held Thursday by Revs Warren of Baltimore and Miller of Federalsburg The body rests in Grove cemetery He is survived by a wife two young children of Philadelphia and his parents and brother near Preston
Smithville and Sharptown residents including Mr and Mrs C A Scott and daughters Mildred and Edith Elliott spent Sunday at Rehoboth Beach where Mildred and Edith stay for a week. Oak Grove visitors Palmer Lare and Samuel Mackerd families also spent Sunday in Cambridge and Ocean City.
Williston residents plus relatives spent Sunday with extended family near Ridgely and Rehoboth. The Gelletlys and Mitchells hosted, Charlotte Hignatt joined grandparents at Rehoboth with aunt Raymond Fisher. James Howard of Wildwood NJ returned home after visiting niece Mrs. Wm. Love. A. J. Messick of Preston called on Williston, and Miss Anne Rice and friends visited Bowers Beach last week.
M K Newnam of Denton Maryland advertises a large stock of used refrigerators taken in exchange on Frigidaires. He invites buyers to choose any size they want from the available selection.
Templeville circles gather as Mr and Mrs William Cahall and kin visit H Seaman near Millington. Sunday services include Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 7 45 p m. Vacation Bible School closing exercises planned. Local visits from Eugene Everett party and Mrs Suds family noted. Bureau of Standards touts breath analysis method.
Frank Galante is recovering from typhoid fever and his brother Alexander also has it. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Wiley entertained friends from Bethlehem, Pa. Miss Miriam White of Wilmington visited Miss Marian Hemmons. People from Millington attended church last Sunday. Nellie and Marguerite Jackson of Stevensville visited town. Mary Briscoe of Baltimore Visits her parents. Rev. Harry Zeigler will preach on Pentecost morning. Alice Wilson of Long Island visits her sister. J. F. Elliott back on his feet after nine weeks in bed. Emma Jackson returned from Baltimore. Elizabeth Smith visiting her sister in Annapolis. Holsinger and Son begin canning tomatoes.
Harmony Stewart and children Roland and Betty, from New ark, visited uncle and aunt A. D. Ivins. Webster Todd and spouse spent Sunday in Havre de Grace with sister-in-law Norman Wright. Clarence Wright and children Evelyn and Cannon called on Arthur Scott in Denton. John Cohee visited cousin Mrs Arthur Kelley near Hobbs. Willis family and Sherman Kelley enjoyed Sunday at Rehoboth Beach. Pearl Willis returned home after ten days at Rehoboth Beach. Neva Cox hosted by her mother Mrs McConnell. H C Todd and children also spent Sunday at Rehoboth.
Flowers have long been tied to weddings with orange blossoms seen as the enduring symbol of luck and happiness. The custom spans centuries, underscoring wedding traditions and symbolic meanings attached to floral choices.
Emeritus professor of comparative philology at Oxford University, Joseph Wright, dies at seventy four. He began his career at age six driving a donkey, praised as a truly good man by contemporaries and echoed in The Washington Star tribute.
Quoteic fragment discusses valuing truth over gain and opinion, suggesting strength comes from embracing truth rather than yielding to influence. The line cites Epletetus on the virtue of truth over popularity.
A concise musing on labor under the sun from Ecclesiastes 2 18, noting the speaker’s resentment toward toil and the inevitability of leaving wealth to the successor after death. The verse frames the futility of labor shared in this ancient source.
The region called Mesopotamia Unhealthy Frak spans 143240 square miles, comparable to the combined area of New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Ohio. Summer shade temperatures reach 12 degrees and severe winter frosts occur. the land is unhealthy and residents must take utmost care to escape plagues.
Sunday guests included Hobbs family of Wilmington and Mrs Catherine Gotleibb of Jersey City. Other visits featured Mrs Ethel Paisley’s injury, T Edward Towers’s health break at home, and multiple gatherings with Burrsville, Rehoboth, and Dover residents. Canning by Hobbs Manufacturing Co and various short trips are noted among local families.
Mix two minutes of salmon with a spiced vinegar blend of twelve cloves twelve peppercorns six allspice berries and one eighth teaspoon salt. Pour over the salmon and let stand several hours. Drain and serve cold in cucumber boats or on lettuce with sliced cucumbers. Serves eight.
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