Twenty Five Years Ago This Week In Denton News
Twenty five years ago this week public schools reopen in September. Sweet potatoes sell for 40 cents a gallon in the Denton market. Notable moves include Charles E Howe buying Yeoman farm near Williston and moving soon./Oversized, fragmented notes cover local visits, military and civilian assignments, marriages, and obituaries across Denton and surrounding towns.
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Denton
Charles E. Howe
Brigveport
Connecticut
Yeoman Farm
Williston
O. N. Dulin
France
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
William D. Crockett
Maryland
Mr. Crockett
Lieutenant Green
Green
Geo. E. Wood
Mount Lebanon
Rockland
Del
Sara G. Butler
Mr. Wood
Dungalow
Ms. Butler
Don
Wastern
Caroline
Talbot
Old Kitt’s
Elizabeth Ennis
J. Walker Ferrick
Caroline County
Delaware
Ross Stevens
Bilkr
G. L. Stevens
duPont Munition
Tennessee
Daniel Scheidler
Leipsic
Ohio
W. W. Newcomer
New York
William Matthew Garey
Wm. H. Garey
Quartermaster’s Corps
Camp McClellan
Ann
Wm. F. Wolf
Electric Light Company
E. B. Maloney
Ruth
Paul
Pennsylvania
John Statum
Esther
Wilmington
Marcus Hook
Philadelphia
Roland Reed
Atlas Powder Company
Mary Ridgeway
Federalsburg
Thelma Replogle
C. A. Pentz
Flora Mae Kelly
Lacey Stevens
John K. Calloway
Robert C. Rice
David E. P. Gullette
Vienna
Mary Kratz
Ogontz, Pa
Irene
Mil
Slats Diary by Oliver N Warren Sunday to Tuesday notes
Slats records a Sunday morning warning to avoid action that tempts trouble. He recalls attending a ball game and observing a tense interaction involving the Bad Man and empire. Monday notes Brooklyn’s location and a police inquiry about license plates. Tuesday describes Mister Gillem’s illness and an unclear Dr. bill with a tense exchange.
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A. m
Hin
P. m
Empire
Brooklyn
Eney
N. Y
Evey Boddie
Bill Terry
Gillem
Bill
Untold Riches of War Bond Faith in Free Nation
A patriotic piece urges buy more bonds to aid Allied war effort. It contrasts hardships in enemy lands with American freedom and urges support for MacArthur and global victory. It emphasizes faith, courage, and gratitude, calling readers to back planes and equipment for Allies.
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Great Plems
America
Land of the Free
Maryland's Farm Front This Week
Maryland's Farm Front details a week of rural life with local color and farm notes. It reports a dramatic increase in corn marketed after Triple-A outreach, release of 73,000 bushels to Maryland feed mixers, and War Board support, plus advice to farmers to market hogs early to ease transport and processing as 13 million more hogs are projected this fall.
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Triple-A
Maryland
War Board
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland Agriculural Adjustment Agency
Usda War Board
Feed and Poultry Markets and Garlic Dust of 945 Harvest
Congestion at slaughtering plants delays hogs for several days and lowers farmer checks by a carrying charge. 945 corn production is forecast at 2.875 million bushels, up 168 million from July as rapid planting areas mature before frost, signaling the second largest harvest in 10 years. OPA orders truck manifests for poultry shipments and allows the Army to pay 1 cent above base price to curb black markets. 120,000 bushels of wheat for feed released to Maryland livestock programs. Plus a humorous rural dialect recipe for chicken and rice by Lilly White.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economies
OPA
Maryland
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Lilly White's Boiled Chicken With Rice Dish Intro
A local column presents Lilly White's boiled chicken with rice as a Sunday family meal. The narrator addresses Miss Wilma about enjoying chicken because of a connection that allows frequent eating, noting a plan to vary preparations so the family does not tire of the dish.
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Miss Wilma
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Dred
Lydia
Washington, D. C
Rath
Philip Gullette
Gullette
Aluirs
Federalsboro
H. B. Jarman
Berlin
M. E. Jarman
Addsboro
Edith, Grace
Mary Jarman
Greensboro
James Mulliken
Henderson
Molly Diggans
Elizabeth Jones
Marijorie Sparks
E. L. Melvin
Queen Anne
Ernest Melvin
Delmar
Edith C. Jarman
Elbert Matthews
Robert Porter
Jarrell
Goldsboro
Matthews
New Hampshire
West Denton
Hatchery
Denton, MD
Denton Bridge
Oliver N. Warren
Heart of Baltimore
Love Point
B. & BR. R. Pier
Pier 5
Eastern Shore
Cne
Bud
Budiv
Land
Free
Foy Bud
Uncle Sam
MacArthur
Greenland
Nashen
Ant Finuiy
Teeberg
Ant Emmy
Jane
Clerck
Geo. Warshengten
Sinclair Motor
Sinclair Refining Company (Inc
G. D. Crouse Denton
Lilly White
N. H
State
J. H. Quillen Preston, MD
Joyce and
Janet Kern
Marshall's Beauty
Ares Moore
Denton, Maryland
WFBR
Ashe
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