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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1931
Page
2
Mary Melvin named vice president and secretary in a Denton Maryland post office notice. The notice records second class mail matter and is dated Saturday morning August 29 1931.
Christian Science Monitor reports wine bricks and concentrates sold as harmless materials to create intoxicating liquor. Warnings and verbal instructions lure customers to dissolve bricks, add sugar, and ferment within days. Federal agents cite Section 18 of the Volstead Act banning such preparations.
In 1928 government spending consumed about one-sixth of national income and a day’s labor from every person funded the tax collector. Government debt rose as taxes and borrowing grew, with the federal deficit looming. The core issue is paternalism expanding duties, making economy and limited power essential to avert insolvency.
C E Huff of the National Grain Corporation argues that a national distribution and sales framework is the key for farmers to compete with integrated industry. He notes farmers suffer from small shares of final sale prices, as in dairy, where middlemen take about six cents a quart regardless of retail price. He urges mass action in production and sales to achieve fair profits and reasonable consumer prices.
The piece argues readers rely on newspaper ads for everyday facts about goods and services. It claims continuous, truthful advertising builds prestige, attracts new business, and yields better value, urging all business concerns to advertise consistently to gain advantages and prudent dollars.
Acting Secretary Castle defends his official explanation of Governor Roosevelt's inquiry on the St. Lawrence canal project. The piece condemns secrecy and evasions, cites conflicting statements from Washington papers, and notes broader concerns about White House coordination and accountability during 1931.
A spinning wheel will sit at the center of a new Indian Nationalist flag with green saffron and white colors. The wheel will symbolize labor, the saffron courage, green faith and chivalry, while white stands for peace.
Twenty five years ago Denton locals and visiting figures frequent the scene as rail shops move closer to Denton and bank staff shift duties. notes cover ill health leaves at Denton National Bank, visits from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and a bridge collapse disaster near Medford Mills with eight bushels of wheat lost.
New postage rates take effect September 1 for letters and cards to Canada Ireland Northern Ireland Great Britain. Ietters to Canada rise to three cents per ounce or fraction single postcards two cents and double postcards four cents. To Great Britain and Ireland letters cost five cents per ounce or fraction and three cents for each additional ounce. Postcards will be three cents.
A reflective quip attributes questions of safety manners popularity to Experience Vanity and Conscience. Attributed to W. M. Punston, the line frames ethics over taste or trend. It appears as a literary or editorial aside rather than a reporting item.
A humorous weekly diary recounts small town happenings: a baby weighing 6.7 pounds reported by the ice plant manager's wife, later altered to 67 pounds in a newspaper edition. Roy Bunting’s misadventure with a motor vehicle. Aunt Emmy’s opinions on courts and sympathy. pa’s bank remark. bus ride gum question. dental ache. a party kiss incident with Pug Stevens.
A satirical essay argues hair and whiskers cool the head, comparing humans and hogs. It cites Basal Metabolism tests showing men emit more heat than women and suggests hair reduces heat, while hogs are described with playful warnings about diet and hog cholera.
The New Plaza Theatre Milford opens its show season today Friday August 28 with Norman Shearer in A Free Soul supported by Clark Gable and Lionel Barrymore. A 2 day run Friday and Saturday includes a 10 cent matinee Saturday at 2 30. On August 21 Mitzi Green and others headline Forbidden Adventure for one day. September 1 shows Sylvia Sidney and Norman Foster in Confessions of A Co ed. Robert Montgomery stars in Man In Possession on September 1-2.
A compact collection of aphorisms on seizing opportunities and living by the Golden Rule. Includes lines attributed to Ecclesiasticus Edwin Markham and Francis Bacon, urging timely action and diligence in use of wisdom.
The article traces presidential salary history from $25,000 set by Congress in 1789 to $75,000 in 1909 and prescribes rising pay for Vice Presidents, Cabinet officers, and Congress itself. It notes the one fifth and one sixth salary ratios, early Secretary salaries, and the long arc of pay raises across offices.
Dr J H M Knox Jr urges parents to have six year olds medically and dentally inspected before starting school this fall. Vaccination against smallpox is required by state law. The education department expects about 18 000 new first graders and notes a large share of children have not had prior exams. During spring and summer 351 health conferences examined over 4 600 children, indicating many prospective kindergartners may still need health checks.
Miss Helen Richardson, a descendant of Colonel William Richardson, finds in her uncle Joseph Richardson’s 1872 papers a possible 1818 letter from John Adams to U S Attorney General William Wirt. The note praises Virginia and Massachusetts leaders and cites Revolutionary era figures, comparing Otis to prophetic ancient figures and calling Henry and Lee rivals in erudite narration.
A Science Monitor note remarks that the Bible records numerous instances where men truly experienced friendship with God, illustrating intimate divine companionship across biblical narratives.
August 25 marked the 142nd anniversary of Mary Ball Washington mother of George Washington. In Fredericksburg she lived and is buried near a simple shaft bearing the line Mary, the Mother of George Washington. Washington supported her in comfort after his successes, visiting often and noting her welfare in his accounts. Her death followed his presidential inauguration by less than six months in 1789.
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