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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1931
Page
8
An editorial extols Christmas as a season of joy, unity, and renewal. It celebrates lighting and displays in Denton, Santa messages, and gifts to aid the less fortunate. The piece emphasizes the holiday’s power to deepen brotherhood and restore faith in the Infinite care.
A historical column surveys the looming issues facing the seventy second Congress. It highlights Prohibition, Foreign Relations, Farm Relief, Tariff, Navy, and Unemployment Relief, noting battles over the Eighteenth Amendment, World Court questions, war debts, and tariff changes amid partisan tensions. It calls for sober, statesmanlike handling of debt moratoriums, disarmament, and farm price stabilization.
The piece weighs the Tawley-Smooth tariff bill, unemployment forecasts, and the President's stance against federal dole. It notes fierce Navy funding battles, tax needs, and warns Congress may be the most pivotal since the Civil War. It appeals for stability, wisdom, and knowledge in its sessions.
Linton B Swift in the December Rotarian urges relief through local welfare efforts and business action. He cites potluck storage of surplus food, volunteer services, and a six hour day by 40 Portland employers as examples. He calls for intention pledges, staggered hours, long term production planning, service clubs, homeless care, and made work programs.
Representative A Pratt Andrew of Massachusetts will discuss home rule versus centralized federal power in The Sentinels Hour at 1 p m EST Sunday December 13. The talk, broadcast coast to coast on NBC, reviews states rights vs federal control and the rise of bureaucracy and taxes.
The Congress faces a major task when it reconvenes to restore a sane budget. Billion dollar deficits cannot be cured by talks nor by shifting taxes or creating new bureaus and commissions.
The piece argues two paths to curb deficits: raise axes across government or reduce governmental spending. It contends waste persists even as private sectors cut costs and urges Congress to pursue tax reduction over new taxes to avoid hindering industry, home building, and jobs.
A editorial urges city planners to remove outdated outdoor billboards cluttering streets. It condemns past planning failures and calls for bold action to meet modern advertising needs and improve urban aesthetics.
The article discusses good will as public confidence earned by fair dealing. It notes that building this asset requires years of principled action and vigilant oversight by owners and staff to preserve the establishment's spirit from shady practices.
Editorial notes the Fifth New Jersey district elected a Democrat for the first time since its current boundaries were drawn. The shift reflects nationwide discontent with the Hoover administration, narrowing the Republican edge to a tentative five vote majority. The piece traces vacancies and party shifts since 1928, implying a steady Democratic advance.
The piece traces political trends showing Democratic gains amid midterm cycles, notes on Morgantown bank failures, and Am erican Friends Service Committee relief work in West Virginia coal regions. It also discusses rehabilitation needs for workers in decaying coal industry areas, Greek Cyprus tensions, and a proposed U.S.-Colombia air link highlighted by Col. Lindbergh as a sign of strengthened regional ties.
Egg prices at 35 cents a dozen and local jails and hotels under renovation. Bank consolidation in Centreville and large pork yields for local growers. Fires destroy a Ridgely property. earthquakes rattled the region with no major damage. Weddings, social visits, and county farm improvements outlined, plus steamer competition and Jamestown Exposition grounds details.
A fragmentary diary entry records a prominent painter visiting Slats and a supper with his father. The week notes a funeral, a golf ball discovery, a botched operation delay, and various local tales including marriages, moving houses, and quirky events with neighbors and acquaintances.
Mrs Sadie Ritter joined the bus road of club members in Anderson town Hobbs entertained at Ridgely last Monday evening. Mrs Wm D Uhler closed her house for winter and is spending two weeks at Hotel Avon Easton before leaving for Baltimore. Mrs Sadie Ritter and mother Mrs J M Baer and Mrs O M Hignutt were Easton and Oxford visitors last week. The Young People Club of Williston enjoyed the meeting at Mrs C S Rices last Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Raymond Dukes of Philadelphia visited Mrs Dukes' parents over the weekend. Miss Rebecca Wheatley was at home with her parents last Sunday.
A compact quotation mix contrasts Shakespearean plea for gratitude with a political jab about corruption and a Christian Science Monitor reflection. It frames suffering as not divine punishment but linked to Love’s nature. The piece blends literature, politics, and theology in brief opinion-like lines.
Miss Charlotte Kibler earns a six month nursing scholarship in Minnesota to begin in January. A near Felton resident Henry Wise died in a truck crash near Wilkes-Barre. Lawrence Wilson moves to a new home on First Avenue and First Street. Rev Zobler from Lancaster spoke at the Church in the evening. Clayton residents Mr and Mrs Harry Cole visited Will and Helen Smith. cousins. Rev Roy Forney of Lancaster to lead Brethren pulpit next Sunday. Firehouse food sale nets 126 dollars. Orrell Saulsbury family trip to Philadelphia to see Santa Claus. Mrs J S Moore from Ocean City has moved into former Briscoe house. No preaching at Reformed Church next Sunday. Wardner arrives on the 20th. Rev and Mrs S L Hanby of Concord dined with Rev and Mrs Tawes. Card party for school benefit at firehouse next Tuesday. Mrs Charles Hammond and Mrs Westcott Porter visited near Centreville. Mrs Charles Hobbs from Cambridge attended Mrs Roe's funeral. Mrs Will Cannon and Miss Annie Turner returned from Wilmington. E F Pearsaul at Johns Hopkins for treatment, Mrs Pearsaul with him. Mrs T W Jones entertains sister Miss Clara Landers of Thurmont. Carino Galante to move his shoe shop to his home on Third Avenue.
A plea for reader submissions lists personal items weddings and meetings as news. It invites society notes and notices from congregations lodges and clubs while advertising The Journal office as a source for wedding invitations and engraving services. An odd exchange says soap in the snorer’s mouth may cure snoring but risks a slapstick outcome.
Maude Adams resumes acting after thirteen years with Portia in The Merchant of Venice opposite Otis Skinner as Shylock at Ford's Theatre Baltimore starting Christmas night. The revival signals renewed faith in theatre's vigor and public interest in enduring stars.
A collection of aphorisms on happiness usefulness patience and self-control. Quotes from Maiden S Smiles Seneca Christian Science Monitor and others critique modern society favoring industry kindness and restraint while lampooning vanity alimony and free speech concerns. The tone mirrors a mid century editorial miscellany urging measured conduct.
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