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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1937
Page
3
A Christmas meditation on Luke 2 8 20 and the birth of Jesus as savior. The author urges personal faith, the shepherds proclamation, and sharing the gospel as the true response to Christmas, blessing readers with peace with God and good will.
Observation on experience as a tutor, noting that all people learn from it, while the instructor can be strange in teaching the lessons he himself has conveyed. The aphorism reflects on the paradox of instruction and learning through life.
A reflective quotation attributed to George Eliot about how past actions shape present character and identity, implying a lifelong link between deeds done long ago and who we become today.
A brief reflective note on shared duties among people, highlighting how spiritual belief frames mutual aid and endurance in daily trials. It emphasizes solidarity and Christian duty to support one another.
Puzzle list with many clues and partial fragments. Entries show horizontal items and several mismatched letters and numbers. The page announces a forthcoming relation in the next issue and contains assorted clues across topics such as anatomy, geography, and common objects.
Christmas Seals are sold to fund the nationwide fight against tuberculosis. The campaign likens the effort to a war, with the seals providing ammunition for anti TB programs, free chest clinics, a pediatric sanitarium, and teaching clinics, urging public support to finish the campaign.
The article recalls the travel route of the telephone, notes the 1876 Bell patent as its start, and highlights subsequent improvements by Bell and other pioneers. It mentions ongoing research at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City as progress continues.
Immune from normal arrest during a president's term has exceptions. Two presidents were arrested yet not prosecuted. Franklin Pierce in 1833 after a carriage collision with an elderly woman in Washington was arrested by Constable Stanley Edelin but released upon learning the prisoner was the president. Ulysses S. Grant was arrested for fast driving when a trotter buggy was stopped by Officer William H. West. Grant urged the officer to do his duty and charges were sought, though Washington records show no further action.
A Washington centennial celebration named Alexander Graham Bell first among twelve great American inventors. The roll includes Edison Fulton Goodyear Hall Howe McCormick Mergenthaler Morse Westinghouse Wright and Whitney. Speeches and Edison’s voice recorded added drama as Morse’s first telegraph message was recalled.
The Maryland Tuberculosis Association reports progress in lowering deaths from tuberculosis since 1904 and credits Christmas Seals with funding chest clinics, Miracle House, a preventorium, medical research, and health education. Early diagnosis and continued public support are urged to finish eradicating the disease.
A playful Chicago tale from the Windy City during the Century of Progress era. A man loses his hat to a Lake Michigan gust, only to have a second hat land on him later. A stranger returns the first hat, while the other man’s cattle trip becomes part of the quirky sequence.
Administrators of C Clarence Deen announce a public auction at his home in Fowling Creek near Harmony Eighth District Caroline County starting 10 a m. The sale includes farming equipment household stock from a general mercantile store and store fixtures. 50 shares of Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Denton Maryland to be sold cash on day of sale. Auctioneer James Temple.
At 1 o clock sharp the personal property to be sold includes 1 couch 1 book case and writing desk combined 1 Morris chair 15 piece living room suite 2 bedroom suites and springs 1 dining room suite 1 round peak table stands cane seat chairs and rockers 1 ac an cabinet and porcelain top table 2 cots that open lot of dishes and cooking ware lot of glass cans porch swing several electric lamps 1 electric stove in perfect condition and many other things 1 half rack.
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