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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1933
Page
4
A cautionary piece outlines three holiday accident hazards fire dangerous toys and unsafe celebration methods. It urges safe Christmas practices including non inflammable tree decorations proper electric wiring and keeping the tree away from flames plus removing the tree within a week of Christmas and emphasizes planning a safer festive season.
The living Christmas tree grows in popularity as a festive, economical option that brings happiness to owners and communities. It reduces annual purchase needs and can be planted on home or public grounds, with carol events around it. Suitable species include Kaster Blue Spruce, Douglas, White and Nordmann fir, and Norway Spruce. A holly specimen adds beauty with lights and tinsel.
A summary based on government reports notes 1933 starting weak, Roosevelt era optimism raising production and plant expansion, NRA spark, then fall and renewed improvement. Heavy industry improves as surplus goods shrink, dividends resume, and stock payments rise. Prices ascend, retail outpaces wholesale, trade expands, department stores and ads rise, while employment shows strongest gains with factory payrolls up markedly from the previous year.
Local merchants sold holiday goods with bright holly hues. Owl captured by William S Wright. Hog weights in the 400s at area farms. Light Street Baltimore slated for car line improvement. Multiple society notices announce upcoming marriages, anniversaries, and obituaries including Mrs. Mary E Carmine of Poplar Grove. Police, church, and local residents feature in a broad glance at community life.
Across sectors the report notes gains in construction and housing, stronger finance and credit, and rising payrolls, while labor strikes rise and transport demand lags. Exports outpace imports but money troubles hinder trade. steel fluctuates wildly while textiles see lower production yet higher payrolls.
The excerpts present aphorisms on silence, resilience, and divine love. Though varied in source, they emphasize inner steadiness, courage after failure, and enduring compassion as guiding principles.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt heads the Christmas campaign for Save the Children Fund, backed by national figures including Secretary Hull and S Parkes Cadman. The fund aids mountain Kentucky and Tennessee children with hot meals, shoes, clothing, books, health clinics, gardens, and canning education. A pageant “The Light” by Denton M. Eu Church closes the notice.
Henry Ford and William Randolph Hearst voiced strong support for the National Industrial Recovery Act in interviews and editorials. Ford spoke via long distance from Dearborn to 10,000 dealers in 32 cities, urging work and national effort to lift the country. Hearst, in a wide newspaper address, praised NRA as humane and pivotal for recovery, labor, and national prosperity, while reaffirming government cooperation with industry to curb waste and harmful competition. Thomas Jefferson quote closes with a preference for newspapers over government.
The Christian Century editorials urge American churches to consider their role in the Roosevelt era effort to socialize aspects of the capitalistic system. They highlight a sharp ethical divide between property rights and human rights as the government limits competition to realize justice in the economic order.
R Phillips and W J Wright led a service officiated by A W Sisk J T Parker and David Ferry with Rev Mr Insley P E from East New Market taking part in the ceremony.
The U S Children’s Bureau outlines a diet to combat undernutrition in children across ages. Key foods include a quart of whole milk daily, butter, one egg, daily green leafy vegetables and other colored vegetables, daily fresh fruit, cod liver oil, bread, cereals with milk, starchy vegetables, and meat or fish. Older children require larger portions, and persistent finicky eating should be discussed with a physician.
The piece notes ongoing opposition to government liquor repeal while licensed sellers push high prices, aiding bootleggers. It criticizes the Maryland DC area liquor quality as low-grade and costly, describing bootleggers as enjoying a new prosperity amid disorder. Time may bring a solution.
Ridgely and nearby towns see relatives and friends visiting over the weekend and holidays. Trips include Philadelphia Wilmington Centreville and Harrington. Notable mentions include Mrs. Ray Frampton starting a job in Wilmington and the Deans moving to a new home.
Smithson William McCarty visits Denton after staying with brother W S McCarty. A. R. Willoughbys attend funeral of Annie Legates in Marydel. Christmas entertainment planned at Smithson Church on Tuesday evening December 26. Visitor Howard Keen of Wilmington calls on R. F. Coleman. Emily Bryan of Baltimore visits A. R. Willoughby family. Mrs. H. Shivery listed as sick.
Fragments show a family diary style with names Holcom Blints Fox and mild misadventures plus a long soldier roster from 1917 to 1919 listing Federalsburg residents James Dew Noble Chue Joshua Dickerson Whiteley Dill George Downes Marion Downes and others with service dates and discharges and a note that the section will be continued next week
A Maryland conservationist urges riders and residents to protect roadside evergreens this holiday season. Citizens are reminded that removing trees or shrubs from others' property is unlawful without consent. Use locally sourced or living trees, trim holly only in short cuttings, and prefer live plants to support forests and the landscape.
Miss I. Jewell Simpson of Baltimore assistant State supervisor of primary schools spoke to Caroline county primary teachers last Saturday morning in the Caroline High School auditorium. Miss Bessie M. Spafford spends Christmas at her Moravia New York home. Dr. Roger W. Duffey is visiting friends in Washington.
A historical remark attributed to Lincoln emphasizes the priority of aligning with God's will rather than seeking divine alignment with one's own cause. The famous assertion favors personal moral responsibility over assuming divine support.
Edgar G Harris publisher of the West Point Times Leader argues that local newspaper advertising raises a town’s trade, noting advertising’s cumulative pull and its broader benefit beyond the advertiser. He cites ad driven sales multiplying customer flow across merchants and towns, urging chamber cooperation in soliciting home paper ads.
The Lindberghs 29000 mile survey flight ends with their plane Tiagmissartoq to be exhibited in the museum's Hall of Ocean Life between Christmas and New Year. The aircraft will join hundreds of flight items including heated flight gear and tropical sun helmets. The exhibit marks a historic achievement guiding future air routes between America and Europe.
The December gathering of the Ladies Aid of the M. P. Church in Choptank enjoyed a pleasant session at Mrs. Tessie Willoughby’s home with good attendance. The January meeting is set for January 2 at Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Blades’s home and all members are urged to attend. The church Christmas entertainment is planned for Sunday evening December 24 at 7:30 with public invitation. The Twentieth Century Club’s Christmas Pal meeting will be December 27 at the Choptank Club House to help solve the pal mysteries.
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