27 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1930
Page
1
The bank will close Thursday January 1 1931 for New Year’s Day. All paper payable here maturing on that day may be paid on the following day. W I Norris cashier.
J Frank Wright named cashier of The Peoples Bank Denton Maryland with note dated January 1 1981 marking the appointment fusing the 1930 reference in a bank records entry.
Dave Holden abandons his isolated homestead after a quarrel with Sylvia Palmer over Jack Fulton. Fulton, the local school principal, tracks Dave to his cabin and intervenes, urging Dave to return home with Sylvia for Easter wedding plans.
The Community Welfare Committee reports distributing 25 to 30 Christmas boxes to needy families, with flour meat sugar lard and canned goods. some include chickens for sickness cases. Donations toward a $1,000 goal continue, and help to families, clothing fuel and employment has been provided. A listed donor total reflects widespread community support.
In 1718 the first silk mill in England began in Derby. A London merchant, John Lambe, is accused of stealing a secret Piedmontese process after working there and secretly drawing the machinery, risking his life to obtain the method.
A humorous note examines how a boy’s Christmas eating capacity equals meals allowed plus snacks and more. It playfully links ordinary appetite to festive indulgence, reflecting seasonal customs and youth humor.
Description of Magellan's sailors meeting fire for the first time on the Marian Islands in 1521. Inhabitants reportedly believed the flame was a wood-eating animal and feared it as if bitten when close to the fire.
A Denton area family faces unemployment with four young children under six. The mother volunteers nursing work while the grandmother hopes to take in washing and ironing at home. The family needs clothing for the children and other members.
Colfax editor I H Sefton will receive $1000 a year for life after winning Plymouth Motor Corporation’s world wide essay contest. His piece Why I’d Buy a Plymouth was chosen from about 500000 entries from 47 countries. Judges included Floyd Gibbons Edgar A Guest and Thomas P Henry.
Bullock and White owner William Bullock explains that while technically a tire includes casing flap and tube, common usage refers to the casing alone. He notes the Air-Flight tire design still aligns with the ordinary meaning and cites foreign terms as more descriptive in some cases.
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