Post Office Arrival Notice for Denton MD 1929
A notice indicates mail matter entered at the Denton Maryland Post Office as second class mail on Saturday morning February 2, 1929.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1929
Page
2
Lead Your Way Against Group Slavery in College Life
Aimed at students, this exhortation urges individual leadership over crowd conformity. It warns that chasing popularity harms civic usefulness and outlines six steps to foster self reliance, discipline, and proactive defiance of group pressure. Strong focus on personal integrity, study perseverance, and purposeful independence.
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America
Towboat Metaphor Inspires Academic Endeavor
The passage urges students to prove their resilience by tackling disliked tasks, comparing them to steamboats conquering headwinds and currents. It emphasizes lifelong preparation for competition beyond scholastic training and the value of sustained effort.
Family grace and modern life clash in editorial notes
Editorial notes reflect on family rituals of saying grace at breakfast, the shift toward modern life with cars, radio, and women’s rights, and a hope that wiser practices may emerge. It cites investor caution, tax notices, and a call by U S Attorney Tuttle to strengthen lawfulness amid rising crime.
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Grace
United States
Tuttle
United State
Thor
Advertising and the farm vote in a historic view
A concise meditation on crime policy and the value of advertising. The author argues for enforcing laws over new statutes while tracing advertising's ancient role in guiding daily life. He claims readers of ads gain knowledge, influence choices, and improve living standards, ending with a nod to farm politics.
Saving the Babies in Maryland 1928 Vital Stats
A Maryland Bureau of Vital Statistics report shows 1928 births totaled 16 012 with 1 286 infant deaths, an overall rate of 77 per 1 000 live births. White and colored rates differ, 63 for whites and 130 for colored, with prematurity and birth injuries as leading causes. The study urges prenatal care to protect both mother and child.
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Maryland
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
J. H. M. Knox, Jr
State Bureau of Child Hygiene
Iit
Caroline Counties
Caroline County
Death of Mrs Nettie Lee In Boonsboro Md
Friends and relatives in Hillsboro mourn the death of Mrs Nettie Lee at the home of her son Reginald Beau champ in Boonsboro Maryland. She had spent part of last year with her sister Mrs Florence Beaven. Community activities include an Episcopal Church Ladies Guild meeting with Mrs Richard Beaven and a Community Club gathering next Monday evening. Members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Lee
Reginald Beauchamp
Boonsboro
Lee
Florence Beaven
N. Smith
Milford Kline
Wilmer Parker
Denton
S. N. Smith
H. C. Flowers
Beginning a Great Enterprise in Faith Quote
A compact aphorism attributed to Schlegel about every grand undertaking starting with a step forward in faith. The message emphasizes resolve, belief, and momentum as the initial move toward achievement.
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Schlegel
Twenty Five Years Ago Infringed Roads And Weather Slow Town
Twenty five years ago bad roads and rain kept many away on Tuesday. The steamer Joppa reached Denton at three in the afternoon. Immigration Commissioner Kerr has a grateful acknowledgment for a governor’s bureau report. Local notices mention ice houses filling along the Susquehanna, labor shifts at the B C and A wharf, and a big ice harvest.
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Joppa
Denston
Corkran
Kerry
Slaughter
Hutchinson
B.C
George Starkey
Queen Anne's
Centreville
Starkey
Caroline
Susquehanna River
Perryville
American Ice Company
Maryland Anti-Saloon League
Charles A. Grise
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church
Easton
S. E. Nicholson
League
Pennsylvania
Grise
Annapolis
Cambridge
Andrew Willoughby
Charles Willis
Near
Ridgely
Greensborough M. E. Parsonage
Hoffecker
Caleb Willis
Josephine Willoughby
Minnie May Davis
William T. Davis
Zimmerman A. Cooper
Denton
Floyd E. Bloxton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Trappe
Landing Neck
Talbot County
Thomas J. Kirby
Mattie French
Lucas
Thomas Mitchell
Greensboro
North Carolina
Queen Anne
Talbot
Mitchell
Moses I. Towns
W.towns
Towns
New Hampshire
Andersontown
J. T. Richardson
Concord
Caroline County
House of Delegates
Goslin and
Wiley
John Walter Smith
Hera Tonic Promised Relief From Digestive Ailments
A Denton resident credits Hera tonic with alleviating gas after meals sour stomach heartburn and constipation while enjoying hearty meals. He endorses the product and urges others to try it for six days with a full refund offered by The Caroline Pharmacy and W. J. Evans, Proprietor.
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Denton
Hera
Caroline Pharmacy
W. J. Evans
Three C's Ideal Shapes Modern Education
The Christian Science Monitor notes a shift from the three R's to a new educational ideal focused on Character Culture and Citizenship. The change emphasizes moral development civic responsibility and cultural awareness as core goals for schools and students.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
State Forester Offers Free Trees for Roadside Planting
The State Department of Forestry will furnish a sufficient number of trees this spring to plant five miles of improved public highway. Seven species are available Willow oak white ash green ash honey locust tulip poplar lareh and cy press. Applications are filed in order received with priority to locations best suited for planting and public benefit.
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State Department of Forestry
Forestry Department
Why the New Ford Rides So Easy
A historical note explains the Ford cars ease of ride over rough roads. It highlights the torque tube drive first used on the Model T and later adopted by Lincoln and other cars. The design pulls the car rather than pushes it, relieving rear springs and improving road shock absorption with flexible springs and hydraulic shocks.
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Ford
Ford Motor Company
Anderstontown Hobbs Club Hosts Calendar Party
The Andersontown Hobbs Community Club held a calendar party at president Mrs H H Nuttles home. Members dressed to reflect birth months, played games and enjoyed music and recitations by Ruth Melvin Gertrude Wheatley Elsa Wright and others. About forty eight attended with ice cream and cake served.
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Andersontown-Hobbs
H. H. Nuttle
Miller
Denton
Ruth Melvin
Gertrude Wheatley
Elsa Wright
Mary, Theodore
Billy Orme
Nuttle
Concord Epworth League
Mollie Everagain
Johnny Sullivan
Lyman Todd
C. H. Atkins
Reese Theatre Announces Diverse Week of Film and Vaudeville
The Reese Theatre in Harrington gears up with Universal Pictures Tuesday feature Thanks For The Buggy Ride starring Laura LaPlante, a midweek Show People with Marion Davies and Bill Haines, and a February 8 9 vaudeville pairing The Act Beautiful plus Lavdro Trio Leon Voltess and Company. Two evenings promise rich entertainment for Delaware Maryland audiences.
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Reese Theatre
Harrington
Universal Pictures Corp
Laura LaPlante
Cinematone
William Haines
Marion Davies
People
Breezy
Bill Haines
Chaplin
Fair‘banks
Hollywood
Lavdro
Leon
Voltess and Company
Delaware
Maryland
Manhattan Mary at The Maryland Theatre in Baltimore
George White presents Manhattan Mary starring Ed Wynn at the Maryland Theatre Baltimore the week of February 4 before a Philadelphia run. The two act seventeen scene musical comedy blends drama farce and revue written by DeSylva Brown Henderson White Wells with an eleven member principal cast and seventy five chorus girls.
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Maryland
George White
Ed Wynn
Maryland Theatre
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Manhattan
B. G. DeSylva
Lew Brown
Ray Hendersson
William K. Wells
Mary
Apollo Theatre
New York
Cohen Grand
Chicago
Mountains as Protection in Local Weather Report
The weather bureau notes a town ringed by mountains is less exposed to wind damage than open areas. Winds race through mountain passes, but severe storms avoid valleys unless aligned with the storm path lacking hills.
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The
Weather Bureau
Anthology of Poetry Delights for the Traveling Reader
A compact note praising poetry anthologies as ideal companions for travelers. The author celebrates poetry as complete pieces on each page and suggests memorizing verses as a pleasing pastime during journeys.
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Sobor
Aldous Hussey
Man's Outlook on Humility and Gentleness
The quote by Francais De La Mothe Fenelon urges humility to avoid being easily offended. It emphasizes that nothing is owed to us, reducing disturbance from others and encouraging self-reflection on our own faults to foster indulgence toward others.
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Francais de la Mothe Fenelon
Affection as the strongest garrison for loyalty
A quoted adage notes that true loyalty comes from affection rather than fear or force, claiming rulers cannot command lasting respect through tyranny. It asserts leaders depend on the genuine attachment of their people for real authority.
A New World Of Escape In My Garden
Alexander Smith describes stepping from home into his garden as leaving his habitual self. He portrays its fate as opening a separate kingdom with its own interests annals and incidents, a place of escape and peace.
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Alexander Smith
Absent-Minded Naturalist Debates Club Mixup
A self aware narrator questions his choice of clubs and equipment, wondering if his mistake stems from absent mindedness or a broader drift toward the golf links. The tone blends humor with a reflective inner monologue about missteps and plans.
Pug-pups Pick Up Paper to Clear Common Glebe
An oddly named group formed among Limpsfield children works to clear the common of litter. The organization named Pug-pups Pick up gliss appears to focus on local cleanliness efforts in the village.
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Limpsfield
Silkworms Shown Diet Needs Mulberry Leaves
Early stage silkworms feed on young mulberry leaves. As they mature, older leaves become necessary to sustain growth and development.
The Proper Place for Pies and Custards
A homey guide to pie crusts custards and fruit tarts with step by step crust dough mixing tips and yeast free methods. It covers cocoanut custard pie banana tarts and a chocolate pie with whipped cream topping and details on baking temperatures and techniques.
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S. c
Montaigne Quote on Honesty and Character
A fragment quotes Montaigne stating that all knowledge harms those lacking honesty and a good nature, underscoring virtue as a safeguard against misused learning.
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Montaigne
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