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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1937
Page
3
Yale University Press presents a February 27 1860 Bra dy photograph showing Abraham Lincoln in the years leading to his presidency. The image accompanies his Cooper Union speech cited as pivotal to his ascent.
Franklin R. Elliott, experimental psychologist and author, argues television faces attention limits and advertising funding questions. He notes viewers lose teladvertising if they look away, compares eye ear balance with print and radio, and points out booster and range issues for national reach. He asks if John Q. Public will notice and buy TV products and whether teladvertising can sustain the medium.
An old medical advisory warns against kissing infants or young children on the mouth due to infectious disease risks. It recommends kissing only on the back of the head or shoulders and stresses the vulnerability of babies to tuberculosis and other infections, urging those with active TB to avoid contact.
Household hints describe Swiss steak with onions baked at 325 for two hours using 3 pounds of steak 1/2 cup flour mustard water salt pepper butter onions. The method beats flour into the meat then browns, adds water, bakes covered, and serves with mashed potatoes garnished with parsley.
The February 15 1898 explosion sinks the USS Maine off Havana with over 260 dead. Private William Anthony, orderly to Captain Sigsbee, reports the blast and aids the captain as crew members fight flames and preserve order. The incident stirs national sentiment and echoes in later events.
Dr. Thomas B. Symons of the University of Maryland told Frederick Production Credit Association directors on January 20 that farmers should master credit, not fear it, noting that many rely on short term credit for annual operations and that cash loans from banks or production credit groups are underutilized despite potential savings from cash purchases and discounts. He urged careful record keeping, strong farm planning, and use of credit only as it fits safety within plans to avoid ruin.
During January to November 1937 Maryland’s six production credit associations issued 1,680 loans totaling 2,224,200 dollars as part of planned budgeting efforts.
A group of Senators, led by Josiah Bailey, outlined ten reform proposals to revive the economy. They urge revising capital gains and undistributed profits taxes, balancing the federal budget, preserving worker and property rights, limiting government competition, maintaining the competitive system, preserving private credit, avoiding tax increases, defending states rights and local self government, aiding the needy non-politically, and relying on private initiative and enterprise.
State reports 1937 saw more total diphtheria cases but fewer county deaths. Sixteen counties had no diphtheria deaths. seven had no cases. Allegany Carroll Cecil Kent Queen Annes Talbot Worcester and Calvert Caroline Charles Dorchester Garrett Howard Montgomery St Marys Somerset showed no deaths. Mothers urged to immunize babies before age one, via doctors or county clinics.
The record shows disease protection gaps with 327 typhoid cases and 31 deaths in 1937 versus 266 cases and 27 deaths in 1936. Eight counties reported no resident typhoid deaths, and Calvert Caroline and Howard had no maternal deaths. Births rose to 27 636 from 26 642, while infant deaths fell to 1 704 from 1 842. Prenatal conferences expanded with 1 600+ attendees for expectant mothers.
The piece argues that a general fear grips small business and investors in the United States. Taxation, political attacks on business, and labor radicalism deter investment and expansion. The author cites examples of a meat market, a grocery store, and a small firm delaying investments due to uncertainty and market turmoil.
Elisabeth Achelis, president of the World Calendar Association, spoke to the General Federation of Women's Clubs in Washington. She debated whether the present calendar functions on the square with daily life and whether people are living on the square with the calendar as she explored the idea of a quarterly diagram.
The practice focuses on removing less valuable trees and those that are crooked or large limbed. This concentrates growth on better trees to develop high grade forest products.
The piece outlines a World Calendar with twelve months in four equal quarters. It claims widespread approval including the League of Nations and describes a 31 day January and July, 30 day February and March, and a year-end day to balance the system. Leap years adjust as needed.
Herbert King president of the New York State Farm Bureau warns that dairy industry success in 1938 hinges on dairymen acting in self reliance and intelligent cooperation. He emphasizes farmers must bargain collectively on price terms and sale conditions, noting progress depends on what farmers do for themselves.
A quotation mix quotes Mary Baker Eddy and Abraham Lincoln on faith and wisdom. The first line asserts ignorance is not a path to faith, while the second criticizes complacent wisdom, suggesting growth is essential.
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