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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1938
Page
3
Yale University Press presents photographs by Matthew Brady from February 27 1860 showing Abraham Lincoln as he spoke at Cooper Union. The pictures illustrate time aging Lincoln and his rise to prominence in Civil War era context.
Frank R. Elliott, in Rotarian Magazine, asks if television advertising can pay its bill. He warns attention is harder to hold on TV than print or radio and notes limited reach without boosters. He questions whether the public will accept teladvertising and whether advertisers will fund nationwide TV coverage.
An aging perspective warns against kissing infants and young children on the mouth. It stresses that immature children face high infection risk from tuberculosis, streptococcus, and diphtheria, urging kisses only on the back of the neck or head and advising TB active individuals to avoid contact with children.
Household hint recipe for Swiss steak with onions. Requires 3 lbs steak 2 inches thick percent cup flour mustard water butter onions and seasonings. Steps: beat flour into steak, brown, add water, cover bake two hours, garnish with mashed potatoes and parsley.
Flickering lights over Havana Harbor mark the February 15 1898 explosion of the U S S Maine as more than 260 lives are lost. Private William Anthony aids Captain Sigsbee reporting the sinking with discipline and courage praised as a national slogan emerges.
Dr. Thomas B. Symons, acting dean, told Frederick Production Credit Association directors on January 20 that farmers should master credit. He noted many farmers rely on short term credit for operations and urged banking or production credit loans, cash purchases, and strict recordkeeping to stay in safe, planned lines.
During January through November 1937 the six Maryland production credit associations issued 1,680 loans totaling 2,224,200 dollars. The article notes careful budgeting as essential to implementing the plans.
A group of Senators led by Josiah Bailey of North Carolina presented ten recovery proposals to the Senate. The plan urged revising capital gains and undistributed profits taxes, balancing the federal budget, preserving worker and property rights, limiting government competition, maintaining a competitive market, protecting private credit, avoiding further tax increases, upholding states rights, aiding the needy non-politically, and continuing reliance on private initiative. The program is described as a real prosperity plan for American democracy.
State health data show more diphtheria cases overall in 1937 but fewer deaths in many counties. Sixteen of twenty-three counties had no diphtheria deaths and seven had no cases. Counties with zero deaths include Allegany Carroll Cecil Kent Queen Anne's Talbot Worcester, with others like Calvert Caroline Charles Dorchester Garrett Howard Montgomery St. Mary's Somerset also reporting no deaths. Mothers urged to vaccinate infants before age one, via family doctors or county clinic immunizations, to prevent diphtheria.
The record shows typhoid was less protected in 1937, with 327 cases and 31 deaths vs 266 cases and 27 deaths in 1936. Eight counties reported zero typhoid deaths, while Calvert Caroline and Howard had no maternal deaths. Births rose to 27,636 in 1937 from 26,642 in 1936, and infant deaths fell to 62 per thousand. Prenatal conferences expanded with 1,600+ women attended for supervision and nursing follow up.
The piece argues that a widespread fear grips small business and investors in the United States. Taxation attacks on business and labor radicalism deter reinvestment. Examples include a meat market owner delaying improvements and a groceryman shelving a new store site. The author urges readers to assess personal and public sentiment and identify the causes of the business slump.
Elisabeth Achelis, president of the World Calendar Association, addressed the General Federation of Women's Clubs in Washington. She questioned if the current calendar truly aligns with daily life and urged reflection on whether society is living in step with the calendar.
The passage suggests removing less valuable, crooked, and large-limbed trees to leave better specimens. This selective thinning aims to develop high grade forest products and improve overall stand quality.
A World Calendar with twelve months and equal quarters is outlined by The Calendar Lady. The system assigns 31 days to January, April, July, October and 30 days to February, March, May, June, August, September, November, December, with a year-end day and leap years balancing the cycle. The idea claims approval from nations and favor in the League of Nations.
Herbert King, president of the New York State Farm Bureau, warns that dairy success in 1938 hinges on farmers self reliance and cooperative bargaining. He asserts dairymen must combine efforts to secure fair prices and sale terms, stressing self help as essential to farming progress alongside business success.
A compact quotation from Mary Baker Eddy asserts ignorance of God as faith’s hindrance, while Abraham Lincoln condemns a man who is not wiser today than yesterday, reflecting on wisdom and belief across two prominent voices.
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