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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1927
Page
4
The item notes a weekly Denton publication published Saturdays by Melvin and Johnson Incorporated with Benjamin H. Johnson as President and Treasurer and Benjamin Ef Johnson as Vice President and Secretary. It is dated February 19, 1927 and entered at the Denton post office as second class mail matter.
A Washington Letter surveys public sentiment on President Coolidge amid groundhog forecasts and party clashes. It cites Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler opposing a third term, McNary Haugen farm relief, Navy cruiser funding, and Congressional responses, noting Coolidge’s history of shifts on policy and looming choices on the farm bill and ships.
Delegates Flowers and Tolson of Queen Annes county push a Baltimore Eastern Shore Boulevard bill as key in the Assembly sought to solve the states transportation gap. Queen Annes county advocates say the boulevard would unite Baltimore with the Eastern Shore via ferries from Kent Island and link major roads, connecting Centreville Queenstown and Elkton corridors.
The proposed road would connect Ocean City to Elkton and Wye Mills, Denton to Cambridge Salisbury and south, and the Denton-Harrington line, linking the Delmarvian Peninsula to Baltimore via a new ferry. It aims to create a continuous hard surface route from seven lower Eastern Shore counties to Maryland's metropolis, shifting truck and passenger traffic from Philadelphia to Baltimore and serving about 70,000 people in 35 towns.
Governor Ritchie in a legislative message retreats from leasing barren oyster beds and endorses revised plans to curb harvests. Senators from tidewater counties say the compromise is acceptable, with changes to oyster size, dredge limits, season dates, seed areas, and higher license fees. The governor argues industry self replenishment, funding for shells, and a 3 cent per bushel tax will raise about 126 thousand dollars annually to support shell planting and conservation efforts.
Governor proposes ending gasoline tax refund to gain about 87 500 annually. Savings would fund 700 000 extra bushels of shells, boosting total shells to 2 000 000 yearly for planting over 2 200 acres, benefiting tidewater oyster owners.
The article extols the Caroline County Chamber of Commerce as the main vehicle for voicing business opinions to government, uniting effort, and serving as a non political, non sectarian hub for community welfare. It urges joining and highlights its role as a civic information clearing house. It also includes a health and meal planning section from the Philadelphia Inter State Dairy Council promoting muffins and menu planning.
The Concord Cemetery trustees aim to finish ongoing work and sow grass seed soon to make the site a fitting burial place. Several lot owners have unpaid dues. next week trustees will visit owners to collect payments at the cemetery. Funds may be paid to trustees T. I. Everngam, E. T. Orme, or H. Be Wheatley.
The Denton M P Church invites worshippers to Sunday services despite poor weather. Programs include a Sunday School topic Serving in And Through The Church at 9:46 a.m., a sermon The Last Ideal at 11, and an evening combined service at the High School with speaker Mrs. Josephine Dominick. A 6:30 p.m. C E meeting precedes the event, and Friday February 25 features a sketch How Not To Do It.
Mr. Fred Simpkins Snow King representative cites baking powder as a versatile aid beyond leavening. He suggests small amounts improve rice pudding lightness, pie crust flakiness, mashed potatoes and carrots, dressings, omelets, and souffles, claiming fluffier textures and better taste in many dishes.
Tomorrow services at St Paul s M E Church South include 10 30 p m preaching by the pastor with Junior Order U A M in attendance, 7 30 p m song and story with addresses, an hour with old hymns, and 9 30 a m Sunday School. The public is invited. Mrs Howard Flowers visited Queenstown with Mrs E S Bowens. Mr John Emory from Penn s Grove NJ visited his parents. Miss Madge Jump and mother visited relatives in Wyoming Del this week.
Owing to whooping cough and chickenpox in Caroline during January many schools fell below the 90 percent attendance standard. The honor list includes Henderson Ridgely Greensboro Caroline Preston Federalsburg Geldsboro Denton Grammar D enton Primary Greensboro Elementary Moore's Hillsboro Rural Vickory Hill Chestnut Grove Howard Marydel Houston's Branch Nichols Burrsville Choptank Hickman Concord Andersontown Bee Tree Williamson Johns Denton High Jonestown Union. Schools receiving banners and library books for attendance are Henderson high Goldsboro town Moore's two room Hickory Hill rural and Johns colored.
William Flowers a well known farmer near Greensboro died last Saturday afternoon from heart trouble and Brights disease. He was 68 years four months and twelve days old and leaves three daughters and one son, plus three brothers and nineteen grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Piney Grove Church with Rev. W. L. Jump officiating.
A compassionate memorial verse expresses that the departed remain in memory and presence. It honors enduring affection and remembrance beyond life, affirming that the loved one is not forgotten though no longer here.
Vilma Banky, famed Hungarian beauty, appears as Yasmin in Rudolph Valentino’s The Son of the Sheik at New Dover Opera House next Monday through Wednesday February 21 to 23. Manager Schwartz notes her world touring rise and film career in English roles from The Dark Angel to The Eagle.
An entertainment will be held at Moore's school next Tuesday night February 22 at 8 o'clock. The program features Johnnie's New Suit and ne gro dialogues with candy for sale. Proceeds go to the school. Admission adults 25c children 15c. Parents urged to support spelling contests as the elementary school attendance banner for January was earned.
William F Towers and family express heartfelt thanks to Denton Fire Company neighbors and others who assisted in saving their home and household goods from a serious fire. They note untiring efforts saved much property and pledge the kindness will never be forgotten.
The Pathfinder Magazine notes Virginia produced eight U.S. presidents with birthplace in the Old Dominion. Washington and Monroe hailed from Westmoreland while Harrison and Tyler were born in the same county, and Harrison’s death led to his successor, born in that county, becoming president.
Chineze Venice Soochow known as the Venice of the East for its many intersecting canals. Twelve main waterways cross every quarter mile and connect to surrounding areas by smaller canals. The Grand Canal, the longest artificial waterway, runs nearly a thousand miles from Linugchow to Tientsin and is hailed as a major engineering feat.
Bob Flood of Walgett owns a team of 20 bullocks treated gentlemanly at all times. He has never sworn at them though he uses profanity in conversation. He works the team without a whip and rarely speaks louder than an ordinary tone. The team is the envy of carriers within 100 miles of Walgett.
Campers in northern Australia use a tiny bat as a substitute for mosquito nets and rations. The bat spends the day perched on the ridgepole of the tent, providing a curious aid to comfort while campers rest in the state.
A Pathfinder Magazine note discusses the idiom by and large meaning comprehensively or overall. It cites Mark Twain in Oil Times remarking on someone being “more different kinds of an ass” when taken by such large measures.
In a Kansas City Star quip, Audrey and her father dispute a loud din. He complains of an infernal racket, while she jokes it is not a motorcycle but a shooting gallery passing by, a light moment from a household scene.
After renting the farm for the year the owner will hold a public sale on the Wulfman Farm road from Ridgely to Ober's Corner opposite Ridgely High School. The sale begins at 10 o clock in rain or shine. Items include cows aged one to seven years with many in calf all high grade Guernsey Holstein and Jersey breeds. Eight cows fresh in March and three to be fresh soon. Also five brood sows near farrowing around March 25 with four sows bearing their second litter and one first litter. One fancy male hog and a pair of high quality mules also offered.
Farm wagons a low-down truck a dearborn and other equipment including riding plow cultivators rake drill rope and chain par nets corn planter mower tomato racks hay racks hoes shovels forks grindstone engines pumps and more offered with no reserve. Cash under 10 dollars credit six months with note. Property not removed until terms met. James Temple auctioneers Covey and Duur T W Jones J A Beck clerks.
Assignee under a 1916 mortgage to Harvey L. Cooper offers public sale of land in Caroline County Maryland. The property includes a large two story frame dwelling and improvements on the Reber farm opposite Emerson farm along the Denton Ridgely road in the Sixth Election District. Sale to occur at the Denton Court House door between 2 and 4 pm.
In Casper Wyoming a big oil refining plant keeps bull snakes in balloon houses to kill mice that chew at balloons used to store gasoline vapors. The mice risk holes in the balloons as daytime vapor expands in the storage tanks.
An English employer requires any male employee wishing to attend a near relative's funeral to notify his foreman before 10 a.m. on the day of the match. The Cork Examiner reports the notice displayed at the business premises.
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