Denton Journal Saturday Edition Opens 1932 with Local Leaders
The Denton Journal page notes owners Melvin and Johnson Incorporated with Benjamin F. Johnson as President and Treasurer and Mary Melvin as Vice-President and Secretary. The publication is entered at the Denton post office as second class mail matter, dated Saturday morning January 9, 1932.
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Treaaurer
Mary Melvin
Postoffice
Denton
Porto Rico Child Feeding Drive Seeks Aid on Shore
Urgent plea urges Eastern Shore residents to donate to feed Puerto Rican children. Governor Roosevelt plans one hot meal daily for 50,000 needy island pupils amid 200,000 in hunger. Ten dollars feeds a child for a year. $25 provides 600 meals. send checks to Porto Rico Child Feeding Committee via Salisbury trust company.
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Porto Rico
Theodore Roosevelt
Jose Padin
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Hooper Miles
Salisbury
A Gloomy Moment in History Reflects on 1857 Depression
The piece notes widespread American commercial distress and unemployment amid global tensions. It cites Harper's Weekly editorial from October 10, 1857, predicting uncertain futures yet urging faith, charity, and steadfast manhood, with depressions recuring and eventual recovery.
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France
Russia
Europe
China
Harper’s Weekly
Looking Forward Nineteen Thirty Two Presidential Year
The 1932 year is framed as crucial in US history amid a severe global depression. The author notes no quick fix and urges individual and societal action. It highlights the presidential year’s significance but downplays local political issues in the public mind.
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United States
Prosperity hinges on jobs not partisan bickering
The author argues that recovery hinges on stimulated employment and consumer demand, not costly bond schemes or broad tax hikes. Government meddling risks retrenchment. business must lead, stabilizing wages and employment while resisting inflationary policies. International issues like disarmament and trade affect domestic prosperity and 1932 should unleash national initiative with courage and faith.
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Pannaceas
Congress
Peter
Paul
Dob
England
United States
Customer satisfaction as a remedy for economic slump
A January Ro tarian piece by a reader signing as A Customer with Money to Spend argues that courteous, efficient clerks and retailer attentiveness to ordinary buyers can revive demand. He notes banks full of savings and many wages uncut, urging merchants to focus on normal buying needs to spur prosperity rather than rely on flashy advertising.
Remembering World War I Veterans and Their Sacrifices
A reflective column notes that about five hundred of six thousand World War I disabled veterans have died since retirement. It urges remembrance and government action to aid veterans and dependents, warning against myths that veterans are all athletes or millionaires. The piece links sacrifice to the crimson poppy of Flanders as a symbol of ongoing obligation.
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Army
Flanders
Republican Party
Veterans’ Affairs
Troover
Department of Commerce
Harding
Congress
Arthur Sears Henning
Washington
Republican
Chicago Tribune
Hoover
Coolidge
Nobel Peace Prize Draws Jane Addams and Butler
Editorial notes state the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize honors Jane Addams and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. It recounts Alfred Nobel’s will creating the prizes, aims to enable visionaries to contribute to humanity, and notes Butler’s peace work and Addams’s health and fame amid World War era pacifism initiatives.
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Jane Addams
Nicholas Murray Butler
Nobel Foundation
Alfred Nobel
Storthing
Butler
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
America
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Woman Peace Society
Women's International League For
Our Vanishing Freedom radio address by Merle Thorpe
Merle Thorpe editor of The Nations Business will discuss governmental trends that centralize power and burden business on a coast to coast NBC network broadcast Sunday January 10 at 1 p m EST. He will assess how bureaucracy dims state authority and personal freedom and tax burdens.
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America
Merle Thorpe
National Broadcasting Company
The
Sentinels of the Republic
Thorpe
Brusk Sales Harms Customer Interest at Bookstore
A young clerk questioned a customer about buying vs looking and failed to make a sale. The terse approach left the shopper returning a book and departing hastily, reflecting broader issues in consumer satisfaction.
Peace and Freedom and the Nobel Peace Prize
The article recounts the Nobel Peace Prize awards to Miss Jane Addams and Dr Butler in 1931 and outlines Butler’s proposals for world peace including a war department abolition and a peace navy. It also critiques U.S. government reorganization efforts and notes the upcoming Disarmament Conference in Geneva with Mary Emma Woolley appointed to the American delegation.
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Dr. Butler
W. de Munthe Morgensteine
Jane Addams
Butler
War Department
Permanent Court of International Justice
Permanent Court of International Arbitration
League of Nations
Department of National Defense
Tle
Geneva
Army
Navy
Aviation
Arthur Henderson
Mary Emma Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
Woolley
Das
United States
Japan
Journal Subscription Push Sparks Chanty News Interest
A local publisher promotes subscribing to The Journal promising access to chanty news and broader coverage. The ad highlights exclusive reports and ongoing features across arts and community events to attract readers.
Twenty Five Years Ago Local Horticulturists and Weddings Highlight Week
Mr J W Kerr spoke at Trenton New Jersey before the state horticulturists and judged a fruit exhibit. Several weddings uplift the community with decor, including Emma Steward and Howard Milby at Whitleysburg and Edith Liden and Edward Thawley at Bloomery. Deaths include Levi Reber at age seven from membranous croup and William Massey of Baltimore, son of a leading local family. New land deals and farm sales are noted, with Hackett farm sold for 37000 and other parcels transferring ownership.
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J. W. Kerr
Trenton
N. J
Levi Reber
A. C. Reber
Boston
Charles Statum
Williston
Alfred C. Jones
Queen Anne's County
Jones
California
J. Marion Hackett
Easton
Messrs
A. G
T. Saulsbury
Hackett
Bourns
John F. Dawson
Thomas W. Jones
B. F. Steward
Whitleysburg
Emma
Howard Milby
Mendelssohn
Nellie Wright
Edna Nichols
George Steward
Mr. Beer
Bloomery M. E. Church
Edith A. Liden
William S. Liden
Edward N. Thawley
S. P. Shipman
Bessie Trice
James P. Neal
Franklin Street
A. C. McGilton
M. E. Church
Alburger
W. Frank McMahon
Emma Hazel
Charley H. Murphy
Friendship M. E. Church
Mary Bertha Sparks
Mary A. Sparks
Ellwood T. Walls
CG. Leslie Walls
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ingleside
John L. Everagam
Philadelphia
Everngain
Norman Davis
Ridgely
Elina Davis
Centreville
ST. G. Budd
Local Obituaries and Notes From Caroline County
Obituaries and social notices recount the deaths of Massey family relatives and others in Greensboro and Denton, with details on survivors, pallbearers, and funeral arrangements. The item also covers a series of small community items including a peanut party at Pastorfield’s, local gossip, and a whimsical civic diary with daily entries and voter remarks.
In Memoriam Voshell In Loving Memory of Our Father
In Memoriam Voshell notes the passing of Joseph W. on January 7, 1931. The poem reflects ongoing memory and eternal sweetness as family keeps his image in their hearts. It recalls graveside thoughts and honors him as one of the best, with sons and daughters bearing the loss.
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Voshell
Joseph W
Bride and groom wed after fainting during ceremony
John Carrol Shortall fainted and collapsed at Easton church during his marriage to Pauline Frances Helden. Rev Joseph Irwin of St Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church revived him in an anteroom and the ceremony continued. Shortall is son of Mr and Mrs William Shortall of Easton. the bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs George Holden of Easton.
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Masters Ross
Lynn Stevens
Z. H., Webster
Delmar
Del
Annie
Mamie Statum
William Massey
This County
Maryland Avenue
Baltimore
Greensboro
Holy Trinity Church
John Gardner Murray
St. Michael's and
AH Angels’ Church
Marcellus Karcher
Holy Trinity
General Assembly
Greensboro Academy
St. John’s College
Massey
Annie Goldsborough
Griffin W. Goldsborough
James Massey
Ocean City
John W. Scott
Lena Downes
Thos. A. Smith
F. R. Malone
Nathaniel Horsey
Joseph B. Orrell
James Nichols
Charles H. Whitby
George W. Roughley
Caroline
Raughley
D. J. Givan
Hillsboro
Shadrach J. Raughley
Mr. Raughley
Kent County
Delaware
John Raughley
George W. Wilson
Reynolds Y. Collins
Williston
Abram Y. Collins
Miss Young
Captain Young
Mr. Collins
Caleb C. Wheeler
Alice Bloxom
Collins
John E. Smith
Denton Cemetery
Elmira Deakyne
George A. Deakyne
Clayton
James G
George W. Redden
Angelina Lord
Mary A. Powell
John W. Redden
Sarah E. Trazzare
J. Howard Pastorfield
Grace Lindale
Wilmington
Nellie Valliant
Blanche Hobbs
L. B. Towers
W. C. Pastorfield
W. C. Pasterfield
W. H. Anderson
Harvey L Cooper
Sudlersville
Maud Stewart
Mary Hobbs
Ella M. Nuttle
Jennie Stafford
Viola Wright
Caroline Redden
Dora Gelletty
Elbert Nuttle
Carlisle
Benjamin F. Field
Richmond
T W. Jones
Ridgely
George F. Saulsbury
Louis Dukes
Enoch George Jr
John Carrol
Shortall
Easton
Joseph Irwin
St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church
Pauline Frances Helden
William Shortall
George Holden
Temper Tantrums and the Hamilton Legacy in Two Tales
A governess recalls taming a boy’s temper through isolation until self control took root. The piece then marks January 11 as Alexander Hamilton’s birth anniversary, recounting his rise from Isle of Nevis youth to Washington’s aide, Yorktown victory, constitutional role, and ultimate duel ending his brief, brilliant career.
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Don
Jack
Alexander Hamilton
Marshall
Washington
Hamilton
United States
George Washington
King’s College
Columbia University
New York
Trenton
Princeton
Yorktown
Treasury
Congress
the Treasury
Destiny
Aaron Burr
America
Quote on generosity and restraint from George Sand
A concise quotation reflects on giving without hesitation losing without regret and acquiring without meanness. The remarks attribute wisdom on balancing generosity and restraint in daily conduct.
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George Sand
Quotations on Perfection and Beauty From Historical Voices
A collection of brief maxims highlighting imperfection and patience. Fenelon notes imperfection in others evidences one’s own imperfection. Kingsley urges seeking beauty as divine handwriting. Christian Science Monitor reflects on God’s reasonable demands on His children.
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Kingsley
Christian Science Monitor
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Polatix
Teusday
Gillem
Mr. Gillem
Memoriam
Sears
Ethel G. Peterson
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville, Md
Fenelon
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