Merchants of The Fjourns Promote More Than Goods
Advertisers in The Fjourns push their wares with confidence while other sellers remain quiet. The piece notes merchants’ bold claims and contrasts them with quieter competitors in the market.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1937
Page
1
Advertisers in The Fjourns push their wares with confidence while other sellers remain quiet. The piece notes merchants’ bold claims and contrasts them with quieter competitors in the market.
An evening school for young farmers sponsored by the Board of Education and directed by Kenneth Ramsburg has opened. It offers ten weeks of classes on soils dairying poultry swine and farm records for 18 to 24 year old men living on farms. The program includes local specialists and will award certificates to regular attendees who meet qualifications.
State meteorologist John R Weeks reports December 1937 was cooler than normal in Maryland and Delaware with a cold first half and milder second half. Precipitation was well below normal, Baltimore seeing one quarter, and Delaware about 30 percent of normal.
The January 7 meeting in Miss Timmons’s home room formed Caroline High School's Dramatic Club with 27 students and elected officers Van Whiting president Charlotte Butler vice president Dorothy Stevens secretary. The group plans several productions and will manage plays for the rest of the year.
Members of the Caroline County National Farm Loan Association will assemble in the Court House at 10 a m on January 21 for the annual stockholders meeting. Secretary Treasurer H E Holsinger announced. Directors will be elected and the annual report of activities, financial condition, and operations will be presented. A Federal Land Bank of Baltimore representative will discuss policies and new legislation affecting the bank.
A humorous list from old Keystone files mocks early motoring. The Farmer's Anti Automobile Society supposedly prescribes absurd penalties and tactics for approaching corners, dust, night driving, and farmers, including shootings and dismantling cars, reflecting playful satire on 1900s road customs.
The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters announces a new safe driver reward plan. Private auto policies may receive a 16 percent return on annual premiums with no claims in 12 months after policy start. Eligible drivers receive the reward 30 days after policy year end through their agent or broker.
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