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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1925
Page
2
A Denton Maryland issue dated January 17 1925 published as a Saturday morning paper. The masthead lists Melvix Meelvn Benj Hf Johnbon N and Johnson as likely collaborators or owners and notes postal matter status. The page is a historical small town newspaper fragment with no clear single story read.
The piece discusses the Blue Ridge National Park proposal with its Civil War links, scenic features, and proposed ridge highway to boost accessibility. It also urges support for birds, cites 1924 US auto production, and includes health data from Maryland on decreases in communicable diseases, plus remarks on fire safety and civic cautions.
Miss Lillian Timmons led the list of solvers for last Sundays puzzle with the quotation Forsake the foolish, and live, and go in the way of understanding. Others successful were Mrs. Effa Plummer of Greensboro Miss Esther Dunham of Denton and Miss Marie Ames of Ridgely. Puzzle No 8 begins at 3 o clock and tasks solvers to fill missing words in verses and map letters to the top numbers to form words.
A fragmented verse puzzle uses capitalized, punctuated lines from Proverbs and scripture quotes. The text includes numbers and references to Denton 191 Ridgely 14 and a call for an honorable mention in next week’s Journal, with multiple verse-like fragments and biblical allusions.
In the Eastern Shore Gas and Electric Company electrical essay contest last fall two Denton students placed. Annie S. Ross won fourth prize of 25 dollars and Ruth R. Price took eighth prize of 5 dollars. Judges were Hon. W Laird Henty of Cambridge Dr A B Burris Salisbury Mrs L D Jefferson Federalsburg and Mr Garrett S Harrington Harrington.
I wish to thank my kind friends and neighbors who so generously assisted during the recent sickness and bereavement in my home. M A Howard.
Charles McGee Adams notes in the Atlantic Monthly that sound reflection from flat vertical surfaces creates a perceptible overtones guiding blind people. By tapping or shuffling, they detect reflections to locate objects or gaps, using hearing beyond its usual role and challenging the myth of a sixth sense.
Sonya Levien, granddaughter of a rabbi, discusses Judaism in Hearst's International. She argues fear can build self-control and cooperation, distinguishing constructive fear from cringing fear, and contrasts it with the ego and know it all attitude of modern youth.
Public sale of a Denton Maryland lot of 9700 square feet with a six room dwelling, under a mortgage dated October 21 1920 and assigned to William J Rickards and James Temple. Sale at the courthouse door between 2 and 4 pm, cash only, title papers at purchaser's expense. Assignee auctioneers.
The land remains essentially the same as in Samuel Webb's lifetime and was conveyed by John F Webb and wife to William J Webb, with the deed recorded in Caroline county Land Records. Improvements include a comfortable dwelling and small outbuildings.
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