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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1929
Page
4
Benjamin F. Johnson, vice president and secretary. Entered at the Denton Missouri post office as second class mail matter. Saturday morning, July 13, 1929.
A column reflects on a school concert with old fashioned songs and hoop skirts while comparing youth culture to broader world issues. It warns against irritability and factional thinking as society grapples with internationalism, minorities, and policy disputes. The piece urges neighborliness and practical understanding over banishment and division.
Editorial notes discuss Ralph Haynes on business opposition to war and appealing to pockets and brains of business leaders. Geneva disarmament talks on limits for airplanes and dirigibles. Japan’s Baron Tanaka states cordial U.S. relations and Japan as guardian of the peace. Also notes on rural road waterproofing and hard surfacing to ease traffic and on road oil applications.
A historical editorial cites the United States as financially entwined abroad with 24 billion dollars in investments and debts. It argues taxation and government downsizing, warns against overextended welfare, and uses aphorisms on advertising, branding, and human relations to critique economic and social life.
In Farm Life, T W Le Quatte argues for a bold program to lift families trapped on unproductive land. He questions tax funded aid that merely sustains schooling and roads, proposing instead purchasing such land, returning it to timber use, and helping residents relocate to gainful employment and dignity. The piece laments ongoing waste of talent and calls for a practical, nature aligned solution.
Twenty five years ago wheat ranged from 78 to 83 with corn around 56. The notes mention good tomato and early apple prices, several Deutonians visiting Rehoboth, Prof E M Noble building a new house in Franklin street, and wheat buyers in Baltimore. Also references to a meteor sighting, bank building foundation work, game wardens for Caroline county, a death in Gareys Mill, and various social notices from Greensboro and Denton areas.
Roy L. Smith quote appears as a fragment urging choice between effort and ease. The line emphasizes value in doing work over dwelling on difficulties, reflecting a motivational tone from a bygone era.
The text explains how regular store news ads should be concise, factual, and engaging without exaggeration. It praises clear descriptions of merchandise, warns against flashy headlines, and highlights a weekly two column Clock-ad layout with sections I to XII as a successful format for reaching customers.
A compilation of sayings from The Christian Science Monitor and figures Burke and Franklin. It emphasizes changing attitude toward work, valuing knowledge, and the idea that learning enriches rather than diminishes wealth.
Dr J H M Knox Jr chief of the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the State Department of Health offers hot weather care guidance for infants. Emphasizes dressing for temperature, frequent but measured feeding, best use of mother's milk, careful bottle preparation, cleanliness from milking to feeding, cooling water between feedings, fly control, and supervision by the family doctor during hot spells.
A vintage guide on cool summer beverages and syrups. It covers sugar syrup made from sugar and water in five minutes, chocolate egg nog recipes, fruit juice combinations for tartness, and tips for serving with ice and glassware. Also includes coloring ice with fruit juices and a pineapple lemon drink with whipped cream.
As long as people were convinced the world was flat they did not attempt to go around it. Once they grasped the facts they began to broaden their activities. The text cites views on education as fundamental to progress and defense.
Alois Havrilla, famed radio guest announcer and former concert and opera singer, is announced as a baritone soloist on tomorrow's Atwater Kent Hour. Born in Pressce near the Carpathians, he rose from church choirs to Carnegie Hall before entering radio. He will perform with the Atwater Kent Orchestra as "Economic Trends" by A. W. Wetsel airs.
Residential and out door groups are urged to learn to identify poison ivy as a climbing vine in Maryland woods. Dr. Riley warns that three leaflets indicate danger while five leaflets indicate woodbine confusion. Skin poisoning can follow even minor contact and sap can spread via shoes clothing and fumes. Wash with alkaline soap and water if exposure occurs and seek medical advice promptly.
Official war pictures titled Behind the German Homes will screen at Palace Theatre next Tuesday July 16. The film claims to show Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Knight, in an authentic air combat above No Man's Land, downing an enemy plane with no staging. The exhibit highlights Richthofen’s eighty credited victories and frames battles from the Marne to the Argonne, captured by German cameramen for American release.
A humorous look at golf as a high brow game with etiquette and social irony. The piece jokes about players chasing a ball, jokes about liquor and temper, and lampoons the culture around golf from club dues to the 19th hole. It riffs on fame, cinema, and the era’s prohibition climate while celebrating the game’s quirks and social rituals.
S. S. Van Dine explains the origin of the plot for his novel in a talk revealing how to craft a perfect alibi for a murder suspect. He discusses the challenge of proving a man could not have committed the crime after the fact.
Public auction on August 6 1929 from 2 to 4 pm at the Denton court house door. Sale includes Parcel 1 and Parcel 2, land in Tuckahoe Neck Sixth Election District near Thawleys Chapel to Sparklin’s Mill, described by metes and bounds from Wright and Lydia A. Smith lands. Property previously owned by Lee Smith and Catherine Smith under a writ of fieri facius in circuit court.
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