Denton Journal Weekly Published Under Denton Firm
The Denton Journal is published every Saturday morning by Melvin and Johnson Incorporated with Benjamin H. Jonson as president and treasurer and Benjamin F. Johnson as vice president and secretary. It is entered at the Denton post office as second class mail matter.
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Denton Journal
Melvin and Johnson Incorporated
Benjamin H. Jonson
Benjamin F. Johnson
Denton
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Editorial notes on 1926 banking suspensions and agriculture
The 1926 Federal Reserve Board report shows 956 bank suspensions with about 275 million dollars in deposits, up from 612 suspensions and 175 million in 1925. Agricultural states, led by Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota and others, account for about 80 percent of failures. The piece criticizes federal policy toward agriculture, highlights profits of Steel, Aluminum, and other trusts, and contrasts with widespread farmer hardship and rising business failures. It cites Coolidge era comparisons and critiques administration aid to certain industries while ignoring farmers.
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Federal Reserve Board
Government
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Michigan
Texas
Oklahoma
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Steel Corporation
Mellon Aluminum Trust
Glass Trust
Coolidge
Wilson
Black Hills
United States
Harding- Coolidge
Cooperative grain marketing expands through farmers elevators
In 1925 the total business by cooperative grain marketing bodies reached 760 million dollars, with 520000 members. More than 3300 farmer elevators operate mainly in the Midwest, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Ohio, and Missouri, with some eastern Washington warehouses. Wheat pools formed since 1920 show gradual growth and a trend toward central agencies and subsidiaries, though many federation efforts failed.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Middle Western States
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ohio
Missouri
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
Oklahoma
Arizona
California
Colorado
Texas
Central States
Cooperative Grain Marketing Associations
Brotherhood of Union Methodist Episcopal Meeting Seeks September
Federalsburg reports the second meeting of the Brotherhood of Union Methodist Episcopal Church with W S Noble presiding. Dues will be fixed in September and a winter social program planned. Officers listed include W W Holt, Mace Smith, Gilbert Wright, C S Poole, W S Nabb, Lewis Weiland, and John Ortell. Sewell Morris departs for West Point after securing a military academy appointment. Also installed were officers of Federal Lodge No 35 Independent Order Odd Fellows. St Swithin s Day noted.
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Brotherhood of Union Methodist Episcopal Church
W. S. Noble
W. W. Holt
Mace Smith
Gilbert Wright
C. S. Poole
W. 5. Nabb
Lewis Weiland
John Ortell
Sewell Morris
S. H. Morris
West Central Avenue
West Point
N. Y
U. S. Military Academy
T. Alan Goldsborough
Young Morris
University of
William Kent
J. H. Poyner
A. R. Messick
County School Year Summary Details Enrollments and Attendance
Caroline County reports total enrollment 4371 with white elementary 2653 white high 595 colored elementary 1053 colored high 68. Promoted and attendance figures show 22 percent of white elementary and 31 percent of white high students fail to advance. Rural two room and town schools posted high attendance while common causes of failure include child labor and home conditions. A long list names honor roll students for perfect attendance across many schools.
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Caroline County
Nichols
Marydel
Howard’s
Chestnut Grove
Hickory Hill
Burrsville
Bee Tree
Hilsboro
Smithson
Friendship
Denton Grammar
Preston
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Denton
Ridgely Grammar
Ridgely
Caroline High
Ridgely High
Henderson High
Greensboro High
Preston High
Federalsburg High
Union
Jonestown
Denton Colored High School
Howard Sparks
Loretta Ware
Choptank
Leona Jones
Bridgetown
Edward Thomas
Hubbard’s
Harvey Engle
Wilbur Engle
Evelyn Collison
Laurette Hopkins
Ralph Pennypacker
Betty Lane
Marie Kilman
Concord
Lynnie Lord
Myra Thawley
Willoughby
Norman Woilloughby
Houston
Rachel Bryant
Smithville
Alma Hines
Leo Frase
Karl Prager
Thomas Mundt
Edward Hopkins
Mark Willoughby
Mildred Hopkins
Margie Mundt
Winifred Mundt
Clayton Turner
Louise Alford
Virginia McMahan
Helen Alford
Wallace Hubbard
Ralph Garrett
Ross Robinson
Audrey Fishell
Virginia Hubbard
Hazel Donovan
Ruth Waldis
Furman’s Grove
Ray Towers
Philip George
Everett Hinderer
Wilson Swartz
George Shaffer
Barbara Arnold
Lillian Dean
Alverta Rogers
Billy Short
Marie Kitchen
Hazel Love
Beulah Shaffer
Nevin Altfather
Addie Butler
Mary Burkett
Maud Morris
Federalsburg
Virgie Turner
Evelyn Craft
Dorothy Coulborne
Anna Fisher
Evelyn Noble
Robert Grimes
Virginia Andrew
Doris Hallowell
Norman Grimes
Louise Tribbett
Hattie Ireland
Frances DeFord
John Wilson
William Snowberger
William Raleigh
Leola Temple
Cecil Pinder
Louise Meredith
Pearl Freeman
Doris Dragoo
Louise Cole
Sallie Buckle
Irma Harrington
Mary Johnson
Dempsey Kinnamon
Iva Ober
Elbert Jarrell
Thomas Ober
Harold Shively
Helen DeWitt
Frances Stalter
Jean Neal
Sarah Swiss
Beatrice Wright
Doris Kern
James Lynch
Norman Pinder
Margaret Baynard
Milton Fleming
Grover Pinder
Elizabeth Cherry
Hilda Cherry
Hazel Lynch
Raymond Hubbard
Harry Koch
Helen Wing
Benjamin Beckham
Emma Wryatt
Frederick Jarvis
Sarah Murphy
Clinton Porter
Clarence Pearson
Louis Lemans
Marie Karcher
Bertha Miller
Mary Nashold
Ruth Pinder
Alice Ross
Davis Bishop
Eleanor Manlove
Alberta Porter
Anna May _ Porter
George Flaharty
Kenneth Sehmick
Kenneth Lane
Elwood Baer
Lee Butler
Leon Murphy
Doris Butler
Elizabeth Fuchs
Marie Berry
Martha Plutschak
Leona Sehmick
William Fuchs
Howard Green
Clarence Limore
Ralph Lane
John Schmick
Margaret Stewart
Dorothy Taylor
John Limore
Walter
Pauline Adams
Ruth Curtis
Eugene Zacharias
Alfred Dennison
Hilda Weaver
Thelma Bishop
Lawrence Christopher
Melvin Clark
Margaret Collins
Wilmer Noble
Russell Towers
Ethel Jester
Leslie Williams
Clark Donovan
Mason Cheezum
Kenneth Fooks
Louise Gadow
Eleanor Engerman
Eva Neport
Marie Taylor
Elizabeth Detwiler
Virginia Hollinger
Paul Hemmons
Alice Ferrick
Arnold Taylor
Wayman Taylor
Marie Gross
Dover Road
Myrtle Simpson
Ederalsburg
Anna Turner
Charles Prattis
Bethel
Perry Dickerson
Brooks Cannon
Catherine Cornish
Deep Branch
Acrrie Lake
Elva Wright
Washington
David Dickerson
Mission
Alice Cluff
Leroy Thomas
Spencer Thomas
Maurice
Notable Names List From Reading Event
Thouas Sears Shockley Lavaugh Stansbury Marjorie Green Margaret Taylor Ridgely Voss Perkins Davis Henry appear in a community ledger of participants and honorees for a local gathering noting varied surnames and initials. The fragment suggests a roster of attendees or contributors with multiple individuals sharing common surnames.
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Thouas
Sears Shockley
Lavaugh Stansbury
Marjorie Green
Margaret Taylor
Ridgely
Voss Perkins
Davis Henry
Harmon Field Eligible For New Playground Contest 1927 28
Harmon Field is named for a new Honorarium Contest by the Division of Playgrounds at the Harmon Foundation for 1927 28 with total awards of 5000 dollars. Entries show land, equipment, or leadership improvements through articles and photos, with prizes from 500 to 50 dollars and 39 50 prizes. The period runs March 1 1927 to May 1928, with judging by a five member panel to be announced in September and awards in June 1928.
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Harmon Field
Harmon Foundation
Mary Beattie Brady
Kodak
Captain Salvation at New Dover Opera House this week
Glamor of adventure and stark realism define the Cosmopolitan picture Captain Salvation at the New Dover Opera House July 18 19 20. Lars Hanson Pauline Starke Ernest Torrence and George Fawcett lead a strong ensemble in a sailor epic adapted from Frederick William Wallace with shipboard scenes filmed aboard a square rigged vessel.
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New Dover Opera House
Cosmopolitan
Captain Salvation
Frederick William Wallace
John S. Robertson
Lars Hanson
Sweden
Pauline Starke
Ernest Torrence
Nova Scotia
Marceline Day
George Fawcett
Sam de Grasse
Flora Finch
Eugenie Ford
High Seas
Maryland Milk Advice From Health Director On Milk Handling
Dr. John S Fulton, director of the Maryland State Department of Health, urges cooling milk to 50 degrees and keeping it cold. A survey of 56 Maryland city milk supplies shows 77 percent of samples reasonably clean, an average fat content of 4.1 percent, and instances of sales of milk containing less than the legal 3.6 percent butterfat, with mentions of tuberculin-tested herds contributing to supply quality.
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Maryland
John S&s. Fulton
State Department of Health
State Bureau of Food and Drugs
American Child Health Association
Fulton
Milk survey urges prompt cooling and pasteurization
A survey across 66 towns shows 74,729 gallons of milk used daily with 98 percent pasteurized in Baltimore City and about half pasteurized elsewhere. Raw milk remains common on farms and small settlements. Dr Fulton stresses ensuring healthful production and handling, cooling to 50 degrees, and keeping milk cold during transport and storage.
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Wosk
Hogard
Baltimore City
Fulton
Camp Activities at Fort Eustis Citizens Camp
One thousand five hundred twenty one young men completed their first full week at the Fort Eustis Citizens Military Training Camp. Training progress and physical conditioning improved with lively competition among company teams. The religious census shows Protestants dominate, with services for Protestants Catholics and Jews held at different camp locations. The opening exercises featured massed bands, a welcome address by Col. Trachy, remarks by Rep. Bland, oath of allegiance, and a closing anthem with amplifiers provided for clear sound.
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Citizens Military
Fort Eustis
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
34Th Infantry
62Nd Coast Artillery
Stars and Stripes
J. Warren Kaufman
315Th Infantry
America
Joseph P. Trachy
30Th Coast Artillery Brigade
S. O. Bland
Newport News
Harvie R. Butt
Beecher G. Cowman
29Th Signal Company
Virginia National Guard
Reducing Waste by Improving Garment Fitting Patterns
The text discusses how idealized measurements in pattern making lead to widespread alterations. It notes industry shifts toward plus size fits and the potential for scientific data from thousands of figures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Home Economics provides guidance for home sewers to understand fit lines, fix defects, and avoid common mistakes, aiding self-made or altered ready-made garments.
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Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Local Social Notes Highlight Ridgeley Residents and Visitors
Ridgely Mr Thomas Ryan entertains Mr Welch of Wilmington. Little Miss Helen Porter returns from Easton Hospital. Miss Pauline Wiley spends a week in Rehoboth. Mrs Leonard Dean suffers a severe cold.
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Thomas Ryan
Mr. Welch
Wilmington
Helen Porter
Easton Hospital
Pauline Wiley
Rehoboth
Leonard Dean
Desserts For The Sumter Months Practical Summer Treats
Practical summer desserts favor fruit juices milk and eggs with refreshing salads. Featured recipes include Floating Island with meringue and custard, Peanut Brittle Delight with ground candy and whipped cream, and fruit salads on lettuce leaves with cream. Emphasizes vitamins minerals and make-ahead fruit whips and chilled fruit desserts for warm days.
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Sumter
Death of a Good Man Emil Henzen
A community mourns Emil Henzen who died Sunday July 3 while bathing at Pealiquor. Born November 5 1889 in Stanford Kentucky he left wife Anne Foos and two children. Funeral at Ridgely Fr. Kramer conducted with burial at Holy Cross Greensboro. he leaves four brothers and two sisters and a life of faith and tenderness.
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Emil Henzen
Mr. Henzen
Stanford
Kentucky
Anne Foos
John Henzen
Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Henzen
Victor Henzen
Cincinnati
Ben Henzen
Ottenhiem
Richard Wientjis
Anthony Osterman
State Built 20 000 Miles of Surfaced Roads Last Year
State highway systems expanded with 19 492 miles surfaced in 1926. Of this, 13 664 miles topped former earth roads and 5 828 miles rebuilt old surfaces. Total surfaced mileage rose by 18 2065 miles, though 4 541 miles were not new construction but transfers or reclassification.
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State
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
State Highway Surfacing and New Work Report
A federal table shows combined State highway systems totaling 287,928 miles, with 163,059 miles surfaced and 28,456 miles graded and drained to standards. State systems are about 66 percent initially improved. Maryland built 148.1 miles of new surfacing in the past year.
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Federal Bureau
Maryland
King George Opens Glasgow Bridge With Heavy Load Test
King George officially opened the Oswald Street concrete bridge in Glasgow on July 12. A 120-ton marine boiler and multiple 13-ton street cars were drawn and driven across in a grand test, yielding an estimated 500-ton load. The reinforced concrete spans include a 166-foot center arch and 14 caissons sunk 56 feet. The bridge is praised as strongest in Britain though American engineers note larger bridges elsewhere.
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Scotland
Oswald Street
Glasgow
King George
George
United Kingdom
How To Make Good Coffee
A historical note explains that coffee in contact with boiling water for twenty minutes yields better flavor and more cups per pound. It contrasts percolation and boiling, claiming twenty minutes boiling minimizes waste to a fraction of total coffee usage.
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Research Bureau
The
Blanke Health Coffee and Tea Corporation
United States
Let Us Be Thankful Gone is the mannish woman
Madame Vignette of National Bellas Hess describes a fashion shift toward a crinoline age with softer silhouettes. She notes the end of masculine wardrobes and flat heels. Women return to frilly dresses, long hair, and high heels as comfort remains key.
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Madame Vignette
National Bellas Hess Company
New York
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William A. Oldfield
Democratic National Congressional Committee
R. G. Dun & Co
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Tale of the
W. A. Smith
Manner St. Denton
BPS Aarke
Butterfly
Butterfly Tea Room
Schraft
Crane
Margaret A. Finn
Nisi
W. Brewster Deen
Samuel Peltzer, Jr
Circuit Court
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T. Clayton Horsey
Clayton Horsey
Auditor's Order
Calvert C. Merriken
Wilbert L. Merriken
Alberta Anthony
Charles H. Anthony
Equity
True Co Paes T. Eayton Horsey
Hezekiah Wisher
Isabella Wisher
T. Clayton
Horsey
Lerk
James I. Teet
Amelia Teet
Ve. Benjamin Lucznik
W. Brewater Deen
Ansignee
Ve. Perry A. Folsom
Ty, Clayton Horsey
Oeiver Pon Avs
D Secon
Denton, Md
Mark Smith
J. J. Garris
Preston, Md
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