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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1927

Page

4

Editorial Notes on Coolidge Farm Policy and Flood Relief

Editorial notes condemn Coolidge for failing to ease agricultural resentment over farm policy, citing Northwest Farm Conference criticisms and his Mississippi flood response. It highlights aid limits, demand for farm relief, and comments by banker J. M. Barham on destitution, plus Maryland wheat yields and a feature on garnishing food as practical homemaking.

Coolidge Black Hills Congress South Dakota Northwest Farm Conference St. Paul Barkley Kentucky Caraway Arkansas Dickinson Iowa Middle-West Northwest

Trimmings Highlighted in Weekly Health Talk

The Nutrition Department of the Philadelphia Inter-State Dairy Council hosts a weekly health talk on “Trimmings” noting that a hat shop should demonstrate trimming options. If the milliner offers only bare straw or felt without showing trim ideas, a customer would likely leave.

Johmny Nutrition Department Philadelphia Inter-State Dairy Council

Pony penning at Chincoteague Island to be filmed

International News Reel plans detailed coverage of the annual Pony penning on July 27 and 28 at Chincoteague Island. William S. Wilder of Norfolk will cover the event, which draws visitors from the East and features branding and a public auction of ponies that sell from $20 to $60.

International News Reel Chincoteague Island William S. Wilder Norfolk Virginia Motion Jim Whealton Chincoteague Assateague Chincoteague Islands Col. R. R.creavy North Carolina Ponce de Leon America Spain Florida Atlantic Chincoteague Inlet

Camp Life And Visits At Fort Eustis News Week

Three hundred second battalion CMTC candidates toured Portsmouth Navy Yard aboard two naval tugs, viewing ships, yards, and facilities then returned for supper. Virginia Press Association editors visited the post, toured the Shipping Board fleet, and watched boxing. Open air Protestant serviceSunday morning and Visitors Day drew hundreds. Training progress grows, with medals and scholarships in view and health notes on vaccination and smallpox prevention amid Maryland’s near-elimination.

Fort Eustis Citizens Military Training Camp Regiment Navy Yard Portsmouth James River Government Wharf Virginia Press Association Shipping Board United States Williamsburg C. B. Watkins E. T. Wellford D. Odr First Presbyterian Church Newport News Virginia Military Institute Catholic University of America Hampden-Sidney College George Washington University William and Mary College 34Th Infantry

Gloria Swanson Stars in The Love of Sunya at Arcadia

Gloria Swanson appears in her latest romance The Love of Sunya at the Arcadia Wilmington for the week of July 25. The film, selected to open the Roxy in New York, stars John Boles with Pauline Garon Anderson Randolph and Ian Keith in supporting roles.

Gloria Swanson Sunya Miss Swanson John Boles Pauline Garon Anderson Randolf Ian Keith

Vaccination Parties Lead Smallpox Push in Easton School

Dr John S Fulton directs state health drive urging prompt vaccination for all children entering school this fall. Easton colored school hosts a vaccination party inviting unvaccinated students and siblings, aiming to answer first grade questions about smallpox vaccination and scar visibility. Health conferences note upcoming school-age children and advise mothers to act swiftly.

Tulton Maryland Baltimore City John S. Fulton State Department of Health Easton Bureau of Child Hygiene

Fire Rips Church Hill Block Injures Town Center

A Tuesday night fire destroyed one side of a Church Hill business block and menaced the town. Firefighters from nearby Eastern Shore towns arrived from Centreville while a carnival drew crowds, saving the Town Hall and Bank of Maryland. Total loss estimated at 100000 with many buildings burned including Massey garage, Dudley residence, Walls home and Town Hall.

Church Hill Church Hill Bank of Maryland Fortune Harry D. Massey Centreville Norman S. Dudley Harry E. Walls J. Elmer Anderson J. Carroll Catlin Carroll Godwin Harry LE. Walls J. Fred Newhaus

Assigners Sale of Real Estate in Caroline County

Public sale to the highest bidder of a ten and one tenth acre parcel in the Eighth Election District of Caroline county Maryland. The property includes a two story frame dwelling a small barn and other outbuildings. Sale held at the courthouse door in Denton between 2 and 4 pm with cash payment and purchaser bearing title costs.

Caroline County Maryland Federalsburg Smithville Road Bloomery Church Bullock and Stavinger Martha Favinger Edward W. Favinger Tanyard Siding Dover Bridge James R. Philips Percy C. Douglas Preston

In Re Calvert Merriken Mortgage Auction Notice

Assignee for collection Calvert C Merriken will sell at public auction in front of Denton Court House Maryland parcels 1 2 and 3 of Keen Cross Roads Farm in Caroline county under a 1922 mortgage from John I Swift and Sallie A Swift to Samuel C Faulkner. Terms cash. Title papers paid by buyer. Auctioneer L F Covey.

John I. Swift Sallie A. Swift Samuel C. Faulkner Caroline County Calvert C. Merriken Court House Denton Maryland William H. Faulkner John E. Swift, Jr Keen Cross Roads Templeville Ingleside Barclay Henderson

Assignee's Sale of Caroline County Mortgage Property

Wilbert L. Merriken, assignee for collection, offers for sale at the Denton court house door a 100 acre parcel in Caroline County described by metes and bounds, with a two story eight room dwelling and outbuildings, by mortgage assigned from Henry ONeal to Calvert Merriken, then to Merriken for collection. Terms: half cash day of sale, balance in six months or all cash. Title papers paid by purchaser. Auctioneer L. F. Covey.

Pratt T. Taylor Sallie Ann Taylor Charles A. Taylor Caroline County Calvert C. Merriken Henry O’neal Wilbert L. Merriken L. F. Covey W. Brewster Deen T. Clayton Horsey T. Pliny Fisher Clayton Tiorsey Circuit Court Chy Clayton Horsey Equity

Mortgagee's Public Sale Of Two Caroline County Tracts

Under a 1926 mortgage assignment the assignee Merriken exposes at public sale two parcels in Caroline county known as Salem or Brotherhood. Parcel 1 measures about 10.5 acres and Parcel 2 about 20.125 acres. Sale terms: half cash day of sale, balance in six months or all cash. title papers at purchaser’s expense.

Notice to Dog Owners in Three County Districts

Special Collector John H. Horsey Jr announces dog tax collection for Caro line county in the Third, Sixth and Seventh Districts for 1927. Appointments are set in Burrsville Andersontown Ridgely Hillsboro West Denton Hickman from July 25 to August 6 at local stores and offices. Noncompliance is a misdemeanor with possible fines or imprisonment.

Caroline County Burrsville R. H. Stafford Andersontown Wm. Chambers Ridgely Caroline Sun Hillsboro Thompson’s Hardware West Denton T. F. Taylor’s Hickman Thomas A. Cleaves John H. Horsey, JR

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