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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1934
Page
2
Denton Maryland weekly issue notes Melvin Johnson Inc with Benjamin F Johnson as president and treasurer and Melvin as vice president and secretary. The paper is entered at the Denton post office as second class mail matter for Saturday morning July 28, 1934.
The piece argues that strike actions mainly hurt the public and fail to provide workers with durable gains. It criticizes legislative interference in labor relations, notes sympathy for improving worker conditions, but condemns strikes for narrow aims like 30 hour weeks or non union product handling. It questions communist leadership among strikers and warns against relying on edicts.
The Grayson Carroll Gazette argues that Recovery Program borrowing funds are loans, not gifts, repaid by current and future beneficiaries. It notes loans require security and interest, with Uncle Sam borrowing at low rates and charging borrowers 4 to 6 percent. The piece stresses most billions finance public works, home, and farm loans rather than direct relief and urges clear use and repayment by those who benefit.
Frederick E. Murphy, publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune, argues that persistent advertising and energetic sales effort are the era’s sustaining forces. He contends advertising remains the most reliable factor in business recovery under the New Deal, driving turnover, profits, and payrolls beyond government limits on working hours.
The Advertising Federation of America cites a seven year record covering 120 corporations. Sixty percent raised annual advertising outlays by an average of 16 percent year over year. Firms, many small, rose to four times earlier net assets and profits more than tripled despite downturns. G T Hodges, ex president, argues that steady advertising proves a courageous program pays off.
The piece argues that happiness and quality of life come from people, not location. It contends that intelligent, thoughtful, and sociable individuals exist everywhere, including Denton, and that seeking friends and good times can be done locally rather than migrating to big cities.
A reflection on the founders who built the town, enduring hardship to create peaceful homes. The piece urges current residents to cherish and maintain the community, showing enterprise for necessary improvements and keeping the town neat and attractive.
A warning on youth homelessness in the wake of World War I. Grace Abbott and Traveller's Aid note a growing cadre of vagrant youths and young girls in America, many around sixteen, found in hobo camps and box cars. Dr. Minehan’s study reveals theft, immorality, and distorted views, urging long-term solutions through international cooperation and nonviolent adjustment of disputes.
A wide-ranging discussion ties moral calls for youth protection to postwar policy. Reports note Detroit plant executives approving employee representation and collective bargaining gains, with improved product quality and better worker-management relations. Disarmament talks advance technically but hinge on German French political stances, while U S Marines leave Haiti as a neighborly step toward self government. Hearings in Washington examine reciprocal treaty concessions with Cuba under the Reciprocal Tariff Act.
The article notes renewed tourist inflow to Washington this summer with crowded hotels since spring. It also reports no sharp drop in Americans traveling abroad, alongside broader signs of households having more money to spend and the world moving toward economic sanity.
The piece argues the Administration will eventually need to act decisively to suppress Communistic and other radical groups that exploit every disturbance to stir trouble, and even create issues when no trouble exists.
A rugged Uncle Eb dialogue satirizes politicians as salt of the earth yet targets the body politic. It discusses campaigns, accountability, cross-voting, taxes, and public favors while likening a politician to a practical scientist who must avoid scandals and keep grounded.
Missouri poultryman Tien A. Peters writes to the Country Gentleman about an experiment using sauerkraut as an intestinal disinfectant and germicide for baby chicks. He notes cabbage vitamins and lactic acid from fermentation, suggesting sauerkraut as a potential aid in preventing poultry diseases.
Spring tests show sauerkraut feeds poultry of all ages and acts as a preventive and cure for intestinal diseases, especially in baby chicks. Chopped kraut appeals to chicks, with a claim it could replace greens and ease feed problems while boosting health for humans too.
A long list of local events from twenty five years ago includes agricultural prices Wheat at 1.19 and corn at .76, Dover’s Dr J M Twilley planning to gather peaches from six thousand trees. Arrests, social gatherings, school appointments, and a driving park meeting at Templeville fill the page with names, places, and activities across Caroline and surrounding counties.
Miss Betty Orrell of Baltimore visits Miss Anne Porter in Greensboro. Alan Thornton marked his tenth birthday last Tuesday. Mrs Georgian Swann spends time at Preston. Mrs Mary Jackson visited Bridgeville last week.
Local retailer M. K. Newnam promotes new Frigidaire models with emphasis on low prices and convenient terms. The short ad highlights affordable offerings and easy financing to attract customers.
Daily diary entries recount small town life with colorful names and rough humor. Ankel Hen tries to sell tools to Blisterses father and pa faces a tense exchange over work and love. A new neighbor woman shares an eventful past while a baby is born at the hospital and a radio is advertised.
Agricultural experts addressed a large group of Caroline County farmers and families at Garland Park near Denton. Speakers urged unity to restore farmers purchasing power, back parities, and relief via the Agricultural Adjustment Administration while detailing cooperative marketing and regional industry efforts.
A classified span promotes a half carload of Frigid Aires refrigerators in three Series with family size priced from 116.60 and up and terms as low as five dollars monthly from M K Newnam in Denton Maryland. The Journal office offers wedding invitations visiting cards and engraving with neat typesetting and fast dispatch. Scratch pads available at one cent each and county news via The Journal subscription.
The essay argues that early education shapes citizens by preventing maladjustment and delinquency. It warns that delaying kindergarten costs individuals lifelong benefits, noting Roderick’s hardship and imagining a kinder garden as a seedbed for reading, social skills, and constructive attitudes.
Benjamin Banning a 26 year old man from near here drowned nine miles up the Choptank river while crabbing with a neighbor and a boy who could not swim. He stepped into a deep hole and did not reappear, hours passing before recovery. He leaves a widow, two brothers, two sisters, and his parents.
A collection of brief quotations on truth love and ethics. The sources include Benjamin Franklin Christian Science Monitor Agnes L Lant and a Greek proverb highlighting moral reflection and spiritual guidance.
The notice promotes printing campaign cards for political candidates at affordable prices. It urges buyers to order early to beat rivals to production and distribution.
The piece surveys Christian art from early centuries to Michelangelo and later masters shaping belief. It moves to American galleries, Pilgrim heritage, and Mayflower descendants. It traces photography’s rise, the advent of film, Hays code, church boycotts, and producer tactics amid moral debate.
A special service replaces the regular Sunday morning worship at the Denton M. P. Church tomorrow. Prayers and Psalms will be sung, and prominent hymns, described as the greatest hymn ever written, will be part of the program.
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