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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1922
Page
4
Publication note indicates a weekly paper issued every Saturday with post office entry in Denton Missouri on July 29 1922. Contains typical local notices and brief items from the era.
Editorial notes urge learning from errors to build efficiency and character. It warns against repeating faults while stressing thrift and self-denial as paths to progress. Comments on growing unemployment from coal and railroad strikes warn of broad industry impact amid a wary revival.
Growers have resumed tomato production for canning on a conservative basis after two years of market decline. Reports to Dr. Thomas I. Symons of the University of Maryland Extension Service indicate improving conditions from principal producing counties, easing fears of overproduction earlier in the season.
Dr. Symons notes a general slump last year with many canneries closed due to surplus canned tomatoes. Acreage for this year is conservative, rains damaged yields by about twenty five percent, but most of the crop is under contract to canners at satisfactory prices. County reports show high contracted shares in Cecil Harford Kent Caroline and Somerset. Prices are expected fair and market steady through the season.
Peninsula Horticultural Society reports the peach borer now kills more peaches on the Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula than any other cause. Dr. J. T. Headlee credits paradi chlorobenzene, marketed as paracide, as an effective remedy applied around trees each September for trees six years or older, at about one ounce per tree. prior to treatment, inspect and remove borers, warm trees to five years of age, and continue yearly applications, costing roughly three cents per year per tree.
Early June reports from the Eastern Shore of Virginia show potato aphid damage cutting yields by as much as half. A Bureau of Entomology specialist notes young shoots were killed where aphids were abundant before blossoming. Natural enemies and fungous diseases help reduce numbers. two applications of 3 percent nicotine dust at the Virginia Truck Experiment Station branch proved successful. The corn earworm also infests beans near Baltimore, threatening cannery quality as worms reach pods and beans during handling.
The period ending July 25 brought widespread rain over the Coastal Plain with moderate rain in north central Maryland and light rain in western Maryland. Early week was cool with heavy showers on the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland, followed by a warmer second half with scattered thunder showers. Sunshine was below normal and heavy storms affected threshing and harvest while some crops suffered from washouts. Allegany county reported drought effects on crops though corn remained in excellent condition and picking of early tomatoes continued.
Ridgely and J Althouse of Bethlehem PA were guests of Mant Wiley. The Methodist Sunday School excursion to Rehoboth was moved to next Thursday. Rev Melvin E Wheatley and his family visited his Cambridge brother on Wednesday. A W Thompson and daughter Myrtle traveled to Rehoboth on Sunday. Mrs Milton Smith plans a weekend stay with her husband at the State Sanitarium. Daniel Ebling of Marcus Black recently saw his mother Mrs G K Ebling. Clifton Morris returned from Lewes and Rehoboth. Russell Swann has taken a job in Chincoteague VA.
Moving picture men led by Philip Selznick have visited Rehoboth Beach and secured land options, praising the area’s pine forests bays and proximity to farms. Selznick would not promise a studio. Judge Adkins oversees $11,700 diocese trust funds from Henry Waters. A $10,000 bequest from Sue Williams to the Diocese of Easton now total $11,700 for Wye parish rector use.
A public sale of personal property will be held at the Ghingher farm on the River road, 24 miles from Ridgely and from Denton, with items including several Holstein cows aged 9, 6, and 4 years, a cow with calf, a Roan cow 8 years old, a 7 month old Guernsey Helfer, a Holstein bull 24 years old, four shoots weighing 60 pounds each, and a pair of brown mules 5 years old weighing 2,190 pounds, offered to the highest bidder without reserve.
A detailed inventory lists a variety of farming equipment and horse gear including a Deering binder seven foot cut two board drags Clover Leaf manure spreader several plows cultivators and riding gear plus harnesses chains ropes and miscellaneous tools such as corn cutters forks milk cans barrels and jars.
The undersigned offers at public sale to the highest bidder the livestock and farming tools on the Old Pritchett Farm tenanted by Guotee S. Ree, located 13 miles from Denton, not owned by G. T. Redden. Items include wagons, plows, cultivators, seeders, harness, furniture, a large stock of grain sacks, and assorted farming gear.
Public auction of a farm in Caroline county in the Eighth district advertised by Calvert C Merriken as attorney under Sallie A Taylor. The listing describes a cultivated 80 acre arable farm with 8 room dwelling barn potato house and other outbuildings, plus fences and timber. One third cash at sale with balance due in 6 and 12 months or all cash. title papers and stamps paid by purchaser. liberal first mortgage loans available on application. Auctioneer Leonard P Covey. Detton Maryland courthouse steps.
A property agent lists 3 acres more or less clear with timber and cordwood balance, a six room dwelling, outbuildings, good water, and a straw berry patch plus fruiting chard. Located on Choptank road between Preston and Choptank near Henry Selunick, terms: one‑third cash, balance negotiable. Live stock includes a gentle horse, cow, two hogs, wagons, harnesses, plows, and assorted farming implements and household goods.
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