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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
2
A Denton page editorial stresses national unity and efficient wartime production across mines, lumber camps, factories, and railroads. Farmers are urged to boost output, sacrifices include labor and reduced leisure, and moral governance through disciplined effort is emphasized alongside military service.
A blunt wartime appeal cites Belgian starvation and Hoover’s warnings, urging universal sacrifice for Allied needs. It reproduces an official German alien registration notice for ages 14 and up, detailing registration dates, photographs, forms, penalties, and local exemptions. The message stresses food conservation, especially meat and meat products, as crucial to civilian and military survival.
A Sunday appeal by Herbert Hoover urges Americans to ship 30 million more bushels of wheat. He frames the effort as a democratic duty, calling on the able to cut consumption to one third and urging abstention from wheat while the sick and children are protected, stressing personal conscience as the Food Controller.
The article urges constant garden maintenance to prevent weed growth after initial cleanup. It stresses weekly hoeing between rows and foot-by-foot inspection, noting early removal before weeds become visible. It highlights using newer tools to ease back strain and boost weed control effectiveness.
Thomas J Bradley died at his home in Seaford on May 13 after illness. He formerly lived in Reliance. He is survived by two sons M Andrew Stradley of Philadelphia and Charles Bradley of Seaford, and two sisters Mrs Thomas Houston and Mrs Emily A Colburn of Woodenhawk. Mr and Mrs Orie Adams hosted Mr and Mrs Ruth Collison and family for a Sunday visit. Minnie and Altha Adams of Wilmington visit relatives here. KR Adams and Alyi Adams attended Sunday visit.
Wash ripe strawberries and strain through cheesecloth. Mix one quart water and one pound sugar into a juice, stir well, then fill a wide mouthed stone jar to the top. Allow fermentation to proceed and rack when it ceases. Bottle and cork loosely at first to avoid souring.
Mrs G L Jump of Queen Anne Md received a Federal Trade Commission letter dated May 20 1918 correcting false reports that her late husband G L Jump from Queen Anne Md faced a criminal sentence The FTC says it had no criminal jurisdiction and describes Jump's appearance before the FTC over tomato sales with potential future reparations and a possible license revocation by the Food Administration.
B passnger Buck touring car with lights and starter five good tires in excellent condition. A bargain at 150 dollars. Also a S passeng er Reo touring car in good running order mechanically perfect four tires one new tire not run 100 miles a service at 125 dollars. These are the best bargains I ever had to offer in used cars. ETL HIRS Denton Md.
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