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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1929
Page
4
A civic exhortation praising Denton as the best place to live and work. It argues that dissatisfaction comes from outlook rather than conditions and urges residents to act locally to improve their community. Permanent, dedicated workers shape history. mere movers should stay out of the way.
Chief Justice Taft warns against shortcuts to success citing college social aims. He notes graduates seek easy gains but business rewards go to those who work hard and show intelligence. Social pull and family connections rarely yield lasting advancement without results.
An editorial urges today’s youth to answer a national question on conscription, urging youth to advance internationalism and arbitration instead of war. It notes Secretary Good and Secretary Stimson support Presidential power, while stressing the burden on those nearing citizen status to prepare through scholarships and exchanges, not military service.
The piece explains mail order houses issue catalogs year round, distributing millions of catalogs with heavy costs per name. It compares big catalogs costing up to $3 per customer in advertising versus small town merchants who spend about nine cents per year per customer. Persistent advertising and expansive product descriptions drive mail order success.
The piece argues for durable concrete roads over low or intermediate types, noting higher long term costs of maintenance on weaker roads. It cites a bulletin from the State College of Town showing per mile operating costs and annual maintenance, concluding that investing in good concrete construction pays dividends and reduces waste over ten years.
The article argues road safety and the build out of secondary roads to relieve main highways, boost farm land values, and aid market access. It details a Caroline County dairy cattle show with Holstein Guernsey and Jersey exhibits, judging, and a Rural Women’s Short Course, naming committees and participants.
A long discourse on press ethics and the nature of news, followed by A W Weisel’s Economic Trends remarks. The column discusses public interest, advertising as guidance, and the role of newspapers in reporting, then shifts to a financial analysis of the 1924-1929 bull market, factors behind gains, and anticipated shifts as investors focus on current earnings over long-term prospects.
Wheat harvest is due in two weeks. corn prices quoted. markets show fruit crops and berry prices in New York and Baltimore. Notable notes include Mr. William Rickards becoming a Maryland Law graduate, the Citizens Cornet Band festival at Brown's Trailer, bids for Concord Camp, and local civic reorganizations. Obituaries for Alan S. Martin and social notes on marriages and school events fill the community page. The telegraph line to several towns is now in operation and peach trees show full fruit. The article covers local agriculture, weather, industry, schooling, society, and regional prices with named individuals and places.
Mr. G. L. Griffith of American Corner and Mr. and Mrs. Olaf E. Smith and daughter Eunice were guests of Mr. Alva Griffith and family of Burrsville recently, reflecting social visits among local households.
A reflective line declaring self study as central to knowledge, equating introspection with both metaphysical and physical healing. The quote frames inquiry of the self as essential to understanding existence and well being.
A sermon recalls Moses choosing affliction with the people of God over the treasures of Egypt. It argues angels assist in critical moments, urges young people to choose life over Satan’s temptations, and warns that the Christian path is a continuous battle requiring courage and personal resolve.
Slats recalls daily school life with Miss Hix Miss Kipling and Ant Emmy in a long diary style filled with jokes and chores. A separate section, from Shanghai, features Rev Hallock describing China’s famines, warlords and the need for aid, asking readers to send donations to feed the hungry and support Christians there.
A diverse Dover group led by Dr Holloway and including Dr King Prof John Shilling George H Henry and others evaluated vendor rating and rural town administration. Rural Specialist Alice H Ross at State Department instruction reviewed draft criteria and weights, praising the committee’s work amid surrounding community notices and visits by local figures in Dover Middletown Newark and Wilmington.
Mrs. Russell Marker and her two sons returned to their home in Yonkers New York after a month in town with her mother Mrs Carrie Collins. Mr. and Mrs Wim McConnell and their children from Wilmington spent Sunday with their aunt Mrs J P McConnell.
Grace Divine contralto of the Metropolitan Opera travels from Cincinnati to perform as guest artist on the Atwater Kent Radio Hour on June 16. The young singer trained at Cincinnati Conservatory and in New York, then with renowned coaches, winning an operatic scholarship in Dresden before joining the Metropolitan Opera. The program features arias and ballads with the Atwater Kent Orchestra under Josef Pasternack, broadcast coast to coast with a mix of operatic selections and concert pieces.
Greensboro High School marked commencement week with a baccalaureate service led by Rev. J. C. Ledbetter at the Baptist Church, Class Night, and final exercises featuring speaker Hon. T. Alan Goldsborough. Graduates include Elizabeth Baggs, Josephine Bastian, Catherine Bilbrough, Hilton Dobson, Paul Greenlee, Mary Adeline Jarrell, Miriam Jarrell, Bernard Kibler, Madelyn Marvel, Elizabeth Rawlings, Rosiene Scotton, Nancy Smith, Tatiana Standertson, and Anna Weaver.
Maryland's Miracle House, a preventorium for undernourished children, begins its eleventh season on June 15 designated annual inspection and donation day. Since 1919 it has cared for more than 1200 children with fresh air, good food, rest, salt water bathing and health training under supervision.
Edward Price aged 17 died at his home with his stepfather James Flaharty nearby after a lingering illness. The funeral was held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning.
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