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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1927
Page
4
Publication details show Melvin and Johnson Inc as publishers with Benjamin H Johnson as President and Treasurer and Benjamin F Johnson as Vice President and Secretary. The paper is entered at Denton Post Office as second class mail matter and is issued Saturday mornings.
Editorial notes condemn Coolidge for placing the Federal Farm Loan Board under Secretary Mellon and shifting power to big business. It cites Des Moines farmers protests and questions Senate confirmation while criticizing debt reduction claims and Fordney McCumber tariff effects on the American Woolen Company. It also praises Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight and France’s greeting, detailing the honoring of Lindbergh with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
President Coolidge welcomed Colonel Lindbergh home and praised him as an illustrious citizen, conferred the Distinguished Flying Cross, and noted the growth of American flight from experimental origins to mass transport and defense. He cited records, global flights, and notable journeys by airmen, including a navy pilot reaching Hawaii by sea, and another to the North Pole.
Col Lindbergh and President Coolidge were celebrated at the Monument Grounds with a record crowd as a Bell public address system broadcast every word. A telephoto link and nationwide radio network allowed Washington events to be seen and heard across the country the same day.
A patriotic 1930s-voice meditation on national prosperity and restraint. The author praises Lindbergh as an American pioneer, urges citizens to maintain freedom for individuals and private industry, and warns against complacency and costly public schemes as wealth grows.
In Philadelphia weekly health notes the Nutrition Department of the Inter-State Dairy Council discusses emergencies at the table. The speaker notes unexpected guests or delays can disrupt plans and urges readers to rely on an prepared emergency shelf to save occasions.
Immense crowds in the capital honored the daring aviator Col. Lindbergh. He arrived after landing from the cruiser Memphis at the Navy Yard and was watched by millions. Microphones at the Navy Yard dock Capitol dome and Washington Monument peered live coverage by the telephone company.
A pantry labeled Emergency: Suggestions for the Shelf offers four jars dried beef four cans salmon four cans tuna fish one can pimentos four cans corn cans peas two enhans carrots two enhans tomatoes one jar peanut butter one pt jar pickles pt jar olives one can cocoa one box marshmallows four boxes sweet crackers one box saltines one can peaches one can pineapple one can grapefruit and a jar mayonnaise dressing. Menu lists creamed dried beef on crackers with olives carrots and peas lettuce salad whole wheat bread butter cocoa marsh mallows cookies four tbsp peanut butter one tsp salt one tsp butter one tbsp salad dressing twelve slices bread twelve lettuce loaves. Instructions mix peanut butter with butter and salt and dressing, assemble sandwiches with lettuce, press and cut. Egg-nog style sandwiches use egg milk powdered sugar fruit juice and nuts. May be used without fruit juices.
Mr and Mrs Lee Bennington host guests including Mrs George Mughes and sons George and Joseph. Families from Chester Baltimore Ruthsburg Centreville Easton and Wilmington visit relatives and attend events. Some members are ill or recovering at hospitals. several graduates and visitors are noted across Ridgely Millington and surrounding towns.
In regular session Judges West Harper and Shawn transacted matters including probate of Adelaide W Kinder will with custodian Harry W Davis. Warren L Kinder renunciation. Edward E Nuttle appointed administrator cum testamento annexo. bonds and appraisers named. Also estate of W Carroll Pastorfield administratrix Nannie G Pastorfield filed account with dividend annexed. orer to sell private sale granted. Rob inson Nichols will admitted probate. Oscar Nichols Harvey N Nichols executors bond approved. creditors notice ordered. appraisers Harry Sullivan Claude Howard named. Nuttle filed inventory and appraisement of Kinder personal estate.
A hastily arranged three day 4-H girls camp will be held at Green's Point in Dorchester county from June 27 to 29. About 40 girls will attend, including 20 from Caroline county clubs. Selection will reward outstanding work, loyalty, and willingness to share back with clubs. Older girls will assist with camp duties.
The program aims to broaden girls' horizons by linking with peers from other communities to spark love for the outdoors and reveal ample amusement there. It emphasizes teamwork and leadership and the four fold training of head land health and heart, defined as service, with careful supervision and thorough planning for each participant.
Gloria Swanson shares her advice on breaking into movies through alertness perseverance and personality. The actress producer and United Artists member promotes hard work skill and fitness as essentials while noting Sonya Love as her first United Artists film showing at the New Dover Opera House June 20 21 and 22.
The Caroline County Ministerial Association in Denton Maryland adopts a memorial minute honoring Reverend Sewell Norris Pilchard Doctor in Divinity and former president who died on June 9 1927. The resolution thanks God for his example and fellowship and directs the minute be recorded and sent to his relatives and published in the county press. Adopted Tuesday June 14 1927 by the association committee F W Kirwan W P Taylor R V Whitehurst.
Public sale in Smithville Maryland by administrator c t a of Eliza Bullock. Items include furniture kitchenware a sewing machine beds quilts rugs and more with cash terms under $10 and six month credit on secured notes. Antiques buyers urged to attend. Auctioneers Leonard F. Covey supervise sale.
Wesley E. Thawley as assignee seeks ratification of a property sale reported at 4000 dollars. The order, dated June 16, 1927, requires publication in Caroline county newspapers four weeks before July 18 and notice to object by August 18. Clerk T. Bee Horsey authenticates the true copy.
Ratification and confirmation to proceed unless good cause is shown by August 18 1927. Copy of order to be published in a Caroline County newspaper once weekly for four consecutive weeks before July 18 1927. Report lists sales amount at $515.00. Clerk T Clayton Horsey. True copy Test.
Notice from E. G. Anderson states admission to property in Williston is by card only and strictly no trespassing. Dated 6-18-11.
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