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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1930
Page
8
An essay explains that true investing avoids margin gambling and stock manipulation, urging limits on speculation. It stresses evaluating assets, earnings, and future power, listing four rules for selecting securities and warning that excessive price speculation harms investors and business.
A feature on a compact six room Dutch colonial style home 26 feet wide and 26 feet deep praised for its porch light open living area dining room kitchen layout and stair access. The design includes a full basement on a concrete foundation with clapboard siding brick pillars an exterior brick fireplace and ample windows for light and ventilation. William A. Radford is cited as a source for home building advice.
Col William Cooper Procter of Procter and Gamble reveals an 1880 painting mishap by a clever Ohio River shipping clerk that spread a crescent moon and stars symbol across US and Canada. Sightseers note the emblem on soap plant facades as the company explains cleanliness tied to myth and mythic branding origins.
The Silver Anniversary Rotary International convention opens in Chicago Monday with daily addresses on international relations seen from non political angles. Paul P. Harris will deliver the founder’s message. Harry H. Rogers, Tulsa banker and former Rotary president, will describe past growth and future possibilities.
A London bries excerpt from August 5 1890 recounts Gurney and party’s experimental steam carriage trip from Cranford Bridge to Bath and back. Despite delays and hostile locals, the journey proved steam carriages could operate on ordinary roads, returning to Crawford Bridge Inn after 12 hours. The venture faced resistance and required horse towing after near Muthsham.
A Louisville Gazette Journal report states an eastern man filed suit against an aviator for damages to an oak tree struck during a parachute landing. The case centers on trespass law and liability for property injury.
Early Spanish writers with conquistadors noted Peruvian natives cultivated several potato varieties. The record places the first European sighting of potatoes in Peru around 131. The details come from 16th century observations of Andean agriculture.
In 1449 during Edward VI's time the First Book of Common Prayer substituted English for Latin, marking a shift in liturgical language as service books had been written in Latin prior.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies inaugurated a health course for its women employees across Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia. 780 women recently received graduation certificates from John C. Koons vice president bringing total area graduates to over 3500. The one hour per day fifteen week program on health illness prevention basic nursing first aid and accident response is on the employees own time with convenient class rooms and graduation exercises featuring class plays on exercise and proper food.
Denton Maryland invites sealed bids by June 30 1930 for school transportation for the 1930 1931 year. Routes include Oaks Willoughby Chestnut Grove American Corner Howard’s Laurel Grove Bethlehem Spurry’s Mt Zion Linchester Denton and Federalsburg areas with pickup and drop off points along each route. Bidder to specify bus type and size. By order E M Noble secretary.
The document details parcels conveyed to Walter Sapp from Henry R. Lewis and others, including the Tribbett place near Stone Road with a six room dwelling, barn and fruit trees. Parcel No. 1 known as Simpson farm lies in the First Election District with exceptions. Parcel No. 2 along public road from Hollingsworth Corner to Castle Hall describes metes and bounds and includes a tenanted dwelling with outbuildings. Parcel No. 6 references Jacob Colledge farm land with specific bounds and ties to Walter Sapp. Parcel No. 7 covers another tract in the First Election District with detailed boundaries along roads and neighboring plots.
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