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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1936
Page
2
An exhortation explains how taxes are hidden in daily costs and why every purchase, from train rides to bread, phones, movies, and cigarettes, funds government at federal, state, and local levels. It argues the burden lies with working people and that the tax on inflation rises with living costs.
Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona, an esteemed scholar in Congress since March 27, 1912, urged the Senate to restrain Supreme Court powers. He argued Congress should confine itself to legislative duties, warning the Constitution enumerates formal limits and that deliberate restraint ensures progress and liberty.
Warmer weather spurred full retail trade across the South and Southwest while other regions lifted by the earlier cold. Department store sales in New York and Philadelphia rose about 105 over last year, with New York seeing strong pre Easter buying and steady elevators strike inroads. Wholesale activity followed retail, Chicago mail orders outpacing prior year, and citrus and horse markets in Jacksonville and Kentucky hit record levels. Crop prospects remained good though Hessian fly affected Kansas wheat. Los Angeles farm equipment sales surged 509% year over year. Charleston cotton receipts and exports for seven months beat the prior year, up 27% in receipts and 21% in exports.
February permits for new work and alterations in cities like New York Philadelphia Memphis Buffalo and Portland signal rising values and a potential spring boom. Philadelphia permits rose 155 percent over 1935 while Memphis doubled, Buffalo permits tripled from January levels and Portland hit the million-dollar mark for the first time since 1930.
The piece argues against doom saying markets ignore Hoover warnings as stocks rise to 1931 highs and Treasury offerings attract massive over subscriptions. It cites 1932 bond prices, notes near sevenfold oversubscription, and a shift in confidence toward Roosevelt amidst public criticism of the administration. It concludes that bond values and government credit have improved since the Hoover era.
Mr S P Brown has started berry cup machinery, boosting local employment. George E Wilson and R E Wrights return from a three week Florida trip. Albert Stokes and Ed Stokes visit near Greenwood. Mrs George Noble shows little improvement. Miss Nettie Hayman returns to Philadelphia work. Mrs Jane Messick visits Philadelphia to see her children.
Mr and Mrs C A Carroll hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Cloyd Hubbard and children from Wilmington. Carrolls visited by Nelson Carroll and family, Charles Carroll Jr and Eugene Carroll. Mr R C Murphy was injured when a cow fell on him breaking two ribs. Roy Hubbard visited Roy Lane in Trappe.
The text presents a quotation emphasizing virtuous thinking aligned with divine law as a path to true prosperity and safety, attributed to Franklin and Christian Science Monitor.
The Caroline county Orphans Court convened with Judges Towers Handy and Dennis. Orders approved include distributing debts per the Gruwell will and probate steps for several estates. Appraisers named. administration letters granted. final accounts and stock sales authorized. proceedings set for March probate of J. Harry Williams will.
The Dentonia Theatre will feature Strike Me Pink with Ethel Merman and Sally Eilers, plus Joe Penner in Collegiate and Goo Goo the duck in a lighthearted run. So Red The Rose, a Paramount drama with Margaret Sullivan, opens Wednesday with a Southern Civil War backdrop and a tale of duty, love, and sacrifice.
The Federal Homemaker Club met Friday with 14 members and 13 visitors. New officers were elected for 1936 and committees named. They planned to serve luncheon for the 1-IL Club banquet on March 28 at Concord and welcomed a new member.
Henry Hull reprises his role as Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road at Ford's Theatre Baltimore starting March 16 for a week with matinees. The popular play, seen by over a million in New York, features a strong supporting cast led by Mary Servos and includes Fiske O'Hara, Leon Ames, Hana Stoddard, Pauline Drake, Donald Barry, Pricilla Knowles, Hellene Hall, Dick Lee and Howard Banks. Tickets range 50 cents to $2.50 plus tax, with no reserved blocks and advance reservations urged via mail or phone.
Adams Cross Roads reports visits by Mr and Mrs George Terrell and family for Mrs Fountain's birthday with city priests at dinner. A quilt tying session, a Smithville Homemakers quiz, and upcoming meetings at the community building are noted along with a parish event and a caregiver update for J W Tiley.
A compact quote attributed to Naz litt on the art of life urging enjoyment of small pleasures and endurance through hardship.
A Dorchester County bird shortage due to heavy snow prompts readers to feed and study birds. Maryland officials urge feeding, nesting boxes, and hobby-building, highlighting notable hobbyists like Frazer Poole and Colonel Albanus Phillips. The piece celebrates bird life and lists birding books and upcoming topics.
Slats records a week of small events and misadventures from a child’s view. Jake the dog, schoolyard antics, misheard instructions, and a glimpse of family life mingle with odd observations and a final ad for Perfection oil stoves.
Preparations for an automobile show at the Denton Auto Company garage are reported for April 4th to 6th. The town notes include a horse accident injuring Louise Dukes, weather and road improvements, community obituaries, and local visits. Governor Crosser was expected to attend a Ridgely institute but snow delayed his arrival. Several residents face health and legal matters, including a jail escape with two prisoners recaptured.
Mr. Frank Collins of Washington and families from Easton Salisbury Bridgeville Camden and Preston visited relatives in the area during the weekend. Several couples and children were noted visiting Mrs. McCarty W. S. McCarty and others with mention of illnesses and travel.
A reflective column notes how love shapes success on farms and praises hardworking wives, then shifts to February’s signs of spring, Groundhog Day notions, and a new English king's longing for simpler days. It includes a humorous verse titled Cow Sense about a cow’s market ignorance and instinct.
In loving memory of our dear father William W Noble who departed this life on March 14 1935. Though on earth you are no more you are with us in memory as you always were. Days of sadness come o er us hidden tears flow Memory keeps you near sadly missed by his children.
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