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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1928
Page
5
A brief notice records a five second close mail matter entered at the Denton Maryland post office on Saturday morning March 24, 1923. The entry lists PSEA as part of the note and notes the time and date of the mailing submission.
Disclosures before the Senate oil leasing committee show that parts of the Teapot Dome loot funded the Republican Party. Oldfield urges President Coolidge to act, expose cabinet members Mellon and Weeks, and aid Walsh in tracing bonds tied to Hays Sinclair, noting prior political financing helped Coolidge rise to and sustain the presidency. The piece links printing history to progress in the art of publishing.
Cologne hosts an international press exhibition from May 10 to October 16, showcasing the evolution of the printed word. The event gathers global journalists, advertisers, and printers to compare methods, typography, paper, and news transportation across continents. It emphasizes work, industry progress, and the link between labor and civilization.
Teaching fire prevention in schools and drills is commended. Citizens of the future should know the facts to reduce fires, as eighty percent of conflagrations are preventable. Educational groups work to teach prevention, and 1928 is hoped to see less waste of money, property, lives, and industry through this effort.
An old newspaper ad offers The Journal subscription pricing with regions Caroline and outside options listed at one dollar and one dollar fifty cents respectively. The text is fragmented and lacks further details or dates. The piece reads like a small classifieds insert from a local paper.
Many Caroline growers file enrollment for 1928 contest open to those planting two or more acres. An average of 10 tons per acre earns a medal, with prizes including gold watches for high state yields and a Silver Cup for Caroline County’s top yield. Apply through the County Agent in Denton.
About 25 tomato growers will plant in a cloth covered bed to ensure field-ready plants by May 26. Earlier planting around May 25 yields more and sets more fruit before mid-summer heat. sowing March 26 in a protected frame advances readiness by 1-2 weeks and protects against frost winds storms and beetles.
Bulletin No. 44 by L M Good win Maryland Canning Crops Specialist is available to those contacting the County Agent. It reports experimental tomato growing work conducted in Maryland over several years and includes soil prep bed notes plant varieties disease and insect control and cloth covered cold frame growing directions.
The value of sweet clover as a pasture crop is underappreciated in Maryland. It allows more animals per acre, can be sown in spring with standing wheat or with spring oats, and should use common white blossomed seed at 15-20 pounds per acre. Use certified seed in spring and inoculate if field sowing is first time. One cutting can occur in fall from a spring sown crop, but growth in the following spring starts early and must be cut when blossoms appear to avoid woody hay.
A Denton county meeting of poultrymen and hatcherymen led to forming a Poultry Association to promote poultry improvement educationally. Officers elected include President H H Reich Preston Vice President H T Holsinger Ridgely Secretary Willard Sparklin Federalsburg Treasurer W H Irons Greensboro Directors H T Langmaid Greensboro E R Deaner Denton J H Quillen Preston Lloyd Holsinger Denton.
Poultrymen using the Grow Healthy Chicks Plan report 20 to 30 percent chick mortality under ten weeks but gains in strong, productive pullets and high yearly egg output. The plan aims to reduce brooding deaths and improve laying stock as Rural Women's Short Course June 18 to 23 invites broader county participation and inspiration.
Queen Anne social column records weekend visits by Mr and Mrs R E Montgomery to Clayton. Mrs McBride of Ridgely and her little son visited town on Saturday. Howard Bishop made a business trip to Baltimore on Monday. Mr and Mrs Charles Dean visited Philadelphia last week. Mrs Howard Eley visited Baltimore on Tuesday. Mrs Mary Barnes spent Sunday in Wilmington.
A short verse by F. E. Yeoman celebrates springtime farming. Robins sing the season's work as plowing, planting, sunny days, and soon blooming roses. The speaker invites going to the mill pond with rod and fishing gear.
I thank relatives and friends for kindness floral offerings and use of automobiles during my recent bereavement in the death of my wife J Dulin Covey.
Practical kitchen guidance on making dried fruits appealing at breakfast. Notes soaking, cooking, and flavoring prunes and apricots to retain nutrition. Describes a radiator-assisted shortcut for winter prep and includes two recipe examples with egg whites and custard sauce.
A Yard Improvement Contest is conducted in the State by Southern Planter. Winning contestant in each State receives 60 dollars. The contest aims to help homemakers improve surroundings and make the State more livable and inviting to non residents. Enrollment with the Home Demonstration Agent is due before April 1. Plans must be completed by October 1929. Landscape Specialist of the University of Maryland offers special help to enrolled contestants. About six have enrolled so far. others are urged to join promptly.
In loving memory of William Lawrence Laramore who died March 21 1927 at age 6 years and 2 days. The verse recalls a Heaven sent gift followed by an angel calling his name and the family’s tears. Lawrence is laid to rest but his soul ascends to God. Mother and Daddy.
A Washington radio program from WRC at 9 30 P M EST on Friday March 30 features the Lord Calvert Quintette directed by Henri Sokolov. Selections include Oriental Dance from Ballet Egyptian by Luigini, Love Came Calling by Zamecnik, To a Wild Rose by MacDowell, Intermezzo Bandinage by Herbert, Finale from Concerto by Mendelssohn, Shepherds Dance German y, and Spanish Dance Torendore et Andalous by Rubinstein.
Adam W. Miller presents illustrated lectures on the book of Revelation at the Church of God in Federalsburg Maryland from March 25 to April 1 at 7 30 p m except Monday and Saturday. Sessions cover Chapters 1 6 The Four Horsemen and more with topics including Sealing of Gods Servants Temple and Witnesses Apostate Church Last Plagues Great Babylon and Coming of Christ The 1000 years reign. Admission is free and all are welcome.
John Gilbert stars in the Fox reissue Truxton King opening Monday and Tuesday March 26 27 at the New Dover Opera House. Gilbert dives from a prison wall 81 feet into water and delivers a dramatic performance in a fast paced tale with Ruth Clifford as the lead.
A Maryland Tuberculosis Association campaign opens in March urging early diagnosis with billboards reading You May Have Tuberculosis. President Dr Martin F Sloan stresses early case discovery via X ray and sputum tests, plus rest and nourishing care, citing youth cases found in New York and urging anyone with warning signs to consult a doctor. Local social notes mention Ridgely visitors and illnesses including Mrs Kate Plummer’s stroke and Miss Hilda Cherry’s measles.
In Memoriam for Bertha E Culver beloved mother and grandmother three years since her passing. Daughter Ethel and family express longing and love as she rests reunited with her husband in a peaceful afterlife.
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