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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1930
Page
10
President American Bankers Association argues leadership and success stem from service to humanity. True leaders, he writes, are doers who apply energy to meet real needs rather than rely on luck. He cites history’s greats whose lasting fame rests on service to their people.
The piece urges steadfast readership, leadership in church and organizations, and a practical ethic. It contrasts George Washington’s Valley Forge endurance with today’s tendency to explain why things can’t be done, insisting that any task worth doing is worth doing well and that small efforts lead to greater achievement.
A large share of house fires start in basements or near heating plants and in fuel storage areas. Concrete floors provide a simple fire barrier, add structural rigidity, and allow decorative options. Fire-safe shingles and fire-resistant walls further reduce risk, while unburnable stairways and properly sized fireplaces are among modern fire prevention details.
An elderly moral instruction piece extols a mother’s lunch box craft. It praises nourishing meals with calcium rich foods and self rising flour treats, urging balance and kindness as key to healthy, wise boys. The text frames domestic cooking as moral education and character formation.
Samuel Wesley Long argues modern farmers must grasp engineering, electricity, chemistry, and explosives use for drainage, fire safety, flood control, and roadbed creation. He cites agricultural colleges and agents guiding these practices, noting weather savvy and market timing as essential farmer skills.
Permanent trustees assume ownership of Arden Wood property in San Francisco for a new Christian Science Benevolent Association facility. The 16 acre site between Twin Peaks and the Ocean will host a 120 guest sanatorium designed by Henry H. Gutterson, with paths through woods and a new quiet extension acquired from city land. Trustees Gertrude Glass, George Greenwood, and Marvin Higgins head the board. Wilson D. Clark named Manager-Treasurer.
Foreclosure sale of a Maryland farm in Caroline County described as the west side county road from Preston to Harmony, with dwelling and improvements. Auction set at the Denton town hall between 3 and 4 pm, terms include one third cash and balance in installments, purchaser to pay taxes and assume tenant rights for the year. Sale to clear title due to complex chain of assignments and estate settlement.
Assignee Wesley E. Thawley will sell at public auction on the farm in Poplar Neck Caroline County Maryland at 10 o'clock a.m. items from the Darnell T Gadow chattel mortgage including a Fordson tractor two cows a dark horse a mare a farm wagon a sugar drill a bin and mower. Cash required for sums under twenty five dollars all other buyers may give notes due sixty days with security as determined.
Fragmentary text mentions COL to the unusual safety of the new Ford, offering little verifiable detail about model, date, or source. No clear event or entities beyond Ford are established in the readable portion.
The listing highlights hydraulic shock absorbers built for four wheel brakes with a quiet, smooth performance. It notes extensive use of fine steel forgings and aluminum pistons with chrome silicon alloy valves. Three quarter inch details are mentioned.
The note lists multiple Ford models with low prices including Roadeer at 485 dollars Phaeton at 440 Coupe 66 at 500 Tudor Sedan at 8500 Sport Coupe at 590 De Luxe Coupe at 550 Three window Ford Sedan 9625 Cabriolet 2eebok De Luxe Sedan 9656 Town Sedan 670 f.o.b Detroit plus freight and delivery Bumpers and spare tire extra at low feet Universal Credit Company offers time payments for another Ford or a way.
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