This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1925
Page
2
Denton Journal page two published Saturday morning May 23 1825 Denton Maryland entered at the post office as second class mail matter. Publication details show Melvin Sowaed Benj. Bh Johnson Melvin Johnson and publishers listed for the Denton paper.
Public health officials urge strict vacation precautions to curb post trip illnesses such as typhoid. Warning highlights risks from camping and drinking from streams, urges typhoid vaccination for extensive country travel, and notes gains from community disease control amid rising travel.
J N Mackall, chair of the State Roads Commission, cites the Forestry Department stance on roadside tree trimming. The case involves cedar trees along a county road widened for utilities and a telephone line reconstruction. Forestry approved trimming only to clear wires, saving remaining trees for public benefit, a policy since 1914.
Scientists worldwide report two accessible cures prevent deforming rickets in early childhood. Sunlight and cod liver oil stand out as effective preventives, available to all families.
Dr J H M Knox Jr of the State Health Dept cites child health conferences finding high rickets rates among white and especially colored under twos. He links lack of sunlight and poor diet to bone deformities, promotes citrus and vegetable broths, outdoor sunlight, and cod liver oil as prevention and early cure.
Carlin's Park Baltimore reports its strongest season with wide regional representation. News notes include George Gaul and his Syncopators, Captain Jack Payne high dive act, weekly firework displays, numerous picnics, special train arrangements from sixteen towns, and a planned Arena Theatre musical comedy opening the week of June 15 with a formal company announcement imminent.
After a Chester River bridge stress warning, a meeting between State Senator Dudley G Roe and Highway Commissioner John N Mackall produced an agreement to immediately complete the Sadlersville to Millington road. A 1.1 mile section is near finish and a 1.5 mile gap would have waited to 1926. the Sadlersville Bank will fund construction until state funds arrive on June 15, 1926, shortening travel between Denton and Galena by about 12 miles.
Next Thursday night a film titled The Siren of Seville screens at the Palace Theatre to raise funds for Western Maryland College. The event invites local patrons to support the college with a night of cinema.
Easton topped the Eastern Shore interscholastic track meet at Chestertown with 473 points, followed by county with 69 and Denton 44. A field of 35 schools and 660 athletes competed as Washington College staged the event featuring Shore records and an exhibition medley by the college team.
Mrs Lapham extends thanks from patients and Red Cross staff at Perry Point U S Veterans Hospital for May cakes from Caroline County Red Cross. She notes cakes arrived fine and thanks local representatives and town donors Marydel Hillsboro Greensboro Denton Goldsboro Federalsburg Preston and county papers for publishing Red Cross items.
In sad remembrance of Ellen Roe who departed life May 23, 924. Her husband Thos. Roe laments the loss and hopes to meet again in heaven. The verse expresses deep grief, longing, and faith amid absence. The notice includes otherwise miscellaneous local ads for paint supplies and clothing.
Creditors of R L Dallings Co in Caroline County gained optimism from a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court verdict. George B Porter, listed as vice president and treasurer, may owe up to three months before receivership in July 1923, to shareholders. Porter denied liability for the holdings while assets stood at 4 676 000 and liabilities at 1 318 000. The verdict affects sums owed to preferred shareholders of the McCambridge Co Crane Ice Cream Co and Phenix Iron Works. A receiver suit seeks 377 428 traced to payments to preferred stockholders of subsidiary firms that failed to earn dividends. Porter blamed policy control on W G Benham and Dwight Harrison. At receivership start, small investors had about 15 000 000 invested.
An article notes mason bees nesting in brick mortar and carpenter bees boring into wood. Females store food beside eggs, seal chambers with clay and saliva, and young bees exit as they mature. Carpenter bees drill from the underside to protect from rain, with eggs and mud partitions along the tunnel.
The famed painter Melssonier is approached by a rich gentleman who built a private theater at his chateau. The critic notes Melssonier could charge about $200 a square inch, but for an 80 by 35 foot drop curtain he says it would require 80 years and cost $6,000,000, a price far beyond the patron’s budget.
A mother scolds Bertha for fidgeting during a dull movie as the child struggles to resist touching a chocolate box. Bertha hesitates then asks if her mother will just be a hairbrush or her hand, highlighting childish mischief and temptation.
Nicaea, ancient town in Bithynia southeast of the Sea of Marmara, served as royal seat in the second century BCE. It hosted the first general council of the Christian church from June 10 to August 25, 325, producing the Nicene Creed defining the Trinity and the divinity of Christ.
The text discusses a belief that life’s real pattern may not be visible on the outward surface. It suggests that only in rare moments and to prepared eyes does a secret design appear, an ornament with little relation to the obvious scheme of the universe.
In Surrey England a dedicated walking stick farm cultivates sapling ash and cherry for making canes and umbrella sticks. The operation showcases Europe’s popularity of naturally grown walking aids compared with America.
A 1926 McClure piece argues habit shapes character guiding youth toward growth or decay. It stresses mental watchfulness, will power, and attention to parental advice as keys to forming good habits and avoiding vice. It contrasts competent leadership with fate of life servitude.
The life of Bedouin people is described with emphasis on gender roles and enduring customs. Female burdens and male leadership shape a harsh, resource‑scarce nomadic existence. Traditional dress, weapons, and adornments persist, with only the Martini rifle altering arms.
An old railroad car slows to a stop with passengers gazing out as the engine tires. After thirty minutes the conductor explains the trouble is water intake, prompting a passenger quip about needing a teaspoon to solve the issue.
The earliest recorded horses in Canada were left on Subble Island near Nova Scotia by Baron de Lery and Portuguese partners in 1590. The island then was larger, chiefly a sand bank with a central freshwater pond, where the Sabla Island ponies descended and are now cared for by the lighthouse and life-saving station crew under the federal Marine and Fisheries department.
Rosamond, favored mistress of Henry II, allegedly hidden in a Woodstock labyrinth to evade Eleanor. Reports claim she was compelled to poison herself. some sources place her death at Goodstone Nunnery near Oxford. She bore two sons, William Longsword and Jeffrey, Archbishop of York.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.