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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1922
Page
2
Denton Journal notices page lists Melvin Berj and Melvin Johnson as names in the Denton Maryland publication. The issue appears dated Saturday morning November 11 1922 and includes standard postal and publication details.
Editorial notes critique the 5 5 3 naval treaty noting France and Italy did not sign and Britain and Japan only accepted in principle. It questions tax relief promises tied to the treaty and discusses US participation in the World Court. It also mentions the Hog Island shipyard sale and Schwab’s optimistic outlook for America’s long term future.
President Harding issues a proclamation urging all citizens to observe Thanksgiving Day on Thursday November 30. He traces the holiday to early devout fathers and calls it the nation’s most characteristic observance. He notes trials and triumphs of the year, peace at home, and the world’s advance toward lasting peace and gratitude for divine Providence.
President Warren G Harding declares Thursday November 30 as a day of thanksgiving and devotion. He urges citizens to gather at family altars and places of worship to give thanks for bounties and to seek blessings for the year ahead.
The article traces oyster life from millions of eggs, through fertilization, larval stages, and settlement on suitable bottoms. It notes stream pollution harms young oysters, explains how dredging disrupts natural recruitment, and stresses the need for sticky clay or mud bottoms with tidal movement for healthy farming.
Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture outlines Federal prohibitions on shooting migratory game birds from sunset to half an hour before sunrise and a long list of species that may not be killed at any time. It notes Sunday hunting prohibitions east of the 105th meridian with limited state exceptions and additional closed days and snow restrictions in several eastern states.
In a large Midwestern city the slogan A B C on streets stands for Always Be Careful. The piece cites 1920 US accidental deaths at 76 000 and argues education and legislation can cut fatalities. It compares England and Wales 1907 1920 death rate 369 per million to US 744 per million and urges universal caution and pavement inscriptions.
Mr and Mrs Walter Cahee hosted a large family gathering at their home near Greensboro on Sunday with an elaborate dinner. Invited guests included multiple couples and children from Ridgely Burrsville Hemlerson Greenwood Bridgeville Denton and others. The event featured hospitable hosting and warm social exchange among relatives and friends.
The semi annual session of the Methodist Episcopal Church’s Board of Bishops will meet in Baltimore November 14 20 with a bishop assigned to preside over the Wilmington Conference to meet at Chimoteague Virginia next March Bishop McDowell has led the last three Wilmington Conferences but a new presiding officer is traditionally chosen once in a quadrennium It is unclear whether he will preside at the next session
Mn J. KE. Comeypys a Lumer from near Queenstown died Saturday morning at Easton Hospital after a Friday afternoon injury in an automobile accident at a railroad crossing near Cenneville.
The Peninsula Horticultural Society holds its annual meeting in Dover from November 21 to 23 with a fruit and vegetable flow. Governors Denney of Delaware and Ritchie of Maryland will give addresses. University of Delaware staff and other experts will discuss diseases, remedies, insects, pest control, fruit growing, peach and strawberry production, sweet potatoes, grapes, and seed stock improvements.
A public sale at 10 a.m. features 11 head of mules and horses, 24 Holstein cattle with various dairy stock, farm equipment including John Deere gear, hay tools, wagons, harnesses, and two gasoline engines. Items include multiple mules, a bay horse named Dick, and several high quality dairy cows. Many cattle are bred and some calves by their sides, with equipment ranging from plows to harvesters and rigs. The sale promises a substantial farm herd and complete gear from Helton and Corker stock lineages.
Household goods include dining table set chairs stove heaters beds lamps and more, offered under ten dollars with nine months credit for approved buyers. J Alda Jackson owner with auctioneers and clerks listed. Gokksboro Ladies Aid to serve hot lunches.
Auction offers a 10 piece dining set, 1 living room suite, 15 piece bedroom suit, white bedroom suit, walnut bedroom set, rug, two porch rockers, a Victrola with records, Lorain range, 6 kitchen chairs, linoleum, matting, window shades, bedding, cooking utensils, and other items. Most items under 10 dollars. larger sums on credit with six month terms and bankable notes. Aucts: AUSTIN AL MURPLY, JAMES TEMPLE, Covey FP.
Public sale announced on the farm known as the G S Waddell place on the State road from Preston to Hethtehent. Items include two horses Billy Sunday six years old and Minnie ten years old, three mules, a herd of Jersey Guernsey and Holstein milch cows aged 2 to 10, a good Guernsey bull three years old, and various farm implements.
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