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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1936
Page
4
A reflective prayer expresses gratitude for blessings, family, peace, health, and the beauty of creation. The speaker gives thanks for responsibilities, home, food, weather, music, and the opportunity to serve others, ending with Amen and attribution to Werner C. Tauch.
The telegram from Governor Landon to President Roosevelt hailed the Democratic victory as a personal triumph for Roosevelt and urged cooperation. It said the time for partisanship had passed and urged citizens to support the president in serving democratic government while respecting differing views.
Reports to the Department of Commerce from key cities show sustained economic progress with better weather boosting retail sales. Wage rises, bonuses, and dividends are fueling buying, while employment and industrial activity expand. The holiday trade remains strong as merchants stock up in anticipation of a peak season. As an example.
New York notes leather goods and novelty jewelry running well ahead of last year while Chicago reports a 40 percent rise in mid season furniture sales. Philadelphia sees early Christmas demand for gifts and apparel. Cleveland wholesale gains top 15 to 20 percent and Georgia cotton harvest nears completion. Minneapolis buyers prepare holiday displays after Thanksgiving. Kansas City wholesale gains in drugs hardware and dry goods. Maritime strike hurts Pacific Coast trade but San Francisco remains brisk. Cities including Buffalo Pittsburgh Cleveland Detroit and Birmingham report optimism. October building permits exceed last year in many areas.
Maryland motorists pay an average 21.7 percent of vehicle value in taxes, far above real estate rates. Secretary J P Lanigan of the Maryland Petroleum Industries Committee urges repeal of federal auto taxes and funding highways from state gasoline taxes and registration fees.
The article notes Roosevelt carried 46 states for 523 electoral votes and about 26 million to 16 million in the popular vote, the largest clear victory since the party system solidified. It contrasts opinions from critics and publicists and reports debate among Republicans on why Roosevelt prevailed. It cites Walter Lippman and William Allen White on differing explanations.
Analysts split on Roosevelt's next move with a Johnstown flood metaphor for 40 years of reform. Some see a conservative shift as business improves, others fear a left turn toward socialist or fascist plans, while a large group expects a pragmatic middle path balancing regulation and relief cuts. The President signals a cautious stance.
Herbert F. Rawil, founder of Christmas Club, estimates $355 million will be distributed to about 7.5 million members by roughly 5,500 banks and organizations within two weeks. Average per member is $46.50, with New York leading totals at about $96.5 million and smaller allocations listed for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and regional districts.
The piece argues for broad tax relief by cutting waste across state, county, and municipal governments, not just the federal level. It warns that efficiency must exist at every government unit to truly lower taxpayer costs, noting bureaucracy and duplication as pervasive issues.
The speaker argues that if one government unit receives relief, others must too to prevent bureaucratic swelling. Tax reduction is essential, and a campaign to curb waste from city hall to the national capitol is needed.
The State Board of Health details Grade A Raw Milk requirements in Maryland. Key points include veterinary cow exams, annual Bangs disease testing, strict facility standards, rapid cooling to 50 F within an hour, on-farm bottling with sealed caps, medical screening of dairy workers, bacterial limits, approved caps with dairy details, and availability of the regulations from the State Department of Health in Baltimore.
More than 16,000 building, utility, newspaper, and financial firms back a national program urging property owners to weatherize. Federal Housing Administration credits, with loans up to 2000 for repairs and up to 50000 for business property, aim to extend construction activity through winter.
Two major branch banking systems plan to distribute 400000 folders each titled Modernize for Winter to home owners and business people. The ads and mailings urge remodeling and modernization using FHA backed financing, allowing upgrades without tapping working capital. Maryland FHA headquarters are in the Fidelity Building, Baltimore.
Rev. C. M. Griffeth urges calm pace amid daily rushes in Sudleraville Maryland. He contrasts speeding through life with a road trip by John Rush, noting how speed blinds beauty and fellowship. Slowing down may reveal God and true life.
Mr and Mrs Jonas Royer of Chester Pa hosted weekend guests Mr and Mrs Wayne Royer and Mr and Mrs Ray Frampton also of Chester. Mr Willard Jones and family visited relatives in Dover and Wyoming Saturday. Miss Luella Stufft of Bridgetown stayed with Miss Thelma Bowman this week. Mr and Mrs William Bailey visited Harry Bailey and family on Sunday. Mrs Burton Wilkinson hosted the Junior card club Monday night. Mrs Fred Flounders was a Baltimore Visitor on Tuesday. W M Bennington has been on the sick list the past week.
A reader questions the psychologist trend of never labeling a child as liar and argues for balancing truth with imagination. The piece warns against extremes and urges common sense in guiding character, noting the dangers of misinterpreting others and of entitlement.
The quotation from Lorimer urges flexible governance and adaptable rules over rigid structures, arguing that rules should bend to circumstances like rubber rather than break under pressure like cast iron.
A vintage recipe describes a dry fish stuffing with cracker crumbs salt paprika onions parsley capers and chopped pickles plus melted butter. For moister filling milk may be added and lemon juice substitutes capers. A peanut butter pickle filling is suggested for sandwiches, with coconut noted as a salmon salad addition.
Carrot soup recipe details browning carrots with butter salt cayenne sugar then broth simmer until glazed and pressed to return to broth and heat. Apple jam combines apples sugar cinnamon candy and pectin, simmered to a rolling boil, skimmed and cooled with paraffin seal. Western Newspaper Union.
A visitor to the Tower notes its relics and long associations with English history. The White Tower, origin of the castle's name, was begun in 1078 by William the Conqueror, making the royal palace older than Moscow's Kremlin, Venice's Doge's Palace, Istanbul's seraglio, and Paris's Louvre.
A jacket of stiff yellow satin with a gold quilted effect features huge puff sleeves and stiffened revers worn over a high waist pale gray chiffon gown. The outfit combines opulent fabric textures and dramatic silhouette for formal occasion wear.
A girl pilot trains in one of the new aviation schools near Tokyo. Japanese girls and boys are educated in the junior division of the air force. After exams, the most competent cadets are sent to military aviation schools.
The passage defines education as an inward growth rather than external writing or seed planting. It emphasizes sustaining development through experiences, activities, and the child’s receptive surroundings, shaping the overall learning process.
A church bazaar will run Tuesday and Wednesday evenings December 1 and 2 in the Sunday School room at M P Church Den ton. Booths offer cakes candy ice cream lemonade and a children’s fish pond run by church groups. The Men's class hosts a Country Store and a turkey supper is served December 2 in the church dining room. Everyone is welcome and subscribers are urged to read the Journal.
A Denton area column recalls events from twenty five years ago including prices for eggs and grains, a cholera loss of hogs near Hillsboro, construction at Love Point pier and Kent Narrows, a Greensboro High vs Denton High basketball game, and plans for a Bentztown Bard reading. It notes local business changes at the Denton Auto Company, climate views from Maryland writer Reeves, and social visits and illnesses among residents, plus two notable deaths of Mr. James T. Cooper and Mr. Richard Roe Richards with funeral details.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Nannie Parker at her Denton residence with Rev. A N Ward and others officiating. Interment followed in Denton cemetery. Alfred Hunteman, 11, died at his Cordova area home. services were at the German Church with interment next to the German Church cemetery.
Oliver N Warren presents Slats Diary entries from a boy’s week in school and home. The notes depict visits by Mrs Jones and her companion, curiosity about marriage, classroom mischief, a bragging new student, a discussion on revenge, and a late snowfall of humor and friction, ending with a narrator’s rough basement furnace lament.
The 25th anniversary of Girl Scout movement in 1937 includes a proposed World Peace Camp inviting girls from 26 countries. The two week event aims to foster friendships and understanding, with the U S hosting the first world meeting in the nation. National president Mrs Herbert Hoover leads the 22nd annual convention.
Preparations are underway for a Peary memorial dedication in Fryerburg Missouri on May 6 1937 with May 7 observed as Peary birthday anniversary. The article notes Peary spent youth days in nearby Maine where he later bought two Casco Bay islands and kept his dogs on one island while living on the other.
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