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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1952
Page
2
Government figures show Americans continue a plentiful diet despite rising prices. Between 1935 and 1939 a year of food for one person cost about 140 dollars. now over 325. If prices slid back, the bill would rise to about 165 per person. Consumers eat more beef pork eggs and frozen produce than before the war, reflecting higher budgets and shifting choices.
An expedition returning from Queen Maud Land reports that the Antarctic ice cap contains enough water to raise global sea levels by about 90 feet. If melted, major eastern cities like New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and coastal areas including Puget Sound and Los Angeles would be inundated.
Foot and mouth disease is described as a major risk to the American livestock sector. The virus harms cattle sheep goats and swine with symptoms including blisters fever and slobbering. Since 1870 the disease has caused eight million dollars in eradication costs to the federal government and indirect losses of about 174 million to producers.
A national Bureau of Agricultural Economics poll of 2266 mothers with children under 13 shows cotton chosen by a majority for seven of ten clothing items. Mothers reported experience mainly with cotton across winter shirts blankets diapers robes dresses shirts pants anklets and snow suits.
Excess moisture from hot water steam and appliances can blister exterior paint and damage walls and ceilings. Use exhaust fans in kitchen bathroom and laundry and open windows briefly during heavy steam to vent moisture and prevent costly repairs.
A fisherman off the African coast hauled in a coelacanth once considered a fossil. The strange fish thrashed on deck, shocking the crew as the captain watched. The moment linked living fish to ancient oceans in a vivid, unlikely encounter.
Rev John Wesley Booth of near Chester Pa spent the weekend with relatives and attended Pilgrim Holiness Church. Baltimore guests and local movers mingle as families swap homes on North Main Street. Prairie daylight antics include dinners, hospital updates, ball game trips, and a chimney fire call to Raymond Bickling’s home.
A plainly written guide in the October 5 issue of the New American Weekly explains why children fear doctors and hospitals and provides practical steps for easing anxiety, preparing visits, and building trust through calm explanations and positive experiences.
A color gravure magazine note invites readers to call Denton 10 to place a classified advertisement in the Baltimore Sunday American. The item emphasizes the advertisement option and the contact method.
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