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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1935
Page
6
Commodore Longfellow is expected to participate in the water festival at 2.45 p.m. Father Andrew S. Fosick will give the benediction. The other two Maryland conferences will be held in Annapolis on September 26 and in Cumberland on October 22.
The first of three Red Cross regional conferences for Maryland will meet September 11 at the Oakley Beach Hotel in Cambridge. National and local Red Cross leaders will speak, including Commodore Longfellow and Governor Harrington. Dorchester County hosts, with a water festival after adjournment and morning sessions led by Talbot and Dorchester officials.
The Dentonia Theatre hosts Don't Bet on Blondes Monday and Tuesday September 9-10 with Guy Kibbee in a Southern Colonel make up. David Copperfield debuts September 11-12 featuring Freddie Bartholomew with a cast including W C Fields Lionel Barrymore Madge Evans Maureen O'Sullivan Edna May Oliver Lewis Stone and Joe E Brown in multiple roles. Joe E Brown is touted as the nation’s funniest comedian and Bright Lights arrives September 6-7 with Brown and Ann Dvorak.
Sinclair Lewis, before sailing for France with Dorothy Thompson, offered a national forecast saying Hoover would win New York, Al Smith California, Huey Long Louisiana, and Roosevelt the remaining states. He praised the New Deal as equal to the best proposals of the era despite the low mood.
A compact quotation collection presents aphorisms on kindness and custom. It juxtaposes Howden praising timely kindness with Novalis criticizing custom as either plague or idol, inviting reflection on wise conduct versus routine belief.
Motor Patrol of the Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland now operates on the Eastern Shore with Patrolman J Edwin Pete in charge. The Salisbury unit will be augmented by others as needed and aims to aid all motorists in distress with first aid and mechanical repairs, without accepting tips or favoritism.
An editorial from The Rotarian Magazine urges communities to adopt bold civic projects. It quotes Daniel Burnham's call to make big plans that inspire lasting change, stressing thoughtful, long term beautification as a timeless, living legacy for future generations. Wedding invitations and announcements printed with care and neatness.
Seven properties listed for rent include a new brick block store 30 by 50 feet at the rear of Carter Block in Denton beside the Post Office, a fully equipped restaurant near the American Store, a Greensboro store, two six room dwellings in Denton, Ridgely Hotel with 12 furnished rooms, and a good 78 acre farm for sale or rent. Possession of all at once except Greensboro Store and Farm on January 1, 1936. John T. Carter, Owner, Denton Maryland.
The Caroline County Orphans Court met with Judges Towers Handy and Dennis. Actions included granting administrator Parker credit in his account for Rhoda Reed deceased, final ratification of Josephine Moore real estate sale, guardian Cross authorized to withdraw minor Charles Cross funds for college, guardian Pastorfield filed final account and release, administration granted to Alton Elrick with bond and appraisers, and Towers guardianship withdrawals for William John Hubbard and India V Hubbard minors.
A brief item notes William Howard Taft as the 26th president born in 1857 and recalls Napoleon setting Moscow aflame in 1812 before retreating. The fragment emphasizes historical figures and dates without additional context.
At Timonium the Byrd Antarctic Guernsey exhibit features two cows and a young bull named Klondike Iceberg, displayed by Edgar J. Cox. A quarter size model of the Little America barn highlights dairy barn improvements, with Cox describing insulation and a yearlong indoor life for the herd aboard the rubber Ruppert voyage.
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