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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1935
Page
2
In the letter to the editor the author laments two weeks of heavy rains that washed out dams and damaged county roads. The piece questions fault for damage, comparing dam owners to liable animal owners and urging care, weather monitoring, and constant vigilance to prevent further harm. It urges accountability for property damage and public disruption.
A lyrical reflection on September’s mood in late summer, noting green boreal tones, long haymaking days, midday shade, and lingering warmth. The piece contrasts warm sunsets, pinks and bronzes in the sky, the scent of pine by evening, and approaching October’s goldenrod and orange berries, questioning if summer truly departs.
The article questions global neutrality in the Italo Ethiopian conflict, noting sympathy for Abyssinians but continuing trade with Italy. It cites U S steel billets, copper, nickel, tin, coal, and an American oil firm expanding exports, while nations mask policy as restraint.
A compact survey shows Britain ships, coal, copper and iron items linked with Italy while Italy buys from Russia and Poland. Istanbul reports profiteering in cereals and vegetables for Italian armies. Poland ships coal for a liner. Greek ships move Russian wheat. Germany eyes Italy credit relief. many nations already have stakes in the Ethiopian affair.
Economic highlights show business fears easing as Roosevelt defends the tax bill as fair and broadening the base. He says the program nears completion and recovery could advance without more priming, while critics expect political ramifications for 1936. Industrial indices rise with car loadings, money, and power output up. but some firms report weak earnings and construction outpaces forecasts.
The report notes residential building is about 125 percent ahead of last year while motors lead the business parade. In the first seven months of the year car production already exceeds the entire 1934 total. Many industries show improved employment for the summer, aided by building activity, and payrolls rise accordingly.
The article links a six century drought to the abandonment of forty villages in Chaco Canyon New Mexico, noting treeless land now unsuitable for agriculture. It cites Rexford Tugwell and warns American farming communities to start conserving soil and natural resources to prevent desert-like conditions. It references South Dakota droughts, a five year belt of grasshoppers, and population declines in Tripp County.
Editorial notes recount Theodore Roosevelt's tour from Rockford to Portsmouth as he rails against New Deal critics. He attacks farm policy, cites surplus crops, praises purchasing power for rural citizens, and lauds cotton price restoration in Brazil. The piece links tariff and processing tax effects to lifting buying power and apparel purchases.
The article notes Senate leader McNary and Norbeck urging timely GOP guidance on farm issues, praising Capper for supporting the AAA and drought relief. It also covers Norway's plan to form a central League of Nations refugee body in Geneva, consolidating Nansen and other aid efforts amid European refugee crises and statelessness.
The Women's International League begins a peace campaign aimed at mobilizing a world petition for an end to war. The campaign notes a British model with 12,000,000 registered, seeking to compel governments toward peace through a vast people's mandate. A document signed by participants states war harms all and promises action when signatures are gathered for presentation to world leaders and lawmakers.
The Keystone Automobile Club of Maryland outlines a motor tour featuring Sky Line Drive through Shenandoah National Park and stops in Charlottesville Richmond Hilton Village Fredericksburg and Washington. Highlights include colonial sites at Jamestown Williamsburg Yorktown and Colonial National Monument with portraits of Jefferson Monroe and Washington and the Yorktown surrender on October 19 1781.
The advertisement states a complete stock of all kinds of floor coverings offered by M. K. Newnam. It emphasizes variety and availability for customers seeking carpets rugs and related flooring products.
Commentators weigh if Roosevelts call for a breathing spell will materialize or if January will bring new reform experiments. Analysts note business leaders say private enterprise must expand to rehire workers while reforms unfold gradually, and unemployment remains a central election issue.
Editor F E Chase of The Atlantic News Telegraph critiques flashy advertising schemes as worthless frills. He cites civic groups pressuring merchants and warns against fly-by-night canvassers, arguing newspapers remain the best path to reach customers and measure results.
Recount of local events from twenty five years past includes car purchases by Albert G Towers and Jakob Ellwanger, a buggy crash involving Rev Brumbaugh, notable farming yields by Otto Schalk and J W Kerr, several marriages in Burrsville and Caroline county, visitors touring in touring cars, medical attendees at Annapolis, and a damaging July storm in Grove section with barn, livestock, and fodder losses.
Mrs Edna Lynch wife of Downes station agent on the Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway died at 6:30 AM from poisoning after drinking carbolic acid and corrosive sublimate the previous afternoon in despondence. She leaves a six month old child and a grieving husband. Coroner deemed no inquest. Funeral set at St Josephs Talbot. Separately Easton undertaker R Harry Patchett died after a trotting accident at the fair grounds when his mare Essie Allerton threw him from the sulky injuring him fatally.
Friday notes a party at Odd Fellows Hall that Joe Hix recalls as very nice though he can’t remember details. Saturday Ant Emmy’s errands include Liberty Exchange for Lambs Tales but a butcher warns against lambs tales. Sunday Techer probes who attended funerals. Jo Graffy notes poor study. Monday Les Brink laments car crash delays. wife’s hospital operation leads to a quarrel. Tuesday Bruce MacFarlin plans a trip to Washington to seek money from the Potomac. Wednesday Pa and Ma attend a wedding with tense reception. Thursday Sum Buddy suggests pennyroyal trick to Ant Emmy to keep ants off the table, but fails.
Adams Cross Roads resumes meetings on Tuesday September 17 hosts Mrs Hattie Leser and Mrs Lillian Hignutt. Bloomer Aid will meet September 25 at church or community building with location to be announced. Virginia Lee Robinson visits grandparents John and Mrs Adams for two weeks. Miss Mary Johnson hosts a Philadelphia guest over weekend along with Mr and Mrs Fred Fountain. Minnie Adams of Wilmington visits sisters.
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