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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
3
Public notices list upcoming meetings of the Circuit Court Levy Court and Orphans Court in April. The School Board is scheduled to meet on April 11. These items notify the community of planned government and civic sessions without further details.
The Denton region greets spring with Arbor Day plans, new business openings, and social events. April brings plantings and sales, Everngam's dress goods, and I J Mellvaine pattern hats. Notables include Mr. G Edgar Williamson named notary, painter Richardson improving the court house, and the Masonic Hall hosting Old Times in Dixie. The Pennsylvania Railroad builds a steel bridge near Queen Anne's, with several local appointments and church conference updates. The Tri State Canners meet in Denton, while farming and fertilizer campaigns advance. An anniversary couple, Mr. and Mrs. George, acknowledge well wishes after their golden wedding.
Assistant Geologist M W Twitchell of the State Geological Survey reports most marl deposits between Denton and Greensboro are ordinary shell marls with limited road material value. A notable exception is a gravely shell marl near Greensboro that mixes fine quartz gravel, forming a hard concrete like mass suitable for roads. The deposit lies 7 to 12.5 feet below mean tide, with potential to supply cheap road material across the county if further tests confirm extent and harvestability.
Chief Judge Pearce and Judges Martin Brown will preside as 17 appearances and 8 appeals, 42 trials, 13 criminal appearances, 11 criminal appeals, and 80 witnesses are set for the county’s April term. Names by district include Jarrell Jarman Emory and Davis in the first district and others across seven districts with multiple jurors listed. The session opens next Monday and is expected to be lengthy.
A Friday concert at Masonic Hall West accompanies the J. P. Caulfield & Co piano and organ exhibition. Baltimore talent will perform. admission is by free tickets available at the exhibit all week. tickets not issued to children. Caulfield & Co have sold instruments locally with noted satisfaction. Exhibits, including fine samples, will be offered at reduced prices during the week.
A new Gold Medal Pokery wagon arrived from Auklam Manufacturing Company, described as one of the handsomest in the county. The stylish vehicle recently completed work at the local shop and now graces streets with its polished finish.
Hickman hosted Te cuuseh Tribe officers including J. W. Johnson and T. M. Green, while Ida Melvin and William Lankford of Hickman quietly married at Burrsville. Rural mail carrier Leander Thomas begins April 15. Harry Johnson sells his farm. Thomas Cleaves takes job in Baltimore. Mrs. Pliny Todd is very ill with pneumonia.
Miss Effa W Heather returns from Philadelphia after her nephew Melvin Heather dies. Segellons move to Cheswold. Telegraph office now led by William Allen of Laurel. Dailey and son Seward visit Monumental City this week. Clark and Moore of Greensboro visit town Sunday. Mrs Gore of Hurlock visits Dr Nicols family. J Seward Collins of WCA Dover spends days at home. Wilbur Clark of Hartley visits parents. Many Marydel residents visit Denton Tuesday. Mrs Capt T E Heather visits Wilmington. Dr Micols sprained ankle confining him again. Mrs Henry Davis returns from Wilmington. Mrs E H Collins visits friends in Wilmington. Large stuffed bear at Johnson Bros store attracts attention. bear once a Russian farrier sign from Manchuria then Baltimore to be used as display. Rev George C Williams, ex Preston M E Church pastor, with wife and child, visits. Williams returns to Berlin charge for year. Mrs John E Henry hosts Ladies Thursday Club. refreshments served. Nettie Wheeler of Baltimore and Georgia Smith of Denton visit Mrs U O Kelley. John Reese of Baltimore spends days in Preston and Bethlehem.
Rev Holt preached his farewell sermon at the M E Church on Sunday morning. Prof Sparklin spoke after the evening service on the severing of ties between pastor and people. Walter Prouse of Richmond Prouse Company Wilmington arrived to start work on the new bank building. Mrs Messenger cleared rear buildings and plans to sow the slope to the river in grass. Harry Eddington cut the end from a thumb in the can shop recently. Efforts are underway to have Rev H F Wright returned to the M P Church for another year. James Murphy millwright is making repairs to the Eagle Mills.
A Saturday evening surprise party honored Miss Estella Meredith with about thirty five attendees. Rev. Shipman’s last service on this charge drew attendees from his appointments, while Rev. Strickland and family arrived, with plans to preach at Concord Sunday morning. Mrs. Martha Hignatt hosts, Maryland Day at school delighted all, and Sherman Hignatt is improving. Daisy Meredith visiting in Easton.
Everngams offers men’s spring footwear from leading manufacturers. The store highlights quality materials and stylish designs, inviting shoppers to browse a curated selection for seasonally appropriate wear.
Ridgely organizes the Ridgely Volunteer Fire Company with 100 members in four companies and a hook and ladder unit. First meeting held March 1 at Simons Hall with Dr WF P Terr as chairman and officers listed. Second meeting elected Fire Chief J D Davis and Assistant Chief J W Bordley, with adjournment set for April 4.
Mr. D. A. Walters and son from Altoona Pa left for home. His wife and two daughters stay with sister Mrs C E Kauffman. Mr and Mrs Johns returned to Pennsylvania. Florence Ayers treated at Presbyterian Bye and Ear Hospital returned home. Rev S P Shipman and family arrived and were welcomed. Mr and Mrs R R Shull visiting in Talbot. Maryland Day observed by our schools on Friday last week.
Miss John Legates staying in Haston spent weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs N Legates. Mrs Anna Burkett and her son Charles of New Jersey visited her parents Mr and Mrs Isaiah Christopher. Miss Sadie Cooper of Choptank spent weekend with Miss John Legates. A box social was held Saturday evening for the little boys baseball club. Miss Mattie Andrew visited Easton friends last week.
Miss Georgie A Towers returns home after winter in Baltimore with relatives and friends. Miss Maude B Towers improves from a week of grip. Mr Albert Howard owns a fine trotting horse Happy Williams with a 2 21 record. Mr Hubbard Pope of Oxford visited Mr G W Towers recently. White perch plentiful in the Choptank river. Farmers around report spring fever.
A young folks social gathered at Bethlehem Saturday evening. Willard Haws, long troubled by rheumatism, shows notable improvement. Harry Wright of the W C A is home for spring vacation. Addie Holgell visited Baltimore friends last week.
Henderson and Mrs I M Gooding of Wyoming spent Wednesday with Mr A B Gooden and wife. James has returned to New York after a week’s visit with friends in town.
Travel via the Chicago Union Pacific North-Western Line offering two fast through trains daily. The Overland Limited is electric lighted and under three days en route. The California Express provides through service to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. For full particulars contact W. B. Kniskern 2 T. M. GC N W Ry Chicago.
Cards announce the marriage of Miss Ugenia Redden to Mr. Martin Van Rodney in New York with Rev. George Houghton officiating. Also listed are various social visits, road supervision appointments for 1905, bank news in Petersburg, and extensive real estate transfers recorded in March in the Circuit Court Clerk’s office.
In Orphans' Court Tuesday IL Jopp resigned as trustee for W Henry Jopp Sr and Fred I Owens named as new trustee. Executives and guardians presented inventories, appraisements, and guardian accounts, all approved. Final accounts and distributions filed for several estates. Real estate sales for Saulsbury Collins and Mirza Dukes ratified by final order.
Mr. Richard Russell aged 40 died suddenly on Tuesday from heart failure after resigning from Philadelphia work to return to his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Russell of Burrsville. Harry Slenutt aged fourteen died Wednesday after two weeks illness from spinal and other diseases. funeral at Federalsburg. Mrs Wade Blackiston of St. Mary's, nee Turner, died Friday. she was a niece of Mrs. Luther H. Gadd and had many Denton friends.
Mr James C Leonard of Cambridge visited Denton on Tuesday to solicit road shell orders. The County Commissioners took no action. They ordered four of six mules returned to Baltimore sellers for failure to meet requirements.
The ad urges readers to buy a piano for family comfort and return on investment. It promotes reasonable prices and invites shoppers to view instruments and terms during court week at J P Cavertrip and Co in the Masonic Building, Denton.
Large audiences will hear Col. Ham's Old Times in Dixie in Denton Thursday evening and at Pederalsburg on Friday evening.
A Maryland constitutional amendment, drawn from Virginia’s frame, expands registration rights to illiterate men who can understand and explain a Constitution section read to them by registration officers. The measure, backed by bipartisan safeguards and appeal rights, argues literacy need not precede voting, only understanding, and urges ratification in November.
In defence of Dr Corkran and Dr Baker Kent Nees argues gambling parallels church betting. If we stay well and cheerful we never grow old says Kirk. Wall Paper patterns gilt seapiece window shades 22c Thomas Messer 1015 W Baltimore. Cold weather halts money flow Spring loosens pockets Mise Stafford's millinery opening nest Tuesday Wednesday Everngain jackets 0.00 to 8.50 Carnegie donates 16700 to St Johns College.
Denton ad from J. P. Caulfield & Co. invites buyers to save money on pianos or organs, urging readers to see front page for the proposition.
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