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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1905
Page
3
Items of news from all parts of the county announce public business meetings. Court sessions set for June 20 and May 2, including Levy Court and Orphans Court. School Board to meet May 9.
Carpenters busy and new street lamps in place. Delaware bay trout on sale this week and Upper Choptank fishermen report better luck. Queen Quality shoes and oxfords at Everngam's. Easter egg hunt at John S. Barnhart's draws scores of children. A fire at Felton destroyed a double dwelling. Denton high school photographer works for the annual. County awards coal contract at $6 per ton to L. B. Towers. Miss Holston replenishes millinery stock in the city. Many social notices include weddings engagements and visits among Denton residents.
Hillsboro and Queen Anne unify teams with G L Wilson as manager and Howell Hanley as captain. They defeated Queenstown and Cordova on Saturday. Also notes on local real estate purchases by Stewart and Jarrell and several Easter visits and visits between Hillsboro residents and friends.
Miss Ivah Smith hosted friends at her home on Saturday in honor of Miss Carrie Brachey of Fed eralsburg. Hester and Mamie Baughley entertained locals and Williston visitors near Denton Monday evening. Miss Mary Nuttle hosted guests in honor of Misses Elizabeth Garey and Mary Hopkins of Denton. Helen F. Stevens from Western Maryland College spent Easter with her parents. Otto Leaver of Federalsburg visited Captain C F Smith on Easter Sunday. Beulah Collins of Bridgeville visited her aunt Mrs Wand. Farmers visited Choptank to fish this week. Minnie Collins of Tanyard spent Easter at home. Mrs H T Nuttle visiting Philadelphia. Mrs J Atwood Todd is sick.
Local residents in Philadelphia New York and Delaware visit relatives here as various property transfers are recorded for April in Caroline County. Listed are dozens of transactions in Ridgely Marydel Denton Federalsburg and other districts, with prices up to 5 750 and parcels including 160 acres and 50 acres.
Garey as Arbor Day was fully observed at Gareys School Twenty four pupils rendered a program for patrons The best recitations included The Robin by Emily Garey The Secret by Emma Webber The Rose by Alice Flowers and The Bumblebee by Jacob Schriber The Robin motion song was sung by Carrie Lila Spicher Louise Lorentz and Esther Hummel Three trees were planted the chestnut named for the State Superintendent the maple for the County Superintendent and the Sweetheart cherry for Miss Lola Bessie Garey returns to Normal Hall Chestertown Norwood Voss returns to Washington College after holidays
The Marydel baseball club elected XK. M. Davis as manager T. R. Hall as assistant manager Ollie Johnson captain Benton Boughley assistant captain Temple Smith secretary Charles Pippin treasurer The Marydel camp meeting will run ten days starting August 7 Capt Thomas E Heather has begun work on a new residence.
Members and friends of the M P Church hosted a reception for their new minister Rev H S Johnson and wife on Thursday of last week. Guests included Edith Chambers of Philadelphia John Mandrell William Nunby and Carroll Seeney of Ruths burg. Det Mrs John H Thawley improves illness Mrs Robert H Wyatt confined to bed.
On Tuesday morning Henry Vletcher fell while dressing and lay unconscious for hours. He is reported to be much improved. A recent festival supporting the Preston baseball team was a success. A large playground was rented from J Prank Ledman. M E Church services closed after a large addition. Thursday Ladies Club met at Mrs M McCarter's home. A new porch was built at Nelson Fooks's house. Leroy Tufft of Baltimore visited Preston this week.
A report from a Tadies Aid Society meeting lists elected officers led by President Mollie Liden and secretary H P Nuttlen, with Purchas ing and soliciting committees named. The piece notes the Epworth League program at Mr Harvey Towers home and Easter sermons by Rev Strickland, plus Mr Ula Todd’s return from Lebanon Pa. Education and civic life are honored in an extended obituary for Edward R. Goslin, long a school board member in Dorchester and Caroline counties, lauded for building schoolhouses and public service, with a funeral in Federalsburg. A later item previews Ben Hur at the Academy of Music in Baltimore and discusses road-building with a ten-ton roller in Caroline County, detailing proper road-construction methods to improve durability and drainage.
Miss Roberta Bowdle and Miss Katy Spence visited with Miss Emma and Chvyia Collison near Bridgeville. A large group attended the Faster service at Chestnut Grove Sunday evening. Miss Ollie Lignutt stayed with Miss May Sparklin at Dederalsburg. Mr. John Scott near town and Mr. Conn of Brooklyn, N Y, visiting Virginia. Mrs John Alford visiting her son, Leonard Covey, Agnes. Miss Effie Alford visiting friends in Seaford.
The Monday town election results show William H. De weese and others on the quiet ballot. Greensboro voters chose Nathaniel Horsey and colleagues to carry on the sewerage system plans. Ridgely reelects Irwin T. Saulsbury and other incumbents. Federalsburg residents elect H. B. Messenger and peers while opponents W. R. Breeding and others fail.
Miss Huldah H. Bonwill is remembered in the Journal for her distinguished lineage. Her earliest American ancestor was George Bonwill who arrived before the Revolution and settled in Southern Maryland. He acquired land from Lords Proprietary, built a large estate at Hall Seat, and left numerous slaves.
Andrew E Jackson aged 53 a leading farmer of Cordova Talbot county shot himself after breakfast Sunday morning He chatted with his family shortly before the deed then backed into his library placed the gun to his breast used a broomstick to pull the trigger He died soon after leaving a widow and two children no motive is given He had been in Hillsboro on Saturday appearing well and happy
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday probate of the will of George Brumbaugh was presented by executor Levi Brumbaugh. Executors Henry T. Nuttle and James A. Lane submitted final receipts and first accounts, all approvals and a dividend were ordered.
John T. Carter Jr purchases a narrow 115 foot corner plot at Main and Third streets. The land, owned by the heirs of Henry Blackiston and John J. Baines, cost twelve dollars and a half per inch front to help complete a brick block he plans to erect this year. Some Baltimore business sites recently sold for less.
Rev L Hammond announces Easter services at St Pauls M E Ingleside April 30 including Sunday School at 915 am love feast at 10 am sermon by Rev J A Anderson Baltimore at 1045 am and Lord's Supper followed by pastor's sermon at 730 pm All invited. The Queen Anne baseball team seeks games with nearby clubs. Everngains offers children and misses shoes and slippers in new styles. Town residents report a dance at the Law Building with Italian musicians from Baltimore. H A Richardson president issues an important notice to Diamond State Telephone stockholders. Easter visitor Thamas Ruddell a Baltimore lawyer enjoyed a surf dip at Rehoboth. Ongoing violations of lower Choptank fishing laws lead to numerous court cases. Peach crop suffering, Keiffer pear prospects strong. Mrs Clarence H Truitt of Barclay died in April funeral held Wednesday. The Spinster's Return to Ridgely Tuesday night. Miss Jennie Staffords millinery stock on display.
In Kent county court at Dover on Thursday, George D. Hignutt was convicted of stabbing Sherry Masten during a collision near Milfford and sentenced to three months in jail. His father George W. Hignutt and brother Alfred F. Hignutt were tried. the father and Alfred were acquitted. Proceedings featured Henry R. Lewis and R. R. Kenney among counsel. Attorney-General Richards led the prosecution. Three stacks of fodder belonging to J. H. Merriken were burned last week. a bucket brigade stopped the blaze.
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