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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1892
Page
3
The stage circuit court room and school board in Denton Journal announce meetings. The court session is set for October 3, with the school board meeting on August 25. Levy court is scheduled for August 25 as well, highlighting local government engagement.
Domestic items report price shifts in wheat and coal, crop notes on peaches, remarks on summer break, and local incidents. Denton bicycle skills highlighted. fraud warnings, a Baltimore News distribution, and market prices given for peaches. Community deaths include John W. Jump and W. Spicer, with various local affairs and property sales noted.
Fragments describe Chilton's camp opening sermon by Rev. David Wilson M A and praise for ministers including Rev. Thomas O Crouse and Rev. George L Hardesty. Daily services, cheerful grounds, water wells, and large visiting delegation noted. Cambridge district: Concord encampment ends after ten days with strong Pentecostal power and numerous sanctifications.
The fourth annual convention of the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union of Maryland met in Baltimore on Tuesday and Wednesday. Resolutions reaffirmed the fourth and fifth articles of the constitution, endorsing a nonpartisan mission and the Ocala platform. One vote dissent on reapproval. President Hugh Mitchell chaired. T Canfield Jenkins secretary. Mitchell praised last year’s work and stated the alliance remains educational and nonpartisan. A committee on credentials and a proposal for a business exchange were noted as approved.
The trustees of Queen Annes County have accepted a brick twelve-room building for the county almshouse dedicated to the insane. The modern addition replaces the old structure, once connected with the Ruth family and Ruthsburg, now reduced to 125 acres after extensive sales.
Rev J H Geoghegan of Wye and Starr circuit has been ill with typhoid for three weeks, causing no services at the churches. Dr Corkran, his physician, says he is somewhat better. A Laurel Grove woods meeting is planned for August 14 at Laurel Grove, with no ground sales on the Sabbath. St Stephens Chapel at Thouston's Branch plans holy communion next Sunday at 10:30.
The article traces Denton's founding in Maryland, detailing county splits, early governance under Sir Robert Eden, and the shift of seat to Pig Point later known as Denton. It notes the debated origin of the town’s name, the courthouse, and the county’s brick bindings, plus local community items and notable residents in the Preston area.
Mrs Philip W Downes hosted a Monday evening reception for Denton youths and visiting friends featuring fine instrumental music dancing and refreshments. Relatives and acquaintances from Baltimore Philadelphia Annapolis and nearby towns mingled as pastors and locals maintain bonds with former congregations.
On July 27, 1892, at the Snide home in Barclay Maryland, Charles Fallowfick and Emma J. Starkey were married by Rev. FL UP Griffith of the M E Church South. On July 28, 1892, near Goldsborough, John Cox and Nova Ratcliffe were wed by Rev. FL P Griffith.
A Baltimore Sunday News writer highlights Denton as a picturesque Eastern Shore pawn in history. The piece includes photos of the court house and jail, noting the former seat of government once moved to the town.
In the Journal of May 28 a notice records the marriage at the M F E parsonage in Denton on the preceding Friday of Barton Verner Thomas and Ella Belle Williams. Rev G W Townsend officiated. The couple, Star Vaudeville players then in Federalsburg, claimed New York residence but Williams is said to be T O Squires’s wife of Baltimore, with Thomas reportedly having another wife. Authorities pursue the accused.
Public sale notice for 185 acre Boone's Chance farm on the Greensborough to Bridgetown road. Trustee James N. Todd advertises the Lobstein estate realty for sale on Monday September 5. Also to be offered that day is Mozart Hall property from the same estate. Investors expected.
Col. Comegys reports a scheduled gathering of the First Eastern Shore Volunteers to be held in Lastan on Wednesday August 2qth.
Ridgely highlights visiting relatives with Bessie McShane Nettie Furman and Dora Dorsey from Baltimore and New York. The town notes a street lamp in front of the hotel and mentions a Fillimore Theatre event. An Eastern Shore bank loan call remains below deposits, suggesting residents are not bankrupt and farms not all mortgaged.
The County Commissioners on Tuesday accepted the bond of treasurer George A. Deahyne and awarded a Watts Creek bridge contract near Slaughter farm to Charles W. Nobbs for 85 dollars.
Nearly all journals issued this morning print the subscription date with the subscriber name. This makes it easy for readers to see when remittances should be made.
Advertisement notes quick preparation for independence through courses at Golden Wilm Court College and School of Shorthand and Type Writing. Read ad, and request a handsome catalogue.
Delegates Harry A Roe Tilghman E Kelley and Peter Haga don were selected to represent Caroline county in the Ocean City convention set for August 18 to contest the election with Col Henry Page. Alternates named J B Fletcher Jerome A Davis and Stephen Bailey. A colored farmer, Stephen Bailey, is among the alternates. Delegates will share votes if all attend. Administration of President Harrison endorsed. Delegates expected to back Mr Russum. instructions deemed unnecessary.
The stock sold by John W. Boyer to his brother, reported last week, was seized by Sheriff Stevens on Wednesday evening. Creditors claim nearly twenty thousand dollars in liabilities to Philadelphia friars, with no visible assets as property has been conveyed away. Attorneys plan to move to set aside the transfers as irregular. Friday morning Boyer allegedly locked doors during Sheriff Stevens’ break, halting scheduling, and the store was later broken into with operations resumed.
A fragmentary item notes New York fashion figures and designers amid a tale of satin fashion, implying controversy around negligee shirts and the rise of a competing line. The text hints at a power struggle among fabric houses and the public reception to new garments.
A poetic fragment extols nature and love of forests, praising the woods as shelter and sustenance. The voice seeks no royal spectacle, valuing pine fires, mossy banks, blue blossoms, birds, and the green dome of creation. Mention of Richar Mansfield in Harper's Weekly appears as attribution.
Mr Charles F Smith of Williams Clark Chemical Company promotes fertilizers to farmers with claims of satisfaction. Also advertised are Dr Fenner's Pleas ant Worm Syrup and Nerve Tonic with money back guarantees. Mussellman piano dealer is noted elsewhere. James J Steele register of wills advertises a vacant Washington College scholarship. Z J Steele offers two town residences for sale on easy terms.
Captain C C Wheeler of the Wheeler Transportation Line was fined 300 by the Collector Marine for no lockout on duty the night Chesapeake collided with the Joppa. The officer in command Charles Adams had failed to post men. his license was suspended for ten days. The Secretary of the Treasury may remit Wheeler’s fine.
Republicans across Caroline county held primaries last Saturday with little drama except in the Sixth district. The longtime Sixth district leader Coleone Garey faced opposition after the party dropped the Republican designation last fall. Garey and several party members disapproved of dropping the old name.
The Orphans' court was in session last Tuesday with all judges present. Edward T. Moore administrator presented account of sales of the deceased's personal property. The court ordered notice of a vacant scholarship published. Lucy H. Alexander's last will and testament was ordered recorded. The bond of John H. Mordock administrator was approved. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Dukes was appointed guardian to her minor children.
S Alexander Benson deputy post master reports a hen laying eggs of unusual shapes long and crooked square and triangular all small and not round or oval. This recalls a similar freak in the hemisphere of Tom Pepper who had a shanghai that laid turtle eggs.
Mr E S Heffron former editor of the Comzier has become a member of the national committee of the party known as the people's party.
The property at the corner of Main and Fifth streets in Denton, occupied by J. D. Ramsdell, is available at a bargain. Apply now to T. P. Fisier, Attorney, for details and purchase action.
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