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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1900
Page
4
Vacation season winds down as fruit shipping grows in Greensboro and Ridgely hosts canning expansion. Excursions to Tolchester fair announced with $1 fares from Denton. Telegraph upgrades loom, trains face a thwarted wreck attempt, and a youth dies after typhoid illness.
The Denton M E Church hosts a two day Sunday School convention starting September 5 and 6. The program includes prayers, sermons by Rev. J M Dickey and Rev. Conrad Oliver, discussions on catechism, teacher training, and the home department with music by May L Fisher and T Pliny Fisher. Delegates receive free entertainment and the event closes with a 4 15 adjournment.
The Regular Republicans of Delaware nominate a full slate opposing Addicks. Martin Burris for governor, John Hunn for lieutenant governor, and electors Charles Pusey Manlove Hayes Layton. Hoffecker, Willis, Ward, Ball, Smith, Norman named for offices. The party states that any chance to carry Delaware has disappeared.
The wet conditions reduced harvesting and many orchards report peaches rotting on the ground while shipments remain heavy from various points. Prices vary by market with some favorable rates for yellow fruit, and packing houses are pulling in peaches. H. A. Roe recently purchased an orchard for thirteen cents per basket. McDaniels machine shop notes old plex shares are restored.
Mr. Alexander Helper of the Retailers Association writes to the Easton Ledger praising a push to develop the Eastern Shore of Maryland into a productive peninsula. He points to proximity to Washington and New York markets, fertile soil, and cheap lands as advantages for farmers and capitalists. Dr. John S. Fulton supports the Board of Health and the new association’s aims to improve sanitary conditions as development proceeds.
A violent hail and wind storm Saturday afternoon near White Leysburg damaged corn and peaches over a wide strip. Sufferers include Alexander Parris John H Bullock Charles A Smith J B Westwood John T Ross and Benjamin Draper. Wesley and James Ross saw their stables and carriage houses blown down. Their cannery was enlarged and will hire more workers next year. R H Russell and wife of Philadelphia visited his mother and Rev T N Given and family are vacationing at Rehoboth.
Little Herman Sisk suffered a leg injury after a fall with a deacon horse nearly stepping on him. Alexander Gadd tumbled down stairs and was bruised and briefly unconscious. Cordova residents P Howard Hubbard and Helen, Mrs William Hopkins and son, visited Rehoboth for a week. W C Stevens of Preston stayed with his father W W Stevens. Alga Smith plans a two room addition to his home.
Mrs John S Bench and her daughter Marie of Queenstown have been visiting friends here and spent a few days at Cape May New Jersey this week with her friend Miss Maggie Andrews. Mrs Mamie Turner and son Webster of Baltimore are guests of Mrs Thomas Carmine. Mrs Dill with her daughter Miss Edith of Wilmington are visiting friends. Mrs Henry Sinclair is staying with friends in New Haven Connecticut. Miss Linda Smith is visiting relatives in Baltimore.
Hethlehem, Miss Grace Hubbard, Miss Fannie Bradshaw, Mr. Frank Thomas and family, and Mr. Nat Legates and family were visitors at Ocean City recently. Mr. Norman Ledman, Miss Mary Noble, Mr. Harvey Parrott, and Miss Mabel Hooper spent Wednesday evening in Delaware. Miss Fannie Bradshaw, of Baltimore, is spending a few days with Miss Grace Hubbard.
Visitors in Preston this week were Miss Sadie Parks Miss Belle Hill Mr and Mrs Littleton Henderson Mrs Annie Cannon and Mr and Mrs Raymond Coates. Mrs W H Hollis has been at Rehoboth for several days.
Miss Lelia G. Ross and Miss Myrth Waddell of Talbot are spending time with their aunt Mrs. Charles E. Andrew in Choptank as part of a family visit.
A movement by the Bureau of Industrial Statistics to create a Maryland State Employment Bureau aims to connect employers and jobseekers at no cost. The plan envisions county and city offices, open enrollment on September 4, and broad support from merchants, labor groups, and the Legislature.
A vintage advertisement touts Roscheo's German Syrup as the remedy for severe throat and lung troubles, claiming it heals tissues, relieves inflammation, eases ex pectoration, and provides restful sleep. Sample bottles are advertised at Denton Md and Mary de Rickards & Co.
Mrs. Nathan Minner and her son of Willow Grove were driving past a farmer's house last Tuesday when a dog darted out and bit the horse’s heels, causing the animal to bolt and throw Mrs. Minner headfirst. The carriage wrecked.
A Baltimore Saw correspondent notes a rising class of unfamiliar preachers at colored camp meetings on the Eastern Shore. Native lay preachers sit in the audience while new leaders pursue politics disguised as religion, urging black voters to reject Republican coaxing and Democrat favors to secure gains for themselves.
The weekly bulletin notes extreme heat harmed corn withered blades and poorly filled ears, reducing early and late corn. Grass shortages affect dairy yields while dry weather delays fall cloverseed. Tobacco districts show uneven rainfall, fruit matures early, peaches sound and flavorful, apples dropping in many areas, tomatoes sun-scorched, potatoes good only in Western Maryland, late cabbage damaged by drought, and fall turnip planting hindered by dry soil.
Surviving members of Company A, First Eastern Shore Regiment, many pensioners, debate over a pension denial for Joseph Bamberger who refuses to answer some questions. The unit stayed at Newton Pocomoke, disbanded for not advancing, with some members serving for the Confederacy and now receiving pensions. Pension Bureau warns of investigations potentially dropping non serving members from pension rolls.
It appears likely the Queen Anne's Railroad Co will extend from Queenstown to Love Point at the northern end of Kent Island. A harbor on the river side offers deep water and proposed through service would shorten Baltimore to Love Point travel to about 1 hour 45 minutes from the current 2 hours 20 minutes to Queenstown. A hotel at Love Point is also being considered with some land already acquired for the extension.
Denton social notes recount visits and entertainments for Miss Walls of Ingleside and Miss Hopkins of Cambridge. Local marriages announced include Sue Ella Smith to George Louis Cherry in Ridgely and several residents traveling to Chicago and Philadelphia for family events.
The piece notes a harsh winter ahead for 1900 01, citing the old saying that a cold winter follows a hot summer, and states the prediction cannot be questioned.
Editorial roundup from The Wicomico News and sister papers praising Moore and Brown for the Democratic ticket. Ex-Governor Jackson declines nomination but backs Brown and Moore. Easton and Princess Anne papers call the pair fit and the district ready to rally for Bryan and Stevenson.
Centreville telegram reports county officers uncovered a plot to kill Constable Robert Coursey during the Wye colored camp now underway. Coursey, long a local enforcer against gambling dens and speak-easies, led arrests from Centreville to Wye white and colored camps, including pursuit and firing on several Black youths during the encampment.
Ohio senator Hanna spoke at Asbury Park New Jersey last Tuesday night delivering a campaign keynote. He urged universal contribution to sustain the administration saying the need is greater than ever and would break all previous fundraising records this year.
Joseph E. George of Sudlersville bought two farms once owned by the late Col James Merrick between Barclay and Sudersville. The 211 acre home farm, highly valued, sold subject to a widow's dower of one third, at about 41.05 dollars per acre, averaging around 34 dollars per acre. The 148 acre small farm sold for about 20.50 dollars per acre.
A party of officials and stockholders inspected Queen Anne's Railroad on Saturday. They traveled sixty miles to Lewes in sixty-five minutes by special train, with trainmen noting the trip could have been completed in an hour. The inspection showed the road in good condition as officials also visited Cape May for the day.
The article presents biographical sketches of Democratic candidates John P. Moore of Snow Hill and Colonel Edwin H. Brown of Centreville. Moore is a Snow Hill mayor, state senator, and prominent businessman in lumber and utilities. Brown, a Queen Annes native, is a lawyer and former county attorney noted for his trial skill and vocal stump speech, a Bryan supporter.
A dispatch from Atlanta reports Dr H M Wilkinson, the Developer, left for Dover tonight under escort of Detective McVey of Wilmington ending the Atlanta chapter. Wilkinson, awaiting the detective, showed apathy at the prospect of returning without a requisition. He denies hypnotizing Miss Packard, who is now with relatives in Philadelphia.
Cambridge News notes complaints about a requested toll on Brook View Bridge after dark, citing it as a hindrance. County commissioners are urged to arrange a different policy, following inquiry into the bridge’s terms and existing ferry contract. Obituary records a McMahan child Onan, age 0 months, near Friendship, Aug. 3, 1900.
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