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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1899
Page
3
Caroline county reports show sweet potatoes and buckwheat in season while canning employment expands. Towns prepare for school, politics stir Denton, and public works advance as labor shifts to tomato harvest and new telephone poles. Delays in road bids and local court cases pace regional activity.
Visitors from Bruceville Gettysburg and Philadelphia flock to Denton and nearby towns for social calls. Local notables Such as Clerks and teachers attend seashore days while many residents travel to Rehoboth and Lewes for visits and vacations.
Misses Eva Hughes and Clara Phim mer hosted a watermelon party for about thirty guests in Greensboro. The Horsey block parlors, renovated by J. J. Witches and W. Loller, will reopen for future events. Separate notes report marriages, sermons, visits, travels, and local commerce, including Samuel Jewell and Mary Eilen Gibson wedding, Dr. Hanna’s upcoming sermon, new store openings, and seaside trips to Rehoboth and Ocean City.
Miss Marguerite Andrews returns home after weeks with relatives in Philadelphia and Middletown Miss Olive Andrews of Hillsboro visits cousin Miss Pearl Blackburn near town Miss Tainelar Squith stays a few days with sister Mrs Dulin near Easton Mr J B S Temmons returns to his home in Chicago Miss Hattie L Andrews visits friends in Germantown Nearby residents recount travel and visits to family and friends.
Cordayn Charge Price, a negro, was arrested at Woodland Thursday morning by Officer Randall for entering the dwelling of Mrs. Laura Wooters on Wednesday night. He is committed to jail. The engagement of Miss Anna Rosalie Fitzgerald of Cordova to Dr. Delmer T. Plother of Ohio is announced. Mrs. John H. Slott of Cordova was in Wilmington this week.
The county eyes the upcoming shooting season with rules on game dates and licenses. Non residents must obtain a five dollar license valid for a year. fines apply for hunting without authorization. Rivalry between Sheriff Rice and ex-sheriff Barry feeds local sport talk as Denton shooters test trap and live-bird rounds.
Advertisement urges readers to consider Maryland Agricultural College for sons education. Praises facilities for life work, practical teachings, and strong graduate placement. Notes notable progress over five to six years and invites further details. Also mentions local advertisers and notices for W. J. Carrell seed wheat sale, Dr. H R Hopkins shop for rent, Fisher Nichols ad, Sullivan dog lost, and Elizabeth Dukes listing.
Rehoboth Beach enjoys peak crowds with Henlopen and Douglass House full, boosted by Queen Anne's Railroad facilities. Baltimoreans and Washingtonians dominate the scene as surf, boardwalk, and new excursion options drive growth and planned improvements. Local ministers report a successful German Baptists gathering at Elwood Camp near Ridgely with hundreds of visitors and over sixteen conversions. The upper Kent County Baptists hold their yearly meeting at Bryn Zion Church as Rev. C D Harris prepares to visit Virginia. The Grove M P quarterly conference is set for September 2 at 2 40 in Grove Church.
Miss Annie Gott of Woodside and Harry Anderson of Denver planned to marry at Gott home near Woodside. Just before the ceremony the bride objected saying she is too young and pretty to marry. A large crowd witnessed. they dispersed. Anderson left for Denver, heartbroken. Also notes: Rehoboth surf cautions, local deaths William Cannon 90, W Cy Moore 48, and social notes involving ex-Governor Reynolds and Epworth League Day.
A lively straw-ride was hosted by local youths of Surreville for visiting guests. The group enjoyed roadside games and refreshments after a long ride. Attendees included Florence Cahall Nellie Dill Bertie Dill Gertrude Parris Bertha Dill Elva Cleaves Thomas Cleaves Thomas Parris Thomas Orhall Enos Cleaves Edward Mitchell William Hardesty. Also noted was Iva Gertrude Parris from Philadelphia visiting uncle T H Sipple. A Burrsville crowd attended Bowers' last Thursday. Bertha Dill of Wilmington visits Me R WH Dill's.
Miss Rae Burton of Philadelphia and Miss Elsie Yueee are entertained by Miss Sara Teather at Maple Grove. Dame Rumor hints some young men prefer country life to town bustle. Mrs. John Burton returns home after visiting Aunt Mrs. Wellington Teather. Miss Winnie Price of Cecilton and Murray Boyer of Galena visit town. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elliott of Philadelphia stay with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Boyer. Mrs. George Cahall and daughter Maud visit relatives this evening. Mr. Milton Green spends a few days in Denton.
Hon. George R. Goldsborough a Talbot County magnate and Goldsborough descendant died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore last Friday. Born in 1821 at Myrtle Grove near Easton he traced lineage to Nicholas Goldsborough who settled here in 1670. The family lands include Myrtle Grove and Ashby in Goldsborough's Neck. The Caroline Goldsboroughs are related to the deceased.
Austin J. Darnes of Cordova Talbot earns a U S medal for gallantry in the Spanish American War. On the Nashville in Boston harbor a five point star medal was awarded with a band concert and salute. He cut cables at Cienfuegos Cuba on May 11 1898. a comrade nearly died beside him.
Commissioner Bordley attended in Denton with Judge Rusum as defense counsel for the county in the Garey damage case. Testimony from Redden and Saulsbury was taken though Saulsbury missed due to a minor accident. Saulsbury to be heard later. The plaintiff says the exworkers urged the road be accepted as public. the defense contends the report referred to another road and the questioned way is not a county road. Trial set for Centreville in November circuit term. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and notes its sellers. Also reports large potato shipments from the Eastern Shore and lower Maryland counties entering markets.
The Pippin case in Easton ends with Mrs. Pippin granted a decree on May 30 000. The couple are discharged from the decree and Isaac F Pippin goes to Woot custody of Miss Enna Holden of Satunare. The father pays at least a monthly sum for the child's support. Cambridge and Lewes baseball clubs split a series game 3 with Cambridge winning 5 to 4 on the Cam handles diamond. Cl Orem joins Wheeler Transportation as cts agent for BLOC A Co at Cambridge starting September. Dr. Pola opticium can be consulted at Mrs. S OM Whitby’s in Greensboro. Summer weather remains unsettled amid shifting forecasts. Old coins available in Hillsboro for 50 cents. Robert J. Catlin’s Centreville dwelling partly destroyed Monday. Labor demand remains high. Washington County expects big clover seed yield. Mormon missionaries active in Western Maryland. Tabhot public schools reopen September 11. Ninservinen report tall eainlowies.
A notorious method used by melon growers in the West involves injecting a sweetened water solution into a watermelon. They pierce the stem with a needle and thread, run the string through a cork to the sweetened water, letting the wound heal before the fruit drinks more fluids. The melon expands and grows heavy, eventually achieving impressive weight.
The notice lists deaths of Bessie Carroll at age 8 from typhoid fever near Tanyard in Caroline County with funeral services at Simithson's Church led by Rev. C H Connor and pallbearers named. It also notes Captain Walter Warren dying August 11 in Camden New Jersey, survivor count eight with two in the county, and interment in Leesburg. Other obituaries mention J Harry Hobson dying in Philadelphia at 40, Charles H Denny near Royal Oak at 72, and Thomas J Auld of Talbot County dying in his 90th year.
Pennsylvania Railroad offers round trip excursion tickets from points to Philadelphia for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment September 4 to 7. Fares from New York and Baltimore set at 3 dollars. Newark and Elizabeth priced accordingly. Tickets valid Sept 2 3 4 with return to Sept 22, extendable to Sept 30 with a 50 cent deposit. Side trips to Washington Old Point Comfort Gettysburg Antietam and Virginia battlefields available at reduced rates.
During the civil war and the late war with Spain diarrhea was a major army issue. Veteran David Taylor of Wind Ridge Green County Pennsylvania reports Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy gave him rapid relief. Sold by Hugh Dufey Hillsboro R J Colston Ridgely W E Brown Donton.
The article reports on the Democratic County Central Committee selections, presidential and state ticket mentions, and local nominations in Maryland. It mentions Governor Showndes, Finley for Attorney General, Phillips Lee Galdsborough not favoring Caroline county, and other county officials, with notes on Prohibition and Republican nods, plus remarks from the Baltimore Methodist and Easton Dodger. It also cites figures like James H. Baker Charles D. Morris and Wesley Jarrell as potential judges and Wesley Jarrell as a possible Orphans' Court nominee.
Mrs Geo F Burpick of Liberty Iowa recounts a severe summer bout of dysentery in her eight year old daughter. She credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving the child and urges other mothers to consider it. The medicine is advertised for sale by Hugh Duffey and W J Brown in Denton.
Free offer for adults with cold chest bronchitis throat or lung troubles. Visit W E Brown Denton Mil or Rickards Co Marydel Md to receive a sample bottle free of charge. One bottle per person, no free gifts to children without parental order. Claims wide endorsement by physicians and long proven success. Sold by dealers worldwide.
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