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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1905
Page
4
Public business calendar notes a Circuit Court Will meeting in November and a Levy Court session with Mr. Ate on the 29th. The readable fragments indicate an official schedule of court and county business activities.
Local column covers harvest outlook in Oakland and Salisbury prospects, political primaries in Denton, public works plans for sewers, plus numerous community updates. Reports on baptisms, weddings, obituaries, school scholarships, and residents traveling or relocating.
A Greensboro social scene highlights a Monday evening gathering at Miss Georgia Roop’s with guests from Greensboro, Denton, Cordova and Washington. The column lists attendees, visitors from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and several local civic and family connections, ending with travel reminiscences about Union Station and Baltimore landmarks.
The clerk records multiple land transfers this month across districts in Greeneboro Denton and nearby towns. Transfers include signatures by Sigman Longfellow Wingard Geiger Preston Carroll Cooper Mitchell Waddell Moore and others with parcels ranging from 1 to 73 acres and prices from 79.38 to 3400 noting nominal and varied considerations with dates not specified.
Mrs Elizabeth Merrikin of Pittsburg Pa visits her in laws the Merrikins for summer. Mrs Frank Miller and son Arthur from Washington DC visit Mrs J B Towers. James Roland Chathinel leaves Sept 12 for Dickinson College Carlisle Pa. Miss Nettie Calloway returns to Baltimore after a stay with relatives. Rev H S Johnson spoke to his congregation last Sunday. Miss Dilla Merrikin to study at State Normal School Baltimore. Horace Roop of Wilmington DE visits his parents. The Aid Society will be entertained by Mrs AL Holbrook next Wednesday. Miss Stella Murphy of Hobbs visits Harrington friends. H Clay Hobbs canning factory runs about half time.
Miss Marie Perry returns from vacation to Washington with her father Mr. David Perry. Mr and Mrs John Simpson and daughters Helen and Grace of Wilmington visit Mr and Mrs William Collins. George Walker of Masten and Winfield Hubbard of Bridgeville visit relatives here. Filsie Steltz and Mamie Baldwin of Pottstown visit Mrs W H Perry. Samuel Towers of Ridgely visits Mr and Mrs William Towers. Bohemian laborers for canning houses arrive from Baltimore. Lelia Rass of Caldova visits aunt Mrs C B E Andrews. Margie Mettee of Cambridge stays with Mrs Watson Flaharty. Embary Nichols and son Evans ill with typhoid fever.
Smithaike and Lola Alford with Ruth Thomas of Cambridge visited Bridgeville friends over a weekend. Mrs Molly Savage and Philadelphia family hosted part of the week with her sister Mars Jacob Smith. Our church gets new wallpaper and paint. Brown heads to Niagara Falls Thursday for a few days. Hignutt and Jacob Smith rode to Atlantic City Wednesday. Howard Covey of Pomona visited his mother, Mrs John Alford. Ruth Thomas of Cambridge is the president of Miss Gola Alford.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday, letters of administration for Tilghman Andrew, Annie M. Moore, and William A. Wilson were granted to Edward W. Neal, J. Allen Moore, and Wallace A. Wilson respectively, with bond filings approved and creditors notices ordered. Appraisers appointed for Moore and Wilson estates. Final receipts and inventories reviewed. distributions ordered. guardian authorized to apply principal toward ward's support.
In Baltimore an advertisement lists latest wallpaper patterns and gilt pieces and window shades at 22 cents each from Thomas and Messer located at 1015 West Baltimore Street. The notice emphasizes affordable decorative items for home interiors.
The Peninsula Storage and Market Company in Philadelphia is offering free cold storage for fruit destined for the Horticultural Society annual meeting in Closter town. President W T Robinson, linked with USDA researchers, will personally supervise shipments. Farmers on the Censusola are urged to prepare apples and pears, wrap in paper, and pack in boxes or barrels. small lots via Adams Express, larger via freight. charges prepaid with reimbursement. shipping tags available from Secretary Wisary Wenn in Dover, Delaware.
Caroline county prohibitionists met at Masonic Hall on Tuesday under Chairman Willard H. Thawley and named a ticket including Willard Thawley for State Senator Robt Taylor for House of Delegates James I Trice for County Commissioner William Gambrill for Treasurer and Thos Lord for Sheriff Charles H Bullock as Surveyor Delegates to the State convention in Baltimore were L Frank Bloxsom R R Shull Willard H Thawley and George C Sherwood with alternates Wm Saulsbury Chas H Bullock James H Thawley and Chas W Eiwnager Willard Thawley re-elected chairman and Bullock secretary-treasurer Address by State Chairman F C Hendrickson of Cumberland
Messrs Joseph Berger and Joseph Worm,-duck farmers near Wing's Landing on the Choptank, visited Denton to view land for relocation. They sold two thousand fat young ducks this season with twenty five hundred more to ship, noting the season’s poor returns. Duck farming is profitable in parts of New York and beyond, but requires skill in hatching and feeding. Ducks grow rapidly and become so fat they struggle to walk before being shipped at about two months old.
Mr Mifflin Pippin cut handling wood when an axe slipped causing a severe arm gash requiring medical care. Dr I Silver administered stitches. Local social notes recount visits and homecomings among families including Downes Gooden Sweeneys Gough Carrow Colgrove and Clough with relatives in Dover Wilmington Harrington and Freemont.
Denton area social items note visits among the Trice, Stephens, and Porter families and illness updates. The school board discusses removing trees blocking Second street, a Marydel joint school proposal, resignation of Prof. Rydingsvare, and the upcoming Teachers Institute with emphasis on Ward reading instruction and early school year opening to raise education standards.
The second annual camp meeting of Marydel circuit closed Sunday evening after successful sessions. Sermons were preached by Rev. Thos Banter, Rev. Hammond, and Rev. Wilkinson. Attendance was large and pleasant. receipts totaled 1200 dollars with 65 dollars after expenses for parsonage improvements. Third encampment planned August 2 to 13, 1906. Robert Moore begins a new dwelling foundation in Marydel.
Mrs. Jennie Downs of Norfolk recently arrived from London to visit old home friends and will sell her property once owned by her father Captain Moses Neal. H K Smith had interior walls whitewashed by Turver Mowbray. Rufus Noble sinks artesian well on his building site. W Williams and Henry Pool houses ready for plasterers. Town well represented on Seaford Ocean City excursion.
Hisboro notes list visitors and visitors staying with locals including Mr. and Mrs. Lock and son Raugh ley from Philadelphia at Miss Belle Conley s, Mr. Richard L. Boyer from Chicago visiting his mother Mrs. E N Thompson, Mr. Ralph Thompson from St Louis at home with his mother, Mr. Milton Hunter from Roseville with friends, Mr. Harry Rose from Baltimore at Mr F E Jarrell s, Mr. Chas Sauer from Virginia visiting, and Miss Flossie Lane at Mr Harry Willoughby s.
Mrs Kate Mott of Fairfield Iowa known as Grandma Mott urges travelers to carry Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to cure summer stomach issues. She says one or two doses cure the worst cases and the family keeps it on hand. Available at Douglass Drug Store and Hillsboro. Denton market reports plentiful cheap watermelons.
The Herald reports tomato prices rising as packers pay 624 cents a bushel for fresh stock and 45 to 55 cents per basket for fine table grades. Eastern Shore cannery efforts pull labor from city farms and nearby camps, with boats carrying hundreds to canneries. growers fear shrinkage as high city prices draw fruit away, while rural packers vow to hold stock at home to defend prices.
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