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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1897
Page
3
Kent county hog cholera spreads while residents relocate to Denton. Denton students gain a large slate of teachers led by principal W. S. Cronse. A new Methodist Protestant church prefab frames Denton’s growing townscape with 72 foot steeple and 30 foot tower and slate roof.
Old soldiers of the Eastern Shore Volunteers met in Denton to organize the annual reunion set for September 23 in Denton. A committee led by William P. Stafford was named with E. M. Baker James Murray Tilghman Thomas and George C. Sherwood. Address notices due by September 7. The town hall hosts the meeting with Choptank Hotel accommodations. L Shanley Davis of New York presides. A local girl recently received 29 letters by the evening mail.
Templeville residents and visitors are noted with social calls and visits across town, including Wilming ton, Ocean Grove, and Baltimore. A horse trotting track at Hillsboro hosted heats with Nanecy Green Avonmore Lady Russell and others, while local families, travels, and gatherings are listed along with corrections from Wm. T. Kelley Sr. about the populist convention.
Miss Mabel Hooper of Baltimore returned home after staying with Misses Ruth and Mary Noble. Miss Eva Hubbard of Cambridge has left after several weeks with Misses May and Emma Stafford. Preston canneries operate full time. Tomato crop expected short due to wet weather. Mrs Farra and daughter of North Carolina visit Rev. W. E. West and wife. Mrs. Stack hosts. Mollie Day and family of St. Louis visit relatives. Howard Rockhold of Annapolis visits J. A. Cox. Claude Lee of Easton visited friends last week.
In Goldsboro Mrs Sallie Hollingsworth of Wilmington is visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Sparks of Philadelphia are guests of Mrs Charles Elliott. Miss Fannie Jarrell and her sister Addie return from Taylors Island. Lee Noble of Preston visits his uncle Robert Jarrell. Mrs Sallie Heather of Philadelphia and Miss Zellah Heather of Marydel visit Mrs F G Slemmer. Evelyn Howenstein and daughter and Miss Lida Ross of Wilmington visit. Lillie Pearsaul Ella Swing and Anna Swing of Ridgely visit. Laura White of Pittston visits Miss Wilson.
The city paper erred claiming Brown Bros mills at Smithville burned. The mills are located in Delaware, with Brown Bros ownership in Caroline intact. They have built a new structure to house improved flour manufacturing machinery. Lewis Breeding suffered bruises after an accident between an engine and a thresher near Burrsville. W R Peters finishes a dwelling for W L Jones and is building a large store.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company runs a personally conducted tour to Yellowstone National Park departing New York on September 2. Travelers ride in a special Pullman train with smoking, dining, sleeping, and observation cars both ways, with high days in the Park and stops in St Paul and Chicago on return. Round trip rates are 235 dollars from New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington and 230 dollars from Pittsburgh, covering all expenses. For itineraries contact Tourist Agent 1196 Broadway New York or Geo W Boyd Assistant General Passenger Agent Broad Street Station Philadelphia.
Mr. G. S. Griffith and Rev. W. C. Stoudenmire return from Eastern Shore visits reporting Caroline county jail houses three prisoners including a colored witness in a murder case and two men. Crowding and age prompt call for new jail funds. Caroline county almshouse holds eighteen inmates with several feeble minded. Farm spans 600 acres, 130 under cultivation. crops and stock in good order. Superintendent M. F. Allaband and family devote full time. religious services held occasionally.
A Talbot writer notes fish hawks repeatedly return to their nests each year but the pine trees they select as nest trees die within two to three years. Hawks favor lone pines near salt water. even when moved to a new tree the old nests die long before the birds. The salt and fish fragments in nests are blamed, but that does not convincingly explain tree death since pines can thrive in salty soils.
A party of Northwestern Illinois Hollanders, about 160 miles from Chicago, visited Talbot county this week to locate a Holland settlement. Led by Col Oswald Tilghman, they seek 2,500 acres in Chapel District for a colony, drawn by fruit varieties like peaches and pears not grown in Illinois. Members include Fred Van Sonden Klaus Eizenga Louis Jaursma Homme Sikkema John Fisher and John H Powell.
An ad notes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy provides prompt relief and lists sellers W Brown in Denton H Duffey Hillsboro and R J Colston Ridgely offering the remedy.
James Marion Wooters died at his home in the Chapel district Talbot county after a two week illness. He had served as internal revenue agent in New Orleans and held Maryland political roles including 1882 and 1892 General Assembly terms. He was a farmer and bank director, a Protestant Episcopal vestryman, and a Knights Templar member. He leaves a widow and two sons Arthur and Harvey. another son Herman drowned years earlier. Funeral at St Johns Hillsborough with Templar regalia service.
President Willian H Bosley of Queen Annes Railroad returns from Lewes Del where he inspected terminal property for major upgrades including a large wharf and station. The line to Milton opens Sept 1 and expansion plans include steamers to Cape May and Jersey coast with a new engine and more cars to handle growing traffic.
At the last Tuesday session of the Orphans' Court with a full bench present, William G. Smith J. W. Smith and James A. Smith were granted letters of administration on the estate of Hutchins A. Smith deceased. Christian Still was appointed guardian to Lena and Dora Deubler minors. A decree for the sale of the real estate of Andrew J. Green with J Frank Lednum as trustee.
The Queen Anne railroad has drawn Eastern Shore trade toward Baltimore by making trips quicker and cheaper. Philadelphia merchants respond with prepay and fare-back incentives to keep Eastern Shore customers as competition borders expand with new lines and ships. A Baltimore business leader urges more aggressive tactics to win back the trade, warning it remains a profitable prize. Republican slate advances, with conventions finalizing delegates and officials, including Messick, Stevens, Kelley, and Hobbs, plus J. Walter Noble for surveyor.
A veteran, Henry Steinberger of Allentown Pennsylvania, writes that after trying many medicines he was cured by a 50 cent bottle of Diarrhoea Remedy purchased locally. He credits the remedy with permanent relief and endorses it to fellow veterans. Sold by W E Brown in Denton Maryland H Duffey in Hillsboro and R J Colston in Ridgely.
Mr. Martin L. Saulsbury is nearing completion of a detailed three by six and a half foot county map. It will show every railroad public road and farm with owners' names, plus a comprehensive plat of key towns and a traveler distance table. The map will cost four dollars and subscribers will soon be sought.
The New York Commercial Gazette lauds Ridgely Maryland Senator Thomas A. Smith as a leading figure in the grocery trade and packing industry. It notes his four years in the State Senate, his proven honesty and character, and the Democratic nomination for State Comptroller, predicting strong independent support and highlighting his self-made rise through personal effort.
A Centreville dispatch reports hog cholera sweeping through Queen Anne's County. Prominent farmers have lost large portions of their herds as the disease spreads and defies clear understanding or proven remedies. Death follows quickly after infection.
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