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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1891
Page
3
A historical piece chronicles the 1838 Denton Union Silk Company formed to cultivate mulberry trees and produce silk. Minutes show officers, stock, and early actions, including tree purchases and a revised constitution. The venture appears short lived, with last records in January 1839 and notes on local figures.
The November list shows licenses granted to Charles W. Griffith and Maggie M. Vickey. Dr Gustavus A. Haefner and Emma B. Davis. Elijah Griffith and Caroline Booker. James B. Todd and Emma W. Andrews. Richard Snow Frampton and Nettie McNash. Wm J Brohawn and E Ida Pritchett. Noah Smith and Maggie L. Spence. Colored pairs include James Mathews and Martha Brown. Stephen Bailey and Caroline Wilson. Wm Scott and Mary F Smith. Nathan Wilkinson and Jane Gibbs.
A promotional claim asserts Dr Fenner's Catarrh Remedy is always ready and effective, noting it has never failed to cure any case and tends straight to business. The language emphasizes consistency and prompt action in treating catarrh.
Eben E. Rexford suggests gilded pine and Norway spruce cones as ornament substitutes when flowers are scarce. Two coats of liquid gold paint yield a bright finish. clusters against dark green backdrop glow in lamp light. Simple designs for arches and crosses suit evergreen settings, proving taste beats elaborate decor for church altars.
Newly elected county commissioners met Tuesday and elected Peter Hagadone president. They appointed Samuel Griffin, Andrew Baggs, Lewis K. Edgell, and William Cheezum Jr as constables for districts Denton Greensborough Preston and Harmony respectively. The board ordered road supervisors to obtain board consent before road work except on bad bridges and directed the clerk to advertise amounts due to the treasury by collectors.
The C L S C held a delightful Saturday gathering with Mrs Annie Emerson hosting and welcoming all. Members and nonmembers discussed examinations and added facts beyond the textbooks as the circle plans to meet again at Mr W E Browns this evening.
A Marydel correspondent reports on a missing bundle tied to a Wilmington expressman, local fireraising scare, and varied town news. Updates include visits, patient recoveries, a pension grant, hotel openings, house improvements, and a fatal illness of a respected citizen. The piece also covers church activities, a false fire alarm, social events, and obituaries.
Died at Preston Maryland on Sunday November 76th Mrs Celia Mowbray widow of Captain Joseph Mowbray aged about 80 after a brief illness She was active in the M E Church for sixty years Leaving an only daughter Mrs M E Douglass widow of Col J E Douglass and three grandchildren A fire later saved most of the Mrs Mowbray building at the funeral site though roof and furniture suffered damage The Caroline County Teachers Association met at Denton Academy with speeches by local officials and clergy Wm R Martin sold the 116 acre Covey farm near Preston to Wm Rieck for 851 dollars
Baltimore review highlights Mr. J. B. Crossy’s Two Johns Comedy Company delivering rapid misidentity antics and comical mixups. The fat man’s assured nature and bright witty dialogue drive lively scenes with constant audience laughter. Paul Winchester plays Senator Gibson’s private secretary.
New York reports Edward M. Field is committed to Mount Vernon asylum as a dangerous madman after the collapse of Field Lindley Wiechers Co. The scandal involves missing funds, Cuban sugar deals, and family losses. Doctors deem Field insane but improving, with a prognosis of not returning to his former self.
Florence the actor quoted a harsh drinking scheme with whisky profits and urged keeping money for an eventual drunkard's grave. The text shifts to Rev trl Hicks predicting a cold December with storms, rain, snow and a blizzard, foretelling a severe season around Christmas from predictions made May 31, 1890.
The 24th annual Wilmington M E Conference will meet at Grace Church. A Tuesday reception was canceled. Sunday afternoon events moved to temperance anniversary. Anniversary shifts include Stewards, Epworth League, educational, and missionary events. Educational anniversary will be at St Pauls Church with histories read by named clergy. Worship will be nightly during conference weeks. The Graphic comes in four language editions at 50 cents. County commissioners publish tax arrears figures and urge settlements before 1891 levy. Queen Annes road to camp ground deemed dangerous. H P Downes of Philadelphia hauled tin scraps from Roe can factory. Edwin C Fields gives notice of ratification of Case property sale.
At a Baltimore meeting of the state school commissioners the proposed amendments received approval. They include granting examiners power to administer oaths on school affairs, granting boards authority to rent or purchase property for schools, reducing average daily attendance to qualify for an assistant teacher, allowing boards to close or extend schools based on attendance, and increasing state normal school scholarships.
ELKTON MD Dec 4 Colonel Slaymaker and a team of surveyors have started locating a new railroad line for the Lancaster Oxford and Southern from below the Carter paper mill to Childs station on the Baltimore and Ohio, replacing the old Singerly route. Local dispatches report crashes in Maryland and cases from Baltimore to Fre derick counties including a rail gate dispute and a barn burning trial.
The Reading Railway fast express from New York to Philadelphia collided with a gravel car near Pennington at 6 15 killing Frederick McCarron of Philadelphia Michael Maloney of Trenton and Thomas Fitzpatrick of Philadelphia. Fire engine Frank Rodrigues the express engineer was badly bruised and feared injured. The gravel train failed to reach the siding on time to allow the passenger train to pass.
Reports from Suanxafar on December 4 describe rebels overrunning districts, looting ten villages, and murdering a Mongolian prince. Christians are massacred in each case, with rebels calling themselves the Temperance League. The government has captured and beheaded several rebels, while Europeans anticipate intervention.
George Kennan repudiates a circulating illness report in a dispatch to his parents in Norwalk Ohio. The message from Cleveland dated December 4 clarifies his health status and counters rumors about his condition.
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