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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
5
A mixed local digest notes Elwood obtaining telephone service while reporting on Measles in schools, Christmas shopping at Denton stores, a Bridgetown school event, and several local people's affairs including hog weights, theater, hunts, and missing child alerts.
Local notes report multiple weddings and engagements across Crittenden and nearby towns. Hiram L Corkran and Blanche E Wilkerson wed at Crittenden M E Church, then sailed to New York before settling in Baltimore. Additional weddings include Eva Garey, Addie Hurlock, Anna Ruth Ruth and Robert Temple Jarrell, Susie McMullen and Louis Plugge, and Grace Sparks and Harry Denny. Also noted are community events, property moves, and a hospitalized contractor, with brief society items and a sports mention of Charley Herzog linked to a potential St Louis trade.
Hillsboro reports Rev. Hubert Sydenstricker delivering an instructive sermon to Jr. O U A M at the M E Church South in Queen Anne. Local social notes include sisters Virginia and Ethel Holt attending a Baltimore fraternity ball. G Lawrence Wilson moving to a new Hillsboro area home. Miss Mary Main planning a permanent home in Stillwater New Jersey. an oyster supper hosted by M E Church ladies. visits from Harvey Jump of Indian Head and Edgar Blanch Jr aiding the Naval Academy hospital at Annapolis. multiple relatives visiting and traveling between Queen Anne Baltimore Philadelphia and nearby towns with several residents listed by name and hometowns.
A Burrsville school program featured readings recitations singing and a debate on owning a horse versus an automobile with unanimous approval for the affirmative. Revival services at Union M P Church ended after ten days with Evangelist Shelhorn assisting elsewhere. Local social visits and two marriages in Burrsville were reported along with a string of leisure and guest notes from nearby towns.
Henderson residents report a small house fire at the J F Quillin dwelling occupied by Mrs Forney Scott, extinguished before major damage. Araminta Clark, a milliner in town, plans to open a Federalsburg shop. The M EF Sunday School in Henderson schedules a Christmas program for Thursday evening December 36. Mifflin Pippin of Burlington NJ visits his parents in town. Mrs J T Richards and son James visited Wilmington. C H Clayville visits relatives in Girdletree Md.
Hobbs and Messrs. C. S. Todd and H. Beach amp of Concord returned Saturday from a two days trip to Baltimore. Mr. F. Paisley led the Christian endeavor service Sunday evening with the topic Crossing the River. Messrs. 5S Pyle and R. Irwin boarded a train for Wilmington and Brooklyn. Mr. H. L. Adams went to Philadelphia to visit his brother W. H. Adams. Mrs. G. L. Jopp has been very ill recently. Mr. Ed. E. Murphy, with his setters, secured fine game.
James Boice of near Cordova was injured last Thursday when a hook on a timber wagon’s chain tore his ear from his head. He was treated at Easton hospital by Dr Stelle after the accident. Separately, Richard Morgan sold a Cordova area farm of about sixty six acres for five thousand dollars.
Methodist Protestant items report ten conversions at a Greensboro Md church protracted meeting, continued church growth, a parsonage nearing completion, and praise for C B Jarman and family. Bloomery and Lewes churches note large turnouts and notable gifts, deaconess work, Christmas services, anniversary plans, and revival efforts across the circuit.
The Board of Public Works has reelected State Insurance Commissioner Crouse of Westminster. It notes good printing of all kinds done at this office and offers to quote prices.
Elder J. H. Beer and family escaped a midnight blaze at the Wyatt farm near Central leaving clothing and belongings behind. Furniture and goods were destroyed. insurance on house and furniture will not cover full loss. Albert Howard’s store at American Corners burned with stock. fire blamed on a faulty flue. Early Thursday dawn near-miss at Main Street Denton oyster saloon when a passer-by halted a stove fire.
Mr James H Thawley of near Denton shares a long used pork curing receipt from a Pennsylvanian source. The method uses three pints of salt and brown sugar per one hundred pounds and five tablespoons of pepper. meat dries three to four weeks, then hangs. He warns the old bushel per thousand pounds method ruins pork and urges this refined mix for better taste and preservation.
In Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood presiding Robert W Messenger administrator of Earl B Church presented debts second account of sales and administration approved Dividend filed Administrator of Mary F E Church presented administration account approved Letters of administration on Mary A G Towers personal estate granted to Lawrence I Towers Bond filed and approved Notice to creditors ordered Appraisers Jonathan Evitts Clinton Cook appointed to value personal property Will of James Stevens admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Mrs Lucetta Stevens Bond filed and approved Notice to creditors ordered Charles W Smith Franklin McCloud appointed to appraise the personal estate
Two bids were opened for a 1.5 mile road on Nichols highway near Federalsburg. Goslin and Messenger bid 8,229.29 while Juniata Paving offered 9,799.98. the former were awarded. Citizens provide 1,500 of the county’s share under Shoemaker law the state pays the other half. Henry R. Lewis was appointed counsel to the Commissioners.
The Easton Ledger urges rural homeowners to beautify farms with trees gravel drives and flowers to attract family and deter urban drift. It highlights a new chiromabello piano with electromagnets offering organ like strings and expanded melody options.
Mrs Josephine Mauny wife of Charles Mauny of Warren farm Tuckahoe Neck wandered from home on a Thursday evening in thin clothing. After days of search by neighbors in cold weather she was found in a barn loft exhausted but rational. She will likely be sent to an institution for treatment of her mental illness.
A set of measures aims to end continuing appropriations and require new acts for state aid institutions. It calls for a public utilities commission, expanded state auditor powers, a state purchasing board, small industrial plants in state facilities, and a state architect to curb costly private fees. It also seeks prisoner labor on roads, compensation for water powers, more oyster lease income, higher auto taxes for road funding, and reduced legislative staff with daily reports. the first week to be as busy as others, avoiding early adjournment.
A list of seasonable gift ideas emphasizing utility beauty and lasting charm. Items include 35 cent hand drawn linen pincushions 50 cent writing paper boxes 25 cent china plates 1 to 1.50 dollar panel mirrors leather table covers 1.50 dollar frames 60 cent reproductions pictures sturdy office umbrella 1 dollar leather photo frames 25 or 50 cents white madras shirt waist lengths 66 cents and crepe de chine scarves 1 dollar.
The Death Roll lists Nathan H. Hobbs of Hope aged 65, a machinist and farmer with survivors G. T. Tarburton and others. Wilhelmina Towers near Fowling Creek dies at 52. Rev Franklin J. Adkins, rector of Trinity Church Greensboro, dies in Govanstown. Sara Katharine Tarburton dies aged five months. George Biddle Cecil schools head dies. Joseph Mitchell dies in Greensboro after typhoid. Rev William C Handy father of ex Congressmen dies in Wilmington.
The Armour Company plans a major strawberry canning operation at Ridgely with possible satellite plants at Fruitland and Selbyville. Officials say the venture could save more of the crop each year, reduce costs, and boost Caroline County growers while expanding into local canning.
The United States consul at Christiana Norway suggests using wood flour from pine and spruce sawdust to conserve forests. Used in dynamite linoleum and other products, it has years of European use and limited American adoption. A cheap mill grinds the sawdust, producing a product worth twelve to thirteen dollars per ton.
The passage notes that churchgoing remains strongest in the South as social habits shift elsewhere. It cites distractions from modern life, criticisms of higher criticism weakening faith, and pulpit struggles to speak with conviction amid reconstruction.
Hickman reports a saw mill at Coppage's woods near Church Hill owned by W. R. Peters was burned. Peters will relocate his plant to replace the one destroyed. Miss Ethel Breeding returns from Philadelphia, and Miss Maud Hollis visits there. S. P. Brown nears completion of a dwelling for Mr. Clarence Abbatt.
The Baltimore Sun reports Governor Crothers will back Arthur P. Gorman of Howard for President of the State Senate and Adam Peeples of Cecil for Speaker of the House. The plan aims to balance Eastern and Western Shore representation and unite the Democratic caucus ahead of Annapolis proceedings on January 4.
A fox terrier named Bob belonging to Miss Myrtle Brinsfield of Galestown followed her to Seaford. He engaged a larger dog in a fight outside a store, was wounded, then trotted to Dr. J. O. William for care after crowds could not lure him away. A Methodist meeting in Philadelphia touched on regional tensions between factions and women’s memory of past conflicts. Talbot County Fairs Association elected new directors including W. Oscar Collier and Dr. Charles Lowndes. A Baltimore fire on North Howard Street caused $125,000 damage, arson suspected, investigation ongoing.
The old house on the Hubbard farm near Grove, long a landmark, is being torn down to make way for a modern home for a promised bride. Built by the Dickinsons a century ago, its two foot thick foundations, spacious rooms, high pitched ceilings, and carved woodwork mark a fading era as progress reshapes the countryside.
Dr Frederick Lux outlines a plan for nationwide wireless signaling to track airships. Stations 30 to 40 miles apart would emit brief letter signals every five minutes, identifying each station and keeping air travelers informed of location.
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