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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1904
Page
3
Items of News from All Parts of the County solicit notices under this head. Public business calf noar, circuit court to meet Jan. Levy Court to meet December 6. Orphans Court to meet December 27. Schoon board to meet December 27.
Local notes report E Cahall’s porkers values and Christmas dances for Denton youths. Dorchester ferry bonds planned for sale next Tuesday. Piney Grove Church to host all day holiness meeting on Christmas Day. Denton National Bank to close Dec 26 and Jan 2. Deaths include Mildred Gray of India and local residents moving to Kenton and Denton. Muskrat season ongoing. river ice affects traffic. a rural free delivery plan begins in Talbot county aiding remote children.
A Friends ceremony unites Miss Annie C Willis and Mr Francis S Todd at Fowling Creek with a large gathering and elaborate supper. Miss Addie Noble and Mr Frank Stuart wed at Hickman with plans to reside in Philadelphia. A third couple, Miss Estella Noble and Mr Frank Fountain, wed near Hickman, and the article notes local horse racing and social visits as December events unfold.
Mrs. R. K. Jefferson organizes a musicale at Music Hall on the evening of the 28th featuring an operetta by seven Old Maids. Proceeds benefit the Thimble Club treasury. Nearby moves include Mr. O Day selling his property to Mr. Weatherbee and moving in with John Adams.
Hickman reports include Misses Emma Bullock Mollie and Elva Cleaves returning from Philadelphia with Marian the niece visiting for the holidays. Linden's school closed Friday afternoon with Christmas exercises and a children’s treat. Mr. J W Peters killed five hogs dressed 1825 pounds. pigs under eleven months. Miss Katie Adams visiting Jersey City with sister Mrs Brockhurst. Peters moved to a new Hickman home.
Local column reports olive changes in tomato demand and a broom maker starting up in Fowling Creek. Christmas plans include John Richardson visiting Denton and Mr. Collins injured running a saw mill. A deranged man died at Montview Asylum after earlier Ohio delegation guest WCTU event, plus sleighing is described as the best in years. A Methodist service includes a Christmas program and sermon about Christ’s universal message.
Miss Mollie Collins died last Thursday in a Baltimore hospital. Rev. A. Green conducted the funeral Sunday morning at Preston cemetery. Former Caroline schools teacher, she left many friends. W. T. Spence moved to Denton and his Preston house is now occupied. E. T. Moore family settled in new Railroad avenue home. Mrs. M. McCarter moved into Collins house. J. H. Barrow remains in Philadelphia for rheumatism treatment. Mrs. Bessie Noble visited Cambridge recently.
Trenderson Alton Gooden three months old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cartwright died at their New York residence last Friday. Interment followed at Jones burying ground near Goldsboro. Dover visitors included Mrs C B K Hollingsworth and Misses North and Zula Gooden. Mrs. W. E. Cartwright and Theodore of New York are visiting Mrs H C Gooden. Mrs. Geo Carrow and Mrs Poster Clark called in Dover. Mrs Ernest Johns of Church Hill spent time with relatives here. Miss Anna Price visited Mrs d R Downes at Preston. Miss Mildred Gooden visits relatives in New York IL. A Gooden visited Dover Wednesday. Wheat price listed as 1.12 and corn at 30.
Denton churches in Penton announce tomorrow's programs across The Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Protestant and Protestant Episcopal congregations. The notice outlines each church service and special observances planned for Christmas Day.
A Methodist Protestant service outlines a festive Christmas program with hymnody and a sermon on Christ’s mission. Local school notes report class-room based closing exercises, honors lists, staff changes, and upcoming annual preparation amid space constraints.
All-day holiness services scheduled at Mission in East Denton. George BE Perry of Chathan to attend. In Memoriam HW D Spex honors Pritchett, who departed November 1904. Reflections on faith, death, and heaven amid solemn rites as the community mourns and prays.
George A. Millington, 61, proprietor of the Capitol Hotel in Dover and a leading Peninsula figure, died Sunday night after a stroke. He had long managed hotels in Delaware and Maryland, including the Brick Hotel in Denton, and served as president of the Delaware State Fair. Survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son, with funeral held Wednesday at Christ Cemetery Dover.
The article recalls Federalsburg Maryland once quiet and rural now bustling with traffic and laborers. New streets, building plots, and Highlandtown growth signal a rapid development. Employers seek workers, boarding houses fill, and twenty four to thirty two lots sold for homes in three years.
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