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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
5
Local items note winter greetings, a Cambridge steamer grounding, auctions of personal property, and multiple weddings and visits. Caroline county residents, teachers, and students are highlighted with holiday events, travels, and social announcements across Denton, Centreville, and nearby towns.
Liden's school closed for holidays with exercises led by Mrs. S. M. Anderson. Mr. Chas Mauney visited friends over the weekend. Miss Shaw of Ridgely visits her sister Mrs. John Meloney. Milford will have a government building costing over $29 000.
A Queen Anne dinner marked the twenty sixth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. wo. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. L. P. Corkran and other local families. Manassas residents Miss Maud Morgan and Mr. Weir Waters wed on December 4. Various relatives and friends from Queen Anne, Easton, Ridgely, Baltimore, and nearby towns were noted visiting home for Christmas holidays.
Mrs Nellie Wright wife of Mr John Wright died Friday morning at her home near Smithville. Funeral services were held at Bloomery church Saturday afternoon Rev Mr Rosser officiating. The husband and two small children survive. Various local visits and family relations are noted including Mrs Blanche Adams and sister Miss Altha Aliss visiting Baltimore, Miss Bertha Bullock from Culpeper Virginia visiting relatives, and Miss Lola Alford visiting Hickman. Mr D C Adams is again in poor health.
Concord and Hall Poyner visit Charles Clark. Henrietta Nichols returns from Burrsville. Aurthur Gibbons family to Baltimore friends. Walton Trice returns from bridal trip. J R Cannon family visit L D Hignutt. Anna Hignutt in Wilmington. Chestnut Grove services attract attention. W R Fountain slaughters two porkers weighing 336 and 314. Rebecca Noble visits Lacy Alford. Walter Beauchamp sick. Subscribe for the Journal.
Prof. L. F. Mezick to sing at Marydel re opening December 27 with afternoon recital at Hartly and evening at Templeville. Christmas Day services at Christ Church with offerings to clergy families and orphans. Harmony Methodist Church and Concord and Queen Anne M E plan Christmas programs and New Year events. Rev. J. M. Sheridan presides over Maryland Annual Conference services and preachings across several churches.
In Goldsboro last week Messrs W C Wharton and son Fletcher had a runaway with a two horse wagon when the reins broke. The team circled the stable area and passed several homes before settling in a field. Fletcher escaped with bruises. W C Wharton Sr fell from the front and was knocked down.
Friday evening December 18 a list of officers for Nanti coke Lodge No 172 A F and A M Federalsburg was announced including FE E Goslin W M George H Jefferson S W and others A public installation and banquet are planned in January with a keynote address by Congressman J Hampton Moore Also local residents moved homes and a funeral occurred at Mt Pleasant Cemetery Protracted meetings and Christmas events were held across churches in town
The Provident Savings Bank Preston stockholders will hold their annual meeting on Saturday January 16. Norwood Pawn trained under Greenlee at Denton will open a barber shop here in a few days. The Sonic Quartette will give an entertainment at Preston on Tuesday evening December 29.
Mrs Annie Towers and Mrs Lillian Sullivan of Norristown Pa paid a brief visit to their parents here recently. Rev J E Smith will preach here on Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock.
The lesson guide reviews quarters about David and his sons Absalom and Adonijah and the wisdom of Solomon. It covers eleven lessons from Ark to Jerusalem to Temples to forgiveness and ends with a Christmas lesson on Jesus as savior.
A simple Springfield test compares current arithmetic in Denton and Ridgely schools with 1846 Springfield results. In 1864 eighty five pupils scored 29.4 percent, while today Denton seventh to sixteenth grades average 73.8 and Ridgely 66.6. Spelling tests a year ago show improved ability versus fifty years ago.
Baltimore News reports plans for a three-way consolidation in the fertilizer industry forming the Independent Fertilizer Chemical Company with W. L. Hubbard named to the board. The new company would total 50 million dollars in capital, backed by 25 million in preferred stock and 25 million in common stock, with no bonded debt and assets pledged to sustain payments.
A winter blizzard blanketed the area Tuesday into Wednesday, dropping a foot of snow with drifts of two to three feet in places. The north-bound D and G C and the B C and A lines ran late, with two locomotives shrouded in snow. The M D and V line faced difficulties and the eastbound mail train to Denton arrived after ten PM, partly due to slow Love Point boat service.
The marriage of Miss Lida Loyden Dill daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Dill to Mr Howard Raymond Gannon son of Sheriff Gannon will take place at the bride's residence Wednesday January 6 at 7 p m. Miss Carrie Butler and Wm S Warner both of Cordova were married Saturday December 5 at the parsonage of the M E Church South Easton by Rev J C Thrasher. Joseph F Sisk and son M F Sisk are enjoying the Christmas vacation at home here. Miss Pauline Sisk of the State Normal School Baltimore is home for the Christmas holidays. William J Marvel who has lived on Sheriff Gannon's farm will remove next week to a truck farm near Ridgely.
Mrs. William Cooper returns home from a stay with her aunt Miss Maggie Melvin, accompanied by Miss Melvin who will winter in Philadelphia with niece Miss Bella R. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Harvey visit Cordova and Ridgely friends. Miss Annie Hignutt guests of cousin Miss Edna Nichols.
In Whiteleysburg, Mr. Ernest Longfellow is improving the Longfellow homestead. Nearby, Mr. John Fowler recently fell and broke his collar bone.
County Commissioners on Tuesday authorized Richard A. Alburger to remove a large tree blocking the junction of Adams Landing and Denton-Greensboro roads. The board scheduled its next meeting for the first Tuesday in January. Also advertised are wallpaper and window shade prices from Tudmas & Messer Co.
Mr Tilghman Harvey provides a tabulated correction of grain prices, noting miscopied figures from day books. He covers wheat and corn averages by year from 1893 to 1900, compares four year tariff periods, and states overall average prices since 1897. He urges farmers to save the papers to track prices through 1900.
The proposed constitution amendment sets registration standards including prior voting eligibility, descent from eligible voters, naturalization between 1869 and adoption, and the ability to handwrite a complete registration application. It also covers property ownership and financial requirements, disability accommodations, and appeals to courts for registration officer complaints.
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