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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1912
Page
5
A compact satirical column titled Itema of Mews from All Parts of the County offers pithy jests about local doings. It collects wry observations and brief witticisms from community life, reflecting the era's social humor and regional quirks.
A condensed collection of items from the Easton Star-Democrat notes trade ads and personal updates. W J Blackiston advertises eggs and an automotive sale while J W Peters seeks eggs at 48 cents a dozen in Hickman Del. Remarks on postal savings bank in Greensboro and farm sales, plus weather reports, ice conditions, and local society notes.
Greensboro area weddings include G Elmer Baughley and Anna Walls at Greensboro Methodist Church with reception at the bride’s home. Luella Clark and Welter Weaver wed at the bride’s home. a bridal tour follows. Sadie Dean and Charles Parvin marry quietly at the bride’s home. Page also notes travels, added social events, overdue illness, and public gatherings across Federalsburg and Denton including grange meetings and road surveying activity.
A group of leading Eastern Shore Republicans endorsed Vernon 5 Bradley of Dorchester for the Public Service Commission arguing regional representation and fit. Friends urged B Gootee Stevens of Caroline as fish commissioner while Rufus A Noble of Federalsburg and Gilbert Hagadone of Denton also sought Eastern Shore fish commissioner posts. F R Owens pressed Caroline pirants for appointments as Annapolis visits continued. Miss Sallie Webster Dorsey of Dorchester named state librarian as Governor Goldsborough said no more office applications would be heard after this week.
Denton officials plan a new bridge to replace the 1878 structure and widen the route to Willow Pond in Tuckahoe Neck. The project, funded under the Shoemaker law, will have the state covering half of the cost. Long urged by grand jurors and others, the improvement targets heavy traffic needs.
Mr H M Thompson manager of Farmers and Merchants Telephone Company based in Hillsboro has bought the Centreville Record building site. The Perry building becomes the Record owners. The plan calls for an exchange building in each town. the Centreville project will start in spring in Denton.
William Thomas, formerly of Ridgely and now at the Ewin Wise mill three miles from Ridgely, dropped a revolver while moving it between pockets. The gun discharged, bullet entering his bowels. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital in Easton and was reported improving and likely to recover.
Smithville Elberta and Helle of Georgia peach buds are the only varieties believed to have escaped destruction, suggesting a very light crop for those two. Some observers think the wood of the peach trees is damaged in certain cases, potentially reducing yield.
Mrs. Charles Clark of Hickman and Clarence Ilunter with daughter visited in Tuckahoe Neck. Miss Madge Higgins accompanied them home. Walter Fountain praises Pastor Russell sermons. Nellie Smith reports strong poultry sales of 80 dollars. E M Willey and sister H R Merriken hosted a visit from Federalsburg. Miss M Anthony stayed with cousin Miss R Willoughby. Ed Murphy visited sister Mrs Dawson Todd. Lena Price of Brownsville visits Miss Elizabeth Billings. Oscar Plummer and sister Anna were Sunday parsonage guests.
An illustrated lecture on Rome at Holt's Hall will be given by the Rev E I Dashiell on Tuesday evening February 6 for the benefit of the Ladies Guild of St Johns parish. Dashiell is regarded as a prominent speaker and the lecture is described as instructive and entertaining. Mrs G H Bright hosted the Guild on February 1.
Bulldozer owned by D T Rickards defeated Helen M owner A F Heather in a tight three heat match. Rickards has rejected several flattering offers. Farmers here contract tomatoes at fifteen cents per basket and sugar corn fetches a stopper ton. Tem pleville school builders report dangerous, unfit condition for use.
Bethlehem notes report the Epworth League monthly business meeting set for Saturday evening at Mrs. George Harrington. Visitors Clinton Carroll and sisters Isa bella and Irene called on Wesley Harding, while Nathanial Legates and daughters Bertie and Hilda visited John Willoughby. Nornan Taylor and spouse visited Federalsburg midweek.
Rev Warren Burr will preach in the M E Church tomorrow morning on Strong Shoes for Rough Roads In the evening he will deliver the second of four sermons on The Life Wise Things of the Bible He entertained his Sunday School class on Wednesday evening at the parsonage The class has forty six adult members and is still growing
A meeting will be held at the school house Thursday afternoon at 2 30. Superintendent Noble and others will speak on progressive school work.
Local newspaper promotes subscriptions to the JOURNAL offering extensive county news coverage. The pitch emphasizes access to district happenings, weather, and community features for residents seeking broader regional reporting.
The Ridgely News Letter notes a School and Home Association meeting on Wednesday February 7 at 7 30 in the public school. It lists program items and speakers and reports community business and local moves including new meat markets and carpentry work families in Ridgely. The piece also covers a government report on canneries detailing hours wages and housing conditions with proposed reforms.
A bill introduced in the House by Representative Lever of South Carolina and presented in the Senate by Senators Hoke Smith and Page promotes endowment and support of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. It aims to place trained agricultural demonstrators in every county to disseminate scientific farming methods aided by federal and state funds.
Packers set about nine dollars a ton at times, with many saying that is the top price. Growers, buoyed by canned tomato demand and a strong market, aim for eleven dollars to share in better times. Contracts bind growers to one canner, causing friction. News of Salisbury notes Wicomice packers closing contracts at ten to eleven dollars per ton, and predicts a heavy pack for 1912.
Ingleside notes report the Barclay Grange meeting at Mr and Mrs Davis Walraven residence on Tuesday night January 30. Mr Christopher, a group member for the past year, departed for Michigan last week.
A retro sketch recalls Easton fifty years ago when rumors of a slave uprising sparked alarms and armed guards. Three militia companies formed near the West Street armory as whites watched enslaved people closely amid civil war unrest and rampant suspicion.
The State Roads Commission reports 612 miles surveyed 332 contracted 266 built with Maryland making significant progress. Chairman Tucker notes costs are lower than elsewhere and highlights city costs and large bridges like the 654 foot Nanticoke river span at Sharptown in the inclusive average per mile.
A reader laments deplorable road conditions in Caroline county. He cites an ungraded road between the Franklin Stevens farm and Liden's School House running through Zeb Fountain's farm and notes it has not been plowed since 1884. The letter urges fair taxation and better road work.
Public notice advertises Allen G Olmsted of Le Roy New York offering a free sample of Foot-Ease for patent leather and new shoes. The pitch emphasizes comfort and size equivalence, appealing to wearers seeking quicker break-in.
The Pomona Grange of Dorchester county and Federalsburg Grange held a quarterly meeting on Thursday January 25 with over a hundred members present. Officers were installed by William G Smith Lecturer State Grange. Resolutions backed road building aid parcels post pure seed law and corn prizes. A school building bond issue debate followed with a 50 thousand dollar plan proposed by Caroline county legislators and a February 6 meeting called for final reporting.
Chairman Hobbs reports status from the January 20 meeting where eleven dollars per ton was set as the asking price for this season. Mr. Preston B. Spring of Talbot signals wide county representation and urges compromise to ten dollars per ton. Easton growers plan February 6 meetings as they await action and others sign contracts below the Denton price.
In the Orphans' Court on Tuesday Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens presided. Executors J Dukes Downes and Ormond W Downes of Annie H Downes deceased had distributions of personal estate approved. Barbara Stutzman and Brice A Stutzman deceased also had distributions approved. Clinton B Jarman administrator of Mary Hutson deceased presented account of sales approved. Isaac T Fleetwood appointed administrator of Augustus Cannon bond filed. Creditors notified. M Priestley Aten and Fred W Towns appointed to appraise. Edward E Insley executor of Phoebe J Insley presented inventory and appraisement approved.
In Denton a growing poultry scene includes Mrs. M. M. Todd with eighteen hens and eggs yielding just over $9 in the last thirty days. H. V. Noble of Hickman reports twenty mixed-bred hens produced twenty dozen and eleven eggs in January and invites others to share better results.
The Pennsylvania Railroad runs a mobile Signal Examination Car to test and upgrade worker competency. It travels to sites with an examiner, using miniature signals and tests of sight color hearing. Additional instruction cars provide air brake, signaling, and electric car lighting lessons to boost efficiency and safety for the public and employees.
Annapolis report notes Senate employees must not shirk duties and stenographer attendance must be enforced with dismissal possible. Senator Goslin introduces a bill to allow estate administrators to complete real estate conveyances, referred to judicial proceedings. Delegate Wilson proposes a Ridgely district school tax levy.
Mr O W Downes proposes an auto line linking Denton with Greensboro depot via D and C trains. Starting after March 1, two daily trips at 7:25 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to meet trains, with return about 11:05 a.m. A 60 day trial will judge profitability, then an auto bus for 5 to 7 passengers may be added. Trip takes 15 to 20 minutes, distance just under eight miles.
The gas plant here will stop operations as electric light, cheaper, is now widely adopted. Established years ago, the gas works supplied street and business illumination. Rates were deemed excessive by most, leading to a broad shift to electricity for lighting.
A house and most of the furniture belonging to Ira Flaharty burned Thursday of last week near Grove. The estimated loss runs to 500 pounds. The town’s growing cannery sector is boosting its prominence on the Peninsula.
The pastor will preach at Grove M. P. Church on Sunday morning. A box social will be held at the Grove parsonage on Saturday night, inviting community participation.
Deaths sweep through Cordova Smithville Easton and Denton areas as long time residents Nathaniel Perry 90 and Rhoda Hignutt 87 pass on. Other obituaries include Mrs Arah E Gannon Katherine Henning William Roe and Mary Luff with funeral details and surviving relatives noted.
Obituary poem for Katherine Henning who died January 28, 1912 at age 74 years, with verses by her sister Helen. Survived by three sons Lizzie Goosen and Wm Henning of Brooklyn New York, George and Richard Henning of Denton Maryland. Memorial note of sorrow, faith, and peaceful rest.
The act, drafted by Delegate Thomas G Campbell of Baltimore county, proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict suffrage by an educational test for future voters while preserving current rights. It requires applicants to read and write from constitution lines dictated by registration officials or pay taxes on real property. Talbot countians own 132 automobiles.
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