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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1895
Page
3
Early morning and late afternoon mail departures listed as 600 a.m. 100r.m. 9435 a.m. and 645 p.m. through the stage line. The public business calendar outlines mail timing and routes for local public notices and civic communications.
Ridgely snow relief enables passage on Tuckahoe bridge while Choptank shipping delays opening at Denton shirt plant. Easton High School hires Dr E M Hardcastle as principal. Denton seeks 30 sewing machine operators. Preachers plan sermons in Burrsville and Ames. Easton Gazette office destroyed by fire with $1000 insurance. A L Tharp residence lost. Public meetings, sleighing, and community notices fill local pages. Des Moines remedy anecdote praised for rapid cold cure with repeated doses.
February '05 reports a severe Arctic spell with days of subzero temperatures, record snowdrifts, and widespread travel paralysis. Mail routes failed, trains stalled, and steamer service paused as contractors and rail crews battled drifts from Ridgely to Easton amid icy conditions and local relief efforts.
Miss Georgian Stevens and Miss Maggie Stevens hosted a merry visiting party from Penton and vicinity. The group improvised a sleigh, traveled with four mules led by Captain Charles G. Griffin, and arrived around nine. They enjoyed a party with meals, games, and Philopena, returning home after late-night merriment. A later note mentions other locals, a near-drowning incident near Lyford, penny handkerchief gifts, a misdelivered coal oil stove, and harsh winter conditions affecting livestock.
Last Monday morning Ridgely’s leading citizens from various trades gathered with shovels to clear a railroad block near the depot. The crowd included professionals and merchants as they worked to relieve the isolation caused by heavy snow. Doctors struggled to reach rounds, a stove fire caused minor roof damage, and several locals noted recent comings and goings including Rev. Bennington and guests visiting and recovering residents.
Mrs. W. H. Anderson hosted the Thursday Club for a St Valentine’s event with grab-bouche and progressive whist. Prizes went to Mrs Lucy Griffith and Mr Allan Martin. booby prizes to Miss Narring-ton and Mr Deakyne. Capt. Samuel Lewis and Miss Ida S Hubbard married at Christ Church. The couple will reside in Denton and visit relatives in Middletown.
Delegations from Che Georgetown and Lewes urged lawmakers to grant permission for the Queen Anne's Railroad to extend its line across Delaware. Wilmer Emory of Centreville, Md., introduced visitors to the Legislature, with Kent and Sussex counties said to be unanimously in favor. Emory, a director and attorney for the company, claimed the route would be shortest for Washingtonians and Baltimoreans to reach the seashore, boost Rehoboth, and provide quick transit for Delaware products to two large cities.
Goldsborough reports a severe Friday blizzard with many unable to travel. Jerome A. Davis escaped a snowbound trap, suffering frostbite while rescuing his horse. Mail drivers William Carney and Andrew Fisher faced cancellations or foot travel. Roads to Greensborough were blocked, and freight delays caused a flour scare. Local efforts opened routes gradually as counties debated relief.
The storm last week crippled the area with deep snow and fuel shortages. Roads were cleared by Monday night after county crews and volunteers worked over Sunday. Most routes into the village became passable by Tuesday. Some residents gathered wood and old ties to stay warm as pumps ran dry. Farmers dug through six to eight foot drifts to tend stock, with no livestock deaths reported.
Mr James Benger died last Friday after illness. Funeral at St Pauls Church with G F Beaven officiating. Sle leaves a destitute family. Two respected locals John W Carroll and John W Knotts ill. Ira B Williams visiting sister in Philadelphia. Flowers frozen remark by women. Mrs C A Stoops visiting Mrs G W Rolph. Journal missed last Saturday. Train service disrupted, mail delayed. Fuel shortages concern residents. Churches closed due to streets and illness. Weather cold slows scholars. exams closed. Scarletina epidemic wanes after three weeks.
Rev H Webster delivered a sermon on conversion as part of a series on doctrinal subjects at the M E Church last Sunday. He outlined three aspects: a preparatory divine awakening, the human turning to God with repentance and faith, and a divine completion of the work in justification regeneration adoption and sanctification leading to the Christian life and future inheritance.
A Sunday skating party on a river saw Reginald Beauchamp ahead suddenly cry for help. Thomas Taylor pulled the unconscious boy from the icy water after several minutes, with Reginald nearly freezing. He was taken to the Lyford farm home for care. Two Williston youths later fell in and managed to reach shore with effort.
This passage urges wisdom in sleep, arguing many neglect rest in favor of wakefulness. It extols daytime naps for those lacking night sleep due to work or worry, warns against reversing day and night, and links sleeplessness to habitually dwelling on gloomy thoughts, closing with a quip about a cure for thinking.
The Baltimore Sun describes a wintry bay view with ice hummocks along the southeast bar and tombstonelike ice blocks. Magothy highlands and chalky cliffs resemble England as cold winds curl around the ice boat house awaiting the mid winter moon rising over Kent Island and the Chesapeake.
No mail delivery since Thursday. Patrons funded a messenger to Federalsburg on Tuesday. A severe storm and wind since last week ranked among the worst since 1888. Sick resident E. Baker woke to a fire threat and, with his sons, quenched flames with snow. Colored resident Alex Bulah captured a geese with frozen wings on Saturday. Local amusements included a 100 yard barefoot foot race by two citizens.
Richard T. Carter of the Denton Hardware Store assigned his affairs for the benefit of creditors naming James N. Todd as trustee due to poor collections and general business downturn. Harry M. Thompson of Hillsborough executed a deed of trust to John W. Knotts. Harwood Ayres the Easton jeweler made an assignment for creditors with Wilfred Bateman as trustee and hopes to settle in full and resume business.
Attention Flaherment Dukehart's Chesapeake brand Gil ling Twine in W. B. and Gray Nos. 40 50 and 60, sold at Baltimore prices. Series knit to order, both gill and hauling. Gill lines, hand-made, cotton twine, set nets, 30 meshes deep, ready-knit, and for sale by B. G. Stevens, Williston, Md.
Mrs. Emily Thorne of Toledo Washington praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for fast relief from rheumatism pain and applies it to lupus back issues with success. Sold by Hillsboro Company. Inquiries directed to Jas H Nichols or Harry A Roe in Denton Maryland.
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