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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1903
Page
3
In Denton Journal for Saturday morning February 28 1903 public notices list court and board meetings including Circuit Court April 6 Orphans Court March 10 Levy Court November 3 School Board March 10. The notes urge county participants to submit items under this calendar.
Farmers busy as rent begins. Miss Alice Stafford advertises a house for rent. An excursion to Baltimore is planned. Shoats, grain prices, and a Choptank steamer first trip next week. High School class photography by Linwood Sparks. Lumber company for rent, and grain fan firm canvassing Caroline. School Board routine items. John Jump buys stock from son S. E. Jump. Mrs. John O. Wilson related to late Robert Coulby. Dr B D Evans reports on New Jersey hospital. Williston cannery sold for $282.50. Institute for colored teachers to be held. Accidents and crime include a neck wound, a jail term for theft, and a fatal infant smothering. Estate inventory for James W Holt tallies over $23k. Denton bank vault fixtures arrive. spring occupancy expected. Swinney & Co. formed after West Denton store expansion. Stephens Literary Society hosts program with debate. Colonial Favorites to perform for Denton fire company fund. Reader letters praise local news coverage. Litigation over woodland ownership to be heard April term.
Denton society reports a lively winter season with visits from Baltimore and Virginia. Prof. M B Stephens underwent a successful gallstone surgery at Union Protestant Infirmary with witnesses including Dr J Telviney and Dr Enoch George. The Denton community also notes marriages, moves, and several residents visiting relatives in Philadelphia and nearby towns.
Thomas W. Bennett of Mardella Springs was found near Salisbury Saturday night with a fractured skull and a maimed horse. He later, though gravely injured, described being lured by three colored men to a timber land offer, knocked from his horse, robbed of money and provisions, and left for dead. the suspects are jailed.
Eighth district citizens faced County Commissioners over the Liden road. Examiners recommended building the road, but Mrs. Elizabeth Beachamp’s land objection was sustained. Counsel Fred R Owens challenged irregular proceedings. W F Liden was represented by Hutson. Further action expected to pursue the road.
The Easton Ledger proposes dropping politics and placing clergymen in the Senate race. It highlights Rt Rev Leigh ton Coleman and Rev Dr Jonathan Spencer Willis as potential Delaware representatives. The letter evokes historic state figures like Rodneys Buyarda Saulabury to imagine strong representation.
A Saturday tea party celebrated Miss Eloise Sisk's eighth birthday with friends including Ruth Douglass Miriam Dennis Grace Dennis Lucretia Smith Mary Parker and several Nobles. Other items note a runaway horse damaged backboard at Winchester and local church activities with Rev F C O Meara moving to Greenville Michigan and Holiness Society services.
Mr and Mrs Charles Edgell entertained a small group of friends last Monday evening with refreshments served late. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Robinson Nichols Mr and Mrs G Griffith Mr and Mrs Harvey Evans Mr and Mrs Clarence Nichols Mrs Williams Miss Dora NishoIe Atlantic City Miss Laura Davis Pedersburg Messrs Harvey Elmer Nichols Seaford Miss Esther Griffith Messrs Ira Byron Griffith and Misses Helen Effie Griffith. G W Christopher Linkwood and J L Christopher Warlock were guests of their brother T E Christopher.
Federalaburg reports the Vivo Club preparing a sixteen page program for the play Clover Farm with extensive local ads. Proceeds will benefit the town fire company. Also notes church meeting selecting Jackson Price as delegate to conference with Rev. Wright.
Miss Nellie Hayes and Ida Dean of Greenswood visit Mrs. H T Nuttle. Mrs J F Stevens and daughter Helen stay in Baltimore. Clayton Covey of Philadelphia visits Artoria Nichols. Gypsies encamped nearby offer future fortunes. Samuel G Nattle returns from Wilmington trip. Painters Willis and Beauchamp work at Mr Davis. Concord M E Church meetings continue. Mrs Join Gootee and son Charlie ill. Several mumps cases reported locally.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Craig observed their fifty fifth anniversary on Sunday with friends including John Craig and family and Mrs Shorts and family of Ridgely. Mr Craig is 85 and his wife 75, both in good health and the wife weighs about 300 pounds. A shooting match Saturday drew sports from Kenton Blanco Pearsons Sadlersville and the locale Ollie Faulkner won 5 of 6 prizes. Washington Camp No 2 P C A has bought land from William C Couley to build a new hall soon.
The firm promises liberal quantities of its Longman & Martinez Pure Paints to any church or institution funded by voluntary contributions. It notes 27 years in business, sales in tens of millions of gallons, and guarantees repainting if unsatisfactory. Paint lasts up to eighteen years with linseed oil added in two minutes, cost about $1.25 per gallon. Free samples. Agents listed in Denton Bethlehem Burrsville Preston.
Miss Evelyn Fleming hosts a pie social at the Brown block to aid missionary work, as Washington’s Birthday themed events draw crowds. A Queen Anne box social raises funds for Ethyl Moore’s Sunday School. local notices also mention Rev. Daniel Wilson’s sermon and several town personalities. A detailed discussion by Jacob G Schonfarber on farm labor argues for scientific, machine aided farming and notes the shifting workforce from rural Maryland to cities, citing census data and expert opinions.
The fourth quarterly conference met at the Henderson church Saturday at 10. Dr. Corkran preached Sunday morning. An all day meeting followed at the Mission with Rev EB A Fergerson in charge. He left for Reading Pa on Monday with Mr G P Jones Mrs Nancy Cahall and Mrs D M Gooden. Many names and travels listed among attendees and ill residents, including typhoid fever cases and visits by several local folk.
A correspondent from Easton Ledger reports Chapel district remains Republican for at least four years, while the Ledger remains skeptical and cites J Frank Turner Charles R Wooters William F Jump Uarry J Hopkins James H Covington and P Addison Morgan. A small pox scare near Hollandsville led to two week school closure. Miss Hopkins visits her aunt Mrs George Hughes near Harrington. Irving English near Riverton buried peaches underground last summer and found them firm when retrieved this week. George M. Thomas of Easton died by self-inflicted gunshot, attributed to ill health. Oswald Edward Loveday aged 22 died at his mother’s home in Easton. he served as bugler in Company F First Maryland Regiment. C Frank Spedden of Dorchester attacks Phillips Lee Goldsborough in an open letter to Hon William H Jackson. Ten thousand dollars of improvements planned for Hotel Bolingly at Queenstown to host 300 guests. Harwood Ayres, son of the late Rev T C Ayres, studying optics in Philadelphia. he is a jeweler. Mrs Jane Laws Warren died at her son Rev B C Warren’s home in Poughkeepsie. Charles T Wrightson of Easton bought the Wrightson Packing Company business. Ten thousand Elks will visit Kent Island for two days next July.
The image shows mail boxes purchased by rural residents on routes from Denton as a new service expands. Rural delivery has grown popular, with many counties already well served. If the current pace continues, in ten years most residents will have post office facilities at their homes.
The Maryland Geological Survey to boost highway improvements across the state. Road engineer A N Jonson has sent circulars to county commissioners seeking early requests for surveyor assistance. The Highway Division has provided counties with cost estimates plans and specs for many projects.
Mrs J L Faulkner marked the 63rd anniversary of her birth on Friday of last week with kin present including W H Hutchins and his wife from Marydel. Guests included her children Mrs Charles Todd of Dover Mrs J Richards Mrs F P Medford and James and Harvey L Hutchins of Marydel. May she live to celebrate many more anniversaries.
A list of recorded deeds this month shows Harvey S. Cooper and others selling or gifting parcels across districts from First to Eighth, with prices ranging from nominal to $9,000. Notable entries include 17.5 acres to Robert Alexander, 22 73 acres to Joseph Alexander, and 110 acres to Sallie I Fullerton, plus various exchanges and releases in Caroline and surrounding counties.
Growers place large orders for cups and crates amid record acreage and strong prices. Last year’s yield yielded good returns with few exceptions. Crate and cup manufacturers report ample orders expected to keep them busy for a long time.
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