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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
3
A brief Ton Journal page item lists selected under the head of various parts for reassembly. The readable lines reference article selections and archival noting, with no clear narrative or dates beyond January 4, 1902. The fragmentary content suggests a catalog or index entry rather than a full report.
A Denton column reports varied personal news, public notices, and local business changes. It notes directors and ceremonies, steamer purchases, county officials, and residents visiting from Philadelphia and Baltimore, plus seasonal entertainment and Roosevelt commentary.
The young people of Greensboro presented a well patronized musical at Mozart Hall on Wednesday evening. Proceeds totaled about 25 dollars. Local business leaders anticipate strong patronage for the new bank. Mr and Mrs Wm Roe hosted guests Friday night. Roe & Brother began contracting for peas and tomatoes. Mr F P Roe traveled to Philadelphia earlier this week.
Miss Lula Perry and brother Charlie visited Miss Velma Carroll and brother Roland over the weekend. Roxie Todd of Tenton spent Christmas with her mother Mrs R W Carroll. Ollie Carroll visited cousin Howard Carroll of Denton. M J Rittenhouse visiting friends in Baltimore. J W Dean has moved to Hurlock. Frank Thomas is on the sick list.
The funeral of Mrs. Jennie Jones was held at Concord M E Church on Sunday with Rev J W Fogle officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Willard C Todd James H Trice Millard Collison John Kelley Samuel G Nuttle and Henry Nuttle. Mr H T Nuttle, a fruit-packer, is securing cans for the coming season. Millard Collison has moved to Hobbs.
The Rev. C. S. Baker preached at Preston M. E. Church on Sunday morning. Mrs. Harry W. Temple and two sons visited Preston friends. Mr. W. W. Collins of Colorado was in town this week. Several students were home for the holidays. Miss Mary Noble has returned to Baltimore.
Visitors include Miss Nan Smith from Farnhurst State Hospital and Mr. Herman Wright of Milford along with Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Sparks and son from Wilmington. A union revival begins tomorrow at the M P Church and moves next week to Wesley M P Church.
Miss Vertie Smith of Burraville and Miss Effa Dukes of Rathsburg were guests of Miss Josephine last week, according to local social notes. The gathering highlighted regional social ties and hosted familiar faces in a cordial reception.
A December 31 wedding at Conend M E Church unites Charles Murphy and Lillian Carroll as evergreen decor glows and Lohengrin music fills the hall. Other notices recount many marriages, anniversaries, and deaths in Concord area, detailing ceremonies, homes, and mournful farewells across the community.
Justice Z Potter Steele will take testimony from multiple witnesses Monday in the Silk Ree Senatorial contest. In the Thompson-Dukes case, Dukes through attorney Henry R Lewis denies the petition’s allegations by Thompson.
Denton area churches announce a week of services and meetings. Rev Elmer L Coblentz will discuss why the Reformed Church does not hold revivals at Ridgely. Holy Communion set for Sunday morning. Revival services begin at Methodist Protestant Church tomorrow with Rev F T Tagg to assist after midweek. Mr Morgan invited to return as Snow Hill pastor next conference year. Mt Zion Baptist pastor Elder Wittenhouse is seriously ill. Watchnight services draw many Dentonians. Plans for a holiness lectured hall in East Denton are announced. Dr C S Baker to preach and lead quarterly conference at the M E Church. Cheswold Methodist Episcopal Church invites Rev Robert Roe back for next conference year.
The Maryland Councils of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics honored Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley with a diamond studded medal in his Washington apartments. A Baltimore committee led the presentation, praising his role in the Battle of Santiago and subsequent conduct, noting public sympathy for his court of inquiry, and predicting growing appreciation of his service.
On Tuesday the county commissioners appointed Samuel Eving keeper of Denton Bridge replacing Matthew Chilton and Charles A. Smith as keeper of the court house and grounds replacing Armith tead Williams. M L Mowbray resigned as Fifth district constable. J T Fleetwood appointed in his stead. Seward and Thompson authorized to repair bridges in the Seventh district and a terra cotta pipe order was approved. Householders report food prices much higher, urging economy by careful shoppers.
The 1902 trade outlook is favorable with prosperous industries but warns Europe may retaliate against American imports through higher duties. European nations are competitive and may struggle to agree on tariff discrimination. A New York syndicate has purchased the Great Store of Posner in Baltimore, with the name retained.
Interviews with Baltimore business firms in early 1901 describe a year of heavy, sustained buying in canned goods. Packagers Booth & Co note low robber stocks after January inventories, leading to a May packing season with depleted small fruit lines and price rises of 10 to 50 percent by autumn. Demand expanded across New York, New England, the West, and the South, with shipments to the Middle West and Rocky Mountain heartland. Short crops elsewhere pushed tomato and overall prices up sharply.
Sisters Knapp Ferle and Finney of Cincinnati Bible School will visit Denton as missionaries bound for South Africa. They speak at Town Hall on Wednesday January 8 1902 with morning afternoon and evening sessions. The note corrects a prior date error and invites local help and spiritual aid.
Mrs. Alex Wright hosted a Christmas night gathering at neat Nichols in honor of her daughter Annie with games and a dining room refreshment spread. Kris Kringle appeared and gifts were exchanged as young and old enjoyed music and socializing, followed by more refreshments.
A group led by Nathaniel Horsey C B Jarman F P Roe J A Davis Dr F R Malone and W A Deweese will soon incorporate the Caroline County Savings Bank at Greensboro. It plans to commence business about the first of next month and a banking house will be built in spring. Capital stock of 12000 will be spread among Greensboro business men and other county residents. A stockholders meeting is planned to select directors and officers.
At a Denton National Bank directors meeting held Tuesday the board adopted resolutions mourning the loss of a respected citizen and adviser. The bank building will be draped in mourning for thirty days, and copies of the resolutions will be published in county papers and sent to bereaved families and friends.
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