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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1924
Page
2
Howard Melvin Benj A Johnson Melvin and Johnson pulished every Saturday with postal notice in Denton Maryland. Saturday morning issue for January 5 1924 provides local notices and community items.
Public Service Commission decision enables: permanent operation from Love Point to West Denton and Centreville to Queenstown. a new Love Point bay terminus and abandonment of Claiborne. faster Love Point to Baltimore ferry once highway plans are agreed. connecting Queen Anne lines with Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic. junking West Denton to Lewes lines. direct Love Point to Ocean City freight and passenger service via Queenstown and Easton. a palatial Love Point Baltimore ferry awaits highway funding.
The county licenses, sold for $1 each, restrict holders to gunning within the county of their residence. Receipts from these licenses exceeded last year, and the surplus after subtracting appropriations is turned over to the State Treasury.
In the Orphans Court Judges West Harper and Shawn preside over estates and executors. Fred R. Owens authorized to assign Denton National Bank shares. Luc retta Stevens estate accounts filed. Charles Jarrell authorized to transfer C P telephone shares. Clayton Horsley authorized to deliver a bequest to Josephine Dawson Thorne, minor. Multiple administrators filed accounts, inventories, and appraisements. probate set for January 8 1924. creditors notices and appraisals ordered.
The Lord's Day Alliance gathering at the Methodist Episcopal Church drew a modest crowd but featured strong remarks by Dr. W. W. Davis of the Maryland Lord's Day Alliance warning that bills to loosen Sabbath restraints threaten the Christian observance. Speakers included T. P. Fisher and W. S. Norris. a five dollar gold prize for a school essay on Sabbath observance went to Ellis Williams of Denton High School. A chorus from the Methodist Protestant Sunday School sang, and Dr. Davis urged quarterly and annual educational services with Alliance supplied literature.
Maryland sportsmen show rising hunting interest per state game warden E Lee Le Compte. For Sept through November this year 51 001 small game licenses issued, up from 45 179 last year. Non residents accounted for 1 325 licenses at 10 dollars each, with a total state licenses rise indicating broader cross county hunting.
Loving memorials recount the 1923 deaths of Otis S O Day aged 3 years 21 days and his sister and mother. The verses express faith, heavenly rest, and reunion in a Concord cemetery setting with lines by family members. The obsequies mention Newark Delaware and Harmony Church.
A newspaper sale note advertises drastic reductions on men’s and boys’ clothing. Reg prices for suits and overcoats are cut to sale prices, highlighting several suit levels and overcoats at significantly lowered rates.
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