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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1892
Page
3
The Denton Journal notes mail arrivals and departures for the day January 16. Listings include routes via D and C K RL from the South and North, with times around 825 acs and 1200 ft stage Preston, and departures via Do and CR BR North and South at 945 AM and 645 PM.
Der Greenley's reminiscences recount a visit with boyhood friends in Caroline and Kent counties. The article lists births, appointments, elections, and various local notices including postmasterships, patent news, real estate ads, steamboat operations, court adjournments, and social events spanning Denton, Ridgely, Federalsburg, and surrounding towns. It also notes grip, church intelligence, and a surge of local civic updates with multiple named individuals and firms.
The article reviews Dr. Erwin F. Smith’s comprehensive work on peach yellows, its spread across the eastern United States, and the risks of importation from infected districts. It details experiments on bud transmission, fertilization trials, and attempts to save infected trees, noting multiple failures to halt the disease and outlining key established facts and probable hypotheses.
Rev Q O L Morrow will speak at the Ridgely M E Church Friday night January 22. The Epworth League sponsors the event. admission is free with a collection to cover traveling expenses for the speaker. All are invited to attend and hear this lecture.
Mrs. RE A Branford dies at son in law’s home January 7 aged 77. Six children survive including Mrs C W Arringdale and Captain A D Branford. Funeral at Williston M E Church. Interment Concord cemetery. Also David S Ramsdell dies in East Denton age 71. Jane B Redden dies in Wilmington age about 60. Interment Denton cemetery.
Joseph Walker once attempted suicide and remains in critical danger as of January 13. Doctors Jeffer son Clark and J. Clark report he has not swallowed food since the act, only small amounts of milk. liquids pass the windpipe, and he resists a stomach tube. He was a prominent lumber merchant from Clearfield, Pa, visiting his sister when the incident occurred. He is described as handsome, wealthy, with a clearer mind now, though he begs attendants to end his life. A brother from the north visited this week.
The community reports several confinement cases due to grippe and diphtheria in nearby families. The piece memorializes Annie, two, lost to illness and notes Mr. Thomas H. Slaughter, 43, died from pneumonia after a voyage to Baltimore. Details include funeral in Denton and lineage to Col. Thomas H. Slaughter. It also covers a public letter from Mr. William H. Deen, urging legislative engagement on railroad ratification and local petitions.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of Denton National Bank was held on Tuesday last. The board of directors was re-elected: Philip W. Downes, B. G. Stevens, Ernest Downes, John W. Clark, John F. Dawson, A. R. Whight, J. P. J. Hubbard, T. C. West and R. C. Carter. Col. Downes was named president, Stevens vice president, and West cashier. Teller J. Dukes Downes and bookkeeper Edwin R. Downes were reappointed.
A record of two 1892 nuptials at Grove M P Church and Kenney M E Church with Robert G Pepper marrying Miss Lyda Dean of Williamsburg and Charles Turner tying with Miss Josephine Cohee. A third ceremony conducted by Rev W J D Lucas at Burraville on January 12 1892 united Alfred Smith and Laura V Spence at the officiating minister’s residence.
Benjamin Nichols aged man dies at home near Hillsborough after a life from slavery to Christian respect. Elizabeth A. Nichols dies of grip. funeral at Nichols M E Church. Carrie Smith dies from sudden paralysis. George C. White farmer dies at eighty from grip. Gilbert Hagadone and Zora Swann to wed at Ridgely M E Church. J S Crossy steamer ferries Oxford and Ferry Wharf. Sallie Field returns from Baltimore. Choptank steamer withdrawn from Nanticoke river. A B Roe re-elected Smyrna National Bank director. Samuel Carter ill in Smyrna. Joshua H Seward paralyzed. Dunnock's advertises best flour and buckwheat.
A compact look at early print ephemera including handbills circulars and billheads used for advertising goods and services in local markets. The item catalog notes their varied formats from plain notices to ornate cards reflecting period commerce and typography.
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