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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1902
Page
3
Creevv r Court will meet in April. Orphans' Court will meet January 21. Levy Court will meet January 21. School Board will meet January 28.
The San Almanac is out with all-day poultry shooting planned at Williston on the 24th. Lumber mills run by Charles R. Neal & Bro. resume work. Ex Sheriff Liden buys the Rochester building opposite the Journal. Nichols post office closed. mail now to Federalsburg. Hillsboro Church hosts a holiness meeting January 23 led by Rev A Leo Gary. Plans for a new store and office to replace the Horsey building. Rev J M Dickey visited and preached in the M P Church. Rev A D Melvin to preach in Federalsburg next Thursday at 7 30. J E Merriken leaves Queen Anne's Railroad for Delaware Division of PW&B. Delaware & Chesapeake engine delay at Queen Anne. L B Towers residence fire narrowly avoided. Schooner Conley damages offered by Queen Anne's RR. owners seek 8000. Col Harry Rogers and Abe Oppenheimer skate in Philadelphia. Ladies Mite Society of Thawley’s M P Church elect officers. Huyes Lumber & Coal to add a fruit package factory near Denton Depot. Maryland Fisheries report highlights artificial propagation lessons with shad introductions from Havre de Grace to California, showing California now produces millions of shad.
A number of mid winter weddings are noted with ceremonies in Bloomery M L Church and Ridgely M E Church. Miss Viola Liden and Clarence Parker wed in Bloomery with attendees and decorations recorded, along with several other couples including Miss Lillie Willis and Mr. William Hersey Redden at Ridgely, and Miss Ida Flaharty with Mr. Gootee Neal in Denton. Additional engagements and social visits fill out the regional notices, including plans for upcoming ceremonies at Centreville and Federalsburg churches and multiple travels for family members.
Stockholders chose a board including Te Ct West A R Wright Harvey L Cooper Thomas B Sparklin and others with J Dukes Downes replacing the late Ernest Downes. Jones elected president and Wright vice president. West cashier. Downes teller. Skirven and O W Downes bookkeepers. Peoples Bank re elected a board led by Jos H Bernard with Bernard as president Owens as vice president and Wallace as cashier.
The magazine supplement My Lady will be distributed with this issue to paid subscribers for the year. Readers are urged to pay now to secure continued delivery of the publication.
The town anticipates two canneries next fall with repairs to the oil canning house owned by Albert Reichman and tomato contracting by O M Hignutt. The schooner Memento Mori owned by L B Towers lies at the wharf with bricks for Denton. The steamer Avalon reached town but returned due to thick ice.
Barrsville residents visited the Sipples. Dill family visited Wilmington relatives. John A Caball celebrates fiftieth anniversary midweek. Thomas family visited near Greenwood. George Stafford of Berlin and Alice Stafford visiting Greensboro. Addie Morgan ill for some time. Union meetings growing interest. Mrs. Sarah Jacobs on the sick list.
Mrs Julia Wright has returned to Federalsburg with her daughter Corinne to live. Miss Rosa Burkett returns home from Harrington Delaware. Levin Poole tenant house destroyed by fire Saturday morning. H T Nuttle Bro fill ice house with five inch ice. Jiterary society met at Mrs H T Nuttle’s Friday. Miss Ella Woodberry visits Mrs T Nuttle. Mrs Jump has been on the sick list.
Rev Isaiah Christopher started a revival series at Laurel Grove M E Church South last Sunday night inviting all. R T West returned from Baltimore after months there. Two new canning factories will operate this fall near American Corner. Henry A Towers, a Caroline son, now runs a business in Jamestown NY. Statem lost a valuable colt recently.
Templeville notes Miss Maud Gibson daughter of Prof J W Gibson entered Washington College last week. Friends regret her departure yet celebrate her success. Town sees new families moving in and rumors of a new store. Miss Margaret Palmer hosted Miss Mollie Merchant of Redline Del. Miss Lola Brown visited relatives near Kenton Del. Now is the time to subscribe.
A meeting at the Kranz Hotel Ridgely elected directors Harry A. Richardson Wm H Baker Dupont Walker Dover Wm R Hubbard Ches Town Wm J Price Jr Centreville Thomas L Day Ridgely Fred R Owens Denton Wm R Martin Easton George W Woolford Cambridge Officers chosen H A Richardson president Thomas L Day vice president F R Owens secretary Dupont Walker treasurer Wm H Baker general manager and Doweese Owens general counsel The company reports prosperity and line extensions across the peninsula with potential Greensboro area work urged by delegates and hopes to connect Greensboro and North Carolina wires soon.
Miss Luanna Bradley hosted a Friday evening gathering on January 10 with many guests including Fannie Jarrell Ruth Noble and Addie Poole from Goldsboro and Baltimore attendees like Charles S. Bradley and Oscar Parker. Refreshments were served from 11 to 12. Lectures and visits are noted alongside local social updates.
The program featured lecture The Laws of Nature by Ethel Shull and reading Early Indian Wars by Zack Wilson. Nellie Harper declaimed Wreck of the Hesperus, Lula Clark and Mabel Wilson performed Marys Black Lamb and extemporaneous speaking. A debate on self defense had Olin C. Doty defending the negative against Ethel Shull.
Local notes report Mr Frank Glisch moved to Baltimore from the adjacent dwelling of Mr Charlie Pepper. Mr G W Towers and Mr C N Todd made a hurried trip to Baltimore last week. Mr and Mrs W B Cook of Baltimore visited their parents. The steamer Avalon bypassed Denton due to ice. Mrs Albert Anderson on sick list shows improvement. Mr C L Boehm busy filling his ice house as ice becomes ready. Mr G W Towers lost a valuable young cow Sunday night.
Mrs. Capt. Kempe spent Saturday and Sunday with Laurel friends with Miss Brown of New York Miss Katie Holt of Laurel and Miss Geneva Kempe of Trappe as guests of Miss Belle Kempe Chestnut Grove Church has organized a league they expect will be successful.
County Commissioners on Tuesday received the bond of James T. Sylvester constable for the Third district and similarly for Jacob Hughes of the Second district. The board also ordered the opening of a ditch in the Fifth district following a complaint by Lovin W Williams.
The Cambridge Shirt Company has been incorporated with capital stock of 11000 dollars.
Mr. J Spencer Lapham of Castle Hall farm speaks to the Peninsula Horticultural Society on marketing strawberries. He stresses three core questions for perishable fruit, notes New York buyers want medium large clean berries, ripe and fully colored, and proper packaging. He details five essential practices for success: mulching, skilled pickers, clean picking, careful transport, and iced cars. He advocates against careless pickup in overheated, undermanaged loads and warns against partly ripened fruit in refrigeration.
The first PRR seasonal trip to Florida leaves New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington by special train on February 4 for a two week stay in Florida. Excursion tickets include rail travel, Pullman berth and meals en route and return at set rates from each origin. Ticket agents or Geo W Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station Philadelphia, provide itineraries and information.
judges William R. Martin and Ed win H Brown in Denton on Wednesday selected jurors for the April term. The list covers eight districts with many names including Wm. Cashe Wm. Saunders J. S. Lapham and others plus asterisks marking those drawn from a pool of 150.
Friday night session named Senator Roe to rails and canals, Retrenchment of state expenses, contingent expenses, Article 3 Section 24, Temperance, Insurance, Fidelity, and loan companies, and Finance. House adjourned, then Monday night Speaker Mitchell announced committees with Delegate Goldsborough on Contingent Fund and Civil Service Reform, Hygiene, Engrossed Bills. Delegates Jefferson on Temperance, Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries, Railroads and Canals, and Militia. Three billion primary land contested elections for Baltimore city. Kirwan urged investigation into grain elevators bias toward rail over water. Ex-Senator Gorman elected to U S Senate. Jackson U.S. House, Vandiver re-elected State Treasurer. Reform League Corrupt Practices Act introduced. Wells seeks ban on pools, trusts, monopolies. Moore proposes half pay retirement for 25 years service teachers. Adjourned to eight oclock next Tuesday evening.
Ahad hilt invites readers to shop for goods with money back guarantees on most items and free freight on purchases of five dollars or more within 125 miles. Customers may return unwanted items and receive change, with exceptions for certain sanitary items. Credit options include monthly payments for eligible buyers.
Saturday marked the final meeting day as fruit growers discussed the fruit package. Charles E. Kingston outlined transportation costs and urged peach growers on the Peninsula to adopt a modern covered package to improve returns and ease shipping. Officers were elected with A N Brown as president and Newark to host next year’s meeting. committees on transportation and agricultural extension were named.
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