Court Schedule Shows January 22 Meetings
Court notices indicate Orphans Court and Levy Court will meet on January 22. The schedule lists sessions for the two courts on that date, with no additional details provided in the fragments.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
3
Court notices indicate Orphans Court and Levy Court will meet on January 22. The schedule lists sessions for the two courts on that date, with no additional details provided in the fragments.
A digest of local affairs including new building plans by the Talbot Saving Bank, hospital leadership, church announcements, lectures by Dr. Munhall, property sales around Fowling Creek and Harmony, rising grip cases, and social events. Also notes on institute schedules on the Eastern Shore, clergy appointments, and a paralytic incident aboard a railroad train near Claiborne.
A long wedding notice covers multiple ceremonies near Denton including Mary Elizabeth Williams and Allison Holmes Covey at Hynson M E Church with detailed attire and attendees. Other couples wed in Wilmington and Centreville, plus local engagements, travel for treatment, and social visits across Maryland and nearby towns.
Concord resident Concord Miss Anna Rignutt returns home from holidays while Edna Nichols of Greensboro visits family in Easton. Gootee Collins comes home after a few days with relatives. Ivah Smith of Virginia visits Capt and Mrs C F Smith. Emma and Levin Collison enjoy Sunday with Miss Hattie Dukes. Ola Colling improves after illness.
A historical note explains that colds weaken lungs and pave the way for serious diseases. It warns that prolonged colds raise risk of pneumonia and germ illnesses such as consumption, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and whooping cough. The piece advocates Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and lists local sellers Douglass Drug Store and A Le Duffey in Hillsboro.
In Hickman this year several families relocated within the region. Charles Mooney and family moved near Harrington. Albert Fisher and family occupy the Mooney house. Olan Melvin takes Fisher’s former residence. H Brown moved to Bridgeville with Wm Layton occupying Brown’s home. Frederic Melvin moved to his farm. William Lankford takes the Melvin house. Bertha and Bessie Haymond returned from Houston visit. Lola Willoughby and daughter joined Hobbs trip. Judson Ramsdell visited with his father John Cleaves. Bertha Haymond leaves for Laurel for a meeting. Olan Melvin and Edward Brown visited Baltimore. Charlie Meloney departed for Berlin.
Choptank and nearby towns report residents and guests in a series of social notes. Katherine Perry of San Francisco returns home via Baltimore and Chicago. Mary White and children visit Easton kin. Miss Elia Ross returns from Cordova. A E Cooper visits Denton. Emaline Wright of Seaford stays with grandparents. George Morgan of Hynson visits locals. Olin Willey of Linkwood visits friends. W M Wright in Baltimore this week.
Norman Outten and Della Wright joined in marriage at the M E parsonage by Rev A A Bichell on Sunday night January 6th Guests included Zack Johnson and Miss Hayman. Jonathan Warren returns to Ellendale. Grip illness widespread. Harvey Fountain confined to bed with rheumatism. Mrs J B Baughley improving. Thomas C Cahall traveled to Philadelphia on business last week.
Hillsboro features a new tensorial parlor run by citizen Edward C. Paine. Local residents report visits and travels among relatives in Clayton Chester Philadelphia Reading Wilmington and Goldsboro with several families hosting and reconnecting during extended stays.
Hynsen reports Mr and Mrs William Murphy of Andersontown visiting Mrs Murphys mother Mrs Sallie Williams early in the week. Mrs Charles Turner Mrs Jas Murphy and Miss Nora Murphy visited Mrs Laur an Williamson on Sunday. Mr Robert Nichols of Philadelphia visits his parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Nichols. Milton Magers a young farmer lost a valuable horse recently. Maggie Turner and children visited her brother Chas Todd on Sunday. New merchant Frank Andrews is operating a thriving business.
Mr W A Noble sold his farm to a buyer ready to move in at once through Cobay Charles' agency. Noble family plans to relocate to town. Misses Olie and Ollia Noble returned from an extended visit in Pennsylvania. Mrs Smith of Laurel visited Mr and Mrs Spicer. A railroad crew is enlarging the freight depot. Subscribe for the Journal for county news.
A reader letter rails against Christian Science as harmful, arguing that healing relies on mental assertions rather than medicine. It cites Science and Health and Mrs Eddy, accuses practitioners of neglecting sick children, and decries prayer with healing. The author lists core Christian Science claims on God, man, and sin, calling them dangerous.
A Denton Maryland reader argues that Christian Science denies sin forgiveness and mocks prayer, calling the movement a fraud and delusion. The letter cites Mrs. Eddy’s writings, copyright disputes, and alleged heresies, urging readers to question its Christian validity.
Attorneys for James T Raughley object to the will of George W Raughley filed for Orphans Court probate claiming the document is not his last will and testament and that he died intestate or lacked sound mind. A preliminary hearing is set for Tuesday with Henry R Lewis for Shadrach J Raughley who was devised the Raughley farm at Tuckahoe Neck valued around twenty thousand dollars plus substantial personal property. The petition cites undue influence and asks the court to review the alleged will amid related family references.
A Sunday school analysis of Genesis 3 1 6 13 15 tracing the serpent temptation Eve and Adam sin the resulting shame and mortality and the first Messianic prophecy the woman's seed Christ and the gospel of redeemer highlighting divine promise amid fall with emphasis on pride deception and God's plan of salvation.
In Orphans' Court on Tuesday Marion N. Beck was granted letters of administration on Martha K. Beck's personal estate. Bond filed and approved. A caveat to George W. Boughley’s will was submitted by attorneys for James T. Baughley. Shadrach J. Baughley’s curates approved and the hearing postponed to Tuesday the 22nd inst. Richard Blackburn, executor of Thomas Blackburn, presented an account of sales which was approved.
Mrs. R. W. Carroll of Bethlehem gathered from June to January 3274 dozen eggs from about 80 hens totaling 96182 eggs. The record reflects steady production across the period.
A Baltimore Sun correspondent notes uneasiness among Eastern Shore packers over possible new tinplate standards from the Washington Food Standards panel under the Pure Food law. It details packers' shift to in-house can making, Mann’s reassurance that no extra tinplate law is planned, and the panel’s tentative purity criteria for containers including lead and other toxins. The article concludes that Eastern Shore tinplate is expected to meet these standards.
The Pennsylvania rail road informs shippers in the Delaware Division it will supply dry refrigerator cars for perishable freight during 1907. Shippers must ice cars at origin and may request on written notice that cars be iced en route at regular stations. The railroad will not be responsible for fruit or vegetables beyond basic resting guidance.
Judge William H. Adkins selected jurors for the April Circuit Court term from the taxables list. The roll lists multiple jurors across districts including Wm H Bartlett, Thomas I Butler, Amos Everett, D M Gooden, J S Lapham, Philip A Marvel and many others, spanning first through eighth districts.
A large Third district taxpayer delegation urged County Commissioners to build a State Aid sand and clay road east of Denton. They said 25 percent of the cost was pledged by citizens, the state would pay half, and the county 25 percent. The board indicated the Greensboro to Boyce’s Mill route had been promised and the Denton road project could not proceed this year without state approval for Caroline to build two miles.
A farming advertisement urges farmers to reduce excess fertilizer and increase lime use in 1907. It promotes LeGore Combinations Lime Co for a lime blend claimed to improve corn yields, advising inquiries into its merits for better profits.
A compact meditation on resilience urging swift rebuilding after loss. It counsels transforming ruin into victory, urging action without dwelling on worry or regret. The verse emphasizes perseverance and constructive rebuilding as the path forward.
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