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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1904
Page
4
Local notes report new business ventures in West Denton with James E Spence opening a blacksmith shop. Prices rise for coal eggs and wheat in Denton stores. Weather hinders protracted meetings while icebound bay ferries struggle in heavy ice. Matrimonial and personal items recount multiple weddings anniversaries and social visits across Denton Federalsburg and Hillsboro.
In loving remembrance of Ethel Irene Morgan beloved daughter of W Arlie and Winnie W Morgan who died December 22 1903 after a brief illness aged 2 years 11 months and 28 days Her Papa and Mama and Grandmother write of a precious one gone from our home yet we hope to meet her in heaven The verse speaks of sorrow and faith and eternal reunion
Hartley residents hear of a shooting match to be held by W. W. Rodney on Saturday. In other news, Olin Virden severely cut his foot while cutting wood a few days ago.
Two thirds of the funds needed to shell the Preston road beyond the sand have been subscribed. A delegation will ask county commissioners to complete the total. W. G. Day of St. Louis, brother-in-law of Lizzie Jenkins, died Tuesday, formerly of Philadelphia. J Raymond Charles and Paul Mowbray secured government printing office positions in Washington. Newly elected officers of Nanticoe Masonic Lodge were installed with a banquet. Various locals—Grace Noble Myra Harris Sue Turner Annie Davis—are home for winter vacation. Protracted meetings are held in the M church. The mill pond measures 17 inches thick.
Mrs. R L Palmatory hosted a January 13 gathering for her daughter Elizabeth at their Bridgetown area home. Evergreen decorations and parlor games preceded refreshments as guests from Caroline and Queen Anne's counties, Centreville, and nearby areas enjoyed the evening and extended thanks to the hostess and Miss Elizabeth.
The box factory here will resume operations at the start of milder weather after weeks of closure. Orders are planned to be placed in Virginia and Florida for larger pine lumber lots. Several local residents took the steamer Cambridge from Claiborne to Baltimore last Monday.
A number of building lots were sold and several new houses are slated for spring construction. Mr. T. W. Smith also plans building work. Mr. L. M. Replogle returns from Union Bridge, Maryland, due to illness. King & Hoffman’s new store is near completion and they will relocate their stock to the new building shortly.
Mr Howard Thomas and Miss Josephine Chymer wed at the Greensboro M I parsonage by Rev Dr Hoffecker on Thursday evening last. Miss Ruth Hoffecker has been ill at the Conference Academy Dover. Mrs Harry Nt Moore has been visiting friends in Philadelphia.
Mr W Peters has sold his stock of store goods to his brother Mr F T Peters and Mr Thomas Cleaves in a formal transfer. The deal completes a family and partnership line involving the Peters family and local merchant Thomas Cleaves through a straightforward sale of inventory.
The writer tours Brussels famed for education and industry, visits Waterloo, notes German rail travel and Cologne church service, then extols the Rhine from Bonn to Bingen with castles, vineyards, and bustling river life, praising its beauty and comparing it favorably with the Hudson.
The Baltimore photograph and sketch honor Rt. Rev. Wim. Forbes Adams on his twenty ninth anniversary of consecration to the episcopate. He was elected missionary bishop of New Mexico and Avivena in 1914 and consecrated January 17, 1875, by Bishops Beckwith Green and Wilmer. After resigning in 1577 due to illness, he served at Hely Trinity Church Vicksburg and was later bishop of Easton in 1887. The Proceso of Taston formed in 1565 includes all Protestant Episcopal churches on Maryland eastern shore, with Henry Champlain Lay presiding at the first convention in Laston, 1885.
Lee yachting has drawn town and surrounding neighbors as Messrs John Toll and Luther Blades own and build the yacht HPhith. With a good wind the vessel can sail at a mile a minute. On Tuesday it performed daring maneuvers impressing visitors who traveled to town for rides, and Captain Toll guided them over the solid ice at record breaking speed.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday Wim B Nuttle, executor of Elias W Williamson, presented a second list of debts and final administration accounts which were approved. Walter J Hoffmin, administrator of Paul J Totfmin, presented a first and final account of the personal estate which was approved. Hutchinson Trice, by attorneys A G Towers and Wm Deweese, filed a petition and caveat against the will of Mily Hutchinson, deceased.
The opposition to Roosevelt is not from anti trust fights but from business groups losing confidence in his imprudence and disregard for law. Critics accuse him of boastful strength and disrespect for other nations, citing the Colt bill and Panama case as examples.
The Democratic floor leader J B Goslin of Caroline county gave a forceful speech in support of John Walter Smith for governor. He urged the assembly to recognize Smith’s integrity and long party fidelity, noting a shift in Eastern Shore representation and urging a unified, just election.
A Labor banquet at Hotel Thabore in a recent opening event hosted by Mr. John Baggs featured a menu including tinkes oysters tongue beef ham and fruits. Attendees included Mr and Mrs I M Thompson Mrs Toh Thompson Miss Evelyn Fleming Virginia Holt May Taylor Bessie Thawley and many others with a coven skating party to the steamboat wharf Wednesday after noon. Several guests were noted as ill or improving and Rev J W Talley plans protracted services Sunday.
A farmers institute will convene at Ridgely on Monday and Tuesday February 1st and 2nd. Sessions run 1.30 to 4 p.m. and 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Edward Van Alstyne of Kinderhook N Y and J G Tice of Oswego N Y will speak. Topics include fertility of the land tillage and fruit care with a program for Monday and Tuesday detailing sessions on melon culture stramberg culture and product handling.
Trenderson reports Mr Jos T Gough from Bear Delaware visiting relatives nearby this week. Miss Aula Gooden returns home after visits with cousin Miss Ada Meredith at Woodside Delaware. Mr and Mrs Geo Cassavant hosted a gathering Monday at their home near town with many locals attending. Will Carrow of Wilmington visits his parents Geo Carrow and wife J A Comegos stays in Wilmington for several days. Mrs Emma Newlee visits Mrs John Graham in Chester Pennsylvania. Miss Tiina Carrow of Cordova visits grandparents in town while Miss Katherine Sweeney returns to Wilmington after a month with her father F B Sweeney. Mr and Mrs Died Bowdle of Ridzety visited their parents Saturday and Sunday.
A small gathering Tuesday evening honored Miss Daisy Meredith on her eighteenth birthday with a pleasant surprise. Mrs. EH Wheeler has returned to Baltimore after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. LB Stevens. Mr. Ula Todd departed Friday to attend a telegraphy school in Lebanon Pennsylvania.
Mr William G Das of St Louis dies after months of illness and a seashore sojourn. He married Mollie Cox of Proton and leaves relatives in the county. The remains were interred at St Louis. Thomas Wilson, formerly of Caroline county, dies in Philadelphia after years as a merchant in WInincon. Mrs Martha W Cannon dies in Camden after brief illness. Thomas B Hackett, former judge of Dorchester Orphans Court, dies near Secretary aged 71. Mrs Rathal of Talbot county dies from injuries after a fall on the ice. Joseph S Terrell, Delaware native with Caroline ties, dies in Elkton aged 87.
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