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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1891
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text notes mail arrivals and stage departures at 600 to 830 AM with references to South and North directions, Preston, and a stage timetable. Other fragments mention numbers like 41 and 445, but details are unclear. the item appears as a damaged local notice about mail and stage schedules.
Eggs priced at 26 cents a dozen. Governor Reynolds inauguration witnessed by locals. J H Smith opens Ruthsburg store. County considers Greensborough to Boyce’s mill road improvements. Denton pension grants to Captain Griffin and Brown. Prospects for a fruit basket factory rise. Oyster navy captain in new uniform. County licenses tally from last year. Orphans court and county commissioners to meet. school board to reconvene February 3. Marriage notices from Camden and elsewhere. several local weddings described. Ice prospects and calls for an ice factory emerge from local comments. Arrest of a suspect in a Dover case. caution against damp feet in winter. New paper Queensline’s Advocate praised by merchants. Arbitrators settle a Guite Stevens matter. award pending. Deering Company agents visit Chicago news. Libel actions filed in Baltimore court over ship collision. Nuptials in Hillsboro, Denton, Grove, Ruthsburg. Hypnotism letter critiques presidents and Congress. Lime price at Nichol’s Denton Bridge.
The Peninsula Horticultural Society of Maryland Delaware and Virginia begins its fourth annual session in Music Hall Easton with J W Kerr chairing in the absence of Dr James J Black. New members join including H S Alvord and Thomas L Brunk. Major W E Stewart gives welcome, lectures compare milk value to beef, and a report on apples is discussed.
A Friday social at Mrs. James K Saulsbury's discussed tobacco harms. Local updates include James Smith returning from Washington, Rev Galloway's evangelist visit, and progress on Reform Church and J D Bower dwelling. Reports cover protracted meetings, schoolhouse fire scare, weddings, auctions, and regional notices from Preston Greensborough Civis and Federalsburg with local industry, weather and obituaries.
Guy Reynolds of Swaltnik Dover Delaware was inaugurated as governor. The event featured a militia escort and large attendance from lawmakers and officials. Reynolds called for a constitutional convention election, backed Australian ballot reform, condemned bribery and deputy marshals, and urged clearer state election officer powers.
A writer laments many families lack newspaper subscriptions, warning they grow ignorant of world events and history. He urges fathers to provide access to knowledge so the rising generation understands the world and its changes.
The Ladies Aid Society of Williston hosts a box social at Williston school base starting at seven. Boxes with tasty viands will be sold, guests will choose the top box for a meal with the donor, and the box owner will be escorted home. Proceeds aid the parsonage.
The railway mail service is divided into eleven divisions under a general superintendent in Washington. Each division has its own superintendent and, for the year ending June 30, 1888, employed 5094 clerks handling 6 28 772 060 pieces of mail plus registered items. Clerks earn salaries from 500 to 1300 dollars based on work and responsibility.
J F Gelletly argues against relying on church councils and historical figures to prove Christianity. He cites scriptural tests like by their fruits and God’s sheep recognizing his voice. He warns against tracing lineage through Constantine, Charlemagne, or popes.
A Talbot County Republican leader proposes a state ticket headed by Thomas S. Hodson of Baltimore for Governor Louis McComas of Washington County for Comptroller J E Tyler of Talbot County for Attorney General and Sydney F E Mudd of Charles County for Clerk to the Court of Appeals. The notice also includes testimonials on Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil and industry notes on Middletown fire insurance and Fifth district charcoal burning.
Miss Frankie Temple youngest daughter of the late John W Temple died at her Templeville home on Tuesday afternoon from pneumonia after about a week’s illness. She was about twenty five, well known in Denton where she lived during her father’s clerkship and former assistant teacher at Denton Academy. An exemplary Methodist, she taught Sunday school. Funeral services were by Rev. Mr. Conaway and she was interred at Sadlersville cemetery Thursday afternoon.
The school commissioners met Tuesday and approved paying the Queen Anne’s commissioners 3360 for last year’s joint Templeville school. They granted use of Preston Academy to M. LE Church for a Rev D F McFaul lecture and Hog Creek school house at Smithson for debating society meetings.
Baltimore area reports the Towson dispatch says the jury found the sureties liable for 360000 in Archer bond case. Archer, former estate treasurer, serves five years in state prison. State's counsel plans to challenge verdict during March term of court.
A newspaper item notes subscription remittance dates printed with subscriber names. It also reports the marriage of Charles E. Stewart to Miss Mary Kemp at the bride’s parents’ home in Hillsboro on January 15, officiated by Rev. C. S. Stanton.
A poem recounts Naboth's vineyard seized by Ahab under Jezebel’s influence. It contrasts lawful ownership with covetous power and ends urging readers to act righteously in the name of the Lord. The piece critiques theft and criminal punishment, urging moral action and warning against predatory gains.
Reports from state capitals show results in multiple legislatures. New Hampshire named Dr Gallinger, Oregon re elected Senator Mitchell, Denver caucus backed Henry M Teller, Arkansas re elected James K Jones, New York Assembly and Senate recorded votes with Hills and Evarts. North Carolina backed Zebulon B Vance, Peter C Pritchard vote split, Missouri Senate West led, Headley and Jones in other counts, Illinois failed to produce a majority, Washington nominated Squire, Voorhees secured Indiana outcome, and more ballots noted without final all state concordance.
The text contrasts Western views with Chinese and Japanese fabrics and silk work. It notes that Asia had long perfected cultivated textiles before Europe, and hints at evolving Western selections this year. The passage emphasizes the enduring quality and uniqueness of Eastern textile traditions.
Gianamaker's features heavy with Japanese prints and French English textiles with prices from 5c to 3 dollars. Yankee Gingham 1891 line open at 25c. Andersons and Glasgow remarks. William Black novel image for January Book News. All standard features present. 5c a copy, 50c a year.
Standard Works as well as richly illustrated Books are thick in the clean-up sale. A little smirch takes vastly more from the merchandise side of a costly Book than from a plain one. The lists we give only represent a handful from the heaps. Among them some most delightful Books for children.
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