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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1898
Page
3
Local items report Washingtons birthday as upcoming holiday and new appointments including Hackett Morgan as deputy postmaster and C P Dunning as Third district constable. Mentions of teachers, seed prices, weather, a mad dog incident, deaths, weddings, and community events across Denton and surrounding areas.
Fire swept through a Denton area home owned by Mr. O. J. Redden on a recent Wednesday morning. Most furniture and much family clothing burned. children left the house shoeless. Neighbors rushed to help but limited aid. Defective flues and cracked chimneys blamed. Redden was away. employed at State warehouse No. 3 in Baltimore. Property insured for 1,000 dollars with Pennsylvania Company. household goods insured for 800 dollars with Orient Company.
Brother Nutter preached from Genesis 32 28 and the choir sang. J T Carter performed Just One Touch. Marion Everett returned home after visiting his Philadelphia brother. Elwood Ross and Albert Brown of Wilmington visited friends. Mrs Martha Roberts of Ridgely visits Nathaniel Bowen. Newton Pippin and wife visited T J Pippin. J K Knotts is recovering from illness. May Fallowfield of Chester Town visits Topsy Fallowfield. John Hannan returns from Dover. J Harry Temple spent Sunday with friends. Lemuel Sherwood returns to Selma Ind. Dora Montague of Henderson visits S C Faulkner. Etta Rash visits her mother. Physicians busy locally. Geo Davis visits friends in town.
At a December meeting of the Preston literary society a proposal was made to form a town library from the club’s winter books and to build a Preston Library within town limits. A library committee was appointed and funds raised by the Preston Dramatic Association for a town hall may be absorbed for the project. Treasurer Joseph J. Douglass holds about fifty to one hundred dollars ready to aid the original purpose. Citizens are urged to support a town hall with a Preston Library and reading room inside.
The contract for enlarging the creamery to accommodate a new shirt factory operation has been awarded to Fluharty and Gambrill. Work starts immediately with hopes machines run by March first. Fifty machines to be installed and operators secured.
The Hickman literary society met last Saturday at J. W. Peters store. Lillian Greene elected journalist. Debate on Compulsory Education favors the negative. Next topic: Conscience as a true guide. Disputants named. M. N. Vanscoy to conduct class meeting at church Sunday. Sunday School 9 30 a. m. Will Carey, burned in Christmas fire, able to work again.
Miss Anna M Christopher guests at cousin Mrs Andrew Towers Gilpins Point. Mrs Charles T Burkett convalescent from typhoid fever. Mr William R Perry still ill. School friends visit Friday. school praised. Robert L Walker returns home from visit to cousin Harry Walker in Rigdely. Protracted meetings begin next Sunday evening. Notice to Growers contracting 100 acres of Tomatoes at 6 per ton to deliver at Denton in 1898 season. L B Towers
The court heard the Anderson versus Anderson case the trial ended and the decision was reserved. Wm G Anderson, eldest son, claims the estate was intended for him via his father’s remarks and through a deed naming his son as heir. Defendants argue the elder was provisioned by personal property and accuse laches. The case draws wide local interest due to the legal subtleties and rare facts.
A Hillsboro meeting for interested natives to organize a Council of United American Mechanics is set for Saturday evening. George Stewart will present order details while Harry Thompson has just acquired a large carriage repository and stable. Mrs. Beaven has returned from Philadelphia and Dover after visiting Friends. School attendance is rising after a first quarter epidemic decline. William Wooters and Lena Williamson wed at the M. I. parsonage with Rev. Carpenter officiating.
Bayless Bros tomato packers contracted for a large acreage of tomatoes at six dollars per ton at Barclay last Monday. Dr W F Corkran, presiding elder of Easton district, M E Church, preached at this place last Sunday and at Henderson in the evening. Elwood Walls, 14, broke his arm playing ball last Thursday. Dr J E Graham set it. Mr J F Straughn has been sick but is improving. An advertisement for Chamberlain's Pain Balm praises relief from fever back pain and rheumatism. sold by W E Brown Denton Hugh Duffey Hillsboro R J Colston Ridgely.
Hon George S Redden introduced a bill to refund 112 62 to the Satterfield executors. Senator Norwood proposed a plan to equalize colored and white schools by relaxing attendance thresholds. Citizens of Trappe push a 15000 bond for a Trappe to Delaware and Chesapeake road. Other notes include library clerk transfers, new House door keeper, courthouse remodel, bond authorizations, and an assistant State Librarian appointment.
Rev John E Smith of Philadelphia will hold four lectures starting February 28 on conversion doctrine Christian Perfection and Emanuel Swedenborg. Other events include German Baptist immersion at Wilsons mill pond and revival services at the M E Church with large crowds.
Orphans Court session shows guardians and administrators presenting accounts and family estate actions including the reception of a new administrator for Richard J. Shields and a release recorded. Separately a Baltimore fruit growers meeting aims to secure a State horticulturist and organize statewide efforts with committees on Legislation, State Organization, and Ways and Means. Lloyd strawberry plants advertised by H. E. Viv en, Bridgeville.
Real estate transfers recorded this month list numerous deeds with acres and districts, including transfers to James H. Butler, William Dennison, Ella G. Peters, Silas E. Story, and many others, with amounts ranging from nominal to $37,000. Marriage licenses issued include Charles W. Melvin to Edith Sanders and William Cannon to Lizzie Curry, among many others.
The first regular train to Lewes over the Queen Annes Railroad will run Monday. Sun notes possible Baltimore to Lewes trips in about four hours including the Bay crossing to Queens Town. Two trains daily now with future increases planned for the excursion season. Separate notes on peach belt infestation, Talbot roads, bank officers, sidewalk improvements, walnut timber exports, clothing ads, grain sales, and a Baltimore production of The Old Homestead at the Academy of Music with Thomp son and others.
Judge Louis E. McComas won Maryland's United States Senate seat on the tenth ballot in a heated contest. The Sixth district combine backed by the administration clashed with Baltimore interests, as Republican delegates debated loyalties to party leadership and local protection. The election, expected after a late caucus, ended with several votes for Major Shaw while McComas secured decisive support from key lawmakers.
Griffinberg Bros announce purchase of the Denton Bridge creamery and begin operations on February 1. Farmers are asked to bring milk, with payment at the highest market price.
A child asks where the night goes when daytime arrives, prompting a terse exchange with his father about day and night. The dialogue captures a simple family moment exploring nature.
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