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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1905
Page
3
Items of news from all parts of the county solicit notices under this head. Circuit Court will meet June 26, Levy Court will meet July 11, Orphans' Court will meet July 11, Senior Board will meet July 11. Public business calendar.
Local store hours and closures for Fourth of July. New star-route mail carriers begin duties. Road work on Denton bridge completed. Miss Ida Mellvaine’s millinery closes on July 4. J W Smith assists in Bullock jewelry. Nuttle Hardware closed all day. Local produce market activity noted with fruit and eggs. The Vesper steamer increases trips. Grain prices at four cents per bushel. Rev Aloycius Green to preach on Annamessex charge. Denton painters busy. many houses recently painted. Hillsboro Church Ladies organize a Calendar Club. Driving park speed tests draw spectators. Easter eggs valued at 17 cents at Longfellow’s. Everagain offers reduced prices on men’s clothing. Obituaries: Mrs. Nehemiah E Clark died in Brooklyn hospital. Penton ball team defeats Queen Anne 5 to 3. Uncle Perry Thomas dies at about ninety. State Bar Association meeting at Hagerstown. Local real estate sales including Hoffman properties. Pasteral supply for Rev Tilghman Smith at Galt. Queenstown News reports a record rock catch by a New York angler. Greenwood race riot alarm and mob expulsion of black residents. Carter building progress and brick detailing. Funeral of Mrs Eliza Williamson. son and daughter survive. Matrimonial and personal notices including Siple Mancha and Mowbray wedding adjustments. Local railway mail and post office news. several residents listed with travels, visits, and social engagements. July 4 preparations include speaking, brass band, baseball games, and fireworks. Residents attend river outings, family visits, and summer travels.
Orphans court proceedings granted letters of administration to R Clarence Jackson on the estate of Robert H Jackson with bond filed and creditors to be notified. Appraisers Emory S Turpin and Clinton Cook were appointed to inventory the personal estate. inventories and appraisements approved. An executor presented an inventory and appraisement for Beniah Hevalow and an order to sell was granted. Accounts of sales approved. Executors Jopp and Dean presented receipts and releases from Jopp and Owens. an order to sell DeFord personal property granted. Mitchell presented an account of sales for Isaac Iu Mitchell. Wheeler guardians authorized to invest ward funds in mortgages.
Greensboro plans a Fourth program with swimming contests at 12:30 featuring four youths, free-for-all race, bicycle parade, flag drill by girls, and a Dr. A. W. Lightbourne oration at 2. A baseball doubleheader follows speeches, then an evening foot race, music, more flag drills and a fireworks display. Prof. Herman Smith marks 85th birthday with family. Also report Stayton parricide case details and a Sunday school lesson on Sennacherib’s invasion.
Henderson, Mrs Anna Williams returns home to Dover from visiting Mrs G W Carrow. Mrs Al Colgrove and two children from Greenwich Conn visiting her father Jas T Richards. Misses Olivia Coffin and Eva Pritchett at summer school in Dover. Mrs Foster Clark returns from Baltimore. Mr Al Smith of Wilmington visiting sister Mrs Rob Bill. Miss Mamie Goodwin and brother Dover visitors on Tuesday. Mr Jas Richards spent Tuesday in Philadelphia. Mrs Catharine Arrants on the sick list.
School Commissioners met on Tuesday with a Hickman delegation led by John son Morgan and Noble seeking county aid to open a joint Maryland Delaware school in Hickman. Delaware would supply a building and the board would share maintenance for local children. Miss S Eva Pritchett and Miss S Anita Smith were appointed assistant teachers at Goldsboro and Ridgely respectively.
An exchange suggests rubbing horse areas prone to flies with concentrated oil of rhododendron. Another remedy mixes assafoetida, one pound with vinegar, aided by washing to drive insects away. A decoction from smartweed boiled in water, cooled, and brushed on legs neck and body prevents flies for 24 hours.
Teething babies suffer diarrhea during summer months. Remedy is Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy mixed in sweetened water as directed. For sale by Douglass Dry Store and A. L. Duffey in Hillsboro.
Prices for sea piece gilt seapiece and window shades listed at 10145 W Baltimore Ave Baltimore. Thomas and Messer advertise latest patterns at 22e each with availability at their shop.
Ridgely hosts a gala day with two Federalsburg baseball games at 10 AM and 3 PM. Federalsburg brings top players to reclaim last year’s laurels. Night vaudeville, fireworks, and music by the Ridgely corner hand accompany refreshments served by local ladies.
Land transfers for June record many deeds with prices from 25 to 15900 dollars across districts. The October circuit court jurors list 150 taxables chosen by Judge Macartin, names by district, including Carroll, Towers, and Saulsbury among others.
On Sunday a murder shocked the town as Lewis Stayton was killed at his home Saturday night. A funeral was held Monday at the M. E. Church with interment in the family plot. Thunderstorm damaged a tree near R. H. Thawley's house. A buggy accident bruised Mrs. Sipple and Miss Helen. Marriage of Saulsbury Hobbs to Nettie Price occurred at the M. P. parsonage. Nettie Cahall visits from Philadelphia. Mrs. A. T. Porter and Addie visit relatives. P. Sparks and children in Denton friends this week.
In loving memory we recall our father Isaac W Mitchell who passed May 14 1903. Six weeks since death came swiftly. We miss his kind voice in morning and evening prayer. Our hearts remain heavy as we honor him and mother in eternal light.
In Ames on Sunday night a very large crowd attended the Children's service at the local church. Jonathan E. Towers rented his farm to Robert Willoughby. Houston Towers has been disabled by a sore knee.
Waleboro reports Dr. Miller takes Mrs. M. Elizabeth Fisher to a Philadelphia hospital for treatment. Also notes J. L. Fverngam offers many styles of ladies dress oxfords and slippers at greatly reduced prices this week.
Congressman Thomas A. Smith and Congressman William H. Jackson have a dispute requiring a decision by the House chief clerk on what may be printed in the Congressional Record. They must appear in Washington July 12 for the ruling, or the clerk will decide. Meanwhile Baltimore received the first Eastern Shore peaches, grown by W. W. Wilson of Rock Hall. the batch arrived a week earlier than last year and was richly colored and ripe. Eight eight-foot skeletons of prehistoric Indians were found along the Choptank River and are being restored at the Maryland Academy of Sciences. J. L. Evernham’s showcases new laces and edgings as summer stock. Ridgely hosts two Fourth of July games against Federalsburg. W. H. Anderson of Hughes Lumber and Coal Company is taking coal orders. Lawn and spring goods sales begin July 1 at J. L. Evernham’s.
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