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Items from Denton County compiled for Saturday morning July 5, 1913. Local happenings, arrivals, weather notes, and community notes reflect rural life and small-town events typical of the period.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
5
Items from Denton County compiled for Saturday morning July 5, 1913. Local happenings, arrivals, weather notes, and community notes reflect rural life and small-town events typical of the period.
A mix of town affairs reports includes price notices for wheat and eggs, property sales in Dover Greensboro and Denton, and a water tank cleaning. It notes a legal holiday with bank closures, a jail lock up for liquor selling, and a severe storm damage to crops. Also covers a death inquest, charity events, and eccentric horticultural experiments in Western Maryland.
Large crowd gathered at the Brick Hotel on Saturday for its formal reopening after improvements. Proprietor Wright hosted guests and Cox's orchestra provided music in the dining room with dancing from 8 30 to 11 30. Notable attendees included many local families and visiting friends, plus a quiet Saturday wedding at First Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore.
Richard T. Carter died at his home after a long illness from diabetes, unexpected after a period of improvement. Funeral services were held Monday at the M E Church with Masonic honors. Born July 29, 1857, he lived near Venton, attended Dickinson Seminary, worked at Denton National Bank, and later farmed. he married Carrie Sigler in 1886 and leaves daughter Annie S. Carter and his mother Mrs Sarah E. Carter.
On June 2 a new M. D. V. train adds service from Downes to Rehoboth at 10:10 a.m. Sundays and 8:43 a.m. other days, and to Love Point at 7:50 p.m. Sundays and 7:13 p.m. other days. The 10:53 Sunday train will not stop for Rehoboth passengers, and the 6:36 Sunday and 6:42 weekday trains will stop for Baltimore passengers only. Schedule valid through August. Local notes: a Baptist Ladies Aid festival raised about $12, Roy Skinner’s child died and was buried at Centreville. Mrs. Annie Bromley visits. M. E. Church raised $400 to clear debt. Armenian Mr. Simon collecting for an orphanage. Electric storms cut wires. Local fishing, society meetings, and sports results noted.
Hobbs and surrounding communities report a runaway incident near the station involving Mr. Herman Miller's team and two children, with injuries to Miller. The week also notes travel by Mr. Ernest Whitman to Greensboro en route to Philadelphia, hospital visits in Baltimore, and various local family visits and recreations among residents and out-of-town guests.
Preston reports Mrs. Helen and Miss Mary Parker depart for Brooklyn for two weeks to attend the wedding of Oscar D. Parker in the Navy. Veterans attended the Gettysburg encampment for the fiftieth anniversary. Wheat threshing yields below average with good straw growth. Various residents visit relatives, attend schools, or enjoy fishing trips in nearby states.
The message notes wind and hail damaging crops in the area, reports rapid progress on the State road, and says the new canning-house will soon be completed. The terse items reflect a local progress bulletin with no further details.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company has bought controlling interest in the Farmers and Merchants Telephone Company serving Caroline Talbot Queen Anne's and parts of Kent counties. The sale ratified by the Public Service Commission on June 24th, 1 321 shares at 45 dollars each. New officers include President M H Buehler and Vice President S M Greer with H M Thompson retained as general manager. The move aims to consolidate local and regional telephone operations for improved service.
The gasoline barge Delta under Captain John Rittenhouse bound for Seaford, Del. loaded with lumber caught fire July 1 and sank in ten feet of water. Nearby, wheat losses from lightning were reported by Mr Norman Vanscoy and Mr Charles Wright. Local social notes mention visits, gatherings, and a town council plan to sprinkle streets daily during heat. Senator Goslin improves slightly amid weekly updates.
Mr and Mrs R B Thompson and other Thomspons visited Dover and St Louis as Hillsboro and Queen Anne youths hosted a Friday June 29 dance. Several families journeyed to Stevensville, Baltimore and Annapolis while guests and relatives visited from Washington and Dover, with multiple trips reported among Chas Dean Chas Stewart Jarrell Branford and Holbrook families.
Smithville social notes report visits by Mr and Mrs William Parker and guests including Denton residents Mr and Mrs W B Parker and Burton. John W Sutherland attends Gettysburg reunion for fiftieth anniversary. E E Nuttle of Federalsburg visits Parker home. funeral of Mrs Fred Robinson at Bloomery M E Church. Russell Savage from Philadelphia visits uncle Garey Hubbard. two horses of William Keel killed in Friday storm. William Pennypacker and Herbert Bullock hosts. Nellie Adams visits Milford friends.
After a week with Mr Harvey Collins Mr Howard Covey returned to Brandywine Summit Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs Harry Murphy returned to Salisbury after visiting Mr and Mrs William Murphy. Mr C Garvey spends this week at Gettysburg attending the soldiers reunion. Mr and Mrs Edward Lord were guests of Federalsburg relatives on Sunday.
County Commissioners fixed the county tax rate at one dollar per hundred for the new fiscal year and kept the basis of taxation at ten million seven hundred forty-six thousand four hundred eighty-eight dollars. State tax rate stands at thirty-one cents. The forecasted appropriations cover state and county offices, courts, bridges, roads, schools, public services, bonds, interest, and various fees totaling 107,464 48 dollars.
Harvey L. Cooper trustee conducted a Tuesday public sale of the LB. Gootee Stevens property. Nine tracts changed hands for amounts ranging from 85 to 6,775 dollars. Notable buyers included J. H. Nichols, H. Earle Smith, Henry W. Hughes, Wm. D. Uhler, Hayes & Murphy, C. W. Hobbs, and Henry R. Lewis. The lot containing the church was bought by Lewis for 152 dollars and may soon host a Methodist Church after ratification.
Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens sat at Tuesday session. Administrators presented receipts and releases from George and Frampton, distributees, for record. Executors granted letters testamentary for Marion Starkey. bonds and notices handled. Appraisers named. inventories ordered recorded. Wednesday special session heard petition to revoke Ziegler will with decision reserved to July 8.
The School Board on Tuesday announced appointments for Bertha Shull at Goldsboro Mabel Baker at Edinburg Ethel Cade at Greensboro Elsie Lee Roe at Williston Ursula Slaughter at Willoughby Alice Williams at Hynson Eva Williams Ethel Gantt at Preston Pauline Goslee at Nichols Stella Matthews appointed principal Lora Lynch as Ridgely Primary assistant Cecille Parks Miriam Clark to Ridgely High. Scholarships include St Johns Annapolis C R Mowbray Federalsburg Blue Ridge College Edna Evelyn Davis Federalsburg State Normal Baltimore Annie W Voss Mary Clark Denton Bertie Harding Preston Pauline Wiley Myrtle Breeding Florence Breeding Ridgely.
Greensboro celebrated the Fourth with a morning parade from the Riverside Hotel led by Boy Scouts, with Campfire Girls and Edge team novelty drawn by a troop dog. The procession included Smith and Mitchell teams, regalia outfits, and local and visiting baseball squads, ending at No. 30 ball grounds. Injuries included James Harrington bruising after a freight-car accident and Scoutmaster Skull injuring his foot on a nail. W. H. Malcolm returns home from college due to his mother’s illness, and Charles and Mrs. Clark visit town.
Mr and Mrs William Croll and Blanche and Miss Minnie Hughes visited Bethel Sunday and attended services at Wesley M E Church. Threshing wheat is under way with crops reported good though grain quality poor. Other visits included Baltimore trips by Mrs Croll and Blanche and Miss Hughes, J H Lowe and niece Thelma Robinson from Love Point, Pauline Fountain visiting aunt Mrs Ralph Nichols in Greensboro, Grace Baynard from Wilmington visiting grandparents, and Philadelphia relatives Mr Clinton Breeding and infant son convalescing. Master Wesley Cleaves of Philadelphia visiting relatives, with Mrs J B Hamilton ill and Stewart Hayman slightly improved.
Trustees urged adding another room to ease primary crowding as up to twenty five more beginners may enroll. Mrs. G. W. C. Johnson and daughter Evelyn return from a ten day trip visiting Snow Hill Berlin and Ocean City. Apples raspberries and blackberries are shipped slowly at good prices. Mrs. W. T. Jarman aids sister Mrs. Robert F. Vain, paralyzed. Mrs. E. J. Boyce and son stay with W. T. Jarman. Wheat damaged by heavy rains worries farmers. W. C. Todd house struck during storm. LB. Todd unconscious briefly. Mrs. Howard Sullivan visits Baltimore. Mrs. T. L. Chaffinch helps nurse Arringdale ill at Harmony. Mrs. Grace Todd and Kathleen visit Federalsburg. Esta Roe and Marjorie Todd visit Adeline Fisher. Farmers threshing as whistles blow. Reba Rice visits aunt Mrs. H. P. Sullivan in Baltimore.
The Princess Anne Marylander sharply disputes a Baltimore American publication claiming Joshua W. Miles applied for a Revenue Department appointment and narrowly missed it. Miles states he never sought such an post and believes the President had no such plan for him.
The record lists jurors drawn for the October term by district, naming numerous individuals under First through Eighth Districts with many spellings, initials, and occasional nicknames. Judges Adkins and Hlopper preside in the chancery form of the circuit court as jurors are designated.
Colliers Weekly argues bare land in the United States is worth about forty to fifty billion dollars while improvements add roughly the same. Population drives land value, not owner effort, and as tenancy grows the public should claim the increment rather than a shrinking few.
The Postoffice Department requires prompt delivery of second class mail, especially daily newspapers, with newspaper bags marked for priority even with other mail. Parcels post can be charged on delivery, ordinary stamps allowed on parcels, and back-stamping is abolished to hasten mail distribution.
Ida Mildred Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Adams died Saturday June 28 1913 aged nine months The poem describes her as a lovely bud so young so fair called forth by early doom and a flower in Paradise Grandma marks the notice with sentiment.
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