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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1911
Page
5
The Denton area reports crane accident injuring Enoch George, farm sales near Denton and Greensburg, hospital need discussions, and public notices. Attwood the aviator may pass near Denton while convicts escape Camden Station. local weather, fire warnings, and farm updates fill the page.
A long list of Miss Mary Jones Fisher and Miss Nannie Thompson visiting relatives in Denton after teaching in Madrid. Numerous friends and relatives from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Seattle, West Virginia, and other places are noted as guests, visitors, or travelers in Denton and nearby towns during the week and holiday period. names include Brumbaughs, Holt, Lacy, Murchison, Roe, Emerson, Green, Downes, Knapp, Vosmus, DeFord, Redden, Shields, Williams, and many others from prior pages.
Two steamers left Haltimore for Claiborne on Saturday carrying a vast Fourth of July crowd to Ocean City and other shore destinations. Over two thousand passengers were landed at Claiborne with hundreds more remaining aboard for the round trip. Travel from Baltimore to Reho also ran heavy with cars filled to capacity.
A severe storm swept Ridgely and Cordova causing uprooted trees and a barn fire at Charles Hopkins residence where six horses were inside. five perished. Lightning also struck nearby houses on the Dukes farm injuring two children and a man but recovery expected. Farmers fear crop losses as corn tassels and silks emerge amid drought, with rains needed. Local residents visited nearby towns for Fourth of July activities with generally peaceful, alcohol-free celebrations.
Mrs. John O. Pippin died at her Henderson home Friday after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Thomas Given at the home, with interment at the family burying ground near town. The report notes several visiting relatives and local social visits involving residents of Henderson, Ridgely, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Cheswold, Clayton, and New York City.
Two Johns, Mr and Mrs Minos Allen and children from Bridgeville Delaware, visited Mr and Mrs G W Towers on Sunday with their car. Mr and Mrs Rawlings and children from Wilmington are visiting Mrs Rawlings grandmother Mrs John Quillen. Miss Kathryne Floyd returned home after time with Miss Maude Trice. Mr C L Towers visits sister Mrs W B Cooke in Baltimore. Mr Roland Towers was a guest of Harrington friends.
Assessors completed county wide valuation with a base of 10 450 963 up 4 090 664 from last year, a 62 percent rise concentrated in districts one two and four. County levy set at one dollar classing revenue over 104 000 with local 20 percent road funding up about eight thousand dollars and school appropriation rising six thousand dollars. Listed appropriations follow with many county offices and projects funded. notes on residents visiting locally and from afar conclude the piece as wheat machining ends in the area.
Sunday gatherings marked by visits among Daffin Collins Williamson and Bates families. Childrens Day service in Nichols drew crowd and praise. Ladies Aid Williamsburg cir cuit to meet in Friendship grove July 76th. Captioned notes: Covey paints home. Swanegar returns from Talbot. Wheat threshing near finish. Faulkner buys Nichols house. Fire razes Ja T Hopkins barn near Cordova with crop and five horses lost. origin unknown. Rev T A H O'Brien family summering at Rehoboth.
Misses Cora Noble and Virgie Williams return from Brad dock Heights after the State Teachers Association. Families from Seaford Cambridge Philadelphia Hartley Dover Ridgely and Wilmington visit relatives and friends in Federalsburg and nearby towns. Local residents attend the Cambridge baseball game and enjoy Fourth of July gatherings as multiple visitors are noted across the region.
The Fourth passed quietly in the area with residents at Clayton races or a Beterton picnic on the church green. Fireworks delighted children as several locals traveled to Tolchester. The season’s heat and lack of rain left pastures bare and early corn at risk, while blackberry shipments and yard improvements marked local activity. Notable visits included Prof. Shorts from Trenton and James Saunders from Cumberland, with social calls among Legates, Boyer, and Jarman families.
A series of social visits are reported with residents from Wilmington Sadlersville Queen Anne and Baltimore hosting and visiting relatives and friends. Names include Warner Brashears Walter Stevens Paul Knotts Herbert Beaven John Clark Walter Boyer Elizabeth Stewart Gladys Gale Elizabeth Carraw Asbury Sharp Nellie Lang and Norman Clarke with travel to Baltimore and other nearby communities.
Necrological notes report William D. Smith of Church Hill dies after long illness at 74. He served as a Democrat leader, House of Delegates member, and County Commissioner, with a life devoted to agriculture. Surviving wife and seven children. Funeral arrangements not stated.
Crowds from town and country filled Denton for the East Denton carnival with motor and carriage parades, a flag drill, a garland drill, and juvenile and adult entertainments. Prizes went to Eugene Anderson and O W Downes for the parade. baby and doll parades drew prizes. A Philadelphia singer Mrs Dr Hammond performed as a soloist and the band played. substantial receipts pleased promoters.
County teachers will take special pedagogy courses at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins in summer programs. Centreville Observer prizes reward Queen Anne's county teachers Eva Jane Garey and Marie Anthony for efficient work, with Garey winning six world history books and Anthony a dictionary and stand.
Samuel L West born 1869 in this county rose from Baltimore street car conductor to Claim Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. He served on Baltimore City Council, championed the West segregation enactment and is praised for public service and potential Congressional run. His family resides on Woodbrook avenue with a son entering Baltimore City College.
Judge Burke concurs with Judge Hopper that the bank had no notice of the trust in the funds behind the disputed check and rejects applying the tracing trust doctrine. The case centers on whether the bank knew the funds were trust property when crediting the check to an individual account. The matter hinges on fact-finding about notice and ownership at the time of the transaction.
In Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood approved a list of debts and the first and final account of administration for Elizabeth D. Nuttle. Garey Jr was named guardian for Everett H Garey. Dawson estate inventory was approved and a decree to appoint Harvey L Cooper to sell the real estate was granted.
Across the middle West to the Atlantic coast a blistering sun pushed the thermometer past the hundred mark in many places. In Denton many thermometers reached 100 or higher. For five days afterward the mercury remained near 100.
Cream colored postal cards printed in red ink will replace the black ink designs. The government plans to spend about $65 this year on the decorative update. At a meeting of the Eastern Shore liverymen last week, higher team rates were approved due to rising food costs, affecting all livery stables on the Shore.
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