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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1906
Page
3
The Levy Court schedules a meeting for July seventeenth. An Orphans' Court session is also set for July seventeenth. A school board meeting is listed for July seventeenth. Local officials urge attendance and note agenda items include routine business.
Notes on jail excavations taxes and church events. local forces appoint a constable. plans for a new store and furniture factory. steamer Vesper schedules. peaches crop estimate. old steamer Pentz sinks. upcoming horse races at Denton Driving Park. ordination at Christ Church with Bishop Adams.
Delegates from nine Maryland Eastern Shore counties met at the Atlantic Hotel in Ocean City and unanimously re nominated Congressman Thomas A. Smith. The Durham party platform urged tariff reduction to a revenue basis, denounced election bribery, and endorsed Smith. ex-Governor John Walter Smith attended, applauded Smith’s renomination. Smith, born 1850 in Greenwood Delaware, outlined Democratic stance and cited wealth influence on national politics. He previously served in Caroline County School Commission, State Senate, and Congress since 1904 with reelection margin over 500.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday G Lacey Stevens, administrator of Eliza A Williamson, presented a second account of sales which was approved. Henry R Lewis, executor and trustee, reported on the sale of Mary J Vosmus real estate with ratification ordered. Letters of administration on Rhod A Elliott personal estate granted to Ada Chambers and Thomas H Chambers. Bond filed and approved. Edward E Nuttle and Thomas J Williams appointed to appraise the personal estate. Notice to creditors ordered. William M Brown will deposited for probate by Henry R Lewis, custodian. Carline Roe and Elmer W Deen presented an account of sales for Edward Roe deceased.
A notice promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Douglass Drug Store and A Li Duffey in Hillsboro. The ad ends with a subscription pitch for the JourNAL.
A party of ten young people from the area enjoyed a crabbing excursion to Wye Landing on Wednesday, catching many crabs and reporting they were well pleased with the trip. The community saw a stream of visits and social events as ministers, families, and friends circulated between towns such as Easton and Baltimore with church engagements and vacations noted throughout the week.
Mrs Wm Koenamann and children return to Philadelphia after two months with Mr and Mrs M B Smith near town. Mrs Thomas Downham and daughter return to Wyoming Del from visit with Mrs Cahall. Mr and Mrs Harry Layton and daughter Catherine visit Mrs Layton's mother. Mrs William Pedrick and son Milton and Mrs Alex Dill visit Mr Robert H Dill. Mr William Edge and Miss Ida Seward wed at M P Parsonage by Rev H S Johnson. Mrs Fred Hopkins and Mrs Coursey Hammond visit mother Mrs M E Thawley. Mrs Wm Turner and children return from Queen Anne county. Mrs Mary Parris of Philadelphia visits mother Mrs James Voss. Mrs E E Russell improving after illness. Misses Anna Price and Effa Hurd attend Summer School for Teachers in Dover Del. Burton Raughiey Arlington Bullock James W Hopkins on sick list. Rev A A Bichell spends ten days at Mountain Lake Park. Miss Elliott of Milford visits Miss Althea Melvin.
Mr A L Morris of Elkton and Miss Mary Ellen Conner of this place married July 3 at the M E parsonage in Denton by Rev A C McGilton. They have returned from their wedding trip and are at Elkton. The bride was a known modiste in Queen Anne business. the groom is a successful Elkton businessman.
Concord reports that Messrs Herbert and Clarence Beauchamp and Rev 8 P Shipman visited Baltimore this week. Miss Edna Shipman returned last Saturday from visits with Baltimore and Kent Island friends. The new parsonage is complete and the pastor and family will soon occupy it. For sale twenty shares Anklam Manufacturing Co stack apply to J H Loux Denton Md.
A devotional analysis of Luke 10 25 37 urging practical Christian mercy. It contrasts the lawyer's trap with the Samaritan example, emphasizes honest motive in seeking eternal life and stresses neighborly aid to all in need, regardless of status or background. KE H Schloeman advertises selling many fine young horses at Denton next Tuesday.
A Delawarean visitor writes on Caroline County noting its mix of sandy and cultivated lands and praising Tuckahoe Neck style farming around Preston and Bethlehem. He highlights county finances roads and a new $20,000 jail in Denton, plus fast growing towns Greensboro Hillsboro Ridgely Preston Federalsburg. The news also lists many social visits and promotions among Chesapeake steamer captains and local residents visiting from Philadelphia Hoboken Baltimore and New York with several households and individuals named in a social notes section.
The Baltimore Sun notes the state election is a year away with Governor and Legislature choice shaping the path to selecting two U.S. Senators. Democratic contenders include former Governor Frank Brown and others, while Republicans consider figures like Thomas J. Shryock, the current Police Commissioner, as potential nominees.
Mrs Emma Sipple Horsey died January 24 1905 born November 25 1831 near Willow Grove Delaware Married Zebdial Horsey in June 1860 Seaford Delaware Survived by husband and five children described as a faithful wife and mother and devout church member Her death followed protracted illness but is described as triumphant with hopeful religious reflections and verses urging memory as ointment poured forth and reunion in Heaven by J T Vax Burxa Low
Do not travel without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. Water and diet changes can jar the bowels, and this remedy is especially intended for such troubles. Not sold on board cars or steamships. For sale by Douglass Drug Store and A. L. Duffey in Hillsboro.
The ad lists wallpaper at eight cents per piece and window shades at twenty cents each. Thomas and Messer located at 1015 West Baltimore Street in Baltimore promotes lower prices on home decor items.
Nearly forty years have fled since the grand tournament of 66 near Denton. An event is announced for Thursday August 2d drawing memory to mind JOURNAL readers. The coming journey will likely far excel that of the long ago in contestants pageantry and features bringing people from Caroline and nearby counties and beyond the State borders to Den ton on that great day.
Mrs. Matilda Hoffman widow of Paul J. Hoffman died at her Ridgely area home Tuesday of last week aged 77. Funeral held at the house Friday with Rev. E. L. Coblentz officiating. Interment in Greensboro. she moved to Caroline county years ago and had many friends in Ridgely and Greensboro.
Mr E A Cobey long time local merchant and former school principal departs for Washington to study law with sister Carrie Cobey accompanying him. Euphenia Charles dies at Bridge Street home. Burial Tuesday. Survived by brother James A Charles of Colorado and sister Lucy of town. Nine girls travel to Reho for a week under Mrs Charles Lewis. Schooner Wm Maguire arrives with bricks for new houses. J T Mowbray returns from Cambridge Hospital still not well. Hix Long family and Smith visit Sullivan home. Milton Cox and Lelia Cox visit Lizzie Cox Davis in Delaware. Beauchamp family ill list. Wheat thrashing halted by heavy rains.
Report notes a bridge failure near Henderson last Friday afternoon sending a wagon and team into the water. Driver Clene White escaped with minor bruises while one horse died instantly and the other was slightly hurt. Local visitors George Wright and Cookman James from Aberdeen arrive to install a new boilery at the cannery. Several locals plan summer travel and visits to New York Philadelphia Lake George and Pennsylvania with family.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Pearson and children spent Sunday at Easton with the latter's parents. Mrs Wm H Cohee and daughter Miss Jessie are spending several days in Baltimore this week. Mrs H G Cohee of Baltimore has been visiting Mrs Wm H Cohee for several weeks. Mrs H G Cohee and Miss Florence Cohee spent two days at Concord last week. Heavy rains recently hindered farmers in cultivating crops. Farmers finished cutting wheat and several have threshed. Mr Lewis Engle spent a few days with his parents last week.
Mrs Hattie Simpson and daughter Helen visit her parents Mr and Mrs Wh Collins. Rev Edward Collins and family of Marydel visit Mr and Mrs Wm Collins. Miss Elsie Blades of Baltimore visits her parents Mr and Mrs O C Blades. Mr and Mrs C E Andrews visit Cordova relatives. Master Harvey Horsey of Easton visits Mrs Lawrence Blades. Miss Lillie Rumbold spent days in Baltimore. Mrs Martha Embury is on the sick list.
Mr. George R. Percy, former Maryland legislator, filed a writ before Justice Turpin in Salisbury against the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway and conductor Frank Bowen for failure to observe the Jim Crown law on the Ocean City to Baltimore early morning express. The writs, issued Saturday and to be served by Sheriff Bradley, set the case for Monday at two o'clock.
In memory of our dear grandmother Martha E Beck who died July 9 1906 aged 64 years. Poem expresses loss and hope of meeting again in heaven. Signed by Her Grandchildren M F C Graspaaueter.
Baltimore observers report a flamboyant kindergarten froebel play led by Ada L Scott with Dr M Bates Stephens and Dr Alexander Chaplain among the audience. Educators from the Maryland State Board of Education joined a symbolic Fourth of July inspired performance, dancing and skipping with theatrical bravura.
A ceramic engineering representative toured Denton and spoke of the widespread use of concrete blocks in Midwest construction. Governor Warfield has not signed the death warrant for William Lee and officials may conceal the execution date to prevent a lynching. The note also includes local ads for photograph supplies, late hours, and wagon sales in Farmington, Delaware.
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