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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1902
Page
3
Wheat and watermelons move to market as Denton taps rush of construction materials and bank status. Notices announce scholarships and local elections for Caroline Council Jr. O U A M. A dozen topics cover fires, crops, smallpox cases, deaths, bridges, and gatherings.
Capitalists in Baltimore and beyond plan to develop three Susquehanna power houses along the river about 16 miles from Baltimore. The project aims to gain 120 feet of total fall across the trio of plants, each producing 40 feet. The generated power would run millions of machinery wheels and drive Baltimore’s electric cars.
Mrs. Carroll visits daughter Mrs. Lillian Murphy in Andersontown. Mr. and Mrs. Wm T Thawley visited Thawley's aunt Mrs. Bell Layton near Vernon last Saturday.
Mrs. Gertrude Shelton returns to Wilmington from her parents' home. G F Jensen comes back to his New York area home after visiting his sons. P O S of A officers installed in Md Washington Camp No 35. Various residents including Miss Bessie Gooden Miss Sara Watson Miss Emma Frazier and Miss Annie Jump visit relatives or host guests in town. Peaches are shipped daily from the station. Rev O T Baynard spends Wednesday in Kenton.
Top wheat reporters include J B Todd with 1656 bushels from 34 acres and Captain Carmine with 1300, O C Blades 954 from 34, Levi Voshell Jr 77 from 33, Levi Voshell Sr 668 from 30, James Cox 820 and Eugene Coulbourn 717 bushels. Miss Erlion England of Butler visits. Miss Susie Collins, school principal, hosted by Bertha Blades. Luther Blades of Atlantic City visits parents Owen C Blades. Walter M Wright adds a fountain to his front yard. Preparations continue for Ellwood camp this year.
M. J. T. Dennis of Preston has sold an interest in his large county store to Mr. Edgar Williamson. George Fletcher, Harvey Parrott, and Ralph Poole have traveled to Atlantic City to seek positions. Mrs. Lucetta Sisk returns from a month with her son Joseph F. Sisk in Cordova. Alex Williams of Washington visits J. Richard Phillips Jr. Miss Bessie Moore of Easton visits Preston friends. Miss Katie Smith visits relatives in Centreville.
Miss Lydian Davis, touring Worcester, Somerset and Wis comico counties, has returned home. Mrs Edward Davis and daughter Winnie of Cambridge stayed with relatives over Sunday. Mrs Clara Stowell Pattison and daughter Esther of Philadelphia visit friends. Dr Coleman, a dentist, was at Federalsburg Hotel Wednesday and Thursday. Mr and Mrs Rufus Noble went to Baltimore Wednesday morning.
Willow Grave J and Colby Smith and Son announce changes at their canning plant to boost capacity for the coming season. The plant now operates with electric lighting enabling night work amid a stronger tomato crop as wet weather delays fade and vines improve.
Mr and Mrs B H Emory and Mrs Margaret Emory widow of John H Emory have gone to Asheville NC accompanied by Mrs Emorys sister Mrs Mary E Palmer. Mrs Wm Evans and daughter Miss Ethel of Washington DC have been visiting Mrs Lucind Evans.
Mrs Arlington Harvey and her daughter Ruth have been visiting Mrs Harvey's parents Mr and Mrs T J Garrett. Mr and Mrs Hebron Outten have been visiting Mrs William Outten. Mr Tilghman Harvey has been on the sick list this week.
The Caroline Holiness Association commences its annual encampment at Pentecostal Grove with Rev. Be. A. Fergerson of Ohio in charge and Rev. Bud Robinson of Texas expected despite illness. The event marks the Peninsula’s first Dixieland style camp, with tents, meals, and strict sacred use.
Maryland lies south of the Mason Dixon line and residents across the Southland may enjoy a Georgia inspired verse from the Atlanta Constitution. The poem extols colonial roots and southern romance, mentioning amethyst mountains and rivers, and references to historical figures and places.
Harvey L Cooper bought the Robert Emmett Hardcastle property in the First district for 2025 dollars. The sale follows previous farm losses and a fire. Other sales include cabinet and blacksmith shops for 1200 dollars, school lands for grounds, and multiple farms sold across Denton Hillsboro road Ridgely Centreville and Federalsburg with prices ranging from 4000 to 7500 dollars.
Over a hundred fans rode a chartered train to Centreville for the second Denton Centreville baseball clash but saw Centreville extend its lead after a seventh inning rally. Denton pitcher Burris struggled with wild throws while Massey faltered on grounders. Centreville will host Denton again next Saturday. In Ridgely, Sudlersville topped the home club five to three as Gartside fanned eight in the early innings. Denton National Bank directors approve plans for a new Pompeian brick front building on Main and Second streets, with granite and slate details, to be erected soon. contract to be awarded after architect Davis completes blueprints.
A Tuesday fire in Federalsburg destroyed Charles Pratt's barn and residences of John W. Carroll Julia J. Wright and Nellie R. Dorsey, with ten thousand dollars in property loss. Sparks from high winds set a dozen buildings ablaze. Cambridge and Seaford fire companies and local residents fought the blaze until it was controlled by five o'clock. Insurance on the burned property estimated at about five thousand dollars.
In Douglass H. Thomas's spacious garden a single rare bloom is reported, a spectacle Nature may take a century to perfect and shows only once every hundred years, according to the Baltimore Sun.
A lively Hillsboro Queen Anne column details a successful Epworth League musical romance at the parsonage with a prize for quiz answers, proceeds of 12 dollars, and social squares. It lists sermons by Prof. E L Cross and Rev C W Smith, local visits, school and church notices, farm activity and upcoming excursions, with many residents visiting relatives in Philadelphia Baltimore Dover and Rehoboth.
Rehoboth buzzes over a bright white bathing suit on the beach while veterans and visitors like General Lockwood entertain at the Douglass House. William Tatman builds a 100 foot pier and runs a steam launch to Bethany Beach as canaling and pavilion upgrading proceed under Mr Rice. July 26 town election looms. Marriages include Miss Irene Garnette DeFord to Mr Julia James Beasley in North Carolina with a full wedding at Littleton, plus upcoming Dr Edgar Quigley Thawley and Miss Lenore Joss, and local nuptials of Thomas McCrea and Mamie Walls and William H Downes and Sallie Tribbett.
Alex Woolford colored admitted to bail on Saturday after an earlier arrest. Sheriff Dukes on Thursday conveyed Harvey Grimage colored to the House of Correction for a two month sentence for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. James Spence was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction for resisting an officer. fined five dollars and costs for carrying concealed weapons and convicted of wife beating, but the sheriff will administer the thrashing. Tilghman Frampton, authorized to preserve the peace on July Fourth, was fined one dollar and costs after a hearing for using his fists on John Lister. The accused remain in jail.
The July issue from 2faryland Templar quotes life guidance alphabetically: Attend to business details, be prompt, decide after careful thought, do right, endure trials, fight bravely, avoid vile society, keep integrity, injure no reputation, join virtuous company, curb evil thoughts, tell truth, make few acquaintances, avoid pretense, observe manners, pay debts, trust friends, heed parental counsel, sacrifice money over principle, avoid intoxicants, use leisure for improvement, avoid wrong, guard passions with kind salutations, stay hopeful, and zealously pursue the right.
H L Underwood of Middleborough Ky asks friends in Baltimore for a list and description of attractive salt water farms on Maryland's Western or Eastern Shore where boating sailing and fishing are possible. Denton Easton and Salisbury will soon have new post office buildings. The widow of Hon John W Crisfield died at Princess Anne last week. W E Broughton purchased a Poco moke City drug store. Post office work in Easton progresses rapidly. Maryland Odd Fellows held a reunion at Tolchester yesterday.
Mr L B Towers plans incorporation to build an electric light plant using a large mill stream two miles from Denton. An engineer says the water power can drive sizable dynamos, potentially over a hundred horsepower with two turbines after a dam raise. He seeks a liberal charter from town commissioners to attract capital, noting many Peninsula towns already have electric lights.
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