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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1906
Page
3
The Centreville High School ball club visited Denton and lost to Caroline High School 5 to 2. Local notes report wheat yields, various ads, and church events including Whit Sunday services and the new rectory at Christ Church.
Market notes show Qinney fruit strong with New York buyers bidding 10 to 16 cents. Ridgely shipments reach about twenty cars daily, with most goods sent to Pittsburg Providence Boston and New York. Sunday schedule began May 27 with Ridgely north at 8 40 a m and south at 3 3 p m. outlook bright with twenty tickets sold locally. Obituary notes: Mr Burton Malls died at home on Maple Ave after a weeks illness. Community life covers school closings and social visits, plus numerous farms, rail and ice plant updates.
Town officials face final tally before election while voters ready for re election. Notables include Sir Gilbert Mergin from Maryland University visiting relatives in Denton, and Dr Mergin touring with local residents. Commencement events unfold at Westminster Seminary and various local churches with Governor Warfield and other dignitaries in attendance. Local sports and student activities noted alongside decoration plans and a town wide invitation to civic events.
In Wemerkain a sad loving notice honors J Lester Welch who died May 15 1900 at age 6 years five months Pitying angels bring comfort and prayerful hopes for reunion in Heaven as grieving family mourns their loss
A Sunday school lesson on the Gentile woman's faith explores her plea to Jesus for her demon afflicted daughter, noting faith, patience, and perseverance under distress. The piece ties the biblical account to modern prayer for children and emphasizes trust that Christ answers in His timing. A thunderstorm in Preston causes damage and local updates follow.
Property transfers reported include Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Stewart selling their Main street home to Miss Ida J. Mellvaine for 3500 dollars. J. F. Porter sold a small Denton area farm to M. P. Allen for 4000 dollars. J. Frank Booth bought a 100 acre Denton district farm on the Denton Hillsboro road for 6100 dollars. Ollie Bloxsom of Philadelphia purchased the Furman farm at Tuckahoo News for 5000 dollars.
Obituaries report the deaths of William C Fields in Pikesville near Baltimore and Orville Parker in Philadelphia, with funeral details in Denton. Arthur W Williamson dies at 38 in Denton. widow listed. The Ridgeley Fruit Growers announce two weeks of strawberry shipments and a plan to establish a Ridgely fruit market akin to Bridgeville, expecting continued shipments through early fall.
The rail road shops are likely to be moved to Denton following the busy summer period. The company may spend about $5,000 immediately and $10,000 more for new buildings and improvements. Denton would become the Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway headquarters with offices for the trainmaster, master mechanic, and dispatcher. Currently 20 to 25 men work in the shops, with numbers fluctuating seasonally.
Hi D Williams of Vermillion received a patent for a shut out device to stop rubbering on party telephone lines. The invention enables only the called party to hear a conversation, preventing others on the shared line from listening in. This addresses a major nuisance where ringing or calling would connect all phones on the line.
Matrimonial and personal notices list the marriage of Mr Glenn Spicher and Miss Laura May LeCompte at the bride’s mother’s home in Greensboro Station. officiated by Rev W O Slurst. After luncheon the couple left for points north. Other items note relocations, graduations, and visits of local residents including E J Melvin, H Wilson Saulsbury, Roy Clark Smith, and Miss Fannie Bernard among others.
Caroline Council No 175 Jr O U A M notes the death of Zeb T Hutchinson a longtime member. The council honors his energy perseverance cheerful disposition and sturdy worth and drapes its charter thirty days. Sympathy offered to his widow and family with minutes and notices to be published.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday, Charles S. Meredith presented a final receipt and release for his ward Charles E. Fleming, approved. Charles A. Coulby, administrator of John O. Wilson, presented an approved inventory and appraisement of personal property. Mrs. Clara I Williamson applied for letters of administration on Arthur W Williamson. Executors William Pennington and Eugene Bonwill presented rents, first administration account, and distribution of William Pennington's estate. District managers to post signs and distribute samples. salary listed as 18 dollars weekly and 3 dollars per day for expenses. State age and present employment noted. references to IpEAL Sugar Co., 39 Randolph St., Chicago.
National Life proclaims moderation in pay, arguing reasonable salaries for 95 Home Office staff cost over 25000 less in 1904 than a single presidential salary elsewhere. It defends pension lists as indefensible and says funds should buy true service for the insured.
The fragment notes Burnet and Saulsbury at 304 Equitable Building in Wilhington Delaware. No further context or events are present in the readable text.
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