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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1926
Page
4
Published weekly by Melvin and Johnson Incorporated with Benjamin H. Johnson as President and Treasurer and Benjamin F. Johnson as Vice-President and Secretary. Entered at the Denton post office as second class mail matter on Saturday morning June 5 1926.
Josephus Daniels cited at Juniata College commencement on training leaders for civil and religious life. He warned colleges risk materialism and urged graduates to pursue conviction driven service, referencing Wilson era reforms and Princeton remarks. The discourse framed education as nation building.
Caroline county officials and residents attended the first annual membership meeting and Tri State dinner in Salisbury. Senator Lawrence B. Towers was named Caroline county vice president and on the resolutions committee. Fred P. Adkins elected president for a year. The group plans permanent organization and county boards of governors.
About seventy five directors and employees from Dorchester and Caroline counties attended a banquet and meeting at the Parish House in Cambridge. Speakers included George W. Woolford, Ir. L. Edmunds, C. M. Freeman, J. G. Mills, and bank presidents Thomas S. Chambers Zarn H. Brinsfield and James A. Higgins. The event highlighted company growth, savings incentives, and the role of trust services, with emphasis on community development and the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association link.
Rural carriers from all sections of the Eastern Shore and patrons gathered in Millington to mark the first rural route at Millington established June 1, 1900. The Kent and Queen Annes Rural Letter Carriers Association held its annual meeting with officers elected, a history reading by W Irving Walker, and Norman A Wallen delivering a talk on twenty six years as a rural carrier. A banquet followed with speeches by Congressman Goldsborough and others, musical performances, and about 100 guests.
Local families and guests are listed visiting across Templeville and nearby towns. The report notes gatherings with A G Peacock and families from Jamaica, Chestertown, Ridgely, Millville, and Washington DC, plus multiple extended family visits and services schedule including Sunday School at 9:45 and preaching at 10:46.
A three week religious campaign continues with sober preaching and uplifting music. Professor Lucius A. Williams, a chemist from a lineage of atheists, will present From Atheism to Christ at Sunday afternoon services. Sunday night marks the final sermon by Dr. Cooke as crowds gather for the concluding union campaign in Laurel.
Tuesday session of the Orphans Court before Judges West Harper and Shawn transact matters. William B Trice administrator of Henry Francis Trice deceased led and had final account approved. Letters of administration granted pendente lite for Hannah T Elhen. Appraisers named J Walter Beauchamp and L N Stevens for Satterfield estate. Various notices, inventories, and sales orders filed. Stuart S Janney files candidacy for Democratic US Senate nomination.
Under a decree in William F. Andrews v H. Burdette Messenger et al circuit court, a receivers sale of parcels on the south side of the Cambridge and Seaford Railroad in Federalsburg will occur at the Eastern Shore Trust Co Bank. The property runs along Main Street and adjacent to the Nancticoke river, with boundaries described by stones, ditches, and railroad lines. Sale to be held between two and four o'clock pm.
Ten acres described from historic deeds in Caroline county offers a factory or canning site with improvements a 100 horsepower boiler and a flowing artesian well. Proximity to the Gambridge Seaford Railroad and a depot at Federalaburg enhances labor access. Terms: one third cash day of sale one third in six months balance in twelve months or all cash. Deferred payments bear interest and are secured by purchaser at cost of papers.
Public sale ordered by Orphans Court decree dated June 1 1926 in the Hubbard estate. Trustee to offer at 2 to 3 PM in front of J L Covey’s store Preston Maryland the land called Nuntingdon in Hunting Creek Neck. Property described as Lot near Caroline Cole’s neck road from Preston to Medford’s Wharf with precise metes and bounds.
Western Maryland College advertises its high ratings as a Standard A-1 institution with eight BA degree paths plus pre professional tracks in law medicine and engineering. It offers a four year Home Economics program and an education course leading to a State Board teaching certificate. The college hosts Music and Speech supplementary study and a Reserve Officers Training Corps unit. The Rockefeller Foundation General Education Board recently praised the college and allocated 125000 to the Endowment Fund, with potential future gifts anticipated.
Land conveyed from Andrew B Roe and wife to Anna S Brockway in 1888 forms part of the will devised by Anna S Brockway to Daniel S Brockway in 1914. The property includes a two story dwelling, a large stable, another two story dwelling, a wharf property and a granary now used as a dwelling. The sale is cash with title papers at purchaser expense. Assignee T Pliny Fisher and auctioneer James Temple.
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