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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1904
Page
3
Saturday morning June 11 1904 items of news from all parts of the county solicit under this head public business calendar circovIt court will meet June 5 or 6 or June 11 or 13 orphan's court will meet June 1 levy court will meet June 1 school board will meet June 14
The column notes a two week horizon for the wheat harvest and rising prices for corn and wheat in Baltimore. Strawberry crops struggle with a small yield foreseen and berry shipments possible next week. Local social, legal, and weather snippets include a camp bid deadline, a Mary land University law graduate, and a forthcoming strawberry festival at Brown's Hall.
A wave of weddings fills June with joy in Maryland and nearby states. Miss Elsie Melvin of Annapolis weds William Thomas Kemp of Baltimore at St Anne's Annapolis. Groom a Talbot county native, Columbia Law School graduate. The couple plan residence at 1021 Cathedral Street. Other vows follow in Denton and Baltimore among Delaware and Talbot families.
Caroline High School prepares for graduation day on June 14 at Assembly Hall. Graduates Kirwin F Everngam W Gordon Solbrook Emily H Knotts Letitia McDaniel Mary Estelle Towers with titles for theses. Towers to give salutatory McDaniel valedictory opening prayer by Rev James T Richardson and address by Albert G Towers. Denton Orchestra assists. Mention a larger class next year. Benjamin M Graham dies beside road near Seaford.
Preston Nine of D Preston's young men belong to The Coming Men of Ameli aeia, a secret organization for ages twelve to twenty-one, formed as Preston Star Lodge No. 3986 of the GC. M.A. Meetings are held each Monday. The children's Day service at the M E Church last Sunday drew a large crowd with fine music and decorations.
Miss Ida Melaney celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a party at her sister’s home on June 4. Guests played games until 10 o’clock then gathered in the dining room for ice cream cake and fruits. Nearby notes mention church festival plans and several local residents’ comings and goings.
Henderson will hold children's services Sunday evening June 19 starting at 7 30 o clock. The program will be Shine All The Way. Henderson and Marydel boys played a game Saturday at Marydel with Henderson winning 23 to 12. Charles Marvel and family and Mrs Louisa Moore of Wyoming visited P A Marvel. Mrs W I Goodwin and son Powell stay with relatives in Church Will. Mrs Jake Rice of Wilmington was entertained by Mrs George Carrow last week. Miss And Moore returned to Dover after visiting her mother. Samuel Dougherty of Wilmington visited F Zeigler near town last week. Ernest Johns and wife visited S D Carrow and family near town Sunday.
The Christian Endeavor Society of Ames invites all to an ice cream and strawberry festival in the grove on the 17th in the evening with proceeds for the church. Also notes painting work by Manning Merriken and various local church and social items from Ames.
Miss Corinne Collins returns home after a short stay with her sister in Denton. Mr. George Williamson visited Farmington relatives last week. Children’s services are at Chestnut Grove on Sunday evening June 12. Mrs. N G Allen visits her father James T Kemp. Now is a good time to subscribe.
Consul Albert W Swalm reports from Montevideo on a new preparation named Fruit olin that destroys scale on apple and pear trees. The German chemist claims complete scale destruction after three days with healthy trees since. It costs about 20 cents per tree, is sprayed, and is deemed safe for fruit and people. The German government ordered 3000 liters for experiments. Its use spreads to the United States and Canada. inquiries to WN White & Co or T Harvey's in Maryland.
The Maryland Prohibition party held its state convention in Salisbury on Tuesday electing John M. Parker and I. C. Hendrickson to the national committee. Baltimore electors William Giskel and William Kleinle were chosen at large with district electors named for Sav ings Macklin Richardson Baldwin Neal Higgins. Delegates to Indianapolis June 27 include O H Bruce, W E Johnson, G L McLaughlin, J W Frizzell, Giskel Parker Mills Messick Hendrickson Kleinle Phillips Little W McFarland Wheatley Truitt Hastings Dulany Hanna Matthews Roberts Green Levering Riddick Wetherall Collins Slaber Sappington. Willard H. Thawley named Caroline member of State Central Committee. Rev. Alfred Smith was among the speakers.
May licensing adds numerous merchants across Ridgely Greensboro Denton Hillsboro Preston and other towns. Names include Prank McCloud JIL&RE Smith Clinton Bi Jarman Cohee & Co C.S. Roop and J. Gardner Towers among many others with license amounts ranging from 500 to 10 000 dollars for various trades and goods.
A Scotch physician visiting notes typhoid is more common in this country than in Great Britain. He cites not only impure water but also harmful gases and other factors as contributors. Sanitation has improved, yet people remain carelessly healthy until epidemics awaken action. Typhoid remains prevalent, and public protection could reduce mortality.
William Cooper, 25, colored, was jailed in Denton Friday on felonious assault charges filed by 14 year old Mary Cartwright. Justice W. S. Cooper ordered detention. Deputy Dukes arrested Spencer Chambers, colored, for shooting another colored man named Wisher. Chambers was moved to Talbot County, where the crime occurred.
A Maryland focused editorial argues for attracting immigrants from Montana style shortages by highlighting the state's climate soil markets and waterways. It stresses labor needs and argues immigration would transform Anne Arundel Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore into productive garden areas boosting local wealth and society. The piece urges persistent public focus to encourage influx.
Marydel Council Jr O U A L and Marydel Ladies Aid Society adopt resolutions mourning Amanda R. Davis wife of R M Davis a devoted member of the church and society. The groups offer sympathy to her husband and two children and request copies of the resolutions be filed with minutes and published in county papers.
Miss Henne Hall Miss Florence Jones and Mr HE Ward were in town for a weekend visit. Mrs Washington Barton of Summit Bridge stays with Rev and Mrs KE HL Collins. Marydel and Hardy baseball teams will play Saturday afternoon. Mrs B H Emory and Miss Maude Hummer visit Chestertown. Miss Cora M Pippin stays with her brother at Elkton. Mr C W Jacobs spent the weekend with relatives. Storms reduce turnout for holiness gathering.
A lightning strike struck the cupola of the Baltimore State penitentiary causing damage to the building but no reports of injuries or further incidents.
The Christian Endeavor Society lists monthly programs from June to July with speakers including Virgil Moore Alec Cole Mattie Moore Lola Sewell T Pliny Fisher and W J D Lucas. The Thirty sixth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church Diocese of Easton met at Princess Anne with Bishop Adams presiding and delegates from nine eastern Maryland counties. Rev Charles S Baker refused to discuss with a Philadelphia reporter. The Junior League of the M E Church purchased a New Silver Series library. Numerous social and personal notices follow, including Denton Masons banquet and regional visits by clergy and residents to Baltimore, Ridgely, and Delaware locations.
In Orphans Court Tuesday administrators presented debts and final accounts for Tamsey Leaverton Celia Nichols James H Douglass Daniel A Williams and Lottie A Stafford. Debts inventories distributions and final receipts were approved or passed with orders for private sale where noted.
Nathan Russell, farmer from near Brenford in Kent county Delaware, died after a brief illness on the 4th inst at age 49. Born near Burrsville, he leaves a widow and three sons, the youngest about fifteen, plus a mother, two sisters in Caroline, two brothers near Easton, and four brothers in Philadelphia. He had just returned from Philadelphia with a span of horses when paralysis struck before he could answer his wife’s question about their cost.
Denton Primary School honors highest average pupils including Flor ence Statum Lester Everngam Win field Nichols Walter Anklam Anna Anklam Vicent Richardson Potter Dukes Rosa Allen Minnie Thawley Natalie Shawn Frances Tubbs Lucia Ober Alice Tubbs Benjamin Johnson Leland Spencer Clyde Trice Special credit at Bethlehem School goes to Maud Harding Rose Waddell Florence Le gates Winifred Mears Ethel Blades Mary Patrick Agnus Waddell Janie Legates Sarah Blades Bertha Patrick Lucy Phelps Hadaway Carmine and Emma Patrick.
A concise method explains day and night lengths by doubling the sunrise time to get night length and doubling the sunset hour to get day length. Examples show sunrise at 7:30 yields 15 hours night and 9 hours day, while 5:00 yields 10 hours night and 14 hours day.
F R Owens trustee to sell valuable property in the First district on Tuesday June 28 Henry R Lewis assignee to sell a large body of land in the Eighth district on Tuesday June 28 T Pliny Fisher trustee to sell a farm of 112 acres in the First district on Tuesday June Tith
A New York dispatch reports potatoes at record highs with no short term relief. New potatoes sell on the dock for 6.25 dollars per barrel in several barrel lots, while sidewalk stands raise prices per quart and shrink portion sizes. A 15 cent quart price plus baskets now fetch 40 cents.
John Willoughby, veteran Caroline turtle breeder with ponds near Tanyard, tested turtle feeds. His turtles reject cornbread despite it being cheap, refusing to eat it and going without food for three days with cornbread present. They eagerly eat wheaten bread, especially Maryland biscuit, and even fight over it.
Caroline county voters elevate three strong lawmen led by William T. Hignatt. Ex-Sheriffs Berry and Liden stand with him as a symbolic beam marks a high total, praising their tenure and public service.
Readers with knowledge of Edgar Thomas Taylor who in 186A left his parents Thomas and Fannie Taylor slaves of a Mr. Taylor on the Eastern Shore of Maryland are asked to come forward. Reward offered. June 7. Doubs, Md.
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