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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1890
Page
3
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The hay crop is abundant and fireflies are numerous. School commissioners meet June 24. Children’s Day services at Concord tomorrow. Farm east of Denton advertised. A street acrobat attracts town boys. Mr. Green dug a potato weighing six ounces. L Irving Handy named principal at Newark Delaware. Creamery movement in Warclay, Queen Annes. Cambridge commissioners election on 18th. Court House Square fences removed. Taxpayers warned in Third district. Road examiners notify meeting. W L Gray appointed constable. Bishops ordain Collins and Davidson. Fisher attends board meeting. Ladies Mite Society operates Ice Cream Parlor. State’s Attorney Smith to build new home in Chestertown. Wheat crops harvested in Caroline. Cockle in fields. Solomon Pippin sells Avonville farm to J Talbot Kelley for 12000. Auction sale of Samuel Trice farm to Isaac Noble for 1800. Lewis Flynn joins Easton post office. Thawley ships P W & BR RK ties. Georgetown editor and Pocomoke City doctor attend. Hickman baseball loses to Smithville 19 to 8. Army worm present but wheat safe. Ridgely farmers plan cannery. ground laid out. Young ladies solicit cent to buy friendship rings. Baltimore mail delays on Delaware line. Weather signals heat through August. Dr Jacob Todd may lose sight. cataracts threaten. Salisbury Herald counts church attendance. only 1000 of 3000 whites attend. County Treasurer Deakyne: $34000 in collectors’ hands. levy at 9 ¼ cents. W S Powell tours Caroline. optimistic about railroad. Michael Finn retires as Maryland Steamboat agent. David Todd becomes Denton agent.
Across Greensborough Federalsburg Preston M E and Williston churches held Children’s Day exercises with elaborate floral decor and banners. Pupils spoke on Pastoral Literature Societies Recruiting Educational and Commissary themes. Collections ranged up to 25 dollars for education. crowds filled galleries and aisles. An overflow crowd attended the M E South and Goldsborough services with music, readings, and recitations noting strong community participation.
Rev Mr McQuay reports a large Henderson Ingleside crowd for Children's Day last Sabbath. Singing and readings directed by George P. Jones, organ by Mrs Dr Thomas, choir performances praised, scholars’ recitations excellent, and floral decorations ample. Public collection of 4.10 donated to the Children’s Educational Fund despite Jones's illness. Youngest speaker Master Pritchett about two years old.
The Reverend S M Morgan and Miss Minnie Speer were married in Chambersburg at the Methodist Church in a ceremony witnessed by a large audience. After the wedding they traveled to Washington and returned to Hillsborough to a reception hosted by church ladies. The bride, renowned for her church work, and the groom will reside in Hillsborough. An earlier note highlights rail land value increases near Denton tied to the Greensborough and Federalsburg railroad project. A death notice for Mrs Ann Cahall, aged about 87, from Farmington, notes long church membership and a funeral at Wesley M E Church with interment nearby.
The County Farmers Alliance arranges a big July 4 gathering at Concord likely the largest in Caroline in years. A brass band is engaged and another may be hired. The program is not fixed yet but organizers promise a successful event and propose annual peninsula wide county alliance picnics.
I attended two funerals last week at Bloomery M. Lk. Church of Olk. The infant daughters of Cannon C. Wright and infant son Beverly, child of LB Wright, are among siblings and grandchildren of Elisha Wright, now 84 and gravely ill.
Ice in Denton remains scarce and expensive, causing shoppers and businesses to limit usage and seek contingency supplies as cold weather continues. Local grocers report tighter stocks and higher prices, prompting residents to plan purchases and storage.
Several teachers were confirmed for positions across multiple schools as H. C. Fisher and the full board approved appointments including Miss Katie Hobbs principal at Preston and Miss Julia Kelley principal at Ridgely. Second grade certificates awarded to numerous applicants. Long's school trustee named. various Preston Academy and Federalsburg staff named. Caroline-Queen Anne school at Templeville discussed. Easton and Northern Railroad Company incorporated with $800,000 capital to connect counties to coal fields and speed produce transport.
Entries due by two o'clock sharp with four races listed including initial 3.20 for the first race and 2.50 for the fourth. If the fourth race is rained out the event moves to the next clear day. Also notes a sale of a two year old Hambletonian colt for $300 and prior best mile time of 3.30.
A Monday evening lawn party drew about 150 attendees on the Green with seven dozen Japanese lights, archways, receptions, and music by Prof. Swann. Guests enjoyed outdoor amusements and boutonniere favors, then refreshments. Separately, Dr. James Merritt Corkran and Miss Laura Spencer Emory wed at St Paul’s P. I. Church in Centreville.
The Orphans' Court met with all judges present to admit Daniel Nichols's will to probate after J B W Nichols filed letters of administration c t a and bond. The sale report of Elizabeth Carey estate was examined and passed. Renunciation of heirs in Seward estate and appraisers’ warrant passed. Inventories and sales of Willard Neal and Noble estates approved. Personal property sale ordered. Willis administration account passed.
Miss Fannie A. Jump as assignee sold a small tract near town to Charles H. Shields for 528 dollars. Joshua M. Anthony as assignee sold a tract of six acres near Anthony's Mill for 500 dollars, him self the purchaser.
The peninsula suffered its severest storm of the year on Friday, with electric bolts and furious gusts. In Caroline county Beniah Kinnamon’s Tuckahoe Neck farmhouse was struck, chimney and siding damaged. Mrs Solloway’s sewing machine garment torn. Sawyer Murphy and wife knocked down but unharmed. Preston Methodist church and Zell’s Stock farm near Choptank were damaged. fifteen hogs killed at Zell’s. Sisk barn struck. Queen Anne Station roof torn and plastering ruined. Hall’s Cross Roads home of Lawyer Weedon damaged and painter Vosell injured. Livestock losses included mules, oxen, and a cow at Ruthsburg. Station fires caused by wiring threatened substantial losses, only saved by quick action. Multiple community events and local notes follow, including school appointments, baseball results, and local visits.
The Maryland Steamboat Company begins selling excursions from Baltimore to Denton. The two nights and a day outing attracts many Baltimore residents. The steamers offer spacious main saloons and claim no discomfort for passengers.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will equip all through trains west of Pittsburgh with dining cars after June 16. This expansion follows the existing standard on lines East of Pittsburgh and aims to increase passenger comfort for journeys to Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis.
Hisborough John F Russell Jr visits parents in Baltimore. M E Church Children services Sunday morning and evening. Rev Townsend preached to large audience Monday night. George Ford and Joseph R Stewart buy Mason stock, will run Mason Thompson stand. De Mont infant dies at 5 months 17 days. Rigby infant born June 6 1812 dies May 31. Miller infant Ray dies in Washington. Riley Heisler wedding in Wilmington. Wheat good to prime at 61 to 63 cents. Corn 14 to 15 cents.
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