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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1894
Page
3
The Dixon building in Cambridge is being converted into a hotel. The report details multiple local notices including deaths, appointments, church events, and a tragic explosion at the Choptank shirt factory with extensive injuries and suspended factory work.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday last I P Covey guardian to Joseph and Cannon Waldis presented accounts of guardianship and passed. W HH H Perry administrator of Mary A Perry presented separate debts due to the deceased and final administration and passed. M P Hutchinson executor of Nathaniel C Rittenhouse presented report of sales of real estate. sale conditionally ratified. Richard J Satterfield vs Thomas A Satterfield administrator presented. citation issued for respondent.
Last season's peach boxes patterns on hand and anyone needing the same for tomato or apple shipping should apply for prices. J. M. Beaven in Hillsborough notes available stock and pricing for fruit packaging and freight.
Murrsville notes celebrate Henry Saulsbury turning seventy nine with a gathering at Marsh Hope Bridge. Eleven children, twenty four grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren would attend if all responded. Also: W C Jacobs returns from Philadelphia with bride and hosts reception. Epworth League festival planned June 22 and 23 for parsonage funds. Mamie Hopkins improving and plans west trip with son John. W H Blades recovering from injuries. George Outten enlarges shop with new addition. M E Church Christian Endeavor holds a sociable.
William Preston Tyler, convicted of murder in the second degree, was pardoned by Maryland Governor Frank Brown after nearly two years imprisonment. The pardon followed petitions from jurors and citizens, and signers included five jurors. The release came amid reports of the killing at Maxwell farm near Denton, where Tyler and William L Shaw died during a dispute.
Cordova club challenged three counties and beat the home team 22 to 19 last Thursday. James C. Sherwood broke his arm in the delay throw at shortstop. William Mitchell and sisters Sadie and Blanache visited Greensborough. District conference drew about sixty ministers. Kate Duffey returned from Washington. W O Thompson visited relatives. Annabel Moore vacationed in town. Edward Sherwood from Easton in town. Tarburton of Easton staying with Mrs G W Rolph. Maggie Andrew visited Ridgely. H F Lay Beaven returned from Baltimore. Sallie Colgain ill. Mrs Hudson returned from Baltimore.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union held its inaugural public meeting at the M E Church on June 4 with Rev. Henrietta Moore as the speaker. Miss Edith Slemmer organized, Lucy Hayden and Wibie Chandler sang, and flowers were arranged by Miss Fannie West. Elsie Green presented a bouquet to Miss Moore. Children’s Day is planned for tomorrow evening at the M E Church.
An I building at the M. I. Parsonage creates two good sized rooms, boosting convenience and value. Chestnut Grove residents and town people contribute generously. Miss Branch Noble, Western Maryland College graduate, will head the academy next school year. Mrs. R. C. Harris and Mrs. CC. M. Davis visited Mrs. Pratt, Houston's Branch. Miss Minnie Noble plans a vacation in New Haven, Connecticut.
Ridgely hosts an afternoon racing card with events starting at 2.50 at the driving park. Local notes mention Saueas repainting his house and carpenters finishing, two first class hotels, and various residents undertaking home and business projects. Fire company members met to elect officers, while Thomas G. Cline recovers from a refrigerator car accident.
No Children’s Day services will be held in the M. Bd. Church this year. A replacement event will be announced in the JOURNAL. Local partners will begin cutting wheat in a few days with a good crop prospect. Mr. B. Gi. Stevens improved his store with a full-width porch along the building.
R. T. Carter offers a well preserved McCormick binder in excellent repair for purchase.
Mr. David M. Swing and Miss Eliza DP Thompson wed at Ebenezer M.A. Chilchast with Roy W. EL Avery officiating. The bridal party included maid of honor Aliss Emmi Thompson and flower girls Vera Wright and Marian Avery. Ushers were John R. Thompson Dr. L. D. Kelley Martin M. Wright and George C. Skirven. Also notes on residents moving visits and social events including a Teptosophs gathering with a large banquet and various local social updates.
The Fourth of July Alliance picnic will be held at Concord with the Declaration of Independence read at 10 o clock a.m. Speakers include Col J T Turner of Georgia ex secretary of the National Alliance Dr Mr Gi Ellzey of Cumberland president of the Maryland Farmers Alliance H R Walworth of Baltimore editor of Maryland Farmer Col J M McCarter of Preston and B S Morris of Wicomico county plus a noted Alliance lady speaker in the afternoon. Recitations by young ladies. Greensborough Cornet Band to provide music. Campground near a oak grove with ample water and tents. Non partisan alliance men manage the event and it is not political. All persons are invited with ice cream confections and horse feed at reasonable rates.
A holiness meeting is advertised at Smithson on Sunday June 17 with sessions in the morning afternoon and evening and another all day meeting at Friendship on June 24 led by Rev T F Tabler. M B R Nichols offers a stock reduction on ladies wool dress goods from now to July 16 with marked prices as described. Fourth of July picnic bread tent and horse pound privileges sold at Concord with recent purchase prices noted. A tragic fatality reports Margaret Newman chased by a bull in Queen Anne's county. Mer HW A Roe announces a large shipment of cypress shingles at low prices.
The Mast Baltimore district of the Methodist Episcopal Church South held its annual conference in ITills borough. Rev J M Davidson opened with a sermon from Psalm 24. Presiding Elder J K Armstrong chaired and later chaired the afternoon session. Officers and committee members were elected, including J T Lambert, A T Sites, Ro Lewis, and J L Andrew, with W Melville and T La Mount on the resolutions committee. Rev S Town sand of West Tarford circuit preached at the evening service.
An advocate argues for tonic solfa as a practical, English based system to teach reading music in public schools, expanding beyond complex traditional notation. The method, used in Britain and adopted by New York State educators, replaces flats sharps and clefs with letters, enabling children to sing by ear and sight.
Health CMeer Clark reports two jail-yard well water samples show slight surface contamination but solid body water is safe. Analyses from State Chemist W B Penniman note neutral reaction, no color or odor, with solids 519 and 514 ppm, chlorine 5.0 and 3.5, ammonia 2.25 and 0.90, traces of albuminoid in sample 1, none in sample 2, and no nitrates or nitrites.
In Rainsville Indiana residents rely on Chamberlain s Cough Remedy for colds croup and whooping cough with many mothers stocking it at home. Easton dry goods dealer M 2B Nichols cuts prices on men s suits and boys wool suits to attract buyers while customer testimonials praise Chamberlain s Pain Balm for rheumatism relief from Simon Goldbaum in San Luis Rey California.
Law rence C Lord, son of Thomas and Eliza IX Lord, died on May 24, aged 1 year 5 months and 9 days.
The report details Children's Day events at Denton Greensborough Federalsburg and Ridgely churches with decorated venues, solos by local performers, garlands of flowers, and brief sermons. Collections varied from five dollars forty cents to twelve dollars fifty cents, and programs featured readings and recitations by many local children.
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