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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1913
Page
4
Local editor invites readers to submit news from all parts of the county under this column. Items may include tiny notices, community updates, events, milestones, and other brief reports for publication in the county section.
Local items include crops prices and business changes. Wheat sells at $1.05 and corn 71 cents. Ridgely ball club to play at Easton. Mrs. Willis Flowers dies at 68 in Easton. W T Hubbard sells his grocery to Charles Drunker. cow peas 2.50 per bushel from Nuttle Hardware. Sharp notes on Getmor Hose and Greensboro hotel ads. court term delayed to June 27. Easton loses baseball to Greensboro 11 10 70. community events include a festival for Fresh Air Camp and rainbow supper at Denton church. historic Brick Hotel counter to be reused as walls rise. liquor sale history noted in local politics.
A noon Wednesday ceremony unites Miss Besse May Wine and Mr H Gernie Baker at the bride’s parents home Woodside Del The couple plans a Hudson River honeymoon attended by close family Rev J A Garber officiated and the bride wore white satin with roses and lilies of the valley The event follows families links and social notices nearby including military and academic moves and local visits.
Ridgely notes describe St Gertrude's Academy commencement with a playlet and allegory, music by the Mandolin Club, salutatory by Miss Deatrice Cannon, and address by Bishop Monaghan. Camp Fire Girls chapters are highlighted, along with a parade by the DeRue Wrothers and a Simon's Hall entertainment. Local social news covers births, visits, illnesses, and community events through Ridgely and nearby areas.
A Federalsburg letter recounts a masked highwayman targeting travelers in nearby countryside over the last week. Victims include Mr. and Mrs. George White and Hart Cahall who fled on horse and motorcycle respectively, with shots fired but no injuries reported. Additional notes cover a mother saving her baby during a horse carriage scare and a "tree hen" henhouse mystery at Federalsburg Hotel owner Martin L. Smith's yard.
Mr. Gedrge Fletcher Mraper on beef route near echree schoolhouse is knocked down when horses in a nearby field rush by. Reins break, wagon runs over him leaving bruises, no bones broken. His ten year old son, in the wagon, escapes unharmed after jumping out. Wagon wrecked. horse returned by a colored man. Fleeting city Fourth of July plans noted alongside local greetings.
Concord camp begins Friday August 1 and runs through August 11 with a full schedule. Rev L W Munhall will preach Sunday and present The Book of Books lecture praised by Bishop McCabe. Sunday School Day, My Ship and Its Wonderful Sails illustrated lecture, and Epworth League events fill the week. Children’s Day set for Sunday morning. Talbot reports two thirds of a wheat crop while Caroline’s outperforms.
Hickman and Brown families visit Dover by car with Itelen Brown returning with them. Delaware visitors include Pitcher and Chambers from Baltimore and Lewes. A children’s discourse is planned next Sunday at eleven. Various locals visit kin, travel to Philadelphia, and recoveries noted.
Mrs. E P Foote continues to improve after cancer and appendicitis surgery at Church Home Baltimore. Joe McCellen Olive Thomas return to Philadelphia after five day visit. Mac Frampton of Jenkins Kentucky visiting Mr E P Foote. Eva Fried Baltimore visiting Mr Roland Towers. George Cook Baltimore recent visitor to Mr G G Wright. Dry weather slows tomato planting. farmers busy with wheat. Carlton West left for Baltimore for a new position. Bertha Rogers visiting uncle Harry Towers in Wilmington. Children's service scheduled tomorrow evening June 22. Harry Arringdale improving his residence with new paint. C C Deen made a business trip to Baltimore earlier in week.
Burrsville notes describe visits among Raughley and Ward families from Dover Harrington and Burrsville. Elizabeth Harris visits sisters near Burrsville while Melissa Ward shoots a weasel that chased a chicken. Hicks Johnson of Greenwood and Fannie Parks of Downes visit E E Russell family. Emily Johnson of Concord visits EB Russell.
The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs N C Straughns home near Queen Anne last Thursday afternoon. The Guild of St Pauls Episcopal Church gathered at Mrs Robley Hacketts home in Queen Anne on Thursday. Miss Alina Thompson visited Miss Marjorie Merrick in Denton last week. Miss Anna Holt visits Mr and Mrs W P Fleming near town. Mrs Lillian Mancha is visiting Claremont and Newport News Va. Lulu Beaven has returned from a Virginia relatives visit. WL Thompson was in Philadelphia last week. Albert Cahall is visiting Greensboro.
A Sunday gathering at the Cahalls near Fehan includes obsequies for Mrs. Killen and visits from relatives. The station saw its largest shipment to date with 26 calves and 1 lamb shipped last week. Other updates note births, birthdays, church services, repairs, and local visits across Ames Concord and surrounding towns.
Mrs Ringe returns to Kaintuck bungalow after illness and death in the family. Rev J E Smith to lead services on the fourth and fifth Sundays. Commodore Doerr and guests enjoyed a launch trip on the Choptank river. Mrs James Thawtey Catherine and Miss Mabel Baker visited Cordova relatives. Mrs N L Butler and Miss Sophia Ringe visiting New York. Miss Anna Roe with aunt Mrs O M Hignull. Mrs Carrie Crosby back from Mr O M Hignull. Store painting underway. Shad catching ongoing at Willis.
This week closes the strawberry season with better than expected results as heavy hosts boost prices. Growers fare better than pickers, with 228982 quarts shipped from this place. Wheat harvest began midweek with favorable yield prospects. Peaches hold up and a few orchards should show a fair crop. Local visits include Mrs. J P Wiley in Calvert county and Rev J P Wiley in Baltimore.
Andersontown Miss Minerva FE Todd arrives for summer vacation with sister Miriam and cousin Hazel Everngain after commencement. Mabel Spence and brother from St Paris Ohio visit aunt Mrs Annie Seeders. Local folks practice for children service at Concord Sunday. Charles Nuttle of New York visiting parents. Mrs N T Nuttle ill. Miss Mary Nuttle home for summer.
The receptannal training exhibit at Caroline High School drew a large crowd. Forty pupils showcased skilled, well directed work with items like a writing desk, rocking chairs, tabourets, bookcases, and a medicine cabinet. Instructor I C Brown prepares for Johns Hopkins summer school starting July.
The Ridgely strawberry center shows a drop in shipments to 468 852 quarts from sixty five carloads this season. Armour plant packed about 1,000,000 quarts with much from other Peninsula sections. Countywide shortage exceeds half a million quarts, yet growers earned good prices and the industry is expected to flourish on hundreds of farms.
Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens presided Tuesday as Marion Starkey deceased’s will was admitted to probate and recorded. Guardian Lillie M Dean authorized to spend ward funds for George P and Mary Elizabeth Dean. Executors Fisher presented debts and final accounts for Thomas N Taylor. Petition granted in Everngain estate administration. Neighbors serenaded newlyweds Clinton Wheatley and wife. Ethel Russell guest of Helen Banning. Mrs Parsons of Oxford visited. Youths attended Liberty church service. Wheat harvest at peak in area.
Col Albert W Sisk in Federalsburg pressed Walter J Miller of the State Roads Commission for clear replies on possible diversions of the Denton Federalsburg route to Preston and on a proposed Preston to Union Grove State Aid road. Miller denied any such proposals and reaffirmed the plan to build a north south highway from the Talbot line to the Dorchester line via Preston and to complete the Church Hill Federalsburg route when funds allow.
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