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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1897
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows mail departure notes for Preston with directions via D and Co. and CG. North and South routes. Entries mention times 6 20 and 7 South and North, with 1.00 and 915 616 figures. unclear full context or dates.
The circuit court will convene a public business calendar on June 28. The session will cover docketed civil matters and procedural actions as part of routine court business. Lawyers and interested parties should be prepared for potential scheduling adjustments and are advised to verify the calendar with the clerk.
Denton streets ready for the sprinkler. Democratic primaries held this afternoon. George Dew named postmaster of Agner. Goldsboro postmaster Mr. Henry C. Booker appointed. Dwellings rising in Denton. more to come. Tenants seek Denton Bridge homes for ’98. Tele phone project Lewes to Rehoboth awarded. Snow Hill church to celebrate holiday on July 5, 1897. Wheat crop expected to be heaviest. Holiness meeting at Burrsville July 2–3. Crocodile Club outing to Ocean City. Captain Hedge Thompson chief. Seaford canning plant reports arm injury to Milton James. Balti more Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway offices moved to Baltimore Calvert. Greensborough Bargain Store offers Fourth parade wheel prizes. Heavy rain washed roads. bridges damaged. wheat suffers. Real estate sale near Hickman. Ida Fountain buys. First peach trees planted in Kent County 1837 era. Turpin estate sold at Centreville. bought by Walter T. Wright for 7524. Enamel bicycle care advised. Lightningstorm kills five horses near Busick’s Church. Centreville M E Church district preachers association meets. about thirty ministers. large attendance.
Special Services for the Children recounts Children's Day programs at Thawley's M E Church near Hickman Ridgely M I Church and Burrsville Methodist Protestant Church. It notes floral decorations singing by choirs and school recitations with local youths and visiting speakers offering prayers and messages about missions and faith.
In Philadelphia Mrs Ida Naudain widow of Corbit E Naudain passed away after months of illness. She was related to Mrs James N Todd and Mrs Dr Hardcastle, a daughter of the late James M Naudain. Funeral held Monday June 21 at her late home. A Chestertown dispatch notes William W McKnott buried there after moving from Caroline to Kent eighteen years ago. he left a wife and eleven children. Mrs John R Whaley died near Hickman Delaware aged about 60 from rheumatism. interment at Todds Chapel.
The Caroline County Sunday School Convention meets at Preston on July 3 and 4 with a rich program. Schools should send two delegates each and Preston residents will host them. If a school misses notice, they should elect delegates. Report names to Rev. West. Henry Branch D D. expected speaker. Subscribe for the Journal. $1.
The article describes Dr. L A Bauer proposing a true meridian line in Caroline county with two stone pillars 100 feet apart to mark the line near the courthouse. It notes state law, penalties for surveyors, and the cost of Bauer’s services, plus various local news items and church notices from Concord and surrounding areas.
The yield this year was fair but fruit size was large and prices reached the highest in ten years. Bubach and Phillips seedling produced the best big berries with strong early performance, while Michael and Agnes led early varieties. Brandywine and Gandy offered late, large, firm fruit. Careful plant selection, clean culture, and strict picking and grading underpinned market success.
News of the Ball Field reports Cambridge players visiting Federalsburg for a 9 to 5 loss, with James and Ioszell on the mound and Townsend and England handling key duties. Federalsburg heads to Cambridge with Downes pitching. Centreville’s Ballists beat Federalsburg 11 to 4. Church Hill defeats Ridgely 15 to 12 at Hillsboro and Cambridge defeats Laurel 18 to 3.
County commissioners cut the levy six cents per hundred despite increases for schools poor relief and road shells. The new basis is $4,767,879 with total expenditures near $46,248.41 above the 1896 levy, reflecting ongoing public service improvements and a shift to better transportation links via Queen Anne's railroad.
The Montgomery Advertiser affirms farming pays and contrasts country life with clerks and city store workers. It highlights a few young men running plantations near the city, becoming practical farmers, buying more land, and gaining independence, while peers drift to clerical work and uncertainty.
The Cecil Democratic Convention met Tuesday and nominated a full county ticket. Delegates to the Denton Judicial convention were instructed to vote for Judge Stump. Named delegates were George W. Lockwood Joseph H. Steele Alonzo Barry and Wilson Condon. Anti race-track resolutions were adopted. Kent county also held its convention Tuesday to name delegates. James Alfred Pearce was unanimously endorsed as Kent’s Chief Judge candidate and to name delegates to the Denton convention. He named Cornelius J. Scott Dennis J. Nowland Hope H. Barrell Richard D. Slynsen Lewin W. Wickes and John P. Nicholson.
School commissioners met on Tuesday and voted to suspend construction of school houses for twelve months due to the board's financial condition. Only repairs will be undertaken. Mrs Ethel Towers’s appointment as teacher at Gravely Branch was considered but not confirmed because married ladies are ineligible.
Richard E. King of Annapolis, identified as colored, declares his bid for the state legislature. He vows to represent his community and seek reform in the upcoming election.
The Queenstown summer resort was formally opened on Tuesday following a thorough overhaul of the old Mitchell residence. A large dining room, a ladies parlor, a new steel kitchen, hot and cold water, updated baths and lodgings, and a wide porch now grace the building. Grounds are well kept with facilities for visitors and safe saltwater bathing along the Chester river bluff. An experienced Baltimore caterer will serve guests, and the venue aims for church groups, schools, and private gatherings, with no intoxicants or disreputable visitors allowed.
Henry Wayman a 16 year old colored boy employed by Mr. Harry Roe drowned near Denton Bridge on Thursday afternoon after falling from a boat he had boarded to bail it out. He sank before helpers could reach him and was recovered half an hour later. Doctors Fisher and Rochester attempted resuscitation for an hour without success. He had worked at the cannery for several years.
P W and B railroad officials train crews to curb rice throwing at bridal parties boarding trains after a brakeman suffered a rice grain imbedded in his ear. The note follows an accident last week and warns crews to prevent similar harm. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is widely sold by W K Brown Denton H Duffey Hillsboro and R J Colston Ridgeway Md. Georgetown Methodist Protestant Church dedication set for July 4.
Greensborough postmaster William B Massey and Miss Harriet C Atkinson were wed by Rev A Green with Madge and Edith Zacharias as flower girls. Invitations issued for Miss Martie Barton and Rev Edward H Dashiell nuptials on July 6. Also announced are the marriage of Thomas Mitchell Green and Sallie Carter Draper, a Brazil visit by Mrs J G Emerson and relatives, and several local social visits and movements among Greensboro and Denton residents.
The Herald notes intensifying party maneuvering as Chairman Wellington and Stone push for Theodore Marburg for mayor amid Governor Lowndes removing Jas S Naylor as State Tobacco Inspector at Warehouse No 3. Within the GOP faction, doubts rise about Marburg’s nomination and a tame campaign is feared unless he garners broad support.
Two furnished cottages at Reho available for rent. Apply to Walter Sparklin, Lewes, Delaware.
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