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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1902
Page
3
Easton considers sewerage question while Denton Bridge millinery for rent and new rail and steamship services expand. Reports include deaths, marriages, elections and local business openings, with sport and entertainment updates across Caroline county Maryland in a dense town paper chronicle.
There will be a musical at the Hotel Rolph next Friday evening for the benefit of the M. E.Church. No admission fee, but a silver offering will be expected from those who attend. The pews for the new M. E. Church South have arrived and the building will soon be ready for public service. The drama and supper at Thompson's Hall on Wednesday evening proved a great success. The Ladies' Aid Society met at Mrs. S. G. Nuttle's. There has been but little travel on our roads for several days.
A young man traveled eight miles to see his partner and was snowed in until Thursday. George H. Booker returns to New Jersey after winter visits. Mrs. James Howard and daughter fell from a sleigh. horse ran away. Roads have been poor this winter. B F Howard is improving from a foot cut. John Jester cut two fingers splitting kindling. Albert Howard departs for Baltimore. C Howard Jr. remains on the sick list.
A new compact canning machine, claimed able to process up to 3000 cans daily, uses steam to prepare produce and promises low cost. If accurate, it could empower farmers to can extensively on a cooperative basis, easing tomato crop disposal amid grower packer tensions.
In Orphans Court last Tuesday Mary Unsworth by attorney A. Towers filed a bill of complaint seeking the sale of Jesse B. Unsworth’s real estate. Appraisers Alfred Sigler and Tillac Wyner were appointed to value it while administrators Samuel B. Replogle and Samuel B. Replogle presented accounts of sales that were approved. William E. Temple, administrator of Samuel H. Peck, filed a final account that was approved and Josephine M. Downes and Stephen R. Downes presented a final receipt and release from Vuashti S. Garey which was approved.
Patrons of education are invited to view the Manual Training Department exhibition, opening March 1 at Mr Bullock's window in the Journal Building. The display will cover mechanical drawing, cardboard construction, free hand drawing, design, iron work, and wood decoration with Pyro or fire deicing. G H Cocke assures the visit will advance observation and hand control.
At Mr Isaac T Pledtwoods in Tuck ahoo Neck a prowler tried the smoke-house but failed. Hidden behind a door, Mr Fleetwood struck the intruder as he entered. A guard and Mr Robertson chased the thief who jumped a snowbank after a gunshot. Report says the assailant was knocked down and fled, possibly potted, from the neighborhood. An advertisement for potato fertilizer by J H Barrow of Preston, Maryland follows.
A Caroline county correspondent notes the area accounts for about one seventh of US canned tomato production with plans for a large expansion. Half a dozen or more packing houses will be built, many small. Farmers like D K Crouse plan fifteen acres on farm sites and contract neighbors. Prices for next season set at eight dollars per ton.
Dr. Barrett's lecture titled Adam's Rib will be delivered in Masonic Hall on Tuesday evening. He is described as the most interesting lecturer in the State with oratorical flights and unique language. The Chestertown News and Havre de Grace Republican praise his eloquence and entertaining, sage, witty remarks during previous lectures.
Governor John Walter Smith reprieved Lloyd L. Burke, who had been sentenced to hang on February 28 at Centreville for assaulting 10-year-old Helen Tarman of Queen Annes County. The reprieve, dated to March 21, aims to allow supporters to seek commutation to life imprisonment by Judge Martin, amid efforts to mobilize petition signatures.
A medical man explains that wearing an overcoat traps body moisture which soaks clothing and, when removed, causes chills and ailments like colds lumbago rheumatism and neuralgia. Suggestions include using warm wool undergarments avoiding heavy coats indoors and switching coats to prevent sudden temperature shifts.
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