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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1912
Page
5
Local items list prices for eggs and sales of personal property, including auctions for horses and mules, a Buick purchase by George A Deakyne, and canvassing for subscriptions. Church events announce services, lent proceeds, and choir plans while posts about postmaster appointments and literary club programs appear alongside ads for millinery, optics, and repairs.
The home of Mr B F Rickards hosted a quiet wedding of his daughter Miss Sarah EF Rickards to Mr Ralph Meredith son of Mrs Nathan Cade of near Denton The ceremony with a wedding march played by Miss Grace Carroll took place under a shell arch and was officiated by Rev J T Bailey The bride wore blue messaline trimmed in lace and carried spring flowers A late supper and cake followed The couple will reside at the bride’s home Various social notes follow including engagements school remembrances and visits among local families and friends.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens preside. Daniel B. Totheroh and Burt Hobbs are appointed administrators d b n c t a of Daniel R. Totheroh deceased. bond filed and approved. notice to creditors ordered. Horsey and Clark named appraisers. William O Lednum custodian presented the last will of James I Lednum. Henry R Lewis administrator of Dr Enoch George presented inventory and appraisement. order to sell granted. Henry Medford administrator of Abraham C DeLong presented inventory and appraisement. order to sell granted. Nathaniel Horsey last will filed for probate. Benjamin F Miller and Henry R Lewis administrators of Wm L Phillips presented second account of sales, list of separate debts, interest, and first partial admin account. approved and dividend struck. Lena Mayer last will admitted to probate. Mary Demonslpi ed named executors. bond filed and approved. creditors notice ordered. Victor F Kirsch and Newton P Kern appointed to appraise personal estate.
A Federalsburg message reports many signers oppose altering the state highway from Bureau to Federalsburg. Surveyors are adjusting the line to shorten the route, with property owners agreeing to direct changes. Work has previously covered Dover Bridge to Hurlock and Freston to Grove, tied to a proposed Shoemaker state aid highway with broad district interest.
Mr J Frank Booth will improve his property near Denton by erecting a large steel water tank powered by gasoline. The engine will generate electricity to light the dwelling and outbuildings. He will expand the milk business and build a large modern dairy. He maintains Jerseys and Guernseys in a well cared for herd.
Mr Howard Callahan was entertained at the home of Mr Emmitt Ward and sisters Sunday last. Mr George C Harris, recently moving from near Troy Pa, has moved to the house vacated by Thomas Hudson.
Lightning struck the C. W. Jefferson residence on Bloomingdale avenue damaging a side porch. Three Caulk hogs near Federalsburg were killed by lightning. The Married Ladies Embroidery Club hosted a banquet at River View Inn with Mrs. C. W. Jefferson winning a prize.
Miss Lillian Towers hosted a Friday evening surprise party for her friend Miss Maud Trice at the home of Mr and Mrs H Trice. Attending were numerous Trice and Towers family members with friends from Philadelphia visit. Maud Trice and her brother Roland spent Sunday with Jr. and Mrs. Charles Trice. Lillian Towers was a Sunday guest of H R Towers.
The bridge near Mr. Chas. Howard's place on Laurel Grove road was washed out on Monday night last, causing extensive work and necessitating a new bridge. Nearby, Mr. J. G. Towers is building new structures on his farm, while Mr. F. H. Beachamp adds to his dwelling. Mr. A. S. Daffin has just completed his dwelling.
Seed listing from N. Vanscoy of Federalsburg Maryland advertises Gandy and Crimson Cluster strawberry plants priced at 1.25 dollars per thousand in the rural delivery area.
Senator Goslin introduces a bill to double automobile revenue by licensing all autos, funding road maintenance. It creates deputy motor vehicle commissioners and unpaid assistants, grants enforcement powers, sets license fees by horsepower, and establishes night light and signaling rules. The plan seeks broader reciprocity for out of state motorists and end affection to Maryland.
Caroline delegate Mr. Nelson H. Fooks urges a 90 day session split into three 30 day periods. First period for bill introduction, second for committee hearings, third for reports and debate. Plan aims for full publicity, reduced lobbying, and orderly, informed voting by members.
Dr Richard M Hill director of Farmers Institutes for the state gives notice of an institute in Denton on Tuesday March 5th at 10 am in the courthouse. Committee members are R T Carter H A Roe Emmanuel King John E Wilson and S G Nuttle. An evening session and musical program are planned. Additional meetings occur at Preston on Monday March 4 from 10 to 4 and at Ridgely on March 6 and 7 from 10 to 4.
Ridgely area farmers will gather at Simon's Hall next week on Wednesday and Thursday March 6 and 7 starting at 10 AM with additional afternoon and night sessions. Dr R S Hill will direct the meetings with topics on up to date farming and practical agriculture. The report notes a strong turnout expected and a profitable program for local farmers.
A lively evening at Miss Janie LeGates home featured games and a late dining room supper. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Hubbard Thompson Thomas Le Gates Hall Bowdle Trice Tribbett Brodes Rogers and many others. several visits and a notable marriage surprise to Miss Agnes Waddell and A Gardner in Boston were noted.
A strong program at the annual rally at St Pauls M E Church drew a full house last Sunday evening and the collection exceeded 100 dollars. The event led to a surprise donation for Rev C R Strausboro at the M P parsonage. Reverend Warren Burr plans a sermon at St Pauls tomorrow night for young men and their partners.
Deaths reported include M Bates Smith formerly of Burrsville and long resident of Philadelphia who died after surgery for acute appendicitis at Germantown Hospital aged 58. Funeral at Greensboro M P Church with interment in Greensboro Cemetery. Also James E Byrd aged 71 in Baltimore after long illness. Nettie Whiteley 35 near Federalsburg. Margaret Plummer and Elizabeth Kimble of Greensboro. Surviving spouses and multiple children noted.
Richard Wright of Viola Delaware aged about 38 led a life dodging officers and was captured in New Jersey then sent to Dover. He faced multiple robberies from Whiteleysburg to Greensboro including Charles Clark’s store and a runabout theft. He received fourteen years in the workhouse and seventy lashes on the bare back. Wright confessed to several crimes and implicated others as the case drew strong sentiment from the court and victims alike.
Farmers prepare for spring seed choices as agronomists stress seed quality. An illustration presents the world's most perfect ear of corn, developed from Reid's Yellow Dent and Alexander's Gold Standard, with precise measurements and uniform kernel rows.
A Barnegat New Jersey minister recounts a ten day October 1911 rural retreat in a one room cottage. He wakes early and works with simple farm tools, finding vigor and appetite in plain living. Time passes quickly as the temporary idyll ends.
The article details Fred C. Palin winning a $1,000 prize at an Omaha corn show for a new Reid dent variety. It explains nine years of selective breeding, starting with Reid's Yellow Dent and Alexander's Gold Standard, detasseling and choosing ears carrying desired traits to develop a stable lineage. It also covers state political notes and a vivid account of a dawn landscape observed by J. T. Richardson.
The account describes a black snake swallowing fledgling birds mice and frogs with anecdotes from two narrators. One claims a yellow hammer 2.5 inches dia swallowed by a black snake. The other recalls a killed snake that swallowed six porcelain nest eggs from a poultry house and was found with the eggs inside. The piece ponders whether artificial eggs would have been assimilated by the snake.
The Ladies Aid held a dollar social in Lodge Hall on Tuesday evening collecting twenty seven dollars. The P O S of A marked its third anniversary with a March 24 gathering at the M E Church South featuring address by George R. McCleary of Baltimore and pastor remarks. Camp 80 invites members to a Sunday March 3 service at 10 in the M E Church South. Mrs John W Butler returns from Baltimore Hospital after an appendicitis operation. George C Johnson A J Chue and R E Jones were in Baltimore this week. Mrs J S Lapham returns from Chicago.
Mr. Ormond W. Downes started a regular auto passenger line from Denton to Greensboro yesterday. The machine leaves Denton in the morning to catch the first northbound train, stays for passengers from the morning southbound train, and returns to Denton around 11 o'clock. It departs again in the afternoon to meet the northbound train and waits for the southbound train in the evening, per advertisement.
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