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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1914
Page
5
Local items report cash prices for eggs and corn, sales and auctions for store goods and land, a bridge project over Tuckahoe, and a planned high school in Federalsburg. Also noted are a statewide prohibition hearing, recent murders, and legal defense assignments for two youths in the Coleman case.
婚姻消息多项聚焦 近来婚礼包括 Lillian Harding 与 I E Milligan 在 Hurlock Holiness 牧师处成婚 Leitia Paul 与 Jasper Neil 在 Williamsburg 牧师处成婚 Lankford 与 Carrie Summes 亦在 Williamsburg 牧师处成婚 同日报道 Fisher 先生家庭银婚 庆祝活动盛大 以及两对新娘在 Preston German Lutheran Church 的双婚 另有 Mrs Jennie Lord 病后手术康复消息 同期报道农业部公布租 farm 的新住宅设计 计划强调经济实用、健康舒适 与小家庭需求相配。
Near Fowling Creek Mr and Mrs S J Hurst welcomed friends to a Saturday card party marking their sixteenth wedding anniversary. The event featured cheerful fellowship and a festive mood as attendees enjoyed the evening. Subscribe opportunities were noted.
The Choptank Ladies Aid Society schedules a meeting with Mrs. W. M. Wright next Wednesday. Local residents Hazel Waldron Beulah Hawes Estelle Wright Helen Warner and others are visiting kin in Bethlehem Dover Houston and Denton. Various trips include Mr. and Mrs. Jump in Houston and Mr. Phil Wright at home from Wilmington Conference Academy.
At a recent Ames business meeting the following trustees were elected: T. H. Towers, J. E. Towers, W. H. Willey, S. Sennett, Chas. Howard, and F. Paisley with T. H. Towers as class leader and J. W. Satterfield as steward. W. H. Willey, F. Paisley and F. Mitchell named as organists with Miss Ethel Paisley assisting and Misses CC Ward and Lizzie Billing as visitors to the Home of the Aged. Westminster. Mrs. M. E. Holbrook also noted.
Mrs Lillian Sullivan resumes nursing in Rhode Island after treatment. Rev J E Smith may lecture here between the third and fourth Sundays in March. Miss May Ringe called to her mother’s side due to acute indigestion. Schools and church reopen. No fear of smallpox due to precautions. Mrs Frank Langrell returns from Baltimore without benefit. Mrs Dawson returns home in Baltimore after visiting Mrs Carrie Crosby. Mrs Jane Cannon visiting the Hignatt home. Mrs Sara H Andrews confined to bed several days. Mr Shulty of Camden N J visits Commodore Doerr. Mrs Henry Doerr visiting Philadelphia.
Federalsburg observes several moves with locals traveling for study and work. Miss Caroline Jefferson leaves Wednesday for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to train as a nurse. Mr T E Bullock, recently ill with pneumonia in Smithville, is improving at home. Mr J Russell Carroll departs for New York to take a job with his uncle, Mr J Pratt Carroll. Mr Charles E Meloney of Philadelphia visits I H Truitt’s home. Miss Lillian Stack of Hurlock visits the Hubberts in town. Miss Elizabeth Cahall of Hurlock spends Wednesday with town friends. Mrs Rudolph Wuerst visits relatives in Seaford. Wedding bells ring Friday, March 13.
Miss Ethel Moore recovers at Baltimore city hospital and expects home this week. A Tri County Literary Society meets Tuesday evening March 16 in the school house. Miss Addie Morgan hosted Social Club at her parents home Tuesday of last week. Woman's Home Missionary Society hosted at Mrs. Oscar Briscoe’s home Tuesday. Frank Gooding brother of Mrs. Harry Jump dies at his Wyoming home Monday. Addie Morgan visits Mrs. H. E. Jarrell in Greensboro. Wind storm damages much of the town Monday. Brice A. Stutzman to sell personal property via advertisement.
A Ridgely news column reports a party for about a hundred guests hosted by Mr and Mrs C F Smith with Miss Sylvia Smith assisting. The Epworth League rally, Wesleyan talks, Band of Mercy projects, new officers, and various church activities fill the week, alongside hospital updates and community events. A March blizzard damage report follows, detailing wind, snow, and structural impacts across the area.
The Rev. Fred W. Allen of Snow Hill will preach at Christ Church, Denton, on Wednesday night March 11. Ames M. P. Church Hobbs hosts a St Patrick Social and supper March 13 and 14 to benefit the parsonage fund. Mrs. T. F. Johnson offers a St Patrick's Day musical at her Fifth Avenue home for the Ladies Aid Society. Caroline Circuit M. P. Church quarterly conference today at 2:30 p.m. Rev. C. M. Cullum pastors. Revival at Smithson begins tomorrow and runs indefinitely led by Rev. J. W. Pitcher and Mrs. Pitcher. Concord M. E. Church Sunday School missionary anniversary on March 15. Rev. Mr. Gantt preaches at Hillsboro tomorrow 2:30 p.m. All invited.
Judges Clark and Stevens presided at a Tuesday Orphans Court session fixing caveat proceedings to the will of Mary Virginia Stevens to Circuit Court for trial by jury. Edward E. Nuttle filed inventories and was authorized to sell real estate. guardianship accounts for Carrie W. Hassinger were approved. administration letters for William T. Hignatt issued with creditors notices ordered. American Corner notes and local notices cover wind damage to a church steeple, residents' health, and travel updates. The March snow pattern and late trains on the main line are mentioned alongside local social news.
Goldsboro reports Mr. J. W. Bridgeman and his daughter Mrs. J. S. Lapham have come back after a month in Lakeland, Florida. H. M. Parrott of near Bethlehem plans sale of some valuable property or items.
Caroline county legislators consider a new game law requiring licenses for hunting and a separate road sign measure. The proposed license sets applicant details, costs vary by residency, and fines fund informers. a county game warden is created with salary. A Senator pushes a state wide sign system with the Coat of Arms and fine details. The liquor prohibition measure would ban sale and transport for beverage purposes from May 1 1917 with penalties and a nuisance clause until enforcement laws are passed. Oyster culture opposition noted amid legislative debate. Williams workers compensation bill seeks exclusive employer-funded compensation, an Industrial Accident Board, appeal rights, and payment security.
Oliver Smith named farm demonstrator for Talbot County after studies at Cornell College. He brings South farming experience, soil fertility focus, and aims to aid local farmers with free county services. Caroline County may appoint a demonstrator as well.
In the Apple Belt Talbot countians expect development into a premier apple growing region. The Star-Democrat cites Northwest profits per acre in Oregon Washington and California and argues Maryland Delaware Peninsula growers have cost and market advantages. It notes lower local labor costs better freight economics and proximity to markets versus Northwestern shipping challenges. Caroline county farmers increasingly confident in success with apples amid favorable conditions and proven local growers.
The Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic and the Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway petition the ICC for exemption from the Panama Canal act to keep jointly operating as railroad and steamboat lines. MDV shares total 3 million dollars with common and preferred stock. B C and A reportedly controls 20 steamers serving 96 ports.
Rev Mr Bryan claims a widespread habit among church members he dubs Sunday sickness. The disease strikes at church time each Sunday, with no Saturday symptoms, then eases after morning service, allowing dinner, papers, and cigars, before a fresh attack the next Sunday.
State Health Officer Dr Fulton urges housekeepers to hunt down remaining flies now as killing one is like saving many in summer. He explains the typhoid fly is the common house fly, an active spreader of typhoid fever, though many view it as a nuisance.
Mr A J Garris traveled to North Carolina early this week to visit relatives in the state, according to local notes. He was reported in good health and expected to return soon.
Obituaries from Hillsboro and nearby, noting the sudden death of Capt Charles Kemp at 78 from heart failure, with funeral moved to Greenmount Cemetery. Also reported are the deaths of Nathaniel Roe in Greensboro and Mary A Chambers in Centreville, with family survivors and service details. Alternate notices include William Barnes of Beulah and Sister Mechtilda of Ridgely, with burial details, plus other local obituaries and memorials.
Mr. James G. Carroll, keeper of the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic bridge over the Choptank, reported smoke on Wednesday morning. An inspection showed two stringers and several ties on fire, likely ignited by hot cinders from the evening train. Trains were halted, repairs completed in two hours, delaying the morning schedule.
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