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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1917
Page
5
The column lists Wheat and corn prices, product ads, and shop offerings from Denton and nearby towns. It notes a hat hospital promotion, theater show dates, marriage license, and multiple club and society notices. It reports on Crime Court actions, weather-related floods, railways, and potential hires at regional firms.
Social notes describe Grace Woollen marrying J Ormond Neal at the Woollen home in Hurlock with Rev A B Dupuy officiating. The couple will reside in Wilmington after an automobile departure. The bride wore dark blue and carried white carnations. sister Olin Higgins played the music.
At a Denton Library Association meeting a committee was appointed to purchase new books. Members include Mrs Elizabeth Pippin Mrs H E Ramsdel Miss Addie Wilson and Mr George C Skirven. The committee will meet at the library room Court House from 7 to 8 p m Tuesday the 13th inst to receive member suggestions by letter or note.
A fund of six and a half million dollars will pension Protestant Episcopal Church clergy. Eligible ministers may retire at 68 with a minimum pension of £600 yearly. Widows receive half the pension due their husbands. Orphans receive annual allowances of 100 dollars per child under seven and 200 dollars per child seven to fourteen.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company plans to form a signal corps from its Baltimore field men with possible expansion to county branches. The unit would operate under the Army Department during war, coordinating with the regular Army Signal Corps. Members would be paid by the company while on national defense duty.
Hillsboro residents host and visit over a week with dinners visits and gatherings. Names include Sparks Straughn Cordrey Sylvester Pennington Peacock Sherwood Wathers Shively Fisher Lundy Fleming Cahall and Wilson among others with travel to Baltimore and Harford county ups.
Harmony report notes Miss Elina Todd arranged a Friday March 2 gathering for Mrs Gootee Todd’s birthday. Few attended due to a disagreeable evening. Guests included the Todd family and relatives, with dining room refreshment and decorated surroundings.
Greensboro notes Mrs. Mollie Rash died shortly after Mrs. Wooters traveled to Wilmington. Funeral attendees included Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Clark and Mrs. Samuel Bilbrough with children for Hosea Boyce’s Cen treville service on February 25. Other items: Nancy S. Smith returns from Philadelphia visit with grandparents. Nellie V. Wooters back to Durham after Baltimore stay. George Nichols guests in Philadelphia and Wilmington. Georgia Butler visiting Baltimore and Wilmington. Sallie McKnott of Beacom’s Business College visits. Anna Warren marks twentieth birthday celebration.
The Aid Society of Central M E Church met at Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beck for February with a fine literary program and refreshments for 65 to 70 guests. They plan to meet at Mrs. Robert Butler's home this month. The school closed Friday to Tuesday. Miss Annie Voss visited other schools Friday and attended the Baltimore inauguration Monday with companions. Evelyn and Gertrude Rae returned from the Hebrew Hospital in Baltimore with their mothers Mrs. M L Wyatt and Mrs W 42 Spence. Mrs. F C Ramsdell, ill with pneumonia, is slowly improving.
Heavy rains cripple roads in the locality delaying farmers from early spring tasks especially pea sowing. An all day Zion meeting on Sunday was postponed due to bad weather. Miss Marie Christopher of Federalsburg visited her uncle Ira Whitely and family. Mrs Ida Johnson and two sons of Concord spent Wednesday with daughter Mrs Co Thawley. Bertha Collee returns from Cambridge Hospital after an operation. Tom Hill and Joe Kennedy visited Baltimore earlier this week. Edgar Bawdle is listed as sick.
Mrs E V Ocheltree of Greenwood visits her mother Mrs J W Johnson. Our singing school has stalled due to bad weather. Miss Nina Lockettman and Mr Charlie Johnson near here have measles. Mrs W T Higngitt visits friends and relatives in Federalsburg. Mrs C E Wright is able to be out again.
Local column notes Miss Vianna Detwiler and Rev James Dribble with wife Dr Florence Dribble visiting Ridgely for home missionary work in Spokane. They spoke at the Progressive German Baptist Church with a Friday program of pictures. Also covered are illnesses, family visits, and church activities around Ridgely including Morrow Brothers Quartette performances and multiple residents traveling to Baltimore and Newark.
Hobbs. Orville G. Smith of Columbia DC visited his mother and relatives in Caroline before returning Saturday. Mrs. W A Davis and children came home after a week with her parents J F Walls in Tuckahoe Neck. Mrs B B Allen and her aunt Mrs O J Chaffinch return to Washington Friday. Mrs Dr C A Clemer of Wierton WV visits her parents W W Dukes in Concord. Florence E Seeders spent Sunday with grandparents J H and Mrs Merriken. Miss Ella Mae Pollard returns to Marcus Hook to resume duties. Mrs J R Ricards was a Baltimore visitor last week.
Regular Hickman services Sunday include Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m Epworth League at 7 p m led by Mrs James Hardesty. Sunday School to be reorganized tomorrow. Fourth quarterly conference set for Hickman Friday March 16 at 2 p m. Spelling match at Red Men's Hall Thursday March 16 with dictionary words under B and A. Admission small. Mrs Mary Hershey ill Mrs Albert Stokes convalescent.
Templeville notes show Howard Moore of Dover visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moore last week. Ethel Sparks of Philadelphia and Emma Sparks visit their parental home. Mrs. Hiram Sparks of Kenton visits grandmother Mrs. Wm. Lowman. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Knotts visit Baltimore friends, Mr. S. C. Faulkner spends the week in Wilmington.
Canned goods prices have climbed steadily in recent months with scarce supply reported by Baltimore canners and brokers. Experts say the rise is due to higher crop costs and labor, not speculation, and margins remain slim. Grocers with old stock will delay price hikes until restocking, leaving households to face a sharp jump when new stock arrives.
The commission asks fishermen to save all small fish and return them to the water. It warns against destructive past practices and supports limited propagation to inform legislation, aiming to boost Maryland’s fishing industry with cooperative effort and better laws. Commission members plan to visit the Tuckahoe Hatching Station in Denton next Wednesday and expect it to reopen in spring.
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided Tuesday as letters of administration were granted to John Parris and Mary E Thawley for Hannah Parris estates. Executors Fleming released from trustees. accounts for Charles H Dean and Elizabeth Sparks estates approved. Inventory for James M Clark estate, sale order passed. other admin filings approved.
The fourth quarterly conference of Caroline circuit M P Church at Denton on March 3 adopted unanimously preamble and resolutions on February 16 1917 death of Jonathan E Towers a longtime faithful member. They express humble submission to God his rest in heaven the value of his church work and sympathy to his widow and children with copies to the widow Methodist Protestant Denton Journal and the circuit journal.
In loving remembrance of Edward C Wright infant son of Edward C and Ella Wright who died Friday February 16 1917 We have lost our dear little baby He has bid us all adieu He has gone to live in Heaven And his little form is last to view Oh that dear one how we loved him Oh how hard to give him up But an angel came down for him and removed him from our flock Mamma
A stream of transfers is listed from the Court House records, including properties in Denton Federalsburg Ridgely and Greensboro. Notable entries include Mary J. Mowbray to the Board of Education Denton for 300 dollars and Isaac J Moore to J Virgil Moore Denton property for 10 dollars. Travelers report very bad roads as a miscellaneous note.
The article profiles Sophie Kerr Underwood editor at Woman's Home Companion and popular Caroline county author born near Denton. It notes her success with The Blue Envelope dramatized for film and her family ties to Denton and Preston. A Baltimore Evening Sun picture of her is mentioned.
The piece argues the farmer alone sustains society with essential goods and pays any price for them, while middlemen and traders reap fortunes. It questions why labor-based wealth does not elevate farmers to the top rank and notes his steadier, more virtuous life despite economic pressures.
A playful regional verse extols Maryland's Eastern Shore inviting visitors from all directions to savor farms rivers and local cuisine while humorously urging newcomers to stay and enjoy what the state has to offer with a lighthearted nod to local identity.
A farmer near Barclay, Jesse Phillips, was instantly killed when a northbound passenger train struck his closed carriage at The Hickories crossing between Barclay and Sadlersville on a Tuesday morning. The roads were frozen and the rattle of milk cans masked the safety warning. Phillips and his horse were dragged a short distance before the train was halted. He left a wife and four children.
A local report notes more pneumonia cases than usual in the area, signaling a potential health uptick for residents and urging awareness and precautionary measures.
Necrological news notes report the February deaths of James Howard aged 88 at his Eighth district home, John Wesley Beauchamp age 68 near Jones Corner, Dorothy Griffith age about 2, William H Hutson age 84 near Greensboro, and Mary Davis age 95 at Seaford. Howard survived by wife and stepdaughter, Beauchamp was a bachelor, Griffith died suddenly from suspected heart trouble, Hutson died at his son in law’s home, Davis widow of Matthew Davis with many relatives in the county. Interments held at Concord M E Church and churchyard. Howard was English born, active Republican, long early settler in Pennsylvania then Caroline county.
A discussion notes growing automobile theft in Los Angeles County with annual losses estimated between 150000 and 200000 dollars. It compares modern car theft to historic horse theft and argues for identifiable marks and stricter ownership proof at sale to curb the crime. It calls for owners to lock vehicles and for dealers to scrutinize offers more closely.
Mrs Bertha Maloney and her children of Marcus Hook Pennsylvania recently visited the home of Mrs Maloney's parents. They returned home Wednesday accompanied by Mrs Maloney's mother, Mr James Lord, who will spend several days there.
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