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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1898
Page
3
The Circuit Court will convene on April 4 to hear pending matters. Orphans' Court is scheduled to meet on March 22 to review guardianship and estate matters.
Denton and nearby towns report a busy period with new subscriptions to a bank, sales of goods, and rising travel as spring settles in. Notable items include deaths, raffles, upcoming lectures by Rev. Samuel P. Jones, appointments of Odd Fellows, and rising herring prices with a hint of early shad season.
A sweep of short items lists Elon S. Hobbs of New York in town on business with the Holland submarine Plunger and other lawyers, editors, and professionals visiting from Maryland towns. Mentions weddings, licenses, theater work, travel to Washington and Baltimore, and social calls among Easton and Caroline county residents.
Advertises Mother Gray a nurse at a Children's Home in New York claiming to break colds in 24 hours cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. Sold at all druggists for 25 cents with free sample from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Wantep One thousand cords of long leaf pine wood. For particulars apply to N. H. Fouks, Preston, Ma. The crop outlook is good.
The Preston Literary and Musical Club entertained by Misses Lula and Emily Fletcher at the Fletcher home. Performances included instrumental pieces by Bertie Noble and a chorus by the club singing Star Spangled Banner. Upcoming meeting at the Nobles with Victorian Age topics. Miss Addie Corkran visiting Bertie Noble, and efforts to hire Jessie Kerr for a local music class. Mumps affected the Noble household.
Miss Mary Boyer of Philadelphia visits her brother W J Boyer. Miss Cora Smith returns from visit to Mrs Isaac Mason. Miss Lizzie Legar of Barclay visits Mrs J W McKnott. G Wash Tarman of Centreville visits sister Mrs Bowen. Milton Green and Zella Heather visit town. Frank Lane Emma Hall and Topsy Fallowfield spend Sunday at Miss Susie Gooden in Henderson. Oscar Starkey and Alfred Temple visit parents in Red Lion Delaware. Rev M D Nutter preaches missionary sermon. collection raises $37.50. Ralph and Harry Stout and Bernard Carter on sick list. Mr John Guessford visiting Mr Benjamin Starkey.
A progressive crokinole party hosted by Miss Nellie Davis honored her New York visitor. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. White, Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson, Dr. and Mrs. Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis, Miss Mattie Hobbs, and Messrs. Carroll and Fernandes Davis. Young folks attended at Hurlock Saturday night. Will White started as a stenographer in Newark, Delaware. H. B. Messenger visited Baltimore and Annapolis for good roads advocacy. A new room over the creamery hosted a blind man’s buff party and other amusements as a shirt factory. Sue Turner visits Preston and Hillsborough friends. A taffy pulling gathering occurred at Ernest Downes’ home. Harry Thompson improved his home with a long front porch. Hackett and Jump form a partnership in the hardware business. Charles H. Fleming and wife visit their daughter in Wilmington. Rev. Mr. Lindale preached in Sadlerstown M E church. Palmatory of Church Hill visits aunt Annie Palmatory. Laura Day of Patuxent visits Rev. W. L. Smith. Jennie Rees of Clayton visits sister Mrs. Fleming at Tuckahoe Neck.
Concord notes William Loockerman ill with heart trouble and Camden visitor J W Loockerman. In Hickman John Rosser to speak and Norman Vanscoy to aid Sunday School which opens at 9 30 and service at 10 30. Shooting match planned with live pigeons and blue rocks next Thursday. Kemp's Balsam ad promises cure for coughs and lung ailments with trial bottle offer at druggists.
In a Baltimore News exchange Major W E Stewart recounts his lineage and Civil War service to explain how his name and title arose. He traces kin to archbishops and Confederate officers, recalls a Maryland wartime skirmish, and notes he remains a Major though offered higher ranks. The piece closes with a Milwaukee Harvesters ad for binders and mowers.
The levy court met on Tuesday and agreed to a Talbot commission proposal to meet at Dover bridge Thursday March 10. Warrant amounts were set for multiple overseers to construct and maintain roads from Oakland school house to Furman's Grove and other specified routes. Abatements and transfers are scheduled for March 6, 15, and 17 with public attendance encouraged for any changes.
A correspondent notes the annual cry over robins' scarcity and explains the decline. Robins hatch locally, migrate south in fall, then are hunted and sold at markets and stations. Many are captured near China trees and intoxicated by fruit juices. The author presents reasons for reduced robins and hopes they do not become extinct.
The Choptank plans another steamboat line extending from Baltimore to Greensborough. The Hamilton will be the first vessel, commanded by Captain E T Leonard who has long served the Choptank route. Edward Levering recently bought the Hamilton from the Old Bay Line and she is in repair for freighting and passenger use with several staterooms. James E Byrd, a prominent Baltimore steamboat man, is reported to back the enterprise.
A correspondent objects to a previous Preston letter noting an elaborate imaginary badge. The responder questions the badge’s English, jokes about Latin mottoes, and hints at social wearers in the Southern States, concluding they won’t rely on the correspondent’s past designs.
The mortgage tax exemption bill failed in the House by a narrow margin on Tuesday. Redden and Todd opposed it in line with most constituents. A new bridge across the Choptank at Williston is under discussion as Senator Messick proposes legislative consent. Redden also introduces a county will records index bill in the House.
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a highly effective medicine for coughs and colds. It promises quick relief, pleasant taste, and dependable results, with sales listed in Hillsboro Ridgely Denton and other towns.
Maryland legislation advances creating the Denton and Federalsburg Railroad Company with capital stock up to one hundred thousand dollars. Caroline County would subscribe eight thousand dollars in bonds, subject to a county vote and later board representation. The act sets survey, construction, condemnation, and cross-line rights and includes tax exemptions and merger options. A Baltimore Sun note links Judge Russum to the tax commissioner post and mentions possible succession of Robert P. Graham.
Rev C D Harris attacked yellow journalism and urged true patriots to act for country. The Peninsula Methodist explains presiding Elder as a diocesan bishop. Laurel Grove M E Church South set services. Denton Epworth League grows to about sixty. Wilmington Conference opens March 23 with Bishop Newman presiding. Readers urged to push good roads bill via toll tires and Annapolis action.
Mr. J. M. Clark of Williston lists a neat assortment of strawberry plants for sale in an advertisement.
Greensborough Council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics teams with Le Roy's Jollity Show Co to present a charity entertainment this Saturday evening. A mix of regular and new actors perform with a special program to aid the recently formed council. Tickets are 10 and licents at the usual outlet, with the local string band providing music.
The Asheville Daily Gazette notes a Y M C A lecture titled Shackles Stricken From Human Limbs and Fangs Extracted from Human Souls to be delivered tomorrow evening by Col. J E Mowbray of Philadelphia. The speaker is praised as an engaging orator likened to John B Gough.
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