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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1909
Page
5
Local items report Wheat prices at 1.23 and corn 68 in Denton, new postmaster at Fempleville, and builders starting homes on Fifth and Railroad avenues. Denton plans an automobile show April 6–8 with 40 to 50 machines. telegraph lines damaged by last week’s storm are being repaired.
Mrs Brown hosted an old fashioned quilting party at Fifth Avenue Denton with many guests. Mrs Merritt Hubbard of Tuckahoe Neck underwent appendectomy at Emergency Hospital Easton last week and is recovering. Mr and Mrs Z A Cooper visited relatives in Easton and nearby. Miss Clara Clifton and Miss Olu Records of Seaford stayed with Misses Maggie and Katie Todd in West Denton. George R Percy now lives at Oakford in Tuckahoe Neck, with Mrs Clinton Cook visiting. Various locals including H Wix and Emily Masten visited Johnny Carter. Mrs Martin S Allaband of New Castle Del, formerly of Tuckahoe Neck, is seriously ill. Helen Richardon has returned from Queen Anne. Nites Mame Trice visited sister Edward Hirs in Philadelphia. Ida McIlvaine traveled to Philadelphia and New York. Wilmer Little, son of Rev Dr Little, visited Denton. H D Horsey returned from Baltimore and Washington. Carroll L Dunning of New York visited his brother. Katherine Stitchberry visited Easton relatives. Henry Wilson visited relatives in Baltimore. C Harry Whitby of Baltimore spent time here. Josephine M Downes guests of Dover relatives. Frances A Johnson with Harrington relatives. Laura Wx recently visited Harrington.
Orphans Court proceedings admitted the will of Charles Fleming and George M Prince to probate with letters of administration granted to multiple executors. Bond filed, creditors notices ordered. Administrators reported inventories, accounts, and distributions. Several guardians and heirs faced citations and orders over tomb costs and personal property. Special session held Thursday and Friday.
Reverend Frank T. Benson will give a lecture titled The Lords of Creation at Masonic Hall on Friday evening March 26. Tickets are sold at Smith and Walls in Denton. Benson has previously pleased audiences here and promises a talk rich in instruction and entertainment.
The steamer Love Point burning at her Love Point wharf near Baltimore occurred Thursday night around 16 oclock. Fire reached the engine room before pumps controlled it and a second fire started elsewhere. The pier and offices were saved by drifting the vessel free. No freight was lost as cargo had just been discharged. An ad for wallpaper and window shades followed.
Farmers near Ridgely plan extensive pea production and A. G. Saulsbury & Bro. will set up a viner near George W. Morris farm to ease vine shelling. Peach outlook is favorable with buds not as far along as expected. Myrtle V. Vosmus left for Crayford NC to lead the millinery section of a large department store. Mrs. G. H. Imler returns from Pennsylvania visit. Inauguration visitors in Washington included Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Jones, Mr. I. F. Saulsbury, and Dr. Madara. Leona Saxton, at a Wilmington business school, has been ill at home. Land Commissioner Smith has been ill for days. H. L. Dasher travels south for early produce bound for New York market.
Preston Haverland s Minstrel Troupe gave a well regarded show in Chop Tank hall last week. Local social notes list ill Mrs Margaret Williams Mrs Thomas Taylor and Mr J B Fletcher among the sick. Several residents travel and visit relatives across Federalsburg Burrsville and Dover with various returns and small town updates.
The proposed bank in Goldsboro completed its organizing steps on Wednesday with I S Medford as president, Robert Jarrell Sr. as vice president, and Robert Jarrell Jr. as cashier. They arranged with W T Jarman & Bros to fit part of the store wing, and expect the bank to open in April. Meanwhile Mass Mary Butler of The Plains was injured after a fall on the boardwalk and remains at home. Farmers question tomato contracts as cannery buyers hold seven dollars. C F Jarman returns from a visit to his brother T E B Jarman in Berlin. Edith Cooper visits Wilmington.
Miss Mary Ross spent ten days with relatives in Talbot and was accompanied home by her cousin Mr. F S Hubbard of near Chapel. Misses May Deal Ada Cohee Florence Lockwood and Mary Ross were guests of Miss Dessie Steele Sunday. Bradley, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Nolan Steele, is slowly improving from pneumonia. Frazier's School box social postponed to Thursday March 11 due to bad weather. Mr and Mrs J T Bradley of Wyoming spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs Nolan Steele.
A meeting of patrons at the Griffith branch ditch was held on Saturday March 6 at Mr Nan Cooks. J F Covey chaired the gathering and G M Fowers served as secretary. Elected by ballot were managers J S Willis and T H McMahon and treasurer Nan Cook to serve until the first Saturday in March next.
Miss Carrie Butler entertained a number of her young friends on Tuesday evening. Mr. F T Peters spent part of last week in Baltimore purchasing new goods.
The Hillsboro Newsletter notes the death of Captain Edward Dickerson on Saturday the 6th. He was buried Monday at Greenmount cemetery with Rev. L. P. Corkran officiating. He came from Cambridge thirty years ago to live at Stony Point by the Tuckahoe river in a humble cabin. He left his worldly possessions to cover funeral expenses under Captain Charles C. Kemp who cared for him during a four month illness. The item also covers local social visits, a seventh birthday celebration for Hughlett Thawley Sparks, and various town news including a new bank's early success and residents traveling to Washington for inauguration.
Grace Rutter, three, of Greensboro Hotel, escaped serious injury thanks to Warren Vansant during a dog attack on Allan Magsey's front porch. She was treated by Dr. Galdsborough for scalp and shoulder bruises. Also notes a church meeting, elections, and local housing work.
Marydel and neighboring churches report strong offerings and revival impact after Rev Ivanhoe Willis preached last Sunday. Missionary giving for the charge nears 180 dollars with several churches repairing facilities and adding hymnals. Conferences and visits by members are noted, along with health updates for O H Nickerson and plans for the Conference week in Milford.
Willoughbys School hosts a box social on Friday evening March 1. Ladies urged to bring full boxes and gentlemen full purses. A brief note mentions Mr. M F H Collison grieving his aging mother and local condolences. Other items include travel and family notes from Houston to Baltimore and Bridgeville.
The Sunday School of Calvary M. I. Church will be organized tomorrow the 14th, followed by preaching by Rev W E Sites. At 7 30 there is a Christian Endeavor prayer meeting. Mr B T Seeders, treated for cancer in Indiana, is hoped to return soon. Mr and Mrs John Hunt back from Philadelphia. Cottage meetings nearby continue with good attendance and success. Frederick Love entertained friends Tuesday evening. Several on the sick list are improving.
Concord notes include Rev G W Bounds of Federalsburg delivering a lecture on Blunders to a large audience at Chestnut Grove Church Wednesday evening. Other items mention visitors, entertainments, and a West Point cadet appointment for Thomas Jefferson’s son Philetus. Victor Sparklin begins teaching at Pine Ridge South Dakota.
A church lesson centers on Peter’s miracles in Joppa, healing Aeneas of eight years’ paralysis and reviving Dorcas who made garments for the poor. The events draw many to Christ, showing faith’s power and the need for charitable works, with Peter’s actions signaling break from Jewish prejudice.
Mr and Mrs Vicar Hollingsworth of Sadlersville near Baltimore sought Pasteur treatment for a ill sheep at City Hospital. After attempting drenching the animal they released it and observed peculiar symptoms. The sheep was killed and its head sent to the hospital for examination with a message of evident signs of tables and advised immediate consultation and treatment.
A panel of growers reports fruit buds generally in good shape with some variability. Several say peaches and pears show advanced buds and potential good crops if weather remains favorable, while a few note dead Elberta buds and caution about banking on heavy yields.
The eighty first annual Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church will convene at St John s Church Baltimore from April 7 to 14. Rev J M Sheridan will preside and assign appointments. The conference covers New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland and the District of Columbia. A membership meeting named T Pliny Fisher as delegate and urged Rev F T Benson to return as pastor. Gantt and Weir will exchange, with Weir leading services at St Paul s in Willsboro and Denton. Christian Endeavor discusses liquor laws tomorrow at the M P Church led by Dr M Bates Stephens. The Dead Letter office received over thirteen million misaddressed mail pieces last year. proper printed letterheads and envelopes could have returned them to writers. Journal office offers quick printed letter head and envelope printing.
Multiple obituaries note deaths in March across Easton and surrounding areas. Daniel C. Adams dies after weeks of illness at eighty one, funeral at Bloomery M E Church with ministers Cannon and Layfield. Adams served as undertaker since the 1870s burying 1563 people. Mrs. Adams and ten children survive, plus twenty nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Other notices include Mrs. Mahala Collison passing at 83 near Andersontown, with survivors Millard F IH Collison, two brothers, two sisters. James A. Breeding dies near Burrsville after long illness, funeral at Wesley M E Church. Charles H. Fleming praised by Matthew McDaniel of Canton, Ohio. Samuel F. Pearson dies of paralysis in Greensboro, aged 82, with four children surviving. Audrey Smith dies of diphtheria, interment in Denton. Eustace P. Sexton, former purser on Denton line, dies in Baltimore. Public and church notices describe funeral arrangements and survivors.
Temulaville reports Mr and Mrs Wright Robinson hosted guests Mr and Mrs Walter Price of Kent some days ago. The visitors are newly married.
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