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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1899
Page
3
The circuit court is slated to convene on April 3. The orphans' court will meet on March 21. The school board is scheduled to meet on March 21.
Early to bed and rise with ads for Early Rose potatoes at 95 cents a bushel from J H Nichols. Rural notices include two car loads of cans for Geo. T. Redden & Co and millinery stock from Ida Mellvaine opening next Tuesday.
Attorney Henry R. Lewis docketed a damage suit in the circuit court for T. Frederick Garey against Caroline County after a January bridge accident on a public highway. Garey alleges the bridge was unsafe, causing his horse to fall and him to suffer severe injuries and ongoing pain and medical costs. The filing seeks fifty thousand dollars, with venue change likely. Ex-Judge Russum to handle for the commissioners.
Mr. George Bennett of several Pennsylvania and St Paul Fire policy adjusters came to Denton on Tuesday. Claims settled include 1455.60 on J Dukes Downes store, 700 dwelling for Downes, 16.50 to Denton National Bank for damages, 1030 dwelling and 183 furniture for W F Towers, 25 to Wm E Brown, 330 policy of Mrs T Wirt Fountain, 1000 for R M Collins, and 1400 for R G Stewart. No reductions were made.
Howard Marshall of Ridgely sues merchant James H. Smith for 1000 dollars claiming they bought a suit of harness, the merchant took it back, and Marshall did not pay. Albert G. Towers is Marshall’s attorney. Also notice sale of three building lots in Denton on Fourth Street between Gay and Market Streets, apply to T. Punny Fisher.
Burglars broke into the Satterfields store Tuesday night using a sledge from Wilson Thornton's blacksmith shop. They seized clothing underwear and jewelry. The build ing formerly occupied by C H Kelley above the store was ransacked. The item also mentions local court cases funerals church services and upcoming evangelistic events in Denton and surrounding areas.
An operatta titled Ediths Dream was presented by the 4th 5th and 6th grades under Ms Sallie Mowbray in Music Hall. Proceeds were split for the Lafayette monument and school purposes. Capt R W Messenger attended a Cambridge banquet. Invitations went to veterans of the Mexican Civil and Spanish American wars. A barn on Mrs Burns Fork district near Davis Mill burned Sunday morning. Elmer Messenger, wintering here, departed for Springfield Mass. Poole Brothers near ready to open their new crite and basket shop. Mrs John Fleetwood Ida Adams and son and Mrs Alice Stafford left for New Jersey. Harry Davis went to Baltimore and Philadelphia on business. Mrs May Officer Barnes and family visiting A P Officer. Mr and Mrs Oscar Davis spend spring vacation in town. Mrs Marie Turner and daughter left for the East. One of Harry Carrolls horses died. Mrs J C Clark visiting friends.
Preston. The Musical and Literary Society led by Mr. A W Sisk met at Rev C B Walton's parsonage. Next meeting at Dr Noble's on the 25th. Gipsies encamped near town with fortunes told. Fulton Noble home from the war in hospital corps, son of Isaac Noble. William Anderson of Baltimore, son of Thomas, visiting Preston. Mr and Mrs Joseph Robinson of Oxford visiting Charles McCarter. Mrs Rose Burgess and Miss Ella Williams spending days in Baltimore. Thomas H Douglass of Milton sold his farm near here for 4700. Mrs J C Clark guest of Mrs Elbert Douglass. Miss Daisy Varnes visiting J B Fletcher's. Lee Noble of Taylors Island visiting parents.
William H. Vane a prominent Queen Annes county citizen died at his Starr home on Monday aged 63 He was a son of the late Emory Vane of the First district A widow Miss Lane and three children two sons and a daughter survive He served as magistrate constable and other public offices and was a Starr merchant.
The town anticipates a new store opening by June first under Mr. F F Stevens with best wishes. Mr E E Wright, a popular local young man, owns the finest driving horse seen here. Mr F Russell returns home from the First Maryland Regiment. A new canning house will be built in April, owner and manager Mr Noble. E E Wright continues in live stock dealing.
Mr Elmer Deen of Wilmington Conference Academy Dover and Miss Carrie Deen of Maryland Institute Baltimore plan Easter visit with parents Mr and Mrs W H Deen. A box social at Laurel Grove school next Wednesday March 22 funds a library. Harmony school bell arrives. Bud researcher predicts no peaches in Firat district this year. Pippin contracts tomatoes at ten cents per basket and runs cannery. Ridgely to begin iron cannery building. Moore awards pew dwelling contract with Insley of Greensboro as contractor. Queen Anne seeks Building and Loan Association.
Messrs T. L. Day Swing & Co announce their strawberry cup production has topped 1.5 million since January 1, with $9,750 paid to local men, women, and children. The town notes diverse activity from church collections to new horse baggage wagon and ongoing factory work as residents attend lectures, visits, and repairs.
Hickman Mississippi Mrs Sallie Peters and her brother Fred T Peters hosted a Tuesday evening gathering for 58 invited youths including Hattie Fountain Emma Cohee Anna Fountain Ella Breeding Nora Currey Linda Liden Nellie Valiant Ethel Wilson Bertie Brown Johnnie Williams John Todd Jr Edgar Fountain James Wooters Fred Fountain Charles Stevens Joe Wallace Walter Fountain Albert Cahall Howard Hayman Edward Pierce Homer Cohee A lively program featured plays and music with Mr Williams performing vocal and instrumental numbers Refreshments followed at 10:30 and guests departed at midnight Also noted are visits by Philadelphia man Charles Melvin and local news about Edgar and Walter Fountain managing a farm lumber yard Doctor Barber attending Mrs Hutchins and Miss Gertie Hignutt visiting from Williston and a Baltimore trip by W R Peters.
Mr Jas A Lane and family attended the golden wedding of Mrs Lane s parents Mr and Mrs Noah Merchant near Church Hill Monday. Mr Walters Painter and Miss Amye Harrington of Sadlersville were guests of Miss Elizabeth Pallowfeld last Sunday. Mr J Ralph Stout of Cheswold Del was guest of Mr J T Carter last week. Messrs Alfred Bryan and Chas Fisher of this town were in Marydel on Sunday. Mr Alfred Temple of Red Lion Del has been visiting his parents here. Mr Harry Temple has returned from a visit to Centreville. Mr George Dukes and Dr L W Evans are on the sick list. Mr Oscar Starkey has returned home near New Castle. W J Boyer of Galena visited town on Saturday. Mr Floyd Hummer spent Saturday in town.
A young man aged 18 from Cordova reportedly married a slightly younger woman. The ceremony occurred without the groom’s father’s knowledge. Mr and Mrs Charles Andrews of Choptank have been visiting relatives in the area. Subscribe for the JOURNAL.
County commissioners on Tuesday approved new road drainage tiles to replace small bridges, ordering 90 tile sections for Preston and Choptank roads, plus 60 and 30 pieces for various locations. Tiles include 24 inch and 14 inch diameters priced per foot. Shells and carloads of materials were sent to Greensboro Goldsboro and Denton Hillsboro. Taxes uncollected as of March first totaled 7129.53, with detailed district allocations. levy collections for 1897 6536.57 and 1896 5637.26.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York promotes a new policy as the best life insurance option worldwide. It boasts simplicity, security, large guarantees, and liberal provisions, with agents sought in every town on the Peninsula. Apply to General Agent Herpert N. Felt in Wilmington Delaware or Gro, BE. Saunspury in Denton Maryland. Lister's Harvest Queen Fertilizer advertised as satisfactory for all truck crops, sold by J. J. Barrow in Preston, Maryland.
A major blaze swept Salisbury on Monday morning destroying one of Jackson’s large mills and a lumber yard, wiping out millions of feet of lumber and injuring no one reported at the scene.
The Trappe Times reports a Denton marriage of Mr Thomas N Everett and Miss Annie B Clough at Chop tank Hotel with Rev W J D Lucas and Rev Z H Webster assisting. It notes a serious illness of Miss Carrie B Roe in Sadlersville and other social visits, visitors, and relocations around Templeville Denton and surrounding towns.
On application by H. Clay Hobbs acting guardian the court issued a warrant to appraise the minor s property value. Accounts and audits approving sale proceeds and inventories were presented for several estates including Simeon Blood Thomas A Smith John R Griffin C W Jefferson J B Ricketts and related distributions and final receipts were approved or ratified.
The Denton National Bank on Tuesday last reached its highest earning capacity since its founding in 188[ ]. Loans and discounts were exceptionally large with total assets near 304 thousand dollars. Cash on hand and deposits show a strong liquidity position while bills payable and due to banks are modest.
Windy Hill on the Choptank in Talbot county’s Bambury area has become a focus of rapid growth yet suffers poor mail facilities. Letters mailed at noon in Trappe fail to reach Windy Hill until 8 a.m. the next day due to current post office schedules routing mail to Easton then Baltimore before delivery.
An early classified notice seeks a capable young man versed in the dry goods and clothing trade. The ad requests no other applicants and provides the author as M. B. Nicz OLS in Easton, Mud.
A Baltimore Sun Easton correspondent recalls a comic 1854 rural tale from Caroline via Dover Bridge. A groom brought a jug for wedding lighting gas from the Spencer sun dial at the courthouse. the gas struck at 1 o clock, but he forgot the right matches, provoking laughter and lasting memory among Easton residents.
Thomas Bascom Smith of Easton drowned Monday night off Poplar Island while aboard the steamer Ava lon en route from Baltimore to Easton. The cook heard a splash and a man overboard cry. A search by steamer boats lasted over an hour with no success. Smith, 29, son of Jesse Smith and grandson of Thomas Covey, was preparing to open a Market Space restaurant in Easton and traveled to Baltimore on business. He was unmarried.
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