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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1910
Page
7
Denton residents see millinery openings at Mellvaine and Sister's and Mrs J Hollingworths with ads for hats underwear and hosiery. Local court notes and a sale by Andrew Slaushter feature Rhode Island Red chickens. jail for a Ridgely man on whiskey charges. plans for concrete blocks and new dwellings. railroad line straightening talks. and spring goods promotions across multiple Denton businesses.
Announcement has been made of the marriage of Eldridge Downes Jr. and Louise Sprenkle on Tuesday at 1 30 pm. Mrs Emily DeFord announces the marriage of her daughter Emily to Elimer Seney of Centreville in the Methodist Protestant Church at noon April 2. Mrs Anne Lyden Meekins is seriously ill at the Woman's Hospital, Baltimore after a major operation. Various townspeople and visitors are mentioned including J A Wright Seaford and W J Wright county commissioner, Viola Covey entertaining for Emma Hubbard, Carl Bradley recovering from surgery, and others visiting or traveling between Salisbury Baltimore and Denton.
Extensive preparations for the second annual automobile show at the Denton Garage from April 5 to 8 during court week of the Caroline county Circuit Court. The event will be larger than last year on the Maryland and Delaware Peninsula with models from Brush, Buick, Chalmers, E M F, Ford, Hudson, International, Maxwell, Overland, Packard, Reo and more. Robinson's Orchestra of Wilmington will perform daily, with demonstrations by dealers and reduced rail fares expected to boost attendance from the region. The Denton Garage, the Eastern Shore's largest, is run by the Denton Auto Company in which Dr P R Fisher and Hl Clay Hobbs are interested.
Proposals include penalties for billiard and pool halls taking wagers and a bill for a free bridge across the Winchester river. A bill would let justices issue writs for misdemeanors in Caroline county while Easton women’s suffrage at municipal elections failed. The charter amendment for Federalsburg is also on the table as busy session proceeds.
Supervisor Isaac H. White announced the lists of Caroline County Eastern Shore enumerators. Appointees include Henderson T Ayers of Greensboro, William G. Walters east of Choptank, I Willis of Denton, A R B at Todd, Grant Alburger Preston, Harry Wright of Preston, James O Wright Federalsburg, Oliver W Spicer Hillsboro, George N Imler Ridgely, Auley B Smith American Corner, Albert Howard American Corner, and William F. Davis. Distinctions note areas east or west of Williamson's Corner road to district No. 4 boundary.
Attorney Henry R. Lewis urged the commissioners to raise the clerk to the board salary from 700 to 1000 dollars per year as a fair amount for the work. He asked the commission to petition the General Assembly to pass a law authorizing the increase. The board did not grant the request.
Hillsboro notes tell of a surprise birthday party for Mr A L Duffey with relatives present and a large cake lit with thirty one candles. The item also lists many local movements including visits, job changes and conference attendances across Hillsboro Ames and nearby towns.
Ridgely James A. Barwick forwards a Daily Evening Bee clipping from Sacramento noting San Francisco's Board of Supervisors accepting Ham Hall’s offer to sell Lake Eleanor and Cherry Creek holdings for one million dollars for the city’s water supply. Hall, a Queen Anne’s County native, once California State Engineer, is linked to Starr and Hall’s Cross Roads.
A patrons' meeting was held at the school Tuesday evening with Superintendent Noble delivering an address. A follow up meeting is planned for March 30. Mrs. C White and daughters visited Mrs. O M Sig natt. Misses Mary and Roberta of Bridgeville were guests. O M Hignutt caught the first shad of the season and is convalescent after illness. A strong crew works on the State highway. Miss Minnie Todd visits Balti. Miss Katie Neal visits Dover.
Residents along the Caroline line sign petitions urging the Legislature to pass an act changing the boundary and annexing part of Dorchester territory to Caroline. Constitution requires a majority of legal voters in the annexed district to consent, and sentiment is reported as favorable.
A patrons meeting will be held at Andersontown school on March 24 at 1 30 p.m. with songs recitations and drills by pupils followed by discussions of interesting subjects. All patrons are invited. Mrs Henry H Carroll and daughter of Virginia visit Mr Ora A Carroll near Andersontown. Mr Henry T Nuttle plans to light his dwelling and store with acetylene gas.
The Ridgely farmers institute held last Friday and Saturday featured W L Amoss state institute director and two addresses on modern potato culture and early tomato growing. Speakers urged crop rotation and deep cultivation, advised precise soil and seedbed prep, spray for blight using Bordeaux mixture, and outlined seed selection, bed construction, transplanting, and careful side dressing for vigorous yields.
State Chairman Hanna Collector Stone and Postmaster General Hitchcock back Albert G Towers for the Naval Officer post to succeed Gen J Stuart MacDonald with an appointment expected in April The Sun reported Towers previously sought the Internal Revenue Collector post but Goldsborough’s reappointment and Stone’s support signal a strategic party move toward a gubernatorial race and party harmony across counties Gen MacDonald has been ill but may seek reappointment if advised away by friends.
Mr HH Chaffinch of Gilpin's Point recalls a March 18 1865 trip on the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad from St Johns town Greenwood to Milford Junction Harrington. The four box cars three double flats seven oak trees per flat a baggage coach two passenger coaches and engine Delaware ran 53 mile minutes with stop at Farmington.
In loving remembrance of our mother and wife Caroline Cooper who died March 19 1909 Our hearts are lonely yet Our grief too deep to tell By husband and child We remember Emily N Baker who died March 15 1904 Loved in life death remembered Our mother sleeps free from pain By her children
The forty second session of the Wilmington Annual Conference met in Salisbury with Bishop J W Hamilton presiding. Officers examined candidates for admission, ministers sought new pastorates, and district superintendents for Wilmington and Dover were named as likely to change. A concrete block church contract was awarded to T S Holt of Federalsburg with F C Brown overseeing interior work. A St Mary's Guild market is planned in Salisbury for March 26.
In Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood presided. H Judson Ramsdell and Harry E Ramsdell were appointed to appraise Elizabeth Dixon Nuttle's estate. Garey Jr and Chaffinch filed inventories. real estate sale for Vaughn G Todd received final ratification. Bullsock and Poole matters advanced with guardianship and distributions approved.
A vintage advertisement touts Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf as a cure for kidney and urinary troubles headaches nervousness dizziness and insomnia. Claiming regulator grade efficacy the copy urges purchases at druggists or by mail from The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York.
Greensboro news items report young men stranded on a mud flat near Brick Mills after piloting an oyster boat in Chop Tank, causing colds. Rev J P Otis delayed by Mrs Sarah J Clark funeral. Local store opening planned by I L Leibowitz on Main Street. Miss Ruth Plummer hosts sixteenth birthday. Elizabeth Hughes bicycle news with millinery opening set for 22nd and 23rd. Maryland Day will feature Rev J Gibson Gantt as orator. Farmers busy with Irish Cobblers and tulips. signs of spring fever. Mrs Robert McKown and Ida visit in Greensboro. Washington College students home due to scarlet fever. Mrs Arthur Brockway hosts Ladies Sewing Circle. Miss Sallie Wilson visiting T Horsey. Miss Josephine Pippin returns from Philadelphia. Mrs J O Bernard and children and Miss Fannie Bernard visit Harrington. Miss Rose Harrington reported unimproved after illness. Miss Mildred Harris of Greensboro visiting St Michaels friends. W W Graham in Morgantown WV. Annabel Moore returns from Baltimore. Mrs L M Dill recovering from grip. Mrs N Horsey visiting in Baltimore. Mrs Charles Butler convalescent.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs J P White's with good attendance and engaging talks on Mexico and South America. Various residents visited, trips to Philadelphia and New York are planned, and local farms may expand tobacco cultivation in Caroline County.
Union M P Church elected Homer Melvin superintendent Arlington Price assistant superintendent A T Porter treasurer Henry Stafford secretary J S Raughley assistant secretary Hartley Price librarian Edith Simpson organist Mary Graham assistant organist Rev Thomas Sard attends Salisbury conference expected to return Burrsville for third year Mrs Sard and daughters visiting Secretary Mrs William Webber returns home Norris Graham family visits Vernon Miss Eva Le Van Bristol Pa visits Everett Smith home Miss Mary H Thawley hosts friends W B Stockley Philadelphia visits Arlington Price Mrs Nick Dulin guests Elijah Hoeffer warns Halley’s comet will collide with earth May 19 to 25 causing conflagration earth to pass through comet tail May 18 telescope shows comet 170000000 miles away
A string of obituaries from Caroline and Kent counties details deaths in Laurel Sanitarium Prince George s county Chestertown and Greensboro. Notables include farmer John T Carter 74 years. attorney Marion DeKalb Smith born 1850. John Evitts 83. Mrs Sarah J Clark 68. Arthur E Dowell 54. Elmer Culver 17. Bernard Clines 28. Eliza DeRonde dies aged 85 near Goldsboro with interment in Haverstraw New York. Surviving children siblings and spouses noted where given. Interments listed at Greensboro Wesley Church Federalburg and respective cemeteries.
Maryland Day observances move to the Thursday before Good Friday with a theme Education in Maryland including readings songs and essays. A patrons' association formed at Linden's school names Fred Fountain as president and plans discussions on strawberry cultivation school improvements and arithmetic taught by a practical farmer. next meeting March 23 at 8 p.m. All invited.
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