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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1903
Page
3
Public notices list schedule items for county offices. Orphans Court to meet May 12, Levy Court May 35, Court to meet June 22, and Luc on Board May 12. The item appears in the public business calendar section with solicited local notices.
Easton fair set for August 18 to 20 with local events and market notes. The week reports rising temperatures, market prices for wheat and corn, and various town projects.
In Denton area society notes list visits and gatherings. Miss Mabel Wilson hosted a Friday evening progressive event with guests including Helen Barnhart Lydia Hughes Elizabeth Garey Pearl Griffin Madge Beauchamp Minnie Dukes Elsie Green Emily Knotts Clara Frampton Maud Clark Katharine Dukes and others. Marriages include Dr J A Richards and Sallie Marvel at Dover with Reynolds Clough as best man Nora Hargrove as bridesmaid. Additional weddings occur at James R Butler’s home with Tamsie Butler and J Henry Andrew. Visitors include Lt G Arthur Fisher and Lt R Earle Fisher en route to Manila. News covers health, illness, and local movements. many names and places across Denton County are mentioned.
Members of the M E Church South hosted the new pastor and his wife at the parsonage on Wednesday night. The week’s social round includes Cambridge concert for M E Church, visits from Denton and Queen Anne girls, a fund drive for baseball uniforms, and multiple local trips among residents such as Senator Harry A Roe and others.
Preston High School lost to Easton 11 to 10 on home grounds after poor infielding let visitors pull ahead. Fred Noble hit a home run for Preston, who had not yet tasted defeat this season. The Preston nine planned to face Denton next, with a possible second game versus Ellwood.
A Greensboro correspondent reports on a looming Eastern Shore tomato crop boom. Predictors foresee strong canning demand and rich returns for growers and packers, while pessimists warn of overproduction and debt in the industry. Proponents cite profits from portable canners and shifting grower independence, with debate focus on costs, contracts, and county development.
Principal L L Twilley of Annapolis High School presents calculations using U S education reports showing that 30 school days lost costs Annapolis white pupils 270000, Anne Arundel County whites 92000, and 19 Maryland counties with shorter terms 21810110. He values a pupil’s time at 10 per day over 11 years of schooling, implying 200 days per year.
Tobias F Imler was appointed administrator of John F Imler deceased. Renunciation filed. Bond approved. J P Holsinger and G K Ebling appointed appraisers of the personal estate. Notice to creditors ordered. Martha McNichol deceased will admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Alice Tiwin executor. Bond approved.
An expedition from the Lick Observatory has gone to Chile to observe southern stars and the sun’s voyage toward the north. The aim is to better understand the universe, our place in it, and the forces guiding the solar system, using observations of stars less studied than the northern ones.
The Emerson Steam Pump Company of Washington is organized to acquire patents and manufacture and sell steam pumps foot valves strainers for suction pipes and related devices. W R Ewerson formerly of this place is vice president and director and his son R Bruce Emerson is also a director.
A small ditch bank fire on Monday spread to burn over 100 acres owned by J. W. Kerr and W. Stevens, causing substantial damage. Several hundred dollars in losses, including two cords of wood with ten prepared for the stove, and many young trees destroyed.
A Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin summarizes best practices for tomato culture. It urges strong plants, careful setting, and weed control. stresses seed-bed care, rotation, and avoiding skin damage to reduce disease. It notes Bordeaux dipping, horn worm control with Paris green, and arsenical sprays for foliage beetles, with emphasis on prevention over cure.
The Illinois College of Agriculture reports dramatic gains from improved corn varieties. A southern Illinois farmer planted 300 acres and outyielded others by 30 bushels per acre, totaling about nine thousand extra bushels and roughly four thousand dollars in profit. Similar gains followed in Central Illinois with eighty to seven thousand acres adopting improved seed, plus multiple breeding fields to advance varieties. Northern Illinois also expanded to nearly 3000 acres of improved corn with breeding plots established.
Rumor of Adam Stewarts death in Baltimore jail proved unfounded. His trial for the murder of Mr. John Imler is expected in the Circuit Court for Queen Annes County during the second week, with opening day not yet set. Subscribe for the JourNAL for county news.
Beginning June 1 1903 interchangeable 1000 mile refund tickets go on sale valid one year from issue for owner travel only with standard baggage allowance on lines including Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio Delaware Lackawanna and Western Erie Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania railroads. Tickets cost 30 with 10 refund on surrender within 18 months. Sold at principal stations. mileage over multiple lines avoids separate tickets.
Public focus centers on Russia and Manchuria with claims the czar favors peace as a tool, while diplomacy proves powerful and cheaper. Aged farmer Samuel Dill near Cedar Grove Church dies after paralysis, funeral held, burial at Cedar Grove. Dorchester County citizen Enoch Lowe dies at Williamsburg residence in heart trouble at about 80. Andrew Carnegie donates 600000 to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Everngam’s offers fine clothing stock.
Marriage licenses issued in April list couples including Fred McCurdy with Bessie Meredith, Lacy H Flaharty with Elizabeth McCarty, Frank Schmidt with Mary Henchel, Clayton Melvin with Virginia Wood, Archie Evans with Daisy Morris, Wilburt L Welch with Brooksy Cole, William Melvin with Bertha Jump, Harry F Sullivan with Edna Hofecher, Alfred Temple with Phamey Medford, David N Hopkins with Catherine Robinson, Ezekiel Evans with Gertrude Kenton, James H Andrew with Tamsey Butler, Elijah Hacket with Susie Smulls, George Dickerson with Lucie Parker, and Geo E Bordly with Katie Brown. Parsonage support by voluntary contributions to Longman & Martinez Pure Paints touted with decades of use and guarantees.
Jubilee services marked the twenty fifth anniversary of Ridgely Reformed Church with visiting ministers from Baltimore York and Delaware. Rev C W Levan preached the anniversary sermon and former pastors participated. Officers elected for the ensuing year include President Mrs William F Liden and Secretary Mrs Henry T Nuttle.
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