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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1904
Page
2
Aeons 3 Court and Leo Viurt will meet on May 10 as listed in the public notice. The School Board is set to convene the same day with agenda items including district matters and possible policy actions.
Miss Ida McIlvaine shops for summer millinery in Philadelphia. Dances taught by Miss Louise Dukes at Brown's Hall Fridays. E. W. Emerson estate stock for sale and store room for rent. Various local property transactions and improvements. Community events include lodge formation, oyster supper, rehearsals, and school closings. Steamers Joppa and Minnie Wheeler resume service after Dover bridge repairs. District news covers illnesses, baptisms, and social visits among Easton and Denton residents.
Two brothers aged twelve and thirteen, sons of Robert Meads, living near Greenwood, slept beside a Queen Anne Railroad track and were saved when a Sunday express sped past. One woke with a finger wound, the other with a minor head bump as they rolled away from the rails. The incident left their father relieved and grateful.
Soak one quart of white beans overnight drain in morning and boil in salted water for an hour. Drain, place beans in an earthen dish, add one and a half cups water, one and a quarter cups molasses, one tablespoon sugar, a pinch of salt and pepper, and one fourth pound salt pork with rind slashed. Bake forty five minutes covered then forty five minutes uncovered adding hot water in last half hour if drying.
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The Henderson route covers twenty four and five eighths miles across twelve square miles serving four hundred eighty nine people with stops from the post office to many local corners and farms. Also noted are local social updates including hospitalising of Alice Dennison after appendicitis, church and town visits, and obituaries for Dr. Saulsbury Dr. Price and Eldridge Emerson along with several court notices.
Preston reports last Monday's town election re-elected the old board of town commissioners: Alex Noble N H Fooks R I Ledman S Elbert Douglass and Dr W T Kelley. An opposition ticket polled under a quarter of total votes, endorsing the paying ordinance to be prosecuted vigorously. Also noted are railway mail service changes, visits by J Edward Douglass and Elbert Redhead, a Preston Bethlehem baseball game scheduled today, improving wheat prospects, shelling of streets, and a school visit by Prof. W S Crouse.
Lightning struck a stack of fodder owned by Mr. W. T. Carroll during the storm on Sunday, burning nearly all. Dover bridge draw was impassable causing disappointment for several. Box social at Bethlehem drew many local youths on Saturday. Captain W. R. Willoughby has a new dwelling under construction on his farm near town. Mrs. Sigman of Easton visited her daughter Mrs. W. W. Prettyman. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cohee visited friends in Concord. Farmers busy planting corn across the section.
Greensboro obituary notes the death of Fletcher Jackson aged 79 at his home last Sunday. Funeral services were held at his residence on Wednesday conducted by Rev. E B Hoffecker. Also mentioned is F P Roe & Brother lighting their canning-house with acetylene during artesian well work near the railroad depot and A M Gottwalls celebrating his eighty ninth birthday with about sixty friends last Saturday.
Contractor H. S. Andrew is building a large dwelling on Captain W. I. Willoughby’s farm near Bethlehem. Mrs. R. M. Messick travels to St. Louis to run a furnished-rooms house during the fair. The M. E. Church will be repaired with needed improvements soon. Local baseball boys held a party Saturday night with good results.
Contractor Dill now building an M. P. parsonage at Greenwood Del will soon erect a dwelling here for Mr. E. M. Willoy.
April standings from Central school list top pupils under Miss Mary EK Jackson including Oscar Butler Annie Pippin Nora Baker Edna Messick Bessie Baker Fannie Jopp Carrellian Wiggins Harvey Fountain Wilbert Baker Viola Irwin Hobart Windsor Samuel Jopp Lola Fountain Charles Lister Harry Beck Mary Lister Alice Lister Bertha Lister. Gravelly Branch pupils over 80 percent: Ella Howard Lil lian Towers George Towers Ruth Scott Chester Towers James Knox Lona Howard Alton Messer Marshal Howard Lillian Fulton with scores ranging from 82.7 to 91.6.
Cambridge congratulates Salisbury on its action to prohibit liquor sales. The Daily Banner reports residents enjoyed a period of apparent prosperity and observed a lack of whiskey trade without injuring the town, noting broad approval of the temporary freedom from saloons.
Caroline County teachers at Caroline County High School Aprilaard 1904 express deep regret for the loss of Henry C. Fisher the School Commissioner. They extend sympathy to his family and resolve to have the resolutions entered in minutes and distributed to the family and local papers.
On Tuesday the County Commissioners elected Mr. F. P. Medford as president and Dr. Enoch George as secretary. They received bridge specifications for Garey's mill on the Caroline Queen Anne's line and authorized a notice to builders. Bids for the Denton jail are to be received until 12 o'clock Tuesday May 11 with plans available at the commissioners' office. Architect Davis prepared copies for builders. G L Blades is appointed to repair the Little Wesley road area. W T Tuff of Preston is named constable for the Fourth district.
A large national gathering of Bible defenders convened in New York City May 3 4 and 5 under the banner of the American League to repel assaults on the Bible They warned that crime rises as the Word is discredited and noted a special rail rate for attendees The Marble Collegiate Reformed Church hosted the event with governors and church leaders in attendance
Maryland plans large agricultural and geological exhibits at the St. Louis exposition. W L Amoss leads the agricultural display while Prof. Wm B Clark heads the geological exhibit. The Maryland Building mirrors the Charleston Exposition structure, two stories, 42 by 140 feet, built of staff with modern classic styling. Miss Dora L Murdoch of Baltimore designs the wall murals. The item closes with a biblical verse and notes twenty thousand Methodists in Los Angeles attending the General Conference.
The Governor named several new terms on state bodies. Appointees to the State Board of Education include F Stanley Gary of Baltimore city for six years John G Rogers of Howard county for two years Zodoeck P Wharton of Worcester county for four years Clayton Purnell of Allegany county for four years Glenn H Worthington of Frederick county for six years and Robert C Cole of Baltimore city for six years Reappointments to the State Board of Aid and Charities include John Lee Carroll of Howard county James Bond Samuel Rosenthal Jr Reuben Foster and Ferdinand C Latrobe all reappointed plus Thomas A Smith of Caroline county and Frank W Rhodes of Baltimore city as additional members.
A Baltimore Herald tease mocks a peach grower from Caroline County who denounces optimism about the peach crop. The verse lampoons seasonal buzz and says the harvest fate remains uncertain despite hopeful chatter. The playful jab questions any guaranteed yield.
From Goldsboro on the 28th alt Mr J Spencer Lapham reports favorable fruit conditions with several warm days aiding the strawberry crop and predictions of a large berry crop by May 12 to 15 with carlot shipments by the 20th Peaches pears and Kieffer pears are blooming well Rev L R Brumbaugh notes strawberries slightly later but uninjured, apples pears blooming well and plums with some frost loss Scarlet clover nearly destroyed by winter freeze Robert Jarrell expects a heavy strawberry crop but worries about price C E Spencer of Lord Spencer Boston says cold spared most crops except early strawberry bloom Everything else delayed but not killed Subscribe now
At a recent meeting of Preston Conclave I O H the group adopted resolutions mourning the death of Col James H Douglass. They praised him as a good citizen and exemplary Christian, expressed sympathy to his family, and ordered the resolutions spread in the conclave minutes and published in county papers with a copy to the family.
Dover, Delaware, heard the Estelle Albin murder trial of Mary Ann Powell in the Kent county court room, the largest attendance ever, with testimony revealing a confession and grisly details of how the suspected killer struck with a catsup bottle and knife in the Powell home near Bowers Beach. The defense and prosecution pressed questions as Powell described a struggle with Essie Albin in the garret, including choking and a fatal stabbing amid a dispute over poison in coffee.
The United States issues new postage stamps dated for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis. Denominations include 2 5 and 10 cents with sizes matching existing issues. Each stamp features Jefferson portrait within a marble pillar frame and small type text Commemorative series of 1904. A large numeral 2 sits beside a wreath on either side, with scrolls bearing 1743 and 1826.
A farmer reputed for absentmindedness checks his purchases in town and on the way home feels he forgot something. At home his daughter greets him with surprise asking where is maid, implying a mistaken belief about a missing helper.
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