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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1902
Page
3
Saturday morning May 17 1902 items from across the county solicit notices under this head. Public business calendar shows court meetings with dates for May 20 27 including Levy Court and Schoon Board will meet May 27.
Local notices report the Talbot county fair begins August 19 for four days. Chas W Porter named keeper of Tuckahoe bridge. Strawberries sell for ten cents a quart in Denton. West of town, the Maryland Public Health Association meets June 3 4 in Denton. Also notes on wheat corn prices and local events.
Miss Hattie Rose wed Christopher Strong Thomas of Blackbird Delaware in Cordova Maryland. Attendants included Estelle Rose and J. Harry Rose. Guests from Baltimore, Centreville, and Easton attended. Other society notices include upcoming weddings, travels, and local social events with散 numerous named individuals and places.
Excitement in Federalsburg over a supposed mad dog attack on several residents, with no hydro phobia evidence yet. Local events include an eelocution contest at the Academy, upcoming commencement on May 23, bakery opening by W. T. Adams, and a Grand Lodge visit by Rev T S Holt and George W Jefferson. Community updates cover renovations, charity efforts for Nellie Mowbray in India, Epworth League anniversary success, and various visits and travel notes.
Notes from town social life as residents plan an upcoming entertainment tied to rehearsals and practice. Visits and visits to relatives continue among Mrs. William Trice and son Raymond in Hobbs. Mrs. Elizabeth Pippin hosted a pupil at her home.
The Ridgely M. E. Church choir with local talent will give a concert in Simon's Hall on Wednesday evening May 21 starting at 8:30. The program includes The Hunters Chorus Maier Quartet The Far Catma Shore My Sunny Southern Home Mermaid's Evening Song Hush Them My Baby The Olden Story Say Hello Sing Sweet Bird I am King o'er Land and the Sea Star of Descending Night plus solos by Anita Smith Miss Mancha and Mrs. William E. Temple of Ridgely visiting son J Frank Temple in Queen Anne's.
Andersontown residents Mr Milton St Clair and Miss Nettie Hayman with Mrs Frank Mitchell hosted guests on Sunday. Mr W E Collison of Harrington and his wife visited his brother M K Collison nearby. Charlie Kelley of Harmony spent the weekend with James Thawley. Nellie Hayes of Greenwood visited relatives nearby. Cutworms are reported active during the cool spell. Mr S G Nuttle was in Baltimore last week.
Have you not sold your farm or house in town Let Garry and Co handle the sale for you Quick action and expert service to attract buyers and close a fair deal for property owners.
Thousands attend the launch of the steamship Queen Caroline from Baltimore Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Miss Marie K Bosley christened the vessel built for Queen Anne's Ferry and Construction Company to run Lewes Delaware to Cape May New Jersey. The ship features a triple expansion engine, four Scotch boilers, 16 mph speed, and ornate interiors. The Queen Anne's Railroad stockholders also met, electing a new board of directors.
New list of traders licenses issued following a prior published slate includes Stewart and Jarrell Hillsboro four thousand Hugh Duffey Hillsboro one thousand Robert W Knotts Downes one thousand George E Smith Goldsboro one thousand W Walton Dukes Concord one thousand Frank McCloud Ridgely one thousand Jas B Slay Henderson one thousand J E Williamson and Son Smithville one thousand Isaac W Davis Bethlehem one thousand W H Cohee and Son Tanyard one thousand Henry E Jarrell Greensboro John Grabill Ridgely one thousand Reuben H Focht Ridgely pool table fifty Minnie Farley Federalsburg five hundred John E Cephas Federalsburg Rufus F Noble and Son Federalsburg two thousand five hundred 5 A J Kliwansky Greensboro E B Turpin Greensboro one thousand Wm P Stafford Burrsville one thousand Wm T Jarman and Marion E Jarman Goldsboro six thousand John E Lane Ridgely one thousand J M Covey Grove one thousand J Edward Nichols Denton four thousand W A Cooper Ridgely one thousand John W Stonebraker Two Johns one thousand six hundred John D Davis Ridgely one thousand Jennie Stafford Denton five hundred Elizabeth Hughes Greensboro five hundred 8 Carroll Johnson Henderson 1500 Fred P Stafford Hobbs one thousand
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday last several actions were recorded. John W. Todd received letters of administration for Lydia T. Todd with bond filed and approved. Ambrose Lucas received letters for Louisa Lucas with bond approved. Theophilus W. Smith and Irwin T. Saulsbury appointed appraisers of Hester A. Morris personal estate. Notices to creditors ordered. Distribution accounts and reports of sale were presented for multiple estates including Alexander Beulah James R. Manship and Samuel B. Replogle.
Dr Enoch George health officer quarantined the John Loeckerman farm house east of Denton where a child recently returned from Pennsylvania showed a mild form of small pox. The house and all occupants are isolated with a guard. the patient was barefoot and insisted she felt well.
Mr William Slaughter aged 74 died at his home near Hobbs after a year since his daughter's death and a short final illness. He leaves eight children four sons and four daughters. Funeral at home, burial Hillsboro cemetery. He was a Kent county native who lived in Maryland counties for 24 years and was a Baptist.
Church notes report Whit Sunday morning prayers and Holy Communion at Christ Church with a sermon on The Coming of the Holy Ghost. A special missionary collection for Anvik Alaska hospital follows at both services, plus a Sunday School collection for the same purpose.
Centreville obituary notices report Mrs Eliza Wilkinson aged 75 died at home after months of stomach cancer. She was a DeRochbrune relation and widow of Capt John Wilkinson, with two daughters one of whom married Charles A. Busteed and the other John M. Perry, now deceased. Funeral held at Centreville, pallbearers listed. Also noted chestertown death of Mrs Charles C Hopper and death of Clintonia G Thomas widow of ex Governor Philip Frank Thomas in Baltimore.
R J Couston Denton Maryland announces that C W McCaulley of Baltimore is employed as an assistant and is highly recommended as a practical druggist. He has assisted in stores known to the signer and holds letters of recommendation confirming ability to accurately compound recipes and fill any need in his absence.
Hickman reports J O Brown contracts with Charles R Neal of Smithville to build a 14 room residence modeled after Samuel G Nattle’s Andersontown house with help from Harvey Thawley Edgar Fountain and Milton Trice. James Morgan to plaster and brick. Also local notices of a near miss when engine No 6 struck a hand car near Hobbs, J C Brown fencing property, Hickman cornet band reorganizing, Robt J Donavin shipping stove carloads, Q A R R ties removed, Ira Lewis building a summer kitchen and smoke house, and a push for a joint town school.
Reports describe a mob in Seaford mobbing Rev. Taber and Rev. Charles Weigle during a holiness meeting at Mission Hall. Crowds pushed in after sermons on secret societies, injuring a child, knocking down women and children, and damaging clothing while eggs were thrown. The preachers left for Cambridge but may return. Easton also saw youths embarrass a visiting exhorter with eggs.
Alwyn M. Culp signs contracts in Philadelphia to build six depot stations for the Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad now owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Sites include Lamb's, Black's, Kennedyville, Still Pond, Lynch, and Chestertown. First five cost about 1,000 dollars each. Chestertown depot about 3,500 dollars, steam heated with improved grounds. Construction to begin next week and finish by September 1, 1902, Kent News.
The column notes social visits for Mr. and Mrs. F L Cadwalader of Philadelphia staying with Mr. and Mrs C T Lynch and a health trip to North Carolina. A bulletin covers Rev A W Lightbourn preaching schedule at Matthews Chapel and Cordova. An eight year old shot at his aunt but the bullet glanced off thanks to corset steel. Local entries include a Dover Bridge couple targeted by relatives. Maryland Agricultural College invites farmers for a May 28 29 meeting with committees to inspect campus and report. Ira L Butler bicycle repairer resumes work near Denton.
Solomon Pippin of Eas ton sued Hutchinson Trice for false arrest and malicious prosecution. The Centreville Queen Annes court heard five days of testimony from about 50 witnesses. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant with heavy costs on the plaintiff. Prominent local figures testified to Pippin's character. a humorous moment arose when a Caroline witness corrected Judge Brown's grammar.
Delaware politics in Kent County shows expected nominations. A H Cahall of Hickman is favored for clerk of the peace by Democrats, with James D Wright of Clayton named for recorder of deeds. Sheriff nomination likely from Smyrna. State Senate picks may come from Smyrna: R Y Wallen, W G Pierce, or W B Megear. Dover’s W H Walker and Frede rica’s E F Melvin prominent for other districts. Speaker James V McCommons touted by Union Republicans for clerk of the peace amid prior courtship by Gov Hunn.
Household Notes advises brightening tinware by rubbing with a soda dipped cloth and keeping heat in the iron by using a clean white brick, noting the standard stand dulls heat. The item also reports Rufus F Noble & Son buying the Taylor's Island storehouse in Federalaburg, repainting, and stocking a full line of dry goods groceries and formal wear.
A display of attractive clothing for men youths and children is shown in improved sales rooms at the corner of Baltimore and Charles Streets. Suits priced 5 7 50 10 and 15 dollars offer ready to wear head to foot outfits with an immense stock of shoes shirts and furnishings reflecting nearly fifty years of experience and a reputation for fair dealing.
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