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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1901
Page
3
The local department notes public schools were closed yesterday and a new Farmers and Merchants Bank will open in Cambridge. Also reported are ongoing construction in Denton, various property purchases, a pension grant, and upcoming sales and events in the area.
Doctor Goldsborough, oldest Greensborough physician, improving after kidney trouble and walking at home. Notable mentions include medical graduates and survivors from the University of Maryland class of 1838 alongside relatives and contemporaries. Social bindings cover weddings in New York and Kent county, plus numerous visits by locals to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and seaside interests.
The Monday session approved the treasury bond and approved routing business. Delegations spoke on Fourth of July celebrations and purchasing a new gasoline lamp on display in town. Arrangements were made to collect daily garbage and haul it outside the corporate limits. Committees were named on street and drainage lighting building permits and property assessment with repairs to Main Street and Third Street trunk line ordered and a street inspection planned.
Greensboro notes a turquoise gift to Chaplain N Pilchard from Judge M W Porterfield of the Territory, with 15 to 20 carats finished and rough pieces. The same judge sent gems to Mrs. McKinley en route to California. Local social news details visits, entertainments, and funerals across Greensboro and nearby towns.
The Ridgely Academy held its second annual commencement with a class roll listing Alice Maude Meredith Evelyne Rutledge Greene Clarence Mitchell J Huntly Sinclair Irwin Brown Edna Mae Detwiler. Exercises included an invocation announcements a quartet Blue Bells of Scotland a salutatory by Sinclair an honorary essay by Greene a solo by John Swing an address by Rev Levan diploma presentations and the benediction by Rev Bennett Maude Meredith gave the valedictory speech.
The program at Music Hall Monday night featured Hans Von Smash and a Bos of Monkeys with proceeds aiding a church carpet. Neighborhood updates include houses at Main and Academy, strawberry picking plans, and several residents visiting relatives or undertaking home projects. A Delaware exchange notes corn may yield more money for farmers than tomatoes.
Rev George F Beaven of St Pauls Hillsboro preaches on spiritual deafness and Christ's healing, urging use of visible means in teaching. Easton Diocese officers elected for Methodist Sunday School, and 33rd annual Diocese of Easton convention set for Salisbury June 4. Baptists report 4,233,226 members nationwide with 197,255 baptisms last year. Upcoming church programs include Caroline County Christian Endeavor Union events and talks on missions and church services. All-day Pentecostal meeting invited for Mary 26 with camp dedication and Elwood camp starting July 19.
Town commissioners call led to a large Brown's Hall gathering in Denton to shape the Fourth of July celebration. Henry R. Lewis presided with Charles Whitby as secretary and a town committee named to coordinate activities with fraternal orders and subcommittees covering finance music sports wireworks floats speakers parade decorations and securing speakers with many local residents named to roles.
Delaware and Atlantic Telephone Company of Wilmington passes into the Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia, linking Philadelphia to Washington and securing a route through the Peninsula. Dr M E Downes of Magnolia dies after an overdose in a Wilmington hotel. The General James A Dumont steamer is chartered for summer service Philadelphia to Lewes. Jonathan Spencer Willis May become Wilmington port collector. Memorial Day preparations under way in Georgetown. Dr John G Sharp becomes sole owner of Hotel Richardson in Dover.
Love Point Land and Improvement Company plans a commodious hotel at Love Point in Caroline county. Architect is Jackson C. Gott of Baltimore. Target opening about July 1. Site at bluff 14 feet above water at Chesapeake bay and Chester river junction. 176 by 40 feet main building with one-story end extension. Center entrance, full-length porches, elevator, dining room for 200, 60 private apartments across two upper floors, six baths, ten electric guest communications devices.
Cambridge citizens welcome a proposed Queen Anne’s railroad extension through Easton and Trappe to a Choptank crossing opposite Cambridge with a steam ferry connection. The line promises faster access to Baltimore in about four hours, enabling day trips and boosting Talbot county trade and the city’s growth.
State Superintendent Stephens urges renewed public engagement in schools, warning that citizen indifference hampers progress. He argues education serves all professions, stresses practical and moral development, and calls for teacher outreach and a district meeting to foster understanding of public education aims. Meanwhile farm chicks face losses from hawks dogs rats and cats, with only about half reaching market age.
In Talbot County, Mr. Solomon Pippin sues Robert Kinnier for 30000 damages alleging false arrest after a summer horse trade. The case, heard in Baltimore's Court of Common Pleas before Judge Harlan, features Pippin’s account of the deal and Kinnier’s reaction, with testimony on reputation and the exchange of a horse and $70.
In Orphans Court on Tuesday letters of administration for Daniel McNicoll deceased were granted to Theophilus W Smith with bond approved. Alfred Sigler and James H Smith named appraisers. Creditors notified. William H Deweese, surviving executor of William W Lowe, presented account and distribution of sales proceeds, approved. Order to sell real estate of William T Sullivan granted to James E Hignatt. Oscar Clark trustee bond for Mary E Clark deceased approved.
Early as it is, the Republicans are said to have their county ticket slated with a fast moving nominating convention. Possible candidates include Senator Robert M. Messick, Alexander Noble for the Fourth District, T. C. Curry for the Second, Fred R. Owens for County Treasurer, Alfred W. Thompson for Sheriff, William B. Nutile for County Commissioner, J. Walter Noble for County Surveyor, and Alphonso Meredith for the Legislature in the Eighth district.
Resolutions adopted at Temple Lodge No. 128 A F and A M on April 23 honor John E Pearson of Greensboro. Members express sympathy to his widow, vow to drape the lodge room in mourning for thirty days, and direct these resolutions be recorded and published.
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