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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1912
Page
5
A jumble of notices and ads from Denton and nearby towns. Prices for wheat and corn, local fishing reports on Delaware bay, farm sales and rentals, public meetings, and public works updates appear with names like W. J. Blackiston and J. Kerr. Community events include lectures, club receptions, and county officer changes.
Miss Mary Nuttle hosted a luncheon announcing Miss Mary Towers engagement to Harvey D. Williams of Federalsburg Bank. Several weddings and plans are listed including Fannie Anthony and Samuel Kreeger marrying near Church Hill. Multiple residents visit family in Caroline and nearby towns. diplomas and graduations noted for Dawson George and Marshal Gantt. various travels and hospital or school activities reported.
The First and Last of Man and Mankind will be Rev J J Smiths subject at Williston tomorrow afternoon. Preston morning subject Past Resurrection The Lords Second Coming. evening Past Resurrection Judgment. Chaptank Conclave of Heptasophs attend Denton M FE Church tomorrow morning with Rev H A G Westerfeld preaching. Rev Walter Beckwith to preach at American Corner 1030 am Zion 3 pm Grove 5 pm. Milford Methodist Protestant church dedication tomorrow, cost 25000.
Dr PoP Herr and Mrs Het plan fall travels likely lasting years, health concerns noted yet travels hoped to aid Mrs Herr. Armour Company to begin berries operation next week with South shipped fruit and local workers. berry industry expansion includes crates from Day Swing & Co and continued wet weather threatening crops. Poultry plant run by Paul Holinzer and son in Caroline county praised. ice factory gearing for harvest and berry refrigeration. Trout fish remain costly but popular. barber shop sold to Fisher at Krantz Hotel.
Charles E. Stewart injured his left ankle at the Stewart A Jarrell factory. Doctors reduced the fractures in Baltimore after X rays confirmed the injury. He is recovering at home as Mrs. Stewart and Dr. Rowe attend him. The item also notes local visitors and social calls in Queen Anne and surrounding areas.
Miss Mary Butler returns home with Mrs Cassin Butler and son James. Mr Norman Hastings leaves with a bride. Mrs Millard Alton and Miss Selma Oppenheimer visit Mrs H F Silver. Slemmer family and Edith spend weekend in Centreville. Leonard Murphy takes telegraphy post in Bridgeville. Ollie Blood visits her mother Mrs Henry Marvel. Mabel Moore visits from Darby with cousin Bessie Butler. Beulah Gibson visits Edith Cooper. W S Muller and daughter Alice visit Mt Airy. Elizabeth Dukes weekends with Mrs J A Jackson. W L Cooper and A D Quillen visit Dover. Robert Jarrell Jr buys an auto.
One roll top and one flat top desk, chairs, and related items listed by Z Potter Steele of Denton Maryland. The brief notice notes available furnishings for purchase, indicating a local sale or classified listing.
A frontier style robbery occurred on a public road near Denton on Sunday afternoon. Isaac Lewis, and two Satterfields were arrested. Lewis is held to court in twelve hundred dollars bond. the Satterfields are sent to the House of Correction for twelve months.
The death report lists Mrs. Martha A. Nichols aged 63 who died at Cambridge hospital after surgery on Thursday morning May 1. She leaves a daughter Mrs. Harry Lane and four sons Ridgeway Luther Orrie and Baseum Nichols. Funeral held May 1 at Mrs Lane’s home with Rev C M Fiderdice presiding and burial at Mt Pleasant cemetery. Also noted: William Morris Needles, former D C road agent at Henderson and later at Franklin City, was killed by a streetcar in Baltimore on May 2 while on business.
Liberty reports Mr. R. G. Pepper gave a business tip to Georgetown on Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Guy White visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John White, Tuesday.
Paon Barley and Mr P M Walley made an initatory trip to the Delaware Bay last Monday and secured many line trout amid varied scenery. Mr and Mrs J R Whales and son Tarmurst of Delaware were guests near Anderontown. Basket and berry crate making progresses finely. A Sun day School lesson study was held at AL Billings' last Friday. Will Starley and family from Milton visited Hobbs relatives. J S Slaughter and son John visited Baltimore relatives Saturday and Sunday.
Trinity school closed Friday week after a fine program of speeches and dialogues. Mrs Helen Wright led Trinity Worth Teague last Sunday night. Next Sunday Miss Lulue Davis will lead. Service at 7 30 p.m. Warmers behind on work with little corn planted. Clarence Melson visiting Wilmington. Strawberries in abundance soon.
Miss Lottie Devore entertained a group of young friends at her sister Mrs. Fred Fountain's home last Thursday evening. Music and games followed by refreshments at ten thirty, with attendees including Mic Fountain and family, Lotte Devore, Lilie Melvin, Sigie Devore, Eva Melvin, Minnie Countain, Bessie Scott, Violet Messick, Mae Vince, Amos Scott, Johnnie Fountain, Isaac Melvin, and several others.
A tiny berry pest bites stems to prevent fruiting. sprayed areas show no relief. The insect appeared last year in this region, as one local collector Mr Harry E Kinder captured a specimen. In nearby Spr ingdale the new town board was elected with Willam El Davis president TL Pred Brown secretary and Henry F Stowell treasurer. John Smith named chief of police. Proposals push three miles of stone road to Grove linking state roads Caroline and Talbot travel. Alea Noble underwent Maryland University Hospital surgery and is recovering.
A Friday evening gathering celebrated the Callahans eleventh anniversary with pretty gifts including a wedding cake by a local baker. Refreshments were ice cream and cake. Nichols residents prepare for Children’s Day exercises as area farmers plant corn.
In sad but loving remembrance of my aunt Mrs Josephine Wright Horsey wife of Mr James Hl Horsey who died February 2 near Andersontown at her home Dear aunt thou hast left us yet we trust it was the Saviour's call Her Niece Just pHINE
Mrs. Wii 1 Liden sustained a serious injury by a fall weeks ago and is recovering slowly. Her husband, Judge Liden, is in feeble health after a stroke of paralysis.
Mr. Penn Willis has purchased an automobile in a local transaction. The purchase details include the buyer's name and the new vehicle ownership, reflecting a personal-item transfer within the community.
Rev. Curthbert Warren Bate, newly arrived M P pastor with wife and baby Ronald, settles at the riverfront parsonage. Services tomorrow at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m focus on The Highway of Holiness. Also notes on strawberries, peas, new houses, local industry, hospital visits, and the Celebrated Champion Hiker reaching Denton en route to Dover with a $2000 prize potential.
A Baltimore Sun writer urges diverting Irish emigrants to Maryland to fill farm labor needs. Citing figures from the British Board of Trade, he notes 31,058 Irish emigrants left Ireland, with 22,010 to the United States and 4,478 to Canada, and argues Maryland's Immigration Bureau should recruit settlers to boost farming output and stabilize labor conditions.
Relatives express gratitude for kindness shown during the long illness and death of John S Downes, whose passing was recently noted in the JOURNAL.
Several hundred Masons gathered in Easton for ceremonial events honoring Sr. John Corts and the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. The day featured a welcome by Col. Oswald Tilghman, an open reception by Grand Master Shryock, a Fourth Regiment Band concert, and a large audience at Music Hall. In Denton Federalsburg Preston and Denton students competed in a declamation and recitation contest with Clarence Brower winning the declamation prize and Miss Leona Carmine earning the recitation medal.
The Baltimore News reports Senator Edward F. Goslin of Caroline county is likely to join the State Roads Commission under Governor Goldsborough. Goslin, currently secretary of the commission, oversees office operations from the Union Trust Building in Baltimore. The governor and commission members plan a confirmatory trip to review completed roads and planned improvements. With recent legislative appropriations, work can proceed, riding the national wave of road building with reduced costs from experience.
Caroline Counc No 175 will mark the fifty-ninth anniversary of the order with a public meeting at Masonic Hall on Monday at 8 o clock. Herman L Mennerick and Rev William R Mowbray will speak. musical selections will be performed. the event is free with no collections. An Anti-Saloon League Year Book for 1912 is available for 35 cents.
A harmonious gathering at the Academy of Music in Baltimore elected Democratic delegates to the national convention. The slate includes John Walter Smith Worcester. Iador Rayner Baltimore. J Harry Preton Baltimore. Arthur P. Gorman Howard. John J. Mahon Baltimore. Jasper N Willon Allegany. J W P Talbott Baltimore. Joshua W Maule Somerset. District delegates span Calvert to Worcester with names across six districts. A resolution urged James H. Preston for Vice President, urging platform inclusion. Presidential electors were nominated across districts. Republicans met amid Taft Roosevelt tensions, with a party platform praising Taft despite Roosevelt opposition.
The Queenstown News reports Mr. Legg of Centreville earned major credit for Mr. Constable’s large Queen Anne’s County majority in the recent primaries. It credits Legg with support and labor, notes most lawyers backed Judge Adkins except Richard Varle, and calls Constable’s win a personal triumph for Legg.
The Baltimore Sun notes Maryland leads in progressive farming and business, with Queen Anne's grand jury completing its duties in two days. Cen treville businessman Waler T. Wright serves as foreman of the jury. Eira L. Cramer advertises Spanish jacks for sale.
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