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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1901
Page
3
Caroline's wheat crop promises heavy yields as the fishing season ends. Mentions of residents repainting homes, pension increases, local ventures, and upcoming community events. Strawberries rise as a major local economy driver with shipments to New York and new stores set to rise.
Mr Nelson H Fooks prepares strawberries in Mr J T Dennis's canning house with tin cans this year while berry crop prospects look good. An ordinance bans street ball with fines. Several town visits and personal notices follow, including resignations, arrivals, and social events.
Shad fishing near end and nets laid up for next season if river mouth residents allow passes. Edward Boem and Ernest Mills of Snow Hill finished Two Johns residence beautification and returned home. Maud Towers returns from Baltimore visit. Queenstown savings bank reports prosperous condition.
Epworth M Nose argues for mandatory rudimentary science and manual arts in public schools. He cites France’s art schools, urges induction based progression, and contends manual training benefits both sexes, enhances industry, wealth, and character, and should accompany high school studies with shop work and drawing to connect theory with practical skill.
Col Thomas H Hughlett reports a successful season at Tuckahoe hatching station with 22,920,000 roe stripped and 15,500,000 small fry produced from 763 eggs. Distributions across rivers and stations totaled 15,500,000, aided by a state appropriation shortfall. White perch yielded 5,840,000 fry, all distributed at Tuckahoe. other stations likewise reported strong results amid funding gaps. Also notes nickel in the slot telephones emerge in Baltimore amid rivalry between two firms.
The Caroline County Holiness Association schedules services at Pente costal Grove campground on Sunday June 2 with a morning and afternoon program. A 9 o'clock song and praise service precedes preaching and altar service, then an afternoon session at 1 30. Rev T F Tabler and other consecrated workers will participate and President Thawley invites all to help or simply share lunch and a day in God’s service. Presiding Elder W F Corkran praises Brother Webster and notes a planned chapel in Queen Anne. A lawn fete and strawberry festival are set for June 7 and 8 at Queen Anne to fund the chapel. Rev C T Wyatt will preach at Chester town M E Church June 20 for the 8 C A of Washington College. Rev J M Brown of Warwick has been elected vice president of the Maryland Sunday School Union. Rev J M Arters and wife have been warmly welcomed at Worton M E Church, where Arters pastors.
Queenstown to host a National Guard encampment with Brigadier General Lawrason Riggs and Col. Allan McLane leading a committee. The site near Queenstown wharf spans 200 acres with a gentle slope, water supplied by artesian wells, and Queen Anne's Railroad backing enhancements for drills and inspections. An engine will distribute 2,500 gallons per hour to the camp.
A nostalgic notice extols strawberry short cake as a seasonal centerpiece and cautions against overuse of soda, under ripe berries, or poor substitutions. It humorously condemns culinary missteps as a public stomach crime and urges proper baking to preserve the dish’s divine reputation.
Mr. Thomas W. Trenchard of Queen Annes county died at his Church Hill home Tuesday night at 66 after a pneumonia and heart failure. He served as justice of the peace for many years and leaves a widow and four children. Also noted is the death of John W. Fox formerly of Cambridge hotel at Virginia. Lorenz F. Neilson a Wyoming area landowner died by self harm Monday evening. Captain George Fair a Kent county Delaware farmer died recently at 70. Jab H. Jackson founder of Jackson & Sharp Wilmingon died Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers incursion tickets from all stations for a round trip to Cincinnati at one fare. Tickets are valid for return passage from Cincinnati between July 8 and July 14, with sales extending July 4 to 6 from all line stations. Apply at ticket office for specifics.
A letter cites a May 18 notice for an all day Pentecostal gathering at Bible Holiness Camp Ground near Preston. It urges Sunday Schools to stay in their churches May 26 and discourages cross church reform or mission outreach, stressing faithfulness to existing churches and schools. ORTHODOX. Personal Mention follows with local social notes and community brief items.
The Kent News argues Ex Senator Gorman should be the Democratic front runner for the Maryland Senate. It states his return would unite Democrats, inspire enthusiasm, and ensure victory, calling him a magnetic leader and one of the foremost statesmen nationwide.
Mr James A Willoughby a Union Traction Company conductor from this county was seriously hurt when his face struck a supply pole on a foot-board at Forty fourth and Elm Avenue. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with a badly injured right eye but not thought to be fatally hurt. He remained under observation to rule out brain concussion or a blood clot. A separate note advertises a regular 30 cent broom for 16 cents claiming it to be the county's best value.
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