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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1893
Page
3
Road and court items fill the Denton region as Easton court cost 941 dollars over five days with an upcoming December Decoration Day. A Denton bicycle club forms while local churches announce camps, festivals, and sermons. The Chester River steamboat company resumes daily trips, and local officials advertise sales and appointments amid political candidacies and Prohibitionist meetings.
A Tuckahoe Neck farmer and a sharp Denton lawyer debated the benefits of farming. The lawyer praised high farm profits and offered to relinquish a 300 acre farm if the lawyer would move there next January to work as a farmer. The offer remains under advisement.
A petition circulated in Media Pennsylvania and vicinity seeks a pardon for William P Tyler convicted last October of killing William Shaw near Denton after a July quarrel over farming utensils. The petition, signed by Media's legal and medical professionals, Collector Cooper, Congressman Robinson, prominent locals, and six jurors who found Tyler guilty, asks Governor Frank Brown of Maryland to grant clemency.
Mrs. Caroline T. Jefferson and Frank P. Covey as administrators of Dr. Charles W. Jefferson presented an inventory of the deceased's personal property on Tuesday, ordered sold at public sale. Initiatory steps to sell Hannah A. Tatman’s property at Townsend's Cross Roads near Denton were taken and the estate may sell soon.
Warm weather arrives after two weeks of cold that hurt corn and other crops. Farmers report many cutworms and thin grass along with backward growth in some plants. Wheat remains largely unharmed and fruit crop overall is acceptable aside from a couple varieties.
Announcement notes the marriage set for Wednesday June 7 at 8 p m at Christ Church Easton to Eugene deReeves a Philadelphian and Miss Jennie Adkins youngest daughter of the late Dr I L Adkins. Other social notes list visitors and arrivals from Harrington St Michaels Dover and Baltimore.
Obituaries report death of John W Wyatt at 72 in Talbot county after a stroke two weeks prior. Various notices include probate of Samuel Emersona will, John W Anthony’s assignment for creditors, and trustees Keating and Martin in Easton. Also listed are local appointments, berry prices in New York, peach crop forecast, and business ads for Baltimore shipper J H Coulpourn & Co at 123 South Charles Street plus local industrial expansions.
Chicago May 22 Observations of the Mammoth Exposition describe the 50 cent admission covering the fair buildings and Midway plaisance. Highlights include open Sundays, foreign pavilions, Canadian and Norwegian displays, and the Illinois State Palace dedication by Gov Atgeld.
Marydel notes indicate Louis N. Evans of Templeville has added a line of gentlemen's furnishing goods to his stock. S. C. Faulkner of Wilmington has bought R. W. Moore's residence in the town. Mrs. Samuel H. Flaharty has painted her Templeville residence.
Announcement states A G Saulsbury & Bro Ridgely will dissolve around June 1 with Irwin T Saulsbury purchasing the entire stock, one of Caroline county’s largest. Albert G Saulsbury will close the business and may relocate west. Nearby meetings announced by Mary Haslup Maryland WCTU in Hillsborough Williston Marydel Ridgely.
Hillsborough public school plans a straw berry and ice cream festival on June second and third to aid the library. A local arrest occurred as Constable McHale jailed John Wisher for intimidating a State's witness. The M E Church South hosts another festival June 8th 9th and 16th. Various residents are mentioned including teachers, visitors, and a critically ill Mr Knotts.
Rev Harris preached a fitting sermon to a large audience. Local notices include Mr J E Wilson building a neat dwelling on land burned last fall and repairs to the adjoining storehouse. Miss Maggie Alberger took measles, Miss Carrie Dudley returned from visiting Middletown and Wilmington, and the creamery near completion with milk receipt planned soon.
Mr Bradley writes to the Morning Herald urging electric railways as a solution to the road problem. He argues rural and urban areas must modernize, using Niagara Falls power and Potomac sites to run cheap regional transportation and lighting. He cites costs, farmland benefits, and state-wide impact for 1893.
The Young People's Mite Society of the M. E. Church in Greensborough announces a strawberry festival in the park on June 2 and 3, Friday and Saturday evenings, inviting all. Work crews install an 80-horsepower engine at Mr. W. C. Satterfield's cannery. Mrs. Dr. Caulk of St Michaels visits her mother, Mrs. Bettie Massey. Mr. E. S. Turpin showcases a new soda fountain. strawberries appear in local markets. Mrs. Henry E. Jarrell visits friends in Philadelphia.
County commissioners met Monday through Wednesday to revise recent property assessments. They ordered four carloads of shells for Federalsburg streets and reorganized the board as county health officials with T. E. Kelley president and Dr. Clark Health Officer for the year. The clerk was authorized to notify the county surveyor to meet at the Conley farm in Sixth district on Wednesday May 31 to locate a public road.
Miss Amanda D. Saulsbury of Maryland WCTU gave a parlor talk on a Hygeian Dress at the parsonage last Tuesday. Elias W. Williamson runs a summer hotel at Oxford that will open this season with his wife in residence. Mrs. Haslup, state WCTU organizer, will speak at Williston church on May 31 at 7:45. All cordially invited.
Easton Hardware Co and Shannahan Wrightson promote high grade safety bicycles from leading wheel makers with pneumatic tires and instalment options. The ad also notes new millinery styles arriving for June and Pianos on display in Ridgely with claims of first class quality and low prices.
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