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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1903
Page
3
Circuit Court will meet Jan 11 Orphans Court will meet Nov 10 Levy Court will meet Nov 10 School Board will meet Nov 10.
Denton area notes celebrate Thanksgiving proclamations. Election described as one of the most orderly in Caroline. Local business moves include Bayard House sale and new mid winter stock. Gunning season opens November 15 with abundant game reported. Community events cover revivals, school entertainments, and social notices among many Caroline County residents.
Town youths held a Halloween style gathering at Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Emory's residence Friday night. Lanterns carved as pumpkins lit the scene while guests wore white robes and masks, then enjoyed ice cream cake sandwiches and coffee before returning home at midnight. The town also announced a four act drama Dot, the Miner's Daughter, to be staged at the Academy that evening.
Mr Albert Poole installs a pressure boiler and hot water for cooking and bathing. Miss Eva Wright and Miss Childs return from Wyoming Delaware for Miss Minnie Stevens funeral. Mrs John Randolph returns. niece Stella Wright with her. Herman adds an hydraulic ram to reach the second story. Fred Gambril home from Virginia managing a canning plant. Charles Conaway leaves for New York for business. Sewall Noble and mother return from Baltimore. Walter Noble family departs for Baltimore. George Bradley of Greenwood finds work here. Rufus Fleetwood goes to Wilmington for Goldy’s College. Mrs W T Adams and Mrs J C Gambrill both ill. Third quarterly M E conference at Wesley church. presiding Elder Baker preaches. Young people celebrate Halloween with a straw ride to Hobbs and an oyster supper. Rev and Mrs T H Wright attend christening of twins at Tuckahoe Neck. Mrs Coursey Hammond of Milford visits Mary E Thawley. M E Sunday school purchases new song books. Miss Roberta Dillis visiting relatives in Philadelphia.
Greensboro residents travel to visit relatives and friends in nearby towns. Mrs Susie Newton and Miss Eva Zacharias were among visitors near Barclay. J H C Legg and son stayed with Mr and Mrs G W Eliason in Centreville. Oscar Bernard and sister Fannie visited Harrington. Carrie Moore and daughter Annie visited Easthampton Mayo. Mary E Pippin visited her daughter A L Nichols in Elkaston. Nettie Longfellow visited Inez Baughley in Harrington. W A Butler and son returned from Chester Pennsylvania.
Mr George Ross and family formerly of this place now of Gales Town spent the week with Mr W M Wright. Mr Fred Wright has taken a position on the steamer Minnie Wheeler. Miss Elsie Buckley visits Cambridge and Oxford. Mr W T Davis and sons visited Baltimore. Capt Charley Wright and wife of Baltimore visited friends in town. Mrs Wade Rumbold of Cabin Creek visited her mother in law.
Henderson notes the Ladies' Aid dinner and supper on Election Day proved a success with net proceeds estimated between $25 and $30. Walter Gough of Dover and James Rickards visited Wilming ton on Saturday, and bets on the election were few.
The Caroline Democrats swept the ticket Tuesday except for Beavon. A surge of Democratic and expanded black support produced large majorities, with Republicans losing ground to the united party amid a strong voter turnout. Jerome Lister was stabbed in a dance-related clash at a Denton area event, with George L. Jopp the alleged assailant.
Miss Minnie R Stevens eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs H Franklin Stevens of Andersontown died October 29 from typhoid fever aged 22. Funeral service held at Concord M E Church. She was active in Concord M E Church and Epworth League, loved by family and community, survived by three sisters Helen Mary Nellie. The obituary honors her charity and faith and notes mourners’ sympathy.
Wm J C Dulany Co Baltimore issues a catalogue of suitable books for home and school libraries for children and family use. Selections are described as first class from top authors, offered at low prices to encourage shared purchases. Also note J R Jarrell Easton Md invites readers to a two day coat and fur opening on November 9 and 10 with a large new line and fittings. A dress goods line is featured at T L Trice's.
Mrs Jopp suffered a hurt hand during the clash. The wounded man was taken to a Baltimore hospital for possible life saving operation. Sheriff Dukes jailed Jopp after the fight in which a chair struck the head. The arm injury was not broken as first feared. Justice Steele denied bail pending results of Jisters injuries.
Obituary remembrance from a husband and children paying tribute to Laura Keute Ey who died two months ago on November 5 1903. The notice reflects grief and faith with prayers for reunion in the afterlife and a pledge to meet in heaven. It also includes a separate remembrance for Ida E Cannon who died one year ago with sorrow and consolation from her husband.
The All Star Concert Company under manager Charles Lindley will start a series at Masonic Hall in Denton on Monday evening next. The Observer notes the entertainments are extremely interesting with over two hours of mirth and fun. You will find up to date styles at Ida Melvaine's.
The article surveys Maryland counties and cities that have supplied governors, noting Howard and Baltimore's prominence and detailing each county’s contributions. It lists governors from Frederick, Prince George's, Dor s et, Talbot, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Cecil, Anne Arundel, and others, and explains shifts in office due to resignations, elections, and appointments.
The passage names counties and their associated governors or candidates: Somerset ties to Federalists against the second war with Britain and Levin Winder, Washington to William T. Hamilton, Wicomico with Elihu Emory Jackson, Carroll with Farmer Frank Brown, Allegany with Lloyd Lowndes as the sole Republican governor since the sixties, and Worcester as the home of Governor John Walter Smith.
The forecast notes rising temperatures and falling barometer from the fifth to the eighth, with rain and snow across most regions as storms move east. A high barometer and colder air follow the mid month, then Vulcan and Mercury periods bring further perturbations around the twelfth to thirteenth. Moon phases are detailed, while periods of general storms recur from the seventeenth to the twentieth and twenty second to twenty ninth. Overall, November is less stormy than October and should bring proessant autumnal weather into late fall.
The article notes fruit crossing creates new varieties with unpredictable results. It highlights peaches growing from six to nine inches in circumference and cites experiments by Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa California and the Rivers family at Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire England.
James Wooters died in Baltimore about two weeks ago at 82. He served twenty years as clerk of the Circuit Court and as deputy clerk of Queen Annes County after being elected Clerk in 1867 and 1873. He later became cashier of Queen Annes National Bank until 1892. He moved to Baltimore to reside with his daughter Miss Lind and was highly esteemed in Queen Annes.
Bethesda Methodist Episcopal Church in Preston was dedicated Sunday marking its new building as the town’s historic center. The 500-seat wooden L shaped structure features a memorial triple window and inscriptions for founders and pastors, with pastors Williams Wyatt Baker noted. Additional items include a Christian Endeavor meeting at Thawley’s Church and a quarterly conference of the Methodist Protestant Church next Monday.
Farmers in the South and West expect record crop values totaling about 2.5 billion dollars with Texas leading states. Cotton at 2.7 million bales and values around 135 million, wheat 11.75 million, corn 47 million, oats 205 million overall. Population yields about 70 dollars per resident.
A million dollar alliance of leading fruit and truck package manufacturers in Laurel was formed after a two week session. The groups claim the merger will cut raw material costs and distribution expenses, save farmers thousands annually, and enable railway and water-transport lines to operate through North Carolina Virginia Maryland and Delaware with many major state firms in the organization.
Southern wheat quoted at 84 cents and Western steady at 83 cents. Southern corn bids 53 54 cents while Western remains steady at about 56 9 50 cents. A note recalls last year wheat price around 74 14 7T41 cents. The item mentions dates November Nth and 10th and a dress advertisement by J St Jarrell of Easton Maryland.
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