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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1914
Page
5
Public notices and local items fill a Denton page with ads for cashing wheat eggs and household sales. Church events, temperance programs, and Sunday School conventions appear alongside rabbit and game seasons, a tax list, and obituary notes.
Miss Misa Eleanor May Nuttle daughter of the late Mr and Mrs William B Nuttle married Mr George Parker Westervelt of Brooklyn New York in the M E Church Denton The ceremony was followed by dinner and a reception The couple left for a South tour by auto and train The wedding party and out of town guests included several Brooklyn Baltimore and Canadian residents other social items note a birthday party for Bard Wyatt and Walter Yearley and updates on Rev A L Gray Mrs Miriam Sheppard Davidson and various local visitors and engagements
The Tri-State Canners Association region covers lower New Jersey Delaware and Maryland with 73 New Jersey factories 125 Delaware and 517 Maryland. If all packed product were placed end to end the last season would extend beyond 31 987 miles around the globe and likely much farther if including peaches berries oysters and other canned items.
The Ladies Aid Society of Bloomery M. E. Church met at the home of Mr and Mrs F H Wright on Tuesday of last week. After business refreshment was served. Revival meetings are being conducted at Bloomery and will continue during the coming week. Other local visits and travels are noted with several families calling on relatives and friends in Cambridge Baltimore Easton and Denton.
Concord residents enjoyed a warm afternoon at Mrs Emma Carroll's home with a long list of attendees including Rev G S Thomas and Mrs Carrie Davis. A duet by Mrs Orme and Mrs Thomas followed by refreshments marked the event.
Clara Todd and Mary Todd hosted a Halloween gathering Saturday with autumn decor and pumpkin lanterns. Attendees included Estella Wright Elva Cheezum Geneva Kemp Hattie McConnell Maud Harding Isabel Carroll Mary Patchett Mary Brodes Bertie Legates and many others. Visitors William Hearne of Cambridge and Russell S. Davis of Salisbury plan to organize a Philathea class and address Baraca Sunday November 8. Pritchett family updates noted with trips to Kansas City and visits hosting Georgie Collins. Subscribe for the JOURNAL.
The twenty first annual Church of the Brethren Eastern District meeting will be held in Ridgely November 11 and 12 with talks on soul winning and church doctrine. Revival meetings begin Thursday night led by Nathan Martin and I N H Beahim. Community events include a Hallowe en fete by the Forget me not Band of Mercy, a church supper, and various local moves and visits.
Community notice outlines an oyster supper on Friday evening to raise money for janitorial costs. The report also notes a Wednesday wedding at Rev T F Imler's home between Roland Smith and Annie Buckle, plus local health and social items including appendicitis recovery for Henry Wood and various visits and travels of residents. The piece mentions pleasant weather and a bay window project by Rev L S Matthews and other local clergy activity.
Goldsboro residents and guests attend church events and visits. Quillen family and Mr. Williams travel to Millington to see ill Ross Duling. Delegates attend Epworth League convention at Royal Quik. Several residents travel, host gatherings, or report dry weather affecting dairy wells and supplies.
A Halloween masquerade at Samuel Carey's home in Adams Mills featured varied costumes and games. Attendees included Laura and Olivia Carey, Eva Melvin, Bessie Talbot, Martha, Della and Ola Trice, Mae Pierce, Gertrude Ninneman, Nettie Nichols, plus many others. E. Pritchett is recovering from a leg fracture treated by Dr. Hunter of Greenwood. Lena Melvin and Mae Pierce visit Al Pierce's family. Roger F. Adams, Orrie Adams tour Vienna. Philip Webber visits Rosa Carey. Several local Democrats skipped the Tuesday election. Olivia Carey visiting Concord this week.
The Hallowe en social in the M E Church hall last Saturday drew praise socially and financially. Mrs Martha Ford departs for Mississippi and North Carolina to spend winter with her children. Frank Langrell buys Linchester mill and moves with family. Homes of Harrison Dennis Fooks and Butler near completion. Dora Vickers visits daughter in town. Harry Whiteley and Addie Dowell visit Washington. Levi Voshell builds a new farm home. Bennett family of Wilmington visit Ledman household. Hester Roe visits kin in town. Bessie Noble of Sykesville visits friends. Reported sickness of Ferrill Reynolds. Subscriptions urged now.
Greensboro eyes strong turnout at the Denton educational rally with student participation in rapid arithmetic spelling and dictionary contests. Community members urged to provide wagons and attend. Local moves include John C. Moore and Cora Wyatt house swap and Charles E. Turner relocating to Berkey farm repair shops. Several residents recover from illness and church and social events fill the week with visits and meetings across Greensboro and nearby towns.
Mr John O Pippin aged about 65 died at his Henderson home after a long stroke illness. Funeral held at M E Church with interment in family burying-ground. Survived by three sons Norman Howard Carroll and daughter Annie. Numerous relatives visited and paid respects as word terms spread through town and surrounding areas.
Interest grows in Maryhal Aid Society church supper to be held tonight with hall open at 3 for ice cream and fancy articles, and supper to be served at 5. M. E. Church in Hartley reports several conversions this week as Rev. W. M. McCann moves to Templeville on Sunday night. Frank Pete exchanges his farm for Main street property now Lorded by Mr Foracre, taking possession early next year. Aid Society adds new members at its monthly meeting bringing total to 16 since the new conference year. Charles Jacobs returns to Florida after a several week stay in Marydel.
Federalsburg Mrs M H Officer 84 died Monday night at her home Ingle side near Federalsburg. A native of Bloomington Iowa she moved to Caroline county 35 years ago. Survived by daughters Mrs Edward M Stack and Mrs G G Barnes of Scranton PA Mrs Charles Sewell Federalsburg and son Mr John Officer of Vancouver BC.
Voters stayed home in Caroline on Tuesday, a common off year pattern, boosting Democratic plurality reductions. Maryland results show Republicans winning the state ticket while Kent County elected all Democrats. Sussex, Cecil, and Carroll counties leaned dry. W Clayton Hackett elected to Pennsylvania Senate. Maryland Democrats gain House majority and Senate minority, with Richard A. Johnson the sole Democratic loss in the Fifth district. President Mason received one vote in Caroline.
Mr. F. Paisley narrowly escaped a destructive fire last Saturday thanks to Hobbs bucket brigade. Hobbs Manufacturing had a slight blaze in their packing-house the previous Friday, likely from the engine. A wedding occurred at the parsonage Thursday evening with Rev. C. M. Cullum officiating for John Ireland and Annie Greenley.
Countywide school event plans a second annual educational mass meeting in Denton. The day starts at 10 with a parade and brass bands, then 11 am songs and contests, 1 pm luncheon and exhibits, 1 pm arithmetic contests, 1:30 addresses by H W Foght and M Bates Stephens, 2:15 athletic contests, and 3:15 banner and prize awards with a final song.
A large crowd attended the Literary Society meeting Friday night with an interesting program. Miss Virginia Mays visited Centreville friends earlier in the week. Mrs. Byron Barton of Baltimore visits Mrs. S J Barton. Mrs. D H Knotts spent days in Baltimore. Miss Nettie Stevens visited relatives near Centreville. Mrs J E Morgan visited relatives in Smyrna Tuesday.
Tanyard, Miss Cecilia Pierson of the Manual Training School Easton is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Isaac Pierson. Miss Roxie Trice of Hobbs, who has been visiting Mrs Sallie M Cohee, has returned home. Miss Mary Parratt of Windy Hill is visiting Miss Rachel Pierson at Tan yard.
J. T. Frampton & Son in Federalsburg invites inquiries for wagon prices after unloading a car. The notice highlights availability and prompts potential buyers to contact for current prices and options.
The Hessian fly begins in young wheat fields this season, with eggs on leaf surfaces and maggots feeding near the roots. Infested plants show broader, deeper green leaves and erect growth, while uninfested tillers are slender and spread groundward. Pasturing dry fields lightly may crush maggots and aid recovery for spring vigor.
The Ridgely Farm in Anne Arundel County once owned by the late William S. Ridgely and sold to Dr. Thomas W. Spranklin has been conveyed to Philadelphia buyers. The estate, nine miles from Annapolis, covers about 600 acres with lakes and a bay view, and includes a 209 year old main house. Dr. Spranklin reports substantial agricultural improvements since purchase.
Gaps on the State road between Delmar and Berlin and between Snow Hill and Pocomoke City are finished enabling a full 85 mile automobile run from Delmar to Princess Anne and Pocomoke City Snow Hill Berlin and back via Parsonburg and Pittsville without stone roads. Ingleside to Roberts is completed with a bridge under construction and the Caroline ditch bridge finished.
An advertorial notice urges careful poultry watching for roup and touts Fairfield's Roup Remedy as the cure. It advises adding to drinking water and, for sick birds, dropping remedy via throat or feather with John Clark of Greensboro hardware quoted.
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