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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1898
Page
3
The Local Department reports scarce white potatoes and high prices while noting pensions granted to Walter J. Crouse of Rhodesdale and various local happenings. Installations, sales, and forewarnings populate the column with prices, property moves, a concert ad, a Christmas push, and a new artesian well near Redden Park as Denton Bridge shifts location.
Sunday services by United American Mechanics councils across Caroline county featured sermons in Greensborough Ridgely and Denton. Rev F F Carpenter preached a funeral sermon in Ridgely while Rev Aloysius Green preached at Greensborough Hillsborough and Denton. Other councils heard Rev C E Dryden and Rev H M Roane on themes of patriotism Bible teaching and virtuous living. Adults urged education of youth and vigilance against crime immigration and political corruption.
Ruathsburg notices long revival at Ebenezer M E Church will continue this week under member leadership. Four conversions recorded. M P Church celebrated its founding with large attendance and enjoyed exercises. Protracted services planned at Ruthsburg M P Church on Sunday evening December 4 with Miss Annie L Forrest aiding Rev C P Nowlin. Christian Endeavor holds next monthly meeting and social at Mr T F Dukes home Wednesday evening. Mr Houston Pennington and Miss L Hardesty visited his aunt Mrs Eugene Bonwell in Kent county last Sunday. Mrs Mollie Burns and Mrs Bertie Jackson visited friends near Queenstown on Sunday.
In Matthews county Virginia R W Messenger E B Church Will and George Clark are in town gathering holly. H B Messenger and I W Stowell plan to depart for the same county next week. Mr G S Williams family moved to their new home Tuesday. Williams bought land from Alfred Davis and built a fine house. J M Jones of B F Starr Co mill talked with H B Messenger about a local mill. The shirt factory runs full time but needs more workers. Edward Stevens recovers from illness. Me T S Williams will wave to Hobbs soon. Corinne Mowbray visits Philadelphia this week. Blanch Noble visits Baltimore.
Hurlock reports A F Dukes securing a Standard Oil barn contract with stalls feed rooms sleeping room and office. Spry Bradley ends furniture business with an auction sale. B E Harper to occupy adjoining rooms as department store. F W Catroll finds a pumpkin at his cannery resembling a goose with stem as bill.
House on Main Street in Preston and two houses in East Denton will be delivered with immediate possession. Apply to Mrs Joanna Mc Shanz Denton Md.
Multiple wedding notices outline marriages including Roberta Dixon to Alexander Palmer at the bride’s Baltimore home under Friends’ rites. Additional solemnities planned for November 30 feature Nellie Temple and Arlington Carmine, and Georgia Richardson Smith with Arthur Foster, among others.
Mr Alonzo Anderson died of consumption at his father in law Selby Smiths Ridgely home last Thursday. He was a Junior Order of United American Mechanics member and his Ridgely M E Church funeral drew many from Hillsborough and Denton lodges. Rev F F Carpenter officiated and Hillsborough cemetery burial followed. Elizabeth White Goslin, aged eighty three, Federalsburg resident and sister of Edward R Goslin longTime school board president, died last week. Her Dorchester county mother Margaret Skinner Goslin traced Maryland ancestry to 1655. She never married and lived in Federalsburg. Earle B Cohee, 22, died at his father W A Cohee Esqs home near Denton from typhoid fever after a ten week illness. relapsed Monday, funeral Thursday at home with Rev C E Dryden, Denton cemetery burial. Josiah Fogle, father of Rev J W Fogle formerly of Burrsville, died recently.
Director Wm L Amoss reports budget limits prevent a full two day county institute this year. Instead three special two day meetings are planned in Southern Maryland Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore with Denton hosting the Eastern Shore event. Two top farmers will assist with horticulture and dairying focus and free entertainments will be provided evenings. Professors say stereopticons will attract town and country audiences and a large audience is expected. Amoss will visit Denton Tuesday to discuss dates and arrangements. Community support urged.
Chief Judge Sigler and Associate Judges Orrell and Wright presided Tuesday. The will of James H. Garrett was admitted to probate. Letters of administration on Margaretta Scott and Alonza Newcomb estates were granted to James H. Scott and Job Willoughby respectively. A real estate sale for Nathan Wilkin son’s estate was decreed with Albert G Towers as trustee. The Thomas Arnet real estate sale, by Harvey L Cooper, was ratified. Peter Willis will admitted to probate, John M Willis named executor, appraisers William C Pool and Francis Todd appointed. A special Wednesday session heard John W Fletcher caveat arguments. decision postponed.
Hoarseness in a child signals approaching croup. Giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy at first hoarseness or after the croupy cough appears can prevent the attack. Mothers keep it on hand to save trouble and worry. Sold by Hugh Coffey Hillsboro R J Colston Nidgely and W E Brown Denton. For Rent or Sale a new 9 room dwelling with large garden for 1899 Henry R Lewis Denton Nd.
Society notes report a successful cake walk at Christ Church Guild in Ridgely despite cold weather. about twenty four participants wore grotesque costumes and the cake was won by Miss Ella Turner and Mr. George Skirven. proceeds benefit church repairs and a December bazaar is announced.
The November term of Talbot County Circuit Court opened with Judge Martin warning on crime. He cites court expense growth from 1877 to 1897, noting 674 percent of docket cases hail from Easton and blaming idleness for crime. He urges heroic treatment and highlights the large grand jury docket.
At a Preston Conclave I O H meeting the Supreme Archon ordained the removal of Brother Charles J Bowens from Preston Conclave I O H No 241 to the Celestial Conclave. The group mourns his death as a public loss and lauds his amiable noble traits and record of honorable deeds. Sympathy is extended to his family in their bereavement.
A Crumpton correspondent for the Centreville Record objects to connecting the Q A R R and the Queen Anne and Kent R R at Centreville. He argues Queen Anne's road should run through Church Hill Crumpton to the north, preserving the county town and its trade. He warns Centreville Business Men's Association errs by inviting county-ward escape and cites 2000 protected acres ready for early truck to boost railroad revenue.
According to authorities in the canning sector, a strong year followed by expanding prospects suggests a bright future for the industry in our county. The American Packer notes increased activity in the Notes about the Canners, with the middle West and East regions reporting a robust season and rising profits for canners and fruit and vegetable growers alike.
The board of election supervisors met Wednesday to audit officers' expenses from the latest election. Total costs exceed 1500 dollars, a saving from last year’s 1852.60. The overtime ban sparked dispute as officers claim 30 cents per hour overtime pay. a test case may go to court to define a day.
In Maryland towns main streets are shaded by trees whose fallen leaves litter the roads each fall. Some towns dispose of the debris by burning piles in the street, a practice used annually in North East and St Michael's. The method is described as sanitary and beneficial for towns that adopt it.
Two new damage claims target the county. William George Smith of the First district seeks pay for injuries to a horse after it fell through a bridge. An arbitration panel is to be formed with Mr. Cashe named by commissioners. Smith will select one arbiter, the two others choosing a third. N Alex Hutson represents Charles M Pepper in a claim for cedar trees cut by Charles H Todd during road work.
Lovers of the hunt in Queen Annes and Kent counties form Round Top Fox-Hunting Club and plan to pursue the sport this winter. Fox hunting once dominated Eastern Shore farm winters, but the generation that made it a Maryland tradition has passed, and younger hunters must adapt. The Stars, Bostons top musical group, perform after engagements at Milford and Denton before heading to Pittsburg.
Ex-Comptroller J Frank Turner calls for Democratic unity to redeem Maryland from Republican rule. He urges Democrats to align on the Ocean City Convention platform, accept some compromises, and rally behind Democratic supremacy in state and city government while shelving the silver issue until 1900. He asks The News and The Sun to back the effort.
Messrs. Stewart and Jarrell report J. L. Beachamp delivered 28 tons of tomatoes from two acres to their Hillsboro cannery. Agent J. Anstett will sell stock and household goods at public sale on Monday, November 28. The Boston Stars praised as best artists heard here. Mrs. Rebecca Crawford of Christina Delaware visits Dr. Stout in Templeville. Fine salt 228 pounds per bag $1.25 at W. R. Breeding’s Willis ton.
A flannel dampened with Chamberlains Pain Balm bound to the chest side or back provides prompt relief for pains. Pain Balm is touted as a cure for rheumatism and is sold by Hugh Deffey Hillsboro R J Colston Ridgely and W E Brown Denton.
Riley Melvin of Felton, partner in Melvin Rice Co., Dover, fell into a vat of boiling water while helping hog killing Tuesday morning. He was pulled out and rushed to a nearby house for medical aid. His skin peeled with his clothes when removed.
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