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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
7
A long list of local notes covers crop and livestock topics, sales ads, and upcoming events. It notes fruit tree planting, livestock sales, egg prices, and various property and business transactions. Also mentioned are local performances, hall events, and recent weather and sports happenings. Individuals, firms, and towns are named throughout Caroline and Talbot counties.
Local society updates include hospital visit for Mr Anklam after a toe injury, multiple marriages such as George El Wooley to Frances L Shane and Mary Emma Harris to Clarence Perry, Thanksgiving gatherings, and numerous visits by relatives. Notable items cover a gunning accident involving Woodley Dill, improvements and moving pictures by H P Cohee, and community notices from Dover to Philadelphia.
The second grade at Den ton Primary School names students deserving credit for good conduct: Hil da Cade Ruth Masten Mary S fubbard Worthington Downes Clarence Baynard Stoward Jones Frances Paine Clara Tubbs Rose Turner Elsie Collison Marion Davis George Smith Mary Le gates Maggie Mills Albert Towers Charles Dean Sadie Wooters Elizabeth Stevens Elizabeth Booth Leola Christo pher Elva Masten Louise Fisher Anna Lucas Nathan Willis Alton McDaniel John Steele. An ice cream and box social will be held at Boonsboro school on Friday evening December 4, weather permitting. Proceeds support the school. boxes are requested. A box social for the Burrsville school will also be held Friday evening December 4 with requests for boxes.
Easton High and Caroline High played to a 0 0 draw Thanksgiving afternoon in front of several hundred fans. Easton’s lineup included S Brumbaugh and D Garey among others, with Downes at right end and Sigler at right half.
A terse call urges opening business through advertising after political distraction slowed trade. The speaker laments stagnation since the campaign and stresses the need to advertise to revive commerce. The message emphasizes urgency and direct action over rhetoric.
County commissioners met the Talbot board at Tuckahoe bridge to inspect the bridge structure. A three member commission consisting of W. E. Liden W. H. Deen and C. H. Todd is named to study a proposed new road in the Fourth district known as Reynolds and Lewis road.
An old shoe aid ad claims Allen Bamated of LeRoy New York offers a powder to ease breaking in new shoes. Sample free and a request to avoid substitutes. The phrasing is garbled but presents a retail product promotion.
The text notes the burial of E I Adams on Thanksgiving Day echoing Robert W Anthony’s funeral from three years ago. It mentions Baltimore guests Mrs H H Carroll and daughter visiting Mr Carroll’s brother William P Carroll, J E Towers sale drawing a large crowd, and property selling well. Also referenced are Mrs John T Lister’s return from Philadelphia, J R Rickards visiting family, W E Tarr supplying at a station in Saint Mary’s, Denton Canning Co buying pine board, and Miss E M Merriken spending Thanksgiving with her parents.
Thieves broke into the McCloud residence while the family attended church in Ridgely and carried off bedding and clothing in a large haul. The Kranz Hotel gains new management January 1 as Frank Symon moves to the Brigden property. Myrtle Vosmus returns from Leaumont Virginia after Thanksgiving with friends in Washington. Guy Turner from Smyrna leases the Sigler Building to open a clothing and gentlemen's furnishings store. John W. Honey of Philadelphia visits the Imler family over Thanksgiving. Emmett Buckwalter of Phoenixville visits the Saxton residence. I T Saulsbury buys a new 30 horsepower Cadillac. Seward moves to his farm near town Friday.
Williston, Miss Maggie Jarrell of Hillsboro and Mrs. Sallie Stevens of Hickman were guests of Mrs. Martha J. Hignatt last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Rice and son from Philadelphia have returned home after visiting Mr. R. C. Rice. Miss Elsie L. Roe spends holidays at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa., guest of Miss Edna Hobbs. Rev. J. E. Smith preached last Sunday afternoon on Will You Be Among the Saved. Mr. William Cooper is visiting friends here. Subscribe for the JOURNAL and get all the county news.
The Journal records multiple deaths and funerals with ages, family survivors, and church ties. Francis Tatem Barton, nearly 64, died after a prior head injury. survivors include three sons and three daughters. Other obituaries include Mrs. Sarah Culbreth, Mr. Edward Adams, Miss Mary Walston, Thomas J. Smith, and Mrs. Annie Hardcastle. Court notices announce administrations, appraisers, and creditor deadlines in local Orphans Court proceedings.
Mr. Till Reiss of Greenville Pa, a Democratic congressional candidate, lost in a strong Republican district but faced no hardship. He drafted a humorous campaign statement noting seeds of kindness, small campaign postage, and local loyalties, joking that Congress nearly saw another Sunset Cox.
Sudlersville residents share visits with relatives in Stilsboro Federalsburg and Federalsburg. Mrs Sue Thompson visits her mother Mrs Tom Stevens while Sudlersville Methodists invite Rev W C Bennett to return next year. Mrs Fred W Booker visits her mother Mrs Noble in Federalsburg.
Burrsville notes list visitors from Camden Dover Farnhurst Felton and Philadelphia. Holy wedlock united at M I parsonage and an oyster supper planned by Epworth League for charity with Susie Flowers and William Anthony. Various locals and relatives are mentioned as spending time with families here.
Misses Ida and Sadie Deane spent Sunday with Mrs Emma Hubbard and Miss Bessie Fountain. Mr James W Griffith of New Haven Conn visits his father. Thanksgiving exercises were held at the Academy on Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Harry Clark and Mrs Charles Beachamp spent Sunday with relatives. Mrs Eliza Williamson and children mourn a bereavement. Mrs Clara I Williamson returned from Baltimore friends. Miss Anna Johnson returned from Greensboro. Rev J B Cannon conducts revival at Harmony. Mrs N T Nuttle visiting Farmington. Mr C S Beachamp visited the Neck. Miss Mary Nuttle visits Dover.
Mrs. Trout and children from Virginia visit friends in and near town and plan to settle in Aston. Mrs. Bessie Noble of Sykesville spends time with relatives here. Elbert Douglass builds a dwelling on Cross street. J. R. Porter contractor. Mr. and Mrs. Buckley of Choptank suffer paralysis. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Moore and daughter Effie were in Baltimore last week. Mrs. Edna Henry returns from Cabin Creek visit.
Hickman reports Mr. and Mrs. Steve Adams of Delmar visiting relatives in Jersey City and Bayonne before returning home. Mr. A D Wright, recently in New York, is visiting his aunt Mrs. James Horsey. James Wouters’ new home is ready for occupancy. A P Fisher is very sick at his home.
A splendid revival meeting continues at Choptank with many conversions. Rev E H Collins, aided by strong exhortations, leads the work. Mr John Blades of Choptank has brought many young men to repentance. John Blades is reported quite ill.
The Baltimore Sun reports Governor Crothers advocates immediate amendments to the Corrupt Practices act to close loopholes exposed by recent campaign reports. He cites extensive use of runners and messengers financed by fund sources on the Eastern Shore and calls for banning all money spent on conveyances and prohibiting candidates from evading the law through friends. Cecil County's Democratic treasurer John M. Tucker reports a lean campaign finance with $425 raised and $406.50 spent, showing strong results without runners or vehicles, amid large Republican funds.
The Talbot court closed Wednesday after a grand jury returned fifty presentments, forty six against colored people. Of twenty six jailed defendants, twenty five were colored. The Easton Ledger notes court costs are largely driven by the lawless element among the colored population, sounding an alarm.
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to set up experimental farms on each division to guide farmers and truckers on profitable crops and connect with local growers. A four-division program will place top farming talent in charge and span the Delaware, Baltimore Chesapeake & Atlantic, Maryland Delaware Virginia, and New York Philadelphia & Norfolk lines. A inspection party including Supt Rodgers and Supt Pork, with W F Allen and Orlando Harrison, toured the farms this week. The move aims to aid local agriculture and improve market access.
In Vermillion county Indiana Mr J Sconce and Taylor Gar lough bought seed corn from an Indiana shipment that contained a freak ear with a husk core. Planting the kernels produced ears identical to the single ear with large solid kernels and as much corn as normal cobs. The pair plan to plant more corn next year hoping to improve the variety.
Stockholders owning 1 500 000 of the preferred stock of the B C & A Railway sue to protect their rights to earnings alleging fraud by denying that the stock is alienable upon the company’s franchises and property, subject to the mortgage securing 1 250 000 first mortgage gold bonds of 5 percent. Some stock is held in this county.
Mr S F E Collins secretary Dorchester county Maryland asks the Denton postmaster to inform the public there is a demented elderly man wandering from his home. He is seventy, dressed in dark clothes with mismatched pants and coat, named George W Lane. Reward offered for detaining and notifying him.
An advertisement claims Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a sole regulator curing female weaknesses backache kidney bladder and urinary troubles. Sold by All druggists or by mail for 50 cents with free best advice from the Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
The Philadelphia Record notes a church lesson from Isaiah stressing temperance. It warns that moderate drinkers sustain drunkenness and sin, cites Ephraim as an example of decline due to wine, and contrasts coveting Samaria with a spiritual crown in Christ. It calls Christians to oppose liquor and warns against laxity in military and civic life.
The thrifty farmer is stopping holes in stables and making preparations to keep livestock comfortable during winter. He notes it takes less food and the stock will be in better shape. Each animal should be cleaned daily and given water at least twice, four times is ideal.
In loving memory of my beloved husband Ollie Bloxsom who died October 13, 1907. A prayerful verse notes those blessed by God's spirit sink into rest and awaken to perfect happiness.
The item notes Miss Myrtle Kemp has come back to Federalsburg from Cambridge Hospital where she served as a trained nurse. It then broadcasts Treasury Secretary remarks on high demand for gold for Christmas and, by the Father of the Family, for greenbacks banknotes silver nickel and copper coins.
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