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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1905
Page
3
Local items note postmaster appointment at Tuckahoe, new Denton store opening, and court week activities. District events include criminal trials in Circuit Court, grand jury report, jail and bridge criticisms, and calls for better public works and health enforcement.
J E Whaley and G FE Edyvar Williamson form a co partnership and will keep operating at Whaley's old stand near the R and station until a new store opens at Railroad avenue and Main Street. Debris from W O Ledman store burn removal proceeds. registry adds thirty names in Fourth district.
Hendersons Ladies' Aid met at Mrs W B Grawell's home near Whiteleysbury Delaware on Wednesday. Eighteen members attended a fine dinner and all report a good time. Reported improvements in Mr Tribbitt's afflicted family. Harry E and Walter Gough visiting mother. Rebecca Pippin to Swarthmore for a new position. J B Slay back at business. Dr Silver visiting friends in Baltimore. Lottie Flowers of Dover visiting town. Emmett Faulkner left for Wilmington. Smith Dill in Philadelphia. Cambridge politics noted as heated with exchange remark about Applegarth Hallington and Henry.
This lettered editorial comment from Denton in October 1905 critiques Maryland's franchise debate. It summarizes editorials opposing the Poe amendment, contrasts Warfield and Bryan positions, and argues for cautious reform, warning of potential white supremacy extremes. It highlights editorial questions about disfranchisement, the Fifteenth Amendment, and the Warfield Bryan alternative.
Mrs Angeline Lord aged about 68 died at home in this place on Wednesday about eleven. She was a daughter of Stephen and Mary Redden of Kent county Delaware born near Farmington in 1837. Surviving are three sisters and one brother and five children including Mrs J Howard Griffin Hoboken NJ Mrs George A Fisher Brooklyn NY Miss Annie Lord and several sons in Philadelphia and Ridgely. Funeral was at home yesterday with Rev D M Dibble officiating and interment in Denton cemetery. A former pastor recalls her long church service and steadfast Christian life.
Shurris the Mrs M E Wyatt of Baltimore recently left for Hobbs after a two month visit with Mrs W P Stafford. Mrs Sallie Richardson of Philadelphia is staying with her sister Mrs Theodore Saulsbury. W P Stafford and F A Porter attended the Old Soldiers reunion at Preston last Thursday. Rev J K Underhill left for New York to attend the Tennessee Conference. Mr R W Thawley is repainting his residence and adding a front porch. Mrs F A Porter and Mr W H Satterfield are ill at home. A T Porter and T E Burke spent a few days in Baltimore last week.
Greensboro residents Thos. Tf. Dobson and his son Alva spent several days in Philadelphia early this week. Master Gilbert Hignatt of Williston visited with Master Stephen P. Shipman over the weekend. Mrs. Nathaniel Horsey of S. H. visited relatives in Baltimore. John Mason of Centreville was a guest at the Pippin house last week. Miss Mary Bullen of Stevensville is a guest at the M. I. parsonage. Mrs. J. H. Coursey visited relatives in Wilmington.
The Minnie Wheeler delivered 2700 bags of fertilizer and the Avalon carried 1700 bags plus heavy freight. And you can find style and prices to suit you from I. eJ. Mellvaine & Sister with a complete millinery line.
Mr. H Franklin Stevens plans to rent his Andersontown farm and move to Denton by year end as he contemplates building a home on Sixth street. Several local moves and visits include Katherine Dukes traveling to Baltimore for nurse training, and relatives visiting family in Matthews Cambridge Harrington and Hallwood. Local nuptials noted include Mabel Laura Clark and Arthur Linden Duffey on October 24.
Rev Carlton D Harris formerly of South Carolina, now pastor of Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Church Baltimore, urged diligence in work and the Bible’s call to thrift. He framed work as God’s design, stressing that no one is created idle and success follows choosing a suitable vocation.
Levy Court notes that the Frederick Montevue Hospital order covers treatment for Samuel Hutchins. Talbot and Caroline commissioners visited Denton to receive the lone bid for the Dover drawbridge foundation, deemed too high. A joint Easton meeting is planned, with shell road bids to be opened next Tuesday.
Hobbs and Charles E. Collins are transferring large quantities of charcoal from the Carter farm to the station for shipment. John Lister on the Horsey farm began feeding wheat on the 4th inst. Others are ready. Mrs. Elizabeth Merriken, visiting at J. H. Merriken’s home, is now visiting friends in Kent.
The notice laments the death of Nelle Blanche Stevens, a bright-eyed young girl beloved for her music and service in Concord Church. It recalls her cheerful songs and contributions to church services before being called to join the heavenly choir in Paradise.
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