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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1902
Page
3
Saturday morning October 25 1902 public notice lists court and board meetings. Court Court will meet January 12 Crane Hans court October 28 Levy Court October 23 School Board October 28. Public notices solicit news from all parts of the county.
The Denton area reports plentiful chestnuts and corn crops, coal deliveries expected by November 15 at $7.50 per ton, and several property deals including Mrs. Delma C. Jones purchasing Barber farm for 3500. A school box social, a new Laurel Grove school contract at 500, and various meetings announce civic activity. firms, salting, and musical events unfold through November with local officials and organizations named.
The engagement is announced for Miss Louisa Wainwright daughter of Commander Richard Wainwright and Lieut Walter S Turpin of the US Navy. The wedding is set for Tuesday October 28. Turpin, from Maryland, is the eldest son of former State Senator W T P Turpin of Centreville.
Mr. Matthew Mec Daniel of Tuckahoe Neck grows about 100 trees and expects nearly eight hundred baskets from his fine pear orchard in Caroline county. He displayed baskets in Denton on Wednesday with remarkably large fruit. one basket held thirty three pears, suggesting larger yields with careful selection.
Cordova. James Willis of Cordova, an employee of the P W & B Railroad, was struck by an engine Saturday night and badly injured with four fractured ribs. He was transported to a Wilmington hospital. Also noted: James Pavis dislocated his collar bone after being thrown from a load of hay last week, attended by Dr. Rose. Mrs Randall hosted relatives from Reed City Michigan, Lucy Warren named Poplar Island schoolteacher, Mrs Merrick visiting her mother, Mrs Nevin, and Mrs J F Sisk in Baltimore last week.
Volttabora and Jarroll & Truitt run a large force boxing and labeling goods but lack cars to ship. G J Saunders breaks ground for a rolling mill plant to be operated soon. G W Johnson and family depart for Snow Hill for a week’s visit. Bridgeman of Chicago visits daughter Mrs J Spencer Lapham. W E Wilson returns to health after illness. Advert: ladies coats and furs at Everngam’s.
A large Denton gathering at Masonic Hall heard Democratic candidate James E. Ellegood of Salisbury and others praise eloquent speakers. The address focused on anti bribery and corruption in elections, arguing one person one vote is essential and criticizing the Republican stance. The event highlighted a national issue framed as manhood versus money and aimed to awaken public conscience.
A speaker rails against corporate money in politics, charging the Republican Party with courting big donors to manipulate tariff schedules and elections. He warns that taxation subsidizes private gain, endangering liberty and possibly triggering revolution, while urging voters to demand genuine men of statecraft over wealth.
Report says young men in Hobbs area bought a dealer’s instrument described as for locating ore beds and hidden valuables including money and silver. Tradition recalls a hermit by Watts Creek who hid his coins. despite exhaustive search no trace remains. The tale links old wealth to ongoing moonlit prospecting.
Mrs. Mary J. Johnson of Camden New Jersey is spending a few days with relatives here. Mr. G A F Clayton a well known local farmer will move to Baltimore to start a new business venture. Miss Winnie Griffith spent Sunday with her parents in Concord.
The Holiness Association is soliciting funds for a church project in Seaford, urging supporters to donate toward construction and renovation efforts for the local fellowship.
A county election report details registration activity by district including numbers registered removed deceased gains and losses with a note on racial splits in newly registered and stricken voters. The table presents first through eighth districts showing counts for each category and the current county registration standing.
Central Lyceum Bureau brings Floyds magic act in December, lecturer Fred Skeler speaks on agitators in January, Col. Ham performs in February, and The Colonial Favorites close the run in March. Proceeds go to Denton fire department efforts. season tickets likely not issued.
Hon William H Jackson Republican Congressional nominee visited town Thursday evening hosted by F R Owens. A large dinner included F A Porter S P Man ship H A Roe and others. Jackson tours the district with limited public meetings and greeted by Citizens Band who serenaded him but he declined to speak preferring handshakes instead.
The firm of Stiffiel & Freeman in Philadelphia won the contract for the new bank vault. The vault will be built with steel rails of top quality, measure ten by twelve by eight feet inside, and include fifty safe deposit drawers.
County Commissioner Zacharias and local businessmen show interest in a Greensboro fruit exchange using rope separators to quickly grade peaches by size. The project, seen as beneficial for pricing, could expand to Ridgely Goldsboro and other towns. Redden Insley win a $25,000 Baltimore machine shop, and Canton trestle work for Baltimore Rolling Mill Co. progress.
County Commissioners on Tuesday directed that Mrs. Eliza beth H Starkey be sent to Maryland Hospital for the Insane. Doctors George and Fisher certified her insanity. An informal talk on building a jail noted the old structure is the worst in the state and no safe means exist to secure prisoners. Grand juries and courts have urged a jail, and the board is expected to act.
The sale of lots and other real estate by Mrs. Mary E Noble and Dr. William T Kelley as administrators of the late Isaac L Noble drew many bidders at Preston on Saturday. Purchasers included W. M. Wright C. Fulton Noble Arteria T Hubbard Lin D Kelley Albert W Sisk John H Beachamp Mrs Bertie M Kelley Frank Ledman J H Barrow Thos Taylor L P Williamson Nelson H Fooks. The Main street residence was bought by Mr Fooks and the Linchester farm by Mr C F Noble.
At a Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company meeting a new steamer was decided to be built by Harlan and Hollingsworth to run Baltimore to Claiborne in two hours. The vessel will be named Claiborne or Talbot. The Cambridge steamship has suffered from hard use, marring its former speed and appearance.
Sheriff Dokes has appointed deputies to attend polling places on election day. Named deputies include Wm. M. Price, Milton H. Roe, James T. Sylvester, Charles Evans, W. Paxson Ledman, W.J. Price, H. M. Morgan, and W. T. Higcutt. They will meet in Denton on Monday, November 3rd to receive instructions.
Hobbs Mr T F Chaffinch sold his store goods to Mr C M Pritchett and will retire from the mercantile business. Miss Edna Messick was declared the most popular young lady in the house on Saturday evening by a majority of 321, winning a silver sugar bowl and six silver spoons after a days long contest among friends.
Dover District Epworth League officers elected at Milford include Sallie Stevens Denton second vice president Henry T Nuttle Andersontown treasurer Nellie Davis Federalsburg junior superintendent and E L Cross Conference Academy president A Sunday School rally at Thawleys Church Tuckahoe Neck tomorrow at 10:30 a m includes all scholars and friends A lecture The Ruins of Palestine or History of the Bible Landa by Rev F F Carpenter at Ridgely M E Church next Tuesday admission 25 cents children 15 proceeds to Sunday School Also notes on quarter conference at Concord October 25 and Sunday services with Rev C S Baker Williston Epworth League oyster supper October 31 and November 1 and other church activities
Captain Hultz of Kent Island caught a 600 pound turtle Tuesday afternoon. Five men pulled it ashore after a block and tackle raise. The landing drew many witnesses amid a county scene of rail, fair plans, coal price drops, and local notices including a November 7 8 musical reception and a sale at Everngam's.
Henderson area residents Mrs Charles Cartwright and family spent Tuesday with her parents Mr and Mrs Co E Montague. Miss Bertha Gooden left Tuesday for a visit with her sister in New York City. Numerous Gooden relatives and area families, including Smiths, Hollingsworths, Cabbage, and Downes, were noted visiting kin in Dover, Hartley, Philadelphia, and nearby towns.
Delaware notes a charter granted in Dover to the Colored National Immigration and Commercial Association of Atlanta to lease and buy vessels to establish an immigrant line to Liberia. Greenabaum Bros., Seaford, marketed 150,000 cases of pears peaches and tomatoes totaling 3,600,000 cans, paying 66,000 dollars for stock and 15,000 dollars for labor.
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