County News Briefs From Septembers Mornings 1906
Saturday mornings headlines solicit items from all parts of the county. Court with 36371 Oct 1 levy court will meet. Orphans' Court to convene on September 4.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1906
Page
3
Saturday mornings headlines solicit items from all parts of the county. Court with 36371 Oct 1 levy court will meet. Orphans' Court to convene on September 4.
Local notes report banks closed for Labor Day and delays due to wet weather hindering building work. Train additions on the Delaware road and melons flooding the Baltimore market are mentioned alongside numerous community notices about sales, marriages, and social visits in Denton and surrounding towns.
Charles and Albert Howard urged county commissioners on Tuesday to grant a pension for Edward Stanford colored. W E Liden asked for a new road survey in the Eighth district. Road Engineer Abler to report next Tuesday. A reinforced concrete bridge at Greensboro may be the first on Maryland Eastern Shore. The two hundred foot bridge will have double driveways and walks, built under Abler’s supervision.
Prominent Altoona physician Dr J H Weaver aged 75 dies at his son M L Weaver’s home near Greensboro while visiting Saturday afternoon. He practiced medicine in Altoona for forty years and is survived by three children including M L Weaver and Mrs S B Reighard. Remains sent to Altoona for interment. Several local residents and visitors are noted in society notices with travel and guest updates from Wilmington Montrose Ocean Grove Philadelphia and Baltimore areas. Typhoid fever affects Harry Harrington among others. others return from trips to Rehoboth and St Louis.
For SaLE A 7-room dwelling with halls on Sixth street in Denton Conveniently arranged and nicely located Apply to F B Nutrne Denton Md
The Caroline Teachers Institute met at Caroline High School this week led by State Superintendent Stephens and County Superintendent Noble. Notable instructors from multiple districts spoke on pedagogy and arithmetic and a Morimoto Japan lecture series drew attention. The institute adjourned Friday with improved methods promised for the 1906-07 year and Judge William R. Martin reported recovering from illness.
Republican primary events in Denton drew little interest as delegates to the county convention were named to back the candidate Uncle Billie amid short crops. Delegates include C B Hollingsworth W B Massey A G Towers T R Green B G Stevens J T Carter C W Hobbs T E Kelley A J Messick J B Fletcher W M M Wright D W Moore T O Jefferson G H Jefferson C Curry P Hagadone Thomas Saulsbury T W Jones W W Seward W H Beauchamp A Meredith A Howard B F Edgell and C H Todd with many staying home due to bad weather.
Mrs Christie McCurdy and child return to Dover after visiting sister Mrs G W Carrow. Mrs Earnest Johns of Church Hill stayed with parents Mr and Mrs A B Gooden near town. Mr and Mrs James Jarman from near Greensboro guests of Mr and Mrs Chas Barens. Miss Lida Barens of Philadelphia visiting her parents. Mr and Mrs Haws of Philadelphia visiting Mrs Ellen Coffin. Mrs J H Jones and Mrs L M Jones visiting friends in Wilmington Delaware. Reynolds Moore of Dover spent Sunday with his mother Mrs F B Sweeney. Mrs N Cohteen of near Felton visiting Mr and Mrs Comegys. Miss Bessie Jones attends Holiness Camp at Twin Oaks Pennsylvania.
Church events report large attendance at union Methodist services Sunday. Rev Thomas Wheeler preached both morning and evening with texts What think Ye of Christ and Is Thine Heart Right. Bishop Coleman works on The History of the American Church for Funk and Wagnalls. Rev Albert Ware remains gravely ill. Dr McGilton returns to conduct service. communion planned. Rev J W Williams to preach at Concord and Bloomery.
Peach es are chopped and sugared to draw syrup then mixed with beaten eggs milk crackers and meringue. Bake in an earthen dish until meringue browns and serve cold. Peach Pie uses rich paste edge Rim filled with ripe peaches quarters and baked with sugar and a light cream meringue on top.
A magazine article cites Mr. H. J. Hapgood noting an applicant’s glowing claims matter little without willingness to work. The employer’s reply: the key question is whether the candidate will work honestly, energetically, and persistently with his abilities. Also ad for wallpaper and window shades byThomas Messer of 1015 W Baltimore St Baltimore.
A Sunday school analysis contrasts Bartimaeus the blind beggar and Zacchaeus the rich tax collector. Both seek Jesus, one for mercy the other for sight, showing Jesus saves both rich and poor. The text emphasizes repentance, restitution, and the social reach of Christ through Zacchaeus’s hospitality and conversion.
An eight year old girl states Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy is fine as silk for stomach ache. She felt relief after two doses overnight. Sold by Douglass Drug Store and A L Duffey in Hillsboro.
A Ridgely letter in a New York fruit trade paper reports strong enthusiasm among local fruit growers and truckers for the Ridge ly Fruit Growing Association. Peaches brought better returns, with prices 50 to 85 cents. station shipments reached 23 cars in the past week, likely as many more in six days. Membership stands at 125 and rising. T. L. Day serves as president and L. B. Brumbaugh as manager. Notable shippers include Heammons & Temple and Dr I Dasher, with H W Hynson and McCracken & Co. among active figures in peaches, cantaloupes, tomatoes, strawberries, and pears.
A Baltimore correspondent reports Governor Warfield has not definitively stated his political plans. Regular leaders doubt his position will remove him as a factor in the coming fight. He says he is not a candidate for any office and will only sacrifice if his party demands services to advance the party and state. He notes rumors of candidacy are unauthorized.
A letter-like reproach chides Jupiter Flavius for alternating moods and overdoing pleasures, warning that such behavior harms crops and wardrobes and mocks his coquetry and indecision as childish. It uses playful imagery of a spigot and April to emphasize restraint and propriety.
Ex Congressmen William H Jackson was nominated by the Republican convention at the Atlantic Hotel in Ocean City as the candidate for Congress from nine Eastern Shore counties in the First district. His Democratic rival Thomas A Smith had been chosen weeks earlier.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will run popular ten day excursions to Niagara Falls on Fridays September 7, 21, and October 12. Special trains of parlor cars coaches and dining cars depart from Philadelphia and Washington. Niagara Falls Niagara Gorge the Whirlpool and Rapids captivate American travelers. For illustrated booklet and full information contact the nearest ticket agent.
The Baltimore Jubilee lists a week of activities from September 10 to 14 including warships and revenue cutters arrival, public inspections, a military parade, industrial procession, fireman parade and picnics, potential torchlight procession, and a general sightseeting day with evenings planned for autos.
Orphans' Court proceedings Tuesday include Francis Todd guardian for Clarence Richards presenting guardian accounts which were approved. Claude Mowbray and Edward E. Nuttle administrators of Jacob T. Mowbray deceased present inventory and appraisement of personal property which was approved. Order to sell at private sale granted.
The Watford Democrat reports that a defeated candidate, Mr. Jackson, continues to seek Congress to seat him after an election won amid bribery. The partisan Congress has not overruled the election, despite sympathy for the contestant's views.
The notice promotes shipping grain by the steamer Vesper with freight at four cents per bushel. It also advertises abundant grain sacks available at Greensboro and Denton and other points, furnished free of charge to shippers. The message emphasizes convenient access to packing supplies and urging grain owners to use the service.
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