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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1893
Page
3
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Migratory birds head south soon. E W Liden named Smithville postmaster. B and E schedule update and August real estate transfers noted. Wilmington businessman Solomon Hersey dies. Bohemians employed by Jacob Andrew at Tuckahoe Bridge. Reynolds & Co plan to discontinue Middletown business. Edward Saulsbury learning cycling with Monarch wheel. Oakford, Tuckahoe resident Dutie aids Journal corps. Wicomico Republicans postpone ticket, meet again in October. Peach prices fall across New York Philadelphia Baltimore. Edward Moore trustee sells Wheatley farm. Mrs A B Moore buys. Hillsborough fight among tramps. Dr Saulsbury treats wounds. Globe peaches praised by James T Sylvester. Caroline county boasts six roller mills. Hobbs brings six Crawford peaches to Journal. Missing teamster Bent Coburn survives after leg injury. Ida steamer late into Baltimore port. Bradley cures rheumatism with electro-ator device. Republican primaries held. county convention next Tuesday. W G Coburn recovering after train accident.
In 1856 a town meeting at Snow Hill discussed naming the village Upper Hunting Creek or Preston after General Preston. The name Preston prevailed by petition to lawmakers. The report also surveys Caroline County politics with Democratic holdovers, Republican hopes, and gubernatorial talk.
Rev W W Sharp of Ridgely M E Church plans to construct a new church and dispose of the old building to fund the project. The congregation is large and capable of raising the balance for a substantial edifice. Day Bros. & Co. packed about fifty tons of tomatoes in a single week, employing roughly 150 workers with a daily capacity near fifty tons. Water loss damaged Brigden & Ramsdell’s engine, risking $50 in repairs. Local notes mention Miss Maud Wright of Denton visiting Miss Flora Ramsdell, Mr J M Hackett visiting, boys arriving by wheels from Easton, Mrs A M Furman returning from New York, Miss Amanda Saulsbury returning from the World’s Fair, storm damages, and Miss Kitty McShane’s visit to Easton.
Dr J V Knotts a well known physician of Templeville Queen Annes county died at his home Tuesday morning aged fifty three after suffering from Brights disease He was son of Reuben Knotts a former public school teacher leaves a widow six children his son Gurney Knotts a Democratic nominee for county surveyor His funeral was held Thursday at his residence and burial followed in Templeville cemetery
The piece paints the arrival of autumn from hazy mornings to late October. It notes cooler air, less heat, and lingering twilights. It frames autumn as dreamlike in the American climate, with October’s last scenes of summer fading into twilight.
The Wheeler Transportation Line steamer John E. Tygert sank late Monday night at Trappe Landing on outbound trip from the Chesapeake. About 4,800 packages of peaches aboard. A gale caused the vessel to list and take on water near Trappe river mouth. crew escaped, no passengers aboard.
August real estate transfers in Caroline include Susan A Jones and husband to Robert E Jones for 131 acres at 1200 dollars and Joshua Nickerson to Owen H Nickerson for 22 acres at an unspecified sum. Other entries note Denton town properties, Choptank and Concord properties, and several nominal or small sums, with multiple marriages and trusteeship transfers.
Almanac style items report Alonzo Vane’s prolonged illness and paralysis. infant deaths of Edward Moore and the Clements infant from illness. Herman H. Kemp overcome by heat at a capping table. Mrs. C T George visiting James Green family. Edward Moore kicked by a horse. Thomas K Pippin becomes Smith Premier agent. Bradley family youngest child death. Mrs Harry S Daily returns from Wilmington. Henry Steele recovering from illness. several social visits and convalescence notes.
Elwood H. Mowbray youngest son of Captain M L Mowbray died at his father's Federalsburg residence aged 22. Funeral services were held at the M E Church with Rev Alderson and Rev Messrs Kenney and Davis officiating. Additionally Rev James T Kenney of Philadelphia preached at Federalsburg M E Church and Rev Edward Davis of Bethel spoke in the evening. City visitors depart, peaches shipped to Pittsburgh by local trio, storm damaged crops, and Miss Annie Heffron of Baltimore visiting town.
In Hillsborough on August 26 Mary E Jump oldest child of George A Jump of Queen Annes county and Anne A Jump passed peacefully aged 20 after months of illness She was buried from St Pauls Church on August 29 Rev G F Beaven officiating A large congregation paid tribute Mrs Jennie Waddell died August 11 after consumption Her remains were interred at East New Market a large circle of friends attended
County commissioners met last Tuesday with Levi Voshell of the 4th district objecting to a proposed road from Linchester River to Chop Tank, a plan examiners had recommended. Matthew Chilton appointed keeper of Denton Bridge.
A historic storm from the south sweeps up the Atlantic coast causing major damage. In Caroline county peaches and crops suffer heavy losses while fodder fields are ruined. Baltimore waterfront areas flood with two feet plus water, warehouses inundated, and ships unable to land. Denton’s causeway submerged. Mary land Steamboat Co freight rooms surrounded. Debris and rising tides create widespread destruction with substantial losses reported.
A correspondent reports a Free Gospel band pitched near Henderson in Caroline County. They preach without pay, claim each member seeks a crown in heaven, and stars blot blanks for souls saved. Crown workers urge penitents while meetings rely on invitation hymns and earnest exhortation. No collections are taken. Sunday proved a bigger day than expected.
On August 28 Judge Stump certified the Federalsburg Creamery Company. Incorporators are Francis Nichols William J. Davis Joshua F. Covey Edward Wagner Solomon M. Noble Joseph T. Davis and William Webster Kinder. Paper drawn by James N. Todd. Object: manufacture butter cheese and general creamery business. Capital stock 2000 in 400 shares of 5 each. Seven directors, first year listed as incorporators.
J M Beaven of Hillsboro Massachusetts advertises fitted running mills and ready flooring siding ceiling shingles and all building materials at very low prices along with a full line of general merchandise.
Four Nova Scotians including Thomas arranged a marriage for Lydia A. Wright in jail, then journeyed to Sand Hill camp. A Bohemian child narrowly escaped drowning near H. Roe’s mill with Enoch Ross rescuing the boy. Excursion tickets go on sale for Cecil County Agricultural Exhibition with fair admission included. Reverend Sharp and others plan sermons in Hillsboro and Ridgely. News notes on melons near Williston, Eliason death in Kent, pardon protests for William Preston Tyler, publication of subscription expiration dates, recovery of Dr. Wilkinson, Empire grain drill ad, and a Columbian Jubilee in Delaware. Also local canning, farm, real estate, and school announcements along with a Baltimore grain market update.
The records show Joseph M. Meredith with Clara Hunter, Charles N. Fountain with Amanda Griffith, Peter W. Wright with Alice Hubbard, William H. Cahall with Sallie Nelson, Thomas E. Alsup with Mary M. Cephus, John T. Grace with L. Louisa Alexander, Robert E. Smith with Martha C. Gibson, Joel W. Brown with Laura V. Cain, William A. Wilkinson with Mary Woodlin.
Valued contemporaries praise the Denton Journal as Howard Melvin sells an interest to Z P Steele and Benjamin H Johnson. The move draws congratulations from multiple papers, predicting continued excellence and growth under the new management. Also reported is the death of Fred Felch after a fatal railway accident at Marydel.
By decree of the Circuit Court for Caroline County the Trustee will offer at public sale on Hog Island farm on Wednesday September 13 1893 a valuable personal property lot. Terms require cash on sums to ten dollars and credit of 11 months on larger sums with note and approved security, payable at Denton National Bank. Sale begins at 10 am. George M. Russell Trustee. Inway Auctioneer August 31 1893.
Readable fragments list post offices and routes with many numbers and street names. Mentions Oxford Easton Chapel Queen Anne Ridgely Greensboro Goldsboro Henderson Marydel Slaughters Hartley and Clayton with times and codes. Indicates postal system details and management names H F Kenney and R L Hamitar as general supervisor.
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