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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1899
Page
3
An old timetable lists departure times and routes from multiple points. Entries include 8 36 A M via Q A R R from Points East 310 15 a M Q A R R from Ponts West 11 00 A M Stage from Preston 11 30 A M Via Steamer from River Points 12 00 M Via D C R R from Points North 7 10 P M Via Q A RK from Points East 7 10 P M Via G A R 8 from Points West 8 00 P M Via D C R R from Points North.
Banks closed Monday. Davis builds windmill water supply. Massey and Curry constructing dwellings in Greensboro. Cannon buys Lowe farm. Sullivan dies aged 94. Salt arrives cheap. Dorchester appoints Nannie Webb and W H Massey. Pastorfield to open cash store. Queen Anne festival benefits town improvements. Nuttle to erect Federalsburg store. fire damaged. Maryland State Fair at Idlewild Park Sept 26-29. Ludwig near Ridgely dies. Hillsboro tourney and horse races draw hundreds. Knights crowned. longwood wins tie in knights tilt. trotting races showcase Morgan and Wooters.
Goldspore and W R Jones of Alexandria Ind returned home after visiting their brother S T Jones. B T Jones and spouse returned from Ocean City after a week with H Jarman. W T Jarman and spouse visit brother H B Jarman in Berlin Md. Oysters are now in the Denton market.
A Wednesday gathering at Mr. T. H. Sipples home in Burrsville celebrated Miss Iva G. Parris of Philadelphia. About sixty guests enjoyed musical selections by Bertha Dill and games while deh_eavies were served. Visitors Bertha and Nellie Dill depart for Wilmington, with others returning to Philadelphia and Whiteleysburg.
Creaton Miss Addie May Whiteley returns to Washington to resume duties in the Department of Agriculture. Mr and Mrs A M Jones guests of Mr and Mrs A J Messick return to Brooklyn. Rev R T Whiteley visits sister Mrs A J Messick. Rev J B Smith preaches at New Jerusalem Church. Mr and Mrs Joseph F P Sisk visit Preston relatives. Miss Nellie Phillips returns from East New Market. Mrs Somers Blake of Denton visits. Rev C S Walton returns home improved. Miss Kathna Yeo of Easton spends Sunday with Miss Mattie Douglass. Miss Belle Percy visits her uncle Dr Phillips.
Mrs Pratt displayed a blooming cactus on her porch Wednesday night. Mr Lowder Surman, once of this place and late of Philadelphia, died at his brother in law George Smith’s near Nichols and was buried at Harrison Dorchester. Surman survived by four daughters Mrs Hubbard Mrs Logan and Misses Laura and Hetty Surman. George Jefferson, formerly with Dunbar in Philadelphia, opened a grocery in Pierce Redheads block near the M E Church. Misses Bird and Carolyn Barber plan a Europe trip next year via the Paris Exposition. Mrs Messenger and Miss Beals visited in Hurlock with Mrs Barber’s family. Mrs Warren of Cambridge visited her sisters Mrs Alburger and Mrs Noble. Charles King & Company stayed over six nights this week. The shirt factory resumed Monday morning.
Miss Winnie Griffith and others from the neighborhood visit Rehoboth while Agner girls work at Todd's cannery which runs full time with five thousand tomato baskets on hand. Afire destroyed an unoccupied house on Mr W Thomas Hignutt's farm with origin unknown. Mrs Mary Johnson of Camden visits Mrs A A Griffith. William Loockerman is in poor health.
The Post Office Department will gradually replace the domestic money order with a smaller form similar to a bank draft after September 4. It features a carbonized advice copy to the paying postmaster and a receipt for the remitter. A back space for bank stamps is provided for collection.
Conductor John S Beach married Ella N Faulkner of Hillsboro on August 23 at a Southern Methodist church. A reception followed at W G Breeding's home before the couple's departure for Queenstown. Many local residents and relatives are noted in the social notices with travels and visits across Maryland and nearby states.
Mr A K Arnser led a Monday afternoon shooting at Greensboro with live pigeons and white flyer clay targets. The social rivalry remained friendly as locals and Den tonian participants observed skillful rounds with mixed scores across live birds and targets.
The Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Delaware, Leighton Coleman, will fly a 50 foot flag from Bishopstead on notable church dates. Edward R. Rich spoke at the Plimhimmon Casino Ocean City on Prison Life in Fort Delaware. Proceeds fund St Pauls by the Sea church. An all day meeting near Cork Point is planned tomorrow. 23 conversions reported at a recent meeting. Services set for M E Church tomorrow. Rev J S Wickline returns from vacation. Rev J D C Hanna of Wilmington preaches at Greensboro M E Church tomorrow. Ladies Aid oyster supper set for September 15 and 16. Rehoboth camp meeting closed Sunday.
Edgell Seward and Sylvester and Clerk Norris met on Tuesday and appointed election judges and clerks for November. Each district lists Republican and Democrat selections, with several districts noting no Democrat or Republican appointments and others naming specific individuals. Vacant prices to be supplied September 12.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday Mary E. Fisher administratrix of Henry S. Fisher filed debts accounts and final administration. Matilda Vane administratrix of Emory Vane presented debts and final account. Levin W. Williams and Thomas H. Chambers executors of Elisha W. Andrew submitted inventory and real estate valuation. An order of sale was granted. The sale of Charles Haynes real estate by Harvey Tu. Cooper trustee was ratified. The will of George J. Newell was admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Gootee S. Liden with bond approved. Warrant to appraise personal property issued to N Todd and S M Liden.
A New Bern dispatch to the Baltimore Sun reports the schooner Gen B F Hardcastle of Baltimore wrecked near Portsmouth North Carolina. Vessel and cargo of lumber in bad condition, crew reported lost. On board at departure were Captain William Franklin Todd aged 38 from North Luzerne Street and his son William Todd age 11, Mate Richard Coleman of Chestertown Kent County, and four or five white crew members whose names could not be ascertained yesterday.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets with grounds admission for the Delaware State Pair at Fairview Park Dover from September 5 to 8. Tickets are valid for return to September 8 and include access to the grounds. The fair features bicycle trotting and running races, plus cereals and livestock exhibits, promising high interest.
The School Board on Tuesday appointed Miss Tdla W. Downes of Denton to a scholarship in the normal department of Washington College. Miss Lola Garey won a scholarship at the Maryland State Normal School. Misses Lida Porter and Elizabeth Phillips were named assistants at Preston Academy. Confirmed appointments include Katharine Hackett principal of Hillsboro School, Mary Crouse teacher of Garey's, May Sparklin at Bethlehem, Ida G. Deane at Concord, and Miss Griffin at Longs. School houses at Long's and Chestnut Grove have been repainted.
General Richard Thomas, cashier of Easton National Bank, has served fifty years since joining April 20, 1846 and becoming cashier August 29, 1849. Described as possibly the oldest bank cashier by service in the world, he works daily with undimmed faculties and years of usefulness are expected in his role according to the Easton Ledger.
The article argues modern women elevate housekeeping to a defining accomplishment as outdoor sports strengthen health. It contrasts grandmothers’ hard domestic labor with today’s conveniences, warns against overwork, and urges wives to supervise home affairs rather than rely on hired help. It notes weak constitutions stem from past chores and urges prudent management of expenses and servants.
A new insect called the eleetric bug has appeared in Delaware. Its bite causes a shock like a battery, followed by a blister that becomes a running sore. The report lists numerous local residents visiting, returning, or entertaining guests in Dover, Laurel, Ocean Gate, and nearby towns, with names such as Rev Alfred Smith, Col William Coulbourn, Mr Mellroy Mellvaine, and Miss Sara Heather noted among social movements and visits.
The annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Talbot County will convene at Easton Court House on Monday at 9 30 a.m. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Lane served after the morning session at the W C T U Headquarters 108 Goldsborough Street. Mrs Mary Haslup state president will offer counsel throughout. A national speaker Miss Belle Kearney will address the evening session. Members welcome visitors and plan late supper and overnight hospitality. Be sure to come and bring friends.
Miss Irene Cook writes in the Baltimore Telegram that bicycling has fallen from its heyday as a fashionable pastime. Genuine cyclists will continue riding when possible, but many former practitioners have moved away from the pace and social pressure, relieved by the end of the taxing craze.
Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets on September 6 for a round trip to Wilmington and back from multiple stations including Harrisburg Birdsboro Princeton Lambertville Jamesburg Whitings Atlantic City Manamuskin Salem Bridgton and other intermediate points. Tickets priced no less than twenty five cents. For details, contact ticket agents.
The article lists numerous August real estate transfers including James Spence to George Morgiun on Hynson property for 350 dollars and Orlando J. Redden to Sarah E. Redden for Denton property and 118 acres at 1600 dollars. It records multiple deeds across districts, showing buyers and sellers, parcel sizes from 2 to 148 square perches, and prices from 40 to 2,250 dollars, with many properties in Federalsburg, Fourth, Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth districts and several nominal considerations in Fourth district.
A new schedule for the Philadelphia and Frederica Navigation Company appears in the Journal. T. Pliny Fisher, attorney, will sell a small Denton farm on September 26. Fisher Nichols sells a carload of salt at rock bottom prices. E. M. Garey and W. D. Taylor offer 24 mules. Miss Roberta H. Hobbs advertises a dwelling for sale. Gootee and Liden, executors, give creditor notices.
Samuel Cheezum of Cordova died Thursday August 24 at age 75. He leaves two sons, A. C. of Cordova and William E. of Matthews. The funeral was Saturday morning at the M. E. Church in Matthews with Rev. W. S. H. Williams officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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