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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
5
Saturday morning items of news from all parts of the county are solicited under this head. Local updates include community happenings, preparations for harvest, school notices, and short notices from neighboring towns.
Local notices advertise millinery openings and fall sale events in Denton with a range of auctions and public sales. Items include cattle, real estate and store assets, plus promotions for clothing and school supplies. The piece notes judge and clerk listings, road improvements on Main Street, and a Mexican situation article elsewhere in the journal.
For 50 years Dr Brumphrey s Gilt Edge Hoof Ointment has been used when other preparations fail under written guarantee by John Clark Greensboro Subscribe for the JOURNAL and get all the county pews.
Seaford and surrounding communities report visits and returns from Baltimore Wilmington and Atlantic City. Residents include Mrs M B Mullikin Johns Hopkins Hospital. Mr and Mrs H L Cohee. Miss Nina Christopher. Mrs W E Ayers and sons Stanley and Dudley. Cornelius Baggs. Isaiah McGonigle. Leon Hebee. Nellie Harn. John Medford. C S Jarman Jr and Jacobs. Mabel Elizabeth Cohee. G W Betson family. Nina Christopher of Laurel guest. George Stevenson. Mrs Claude Rawlings. James Ward. Mrs FL Ro Malone. Mary P Bailey. Hobos E M Walley Lilian Starkey W T Trice. Ava Griffith. J Morris Harrington. J H Merriken. W S T Trice. Miss Hazel M Everngain. Mrs Ed Murphy. Paxson Ledman family. Ola Gootee. Priscilla Carroll. C H Nuttle. M K Collison. W H Willey. Ella May Palland. Ed Furbush. Kathleen Knots. W L Mason. Sadie Wothers. Olive Hummer. Mer and Mrs Howard Chittin. Rudolph Ulrich. Maury S Cooper family. G Lo Wilson. A D Branford. Richard Evans. M Peacock. John Holt. J R MacSorney. John F Russom.
Rev Wade Cummings will preach at eleven o'clock with Sunday School at ten. Everyone welcome. Several local residents were guest of honor at recent visits including Mr and Mrs BL IF Corkran and Mr and Mrs J KK Noble. Residents visited Preston friends midweek and other neighbors hosted gatherings Sunday at various homes.
Items from the Seventh District note Dr El Fl Smith and family visiting his father C W Sith in Ridgely and a guest list including Mrs John Arthurs and Mrs W E Habart. Many locals travel, visit relatives in Baltimore Philadelphia and Maryland towns, with church rallies, picnics, and school notices among the week’s social items.
Minces Besie Lena Mamie and Minnie entertained guests on Sunday. Visitors include Misses Ethel Kelley Hazel Marine Pearl Taylor Nellie Todd and Pearl Taylor along with Messrs Julius Craft Roland Todd Willie Chambers Luther Todd and Clarence Andrew. Mr James Spicer returns from Cambridge Hospital improved after appendicitis operation. Preaching Sunday at 10 30 am by Reverend Busby. Miss Ruth Maloney of Conroid visiting cousin C F Collins. Leonard Todd Wilmington visitors. Dalton Hubbard Wilmington visiting relatives. Mrs Jennie Atlander Wilmington visiting Annie Todd and Henry Medford New Goldsboro, Jack Medford Wilmington spent Sunday with T H Porter. G S Liden and C D Liden hosted Judge HL Conrad in Georgetown. Mrs Walliam F E Liden visiting son OW Liden Denton. Small corn crop prospects and good tomato crop. Mrs J Meredith and child from Greenwood visited Sunday. Chase Foulson New Jersey. Miss Blanche Wrathiams ill with typhoid fever.
The M E Church in Templeville reopens after painting and repairs with a special Sunday morning service on September 17. Rev Alfred Smith from Camden will speak. The public is invited. The Ladies Aid Society enjoyed a gathering at Mrs John Daviss home. Mrs EE Cahall and daughter Miss Ollie returned from Middletown visit. Ruth Diadeck of Wartley formed a local music class. Amos Wyatt suffers typhoid fever.
Reverend Melvin Wheatley reports Sunday School at Concord at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow with Paul the prisoner in the castle as topic. Attendance rose one third last week. Evening services and young folks' League events inspire. Revival starts Sept 24 at Chestnut Grove. Other notes include Rev. Dr. Wyatt's Great Confession topic and Lord's Supper reception, plus services by Rev. J. George Carl in Denton and Bishop Adams at Christ Church on Sept 24.
A list of local social events and health updates from Buresville and nearby towns. Families such as Caball, Thawley, Sapp, and Cahall are noted visiting, hosting, or attending services. Illnesses include typhoid fever and strokes affecting Mr John W Stephens, with residents and relatives traveling to Brooklyn Wilmington Denton Philadelphia and Mar dela Springs for treatment and visits.
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided as Emily Phonias and Walter Stevenson presented inventories and accounts for Henrietta A Thomas Minnie Stevenson and Francis Edwand Wheeler guardianship matters were approved Distributive shares deposited in Caroline County Bank and real estate sales ratified nisi filed for Robert Tandy estate
A party of Atlantic City hotel men and builders toured Denton on Saturday to inspect Maryland highways. They aim to improve auto travel routes to connect with the popular seashore resort as tourist traffic grows and demand for better roads increases.
Product advertisement claims Mother Grays Sweet Powders cure choke trembles and headaches while breaking up colds in hours. Promoted by A Shuggirts with a New York style address in Olmstead LeRoy.
A Denton writer argues Mexico's chaos mirrors an Eastern Shore dream of control by a powerful group. He urges U S intervention, cites Mexico's poor leadership, land struggles, and economic turmoil, and warns all nations with investments to pressure stability. He critiques Diaz era power, suggests possible foreign or domestic action, and asserts immediate military action may come despite efforts to avert war.
The Chautauqua Department of Community Welfare will direct a town inventory survey in Denton led by Prof. John A. Dunaway at the request of the Eastonians. The program aims to measure health education business and recreation among at least 200 citizens to guide future community development and local actions.
A mortgage foreclosure sale by assignee Harvey L Cooper of property in Caroline County Maryland will be held at the Denton Court House door between 2 and 4 pm on the stated date. The tract, described by old monuments and road lines in the Cross Chance Sandtown area, totals a specified but truncated acreage.
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