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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1903
Page
3
Saturday morning, September 19, 1903 lists county items including Public Business Calendar. Court terms show Court will meet October 35 and Orphans Court will meet likely September 22. Levy Court will convene September 29. School Board is set for September 22.
Local items report few rail birds killed, moves of Rev Alfred Smith to Dover, and Charles King’s Company at Masonic Hall next week. Notices cover voter registration dates, court actions, potato yields, and a lightning death in Cambridge. Also listed are political committee reappointments, land sales, tomato production, attempted suicide, wedding invitations, telephone exchanges move, a jail hearing, millinery, furniture ads, a teen's death from blood poisoning, delayed papers, and Maryland exhibits for the St Louis fair.
A Denton column lists visitors and residents from Baltimore Philadelphia and Cambridge with updates on travel, studies, and relocations. It notes Rev. S. B. Moore resignation to Denton and mentions several social guests and returning residents from May to June, including Mrs. Thomas Hollingsworth and Mr. Marc Bryant recovering from illness.
The Baltimore News notes growing disfavor toward the town pigpen as a health risk and political issue. Eastern Shore towns push for its removal beyond corporate limits while campaigns against the pen gain momentum amid odor and staging concerns. Wheat prices quoted at 82 and corn at 54 to 66.
Preston news notes the Friends Meeting House nearing occupancy, heating work at the M E Church, and locals amid political idle talk. It lists arrivals and visits including Miss Mary Noble the nurse returning from Baltimore, Col A W Sisk returning from Old Point Comfort, and several residents visiting relatives and friends across nearby towns.
Squirrels are plentiful in the vicinity. A farmer killed nine at ten shots, six without moving from his tracks. Mr. Charles H. Nuttle of Frostburg is home on vacation. Mrs. Hopkins and Miss Mary Dover visit Mr. H. T. Nuttle. Nellie Stevens improving from typhoid. Local youths start to Denton High School. Harry Nuttle leaves for Dickinson College. Mrs. Kane Collison returns from Harrington. Mrs. Mary Nuttle visiting Easton relatives. Barrsville: Mrs. Oakely Sparks with her two children visiting W. P. Stafford family. Christian Endeavor Society hosted by A. T. Porter. Dr. and Mrs. Saulsbury and Miss Clara Saulsbury trip to Baltimore. Lida Porter leaves to teach in New Castle County. Mr. and Mrs. William Cooper of Philadelphia visiting nearby. Clara Saulsbury of Dover visiting Dr. Theodore Saulsbury.
The Greensboro Postoffice will launch a free rural delivery line serving Boyce's mill Lowe's school house Greensboro George H Russell's Whiteleysburg Old Lee's Stokeley's corner Russell's Joiner's and Greensboro. The 27 mile route serves 110 dwellings. Greensboro Veneer Works stock worth twelve thousand dollars has been almost entirely disposed of boosting local employment and town prosperity.
New details emerge in the Greenwood postmistress removal saga. Relatives of Miss Todd accuse State Senator S B Pennewill of involvement, linking past support for Todd to shifts in party allegiance. The Addicks faction and Regular Republicans clash as Pennewill’s political future faces scrutiny amid Delaware district tensions.
The new school week shows about 63 students enrolled across four grades. The tenth grade has eight members: Sallie Clarke Denton Kirwin Evernhain Concord Gordon Holbrook Hobbs Emily Knotts Queen Anne Lottie McDaniel Denton Mary Sylvester Hillsboro Elizabeth Thawley Andersontown Mary Towers Williston. Ninth grade around 13. seventh and eighth about 20 each. Lower grades 15 in sixth and seventh, fifth grade over 10. Effort to seed grounds in grass and improve Franklin street weeds noted.
Prohibitionists met at Mr. W. H. Thawley’s home on Tuesday and named a full ticket for local offices. L. Frank Bloxsom and James B. Draper for House of Delegates. Thomas H. Chambers for Clerk Circuit Court. James H. Thawley, Robert P. Taylor, Wm. E. Wilson for Orphans' Court. Arlington T. Porter for Register of Wills. Wm T. Hignatt for County Commissioner. Ira L. Butler for Sheriff. T. W. Smith for Surveyor. No State’s Attorney nominee. Bloxsom presided, Thawley secretary. J. H. Thawley, Geo. C. Sherwood, and Robert P. Taylor named to county central committee.
A Wicomico News brief proclaims a strong Democratic year statewide with optimism for victories in local and state races. The piece emphasizes persistent momentum and electoral enthusiasm as supporters anticipate gains.
A compact catalog of locations includes Downes Hillsboro Griffin Denton Hederalsburg Rd Hynson Amer Corner and surrounding Maryland regions. The brief list may reflect a route, district references, or local place names from the era.
Henderson Mrs. William Dukes died at home after long illness of consumption aged 56. Funeral Friday with Rev. O. T. Baynard officiating and interment at Jones' cemetery near Goldsboro. The community is also saddened by the death of Mr. William Lamb Jr. whose wife died a month ago.
H. W. Brown, contractor, will complete nine buildings here this year before December 31. Federalsburg is thriving as one of the county’s thriftiest towns. Diphtheria cases appear in the family of T. Q. Jefferson, postmaster of Federalsburg, though the illness is not severe. Ridgely gains mention as George W. Seward of Queen Anne’s county plans to move there and open a store on January 1. Over sixty visitors attended Oakdale, Hon. Edwin Warfield’s country home, including thirty-two members of the Maryland Democratic Editorial Association, at a Saturday gathering.
A memorial notice honoring L. John Bloxsom who departed this life on August 30, 1901, with sentiments of remembrance and mourning from his spouse.
A discussion on changing attitudes in schooling noting that September opening need not be coercive. It highlights natural and scientific teaching methods, reduced reliance on corporal punishment, and aims to improve surroundings for children. Also contains an advertisement for Longman & Martinez Pure Paints with local agents.
The Maryland Democratic convention at Music Hall Baltimore unanimously nominated Edwin Warfield of Howard for Governor, Gordon Atkinson of Somerset for Comptroller, and William Sheppard Bryan of Baltimore for Attorney General. Spencer C. Jones presided. Warfield, Atkinson, and Bryan received rising votes amid cheers. Warfield, a former Port of Baltimore surveyor and senator, spoke of duty and Democratic supremacy. The convention urged vigorous campaign until November 31. Republican nominees named S. A. Williams for Governor, George Whitelock for Attorney General, and L. E. P. Dennis for Comptroller. Spencer C. Jones to still lead Maryland Senate.
The piece depicts a fractured Republican leadership in disarray on Cuban reciprocity, financial, anti trust, tariff, and canal issues. Roosevelt faces opposition from Aldrich Platt Depew Hanna Quay Spooner even as some seek tariff changes and alliance with Democrats. Democrats unite against trusts tariff reform and unequal privileges. Long headed figures foresee peril for the party.
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