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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1892
Page
3
Mails arrive from the south and move north through Preston stage. Postal items show routes via North district and local stations. Widespread mail activity noted with arrivals and departures at Preston and nearby depots.
Public business calendar shows Circuit Court and School Board meetings: Circuit Court Vil liam Doctober on October 3, School Board on October 4, Orpili ns Court on September 27.
Caroline county readers see a busy mix of items from politics to agriculture. The county convention selects delegates to Easton and Carroll candidates vie for Congress while registration days draw voters and local clubs host speeches on tariff and pro life.
The following gentlemen are summoned as jurors for October court distributed by district. First district includes William G. Lamb and others. Second district lists Benjamin House through Emory S. Turpin. Third district names James H. Garrett through Thomas L. Chaffinch. Fourth district names M. P. Hutchinson through John W. Dean. Fifth district lists James W. Bullock through James B. Wright. Sixth district lists John C. Jarrell through George W. Smith.
The council may again try to have the city buy the controlling interest in the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad, after a prior veto by Mayor Hodges in 1886. An enabling act allowed endorsement of 900000 in bonds, but the measure cannot hit the fall ballot and may be forwarded in winter for voter decision on city control.
Mr Wm Roussey of Baltimore visited town Tuesday to discuss election booth supply with the county commissioners and election supervisors. He displayed a portable booth facsimile promising adjustable fit for any room. The commissioners will advertise bids and Roussey may secure the contract after review of county voting sites.
Envelopes letter-heads note-heads bill-heads statements and posters are available. This office handles every kind of printing and related materials for customers seeking quality printed items.
Messrs Meredith Smith and Pritchet inspect peach trees reporting orchards vary from yellowed to healthy. Miss Mary Walters and Mrs Sallie Boutelle left for Dover to visit friends. Marydel and area were well represented at the Dover fair with local horses entered. John Walters moves a house to a farm. J E Stafford leads the work. Horse racing and the primary election stirred town last Saturday. Local schools opened with fair attendance. Wallace Heather visits relatives in the area.
Choptank notes report J A Wright & Bro shut one canning plant to hire help for their shirt factory. Rev Melvin from Ches-tertown visits to take charge of his church. The Improved Order of Red Men plan an oyster supper. Various locals and visitors are named with weekly movements. The shirt factory now operates at full capacity.
Over a dozen teachers will join the Preston Reading Circle to start a third year of study featuring Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson Warren Hastings by Lord Macaulay Essays on Burns and Scott by Thomas Carlyle and History of Education by Painter. Ridgely’s population rise and property value gains are noted alongside visits by locals and regional travel.
Pedeanlsburg notes the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society regular meeting at Miss Sallie Mowbray's. Elena Davis chosen as delegate to the State meeting in Baltimore October 13 and 14 with Sallie Mowbray as alternate. Attendees include Ht F. Stowell and others. Also reports Grand Army parade in Washington and repairs to a kindling wood will.
In Brooklyn on Sept, Senator David B. delivered a long state address to rally Democrats. He urged unity, condemned factionalism, and contrasted Republican and Democratic tax positions while stressing the need to organize for the upcoming presidential election. Cleveland and Stevenson were invoked as standard bearers.
A national portrait gallery presents photographs of leading men from all parties with full coverage of national questions and lives of Republican and Democratic presidential candidates and platforms. Aimed at political students, the book claims equal representation of all sides. Buy it from agent Trust in Carmine in Concord, Maryland.
Thomas Shockley of Edgemoor Delaware and Mollie E. Smith daughter of Mrs. Sarah E. Smith near Whiteleysburg were wed at Shepard’s ME Church in a large ceremony officiated by Rev. J E Graham with Nellie Johnson at the organ. A sumptuous dinner followed at the bride’s home before the couple left on the lite afternoon train for Delaware.
The wedding of Prof. Roland Watts and Miss Anna Hubbard was quietly held at 6 this morning at the bride’s parents home. Rev. D B Greenfield of Christ Church officiated. The bride, long the town beauty, and the groom, a mathematics professor at Washington College, were attended by Mrs. W O Hubbard.
The text notes no reconciliation appears possible between county factions. Both sides are ready to continue the feud and to hate each other when opportunity arises, signaling a hardline political standoff in Denton County.
Ys. Ponner's Kidney and Backache Cure is warranted to give satisfaction in every case or money returned. For sale by Gromos & REppny, TOP. Fisher, attorney, will sell at auction today, on court house square, an engine, and a thresher, some live stack, etc.
A Talbot county miller once in Caroline county operated a water mill where a cat and her kittens were locked inside. When water started, the upper millstone ground them to pieces, producing debris like crushed bones and flesh. It took three days to clean the millstones and grinding gear.
Journal notices state remittance dates align with subscriber names printed on morning journals. Readers can see at a glance when payments are due based on the listed subscription dates.
A local advertisement promotes Dr Fenner's Flavoring as the best triple goods and warranted, offered for sale through Grange and Reppen.
Preparatory to sowing their wheat, our farmers are preparing their ground, but complain that in some places it is very dry. Several persons expect to begin seeding next week. Dr.PD. Merrick has returned to Randolph-Macone College, Virginia, where he will continue the course in theology and other ministerial subjects. Our merchants are hopeful that as the weather grows cooler, trade will boom and parties asking for credit will be scarce. Misses Bettie and Louie Marley, of Baltimore county, have been visiting Miss Hannah Harrington, near Hope, Md. James Magrogan has been repairing the dwelling on the "Godwin Farm," recently purchased. Mrs. Co Watts and daughter have been visiting Mrs. Benjaman Watts. Mrs. F. J. Griffith is visiting relatives in Western Maryland.
The poem recalls a heavy golden wedding ring once worn by a mother, its gems shining on a plump hand, now aged and frail. It contrasts loss and memory with the enduring value of a mother's ring, cherished beyond wealth, reflecting tenderness and deep family bonds.
The notice reports the death of Bayard Cahail leaving a widow and mother bereaved, describes him as an indulgent father and gentle brother, and notes a short illness. It also records the death of Emma Keets, daughter of William J. and Rebecca J. Reets, aged 12, from typhoid pneumonia on September 22.
Tuesday session of the school commissioners yielded no business of note as Commissioner Smith was recalled to Philadelphia. The body adjourned to reconvene on October 4. An advertisement by A J W Sravins at 202 South Charles Street Baltimore promotes grain consignments with personal attention, and Wooters' offers 246 hats and shoes of the latest styles.
The Easton Congressional Convention plans to nominate for the unexpired term of Henry Page and for the next Congress. Debate rages over one or two nominees with Russum likely to stand for the short term. The Easton Star notes local Talbot candidates and primaries in Talbot this afternoon. Somerset backs Robert F Brattan for the Fifty-second seat and H H Dashiell for the Fifty-third. Ix-Governor Jackson declines, busy with business. Easton Ledger reports Worcester political drift, Wicomico backing Toadvin.
A fragment from a dated verse reflecting a speaker’s longing for a beloved gaze at the window. The lines express longing for a single word or smile to confirm lasting affection, with the heart’s ache and memory enduring beyond the moment.
Mr W E Dannock offers for sale a good cook stove one small wood stove two coal stoves several carpets mating one suit of furniture one large mahogany sideboard and other articles listed for sale in the notice.
Wheat in the Baltimore market is worth about 72 cents a bushel. Corn is worth from fifty to sixty cents.
The Third district teachers reading circle will gather at the Denton academy next Saturday for organizational arrangements after prior notices.
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