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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1915
Page
5
September 25 marks Mrs Hollingsworths millinery debut as shops tout fall hats and fashion. Readers learn about prices, styles, and local events while noting oyster suppers, millinery ads, and the upcoming season.
Miss Elizabeth Redden celebrated her eighteenth birthday with a Friday gathering, hosting a large group of Denton and nearby guests from Cambridge Tuckahoe Neck and Centreville, receiving many presents. Major Warren W. Wallace plans to attend the Union Army Veterans meeting in Washington next week, remaining active at over six decades old.
Rev BF Jester, appointed to Burrsville charge last spring, conducts a second revival at Central Church near Denton after a successful White's Church meeting near Harrington. Eight new members joined Sunday morning, three more conversions at night, church packed. The Great Invitation is set for Preston tomorrow with Onward March as the evening theme. The Gates That Are Never Shut is the Sunday afternoon topic at Williston. Church of the Brethren holds its annual Sunday School Convention October 2 and 3. Chief Judge Constable urges Cecil county grand jury to recommend a new law banning negro camp meetings due to disorder observed.
Mrs Annie Seeders accompanied by her daughter Alice traveled to Baltimore for State Normal enrollment and returned Saturday. Agent Ricards and guests toured the Narrows for crabbing. J W Ryan relieved Ricards. Mr S F Jopp moved to Denton. Mr J D Bailey replaces him. Ricards hosted kin from Bridgeville and St. Marys. Mrs Ida Ricards, Mae Ricards, and Mrs Kk Flinn noted birthdays and anniversaries. local diphtheria scare ended with drastic measures. Hobbs residents enjoyed Chesapeake trout at Love Point. Elobbs visitors noted. The new tomato shipment arrives.
Hillsboro reports several residents hosting visitors and traveling guests. Raymond Mancha of St Louis visits his mother Mrs Lillian Mancha. Miss Cicle Slant from Washington DC visits Elizabeth Melvin. Thompson family members tour New York Atlantic City and Niagara Falls. Other visitors include Miss da Smith Wilmington to Sparks, Noble Jarrell Goldsboro to Dr and Mrs Rowe, Mrs Stewart Jones Washington to G L Wilson, Minerva Todd Andersontown to Alma Thompson, Mrs James Neighbors in treatment, Mrs Sarah Bell Chester visiting relatives, I T Sparklin visiting Wyoming, Lillian Mancha visiting Wilmington, Annabel Moore visiting town, Mabel F Van Wert in Clayton.
Burraville residents entertain visitors from Denton Avon Dale and Philadelphia at various homes. Central AL LL Church revival led by Rev B F Jester proves highly successful. Laura B Sapp visiting Harrington, Rachel M Harvey returns from Denton visit, Margaret Stafford visiting R M Harvey, and local ladies Rt H Stafford and H A Porter listed as ill.
The Tri County Literary Society met Tuesday night and elected officers: President Dr H W B Rowe vice president Miss Mary Clough secretary Prof C H Cardrey assistant secretary Geo B Stewart treasurer E S Bowens. Be sure to register next Tuesday.
Seventies era columnist reports death of Mr Alfred Westley once long time printer and newspaper founder. A car collision near Downes involving Mr David Foster and Mr T L Day leaves all four occupants with minor injuries, two homes damaged. Numerous local notices include visitors, church events, hospital care, and a traveling circus coming Friday.
A brisk fall apparel notice from J H Pastorfield Co inviting shoppers to buy sweaters in popular shades and weaves at moderate prices. The ad emphasizes readiness for the season and urges customers to see their stock.
Judges Clark and Stevens presided as executors and administrators filed and the court acted on first and final accounts. Mortgages to residuary legatees were authorized, sales of personal property approved, and several wills admitted to probate or answered in the Orphans Court session.
A Federalsburg correspondent notes a leaking gasoline tank ignited on Grenbury Williamson’s car top after a fill at a local garage. Several people suffered illness from ice cream at Daniel Nichols’ Friendship home. Ormond Neal woke to his car crashing into a cedar along State road. Terrence Nichols’ illness spurred Red Man harvesters. Rivalry between Seaford and Maryland negro sports ended in a Cokesbury brawl with multiple shootings and razor use.
Woodenhawk hosts Orrie Adams and his wife for a Sunday gathering with the Collison and Wright families visiting Hickman for an evening speech from Jerusalem. Miss Caroline Vincent remains ill. produce notes on local tomato scarcity.
Tampleville and nearby town residents are guests and visitors this week. Mrs Edna Cahall hosts the Ladies Aid Society. Mrs D F Rickards hosts guests Wednesday. Washington DC guest Mrs J R Busick visits Mrs D T Rickards. Epworth school staff member Mrs A Everett visits. Mr Carroll Hong from Philadelphia visits family. Mrs J Davis entertains Philadelphia relatives. R E Lane visits Goldsboro friends.
Weatherwise residents forecast a long cold winter citing early leaf color three weeks ahead of normal, increased squirrel hoarding, turkey wishbone spots signaling cold, southward bird and geese migrations, abundant summer crops, and last summer’s heat as predictors.
Mr Chester L Towers of Sykesville spent part of the week with his parents the Towers. Ed Roland and Elmer Layton left Friday for Wilmington seeking work. Georgia and Lillian Towers visited Mrs and Mrs W F Towers Sunday. Frank Jones visited J B Jones Saturday and Sunday. Remember the registration days.
The St Pauls M E Sunday School held its annual social and lawn carnival with games at seven, electric lights, a band, and a piano solo by Anita Rich. Superintendent Willis urged proficiency for rally day as cake and ice cream were served to the crowd. Nearby, Rev Haldeman and family planned a Philadelphia trip, and several locals were noted in marriages, visits, and travels across Wilmington, Dover, Baltimore, and Ocean City.
Dunn's Review notes oppressive heat slows trade in many sectors but cites crop maturity as a major future positive. It highlights brighter harvest prospects due to high temperatures, irregular prices in places, and cotton rising on broader speculative demand. It also mentions renewed confidence amid recovery from a low mood and expansion in jobbing trade despite retail hesitancy.
Mrs Angelina Russom wife of John F Russom died at her Hillsboro home on September 13 after a lingering illness. Born March 30 1834 in Caroline county she is survived by five children and a brother Thomas H Jarman of Greensboro. The obituary includes a long daughterly elegy.
The notice outlines hunting seasons for squirrels and other game in Caroline County. Squirrels run November 16 to December 24, applying to partridge quail pheasants rabbit and deer. Prohibitions include Sunday hunting, snow tracking, and after sunset until sunrise. Federal rules cover wild waterfowl with specific date ranges for various birds.
Democrats must register in Caroline County with two registration days. On Tuesday September 28 and Tuesday October 5, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., residents should add their names or transfer if they moved districts. Those not registered cannot vote in next year’s presidential primaries. prepare to help elect a Democratic Governor and President.
The War Department opened bids for deepening Clai borne harbor and work at the Choptank and Trappe river mouths, with the Maryland Dredging and Contracting Company Likely to win. At a Boston governors gathering nine supported woman suffrage.
An issue of the department News Letter presents a detailed harvest table to measure daily work. It outlines yields for a binder drawn by three horses and shows a single worker could finish up to 10 acres in a long day with precise times. The piece discusses efficiency, co operation among Eastern Shore farmers, forestry stock sales, and the 1915 apple crop outlook with an estimated 80 percent of last year’s yield.
A friend calls W Thomas Sorden a consistent Christian gentleman who lived an everyday Christian life. He attended worship regularly when affliction allowed, was known for honesty and truthfulness, and set an example of piety and contentment influencing the county. He earned esteem, respect, and love from those who knew him.
The United States Public Health Service reports quarantine officials must take unusual precautions against major pestilences in the coming year. It highlights the South American distribution of plague as a particularly important factor for attention and action.
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