Captain Friel Invents a Fire Escape in Queenstown
A listless wall of small anecdotes notes Captain Friel of Queenstown inventing a fire escape. The item sits among community tidbits about fishing, local sales, lectures, and court week preparations, plus family injuries and library updates. Names include Harvey K. Cooper, J. E. Butler, Isaac J. Moore, Will Aldridge, and Col. Luther N. Gadd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Friel
Queenstown
Harvey K. Cooper
Moxey
Lony
Deweese & Owfns
Denton
Jacksonville
Fla
Roberson
Richard Nichols
J. E. Butler
Isaac J. Moore
Will Aldridge
Bridgetown
Sheriff Green
Will Wharton
N.Y
Elijah Griffith
James Sloan
Stevens
Clerk Fields
Gadd
Frank R. Roberson
Japan
Norway
India
Ridgely M. E. Church
Round Lake Journal
Willie Field
J. W. Field
Philadelphia
Peninsula Horticultural Society
Lowndes
Anna Burton Jeffres
Luther N. Gadd
Col. Gadd
Baltimore Herald
Jeffres
Thomas Arnett
Caroline
American Corner
Justice Loeckerman
George Staurhey
Messia
Harvey L. Cooper
James N. Todd
Arnett
Deaths and obituaries scatter Talbot county notes
Col Thomas Hughlett veteran clerk of Talbot circuit court dies after long service in county, church, and state roles. Also mourns Mrs Sarah Draper and John Jones of Denton area with details on families, origins, and church ties. Includes court term notices, election fraud cases, and local civic remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hughlett
Talbot
Col
Hughlett
Dorchester
William Hughlett
Caroline
Princeton
Board of County Commissioners
Astern Shore
Canoll
J. Frank Turner
Leonidas Dodson
Sol
Martin M. Ingems
Episcopal Church
Daston
Thomas Hughlett, Jr
Cambridge
Lasterm Shore
John C. Henry
Board of Commissioners of
Easton
Sarah Draper
Thomas H. Draper
Sheppard’s Church
William It. Deweese
Joshua B. Baughley
Joshua B. Raughley
Lena Gruwell
Manship
John Raughley
Whiteleysburg
J. Wesley Smyth
Hazlettville
Denton
Greensboough
John Jones
Robert
Elizabeth Jong
Brookville
Ind
Ezekiel Fertins
Maris Colescott
Franklin County
Ohio
James Hall
M. E
Marydel
Templeville
Apul
Crcuit
Naticent
Exvil
CTL. R. Vertich
Mutual Insurance Company
Kent County
Kent Cewt
Yines
Tirst
William Dennison
William T. Jarman
John KR. Jones
George P. Jones
Charles Tl. Conly
Jacob Richards
Thomas P. Green
Clinton B. Jarman
Charles L. Jarrell
William Jones
Walter J. Tofl
T. Fred. Brown
Robinson Nichols
Thomas W. White
Isaac L. Dukes
William D.@tyln
Charles I. Fleming
James W. Holt
James H Nichols
Peter Hagadone
James W. Thomas
Wesley Jaitell
Gilbert Swann
Charles W. Jackson
Irwin T. Sainsbury
W. Preston Day
John E. Nichols
James Tl. Thawley
G. Lagey Butler
J. Peter Cook
Amos L. Fishell
5. P. Brown
Weather lore and late fish signal a rich fruit season
The writer cites old time forecasts linking sun on St Patrick's Day to bountiful fruit and notes a late fish season as a sign of heavy crops. A county observer in pomological and piscatorial circles confirms the trend. The note also thanks customers and directs all due bills to the successor firm HE Cooper & Rhio for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piutrans
Ai. HE. Cooper & Rhio
C. M. Lior
Political shifts and nominations in Maryland 1816 scene
The article chronicles Maryland politics as the 1816 Federalist decline tightens, detailing House elections, disputed residency cases, Madison and Monroe era debates, and the Caroline coalition’s strategies in electing the state Senate and Congress candidates. It notes election law proposals, key figures like Levin Winder and Charles Ridgeley, and the Denton meetings shaping Culbreth’s congress nomination. Continued next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roderick Dorsey
Anne Arundel
Chapman
House
Davis
Senate
Massachusetts
Madison
Ghent
Larepe
Caroline
Tust
West General Assembly
Levin Winder
Charles Ridgeley
Taupton
Robert Bowie
Winder
Monroe
Maryland
Annapolis
House of Delegates
Baltimore City
Callege
Charles
Calvert, Et al
Allegany
Talbot
Colbreth
Congress
Denton
Hardcastle
Willis
Denny
Elijah Barwick
Styll
Frederich Holbrook
Ty. Sheri James Keene
Aiisbrough
Culbieth
Waright
Emory
Case
Tayward
March transfers of Denton area real estate listed
The clerk records March deeds across districts including 130 acres to Annie Coulbourne, 7 acres to Jos Webb, 14 nerves to Boone Lowherman and 105 acres to Mary Gibson. Numerous town lots, quarter sections, and farm tracts change hands for sums from 100 to 2400 dollars, with names such as Dsitts, Price, Badley, Wright, Carney, Smith, Cooper, Baker, Patchett, Wight, and many others. Marriage licenses issued include John Brown to Annie Tharp and Luther Flowers to Robie Adge, with social notes on local nuptials and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Dsitts
Annie M. Coulbourn
Tf. Deen
Christiana Price
Geo. W. Badley
Wm. A. Stewart
Denton
Marth Jackson
Jos. P. Webb
Hope H. Bandll
Boone Lovherman
Lizzie Wright
Charles W. Wriight
Choptunk
Thomas Carney
Eile T. Smith
Pennel Cooper
George S. Ranigh
Tuckahoe Neeh
Win. T. Baker
Beniah L. Baker
Denton Town
Peter J. Patchett
Glencoe K. Kelley
James W Lord
Chas. KE. Wight
Highth District
Chales W. Gibson
Mary K. Gibson
Jamies
Thad
Wm. J. Neal
Martha J. Trice
James N. Todd
Carrie Carter
Owen Lynch
John BK. Lynch
Ehwin M. Garey
Robt
Saulsbury Garey
Fred Garey
Wm. J. Downing
Elizabeth Mary Howard
John
Sitterfield
John J. Satterfield
John W. Brown
Annie M. Tharp
Luther L. Flowers
Robie Adge
Edgar D. Smith
Mary L.west
Wanderer’s Return in a Moonlit Village
An aged stranger revisits his boyhood hometown seeking memories at the churchyard academy and old home sites. He recalls Katie Clemens and John Walton, lingers by Katie’s grave, and dies peacefully under an elm, dreamily listening to voices of youth and home. Local notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theu.ct. & A Company
Baltimore Court of Common Pleas
Joseph
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company
Jons
Denton Bridge
Wright
John Walton
Katie Clemens
Katie
Irim
Phil. Gordon
John
Tearing Down East Wing of Old Court House
Lawrence B. Towers nears completion of removing the east wing of the old court house. The vacated portion housed the Register of Wills and the Orphans' court, improving the public square view of the new temple of justice. The report notes the audience was thrilled by Prof. Roberson at Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence B. Towers
Register of Wills
Orphans’ Court
Register
Temple of Justice
Also Mentioned on This Page
South
Dorth
North
Preston
Citheun
Ham
Ham Finshed
Columbus
O.) Dispatch
J. P. Newman
Ridgely St. E. Church
Baltimore
M. J. Church South
Roanoke
TJ. Lambert
Willsborough
Keats
J.C. Sedwick
Iis
J. TH. Davidson
Ingleside
Gallsborough
RE. V. Regester
Ruston
Laurel Grove
C.D. Harris
C. S. Stanton
Calvary
Reisterstown
H. Edgar Wilson
W. IF. Adams
Christ Church
St. Ehanbeth
L. E. Poole
Win
Poole
Joseph Wills
Swathmore College
E. Foote
Charles Willis
Choptunk River
Pr. W.&d BR. R
Erbar
Llomas
Wit
Nerc York Sun
Hun
Masone Hall
Frederick M. Reighard
Keadeth J. Smith
A. J. Smith
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton M. E
W. J. Bradley
Hartley
G. W. Ehnson
Carlotta
J. H.C. Legg
Greensborough
Charles IH. Shields
Kansas
Tie
Miriam Sheppard
Trankford
Del
Ormond Downes
Shortridge's Academy
Medina
James H. Goisueh
Aliss Lithle Alien
C. M. Lloyd
John Downes
Salem
N. J
Helen Naudain
Middletown
Mary Bernaad
M. BF. Lackey
O. F. Lackey
Themy CG. Conrad, Esq
Wilington
BY Mattie Chase
Smith Bros
Ridgely
South Bend
Oliver
Sam Bros
Baltimore World
Enoch Pratt
Pratt
Potomac
Piankatank
Wicomico
N.Y. Tribune
Ol Court House
Nashville American
Prof. Roberson
Wm. FE. Brown
H. Duffey
Hillsboro
New York
W. E. Brown
Republic
Greenlel
Mary Malone
Benjamin
Maggie Greenlee
Crisfield
Clara Venora
H. W. Davis
Queen Anne’s Railroad
THE
Agricultural Lisurance Co
ROYA
United States
Royal Baking Powder Co
yWail St
Caroline County
Circuit Court
Caroline Counts
J. P. J. Hubbard
Court House
J. Hubbard
Sach
Old Station
Hillsborough
Tuckahoe Creek
John W. Knotts
Susan Ringgold
Choptank
Gilpin’s Point
Hog Creech
James KR Phillips
John Diehl
Gifford
Poplar Necs
Douglass’ Old Mill
Carmine
JO W.knotts
Charles W. Hobbs
Frank P. Covey
W.H. Deen
LS Fleckenstein
Henri Irwex
JAS. T. Mullin & Son
Clothig, Harts
SHOES
SIM and Market
Wilmington
Webb
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