Local Department Notes From Denton Area
Frederick Fountain and J. T. George attend court and hotel visits. Ridgely baseball team to Cordova. Hillsborough Dramatic Company to perform Everybody's Friend in Cordova. Ex-Supt. Mills named special P W and E A R agent at Clayton. Tuckahoe bridge bids invited. Mrs. Saulsbury returns from Dover. Dukes shows a 43 pound sweet potato. Tilghman Harvey price cuts noted for farmers. Cordova social dance invitations issued. Captain Geoghegan resigns Cambridge command for Norfolk Washington routes. Hillsborough-Denton show entertains at Hall. Herring catch heavy near town. 4000 fish on Mr Stevens shore, 900 in one hour. Dr Ward visits for horse epidemic near Queen Anne. distemper in horses. County alms house to add superintendent dwelling. new main and rear buildings planned. Caroline county farmers alliances total 664 members. Hon. Charles H. Gibson back from West with committee for Hearst remains. attends Denton court. Frost harms young peach buds countywide. mature trees still promising. Easton visit notes. orchard sale attempt and rescission details. Speculators offer ten cents per tree amid orchard sales.
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J. T. George
Maryland Central Hotel
Cambridge
Ridgely
Cordova
Hillsborough Dramatic Company
Beaven’s Hall
J. N. Mills
Clayton
Lord
Board of County Commissioners
Tuckahoe Bridge
Saulsbury
Burrsville
Dover
Levi’ T. Dukes
Tilghman Harvey
J. M. Beaven
J. H. Rose
Ed. Jarrell
E. R. Cochran, Esq
Middletown
Del
Denton
Caroline County
Robert Ward
Queen Anne
Price
Greensborough
Henderson
Federalsburg
Andersontown
Williston
Preston
Hynson
Friendship
Concord
Smithville
Charles H. Gibson
Senator Hearst
Pacific Coast
C. S. Carrington
Oswald Tilghman
Gibson
William H. Thawley
John Horsey
Potter’s Landing
Easton
Ledger
Maryland Annual Conference opens with appointments list
The sixty-third Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church opened at Lafayette Avenue Church Baltimore led by Rev W M Strayer who suggested dividing the territory but the vote rejected it. The conference forms and appointments across Maryland Delaware and nearby states were announced with many churches and leaders named.
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Maryland
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Lafayette Avenue Church
Baltimore
W. M. Strayer
Chesapeake Bay
Susquehanna River
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilmington
Strayers
Cardinal Gibbons
Bishop Curtis
Catholic Church
Paret and Adams
Protestant Episcopal Church Church
W.R. Graham
T. E. Coulbourn
J. W. Kirk
Mr. Graham
F. T. Benson
Mr. Kirk
R. L. Lewis
W. J. D. Lucas
Strayer
School Matters a Kent County Report on Site and Annuities
School commissioners reject a Choptank site offer of 300 dollars for less than an acre and prefer using the current school board lot. They approve a cross county pupil sharing plan, appoint a new Furman’s Grove trustee, and set May 15 as end of term for most rural schools. The court session in Denton covers grand jury work, Faulkner’s two year sentence, and various civil cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choptank
J. A. Wright
Smith
Examiner Stephens
Queen Anne's County
Templeville
John R. Lynch
Furman's Grove School
James M. Knotts
Johns and
Denton
W. C. T. U. Convention at Federalsburg
A semi annual county W. C. T. U. convention will be held in Federalsburg on Friday April 17. Mrs Green national juvenile organizer will lead the afternoon chalk talk with audience illustrated drawings. Miss Ida Clothier of Boston national organizer will address the evening meeting urging temperance work. Attendees urged to attend as county hosts two national workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Green
Ida Clothier
Hoston
Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Resignations of Two Constables Accepted in County
County commissioners on Tuesday received and accepted the resignations of William L. Gray of the Fifth district and Thomas H. Finharty of the Fourth district. They ordered notice published warning travelers against use of the old bridge on Douglass mill dam in the Fourth district.
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Gray
Finharty
William L. Gray
Thomas H. Finharty
Douglass Mill Dam
P T Barnum Dies After 21 Week Illness
BrinGeront Conn April 7 P T Barnum the showman died at 6 22 pm today with his family at his side after a long illness of twenty one weeks.
Orphans Court Sits Twice This Week In Estate Actions
The Orphans Court held two sessions this week with actions on several estates. It approved Massey and Covey accounts, passed Holbrook and trusteeship accounts, and ordered transfers to Charles A. Catting executor for distribution in New York. Administration for Thomas Beachamp was granted to William Hl. Beachamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Massey
Senator Dawson
R. J. W. Garey
T. Fred. Garey
W. H. Cashel
Thomas F. Garey
Frank P. Covey
Joseph
Cannon Waldis
Byron C. Holbrook
William A. Holbrook
Charles A. Catting
Boston
C. A. Thorndike Rice
George M. Russum
Catting
City of
New York
Caroline County
Rice
Thomas Beachamp
William Hl. Beachamp
Death of James A Cahall in Colorado
Telegrams report James A Cahall, long in Denver for health reasons, became dangerously ill and died at 7:30 am Tuesday. He and his wife, formerly Miss Masten, had married a little over a year ago. Cahall, son of John A Cahall of Burrsville, will have remains brought east for interment.
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James A. Cahall
Denver
Col
Mr. Cahall
Miss Masten
Colorado
John A. Cahall
Burrsville
Arbor Day Celebrations Across Several Schools
Arbor Day observances highlighted by Williamson's Free School with songs verses and plantings. Denton Academy Henderson and Preston schools hosted readings recitations and tree planting. Choptank and pole communities reported similar ceremonies with bouquets and school programs. Notable mentions include remarks by W B Nuttle and Miss Anna Golley and tributes to Arbor Day traditions across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson’s Free School
Grace Gelletty
Nora Eaton
Bertha Holbrook
Mira Stevens
Estella Payne
Dora Gelletty
Bessie Stevens
W. B. Nuttle
Denton Academy
Ralph and
Milton Thawley
Walter Towns
Victor Camper
James Rochester
Reggie Heachamp
Jeannie Redden
Mary Garey
Nellie Wilson
Ida Downes
Lora Downes
Maud Mowbray
Lizzie Dukes
Anna Golley
Henderson School
Katie Tinly
Zuln Gooden
Rosa Reed
Mabel Shuil
Christie Carrow
Ada Meredith
Elsie Ayres
Loplar Neck
Lizzie Wright
Revival Visitors and Local Court News In Henderson
Rev S K English of Philadelphia preached here last Sunday and Rev T H Harding is expected to deliver his first sermon next Sunday. Several locals attend court this week while Mrs H C Gooden visits Dover Delaware. Miss Elva Gruwell visits Miss Mary Gruwell near Sandtown. Lloyd's Hill near Neborough is ready for travel. The Morgans return from a ten day Delaware visit. Ida Wilkinson returns from Centreville Hillsborough. Arena Wheeler, 11, in Tuckahoe Neck, fatally burned after clothes caught fire while left alone by a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. K. English
Philadelphia
T. H. Harding
H. C. Gooden
Dover
Del
Elva Gruwell
Sandtown
Mary Gruwell
Henderson
liNeborough
Lloyd's Hill
S. M. Morgan
Delaware
Ida Wilkinson
Centreville
Hillsborough
Arena
Elsborough Wheeler
Tuckahoe Neck
Dulin and Seward Wed at Greensborough Parsonage
On Wednesday April 1 at Greensborough Methodist Episcopal parsonage Rev Robert W Todd united Robert M Dulin and Miss Wilhelmina Seward both of Caroline county in marriage.
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DuLixn — Seward
Greensborough Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Robert W. Todd
Robert M. Dulin
Wilhelmina Seward
Caroline County
Wedding Bells at Mary Del and Denton Church
Two marriages reported in a single issue. Henry Steele and Lizzie Richards wed in Mary Del church with Mendelssohn march by Mrs. Green and Parson Conaway officiating. In Denton, J Thomas Dulin and Ellen Andrew married at Christ Church with Robie Hobbs playing and Rev. Cooke officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
Henry Steele
Lizzie Richards
Mendelssohn
Thomas R. Green
Parson Conaway
J. Thomas Dulin
Ellen Andrew
Christ Church
Denton
Robie Hobbs
W. H. Anderson
Giles L. Cooke
Obituary notes and town life from Denton area
Obituaries for Mrs. Angelina Smith and Mrs. Deborah Medford report death near Denton and at Townsend's Cross Roads, with ages 38 and 92. Interments at Denton cemetery. Additional notices include local poems, visits, school commentary on manners and social cultivation, and community updates from Preston.
Parents and teachers clash over education duties
A poem argues teachers seek parental involvement while blaming parents for shifting responsibility. It condemns long hours, examinations, and budget pressures faced by teachers, contrasting them with parents who neglect afterschool duties and still expect schooling to be flawless. It urges parents to view children as a sacred trust and to answer for their upbringing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culchaw
Emerson
K. K. MH
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Westminster
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William J. Clark
Edward M. Stack
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William H. Cohee
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Frank L. Thomas
New Home Sewing Machine Company
John T. Daily
Joseph S. Daily
Talbot County
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Daniel Null
John W. Isack
W. R. Martin
J. W. Bryant
Charles J. Henry
James M. Deanes
Francis Nichols
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State of Maryland
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