Local Department Highlights and Curiosities
Various notes from Seaford and nearby towns. Upcoming church organ installation and a clay pigeon tournament planned in Baltimore. Fire destroys Hotel Belvidere at Ocean City with other damages reported. Local clergy updates, school openings, legal cases, and road-budget hints accompany community notices and weather remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaford M. BK
Georgetown
J. Mowell Hawkins
Baltimore
Belvidere
Ocean City
Smyrna
J. M. Yingling
Cumberland Methodist Protestant Church
Smith
Queen Anne’s County
Matthew
Hopkins Hall
Queen Anne
Two Johns
B. T. Truitt
Methodist Protestant Church
Trank Nattle
Horsey Property
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference
Ebenezer Church
Cecil County
Chester M. Smith
Christ Church
God Thy Glory
County High
Daniel Bending
George D. Hearn
James S. Harris
Denton
George M. Russum
Z. Potter Steele
Salisbury
Greensboro
Ridgely
Hillsboro
Federalsburg
George Mitchell] Russum
Henry Richards Lewis
Albert Garey Towers
William Henry Deweese
Frederick Ralston Owens
Thomas Pliny Fisher
Harvey Lee Cooper
Carolina Bar
Preston Post Office
Tuff
Isaac Robinson
Robinson
Caroline County
Matrimonial and Personal Items in Henderson and Nearby
Elva Gooden daughter of J C Gooden of Henderson wed W E Cartwright son of Hiram Cartwright of Goldsboro in Henderson at the Methodist Episcopal Church. The couple to reside in New York City after a Monday departure. Also numerous local marriages, moves, retirements, and society notes across Denton, Laurel Grove, Chestertown, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Gooden
J. C. Gooden
Henderson
W. FE. Cartwright
Hiram Cartwright
Goldsboro
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. ©. Wright
Sadlersville M. BE
W. O. Baynard
Henderson Church
Zula Gooden
Tya Newlee
Mainte Goodwin
Addie Carrow
Messrs
Devolson Cartwright
Lloyd Gooden
W. G. Carrow
T. Harry Gough
New York City
O. F. Wilkins
Lnla Dooling
Laurel Grove M. E. Church South
Highley
Nettie Foote
Fred Trice
Percy Dooling
Nettie May Anthony
James T. Anthony
Frank Tolson English
Riverside
Chestertown
English
Prospect Bay
Queenstown
C.C. Waller
Georgetown & Western R. St
Sorgetown
8. C
Waller
Queen Anne’s
Walton
Sarah Walton
Salisbury
Red Lion
Stephens
Denton
J. Gale Steele
St. Louis
Maryland
New York
Harry Whitby
T. Frederic Towers
State Council, Jr. O. U. A. M
Oakland
Howard Melvin
Mary Crouse
Christ Church
Elizabeth Phillips
Preston
Messes Webb
Vienna
B. F. Dill
Lillian Tabler
Baltimore
Joseph H. Spence
John E. Wilson
Anna H. Turpin
St. Paul’s Church
Centreville
George E. Thawley
Isabella Whitaker
C. H. Stewart
Denton Odd Bellows
Grand Lodge
Georgia Porter
Longwood
Edward Long
J. P. du Hamel
Rehoboth
Benjamin J. Moore
Philadelphia
George A. Doakyne
Jane Hoskins
George A. Denkyne
Enoch B. Garey
St. John’s College Annual
O. J. Redden
Oscar Clark
Washington
Sizable hatch of chickens in Federalsburg area
Mrs. D. Thompson secured 272 chickens from 325 eggs in an incubator and tends pure white Leghorns raised to large size. Rev. Mr. Holt and family visited their new home, delayed by a sick child. Local youths plan two fundraisers for church and Epworth League. Carpenters build a house for Miss Addie Jefferson. Various residents update homes and travel for work in Connecticut and Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Jefferson
A. P. Readhead
Tyler
Charles O'Day
Mr. Staunt
Connecticut
Fred. Brown
C. E. Farley
G. T. Chambers
Reverend Albert Chandler Reappointed As Hurlock Pastor
The town cheers the return of Rev. Albert Chandler for another year as pastor in Hurlock. Miss Bessie Walworth and Miss Carrie Andrews, teachers from Kent County and Smyrna Ireland, visited family over Easter. More building is planned with Albert Harper, Charles Sauterfeld and F W Carroll already starting work. Gay Hurlock hosted a large party for friends. A Main Street sidewalk paving ordinance now requires brick paving by property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Chandler
Bessie Walworth
Kent County
Carrie Andrews
Smyrna
Irel
Albert Harper
Charles Sauterfeld
F. W. Carroll
Baltimore Visitors Return Home from Ingleside Run
Hilaboro Mr. Gilbert J. Morgan and friend C. Howard Reeder of Baltimore return after visiting Mrs. Annie E. Wheeler. Miss Taylor returns from Baltimore. Rev. C. W. Moore and family move to Ingleside. Mrs. Laura Wooters visits Mrs. F. T. Barton at Queen Anne. Dr. Thomas Greenly and son Clark stay at the rectory. Mrs. J. Nettie Seward visits Ingleside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert J. Morgan
C. Howard Reeder
Baltimore
Annie E. Wheeler
Miss Taylor
C. W. Moore
Ingleside
Laura Wooters
F. T. Barton
Queen Anne
Thomas Greenly
Clark
J. Nettie Seward
Local Visitors Report Varying Travel Plans and Recoveries
Marydel Mrs. A G Clark of San Francisco and daughter Miss Georgia Stewart of New York visited relatives in town. Miss Ethel Bryan of Tuckahoe Neck visited relatives this week. Mr Joh Clark, previously ill, is slowly recovering. Mr and Mrs William Longfellow visited town on Wednesday. Miss Blanche Smith is visiting friends in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Clark
San Francisco
California
Georgia Stewart
New York
Ethel Bryan
Tuckahoe Neck
Joh Clark
William Longfellow
Blanche Smith
Boehm to Paint Two Johns Property Next Week
Snow Hill painter and paperhanger Mr. L Edward Boehm will begin painting the Two Johns property in the coming week. George W Towers is noted for catching shad and outpacing others when he takes a dip. Fifty hundred pounds of fat chickens wanted at Two Johns, paid in trade at ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Edward Boehm
Snow Hill
Two Johns
George W. Towers
Christ the Great Exemplar Teachings On Liberty And Law
A sermon argues that true Christianity centers on self control and love, not legalism. It traces how early church leaders, Constantine, Henry VIII, and later reformers enforced rules, then advocates spiritual liberty, gentleness, and freedom from coercive authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaul
Christ of God
Rome
Partimeus
Jerusalem
Paul
Jesus
Constantine
the Great
Ecclesiastics
Henry VIII
England
Henry
Edward VI
London
Westminster
Calvin
Luther
Knox
Wesley
Jesus of Nazareth
Christ
J.P. G
L M Paint letters offer free paint samples
A 19th century sales pitch from Loxoman and Martinez paints promises free paint in exchange for house measurements. The letter, dated to a town in 37, claims long-standing sales success and a 30 year history selling L. M. Paint, with claims of five million pounds sold last year and external validation from mercantile agencies or banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Siy
Loxoman & Martinez
Pearl St
New York City
Arbor Day Observed Across County Schools
Arbor Day was celebrated in multiple schools with programs led by Super intendent Stephens and Examiner Crouse. Students recited poems and essays, read proclamations, and planted trees at Williston Greensboro Oakland Choptank Poplar Neck Cedar Grove and Burrsville in memory of Frances Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Crouse
Williston
J. Willis Clason
Wilson
M. Breeding
E.G. Breeding
Lena R. Garey
W. Louise Garey
James A. Garey
Helene H. Hignutt
Greensboro
Nortis Pilchard
Ethel Jackson
R. Z. Wilson
Lulu Clark
Mabel Wilson
Nell Harper
Edith Greenlee
National Parks
A. Little Planter
Myrtle Bailey
Bessie Knox
Madge Zacharias
Edith Zacharias
Sallie Clark
Oakland
Sallie Hevalow
Clarence Ayers
Elva Short
Lulu Sullivan
Elwood Orrell
George Langrell
Ella Kauffman
Florence Ayers
Rich Sharp
Sadie Cherry
Clara Todd
Nellie Wright
Harry Wright
Agnes Corkran
Mabel Wright
Lida Jones
Webster Blades
Bertha Blades
Poplar Neck
Addie Cheezum
Herman Perry
Nellie Baker
Rosa Perry
Roy Brohawn
Claude Baker
Beulah Cheezum
Clarence Brohawn
Orland Cheezum
Cedar Grove School
Harris M. E. Church
J. S. Wickline
Burrsville
Frances
Little Frances Norris
Panama Pan-American Exposition Rail Rates
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces special reduced rates to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition opening May 1. Summer excursion tickets sold Apr 30 to Sep 30 return by Oct 11 from Washington 20, Baltimore 18, Philadelphia 17, with proportionate from other points. Ten day tickets May 1 onward at 16.50, 15.00, 13.50 and proportionate. Special tickets May 23 to seven days return, 10.00, 4.00, with two through daily trains between Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Buffalo
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Right man for Maryland schools, Stephens praised
The Chestertown Transcript and Rent News praise M B Stephens State Superintendent of Public Schools for quick grasp of duties and effective leadership at Teachers' Institutes. They view his tenure as bringing clear, comprehensive and sound handling of educational subjects and expect continued positive influence. A separate ad note seeks to buy 50 bushels of shelled corn for cash at Two Johns Store at market price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
M. B. Stephens
Chestertown Transcript
M. Bates Stephens
Rand
Rent News
Two Johns
Notable West Del Deputy Sheriff Fells Bandits
Charles W. Smith 43 of Camden Del dies after cancer in the face. He once stopped train robbers on the Junction and Breakwater near Milford, firing at and killing one with bullets striking him but not fatal. Rest of article notes Eleanor Turner’s sudden death, Charles Sewell's railroad death, John D. Plummer’s brain fever death, Robert J. Perry’s cirrhosis, and a brief on the Apostolic Holiness movement on the Eastern Shore with camp meetings planned this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Smith
Camden
Del
Junction & Breakwater
Milford
Smith
Mr. Smith
Eleanor B. Turner
Frampton
George
Blackbird
Townsend
Williston
Clayton
Mr. Sewell
M. E. Church
J. A. Arters
Smyrna
John D. Plummer
Greensboro Free Press
Asheville
North Carolina
Risden Plummer
Kenney
Greensboro
Robert J. Perry
Queenstown
Centreville as a Baltimore Suburb
The Centreville Record proclaims the completed railroad extension will bring Centreville to two and a half hours from Baltimore and Kent Island to two hours from city business centers, suggesting ideal summer boarders cottages and Chesapeake shore soil. invites city residents to inspect suburban residences and healthy summer locations, noting Queen Anne’s railroad extensions to hasten completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centreville
Baltimore
Kent Island
Chesapeake
A Family of Pie Esters
An 8 member Pennsylvania family baked 8303 pies in a year. The husband seven sons and a hired man ate the pies and brag about it. The mother boasts of peacetime appetite while a former worker vanished with the family colt after claiming stomach trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Colt
Three Women Claim to Be His Mother
A pension department agent in Salisbury investigated four pension applications tied to a Union Army veteran who died after the war. Three claimants are women asserting maternal links from Pocomoke, Berlin, and Newark, while a Somerset County woman claims to be his daughter though she has no knowledge of the others. All sworn, the cases pose a potential burden on the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pension Department
Salisbury
Pocomoke
Berlin
Newark
Somerset County
Sam
Dread of interviews haunts national life
A reporter asks a senator how he feels about a topic. He replies he has nothing to say. The piece notes public unease with media scrutiny and political speak. Separately, a sale offer lists 100 bushels of wheat for sale at Two Johns Store. Captain J W Riggins of Queen Anne’s County dies after a fall on a steamboat. Wean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Two Johns
Queen Anne’s County
Wean
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Denton Journal
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AL KR
Lao A.M
Pmahvin Db. & Cor. K
Pleamer
F.ioplm
Vniq
ALR K
GAL RK OK
Public Business Calendar
Circuit Court
the Local Department
ARPA
Nipitil
Oliver
Frederick
Col. Banghinan
Lewes
Delaware
Hurlock
Hilaboro
Marydel
Johna
Christ the Great
James F. Gelletly
Christian Church
Measrn
S. Nowell & Son
Kent
Eleanor J. Turner
Apostolic Holiness Union
Caroline
Talbot
Dorchester
Carolines
Hillsborough
T. F. Tabler
Cincinnati
Crumpton
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