Oysters hats and trains as spring activity peaks
The itemized county notice lists J Ed Nichols stock of hats and oyster season near end. McDaniel Richardson plan a well for a railway. Queenstown Easton service to resume. Hay and horses for sale. Rail improvements announced for summer. Minstrel program delayed to April 30. Local moves include Gootee leaving Denton for Cord farm, Legates joining J D Williamson cigar making, crops prospects from bloom to harvest, bridge repairs approved, hospital patient releases, mail contract sublet to A B Newnam, and Greensboro Free Press sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed. Nichols
McDaniel & Richardson
Queenstown
House
Easton
Stewart and Jarrell
Hillsboro
Smith and Fountain
Ridgely
Queen Anne's
Moore
Daniel Gootee
Denton
Bennett Todd
Concord
Ernest Legates
Nathaniel Legates
J. D. Williamson
Bunker Hill Branch
Dunning Farm
Trappe
Windy Hill
A. B. Newnam
F. E
F.S. Smith
Greensboro Free Press
L. Irving Jones
Pree Press Publishing Company
Jones
Richard C. Dale
Frank T. White
Harrington
White
George W. Hanson
Walter H. Lord
Lord
Philadelphia
Messrs
W. 5S
Crouse
M. Bates Stephens
Elkton
Robert 5. Clark
Sallie M. Smith
Henry R. Lewis
John W. Clark
Mr. Clark
Talbot
West
Caroline
Baltimore
Marriage notices and social updates from Denton area
Visits, weddings, and engagements in Denton and Caroline County are reported. Local couples wed in St Pauls and Nichols, with attendees from Centreville, Elkton, Philadelphia, and beyond. Social visits include Gadd, Flowers, Davidson, Hammargren, and Turpin families, plus travels to Baltimore, Washington, and Atlantic City for summer plans.
Ridgely Social Notes Include Bennet Visit and News
Rev W C Bennet and wife were warmly received at the Lions House in Ridgely. J Harry Temple and Miss Messick of Ridgely visited the Hobbs family in Centreville Landing. Miss Mabel Collins returns to Brooklyn after winter with Aunt Mrs Sigler. The Plains gains steam heat. Nelson Rickards carriage factory nears completion. James H Frazer of Ridgely visits Prof Brower in Seaford. Mrs T W Smith visits Chestertown friends. Mrs Preston Day visits in Trappe. Mrs A G Furman visits relatives in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Bennet
Lions House
Funeral of Mrs W R Deen Held at Harmony Church
Mrs W R Deen died Sunday morning and her funeral was held Tuesday at Harmony M E Church at 2:30 PM. Rev G R Donaldson of Grove conducted the services. The new minister Rev J W Fogle preached his first sermon here last Sunday week amid a small crowd due to bad weather. Various local notes follow including a boy’s fall from a straw stack and treatment, a farm rental move in Dorchester county, a foot injury improving, discouragement among local fishermen, and Mrs T H Todd’s recovery from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Deen
Harmony M. E. Church
G. R. Donaldson
Grove
J. W. Fogle
W. R. Thomas
du Hadway
W. P. Willis
Dorchester County
Harry
G. L. Butler
T. H. Todd
Village Beautification and Farming Outlook Brightens
Residents vie to improve homes by filling low places building fences and piazzas planting fruit trees and flowers. Farmers report near planting time wheat and clover look well with a bountiful fruit yield anticipated. Odd Fellows hall lamp and M. E. Downs Co lamp lighted weekly mark local business and fraternal activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
M. E. Downs & Co
Chaptank Notes On Local Moves And Visits
Romey Nichols left town days ago without bidding his wife and children farewell and said he never expects to return to Chaptank. Misses Phoebe and Hannah Dunham of Denton visit Capt. and Mrs. A. L. Dunham. Owen C. Blades, confined at home, is now able to be out. Miss Ethel Wright goes to Baltimore to work in dressmaking. Miss Viola Nichols of Baltimore visits her Choptank home. Miss Minnie Davis and Miss Edna Jones spent last week with friends in Baltimore. Wade Rumbold visits friends near Cabin Creek in Dorchester county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Wilson
Centreville
Anna Hemsley Turpin
William T. P. Turpin
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Prof. Derr
Baltimore
Dorothy Brown
Carol White
Warren J
Frederick Haines
Philadelphia
Samuel C. Emory
Frederick Wilson
Albert Constable, Jr
Elkton
Walter 8. Turpin
Indian Head
Alice B. Turpin
Madison B. Bordley
James A. Mitchell
G. W. N. Smith
Nichols
Sarah L
Ernest L. Hammargren
Gancesville
Florida
A. D. Dick
Federalsburg
Hammargren
Washington
Ganesville
John Manley Arters
Fairlee
J. A. Arters
St. Paul M. E
Clayton
Lulu Morris
Pittsburg
Arters
Wilmington
Dickinson College
Eugenia Marly Deakyne
Frank Smith Allen
M. E
W. O. Hurst
Elmira Deakyne
Denton
George A. Deakyna
Lynda E. Fountain
John A. Fountain
Cambridge
Wright
East New Market
Luther H. Gadd
Annapolis
Russum
Steele
George Arthur Fisher
Cnavalry
Frank T. Flowers
Emma Richards
W. J.D. Lucas
Flowers
Wilbur R. Davidson
Annie R. Fisher
Ridgely
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
James T. Richardson
John Pollard
Mario Murphy
Bethlehem
Isaiah Christopher
Roy M. Messick
Senator Messick
Caroline
Naval Academy
Daniel Gootee
W. C. Newton
American Type Founders’ Company
Isaac H. Dixon
Helen Fisher
Bear Denton
Homer Lord
William E. Lord
Beniah L. Lewis
Harrington
Henry St. Lewis
Mary E. Utz
New Market
Frederick County
George A. McDaniel
George Emmett Wood
Magnolia
Del
Edwin R. Downes
Ella Griffith
Williston
Ollie Gootee
J. M. Dickey
St. Michaels
Thomas W. Greenley
South Dakota Springs
Frederick
Samuel H. Flaharty
W. J. D. Lucas
J. Gale Steele
New York City
Charles F. Willis
Lucy Griffith
Atlantic City
Romey Nichols
Chaptank
Phoebe
Hannah Dunham
A. L. Dunham
Owen C. Blades
Ethel Wright
Viola Nichols
Choptank
Minnie Davis
Edna Jones
Wade Rumbold
Cabin Creek
Dorchester County
Henderson Descriptive Composition By Edith Goodwin
Edith Goodwin describes Henderson a small town near the P W and N Railroad west of the Choptank River. She notes about thirty houses and around 150 inhabitants with two churches one school and four small stores. The Pennsylvania Railroad bisects the town and farming nearby centers on grains fruits berries and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Goodwin
Henderson School
Henderson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware clergymen vacation in Greensboro gathering
Rev. A. Green of Newport and Rev. J. A. Arters of Clayton spent last week in Greensboro. Mr. G. Henry Short of Kenton visited his daughter Mrs. B. F. Jackson. George Scotton and wife also visited Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Jackson last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Green
Newport
Del
J. A. Arters
Clayton
Greensboro
G. Henry Short
Kenton
B. F. Jackson
George Scotton
Mrs Williams Visits Oak Grove Visitor List
Mrs Williams of Oak Grove visiting daughter Mrs C E Nichols for weeks. She now goes to visit friends in Euston. Miss Mary Stafford of Preston and Mr Rufus Poole of Federalsburg visited Mr and Mrs C E Nichols last Sunday. Fine line of Neckwear at J Ed Nichols Denton Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed. Nichols
Denton, Md
Many More Deaths Reported in Local Obituaries
A column of death notices from Wilmington Conference era records multiple local deaths. Rev. James W. Hammersley dies at 1824 birth, with survivors and career details. Mrs. Minnie L. Nuttle, aged 32, dies suddenly in Federalsburg. Arthur Faithful Haddaway, 31, Easton editor. Andrew Covey, 91, dies at Hynson. Lina P. West, 51, Philadelphia, pneumonia. David McNichol, 77, Ridgely, sudden death. James H. Price, 67, Greensboro, pneumonia. John Blades, 23, White's Church area. ex-Gov Charles C. Stockley, 82, Georgetown. other notices and a local notice of chicken requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hammersley
Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Church
James Westcott Hammersley
Brooklandville
Baltimore County
James Hammersley
Baltimore
Dorchester County
Philadelphia
Morris
Jones
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
J. W. Hammersley
M. E. Church
Allen P. van
Florence L. Hammersley
Minnie L. Nuttle
Edward EK. Nuttle
Federalsburg
Martha Everngam
Concord
Joseph H. Everngam
John L. Everngam
Denton
Thomas H. Everngam
Charles J. Everngam
Charles H. Clark
J. Atwood Todd
Emma Everngam
Nuttle
T. S. Holt
A. D. Dick
Arthur Faithful Haddaway
George E
Anna R. F. Haddaway
Easton
Easton Ledger
Haddaway
Christ Church, Easton
Leonidas B. Baldwin
Springhill Cemetery
Andrew Covey
E. J. Dukes
Hynson
Ele
James H. Covey
J. Dukes
Emily Towers
F. P. Covey
Enoch Covey
Elizabeth A. Taylor
Perry D. Taylor
Friendship Church
J. W. Fogle
Mr. Willis
Lina P. West
8. L. West
McNichol
Caroline County
Ridgely
James H. Price
Greensboro
Harry Hanson
Eva Price
Jacob Price
John Blades
James Blades
White’s Church
Charles C. Stockley
Georgetown
Orphans Court Proceedings Opened with Multiple Appointments
Tuesday's Orphans Court session appointed Oscar Clark as trustee to sell Mary E. Clark's real estate, Henry F. Andrew as administrator of Margaret E. Towers, and Francis S. Todd with Howard Towers as appraisers of the personal estate. Accounts and bond approvals followed for several estates, guardianship reports were approved, and John Hornick's will was admitted to probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Orphan’s Court
Oscar Clark
William T. Sullivan
Minnie B. McCarter
Charles H. McCarter
Hynson C. Gooden
William H. McDaniel
William H. Doweese
William W. Lowe
T. Pliny Fisher
Mary E. Holmes
Walter Todd
E. Madison Towers
John Hornick
Pan-American Exposition Reduced Rail Rates Announced
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces special reduced rates to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition opening May 1. Summer excursion tickets run April 30 to September 30, return by October 11, from Washington 20.00, Baltimore 18.00, Philadelphia 17.00, with proportionate from other points. Ten-day excursion tickets from May 1 onward at 16.80 Washington, 15.00 Baltimore, 13.50 Philadelphia, with proportionate rates. Special seven day return tickets May 23, 10.00 Baltimore/Washington, 9.00 Philadelphia. The company operates two through trains daily among Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Buffalo
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Employment Initiative by Maryland Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Mr. Thomas A. Smith and assistant Jacob G. Sehou farber push an employment agency feature within the Maryland State Bureau of Industrial Statistics. Large placards will be posted in factories and workplaces to direct attention to the bureau’s work. Job seekers receive forms to detail self and references proving applicant ability, character, and worthiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Smith
State Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Jacob G. Sehoufarber
Maryland
Baltimore
Late spring forecasts push peaches into September
Oldest inhabitants report the coldest spring, delaying buds and raising frost concerns. Peach crops may shift to September with Crawford and Elberta varieties. Bartlett pears overlap with Kieffer. A hot May could alter expectations as spring lingers and summer threatens to intrude.
Return of Dr. Carman to Centreville after 91 years
Ohio physician Dr. Thomas 8. Carman, aged 94, traveled to Centreville after an absence of 91 years. He recalled early Centreville events from his youth and sought clues to his relatives among the town’s oldest residents. Few houses remained and his long-awaited visit proved bittersweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas 8. Carman
Ohio
Centreville
Baltimore
Carman
Irish Crochet Collar Protectors Featured In Old Pattern Reproductions
A spring feature highlights Irish crochet collar protectors reproducing authentic old Irish patterns. Also listed is a buy notice: Wanted side meat at 10 cents per pound by J Ed Nivholy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed. Nivholy
Circuit Court Records for March and Marriage Licenses
Circuit court records for March list numerous transfers of real estate in Caroline county during April with amounts from 41 to 2000 dollars, naming buyers and properties in districts two to five, including Choptank and Federalsburg. It also notes issued marriage licenses in March for multiple couples such as Frederick Everett and Erie Walls, Martin B. Henry and Ada Henry, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renal
Thomas FE. Willoughby
James T. Whitby
Llacres
Sadie L. Smith
Charles A. F. Smith
Charles W. Wright
William J. Wright
Choptank Property
Monroe M. Willey
Choptank
William H. Alburger
Hester W. Jefferson
Federalsburg
Albert G. Tosyers
Anna Totheroh
Creensboro
Robert Jarrell
Benjamin W. Jones
Catharine A. Kinnamon
Goldsboro
Benjamin Wheeler
Linda
John H. George
Denton
Lydia F. Johnson
John T. Carter, Jr
Frederick Everett
Erie Walls
Martin B. Henry
Ada E. Henry
Philemon C. Carter
Etta C. Gooding
John W. Wiggins
Mary A. Ellwanger
Ollie F. Wilkins
Lula Q O. Dooling
George Laurie Harris
Ella Moore
Wesley E. Cartwright
S. Elva Gooden
Ernest L. Hammargren
Sarah L. Smith
John Pollard
Mamie Murphy
Wilbur B. Davidson
Annie R. Fisher
Frank T. Flowers
Emma Richards
Freight totals by lines and steamer for wheat corn and fruit
Labor Statistician Smith reports Wheeler Line carried in Baltimore last year 1,000,000 bushels of wheat 460,000 bushels of corn 50,000 baskets of peaches 100,000 quarts of berths 10,000 baskets of pears. Queen Anne's Railroad Company freighted 100,644 bushels of wheat 17,358 bushels of corn 83,081 baskets of peaches 506,295 quarts of berries 20,488 baskets of tomatoes. Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Company carried 169,578 bushels of wheat 57,670 bushels of corn 180,891 baskets of peaches 3,835,974 quarts of berries 500 baskets of pears 28,653 baskets of tomatoes. Brockway steamers freighted 500,000 bushels of wheat and 400,000 bushels of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Wheeler Line
Baltimore
Queen Anne's Railroad Company
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Company
Brockway
Denton and Greensboro elect new town and county commissioners
On Monday last Henry R. Lewis Samuel Nowell and others were chosen as Denton commissioners on a platform of general improvement. Greensboro elected Nathaniel Horsey Frederick Roe John Radghley T Cordy Curry and L Irving Jones as town commissioners. Ridgely voters chose Harry Lane J Nelson Richards Albert G Saulsbury Alexander Griffith and Frederick FP Flounders. J H VanGesel begins two new dwellings near the depot as Cambridge plans to open its public library soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Lewis
Samuel Nowell
Benjamin H. Johnson
Frank Cole
James A. Tiazzare
Denton
Nathaniel Horsey
S. H
Frederick P. Roe
John Radghley
T. Cordy Curry
L. Irving Jones
Greensboro
Ridgely
Harry Lane
J. Nelson Richards
Albert G. Saulsbury
Alexander Griffith
Frederick FP
Flounders
Smallpox Case Quarantined After Delaware Meetings
Mr Emory Lynch of two miles below Preston contracts a mild but marked smallpox outbreak. He attended several meetings before illness and is quarantined at home. Doctor Fulton and State Secretary confirm diagnosis while exposure is vaccinated and watched for twelve to fifteen days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Lynch
Preston
Delaware
Lynch
Fulton
Peninsula Canned Goods Trade Report Summary
The Peninsula Canned Goods Association reports 1900 packing activity on the Peninsula excluding Cecil County with 175 packers, 19,825 acres, 1,134,720 cases packed, and 264,120 cases on hand. Projected 1900 totals reach 27,000 acres, 1,572,750 packed cases, and 356,120 on hand by March 1 1903. 1901 acreage reductions expected from 10 to 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsula
Peninsula Canned Goods Association
Cassius M. Dashiell
Cecil County
Centennial Celebration Trips Offered From Pennsylvania Railroads
The Centennial Celebration of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ will be held in Frederick Maryland May 10 to 15 1901. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets on May 10 11 12 13 and 14 return by May 15 inclusive from all stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad Division Overbrook to Pittsburg inclusive except the Schuylkill Division and Frazer Branch all stations on the Baltimore Division of the Northern Central Railway Baltimore to Harrisburg inclusive and all stations on the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Darby to Quantico inclusive including all stations on the Delaware Division at a single round trip fare minimum 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Frederick
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Overbrook
Pittsburg
Schuylkill
Frazer
Baltimore
Northern Central Railway
Harrisburg
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Darby
Quantico
Delaware
Hornick will leaves estate to church and convent
The will of John Hornick of St. Gertrude Convent near Ridgely was probated in the Orphans' Court on Tuesday. Executor George Held Jr. of Johnstown Pa. is not required to post bond. An estate valued at several thousand dollars leaves $500 to Rev. Hugh Paff to say masses for the departed. The remainder and sale proceeds go to M Dolorosa Berg Mother Superior of St. Gertrude Convent. Witnesses were Rev. Hugh Paff Rev. Ferdinand Wolf and Sister Agatha Walter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hornick
St. Gertrude Convent
Ridgely
Orphans' Court
George Held, Jr
Johnstown
Hornick
Hugh Paff
Sacred Heart Church
Wilmington
Government may halt hedging on Choptank River
The fishing season has been unprofitable for upper-Choptank haulers as down-river fishermen hedge the river shore to shore. Citizens believe Dorchester and Talbot net-owners exceed privileges and may face a government order to remove hedges, if Treasury power allows, without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
Talbot
Secretary of the Treasury
Queen Anne's Railroad Branch Nearly Ready
At the Baltimore office of the Queen Anne's Railroad Company it was stated the contractor on the Queenstown to Centreville branch expects completion by May 15. The Queenstown to Love Point line should be ready about July 1. Cuttings and embankments extend from Queenstown to Kent Island Narrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Queen Anne’s Railroad Company
Queenstown
Centreville
Love Point
Kent Island Narrows
Hila Address to Young Men and Local Church Appointments
Rev Maurice Fenfield Fikes lectured in Denton delivering a blow by blow defense of character and resilience. The Delaware M E Conference colored closed its Atlantic City session naming appointments. The Wilmington Conference plans big debt paying days while Wye Camp Board fixes July to August encampment dates. Rev J Edgar Wilson transfers to the Florida Conference as Jacksonville pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Fenfield Fikes
Denton
Sail
College of Hard Knocks
Cairngorm
Delaware M.E. Conference
Atlantic City
Federalsburg
W. J. Wilson
Hurlock
J.C. Banton
Oak Grove
Seaford
T. W. Codper
Preston
J. A. Jeffers
Dentoh
P. T. Scott
Greensboro
R. H. Coleman
Ridgely
JN Waters
Williston
Samuel Coffman
Marydel
G. T. Field
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Wilmington
Peninsula
Wye Camp Board
Centreville M. E
E K. Creed
Benjamin P. Truitt
M. P. Church
Baltimore
Truitt
S. E. Stevens
Christ Church Guild
Z. P. Steele
J. Edgar Wilson
Millington
Florida
The
Methodist Episcopal Church’ South
Jacksonville
Delaware Prisoner Recaptured After Georgetown Escape
Philip Bradley once among the most desperate prisoners was recaptured at Eldorado days ago after escaping Georgetown jail. Prof. Wesley Webb of Dover traveled to Buffalo last week to arrange Delaware’s exhibit for the Pan American Exposition. The Diamond State Telephone Company reports about one thousand miles of toll line in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Bradley
Georgetown
Eldorado
Wesley Webb
Dover
Buffalo
Delaware
Diamond State Telephone Company
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Morni.c
Mails
Ponts West
Q. Alr
D. Alr
Potts West
D&c RR
Lisher
Journal
Fowling Creek
Maurlock
Chaptant
O Young
Ifstenu
Circuit Court
Baltimore Freights
J. H. VanGesel
Queen Anne's Railroad
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