Denton and vicinity buzz with repairs and town growth
The Williston steamboat wharf will be repaired while a fleet delivers building materials to Denton. First carload of peaches shipped from Ridgely. J T Cooper leads new Fourth street buildings. An excursion to Kent Island colored camp meeting departs via Queen Anne’s Railroad. County officials discuss road improvements and new audits begin for public offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Denton
Ridgely
I. Phny Fisher
Fourth Street
J. T. Cooper
Kent Island
Chester
Queen Anne's
County Commissioners of
Caroline and
Talbot
Trustees of the Poor
Federalsburg
George H. Jefferson
Thos. Kemp
Oliver Keys
Frank L. Williams
Joseph B. Andrews
T. A. Trice
Hurlock
Preston
Williamesburg
East New Market
Katharine K. Hobbs
State Normal School
Frostburg
Hobbs
Washington College
Chestertown
James R. Willey
Cape May
Greenwood
A. W. Thompson
Franklin Street
Denton National Bank
Alexander Stewart
Law
John Robert Thomas
William G. Bradley
Thomas
Kemp
Dafin
American Corner
Edward Messick
Sallie J. Tribbett
Thos
McCrea
Mary V. Walls
Chas. W. Harris
Annie R. Bridegroom
James Henry
Lena Swayne
Howard Callahan
Fannie Beck
Wm. Ray
Alberta Elliott
Charles S. York, Jr
York
Messrs. York
Aberdeen visitors bring new mill machinery to town
Messrs Wright and Jacobs of Aberdeen are in town to adjust their new machinery in the canning house before fall operations. A long list of local residents and visitors are noted, with several trips to Denton and Templeville for social visits and errands. A Sunday School picnic at Ames Church is reported along with various callers and guests in the area.
Visitors and family gatherings noted at Carroll home
Mr B L Lingerman and three daughters Bessie Beulah and Josephine, visiting the Carroll residence, returned to Baltimore and then Virginia Beach. Miss Gertrude Carroll and two daughters Ednah and Dorothy visited Cordova friends. Other guests included Mr J G Rittenhouse Mrs S C Rittenhouse Ella Sanger and Otto Sanger, plus Mrs M J Rittenhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Carroll
S.C. Rittenhouse
Talbot
M. J. Rittenhouse
Religious Services At New Jerusalem Church Sunday
Rev J E Smith preached at New Jerusalem Church Sunday morning and evening fast. M E Church closed due to camp meetings. Mrs Florence Cortelyou and children from Kansas City moving to Preston. Many youths attend Ellwood camp. Mrs William A Hamilton of Easton visiting her mother Mrs Stafford. Miss Mabel Hooper of Baltimore visiting Mrs J L Noble. Miss Nellie Phillips visiting East New Market friends. Miss Addie Poole ill with typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Smith
New Jerusalem
M. E
Florence Cortelyou
Kansas City
Preston
Ellwood
William A. Hamilton
Easton
Wm. H. Stafford
Mabel Hooper
Baltimore
J. L. Noble
Nellie Phillips
East New Market
Addie Poole
Captain Levi Dukes Civil War Vet Dies at 74 in Talbot
Levi Thomas Dukes native of Caroline county died in Talbot last week at about seventy four. He served in the Mexican War and later captained sailing vessels between Baltimore and the Choptank river. Survived by three children, his second wife and a large estate, he was a noted Democrat and church member. Funeral Sunday at home with Hillsboro interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Thomas Dukes
Talbot
Tio
James Dukes
Caroline County
Hear Denton
Iflis
Miss Rhodes
Col
Oswald Tilghman
Vera Cruz
Wye
Mary E. Tlawtey
Talbot County
William J
Annie K
Carrie
Chas, R. Weeters
Register of Wills
Dukes
A. Louise Morgan
Baltimore
Choptank River
M. E. Church
South
C.L. Kennard
A. W. Lightbourne
Hillsboro
Elijah West
John Hi. Holt
F. T. Barton
Alga Smith
Luther M. R. Carter
George C. Moore
Elenora Miller
William R. Miller
South Calhoun Street
Galena
John Donovin
Farmington
Del
Harrington
Charles H. Bullock
Denton
John Robert Donovin
Smithville
J. H. Beauchamp
Local Notices and Family Movements in Easton Area
Ohio visitor Mr C T Todd stays with parents Mr and Mrs R D Todd. Philadelphia visitor Mr Noland Todd also visits. Andrew nears completion of dwelling with lumber on ground for store addition. Captain J H Perry of Steamer Greensboro may move family to Greensboro year end. Theodora Schulke builds commodious farm dwelling. H I Andrew and E L Ross work. Melon season opens. truckers busy in Easton selling produce. Captain James Reese home nursing large felon for two weeks. H F Andrew to remodel dwelling next spring. Mrs Harmon moved to daughter Mrs Jacob E Reese home. J M Perry adds front porch to dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Todd
Ohio
R. D. Todd
Noland Todd
Philadelphia
L. J. Andrew
J. H. Perry
Greensboro
Theodora Schulke
H. I. Andrew
E. L. Ross
Easton
James Reese
H. F. Andrew
Jacob E. Reese
J. M. Perry
Bertha Smith Celebrates Thirteenth Birthday in Andersontown
Andersontown Miss Bertha Smith marked her thirteenth birthday last Friday with refreshments. Guests included Mrs Ida Ward Mrs Winnie Fountain Misses Sarah Tichenor Bertha Oles Ella Neal Carrie Patton Minerva Todd Nellie Stevens Cathelle Ward Mary Nuttle Mary Ward Mary Stevens Hattie Dukes Edna Nichols Bossie Fountain Messrs Ormond Neal Willie Clymer Roland Dukes Clifton Nichols. Clara Sewell returned to Washington after visiting Mrs S Nuttle. Ada Urry Henry and Mrs Hicks visited Mr and Mrs M K Collison last Sunday. Annie Cohee who visited here is now gone. Ivah Davis spent part of last week with Corinne Starkey. Louise Nuttle, sick, is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Doweese
Bennett Todd
George C. Skirven
Fred B. Nuttle
H. Earle Smith
William Nuttle
Murphy Truxon
Denton
Tilghman’s Island
Henry R. Lewis
M. E. Sunday School
Messrs
E. MH. Bunts
F. 8. Replogle
Akron
E. Kengel
Baltimore
J. S. Linthicum
Anne Arundel County
J. F. Gelletly
Williston
Isaac H
George L. Wellington
Cumberland
James 8. Whitby
R. I. Lednum
Preston
Charles H. Whitby
Grant S. Hawes
Jennie E. Dukes
Wilmington
Elizabeth Locke
Georgia
Washington
Charles T. Rickards
James Dooling
Hattie
Minnie
Talbot
Lizzie Townsend
Heydrick
Asher
St. Michaels
R. F. Horney
Hobbs
Talbot Times
Annie H. Downes
Ormond W. Downes
Ella Downes
Brayton
Rehoboth
Charles W. Cannon
Annapolis
Burrsville
Nettie Perry
Cloptank
Bertie Walker
Talbot County
Anna Beauchamp
Brownsville
W. Carroll Pastorfield
Mr. Pastorfield
Robert Garey
Philadelphia
J. Frank Wright
Susie Sanlsbury
J. Frank Booth
Myrtle Turner
Federalsburg
F. B. Long
Easton
Harry Sparks Grace
Sparrow’s Point
Robert Wood
Hattie Wright
Trenton
New Jersey
Charles Davis
Daniel Fields
H. H. Wright
Bertha Horney
Queen Anne’s County
Otis Draper
Ruthsburg
Willard H. Thawley
J. R. Griffin
Queen Anne
Samuel Griffin
Virginia Hicks
Annie Rochester
F. A. Waugh
Burlington
W. R. Mowbray
Bridgeville
W. A. Butler
Centreville
Charles P. Raimsdell
St. Louis
Bessie Deekins
Katharine Hackett
Hillsboro
J. Frank Boothe
Caroline
Mabel Wright
Wright and
Jacobs
Aberdeen
Canning House
Templeville Nine
Howard Pippin
Sister
Daniel Jester
Marvel
P. A. Marvel
Smyrna
Nathan Steele
Kizzie P. Gooden
Ridgely
A. B. Gooden
C. E. McIlvaine
W. M. Price
Katherine McShane
Rhea Carr
Anna Price
Walter Gough
Dover
Frank Gough
C. E. Montague
Albert Watson
D. M. Gooden
Ethel Gooden
Ollie Coffin
Willie Cubbage
Felton
Clifford Cubbage
Katherine Sweeney
Helen Jump
Ambrose Hoskins
Charles Urrey
Miriam Gooden
Fred Bowdle
Stidgely
Frank Lane
Mamie Goode
Laura Smith
and Moore
Willow Grove
John Toughes
Sandtown
Wilf Kenton
Bertha Smith
Ida Ward
Winnie Fountain
Sarah Tichenor
Bertha Oles
Ella Neal
Carrie Patton
Minerva Todd
Nellie Stevens
Cathelle Ward
Mary Nuttle
Mary Ward
Mary Stevens
Hattie Dukes
Edna Nichols
Bossie Fountain
Ormond Neal
Willie Clymer
Roland Dukes
Clifton Nichols
Clara Sewell
S. €. Nuttle
Ada Urry
Henry
Hicks
M. K. Collison
Annie Cohee
Ivah Davis
Corinne Starkey
Louise Nuttle
C. W. Smith
Meshoppen
Sayre
Smith
M. E
Cooper and Son
Eugenia Redden
Beatrice Phillips
Cambridge
I. D. Anderson
Centennial Mill
Ethel Smith
Clara Price
Emily Knotts
Susie Stevens
Mary Sylvester
Maude Gibson
Edith Sparks
Cora Briscoe
Queenstown
Rt. H. Gale
Walter Morgan
Oscar Roe
Sadlersville
Harry Jump
Guerney Jump
Ingleside
Carrie Hobbs
Belle Bowen
Blanche Smith
Lizzie White
Milford
Hall
Landonville
O. K. Neavitt
F. J. Willoughby
Hotel Queen
May Taylor
Ethel Anderson
Sadie Allen
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton Area Notes of Local Visits and Changes
North Adams visitors Mr and Mrs Charles Butler Mr Homer Turner and Miss Nora Turner stay with Mr James Turner. Mrs Butler formerly Miss Cora V Turner linked to Denton news. Oudeslays guardian of Otis property plans sale. Other items report Ocean City trip for Messenger family builders hasten North Main Street home W J Kinder. Abm. Abdell to close business before starting Carroll house. fewer families move to camps. Rufus Noble buys Main Street lot. Mrs Prince injured and bedbound. Various locals, visits, and small-town developments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Butler
Homer Turner
Nora Turner
North Adams
Mass
James Turner
Butler
Cora V. Turner
Denton
Oudeslays
Otis
W.J. Mowbray
H. B. Messenger
IR. W. Messenger
Maud Frissell
Hannah Stowell
Marguerite Rudy
Ocean City
W. W. Kinder
North Main Street
Harwood
Rufus Noble
Main Street
Mollie Smith
Prince
E. M. Stack
Alvin
Officer
Milton Cox
St. Louis
Herbert Logan
W. M. Caulk
John Cephas
Vacations and Visits from Local Residents
Rev. C. W. Smith and wife begin a one month vacation visiting their parents in Meshoppen and Sayre Pennsylvania. Numerous locals and visitors from Philadelphia Baltimore Cambridge Washington and nearby towns are listed as guests or traveling, with several short trips and family visits noted around town and at Cape May Salisbury and other locales.
Million Dollar Mortgage Ties Can Company Network
The Great American Packers Association, a tomato canning trust, records a million dollar mortgage across Maryland Delaware New Jersey and Pennsylvania to secure bonds. It plans to leverage wholesale purchases and favorable lending to control market output, with properties detailed in a long document. Caroline county packers join the trust transferring establishments and grounds to the association. Plans for a new Denton post office layout describe ornate bronze letter boxes and high ce ilings to speed mail handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomato Trust
American Packers Association
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Trust
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Real Estate Trust Co
Caroline County
American Packers’ Association
T. L. Day
Swing & Co
Carroline S. Messick
Husband
H. B. Messenger
J. T. Dennis
J. H. Bernard
Walter M. Wright
Charles H. Todd
Postofice
Postoffice
Denton
Orphans Court Probate and Levy Court Actions
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday the will of Daniel A Williams deceased was admitted to probate with letters testamentary to W Frank Williams and bond approved. Appraisers Cham bers and Sullivan named. creditor notice ordered. Administrator Beachamp presented and approved inventory of Andrew Beachamp estate with order to sell. Hackett and Hackett presented approved inventories for Thomas Hackett M D estate with sale orders. Andrew and Towers estates distributions approved. Norris presented multiple estates accounts approved. Levy Court: commissioners to lay out private road to John H Griffin property. coal bids received at 7.50 per ton. Richards road examiners report filed. notices to appear on Aug 12. Liden road examiners named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Daniel A. Williams
W. Frank Williams
Bascom W. Chambers
Martin L. Sullivan
John H. Beachamp
Andrew Beachamp
Thomas Cox Hackett
Katharine Hackett
Thomas Hackett
M. D
Henry I. Andrew
Margaret E. Towers
William H. Norris
John F. Straughn
James T. Sylvester
W. D. Taylor
Thomas L. Chaffinch
John H. Griffin
William H. Anderson
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Richards Road
Wa. T. [Lignutt
Henry M. Cade
John C. Harrington
Liden
Excursion Tickets Offered for Pythian Meet in West
The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets from all lines to San Francisco or Los Angeles from August 1 to 6 1902 at reduced rates for the Knights of Pythias Biennial Meet in San Francisco August 11 to 22. Return passage good until September 10 with Joint Agent payment of 60 cents. Inquire at Ticket Agents for rates and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
San Francisco
Cal
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Los Angeles
Best game of baseball ever seen in Centreville
Tuesday Sadlersville was defeated by 2 to 1 in a pitchers duel. Jordan of Centreville hit a home run in the first inning as both teams scored once. De Vinson struck out 7 and Orem 4. Centreville leads the five-game series three to two. In Ridgely a 17 to 4 loss by Sadlersville, and Williston lost 10 to 8 to Smithville in a Saturday game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centreville
Sadlersville
Jordan
Sadlersville, Jr
de. Vinson
Orem
Ridgely
Williston
Smithville
Rehoboth Adopts Modern Recreation and Election Draws Record crowds
Rehoboth has installed a public ping pong table at the Pavilion with private ones on the beach. Plans discuss another electric light plant. Boisterous three day northeaster seas kept bathing on shore while excursionists enjoyed clear moonlit waves. The annual election for three commissioners on Saturday drew unprecedented local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth
Queen Anne's Railroad offers Atlantic City excursion
A special low rate excursion to Atlantic City on Wednesday August 6 1902 via Queen Anne's Railroad Lewes Cape May and rail to Atlantic City. Round trip only 2 dollars with six hours in Atlantic City and a trolley ride in Cape May. Train leaves Denton at 611 am arrives Atlantic City 1115 am return from Atlantic City 515 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne's Railroad Company
Atlantic City
Queen Anne’s
Lewes
Cape May
City of
Denton
Queen Anne's
Epworth League
Ebenezer M. E. Charch
Easton
Queen Anne
Downes
Tuckahoe
Holiness Camp Success Draws Large Attendance
The fourth annual Holiness Association camp meeting at Pentecostal Grove near Denton closed with large crowds and substantial foreign mission collections. Rev. E A Fergerson of Ohio led the meetings, assisted by Revs. Tabler and Gray. A new Holiness church will be completed in Easton in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Grove
Caroline County Holiness Association
the Grove
E. A. Fergerson
Ohio
Wilmington Every
Vaughn
Collins
Asbury Church
Smyrna
Easton
Stephen M. Morgan
Avenue Church
Milford
Salisbury
Corkran
Baker
D. D
Dover
Friends of
James T. Richardson
M. E
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Rree Public Business Galendar
Crovir Court
OrpHaNns’ Court
Levy Court
Screen Board
the Local Department
Wishora Ja Town
Carrie and
Catherine Hobbs
Minnie Collins
J. D. Moore
Manning Merriken
Katie Hobbs
Edna Hobbs
Bessie Williams
Hynson
William Murphy
Edith Trico
Frederic Paisley
Ames Church
Templeville
Bertie Adams
Fred Stafford
Charles Draper
H. C. Hobbs
Hebichem
Levi
Dukes Sega
Tonerseal Clairen
Smithson
Andersontown
Hilsboro
Kitty McShane
Missa Carr
Washington, D. C
Madara
Sallie Shaw
Mason
Howard Pasterfield
Margaret
C. F. Smith
Edith Raleigh
C. H. Turner
Br. N. Gottwall
N. P. Kern
Harvey Baker
J. T. Lbowdle
Mary Evans
J. W. Evans
St. E. Smith
Walden
N. Y
John M. Swing
Ida
Sadie Lord
Minnie Rickards
Lydia Milbourn
Hartley
Bessie Jarrell
James H. Smith
James H. Nichols
Wratt Packers
Caroline Camera
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Pacific Coast
Baseball Notes
George A. Shane
Germantown
George Noble
Mr. Noble
Fred Fulbert
Shane
Sam
Ira Lewis
Hickman Manufacturing Company
Pena Pitts
Annie L. Marshall
Wm. F. Pitts
Berlin
J. W. Hignutt
J. W. Peters
Church News
W. P. Day
Bambury
James Brothers
Pratt
West Denton
Nisi
William T. Downes
Lula J. Downes
Philip W. Downes
Josephine M. Downes
Ernest Downes
H. Hackett Downes
Sallie K. Downes
Marion H. Downes
Robert W. Downes
Josephine Downes
Charles W. Hobbs
Fair Ground Farm
Joanna Aidshane
Denton, Md
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!