Local notices and community updates in Maryland town
The column reports on service readiness of a telephone exchange in Pocomoke City, proposed name changes for Ocean City, new local businesses and managers in Andersontown and Dover, and upcoming excursions to Wye Camp Meeting and Rehoboth Cape May. It notes peach shipments to Boston, rising peach sizes, tax collection visits by County Treasurer Whitby, political nomination chatter for Congress, a dynamiting case prosecuted in Chestertown, railroad excursion for Sunday Schools, a portrait gift to Talbot Savings Bank, Dover bridge repairs completion, and steamer Queen Anne weathering a storm with passengers. Also covered are obituaries, letters from Europe, and a local merchant acquisition at American Corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocomoke City
Ocean City
Sinepuxent
Isle of Wight
S.G. Nuttle
Andersontown
Wye
George A. McDaniel
Journal
Boston
Whitby
James Millington
Capital Hotel
Dover
George A. Millington
Louis Stall
Stewart Building
Stall
George M. Russum
Fred R. Owens
Congress
Chestertown
Queen Anne’s Railroad Company
Rehoboth
Cape May
Denton
Hillsboro
Ridgely
William Wallace Spence
Easton
Jerome B. Bennett
Spence
Talbot Savings Bank
Bennett
Caroline
Talbot
Queen Anne's Railroad Company
Queenstown
James Murray
Samuel Edson
Wye Cemetery
A. Batte
Murray
A. W. Sisk
Fsg
Munich
Bavaria
England
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Paris
New York
St. Louis
W. O. Ledman
Bethlehem
B. W. Parker
American Corners
Abraham Hutson Hearing Held in Denton Murder Case
Judge William R. Martin presided over a preliminary hearing under a habeas corpus order for Abraham Hutson charged with the murder of Edward Cos. Testimony included Mrs. Laura Cox recounting the day of the fight near Sandy Island bridge, notes on a distillery trip, and Hutson’s claim of no premeditation. Bail set at 3000 dollars but not posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Martin
Denton
Abraham Hutson
Edward Cos
Sandy Island Bridge
China Thomas
Hutson
Cox
Fletcher Thomas
Delaware
Thomas
Eugene
W.H. Hutson
Abe
Thomas Boys
Sandy Island
Fletcher
Russum
Martin
Orphans' Court Ratifies Two Real Estate Sales
In the Orphans' Court on Tuesday last objections by Mrs. Clara Cornoy to the Norris Wilson estate sale were overruled after hearing evidence, and the sale was ratified. Judge Russum for petitioner and T Pliny Fisher for the executor. On application of J Allen Moore and George C Moore executors of George H Moore the second sale was ratified. Deweese Owens represented the executors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Clara Cornoy
Norris Wilson
Wm. H. Horn
Russum
T. Pliny Fisher
J. Allen Moore
George C. Moore
George H. Moore
Deweese & Owens
Levy Court Proceedings Include Bridge Accident Claim
Attorney Oscar Clark presented a $150 bill to county commissioners for damages after James T. Morris reported his horse fell through a Bridgetown bridge on August 2. Morris claimed injury to himself and damage to his wagon and produce. the board did not pay, likely leading to a court suit. Dr. W H Meredith appointed registrar of vital statistics for the Eighth district replacing Dr. Du Hadway who resigned. W G Smith named registrar for the First district in place of J S Lapham, resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Clark
James T. Morris
Bridgetown
W. H. Meredith
du Hadway
W. G. Smith
J. S. Lapham
Sun Bros to Perform at Peninsula Tour Stop
Sun Bros. will appear here on Wednesday August 22 with plans for the Peninsula tour adjusted from the earlier August 21 announcement.
Pleasant Greensboro Lawn Party and Local News
Greensboro hosted a Tuesday lawn party honoring Misses Nina Vane and Sadie Anthony with lanterns, games, music, and fruit dessert. The attendance list includes numerous locals and visitors from Richmond, Wilmington, Denton, Ingleside, and Philadelphia while several ministers and residents were noted for sermons, visits, and travel to Ocean Grove or Rehoboth. A jail sentence for George Price the Talbot case was reported alongside visitors and departures of Miss Mamie Jackson and Rev. J. E. Kidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Jarman
Nina Vane
Sadie Anthony
Nellie Harper
Rosa Satterfield
Rebecca Walker
Richmond
Eva Hughes
Alice Meredith
Rosa Harrington
Mary Moore
Ermine Brashears
Wilmington
Edith Harrington
Bradie Coursey
Edith Greenley
Mattie Jarman
Clara Jarman
W. H. Moore
Mabel Coursey
Lawrence Greenley
Harlan Harrington
Linwood Letty
Samuel Ellwanger
Edward Fitzhugh
Enoch George
Denton
Charlie Rich
Rev
A. Green
W. T. Jarman
Robert Jarman
W. J. Brashears
Clark Smith
Robert Jarrell
Harvey Coursey
George Price
Justice Cohee
Talbot
Jacob R.hughes
Mamie Jackson
Ingleside
B. F. Jackson
J. E. Kidney
Duquesne
M. E
Kidney
W. L. Gray
New Jersey
M. EE
Ella Truitt
Binghamton
New York
Annie Truitt
Philadelphia
Samuel J. French
Church of the Holy Trinity
Baltimore
Aloysius Green
S. Kliwansky
A. J. Kliwansky
Amos Mattox
Cecilton
Arthur
Rehoboth
Josephine O'Neal
Wm. H. Cohee
Charles Small
Easton
Mary Butterworth
T. H. Jarman
Ocean Grove
Heat Drives Burrsville Folks To Dream Ice House
The last week saw temperatures in the nineties and above one hundred, prompting chatter about building an ice house in Burrsville to ease summer suffering and yield profit. A christening at John W. Starkey's home on Tuesday August 7 saw six children baptized by Rev. J. W. Norris and Rev. C. E. Dryden with a social gathering and refreshments. Union M. P. Church, closed for two weeks due to camp meeting, will resume services August 19 with Sunday School at 9 a.m. and Christian Endeavor at 8 p.m. Next Sunday preaching at 10:30 a.m. Local fruit abundance risks waste. a suggestion to dry fruit and ship to starving India. Rev. J. W. Norris returned from Fenwick Island after a successful camp meeting. Mrs. Theodore Saulsbury leaves for Rehoboth Beach for ten days. Miss Lydia Porter of Cecil county visits Mr. Arlie Porter, postmaster. Miss Pepper of Philadelphia visits local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrsville
John W. Starkey
J. W. Norris
C. E. Dryden
Union M. P
Cammp
Christian
India
Fenwick Island
Theodore Saulsbury
Rehoboth Beach
Lydia Porter
Cecil County
Arlie Porter
Miss Pepper
Philadelphia
Henry Goldsborough Pascault
Easton
Mary Agnes Mayer
Thos. Mayer
St. Louis
Roe Richards
Greensboro
Denton
J. A. Wright
Queenstown
Wright
Seaford Nevws
W. R. Mowbray
Mowbray
M. E. Church
Clifford Green
Corinth
Mississippi
Conn
T. L. Moore
Ada May Whiteley
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Theo. Phillips
Tuckahoe Neck
M. F. Allaband
John B. Williams
Dover
Del
James Swann
Rehoboth
Mamie Wilson
Jennie Stafford
W. J. Brashears
Clinton Cooke
Withington
Charles E. Stevens
Margaret Todd
Queen Anne’s
W. G. Day
Caroline County
Bosley
Queen Anne’s Railroad
Cape May
Talbot
Hattie Mercer
Lelia Tarbett
George Hurlock
Millington
Elmer Nichols
Atlantic City
Sara Green
Whiteleysburg
Miss Maud Green
P. H. McShane
Valliant
H. L. Cooper
M. F. Downes
H. W. Hughes
Edwin Spence
Ohio
John H. Merriken
Hobbs
A. J. Messick
Ida D. Newloo
Henderson
Ida Ewing
Elsie Downes
Queen Anne's
Geo. W. Atkins
Milton
I. J. Moore
Annie G. Garey
E. M. Baker and Son
Baltimore
L. D. Kelley
Minnie Stevens
Social gathering at the Dukes home with out of town guests
Mr and Mrs John Dukes entertained many friends last Saturday evening at their home. Guests included Mr and Mrs George Rice of Wilmington Miss Edith and Miss Mary Legar of Baltimore Miss Sadie and Miss Nettie Langrell of Bethlehem and Messrs Harvey Baker and Vincent Wheatley of Choptank. Refreshments were served at 945. Mr Charles Covey has rented the Deen farm near Andersontown and will move January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dukes
George Rice
Wilmington
Edith and
Mary Legar
Baltimore
Sadie
Nettie Langrell
Bethlehem
Harvey Baker
Vincent Wheatley
Choptank
Charles Covey
Deen Farm
Andersontown
Burgess Pitmann
Trenton
N. J
J. Nichols
Philadelphia
Edward Venable
German Baptists of Caroline Form Two Congregations
The German Baptist Brethren in Caroline County form two congregations, Boonsboro and Tuckahoe Neck, with about 111 members in total. They trace origins to Pennsylvania and eastern counties, emphasize simple baptism by immersion, feet washing, and the love feast. They live plain, peaceful lives, avoid litigation, and refuse war, while maintaining strong farm ownership and community loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Kurtz Miller
Kauffman
Boonsboro
Tuckahoe Neck
Pennsylvania
Caroline
Blair
Bedford
Berks
Lebanon
Messrs. Mancha & Heller
Ridgely
New England
Apostolic Church
Germany
William Penn
Philadelphia
Germantown
Ernest
Prince of Peace
Dover Elopement Shocks Town Involving Druggist
Dover residents reel at a sensational elopement as Howard M. Wilkinson a druggist runs away with his wife’s 20 year old sister Josephine Packard. The pair fled toward Norfolk with stops in Felton Charlotte and Atlanta while the husband allegedly drained assets and valuables from his wife before departure. Police and reporters chase the case amid claims of attempted drownings and staged hardships to justify the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Dover
Wilkinson
Death of Charles Saulsbury a Self Made Eastern Shore Farmer
Charles Saulsbury of Bambury near Trappe Talbot county died Saturday at his residence. Born December 7 1812 near Anthony's Mill Caroline county he rose from orphaned farm hand to landowner. He married Sophie Rowe then Sarah Collins surviving with children and a large estate. He allied with the notable Saulsbury family of Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Saulsbury
Bambury
Trappe
Talbot County
Anthony's Mill
Caroline County
Saulsbury
Delaware
John Clarke
Caroline
Talbot
Sophie Rowe
Lightning Strikes Steamer Avalon Aboard St Michaels Purser
On a dangerous Sunday night passengers fled the Avalon at Easton Point. Early Monday the ship between Annapolis and Sandy Point was struck by lightning. Robert L. Seth of St Michaels, assistant purser and lookout, was stunned but saved by his rubber gear. He received medical care in Baltimore and is still prostrated at home. Seth recalls a bright ball of lightning.
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Avalon
Easton Point
Annapolis
Sandy Point
Robert L. Seth
St. Michaels
Iookoutman
Baltimore
Seth
Horse Stealing Charge Follows Sudler Capture
Constable C Faulkner arrested Luther Sudler after a horse and buggy were stolen from Rev E R Sidel at Sudlersville camp Saturday night Aug 4. Sudler drove the team roughly 50 miles before it was found in Delaware Monday. He had escaped a seven-man posse last week, but Faulkner cornered him in his father’s house, catching him after a jump from a second-story window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Faulkner
Luther Sudler
Centreville
E. R. Sidel
Sudlersville
Sudler
Delaware
Sadler
Mr. Faulkner
Faulkner
Good Effects of the Peach Crop Across the Peninsula
The peach harvest boosts merchants and growers with strong demand and rising prices. Best fruit fetches 50 cents to 1.25 per basket in Northern markets while Baltimore prices run lower. Caroline growers stand to gain thousands by season’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsula
Baltimore
Caroline
Many Dentonians at the Seashore
Denton residents and relatives are noted visiting seaside towns as many head to Rehoboth Cape May and Atlantic City for vacations and social visits. The column lists locals and visitors including Cooper Casperson Downs and Mowbray, with references to engagements marriages travel and regional events.
Baltimore Event Noted In 1900 Ceremony
On July 25, 1900, in Baltimore, a ceremony involved Rev. L. M. Zimmerman, Dr. J. W. Roberts of Ridgely Maryland, and Mrs. A M Holzschuber of Baltimore. The fragment notes participants and location without detailing purpose or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho Zschuper
Baltimore
Aig
L. M. Zimmerman
J. W. Roberts
Ridgely, Md
A.M. Holzschuber
Religious meetings at Rehoboth to start this Saturday
The Rehoboth church announces its annual religious meetings beginning this Saturday at 7:45 PM with a praise and prayer service led by Rev. F. C. MacSorley. A large chorus choir is planned for leading singing during the camp and tomorrow features an old-time testimony meeting at 9:30 followed by preaching at 10:30 by Rev. E. C. Maenichol.
Stevens Celebrate Golden Anniversary at Richrange Farm
Mr and Mrs Richard A Stevens marked fifty years of marriage on August 9 at Richrange near Cordova. Annie Elizabeth Slaughter, daughter of Turbot Kearn Slaughter, was the bride fifty years ago. A large family reunion followed with decorations, songs, poems, and a meat supper after which gifts from children and grandchildren were presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Stevens
Blanche Mancha
Maude Mancha
Sunshine Johnson
Ocean City First District Nominating Convention Convenes
The Ocean City convention opened at 3 PM with Thomas F. J. Rider of Salisbury presiding. John G. Mills of Dorchester and Philip G. Wilmer of Kent were elected secretaries. Isaac L. Dukes and Wm. H. Deweese served on credentials and resolutions committees. The platform reaffirmed Democratic loyalties, praised Kansas City principles, and urged continuation of the current Republicans' government, aligning with leaders Wilson and Stevenson in the national liberty fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
Thomas F. J. Rider
Salisbury
John G. Mills
Dorchester
Philip G. Wilmer
Kent
Isaac L. Dukes
Caroline
Wm. H. Deweese
Democratic Party
Kansas City
William Jennings Jirgan
Adlai Stevenson
Talbot County Fair Entry Books Open in Easton
The Entry Books for the Talbot County Fair open at the Secretary's office in Easton Maryland. Premiums are liberal and the list covers Live Stock Poultry Machinery Farm and Garden Household Floral Fine Arts and more. Entries close Thursday August 2nd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot County
Easton
Maryland
Knights of Pythias Biennial Conclave trip to Detroit
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets from all stations to Detroit for the Biennial Conclave at August 27 to September 1. Tickets are sold August 22 26 and 27 at a single round trip fare with return through September 5, extended to September 14 upon depositing with a Detroit joint agent by September 1 and paying fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Detroit
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Israel as Race Nation and the Zionist Move
The essay argues Israel is more than a race, a nation united by a divine tie, surviving massacres and oppressions. It highlights Jewish diversity, early Zionist efforts, Basle meetings, and the rise of Zionism aiming to restore the ancient commonwealth with Mount Zion governance. It critiques various modern hopes for peace and unity, citing the remark of Jesus to the Samaritan woman as a guiding quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Israel
Joshua
Canaan
Saul
David
Philistines
Earth
Times
Alliance Israelite Universal
South America
Palestine
Zionist Movement
Commonwealth of Israel
Mount Zion
Europe
Basle
Switzerland
J.F. G
August Flower still the leading patent medicine in use
The advertisement extols Green's August Flower as the cure for indigestion biliousness headaches and general malaise noting its popularity in the civilized world. It promotes liquid doses and points readers to sample bottles in Denton and Marydel with local distributors. Ridgely news follows with social notices of residents visiting and returning home after short stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Brown's
Denton
Rickards & Co’s
Marydel
Mrs Browne Injured in Stairs Fall at Home
Mrs N M Browne sustained injuries in a Saturday fall at her residence 920 Madison Street Wilmington. She tripped on her dress while descending stairs. no bones were broken though ligaments in her hand and arm were strained.
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Sota
ALR
A. KL R
Las AL
Q. Alk
Pots
L.L
Preston
D&c K.R
Public Business Calendar
Circuit Court
Orphans Court
Levy Court
Ava
Souson
the Local Department
BP FY Sear
Ahards
Jude Martin
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Sun Bros
Hurtsville
Hynson
Hogan
Mike
Dugan
Tysons
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German Baptists OF
Pennel Cooper
Cooper
Palmyra
Bryan
Margaret Robinson Casperson
John 8. Casperson
Clayton
James P. Downs
Robert S. Downs
Harrington
F. C. MacSorley
E. C. Maenichol
D. D
Epworth League
Alfred Smith
Lumon Gee
M. P
Longfellow’s Hall
Christ Church
Ridgely M. P
Talbot Fair
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