Denton County News Highlights and Local Updates
The issue notes a busy sugar trade and booming wheat prices as farmers hold to crops. Denton sees new cemetery plans, levy lists near completion, and a proposed colored school at Dover Neck. Local church services, camp meetings, and a Republican state convention at Ocean City are reported with several community events and infrastructure projects including school houses and road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Deakyne
P. Hopkin
J. H. Vangesel
Bryant
Smithson
Denton
Chilton
M. B. Stephens
M. LB. Stephens
Dover Neck
W. B. Judefind
Burrsville M. P
Ames’s
Richard T. Carter
Bickford and Huffman
Prohibition Party
Court House
Greensborough
L. J. Andrew
Choptank
Methodist Protestant Camp at Chilton’s grounds near Burrsville
The Chilton camp meeting, one of the oldest and most popular Methodist Protestant gatherings in the region, completed its largest and most successful year yet. Tenters were farmers seeking a few days’ encampment in a grove, with strong ministerial presence and excellent singing before pastor Rev. R. L. Lewis’s illness dulled the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chifton
Chilton’s
Burrsville
Denton
Greensborough
Harrington
Smith
Melvin
M. P
Chilton'’s
R. L. Lewis
Orphans Court Appoints Administrators and Sells Estates
George H. Moore named administrator for John H. Lockerman with Moore and Nathaniel Horsey as sureties and ordered to sell personal property. Collins heirs propose Frank P. Covey as administrator. John Horsey, executor of Tilghman Hubbard, presents inventory and gets order to sell and notify creditors. Nancy A. Smith and James P. Hopkins granted letters of administration for James R. Smith. Guardian Rev G F Heaven files first guardianship account for Mary Roe.
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George H. Moore
John H. Lockerman
Moore
Nathaniel Horsey
S. H
Samuel G. Collins
Frank P. Covey
John Horsey
Tilghman Hubbard
Nancy A. Smith
James P. Hopkins
James R. Smith
G. F. Heaven
Mary Roe
Delaware State Fair enters new year with September exposition
Directors at Dover announce the annual exposition for the week beginning September 21 at Fair View Park. Prospects point to one of the finest fairs ever, with many new attractions planned. Citizens of Delaware and Maryland urged to support the event by requesting catalogues from D. P. Barnard, Secretary, Dover, Del.
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Dover
Fair View Park
Delaware
Maryland
D. P. Barnard
Del
Town approves ordinance banning unmuzzled dogs
The town commissioners met Saturday morning and passed an ordinance prohibiting the running at large of any unmuzzled dog. The action followed findings that the street-killed dog last Wednesday had hydrophobia and had bitten multiple town dogs. Bailiff Stevens has since ordered the killing of several dogs.
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Stevens
John Wanamaker on posters and advertising
John Wanamaker says he built the largest U S retail trade through printer s ink and has never used posters or hand bills. After twenty five years he asserts a poster would not deserve a newspaper ad even for five hundred circulation and five thousand dodgers. His stance remains level on the subject.
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Journal
Treasury
Congress of the
United States
ABC
Farmers’ Alliance
Secretary of the Treasury
Wall Street
S’elfer
Kansas
Farmers' Alliance
John Wanamaker
John
Rev. Robert L. Lewis Stricken At Chilton Campground
Reverend Robert L. Lewis, pastor in charge at Chilton's campground, suffered stomach hemorrhages Sunday and missed services. His condition was later considered critical by his attending physician, Dr. Theodore Saulsbury.
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Robert L. Lewis
Chilton's
Theodore Saulsbury
Marydel Correspondence Reports Bountiful Peaches and Local News
Marydel correspondence notes abundant yellow peaches replacing white varieties with Crawford's and Moore's Favorite most plentiful at 60 cents on the wagon. The drier operates Sunday and night at full capacity under John W. Moore and Cahall. Tomatos crop starting, price fixed at 5.50 per ton. Pension granted for Daniel Hayden, postmaster. Local residents including Fred Ross, Nath Hinesley, Geo. M. Russum, Cols Gadd Downes Deakyne and others visit. Church conference grants Rev. S. M. Morgan a two week vacation. Town discusses peace officer jobs and midnight store hours amid noise and disorder. Notables: Waddell returns from Indiana. Kelly convalescent.
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Marydel
Crawford
Moore
John W. Moore
Wilmington
Del
Cahall
Philadelphia
John W. Boyer
Fred Ross
Delaware
Commission
Daniel Hayden
del. A. A
Nath. Hinesley
Ridgely
Geo. M. Russum
Mr. Campbell
W. W. Richards
John Williams
Thomas
E. Quigles
Wanamaker & Brown
George Deakyne
Col. Gadd
Abe
Sadlersville
Doctor Tolson
Philip Green
Jacob Rickards
Chilton
R. W. Lewis
Easton
W. R. Stanton
Williston
C. S. Stanton
M. E. Church
S. M. Morgan
Hillsborough
Cigar firm advertising wholesale direct from factory
J M Wooters Cordova Md advertises as part of Martin & Co high grade cigars from McSherrys town Pa with a Cordova Md warehouse. Offers mail and factory orders, guarantees quality and price, targets wholesale dealers. Also notes Greensborough Federalsburg Railroad to Tangier Sound linking Federalsburg as a railroad center.
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Caroline County
Martin & Co
McSherrystown
Cordova
J. M. Wooters
Opportunities Offered by Thomas F Hanlon Notary Public
Notable ad listing business and professional opportunities by Thomas F Hanlon at 9 East 7th Street Wilmington Delaware. Seeks buyers for property and businesses and invites investments at 7 or 8 percent. Also advertises for sale of a lucrative physician practice with real and personal property in Wilmington and a drugstore.
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Thomas F. Hanlon
East 7Th Street
Wilmington
Del
Soft hats debut at Dunnock's in varied colors
Dunnock's offers a new line of soft hats in all colors with prices starting at 50 cents. The store promotes a comfortable, affordable headwear option for customers seeking casual style.
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Dunnock's
Archon N. A
New
Nobby
Dunnock’s
Belle Marie and the Bravest King in Verse and Prose
A fragmentary page blends lyric flirtation with Belle Marie and martial verse urging peace, citing Moltke and Joaquin Miller. It then lists a Dorchester county Republican ticket, estate notices, a notice to creditors, advertising boasts, and shoe sales.
August sale at Alanamaler's store highlights fabrics and rugs
The advertisement promotes discounts on dress goods including Melange Cheviot and broadcloths, with prices from 31.95 to 54 inches, plus Canton Cloth and printed Suteens. Also advertised are August bargains on Men’s Derby Hats at 1.75, and a limited October sale of Smyrna Rugs with deep discounts on various sizes. A book catalogue with bindings by Paris and London firms is displayed in a central glass case.
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David
Paris
Riviere, Tout, Zaehnsdorf
London
Huanl
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Preston
Levy Court
Heil
Thei
Rheta
Denton Bridge
North Carolina
Geo. T. Redden & Co
Ocean City
Jonathan Towers
E. Madison Towers
W. H. Deen
Flora Richards
Reuben Garey
William P. Wright
la ‘Trappe River
Secretary Creek
Crisfield Harbor
W. M. Green
T. F. Tabler
Concord
Roe
S. Griffith
Tuckahoe Bridge
New Road
Wm. H. Bostick
A. Meyett
Annapolis
William Corkran
Salisbury
Corkran
Joppa
Denton Wharf
William H. Corkran
William
Enoch Pratt
Wicomico River
Maryland Steamboat Company
Baltimore
Chaptans River
E. E. Goslin
Z. P. Steele
Henry R. Lewis
Thos. F. Cox
Jabez H. Jenkins
Maryland Hospital For the
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
America
New York
Saratoga
Lake George
Alexandria Bay
Clayton
St. Lawrence
Thousand Islands
Montreal
Lake Champlain
Mozart Hall
Mary Lobstein
Madie Thomas
Trappe
Karcher
Pippin
Jerome Davis
Condit
Alice Gray
Laurel, Md
E. E. Wheeler
Lawson
Ida Horsey
Laurel
Julia
Amice Carter
Annie
Lydia Dewit
Frappe
Jennie Maclin
Alex Lawrence
C. J. Pearson
Boston
G. S. Kervin
L. M. Reynolds
Frank Armstrong
Tampa
Florida
Edward Carter
Ed. Hardcastle
Talbot
Public Schiont N News
Grace Gilletty
State Normal School
Bessie Kincheloe
Greensboro
Cora Stack
Barcus
Ella Harrison
American Corner
Edith Williams
Whiteley’s
Belle Percy
Boonsboro
Ida Richards
Moore's
Mamie Todd
Gravely Branch
Thos. W. Covey
King’s Creek Church
J. A. Brindle
Sarah Fletcher
John Fletcher
East New Market
J. B. Fletcher
Mary Williamson
M. E
Harvey
Saul
Charles Harvey
Farmington
Ida
Barber
City Hospital
Chambers
William Robinson
Hooper’s Island
Dorchester County
Clas. F. Willis
Mathew Chilton
John R. Todd
Lola Litzenberg
Withington
Jas. H. Fisher
Horace B. Phillips
Suffolks Va
South
F.¥. Redden
Phillips
Jackson
Albania
Robert H. Busteed
Bismark
North Dakota
Nfa
J. M. Knotts
Bridgetown
Busteed
State Department
Washington
Thos. N. Rawlins
Bridgeville
Mathew Semple & Co
H.C. Trainer
Brick Hotel
Charles Wright
Sussex County
Eastern Shore
Olin Clark
Oakland
D. Y. Lefever
the Reformed Church
Burlington
Roselle Pyle
Kate Enochs
Bryn Mawr
Daisy Dorman
Milford
Johnson
Susie Finn
Jos. Douglass
Harrisburg, Pa
E. C. Fields
Chas. W. Byrn
A. A. Pascault
B. J. Miller
Norfolk, Va
Douglass
Chicago Morning News
Morning News
Red Douglass
Cheptank River
Fred Douglass
Atlantic
Labrador
Gulf of Mexico
Col. Stevens
American Colonization Society
Republic of
Liberia
Old County
Lewis A. Leonard
Chicago
Delaware State Fair
Mr. Wanamaker
W. B. Waddell
Indiana
Joseph, Douglass
Harrisburg
James Douglass
Tilghman E. Kelly
Greenborough - Veteralsburg
Tangier Sound
Fork
Wicomico
Courter
Belle Marie
Jessie Kerr
The
Baltimorean
Marie
Mol
Europe
Moltke
Cedron
Christ
Ezar
Joaquin Miller
Independent
Isaiah
God
Dorchester
Fusion
Charles Lake
Register of Will
Jas. H. Hooper
Philip L. Goldsborough
House of Delegates
Zora H. Hrinsfield
Sam’l W. Woolford
Wm. F. Snow
Orphans’ Court
Wm. A. Vane
Firman A. Clifton
John 8. Benson
Jos. B. Andrews
M. Dan'l Howeth
Sam
Lewis
Chestnut Grove
Herbert Lewis
Bloomery
King’s Creek
Somerset County
Princess Anne
Thomas Wallace
James Maddox
Luis
Kansas City
Dr. Fenner
St. Paul Reformed Church
C. W. Levan
Mary West
Henderson Academy
R. J. S. Bullock
Liden’s
Horner
Alanamaler's
Phidadelyita
Smyrna
Lée
Woinen
Jonn Wanamakeer
M, B, Stephens
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