Local advertisements and notices from Denton Maryland
Nuttle Milling Co lowers feed prices in Denton and prompts readers to visit Cedar items and rugs from M K Newnam. The Denton Journal promotes school supplies, furniture sales, stoves, and wedding printing while noting a Todd family reunion and upcoming agricultural events. It also covers a forest fire case in Preston and a Caroline County Poultry show plan with committees and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Newnam
Denton
Thos. H. Everngam
Denton Journal
C. V. West
Nuttle Milling Company
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
M. K. New
Nam
T. H. Everngain
Concord
Caroline Co
Guild of Christ Church
Wm. J. Richards
Princess Eugenius
C. Leslie Walls
Caroline County
Greensboro
Preston
Simmons Co
Todd
Gilbert E. Turner
M. E
Kingston
N. Y
S. L. Hanby
Concord M. E
Kenneth J. Seigworth
Salisbury
State Department of Forestry
Justice of the Peace
Robert Nichols
Federalsburg
Perry Thomas
Perry
Raymond Todd
Seigworth
William A. Andrew
Caroline County Poultry Association
Barred Rock
Rhode Island
Lloyd Holsinger
Victor Dean
C. J. Kern
A. L
Butler
W. D. Pickering
H. H. Rieck
Earl Deaner
W. H. Irons
H. H
Rieck
Lloyd
Welcome Home Koenigs After German Visit Ovation
Mr George N Koenig and his son Otto returned from Germany to Denton with a warmly received welcome from the Denton Volunteer Fire Company and local residents. The family celebrated at the Koenig home with cakes and flags, following their Europa voyage and customs delays. Relatives gathered from Baltimore Chester and elsewhere, while Mr Koenig resumes life at the family homestead in Koenigsee after an eleven week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
George N. Koenig
Otto
Denton Volunteer Fire Company
Koenig
Waterland
Denton
Paul Koenig
Dorothy
Evelyn
Otto Koenig
Heinz
Fred Fisher
Audrey
Adolph Koenig
Baltimore
Geldie Statum
Chester
Koenigsee
Thuringen
America
U.S. A
J. Kemp Stevens
Kent
State Normal School
Salisbury
Local Social Notes Highlight Hillsboro Visitors and Weddings
Hillsboro residents attend the Aberdeen wedding of Miss Helen Tarring to Mr. George Harrison. Guests include Hillsboro couples and Virginia visitors. The town hosts dinners, family visits, and local engagements with multiple family members and friends seen in nearby towns and cities.
Storm Hits County Farms and Roads in Heavy Rain
The weekend storm flooded county roads and meadows, washing out dirt sidings near Queen Anne's and flooding cornfields, tomato plants, peaches, and apples. Five inches of rain caused extensive crop losses and rising field expenses as farmers grumbled about the downpour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne’s
Orphans' Court Approves Admin Actions in Caroline County
The Caroline County Orphans Court met in regular session with Judges West Towers and Fleetwood. Administratrices Katie Charles and Elsie Todd were granted letters of administration and a sale order for Madison Charles estate. Daisy May Pepper was approved as administratrix c.t.a. of Everett Pepper and filed final accounts and a release by sole legatee. The ninth guardian account for Joseph JH Perry Jr was ratified. Nellie and LeRoy Nichols filed debts and accounts. court authorized sale or transfer of stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Orphans’ Court
West
Towers
Fleetwood
Katie Charles
Elsie Todd
Madison Charles
D.b.a
Mary S. Taylor
Daisy May Pepper
C.t.a
Everett A. Pepper
Guardian
W. Arthur Sculley
Joseph JH. Perry, Jr
Nellie Nichols
LeRoy J. Nichols
Ira J. Nichols
Visit Highlights From Memory Lane in Williston Hosts
Williston residents Mr. and Mrs. William Wallett and Mr. William Uhler Wheeler and Mr. Tom Hollingsly from Baltimore spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. W. D. Uhler at Memory Lane. Mrs. A. J. Robertson and Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Aflen visited Mrs. O. G. Hignatt on Tuesday. Master Billey Walett returned home after a week with his aunt, Mrs. William D. Uhler. Mrs. Clarke and Mr. Leffingwell visited Philadelphia. Master Roland Wheatley is convalescing after an operation. Miss Rebecca Wheatley was home for the week-end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Stiars
Baltimore
Master Granville
Sylvia Hurlock
Ben Hayden
Thomas
Betty Jane
Centreville
Harry Jopp
Dawson O. George
Orme
Maryland
John L. George
I.G.A
Rochester
N. Y
Maud Stewart
Wm. A. Stewart
Alexander Hardcastle
Alda P. Whitby
Earl Chaffinch
Philadelphia
Martha Goldsborough
Short Hills
John A. Hicks
Staunton, Va
Fred Covey
Blanche Chaffinch
Atlantic City
G. B. Stewart
J. F. Brant
Isaac Sparklin
Aberdeen
Helen Tarring
George Harrison
Ida Mason
Helen
City Point
Frank Seward
Anna Frances
Ridgely
Irene Finharty
Howard Stafford
West Chester
Miriam Cheezum
Virginia Blades
Bernard Allen
Mary, Ross and
Bernard, Jr
Wye Mills
Howard Dodds
Jimmy Blades
Dorothy Blades
Peggy Blades
Cordova
Josephine Blades
Ella Booker
Queenstown
Milton Beaven
Nelson Hicks
Washington, D. C
James Hicks
Edgar Blanche
Julia Blanche
Edgar Blades
J. P. Covey
Trappe
Elwood Fleming
Gladys Gale
Harry Jump
Panama
Anna Jump
Virginia
Guild
Carrie Fleming
A. E. Bartel
John Jones
Lorain Lane
Hackett Morgan
Wallace Bell
Ida Rice
S. 0. Rice
E. B. Davis
Oak Orchard
Del
Harvey Holsinger
Ella Pennington
William Wallett
William Uhler Wheeler
Tom Hollingsly
W. D. Uhler
Memory Lane
A. J. Robertson
M. P. Aflen
O. G. Hignatt
Billey Walett
William D. Uhler
Clarke
Leffingwell
Roland Wheatley
Rebecca Wheatley
Weekly Ridgely News Letter Highlights Local Society Activity
The Woman's Home Missionary Society met with six members and six visitors to discuss The Society's Work Among Migrants. Readings by several members, devotional guidance, and a life service play The Christ of Youth were featured. Numerous local visits, travels, and weather notes follow, including rain, crop impacts, and community notices involving residents from Ridgely and nearby towns.
Mysterious early morning fire at W I Neal home
A fire of mysterious origin broke out Sunday at the home of Mr. W I Neal at Third and Franklin. Firemen found three separate burning areas in the kitchen and upstairs with no connecting cause, leading to incendiary suspicions and calls for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Neal
Third
Franklin Streets
Neal
Hurlock
Raymond Beauchamp
Smithville Residents Visit Relatives At Dew Dipt Farm
Smithville and nearby residents including Prof Winfield Fitz-Randolph of Keeseville and his wife with son plus Aunt Addie Green of Andover visited Rev G I Fitz-Randolph at the Dew Dipt Farm this week. Many locals hosted and attended social calls and crabbing trips with families in Bridgeville Preston Cambridge and Salisbury among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Fitz-Randolph
Keeseville
N. Y
Addie Green
Andover
G. I. Fitz-Randolph
Fitz-Randolph
Columbia University
New York City
Fitz-Randolph l
Keeseville High School
Ed. Favenger
Betty
Milford
Del
Sadie Holland
Salisbury
John FH
Home For
G. 11. Fitz-Randoph
Sarah Southerland
John UI. Lare
Earle Chaffinch
Philadelphia
John Chaffinch
Helen Chafinch
Russell Finharty
Denton
Chester Scott
J. H. Lare
Altha
Arthur
Palmer Lare
Suicide Bridge
C. R. Neal
Henry
Cambridge
Edmond Neal
Love Point
Robert Dulin
Lois
Preston
Joseph Bivins
Vinelan H Igh School
Samuel Mackerd
Federalshure
Dora Henry
John Williams
Calvin Williams
Sherman Neal
Bridgeville
Mildred Scott
Walter Adams
Harry Lare
Arthur Lare
Horace Robinson
Henry Neal
School notes from Board of Education meeting outline
The Board of Education completed plans for the County Teachers Meeting to be held Wednesday and Thursday next at Denton High School. State Supervisors and Miss May Thompson will present, with Drs. Leonard and Jones from the Health Department discussing health measures and playground exercises for primary pupils. County bus drivers will meet Tuesday at the Court House to discuss bus service and safety. Beatrice Deen of Denton won a Maryland Institute of Art and Design scholarship. Fuel bids were reviewed and contracts set. Reopening of schools on Labor Day was approved to preserve the first week. White schools will reopen Monday September 7. Mahogany Piano offered for $64 by M. K. Newnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Denton
May Thompson
Court House
Beatrice Deen
Maryland Institute of Art and Design
Baltimore
Death and marriages in Greensboro area news notes
John W. Mitchell died at his Greensboro home after two years ill with cancer at 63. He was a machinist for F. P. Roe Co. and Pet Milk Co. and a St Pauls church member, survived by wife and three children. Funeral held Thursday, burial in Greensboro cemetery. Numerous local marriages and social visits are noted including Clinton B. Jarman Jr. and Mildred Albery wedding at Valley Forge and other engagements in Wilmington Philadelphia and Atlantic City. A busy social page records many visits, trips, and gatherings in the Greensboro area and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John WH. Mitchell
Mitchell
F. P. Roe Co
Pet Milk Co
St. Paul's Methodist Church
George H
West Grove
Arthur
Wilmington
Walter Mitchell
New Jersey
J. C. Ledbetter
Greensboro Cemetery
Clinton B. Jarman, Jr
Detroit
Mich
Mildred Albery
Columbus
Ohio
Valley Forge
Clinton B. Jarman
Atlantic City
N. J
W. G. Kurtz
Philadelphia
Eileen P
Edward S. Smith
Rockville
My. Smith
N. A. Smith
A. P. Prettyman
Galena
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
C. W. Clark
Ludlersville
Lydia Dabson
W. S. Riddleberger
William
Charlestown
Linwood Riddleberger
Misses Morris
Pauline Meredith
Jake Meredith
Paul
Charles Richards
Canada
Samuel Isaacs
John Wyatt
Town
Bowers Beach
A. G. Smith
Owings
Clinton Edwards
Elaine
Asbury Hubbard
William Morgan
Newark
Alfred Blackburn
Mary Moore
Jeanette Curley
Edward Laramore
Leslie Wyyatt
Ocean City
Bayard VanSant
Pittsburgh
Warren VanSant
A. P. Morris and Sons
Durham
N. C
Geo. Wooters
Baynard Kinnamon
Marcus Hook
Florence Walls
Ridgely
Rosie Tribbett
Hilda Morgan
J. C. Russell
Linwood Hubbard
Greensboro
Geo. Holmes
Helen Cooper
Templeville
Levin Taylor, Jr
Rehoboth
Henry Cohee
James Thawley
Bruce Brumbaugh
Elkridge
Erma Scott
Walter
Cambridge
Mariam Atkins
Concord
W. B. Massey
L. R. Taylor
Camping Disiles A Family Camping And Cooking Plan
Father Briggs plans a ten day camping fishing trip with Tom Jr and Mrs Briggs packing food and a large emphasis on simple camp meals. The prep includes caned fish and multiple recipes such as Cream Vegetable Chowder Peaceable Rarebit and Three In One scrambled eggs with ham and vegetables as a core menu for the outdoor stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Briggs
Tom Jr
Mother Briggs
Potato crop on Del-Mar-Va Peninsula yields 5.66 million
A new report shows the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula potato harvest brought in 5,664,390 dollars this year despite smaller acreage and softer demand. The average price was 1.77 dollars per barrel. Virginia reduced acreage by 69 percent and Maryland by 13 percent, the report states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Del-Mar-Va
Virginia
Maryland
Preston Matters of Interest and Local Notices
Preston community notes recount a Sunday School picnic on the Choptank River with beefsteak and fixings, plus a list of attendees. Obituary reports Mrs Emma E Moore, 82, of Preston, died August 14 at Easton, funeral held Sunday with Preston interment. Various local movements include students, moves, visits, and upcoming church and civic events among residents and guests. Local schools, college plans, and hospital nursing training entries are listed along with a county shark sighting near Choptank and several social visits between Preston families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wright
Picture Still
Choptank
Maryland
Mesdames
Blanche Cannon
Clara Corkran
Clarence Perry
Celia Kelly
Maric Lane
Jessie Lane
Florence Dean
Ann Agnew
Louise Newnam
Gertrude Carroll
Louise Vandyke
Dorothy Wright
Jane Cannon
T. R. Vandyke
W. M. Wright
Emma E. Moore
Edward T. Moore
Preston
Claude D. Lee
Easton
Arthur Rigby
Mary C. Modessitt
Stanley
Burrsville Birthday Surprise and Local Greetings
R H Dill celebrated his seventy ninth birthday with family from Wilmington Pitman Drexel Hill near Denton and Felton with refreshments. Notes announce Wesley M E Church services will honor youngest and oldest attendees. Local visits include Stafford Parris Tweaks with Hack's Point trips, McQuiston Cahall guests, Pedrick’s recent stay, and Stafford's Quakertown trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Dill
Alex. Dill
Wilmington
Lou Pedrick
Pitman
N. J
Ira Dil
Drexel Hill
M. Lee Wyatt
Evelyn
Denton
E. H. Sapp and Son
Felton
Del
Wesley M. BE
R. H. Stafford and Son
Howard Parris
Hack’s Point
R. H. Stafford
Quakertown
School and Shop Lighting and Eye Safety
The article argues that lighting quality and direction beat sheer brightness for schools and factories. It links poor lighting to fatigue, inefficiency, and higher accident risk, estimating large industrial waste and costs from faulty lighting and urging better school and home lighting to protect vision.
Faithful Brick Hotel servant Jesse Holmes dies after decades of service
Jesse Holmes a longtime colored servant at the Brick Hotel for nearly fifty years died last Thursday after months of feeble health. He joined during John Henry VanGesel's management and remained through all succeeding managers, a familiar diningroom figure through the years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Holmes
John Henry VanGesel
Jesse
Bethlehem Hosts Variety of Visitors Over Weekend
Bethlehem residents hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Avery Hobbs and son and Mr and Mrs Ted Hatton with children from Seaford and Mrs Lewis Trice and children from Federalsburg visiting William and Mary Harding. Philadelphia pair Mr and Mrs Edgar Todd spent the weekend with James B Todd's family. Willard Le Gates and infant daughter vacationed at Tilghman while Miss Reba Le Gates and friends enjoyed a weekend trip. Mr and Mrs Waryey Harding entertained relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Blades
Avery Hobbs
Ted. Hatton
James Thompson
Seaford
Lewis Trice
Federalsburg
Wiliam Harding
Edgar Todd
Philadelphia
James B. Todd
Willard le Gates
Tilghman
Reba le Gates
Wilmington
Waryey Harding
August Ladies Aid meeting at Choptank hosts pleasant gathering
The August meeting of the Ladies Aid of the M. P. Church at Choptank was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Roland Chambers with a good turnout. The September meeting is set for the 1st at the home of Mrs. Willa Cox and daughter, with full attendance requested. The Twentieth Century Community Club held its last meeting at Mr. and Mrs. Peter De Wilde’s home with strong attendance and a pleasant time, and Mrs. Mary Wright and Estelle will host on September 2, inviting all club members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Spicher
Levi Spicher
Denton
Charles B. Spicher
Pottstown
Glenn Spicher
Wilmington
Del
Johm Stewart
Easton
John Spicher
Federalsburg
Strasburg
Stanley Cooley
M. E. Church
Frank W. Redden
Edna Hobbs
White Mountains
Bar Harbor
Maine
Mary Pan
Coast
Purcellville
Ernest G. Cooper, Jr
U. S. Naval Academy
J. H. O’rourke
Jackie
Hettie Peterson
Robert Farwell
Germantown
Elizabeth
Minnie Dukes
Harry Jopp
Emily
Harold
William E. Hayes
Grace L. Porter
Greenwood
Wm. McAdams
Pittsburg
Lewes
Hobbs
Ladies Aid
M. P
Choptank
Roland Chambers
Willa Cox
Peter de Wilde
Mary Wright
Estelle
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the Local Department
Nuttle Milling Co
Market Street
J. L. Everngam
Journal
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Denton, Md
Marion Dukes
Clarence Dukes
Lillie Liden
Dukes
Mary Wiggins
George Lowe
Hillsboro
Arehly
Williston
Woman's Home Missionary Society
M. W. Wiley
Frank Stevenson
Ada Matthews
Wallace Yarnell
Harry Hemmons
Evangeline Briscoe
Wemmons
Stella Matthews
Elizabeth Smith
Warren Yarnell
Emma Jackson
Tarold Fountain
Richard
Risdon Fountain
Iris Smith
Bessie Spafford
Reformed Church
Mervin Mitchell
Charles
Jack
Newport
Tl. T
Jacksonville
Fla
Mary Mitchell
Bridgetown
George Kirsch
Harry Kirsch
Phyllis
Plainfield
A. S. Thompson
George Wooters
Edwin Eaton
Wooters
Harry Burton
Catherine
Henry Wilkinson
Ed. Morris
Clifton
Lula Richey
Clifton Morris
New York State
Sallie Ludlow
Ralph I Tevalow
Annie Fevalow
W. H. Wooters
Easton Hospital
Thomas Gaitley
Robert Pyle
Clifton Biddle
Rising Sun
Charles Sans
Lew Lane
Charles Frazer
T. A. Smith
Larry Abbott
Upper Darby
Edward Pearsant
Michael Fagan
the Plains
Alexander Fink
Peggy Plummer
John Davis
Clara Denny
A W. Thompson
First Avenue
Lydia Pennington
Houston Pennington
Robert Headley
Strafford
I. T. Saulsbury
Grace Rutter
Beatrice Bowers
J. T. Moore
Catherine McElwain
Ocean Grove
J. F. Elliott
Millington
Luke Andrews
Beatrice Hurley
Herman Mitchell
Warwick
Walter Sylvester
Anna Frances Seward
Hiram Kenton
Camden
Wilson Cahnil
Columbia
Virginia Kemp
Wye Island
Smithville
Wiliam T. Kelley
W. T. Kelley
Washington
Fred B. Noble
Kentucky
Berea College
Maud Noble Reidy
Monongah
W. Va
Railroad Avenue
Lula Sisk
Dorchester County
Condon Place
Choptank River
Ketchum
Naomi Parker
Conaway
Brooklyn
L. I
Merritt Parker
Lawrence Hubbard
Elwood
Geo. Trice
Moore
Outten
Lee Noble
Howeth
San Francisco
Clare Payne
Ladies Aid Society
Reese Dean
Miriam Whiteley
Inez Noble
Mrs. Marine
New York
Cornelia Derrickson
Wm. Cannon
Fletcher Sisk
Rachel Baylor
T. L. Nugent
Atwood
Elizabeth Douglas
Berlin
Lancaster
Burrsville
Bethlehem
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