Denton Bridge shirt factory to reopen Monday
The Denton Bridge shirt factory will resume operations Monday. The slate for the court house roof arrived this week and Col J J Ross near Seaford has 10 000 peach trees bearing. Watermelons sold for a cent apiece in the Denton market and Mr James H Nichols is building another dwelling at Denton Bridge. The Easton fair next week is touted as the greatest ever. Peaches sold in New York from 75 cents to 1 50 per basket yesterday. The infant daughter of Captain and Mrs Passaow died on Sunday. Summer visitors are returning as trains and boats are crowded. Wheat and corn prices noted in Baltimore market. Mr George M Russum named as delegate to notify Republican nominees. Mr M B Nichols hosts a moonlight excursion to Ocean City. Wye River oysters available at Park's Grocery after September 3. W P Draper manages Coulbourn packing, Seaford, recently bought by Harry A Roe. A complimentary rail excursion to Ocean City for the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic railway employer is announced.
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Denton Bridge
Court House
J. J. Ross
Seaford
Denton
James H. Nichols
Easton
New York
Joseph Passaow
Baltimore
George M. Russum
M. B. Nichols
Ocean City
Park's
W. P. Draper
Coulbourn Packing Establishment
Harry A. Roe
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway
Wesley Wilson
Caroline
the Bridge
Roe
Boston
Knights Templar
Knight Russum
A. S. Martin
Charles McShane
Mamie McShane
Pearl Smith
Augustine Pier
Delaware
Samuel Edson
John Edson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Del
George E. Hurd
Mary FE. Hargadine
Felton
C. G. Griffin
Estelle Willis
Florence
Mary Adams
J. T. Davis
N. T. Nuttle
E. E. Nuttle
Ocean Grove
Corinne Mowbray
Federalsburg
Rehoboth
Nora V. Eaton
Caroline County
Clark Marshall
Gazette
W. F. Towers
A. G. Towers
J. Dukes Downes
Queen Anne's
John R. Todd
Conference Academy
Dover
James N. Todd
N. Alex. Hutson
Ida Mellvaine
Bowers’ Beach
Kate Duffey
Martie Barton
Hillsborough
Eva Wyatt
Lola Longfellow
T. L. Day
Berkley Springs
W. Va
J. H
T. Pliny Fisher
Coney Island
Florence ©. Tord
Williamsburg
Willis Carroll
Jeremy Spicer
Taylor's Island
Lizzie Pierce
Greenwood
Mary Driggus
Emma Richardson
Queen Anne’s
Templeville
Bertie Williams
Cordova
Philadelphia
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About Yourself and Your Friends Summer Visitors in Denton
A lengthy local social column lists Denton residents and guests visiting from nearby towns. It details Mr. Harry A. Roe as a major employer with fruit packing, can making, and a shirt factory, plus numerous visits by Ms. and Mr. locals to Ocean City, Rehoboth, and other spots. It notes trips to Niagara Falls with travel details and a farm accident near Ridgely where a horse-drawn outing ended fatally for one horse.
Hardware festival at Butler's Park in Henderson
A hardware festival will be held at Butler's Park in Henderson on Friday and Saturday evenings, September 6 and 7. Refreshments including ice cream, tropical fruits, cake, lemonade, and wisdom wafers will be served. Various local residents are mentioned visiting or visiting towns, with notes on peach crops and higher prices than expected for the season.
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Butler's Park
Henderson
Edna and
Ida Downs
Kent
Del
Nathan Clark
Mabel Shull
Easton
Charles Wooters
Virgie Montague
Wilmington
Thomas Seymour
Matthews
Herman Faulkner
Gibson's Manor
Henry Gooden
Carlisle
TL. C. Gooden
Garey
Philadelphia
Katie Bridges
Walter
Cambridge
Local residents and visitors reported in town notes
Mr. R. H. Dill nears completion of a handsome residence. The school-house receives a fresh coat of paint. Citizens returning from a Rehoboth trip. Mrs Annie High and daughter of Hynson visit Mrs D W Austin. Mrs I J Moore visits relatives in Quaker City. Miss Mattie Moore returns from Preston visit. Miss Clara Saulsbury of Dover visits Dr Thea Saulsbury. Mrs Goodhand and daughter of Baltimore visit here. Elena Bradley spends week with relatives in Seaford. Lelia Stafford visits Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs McTlenry of Philadelphia guests of Miss Lillie Moore. Mrs Paisley of Hobbs and Mrs Cook of Baltimore spend Wednesday with Mrs J L Bradley. Ben Hopkins returns to Goldey College next Monday.
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R. H. Dill
Rehoboth
Annie High
Hynson
D. W. Austine
I. J. Moore
Quaker City
Mattie Moore
Preston
Clara Saulsbury
Dover
Thea, Saulsbury
Ben. Hopkins
Goldey’s College
Local Social Notes From Near Mt Willis and Chalfont
Miss Winnie L Fountain and Miss Linnie E Noble visited friends in Philadelphia. Grace Noble of Federalsburg stayed with Hattie M Fountain. James F and Zebdial Fountain have been ill but improving. Holiness evangelists at the local meeting near here have returned to West Point and plan a return in weeks. Leevy Sisk of Smithville attends the Chalfont camp in Pennsylvania. Farmers have been busy foddering. A large group of local youths spent Saturday at Pen Liquor heat riking and a social at Mt Willis A Tidens.
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Winnie L. Fountain
Linnie E. Noble
Philadelphia
Grace Noble
Federalsburg
Hattie M. Fountain
James F
Zebdial Fountain
West Point
Leevy Sisk
Smithville
Chalfont
Mt. Willis A. Tiden’s
Peach Season Nears End On Our Line
The peach season is winding down with shipments mainly to New York at good prices. A recent consignment fetched $2 per basket and the road touts its new refrigerator car use, especially aiding Boston shipments. Nearby, Tramps remain a nuisance as a local farmer posts a “Beware of Dogs!” sign.
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New York
Boston
Robert Jarrell
Local Sale Notes and Mare Purchase in Preston
Mr W T Tuff of Preston bought the six year old driving mare Nye from Mr J B Rochester of Denton. E T Moore trustee sold five land tracts of Edward T Moore estate at public sale last Saturday. Tract 2 land 4 totaling 16 acres with two houses bought by J B Fletcher for 392 dollars. Tract 5 of 22 acres bought by Walter Todd for 760 dollars. Lot 1 containing 12 acres adjoining town bought by J Frank Lednaum and W Tuff for 600 dollars.
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W. T. Tuff
Nye
Walter Todd
J. Frank Lednaum
Peach Arrivals From the Peninsula at Philadelphia Ports
Philadelphia handles the peninsula peach influx with night crews loading 300 000 baskets this season and daily freight trains carrying 33 cars. Most fruit moves to Dock Street Front Street and Vine, with Old Mixon peaches followed by Crawfords Late. Prices range 30 cents to 1 25 a basket as growers shift to direct dealer agents, skipping traditional commissions. The Boston line and northwest freights move fresh loads while Jersey crops fill the late season into October. Boston Portrait Co. ad ends.
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City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thirteenth and Market Sts
Peninsula
Crower
Dock Street
Front and Vine
Georgia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sach Branch Ling
Crawford
Jersey
School Board Confirms Multiple Teacher Appointments
The school board met last Tuesday and confirmed appointments for teachers at WilListon Preston Academy Lenders Academy Ridgely Greensborough Camp Grove and Greensborough public schools. New principals appointed include Mr Robert W Allen of North Carolina at Preston Academy and Mr J Watson Thompson at Greensboro Academy. The article notes staffing changes, publishing contracts awarded to Jourson and Union, and indicates re opening dates and local infrastructure surveys for a Peninsula railroad project.
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Susie FB. Sisk
Williston
Ida CG. Marshall
Susie KE. Collins
Preston
Houston
Robert W. Allen
North Carolina
Preston Academy
Jourson and
Union
Pleasant Greensborough dance honors visitors at Mozart Hall
In Greensborough last Wednesday a pleasant dance honored Miss Walker and Miss Royal of Virginia and Miss Mary Conner of Delaware with Middle town orchestra providing music. An entertainment with Edison phonograph is promised at Mozart Hall next Tuesday evening. Local social notes include visitors Calvin Satterfield of Newport News, Mrs. James A. Horsey of Philadelphia, and several Lynchburg and Philadelphia guests.
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Greensborough
Mozart Wall
Walker
Miss Royal
Virginia
Mary Conner
Delaware
Middletown
Mozart Hall
Greenborough
Edison
Calvin Satterfield
Newport News
Ocean Grove
Mollie Comegys
Asbury Park
Palmer Goldsborough
Centreville
Ed. Carter
Real estate transfers and notices from Talbot county
Real estate transfers include a Queen Anne lot bought by Dr Robly Hackett from Mrs Sarah Barton for 175 dollars and Edwin W H Brown selling J Mall Barton’s farm near Queen Anne Station to William Barton at 25 25 per acre. Seward of Queen Anne plans an implement building. County auditor Goslin notes bond refinancing and possible enabling act by next Legislature. DIED Lester Leaghr infant of Jesse and Lena Lerner August 17 1895.
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Talbot County
Queen Anne
Robly Hackett
Sarah J. Barton
Edwin WH. Brown
J. Mall Barton
Queen Anne Station
William J. Barton
Acre
John M. Seward
Mr. Beaven
James Williams
Sleeves Shrinkage Hinted By Midsummer Fashions
Demorest's Magazine notes that midsummer social gowns hint at changes in sleeve style. While large sleeves won’t disappear, some women seek novelty with tightly fitting sleeves, relieved by shoulder ruffles and elbow puffing. The piece calls this early breath of fashion change, praising but condemning vulgar excess.
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Demorest
Prohibition Central Committee Names For County Convention
The Prohibition Central Committee announced at county convention the officers and district members. Chairman James Swann and Secretary T H Chambers were named with district heads including R R Shull William E Wilson and Rev C F Sheppard in the first district. Second district lists Rev J A Arters J B Draper and A J Rieh. third district W H Smith Andrew Satterfield and W H Thawley. fourth district R 2 Taylor Thomas Taylor and Jonathan Noble. fifth district Silas Sparklin C W Jefferson and J M Wright. sixth district I D Anderson Joseph Stewart and George E Saulsbury. seventh district William Nichols A G Saulsbury and Henry Sinclair. eighth district T H Everngam J A Thawley and Rev J D Reese.
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James Swann
T. H. Chambers
R. R. Shull
William E. Wilson
C. F. Sheppard
J. A. Arters
J. B. Draper
A. J. Rieh
W. H. Smith
Andrew Satterfield
W. H. Thawley
R. 2. Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Jonathan Noble
Silas Sparklin
C. W. Jefferson
J. M. Wright
I. D. Anderson
Joseph Stewart
George E. Saulsbury
William Nichols
A. G. Saulsbury
Henry Sinclair
T. H. Everngam
Thawley
Rev
J. D. Reese
Orphans Court approves bonds and real estate sale order
At Tuesday session the bond of D Carlton Gullett to a Washington College scholarship was approved. Objections to the probating of the will of Robert Dean are set for September 1. The bond of Alfred W Thompson as executor of Esau Thompson was approved. The court conditionally ratified the sale of Bennett T Wright real estate by trustee Robert J Jump.
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Orphans’ Court
D. Carlton Gullett
Washington College
Robert Dean
Mary E. Jester
Messrs
Russun
Bennett T. Wright
Robert J. Jump
Ayer Nominated by Republican Judicial Convention
The Sixth Circuit Republican Judicial Convention met at Point of Rocks last Thursday and nominated Guion Miller of Montgomery County to run for associate judge to succeed Judge John T. Henderson. The circuit covers Frederick and Montgomery counties. Miller, son of the late Francis Miller, is married to Annie Tyler of this place and has many friends in Caroline and Talbot counties.
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Point of Rovers
Guion Miller
Montgomery County
John T. Henderson
Frederick
Montgomery
Miller
Francis Miller
Maryland
Annie Tyler
Caroline
Talbot
Republicans on Denton streets amid election chatter
In Denton last Tuesday Republicans were visible on many corners while primaries loom across the county this afternoon. The piece notes misinformed insinuations about party trust and mocks talk of a superior Republican ticket versus the Democrats. It also reports a double total lunar eclipse next Tuesday night with details of timing and visibility.
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Denton
Weather Outlook with Frost risk and storms
The forecast covers late September through month end with cloudy rain and cool air up to the 3rd to 5th, frost possible in the north. A warm wave and renewed storms follow from the 5th to 15th, moving west to east. Equinoctial storms are expected around the 11th and 12th, with dangerous gales from the 16th to 19th and notable disturbances the 22nd to 25th. A cool change with frost northward after the storms, then warmth and storms again from the 27th to 30th.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Praised by California Principal
Mr. C G Strong, principal of public schools at Anderson, California, endorses Chamberlain's Pain Balm as an excellent remedy for lameness and slight wounds. He notes it provides almost immediate relief and a permanent cure for sprains and rheumatic pains. Available through W K Brown in Denton and HH Duffey in Hillsboro.
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C. G. Strong
Anderson
Cal
Chamberlain
W. Kck. Brown
Denton
Duffey
Hillsboro
Musical entertainment by Lotten Gilmore Essler and more
A lively program features Lotten's and Gilmore's Bands Essler's Orchestra and Vocal Solos with instrumental pieces. Plantation Melodic Minstrels and humorous recitations promised. An hour and a half of rare enjoyment with distinguished musicians singers and comedians.
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Lotten
Gilmore
Essler
Real Estate Notice Seeks Sellers in Bi and Adjacent Counties
Real estate notice seeks property owners in bi and adjoining counties to contact the advertiser to be included in upcoming catalogs. Emphasizes large and small farms timber lands dwellings stores and other properties for sale or exchange. Offers extensive advertising to attract purchasers from the north and northwest and asks readers to enclose a stamp for reply.
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