Denton notices mix of sales and church plans
Local items report farm prices and market notes including sweet potatoes scarce in Denton and car sales in the area. Church services and revival planning feature talks by Rev. Wyatt and local pastors with dates set for November and December.
Army Notes of Interest From Denton and Beyond
Six soldiers wounded in France are in Fort McHenry hospital. Captain William Crockett praises Maryland troops, especially Lieutenant Green of Denton, now back in action. Local visits, weddings, promotions, and social rounds fill Denton and nearby towns as families gather, travel, and news trickles from camps and hospitals.
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France
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
William PD. Crockett
Maryland
Mr. Crockett
Lieutenant Green
Denton
Temperance and Sunday School Meetings In Ridgely
The Ridgely News Letter reports a special temperance and Sunday School program held at the Church of the Brethren with multiple speakers from New Windsor and Elizabethtown. The events featured recitations by Miss Mary Wagner and Miss Elizabeth Holsinger, plus talks on the Sunday School and efficient teachers. A large social roster follows with many local residents visiting, hosting, and returning from trips and hospital surgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
M. F. King
J. J. John
New Windsor
R.W. Schlosser
Elizabethtown
Mary Wagner
A. C. Reber
Elizabeth Holsinger
Kk. W. Schlosser
Mary Cherry
L. R. Brumbaugh
John
Schroser
Miners
Jennie South
Frances
Anna Harley
Norristown
T. Roimler
Miler
Dimiel Ritchey
Warren
Philadelphia
Barry Fox
Shady Grove
Otto Singer
Cordova
FP. A. Stayer
Baton Rouge
Finler
Mere
Edmund Smith
Cohee
Min
William Hevalow
Theiron
Herman
William
C. J. Herzog
Chisren
Boston
Herzoz
HT. Quigg
Udith and
Heen
Newport
Dell
Robinon
Seaford
Fred Duke
Centreville
Duke
Bertie
Jame. Duke
Jo J. Hadders
York
Addison Bidders
Fawn Grove
EL EL Pendleton
Bo Land
Edith Truitt
William Cooper
Greensboro
Denton
Amanda
Emma Saulbury
Lazette Woodworth Reee
Baltimore
Methodist Church
Henrice Austin
Wilmington
Carlton Lord
Chester
Pac
Walter Lord
Trina Emler
New York
Lewis Lane
Mire
Charles Samis
Helen Mattheww
Magnolia
Del
William Jarrell
Gilbert Swann
Easton Hospital
Sylvia Smith
Clyde Drury
Daisy Barnes
Chestertown
Stella Matthews
J. E. Mason
Roston Hospital
Edith West
Haltimore
Maud Gibson
Oakland
Rebecca Swing
Frank Rutter
Tom Swann
Vienna merchant David E P Gullette dies after long illness
David E P Gullette a prominent Vienna merchant died at his home after years of stomach trouble. He leaves wife and six children Irene Ruth Mildred Lydia Mary a son Philip, with residences in Orontz Philadelphia Vienna Washington and Vienna. A Federalsburg native, he moved to Vienna 35 years ago and ran jewelry and related businesses ending with a drug and general store. Burial was in Federalsburg.
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IL OB. Maloney
Ruth
Paul
Pennsylvania
John Statum
Esther
Wilmington
Marcus Hook
Philadelphia
Ann Roland Reed
Atlas Powder Company
Mat Ridgeway
Walbmington
Denton
Federalsburg
Henry BR. Lewis
Thellma Replogle
C. O A. Pente
J. S. William Jones
Washington College
W. W. Sharp
Frederica Mlc. Church
Elmer FL
Flora Mae Kelly
Lacey Stevens
David EP. Gullette
Vienna
Gullette
Ile
Mary Kratz
Orontz
Irene
Mildred
Lydia
Washington, D. C
Philip Gullette
Federalburg
Council of Defense Appoints Home Service Secretary
Mrs J S Lapham of Goldsboro is named Home Service Secretary replacing Miss Wisang who resigned. Lapham can be reached by mail in Goldsboro or by telephone No 52 F 12. The council did not meet this month but district readers report ongoing work.
Amoss and Maston’s Express Agent Fled With 38000
Former express agent for Amoss and Maston stole 38000 from Easton National Bank four years ago and evaded officers until recently. He was captured in Kaine while wearing Uncle Sam's uniform.
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Amoss
Maston
Express
Easton National Bank
Kaine
Wearig
Sam
Me Church South Barclay Holds September Meeting
The Me. oF. Church South at Barclay begins a meeting September 1 led by Rev. Lester Dulaney of Church Hill assisting the pastor. A young people's service is planned at Ingleside Church September 5 in the morning. The second quarterly conference will be held at Ingleside Church on Saturday, September 3.
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Me. of. Church South
Barclay
Lester Dulaney
Church Hill
Ingleside Church
Harmony Hosts Visitors Among Local Guests
Harmony hosts Mrs Towers father Mr Elermansterfer and brother Mr Gottleib Hermansterfer along with Mrs Annie Smich and Master Frederic Clopine. Mr and Mrs C E Collins drove to Greenwood and other Delaware points on Wednesday. Mrs Alexine Chaffinch visits sister Mrs Lousie Arringdale. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs C E Collins on September 4 at 2 p.m.
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Harmony
Roland ‘Towers
Towers
Elermansterfer
Gottleib Hermansterfer
Annie Smich
Frederic Clopine
C. E. Collins
Greenwood
Delaware
Alexine Chaffinch
Lousie Arringdale
Ladies Aid
Draft notices and casualty letter reveal wartime drafts
Secretary of War Baker states older men will be used before younger ones though 18 year olds may be drawn. About 1.4 million in training camps with 250k to 300k abroad by year end. Lists of men en route to Camp Meade and Camp Dix, plus a Red Cross nurse’s letter to the sister of William McNutt Fleming noting his death in France and burial arrangements.
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Baker
United States
France
Denton
Camp Meade
Walter Raymond Cole
Preston
Howard Jennings Anthony
William Harry Jopp
James Henry Knox
George W. Davidson
Noble Bell
Henderson
Lewis Kennard Cohey
Ridgely
John J. Harris
Ralph Werner
Wright E. Robinson
Marydel
Norman Earl Smith
Federalsburg
Orland Cecil Closson
Harold James Dew
Federalbury
Clarence E. Hignutt
Hobbs
Wendell H. Moore
Albert B. Gadow
William Melvin Perry
James Roland Turner
Ralph Thomas Blades
Bethlehem
Elmer Francis Horn
Oscar L. Theis
Ralph Richardson Todd
Roland B. Conner
Greensboro
Harvey F. Tribbett
Robert Stewart Irwin
Irvin William Be
Camp Dix
Charles 5
Satterfield
Lee Roy Hines
John Warner
Thomas Beulah
Hoyt Heulah
Woodie Earle
Charles Harvey Murray
Clayton Murphy
James Alfred Smith
Roy Hill
William Emerson Liden
Holsh
Cheiver Davis
Noble Wooleyhand
William Edgar Ireland
James A. Clark
James Olan Clark, Jr
Ralph H. McMahan
James J. Jones
Thomas Dawson Nall
James Sherman Neal
Christian Kusmaul
Robert George Draper
William A. Scully, Jr
Joseph M. Breeding
Goldsboro
Oscar A. Nichols
George C. Weaver
Walter Scott
Thomas Medford Moore
Harry C. Fluharty
Alfred August Schrieber
Lloyd Emory Brodes
William Edward Jester
Everett Nuttle
Red Cross
William McNutt Fleming
Weather of 1816 in Caroline County Stuns Readers
The article recounts the 1816 cold summer across the United States with James E. Hignatt recalling Carroll ine county suffering. It describes mild January February windy March and warm April turning to winter by May. Frosts killed green growth, June remained freezing, June 17 snow, July 4 ice in New England and Caroline. Stock feed failed, poverty widespread, but tomatoes and canneries thrive. grape shipments rise. A dynamite accident injures Thomas Shockley Jr. and local social notes follow.
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United States
James E. Hignatt
Caroline County
New England
Caroline
Orphans' Court Proceedings Record of Administrations and Appointments
Judges Liden Moore and Covey preside as Letters of administration are granted to Jacob Allen for William M. Fleming estate with renunciations filed. Appraisers Ernest Bucker and Allen Cherry appointed. Guardian Jessie A. Merrick’s bond approved for Walter Lee Merrick. Executors Wright releases approved. Real estate appraisers Cahall and Satterfield named for Lenora Stephens. Inventories and accounts filed and approved for multiple estates and guardianships.
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Orphans’ Court
Liden, Moore and Covey
William M. Fleming
Jacob Allen
Ernest Bucker
Allen Cherry
Jessie A. Merrick
Walter Lee Merrick
John T. Wright
Willis Wright
John W. Wright
Mary Williamson
William E. Cahall
William H. Satterfield
Lenora Stephens
M. Bates Stephens
John W. Stephens
Bernard Luff
Harvey Luff
Susan A. Luff
Mary A. Jackson
M. Blanche Jackson
Charles R. Jackson
Thomas O. Crouse
Laviania R. Crouse
State Driver Fines for Pike Violations Near Ocean City
About two scores of fast drivers on the State pike near Ocean City were picked up in one day recently by a State man and fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
Stabbing Case at Goldsboro Involves Elbert Matthews
Elbert Matthews, colored, was arrested on Wednesday charged with an assault with intent to kill Robert Porter at Jarrell's packing house in Goldsboro. Matthews stabbed Porter with a pocket knife. the wound was severe and Porter's condition improved. Matthews posted $1,200 bail for a September hearing before Justice W L Cooper, with his father as surety and Lewis & Knotts representing him. The attack followed remarks Porter made to Matthews while unloading tomatoes, and the incident caused excitement before Porter's condition eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldshboro
Elbert Matthews
Robert Porter
Jarrel
Goldsboro
Matthews
Porter
W. L. Cooper
Lewis & Knotts
Toma
Board of Education Proposes September School Credits for Farm Work
The board outlines a plan allowing children to earn school credits for September labor on farms and in canneries. Students must complete at least 60 hours of work or 150 hours if not attending school, with daily work logs and parental confirmation. Credits depend on reporting and meeting the required hours, encouraging attendance and local food production.
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Board of Education
Consolidation Talk as Railway and Steamboat Lines Trim Staff
Miscellaneous matters report resignations from both Baltimore steamboat and Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railroad lines as government eyes takeover and possible consolidation. Federal officials study a motor parcel post route on the Eastern Shore linking Wilmington Philadelphia and New York similar to the New York Baltimore route. Crabs scarce and expensive this season while oysters look to yield well. Senator Willard Saulsbury escaped injury in a crash near Elkton while en route to Washington. Tomato growers find yellow varieties planted instead of red. Delaware baskets harvest rising. Caroline’s tomato crop harvest expected to exceed a million dollars in county distribution. Howard L. Andrew of Queen Anne is among Meade Wednesday attendees.
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Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Steamboat Company
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad Company
Wilmington
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Willard Saulsbury
Delaware
United States Senate
Elkton
Rhode Island
Caroline
Howard L. Andrew
Queen Anne
Meade
Sweet Potatoes for Hog and Mule Fodder
A noted agricultural writer advocates using sweet potatoes to save corn. He feeds potatoes to hogs and work mules with mixed fodder, starting in fall with half corn and half potatoes, then peavine hay at night. He notes mules thrive on potatoes and hay, stresses careful early feeding, and claims 3 bushels of potatoes equal 1 bushel of corn.
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Hammond
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Rehoboth
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Norman
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Roberta Dowdle
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
C. J. Dowdle
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Emma Saulsbury
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Grace Jackson
Dupont Powder Company
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Leona Parsons
Charles Fisher
Canp Meade
Iris Seager
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James Milliken
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