Local notices mix bargains and town news in Denton
Local ads offer millinery bargains at McIlvanie Sisters and Miss McIlvanie stock. photos and holiday goods at Hradley’s Studio. dresswear at Pastorfield Co. rent notices in the Telephone Building. sales and auctions by County Commissioners. shipping corn by steamer Edenton. grain sacks and low freight. W C T U meeting at Mrs Westerfield’s. various price and wardrobe items. a larceny arrest. raincoats for pneumonia. tri county farmers exchange planned. Isaiah Clark’s cell breakout. a missing shawl. evangelistic meetings report eighteen conversions. road shelling approved. wireless time-sign apparatus at F J Wright. Ford recommended. cufflinks and three piece sets at Wright’s. Hattie Latcham entertainment for Ladies Aid. Beartown farm sale. Sussex visitors inspect high school. art drawings displayed at Bradley’s Studio. Federalsburg postmaster Jefferson confirmed. Preston M E Church anniversary events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIlvanne & Sister
S. Yee
G. L. Jopp
W. J. Blackiston
Hradley
J. H. Pastorfield Co
H. M. Thompson
Edenton
Misses McIlvanie
William H. Anderson
W. J. Rickards
J. H. Nichols & Co
Temple
Elmer Hubbard
Bullock
Federalsburg
Irwin T. Saulsbury
J. Spencer Lapham
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Farmers’ Exchange
Isaiah Clark
Clark
W. A. Spicher
State Road
Denton
Greensboro
JounNa
Union
Harris
Thawley
Tuckahoe Neck
G.S. Mays
C. M. Cullum
Ridgely
Downes
F. J. Wright
Washington
Denton Auto Company
Hattie E Latcham
National School of Elocution
Philadelphia
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
W. W. Rickards
Beartown
Harmon
Virginia
Wesley Cahall
Harclay
Hardesty
Caroline County High School
Harrison Fisher
LeManyon
Powell
Bradley
Senate
Charles W. Jefferson
Jefferson
Thomas O. Jefferson
Cleveland
Preston M. E
T. E. Terry
G. C. Wiliams
Wilmer Jaggard
Personal Social News from Denton Area
Peter Clark of Denton attended a Sandtown reunion for 1848 era pupils with about 150 attendees, including T. H. Dill of Columbus Ohio. The report lists many local social events: Florence Turner and John Mackall wedding at Easton, a fortieth birthday surprise for Mrs. Kitchen of Williston, a double wedding at Hill Crest, and multiple marriage notices. Visitors include Rev. Harwood of Albuquerque, Rev. J. B. Brumbaugh of Huntingdon, and others from Baltimore, Ridgely, Cordova, and Easton. Various local residents and families are noted for gatherings, travels, and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Clark
Denton
Sandtown
T. H. Dill
Columbus
Ohio
Dill
Thomas Harwood
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Harwood
Florence Louise Turner
J. Frank Turner
Easton
John ‘Nathaniel Mackall
Baltimore
John B. Mackall
Goldsborough Street
Benjamin B. Lovett
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Calvert County
Mary Clark Turner
Mackall
Luther E. Mackall
New York
Henry P. Turner
Harry D. Wilbiar, Jr
Steward Kitchen
Williston
Mrs. Kitchen
Levi R. Brumbaugh
Ridgely
Elsie May Barcus
J. Charles Barcus
Ruthsburg
William Earle Dulin
Old St. Joseph's Church
Cordova
John Walsh
Eason
J. McLain Brown
J. W. Morris
Brown
Burrsville
H. Clay Hobbs
Carrie Hobbs
Harry F. Knotts
A. L. Grey
Wilmington
Virginia
Kentucky
M. Duke Smith
W. B. Lynch
North Carolina
University of Maryland
Smith
Ida Lane
Charles E. Sames
First Baptist Church
C. E. Brown
Bridgeville
F. P. Covey
South
J. B. Brumbaugh
Huntingdon
B. B. Brumaugh
Day Speaks at Glen Burnie on Produce Exchange
President Thomas L. Day of Ridgely Produce Exchange was among speakers at a Glen Burnie meeting of Anne Arundel farmers that formed the Anne Arundel Produce Exchange. Day described successful Ridgely trucker and grower methods to market products as plans to build a county organization, with Agriculture Department and Maryland Agricultural College officials also presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Day
Ridgely Produce Exchange
Anne Arundel County
Glen Burnie
Anne Arundel
Day
Department of Agriculture
The
Maryland Agricultural College
Local Notes and Visits Across Federalsburg Area
Hobbs visitors include Mrs S G Smith and daughter Bertie at Mr J E Todd’s family. Hog weights 346 and 320 pounds. another pair 250 and 220 pounds. Annie Higuatt returns from relatives near Denton Greensboro and Harrington. Baltimore trip by Mrs M E Holbrook and Mrs S S M Chaffinch with Mrs A D Branford from Hillsboro. Stella Sennett returns to Easton after Thanksgiving with Hobbs family. Minerva Todd of Dover Conference Academy spends Thanksgiving at Andersontown. Despite corn price rise, packers move foods out. Parson and Mrs Cullum hosted by Mr and Mrs D W Davis Andersontown. J F Walls near Anthony suffers broken leg but on crutches. A J Billing visits Delaware relatives near Mt Olive. William Trice of Philadelphia visits Caroline relatives. Provisions prices soar while demand remains. Misses Gore return to Glyndon after Carolina visit. Block system goes into effect Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson
Cullum
D. W. Davis
Andersontown
J. F. Walls
Anthony
A. J. Billing
Delaware
Mt. Olive
William Trice
Philadelphia
Caroline
Gore
Glyndon
Local society notes and family visits in the area
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sullivan and children Ruth and Margaret, with Mrs. Dennis Nichols and daughter Marjorie, returned home after Thanksgiving in Philadelphia. Various social visits include the Mite Society gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ever’s home, and multiple guests and movements among local families. Sunday School is at 10:30. Several residents moved or hosted relatives, with aging residents improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Sullivan
Ruth
Margaret
Dennis Nichols
Marjorie
Philadelphia
Mite Society
Bessie Hipnutt
Raymond Nichols
Hickman
G. S. Thomas
Concord Parsonage
Maggie Meredith
Mary Everngam
Myra Wright
Lucas Kelley
Charles Culver
Mary Banning
Edwin Rosser
Freddie Lewis
Vernon
Walter Everagain
Marguerite Wilson
Mildred Satterfield
Anna Perry
Helen Pennypacker
Edward Motz
Federalsburg
Local Moves and Visits Around Hillsboro Towns
Hillsboro notes list residents moving into vacated houses and new occupants at local hotels. It records Thanksgiving visits by Miss Laura Melvin of Denton and visits by Mrs. Howard Wheatley near Queenstown, plus kinship and guests from Cumberland, Trappe, and Baltimore with several family and household changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Bright
H. M. Thompson
Garrettson Smith
F. Alga Worth
Cumberland
Gallus Worth
Ethel Holt
Howard Wheatley
Queenstown
Joseph Taylor
Trappe
Saulsbury Sparks
Blanche Smith
Baltimore
Margaret Hackett
Washington
E. B. Davis
Better Ditch Laws Sought by County Advocate
Mr C P Cowgill of the First district urges Caroline county enactment of clear ditch laws to unlock dormant agricultural land. He plans to press lawmakers on the issue. Wheat 90, corn 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Cowgill
Caroline County
Greensboro Social Notes and Local Gatherings
Birthday and surprise parties mark a week in Greensboro with Eva Shockley’s seventeenth birthday and multiple hospitality events. Guests from Hartley Baltimore Harrington and Wilmington attend dinners games music and festive dining. Community members visit relatives attend revivals and plan church events while relatives travel to Denton Philadelphia and Ridgely.
Easton Epworth League Convention Held at M E Church
A sub district Eas ton district Epworth League convention met December 2 at the M E Church. Morning and afternoon sessions featured devotions, talks by Rev W E Habbart Rev L S Matthews and others, a keynote on victory and temperance, and reports from chapters. Evening program included a song service and Rev Walter G McNeil address. Community items note marriages illnesses visits and local events including a magic act by Brush and plans for charitable entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton District Epworth League
M. E
W. E. Habbart
L. S. Matthews
W. 2. Northrup
D. D
St Michaels
Clara Benson
Royal Oak
Lena Lewis
Greensboro
A. Prettyman
League
C. P. Keen
Saulsbury
Mr. Habbart
W. LE. Gunby
Easton
Clara Dempsey
Galena
Ridgely
Harry Swann
Walter G. McNeil
Annapolis
Brush
T. L. Day
Sparrow’s Point
Thomas Shannahan
D. P. Holsinger
Los Angeles
David Stayer
Ord Raleigh
W. W. Seward
Delaware
Agricultural High School
Olive Lane
Charles Samis
Edith Quigg
M. E. Church
Mr. Eddy
Baptist
Methodist
Reformed
Fred Flounders
Bridge Club
D. M. Swing
George Morris
Federalsburg baker injured chasing owl exhibit
Adam Haist a Federalsburg baker was seriously hurt while attempting to catch an owl for an exhibit. After weeks the owl had perched in a tree above the bakery and Haist slipped from a roof, falling about 12 feet. He was found unconscious by fellow bakers with severe facial and arm lacerations and narrowly escaping eye injury from a loose piece of lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Adam Haist
Haist
Alex. Williams
Liberty Avenue
Edwin Williamson
Williams
Elizabeth Jenkins
St. Louis
Day
Chas, Myrose
Ross Myrose
Hartley School Socials Benefit Local School
A box and shadow social will be at Pearson's Corner School on Friday evening December 12. Ladies bring boxes and gentlemen full pocket-books. Ice cream cake and bananas for sale to fund the school organ. A literary entertainment by pupils precedes at 7 o'clock with no admission charged. A necktie social follows at P.O. 5S. of A. Hall on Saturday evening December 6. Ladies urged to bring a tie. Proceeds aid the Hartley school.
Important Suit Ended In Demurrer Ruling
The demurrer to the $5,000 damage suit by Harry K. Smith against E A Cobey & Co. of Federalsburg was sustained in the Caroline County Circuit Court and moved to Talbot County. Judges Adkins and Hopper heard the December 2 hearing in Easton. final disposition favors defendants. Attorneys Miles and Seth & Shehan for the plaintiff. Goldsborough and Covington for the defense. Advertising for sale in Salisbury lists 50 acres of timber land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Smith
E. A. Cobey & Co
Federalsburg
Caroline County
Talbot County
Adkins and Hopper
Easton
Alonzo L. Miles
Seth & Shehan
Alan Goldsborough
J. Harry Covington
Murder of Former Caroline Citizen Shaeffer Shocks Harriman
Cincinnati dispatch reports Mr BT Shaeffer once lived near Denton Maryland later near Federalsburg and Tennessee. He was murdered in a Harriman Tennessee livery stable struck seven times with a farming implement. Eight children and a widow seek aid as family travels to Bedford County after funeral. Authorities know little of motive. Bloodhounds failed to find a track beyond the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BT Shaeffer
Denton
Greensboro
Federalsburs
Tennesce
Shaeffer
Cincinnati Dispatch
Grickstricken
Benjamin P. Shaeffer
Federalsburg
Pennsylvania
Charles F. Mider
E Harriman
Tennessee
Bedford County
Shellsburg
Benjamin F. Shaeffer
Harriman
Tenn
Interesting Educational Train Visit For Maryland Delaware Farmers
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company funds an Educational Special train used by The Maryland Agricultural College and the Farmers Institute Department with The Delaware College and State Board of Agriculture. Two coaches serve as lecture rooms and six will be delivered at each stop. The train aims to boost farm production home comforts and revenue through lectures and demonstrations for farmers along the region. Farmers should meet the train at convenient stations during its stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
United States
Great East
Agricultural College
Farmers’ Institutes
Boards of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Maryland Agricultural College
Farmers’ Institute Department
Delaware College and
State Board of Agriculture
Ashburn Wins in Worcester Senate Seat Case
Ashburn People's Party candidate won a court battle against Worcester county Supervisors of Election. The Snow Hill ruling restored his Senate seat with a four vote majority after disputed Stockton district returns were rejected. Harrison Democrat plans appeal to the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburn
Worcester
Quince Ashburn
People’s Party
Worcester County
Snow Hill
Senate
Orlando Harrison
Court of Appeals
Stockton
Harrison
Registration Figures Corrected in Caroline County
A corrected recount of Caroline county registration books across districts shows totals by race and precinct. White 1065, Colored 4587 in all districts with Democrats gaining over 50 in the past year and a potential majority near 600 if turnout rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Public meeting boosts tri county hospital plan at Easton
A well attended Thursday gathering at the court house discussed the proposed tri county hospital to be built at Easton before the next September lease on the temporary building expires. Speakers highlighted the hospital’s value and need for a larger facility. A December 13 Easton meeting will organize district team captains and speed fundraising aided by three illuminated clocks in Denton Easton and Centreville showing daily fund progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Easton
Thomas A. Smith
Ridgely
J. Kemp Stevens
Talbot
Kemp
Fencil
Tri-County
Denton
Centreville
Orphans' Court Proceedings Record of Admins and Appraisers
Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens presided. Bond of Sheriff James Temple approved. Administrators presented accounts and orders for sale for Downes Plummer and others. Leia: William Todd appointed administrator. wills filed and probated. appraisers named. inventories and land filings recorded. Creditor notices ordered. guardians appointed for minor Lamb heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Clark, Rawlings and
Stevens
James Temple
Patterson C. Bradley
Daniel W. Downes
Burt Hobbs
Roxana C. Plummer
Aaid
Caleb J. Todd
William E. Todd
Leonard Covey
W. Thomas Andrew
William T. Harvey
Rachel Harvey
Mabel C. Duffey
Charles Jarrell
Wm. E. Brown
John D. Davis
Robert D. Todd
Stevenson Hunner Suit Reversed by Court of Appeals
Chief Judge Boyd delivers an opinion for the Annapolis Court of Appeals reversing Baltimore City Circuit Court judgment against Dr Guy L Hunner in a suit by Mrs Bertha Stevenson and her husband Charles Stevenson. Allegations claim negligent treatment after surgery and failure to remove surgical dressing after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson-Hunner
Boyd
Court of Appeals At
Annapolis
Superior Court of
Baltimore City
Guy L. Hunner
Bertha Stevenson
Charles Stevenson
Hunner
Death Roll of the Week ShowsSeveral Local Losses
A string of obituaries notes James Benson Stevens aged 74 dying at Harmon Callahan's home near Oxford from heart trouble. Survived by three daughters and three sisters, with ties to Ridgely. Also listed are Rev. Isaac G. Fosnocht age 65 in Smyrna after a nervous breakdown, Mrs. William Scott near Burrsville, and Benjamin Truitt in Washington from tuberculosis, among others. Funeral details given for several, including Mrs. Turner in Denton and Chas. E. Stevens in East New Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Benson Stevens
Harmon Callahan
Oxford
Philip Parenteau
Mabel Roach
New York
William McGraff
Philadelphia
Joseph Muller
Annie E. Loveday
Easton
Harry Mancha
Washington
Stevens
Ridgely
Western College
William Scott
Saulsbury
Burrsville
Bright
Concord
Benjamin Truitt
B. P. Truit
Greensboro Cemetery
Chas. E. Stevens
East New Market
James Turner
Holiness Church
G. L. Helsby
Denton
Resolution of Respect for Powell Goodwin at Charlotte Hall
The faculty and students of Charlotte Hall School adopt a resolution mourning Powell Goodwin a county student. They extend sympathy to his family noting his devotion to studies and exemplary conduct as a Christian young gentleman. Copies will be sent to his family and to newspapers in his home county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Hall Academy
Powell Goodwin
Charlotte Hall School
William H. Goodwin
In Memoriam Phillips Lee Goldsborough Infant Son
In sad remembrance of Phillips Lee Goldsborough infant son of Mr and Mrs W S Wright who departed this life November 16 1913 The poem laments the loss and a hope of reunion in heaven signed by his parents and sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
W. 5
Wright
Goldsborough
Jesus
Local shops offer Xmas picture frames and gifts
Locals are invited to Bradleys Studio for picture mouldings and frames with first selection and hundreds of pictures and calendars given away during Xmas. F J Wright advertises watches with gold and gold filled cases, umbrellas, purses, chains, and rings. Cradley's Studio urges early photo sessions for Xmas presents with a fine photo of baby, father, or mother to create a lasting impression. Now is the time to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
F. J. Wright
Cradley
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Venton
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