Notable wedding at Greensboro and local notices
The Caroline county State's Attorney Albert Towers weds Miss Mary Bernard at Greensboro Methodist Church in a grand ceremony with ornate decorations. Local society reports note visitors, engagements, new posts, and upcoming events across Denton Ridgely and surrounding towns, including postmaster appointments and business openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Garey Towers
Caroline County
Mary
Joseph Hemsley Bernard
Greensboro
Helen Naudain
Middletown
Del
Mendelssohn
Lawrence Satterfield
Emerson G. Polk
Pocomoke City
Ormond Downes
Denton
George E. Saulsbury
Ridgely
Frederick Towers
Ruth Plummer
J. Oscar Bernard
Railroad Avenue
George Saulsbury
Bessie Jarrell
W. F. Corkran
Smyrna
J. Edgar Layton
Bridgeville
Lawrence Towers
Fred Towers
Russum
Swann
Aloysius Green
Arthur Green
J. D. Plummer
H. E. Jarrell
John F. Dawson
Calvin Satterfield
Annie Orrell
Towers
Local Club Notes and Winter Warnings in Hickman
The Literary and Musical Club met at Dr. Noble's with readings on Henry Weil and When Knighthood was in Flower, plus a violin duet. Revival services paused due to severe weather. ice four inches on Linchester pond. local notable visits and church events. many mentions of businesses, schools, and a wild cat killed in nearby woods. A long anecdotal tale covers moonlight coon hunting, old times, and a mysterious haunted well near the Tuckahoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Noble
Henry Weil
Laura Ledman
G. Dixon
Nellie Phillips
O. S. Walton
J. F. Ledman
M. E. Church
Collison Waddell
W. B. Waddell
A. E. Douglass
J. C. Clark
Baltimore
New Jerusalem
William McGeorge
J. Frank Ledman
Orlando Patton
Percy Collins
Annapolis
James H. Douglass
Joseph Harrison
Monumental
William Stafford
Easton
Linchester Pond
Mary
Merchant Ledman
Fooks
New York
Rose Burgess
Evon
Tuckahoe Neck
Hagar
Weller
Old Town
Orphans Court Appoints Admins and Guardians
In the orphans court Tuesday Albert G Towers was named administrator of Charles Gould deceased with bond approved. Warrants issued to John F Dawson and Wm I Cooper as appraisers. Harvey L Cooper named administrator of James Green deceased with bond approved and appraisers Wendington Heather and 8 H Pippin. Inventory returned and approved. Order to sell granted. Emma B Green appointed guardian to Milton C Green. Chas H Todd administrator of J W Thomas presented inventory approved. Ernest Downes guardian of minor children of R J Garey presented guardian account approved. George H Smith administrator of David Payne presented final account approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Albert G. Towers
Charles Gould
John F. Dawson
Wm. I. Cooper
Harvey L. Cooper
James Green
Wellington Heather
H. Pippin
Emma B. Green
Milton C. Green
Chas. H. Todd
J. W. Thomas
Ernest Downes
R. J. W. Garey
George H. Smith
David Payne
Talbot County Fair Report Highlights Apples and Pumpkins
President Charles Lowndes notes smaller overall exhibits than prior years yet calls the apple display the finest ever. J S Kelley of Preston sold forty two plates and fine pears and chestnuts. G A Thompson of Rhodesdale won with a 115 pound pumpkin. Bartlett and Robinson, famed pumpkin growers, show large bold specimens. Races, especially county races, drew local interest with boys as riders and drivers in a go as you please format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot County Fair Association
Charles Lowndes
J. 5. Kelley
Preston
Caroline County
G. A. Thompson
Rhodesdale
Dorchester County
John C. Bartlett
George T. Robinson
Talbot County
Public Works and Appointments Before County Commissioners
Mr John F Dawson seeks purchase of a lot near the turning basin below Greensboro Bridge for a public wharf. Martin L Mowbray named constable for the Fifth district. Clerks authorized to endorse witnesses in Garey damage case. Todd authorized to sign a renewal note for 3000 dollars at People's Bank. Various bills paid including Ellen Scribner and John Williamson. Total disbursements about 3183.80 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Dawson
Greensboro Bridge
Martin L. Mowbray
Garey
Centreville
Todd
People’s Bank
Bell Gift to St Luke's Queenstown From Wright Family
A bell placed at St Luke s Protestant Episcopal Church in Queenstown bears inscriptions honoring Holy Mary Jesus Mary Joseph St Augustine and Saint Augustine and mentions a 1746 date with a later recast by the provincial order and Priest Pedro of St Augustine. The gift is attributed to the late Henry De Courcy Wright of Blakeford with the inscription noting a 1839 presentation date Des 24 1839.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Queenstown
Henry De‘Courcy Wright
Mary
Jesus
Mary and Joseph
St. Augustine
Pedro
Protestant Episcopal Church
William Henry DeCourcy Wright
Des
Farm Dwelling Burns Near Cordova After Fire
On Tuesday of last week the Hop kins farm dwelling on the Cordova Matthews road was destroyed by fire. Tenant Thomas Councell saved little, losing furniture and clothes. insured for 500 dollars, not enough to cover the loss. Also, Miss Anne Hickey, 28, died at Cordova Tuesday night after a brief illness. funeral Thursday with Rev. S H Williams. Mrs. Luther Carter of Cordova is visiting Denton relatives. Miss Mary L Norris, Matthews school teacher, wed January 17 to John H Coulby at Easton parsonage, Rev W M Poisal officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hopkins
Cordova
Matthews
Thomas Councell
Councell
Anne Hickey
S. H. Williams
Luther Carter
Denton
Mary L. Norris
Matthews School
John H. Coulby
M. P
Easton
W. M. Poisal
Farmers Learn Lime Benefits and King Limes Company Offer
The note urges farmers that liming land pays, and that using defeat lime helps. The King Limes Company offers a tent in the prepared display to present their lime products and advice. The text reflects agricultural marketing from a historical period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Limes Company
Mass Transfer of Rural Real Estate in January
A lengthy January entry lists numerous transfers recorded by the county circuit court clerk. Transactions show multiple properties changing hands in districts two through eight, with buyers including Annie St Downes, Oliver Draper, Conrad Imler, Edward Garey, A. G. Saulsbury, Elizabeth Collins, and many others, with prices ranging from nominal to several thousand dollars and properties in Ridgely, Boonsboro, Denton, and Williston. The list details 40 plus deeds, including Ridge ly and Choptank properties, 50 acres and 133 acres parcels, and other varied holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Annie ST. Downes
James E. Thomas
Oliver Draper
William T. Soward
Charles E. Turner
Conrad Imler
Boonsboro
Conrad H. Imler
James McCloud
Charles M. Lloyd
William E. Orrell
Thomas F. Garey
Edwin M. Garey
Emma Coleman
Francis M. Gooding
Theodore Ernst
Elias L. Jarrell
Amanda D. Saulsbury
A. G. Saulsbury
Ridgely
Elizabeth A. Collins
Leonora H. Corbett
Preston
Anah R. Holmes
Robert M. Messick
Orrin Williamson
Hughes Lumber and Coal Company
Williston
Sarah M. Willoughby
Beniah T. Seeders
Robert Patton
Stephen H. Phillips
Walter Todd
Alexander Stanford
James R. Manship
Willard T. Smith
Saulsbury Hobbs
C. Selby Roop
Levi Spicher
Robert Jarrell
David S. Truitt
Goldsboro
James H. Nichols
Susan Rolls
Redden’s Park
Alpheus W. Short
T. Pliny Fisher
Denton
James M. McCarter
Charles H. McCarter
Joseph B. Allen
Harriett Willoughby
George T. Redden
John A. Smith
Joshua F. Covey
Jane Todd
William J. Downing
Orlando Patton
William H. McConnell
William E. Brown
James F., Gelletly
Alfred G. Gelletly
William E. Foster
James L. Payne
Harry A. Roe
Sallie S. Roe
Sewte
Sallie S. Keon
Uarry A. Reweys
Pulpit pigeons share incident as Wilmington judge fines moral rogue
Rev J E Graham of Wyoming recounts a pulpit moment when two pigeons perched on his head and shoulders during an about twenty minute experience meeting. Judge Ball of Wilmington pursued a roughs caper, catching one offender after a chase and fining five dollars plus costs. Mayor Mil lington declines re election after receiving a Spanish cannon for the Delaware capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Graham
Wyoming
Judge Ball
Wilmington
George A. Millington
Dover
Delaware
W. T. Sharp
First National Bank
Harrington
Rozenia Dili
N. F. Raughley
W. A. Wise
Robert M. Todd
New York
R. W. Todd
Mary M. Wallace
George M. Bono
Jonathan S. Willis
Seaford
Elizabeth A. Hazel
Kent
J. A. Wright
Smyrna
Kent County
Del
Farmers’ Association
B. L. Lewis
Douglass
Rehoboth
Denton M P Church and regional notices schedule
Rev A D Melvin will preach in Denton next Tuesday at 7 45 p m and Rev Dr F T Tagg will attend an ecumenical conference in New York in April. The fourth quarterly conference for Denton M P charge is set for next Wednesday at 9 a m. The Ladies Unite Society of Thawley’s M P Church meets Friday at 7 p m at Mrs M F Allaband’s. Rev Alfred Smith will assist in dedication services at Hurlock tomorrow. An Easton Star Democrat note reports cattle raising profits with J W Perry of Cordova cited and William E Roe of Chapel district owning 12 cows yielding 3600 pounds of butter last year with revenue of 870 dollars after feeding, calving adds profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Melvin
Maryland
Methodist Protestant Church
Denton
F. T. Tagg
Methodist Protestant
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
New York
Ladies Unite Society of Thawley
M. P
M. F. Allaband
Alfred Smith
Hurlock
Easton Star-Democrat
Star-Democrat
Denton Journal
J. W. Perry
Cordova
Perry
William E. Roe
Chapel District
Matrimonial Trust Rumor Disturbs Oak Grove Bachelors
A rumor from Reliance Maryland reports a newly formed Matrimonial Trust backed by Smith Brothers stirring consternation among Oak Grove Delaware bachelors. The trust allegedly manipulates courtship among the local fair sex, hindering outsiders from even brief conversations or future arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Maryland
Smith Brothers
Oak Grove
Delaware
Seaford
Notable Bills Introduced in Maryland Legislature
A wave of legislative measures moves forward led by President Joseph H. Lockerman of Morgan College proposing a $50,000 state normal school for African Americans. Other items include Sunday fishing with traps, bi partisan school boards, Sunday sales revival, a Dairy Commissioner, electrical wiring examinations, an appellate court house likely to pass, county treasurer appointments, hedge law repeal, and Cambridge hospital funding seeks $5,000.
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Joseph H. Lockerman
Morgan College
Baltimore
Lockerman
Denton
Collins
Talbot
Dorchester
Caroline
Brewington
Wicomico
Baltimore City
Maryland Agricultural College
Annapolis Dispatch
McSherry
J. W. Miles
Somerset County
Annapolis
Dobson
Senate
Talbot County
M. B. Stephens
School Commissioners’ Association
House of Delegates
Queen Anne
Cambridge
Cambridge Hospital
Ice and river traffic update with local ads from Ridgely
Ice four to six inches thick in many places halts river travel with no Denton boat service for days. Balti more steamers Ban ton and Jopps idle. Queenstown En deavor blocked by ice. rail line P. W. & B. remains main link to cities. Local notices advertise optical goods, Pastorfield coffee price, carriages and seed sales, Har vey hardware seeds, Arbuckle coffee, Pastorfield shad, music lessons, rental in Ridgely, and requests for corn on the cob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Banton
Jopps
Baltimore
Queenstown
Queen Anne’s
L. Krome
Choptan
C. W. Jackson’s
Ridgely
Tilghman Harvey
Burrsville
C. W. Jackson's
Easton
Queen Anne
C. W. Jackson
Arbuckle’s
Levering’s
Lion and Enterprise
Pastorfield
Prof. Moore
Pastorfield’s
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Fron River
Ponts
Vito Ror
Ponts North
Ark Fron Pointe
AJR
D&c RR
Endar
Apri
Galena
Hicks
George T. Redden & Co
Washington
E. G. Adams
Queen Anne's
P. R. Fisher
Slaughter
Marydel
Ernest Downes Ware
John H. Downes
E. G. Stevens
W. B. Reed
Queen Anne’s County
William A. Robinson
Griffin
Robinson
Joseph Raymond
Chief of Engineers
Choptank
Nanticoke
Heinz Pickling Works
Pittsburg
Orin Williamson
James McManus
Wm. J. Pender
N. G. Keble
Pasteur Institute
Baltimore City Hospital
H. J. Coffroth
William Anderson
William T. Anderson
Messrs
G. Wilbur Rolph
James Clark
Hillsboro
R. H. Rickard
New Castle
Comptroller
Baltimore County
Willam H. Deweess
Chas. A. Stoops
Dover and
Harrison Streets
Grace Dixon
Josephine Pippin
Bowman
Zaston Star Democrat
W. K. Scotton
Philadelphia
Thomas F
Milton C
R. M. Beachamp
Lewes
L. R. Beauchamp
J. B. Lewis Co
Boston
R. W. Emerson
The
American Union
Waterbury
Conn
Perry Taylor
W. H. Cook
Clarence D. Frankel
Bessie Broughton
Pecomoke City
Thomas J. Keating
James Tilghman
George 8. Fitzhugh
Josephine Hayward
Howard
William Jones
Grace E. Collins
T. L. Dawson
Mary Gray
Templeville
Suthersville
Mary E. Graham
Wm. H. Deweese
A. L.treevis
Detoi
Hickman
Hickman Cornet
Olin Stevens
Clara Downes
James E. Spence
Peters Smith
Emma Cohee
Mill Street
Fred Peters
W. R. Peters
M. E
Mr. Given
Charles Stevens
Porter
Will Peters
Hirkman
Farmers’ Institute
Patterson
James I. Rice
Yorktown
F. J. Wallace
Weather Bureau
Johns Hopkins University
Upper Dorchester
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. W. Harker
Nettie Trice
Harris Idle
A. A. Bichell
Barker
Wm. Hardesty
Jessie Saulsbury
Ingleside
W. C. Smith
Tuckahoe
Tuckahoe River
Tuckahos
Stevens Farm
Alexis G. Pascault
Abe Jackson
Abe
Skeary
Jackson
Benet
Orphans' Court Proceedings
Talbot Fair
Levy Court
Ellen Scribner
Matthew Chilton
Denton Bridge
George W. Holmes
John H Williamson
WH. Hickling
D Downes
John N. Fhawley
MR. Stephens
Treas
C. Fleming
Theo Saulsbury
J. Blachiston
Cosssses
Henry Heck
Read Accomne
Hell
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H. Duffey
Church Matters
Willis & Co's
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