Denton Journal notices reflect local commerce and events
Local farmers set tomato price at 16 cents per basket and seek Caroline growers aid. Community announcements include bank statements, school attendance up 11 percent due to compulsory law, road work with shelling on Denton Hillsboro route, and a Denton fair to support town improvements. Historic notes mention Banks closure on Washington's Birthday and a Smithsonian quote on cattle hair balls.
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Denton-Hillsboro
Smithson
Goldsboro
Mitchell Miller
Main
Third Streets
Provident State Bank of
Preston
The
Goldsboro Bank
G. T. Redden & Co
Denton
Spaid
New Castle
Carrall
Kent
Hardesty
Sussex
Miller
Delaware
Henry Hopkins
Harry J. Hopkins
Comptroller’s Office
Annapolis
Washington College
D. S. Perry
North Dakota
C. W. Montgomery
Federalsburg
Pierce Sheppard
Alwish Sheppard
Lloyd Ricketts
Marshall Gantt
Fred Draper
Greenshoo
Noble
Caroline County
Warren
Queen Anne's County
Journal Today
Caroline
M. P. Church
John L. George
Franklin Street
Wilmington M. E
Crisfield
Berry
Aage
Literary Club
Journal Building
G.S. Miller, Jr
Smithsonian Institute Washington
W. C. Andrew
Wedding Bells at Todd Farm in William sburg
The February 12 wedding of Miss Etta A. Todd and Mr. J. Oscar Harns berger at the Todd home near Williamsburg features a traveling French blue suit and an evergreen arch, with Rev. Frank White officiating and many presents to the couple who will live in Elkton, Va. The column notes other social events and local visits including travels of Rev. Carlton D. Harris, banquets in Baltimore, and assorted callers from Trappe to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Todd
Williamsburg
Etta A. Todd
J. Oscar Harnsberger
Elkton
Della
Todd
Frank White
Carlton D. Harris
Trinity M. E. Church
South
Baltimore Southern Methodist
Charles W. Hobbs
Emerson
Baltimore
A. G. Towers
J. T. Carter
Old Akmory
J. Frank Booth
de Laval Separator Company
Staunton
R. M. Messick
Town Hall
Ethel Gertrude Messick
Wilmington
Laura V. Parks
W. 3
Parks
Denton
N. C
Robert M. Messick
Louise Fleetwood
Church Homeospital
Eugene W. Beeler
Publishers Service Company
Cleveland
Ohio
George T. Redden
Marriott Redden
Philadelphia
Charles Andrew
Jennie Wyatt
W. T. Bradley
Eastman School of Photography
Joseph H. Johnson
Milton
H. C. Hobbs
H. B. Balderson
Brooklyn
J. A. Davis
Greensboro
Della Renner
Nellie Dunning
Carroll Wilson and Son
Queen Anne's County
M. M. Mowbray
L. B. Towers
Louisville
Kentucky
Mamie Bishop
Carmichael
Josephine Thawley
J. H. Nichols
Velma Trice
New York
Josephine Pippin
Mary Pippin
Jennie Adele Harbin
Braddock’s Heights
J. A. Mackintosh
M. S. Kemp
Trappe
Reta Kemp
Emma Green
Thomas R. Green
Fred Hendricks
Williamsport
Rebecca A. Merriken
Henry R. Lewis
I. T. Fleetwood
Lydia Hughes
Charles Brown
Hisboro
Oward Hopkins
Joseph Taylor
Hattie Hicks
Saulsbury Sparks
Hillsboro
R. T. Coursey
Powell Fleming
Frank F. Fleming
Tuckahoe Neck
Howard Hopkins
Farms and society notes from Ridgely and nearby
Hickman. Francis Fountain injured after falling from a hay cart. Denton High School professor to speak on farming at Grange Hall. Liden's school debating society to discuss woman suffrage next Tuesday. Local social rounds include visits among families from Bridgeville to Philadelphia and Wilmington. Ridge ly Dramatic Club staged Farmer Haskins with praise. Grip illness spreads. institute planned Feb 21-22. Various community updates from Ridgely, Greensboro, and nearby locales.
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Francis Fountain
Edgar Fountain
Professor Huffington
Denton High School
Grange Hall
Debating Society
Liden
James Messick
Margaret Breeding
Susie
Ed. Hill
Bridgeville
Brady Evans
James Haymond
Pennsylvania
Burrsville
Francis Hollis
Greenwood
S. Haymond
William Noble
Philadelphia
Celia Melvin
Frank Richards
Harrington
Ola Wraten
Ida Girk
Baltimore
Edward Brown
Susie Breeding
Evah Oday
Florence Noble
Manila Breeding
Miss Smith
George Wilson
Thomas Evans
Delaware
Elmer Harrington
Mrs Comegvs 75 Dies at Home Near Town
Mrs. John Comegvs aged 75 dies at her home near town on Sunday. Funeral services held at M E Church Wednesday with Rev W N Conaway officiating. Interment at Thomas Chapel. Special meetings by Rev Preston Kennedy of Minghampton NY begin February 21 for ten days.
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John Comegvs
M. E. Church
W. N.conaway
Thomas’ Chapel
Preston Kennedy
Minghampton
N. Y
Isabel Carrow
Greensboro
George Carrow
Helen Jones
J. T. Richards
James
Wilmington
Lola Jones
L. M. Jones
Mildred Gooden
Philadelphia
S. D. Carrow
Wesley Rickards
F. B. Sweeney
Community Events In Edinburgh And Nearby Areas
Edinburgh notes Mr Clifford Hyrons of Bristol Pa and Mr Amos Janson of Wilmington spent the week end with Mr and Mrs John Janson. A festival and box social at Busics Saturday night raised funds for the church. Miss Clara Faulkner of Sadlersville visited her sister. Mr John Swift of Wilmington is home with his parents. Mr W E Ware is much improved in health.
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Edinburgh
Clifford Hyrons
Bristol
Amos Janson
Wilmington
John Janson
Busics
Clara Faulkner
Sadlersville
John Swift
W. EL. Ware
Two Johns Visit with Towers Family Guests
Miss Georgia Towers and Miss Lillian Towers were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Roland Towers. Miss Edith Adams of Greenwood has been spending time with Miss Winnie Nichols.
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Two Johns
Georgia
Lillian Towers
H. Roland Towers
Edith Adams
Greenwood
Winnie Nichols
Nuttle Crokinole Party Honors Harry H Nuttle
Concord hosts a progressive crokinole gathering last Thursday evening in honor of Harry H Nuttle. Guests included E T Orme H T Nuttle and others from Harrington and local families. Prizes went to Mrs Orme and Virgil Wright, with boobies awarded to Eva Wright and Ernest Collins. Music and refreshments accompanied the entertainment. Georgie Seeders visits her aunt Mrs Annie Seeders this week.
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Concord
H. T. Nuttle
Harry H. Nuttle
E. T. Orme
Edna Saulsbury
Eva Wright
Elva Thawley
Bessie, Fountain
Georgie Seeders
Harrington
Harry Nuttle
Ormond Neal
Roland Seeders
Virgil Wright
Walter
Preston farmers to gather for institute in town hall
The Preston area is invited to a farmers institute in the town hall on Wednesday February 19. Three sessions run from 8 00 a m to afternoon and evening with no admission charge. Dr Hill guides Maryland institutes promoting modern agricultural practices and a corn exhibit will be shown inviting local farmers to compete with schoolboys.
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Preston
Farmers’ Institute
Farmers’ Institutes
Maryland
Hill
Trinity and Epworth League Services Review
Trinity hosted last Sunday evening services led by Miss Laura Baker with Miss Anna Ledenham set to lead next Sunday. Wintry winds persist as roads improve and hauling continues. Mr. Charles McDowell of Philadelphia visits his mother Mrs. H. Messick. Farmers attended the Bridgeville institute last Wednesday. Easton civic figure Mr. Jesse H. T. Hubbard dies of pneumonia Saturday night.
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Trinity, Epworth League
Trinity
Laura Baker
Anna Ledenham
Charles McDowell
Philadelphia
H. Messick
Institute
Bridgeville
Mrs Lena Thawley and kin visit from Wyoming
Mrs Lena Thawley spent Thursday to Sunday in town with relatives in Wyoming. Her sister Mrs Annie Downham accompanies her home and visits relatives nearby. Short & Sons erected a monument in Union churchyard for Mrs M E Stafford in memory of her late husband William P Stafford. Several locals, including Mrs Howard Hopkins and Messrs Olaf Smith Harlan Blades Houston Thawley Harvey Fountain C H Fountain, are on the sick list. Miss Elma Jacobs visits Philadelphia relatives. Mrs Sarah Ireland hosted by her son near Easton. Mrs Josephine Voss is dangerously ill at her home near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely Dramatic Club
Farmer Haskins
Harry Hemmons
Leona Parsons
John Grabill
Maud Gibson
Hook
Lawrence Lynch
Helen Fountain
Margaret Swing
Leo Meginney
Will Smith
M. E. Church
Messrs
Thos. L. Day
Granville Downes
St. Louis
A. G. Saulsbury
Paul Holsinger
Harvey Holsinger
Haymaker
Tom Swann
Frances Green
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Delta Green
Saxton
Farmers’ Institute
Ridgely
Isaac Mason
Frank Hobbs
Easton
I. T. Saulsbury
Alice Pendleton
George Imler
Lena Thawley
Wyoming
Aninie Downham
Short & Sons
M. E. Stafford
Union Churchyard
William P. Stafford
Howard Hopkins
Olaf Smith
Harlan Blades
Houston Thawley
Harvey Fountain
C. H. Fountain
Montague
Notable Moves and Visits Around Hobbs and Area
The report notes Thomas J. Towers of New York returning to attend his brother Purnell Towers burial. Parson Bailey delivered a Sunday discourse to Am 3 converts. Mrs. Williams remains seriously ill at her daughter's home northeast of town. E M Willey visited Alga Corkran near Grove. F J Wright of Anderson town spent two days in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. M B Smith welcomed their seven week old infant last Sunday. J R Ricards and wife visited Bridgeville relatives. H H Nuttle of Andersontown visited Wilmington last week.
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Albert McAmee
Catherine Keenan
Frank Williams
Chestnut Grove
Gertrude Reynolds
Greenwood
Norman Scott
William T. Hignutt
Federalsburg
Grace Hubbard
Margaret Merriken
G.S. Liden
Clarence Parker
Bridgeville
Glenna Bullock
Sallie Smith
Della
Cambridge
Calvin Scott
Jersey City
Mary Ross
S. M. Liden
Dora Powell
Denton
May Sparklin
Winfield Hubbard
Effa Alford
Seaford
Alga Cork
Grove
F. J. Wright
Andersontown
Baltimore
M. B. Smith
J. R. Ricards
H. H. Nuttle
Wilmington
Houston's Branch Social Evening Gathers Town Folk
Mr and Mrs James Wheatley hosted a Saturday gathering for young folks in the neighborhood. Attendees included Alice Mason Mary Cahall Viola White Ruth Wright Alice Collins Flossie Wright Hartman Cahall Fred Williamson Howard Williams and others. W P Cheezum visited with sisters and Miss Alice Mason stayed with Edgar Blades. Mrs S L Young recovering from grip is able to be out again. Farmers replenish woodpiles as seasonable weather returns.
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Houston
James Wheatley
Hood
Alice Mason
Mary Cahall
Viola White
Ruth Wright
Alice Collins
Flossie Wright
Messrs
Hartman Cahall
Fred Williamson
Howard Williams
Corkrng
Edmund Truitt
Edward Cahall
Oscar Wright
Carl Regans
Alfred Cahall
Teller Regans
W. P. Cheezum
W. T. George
Edgar Blades
S. L. Young
Sunday Guests and Church Notes at Chestnut Grove
Chestnut Grove and related families visited Mr and Mrs M L Sullivan and Mr and Mrs George Smith to dine and spend Sunday. Monday evening guests included Mr and Mrs William Everagain. Sunday School is at 10 o clock. Mrs Peter Trice and Mrs A Wilson are listed as sick. Ex comments advise modesty in action.
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Chestnut Grove
John Scott
Charlie Meredith
Chester Scott
George Johnson
M. L. Sullivan
Mines Morris
Mildred
Harry Collins
George Smith
William Everagain
Peter Trice
A. Wilson
Scholars With High Marks From County Schools
A list of county pupils honorable mentioned for winter ten weeks of work, attendance, and exam performance. Many names across districts like Edinburgh Kennard Shults Lola Seward Jane Faulkner Grace Seward and Central and Moore’s and Greensboro listings show students valued for regular effort, though no ranking or ordering is provided.
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Marydel
Edith Davis
Abbie Tomlinson
Wallace Stafford
James Stummer
Verne Steele
Addie Shewbrooks
Charlie Shewbrooks
Floyd Moore
Henderson
Mary Jones
Anna Coffin
Catherine Melvin
Isabella Reynolds
Ruth Cole
James Johnson
Wallace Scott
Ella Chiischman
Clark Smith
Edward Coffin
Willie Toth
Alice [Ickling
William Thomas
Agnes Peterson
Lucy Reed
Edinburgh
Kennard Shults
Lola Seward
Jane Faulkner
Grace Seward
Daniel Swift
Byard Swift
Moore
Marie Greenly
Esther Meredith
Lola Edwards
Marguerite Albrough
Eva Wheeler
Mabel Wheeler
Paul Meredith
Mildred
Ilbrough
Clinton Edwards
Rosa Hutson
Florence de Neta Richard
Lowe
Lida Dickerson
John Wilson
Nelson Draper
Margaret Kibler
Woodie Dill
Harvey Wilton
Mary Dill
Paul Draper
Greensboro
Charles Beaumont
Walter Smith
Fred Richards
Alzera Downs
Harold Boggs
Winifred Cake
Annie Roe
Ethel Eveland
Henrietta Houchin
David Sapp
Paul Hughes
Paul Butler
Barcus
Harry Needles
Henry Hubbard
George Kornrumpf
Agnes Hubbard
Mary Clark
Fred Porter
Ralph Tribbitt
Arthur Kornrumpf
Cburrsville
Marian Stafford
Lottie Good
Florence Morgan
Earl Webber
Allan Garrett
Sadie Garrett
John Collison
Central
Gertie Henning
Roger Hrubaker
Uriah
Elizabeth Flowers
Ralph Christopher
Esther Helsby
Rebecca Cohee
Oaks
Esther Willey
John Slaughter
Mildred Roe
Irma Bailey
Carroll Bright
Cwilloughby
Ellen Tharp
Joseph Batchalk
Irene Adams
Paul Batchalk
Blanche Butler
James Coulbourn
Charles Moore
Chickman
Florence Hamilton
Lester Noble
Blanche Croll
Pearl Hamilton
Leon Satterfield
Helen Stevens
Hynson
Nellie Phillips
Ruth Adams
Wilmer Davis
Simeon Russell
Alice McKown
Bertha Miller
Rowena Jefferson
Addie Atterbridge
Ruth McCrea
Ruth Jefferson
Leslie Eddington
Roland Jefferson
Houston
Marie Turner
Kemp Messick
Nichols
Esther Griffith
Hilda Covey
John Kent
Advertised Letters in Denton Post Office Week Ending February 8
List of unclaimed letters at the Denton post office for the week ending February 8 includes E. D. Hartman, Mrs. Geo Harris, Mrs. Robert Towers, Mrs. Annie Spielman, J. H. Gochner, N. S. Harper, Frank Murphy, Harry Anderson, John Thomas Clark, Lina Black, W. J. Murphy, Emma Jones, and Nic Spung foreign. Callers must say letters are advertised to receive them.
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Denton
E. D. Hartman
Geo. Harris
Robert Towers
Annie Spielman
J. H. Gochner
N. 5. Harper
Frank Murphy
Harry Anderson
John Thomas Clark
Lina Black
W. J. Murphy
Emma Jones
Nic Spung
Cemetery Association Meeting Called For February 19
A meeting of the Cemetery Association is called for Wednesday February 19 at 2 p.m. sharp in the office of T P Fisher Esq. Directors are urged to attend due to matters of much importance. Signed J N E Wilson Secretary.
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Cemetery Association
Sharp
T. P. Fisher
Jromn E. Wilson
Orphans' Court Grants Admin For James Sipple Estate
Judges Clark and Stevens preside as letters of administration on the personal estate of James Sipple are granted to James C. Sipple and Burt Hobb. Renunciations and bond approved. Creditors to be notified. Appraisers Charles M. Pippin and John Murphy named. Subpoena for guardian Mrs Mary C Seward of Jessie May Stubbs and William Burnet Stubb. Annie Seeders ordered to sell deceased Beniah Seeders property. Guardian named for Addie May Dowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Clark and
Stevens
James Sipple
James C. Sipple
Burt Hobb
Charles M. Fippin
John Murphy
Mary C. Seward
Jessie May Stubbs
William Burnet Stubb
Annie Seeders
Beniah Seeders
Harry IF. Whiteley
Addie May Dowell
Guy Brothers Minstrels at Denton Town Hall Monday
Denton residents are promised a top show as Guy Brothers Minstrels bring their thirty-ninth year of clean, wholesome entertainment to the town hall next Monday evening. The company, featuring thirty-five performers, will present music, comedy and dance with the Silver Concert Band and Orchestra. Reserved seats are available at Smith & Walls' store at no extra charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Brothers
Denton
Geo. R. Guy
Smith & Walls
Farmers Institutes In Caroline County
Dr. Richard S. Hill announces a series of farmers institutes across the Eastern Shore with Caroline county dates at Federalsburg Preston Denton Ridgely Hillsboro and a final Ridgely session. Subjects include corn grass alfalfa fruits vegetables dairying poultry livestock drainage and home economics with free lectures and illustrated talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Richard S. Hill
Caroline
Federalsburg
Preston
Denton
Ridgely
Hillsboro
Tilghman to publish History of Talbot County
Caroline and Talbot counties are set to gain from Col Oswald Tilghman's forthcoming History of Talbot County. The work promises reliable data and engaging prose, reflecting his lineage and deep pride in the region's early republican era. The author’s ancestry and local ties are highlighted as strengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Talbot County
Queen Anne's
Kent
Caroline
Oswald Tilghman
Tilghman
Republic
Advertising's Role in Business Growth Questioned
The Philadelphia Record notes that many firms would likely have prospered without advertising yet acknowledges ads as a powerful business-building tool. It asks how firms that did not advertise would have fared and whether publicity accelerated progress beyond natural growth.
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Philadelphia Record
Still a Hope for Peaches in Divided Opinion
Farmers split over crop prospects as warm weather swelled buds and fear of late freezes. Some say blackberries and larger fruits remain safe while others doubt peaches will be renewed. Orlando Harrison reports promising peach trees and overall good conditions across multiple states. He cautions time remains for changes and notes Eastern Shore peach scarcity if renewals lag. Covington lauds Maryland's Eastern Shore as a future market garden area, stressing waterways and inland routes to Philadelphia New York and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Harrison
Berlin
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
New York
Covington
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Philadelphia
Boston
Atlantic Coast
Plan to span Pacific by wireless with eight new stations
Marconi company awards J G White Engineering eight wireless telegraph stations to link New York and London via a globe girding system. Stations will be in pairs at Oahu Tamales Bay Bolinas Belmar and Eastern Massachusetts, enabling faster transoceanic messages across the Pacific and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
New York
London
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
J. G. White Engineering Corporation
Oahu
Sandwich Islands
Tamales Bay
Bolinas
Cal
Belmar
N. J
Massachusetts
Japan
United States
Manila
India
Fatal Burns and Obituaries in Local Notices
Mrs. James Smith of Burrsville died five hours after clothing caught fire in her home. Funeral at Greensboro M. E. Church with burial in Greensboro cemetery. Addie Macklin died suddenly of heart failure while visiting Georgetown, Del. Funeral and Georgetown interment. James H. Nichols, infant son of Dr and Mrs Frederick N Nichols, died at Maryland University Hospital aged one month. Funeral and burial yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Burrsville
Albert Polk
Georgetown
Del
Addie Macklin
James H
Frederic N. Nichols
Maryland University Hospital
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R. E. Russell
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