Local Department Reports Cold Weather Grips Railways
A Denton area column notes scarce coal and warm houses, a Dover hosiery mill sale set for March 2, and various local events. Postmaster updates, river navigation hopes, and a rough-riders cavalcade sweep through town as winter drifts hinder daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
B. B. Allen
Washington
Hobbs
John Williams
Pearson’s Corner
St. Valentina
Chestertown
Green
Ridgely
T. Fred Johnson
Easton
Oxford
T.C. West
Denton National Bank
Lewis
Joppa
Denton
N. A. Hutson
Satterfield & Brother Canning Company
Calvin Satterfield
Lawrence Satterfield
Edward €. Carter
Robert J. Baughley
A. A. Christian
Brown's Hall
Epworth League
J. Grifin Hall
Glanville M. C
East New Market
Willard E. West
Caroline Bar
Henry R. Lewis
Cambridge
West
Dentonians
L. B. Wood Towers
George T. Roosevelt Redden
Great Snowfall on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
A historic blizzard halted travel across Maryland’s Eastern Shore with three feet of snow on a level. Towns cleared sidewalks. farmers used horses to break paths. mail service resumed after delays. Queen Anne’s railroad cleared tracks. Delaware road crews dug out drifts and restored trains and mail flow.
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Times
Troxel
Queen Anne’s
Greenwood
Queenstown
Delaware Railroad
Delaware
Delaware Road
Cordova
Clayton
Cambridge
Denton Citizens Form Charity to Aid Snowbound Needy
Nearly twenty charitable Denton residents met at the clerk of the court's office to organize a relief association for the poor not prepared for the snow. Rev Z H Webster chaired, Henry R Lewis was secretary, and a seven member committee led by Webster was appointed to visit homes and render temporary assistance. The group raised funds quickly and secured wood from Uhler and Hughes to help many families, some of whom planned to repay the advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Fred. R. Owens
Henry R. Lewis
Z. H. Webster
Mr. Webster
Z. P. Steele
George S. Fitzhugh
C. E. Dryden
Mesars. M. B. Stephens
Jonathan Evitts
L. B. Towers
Uhler & Hughes’ Works
Ridgely Academy Stage Show Prompts Holiday Cheers
Ridgely Academy audiences flocked to a Friday evening performance of After Ten Years and The Obstinate Family, the best home talent yet, with new scenery praised. Weather and a rescheduled date may bring another show, as plans to repeat on the 22d or 24th were announced, inviting out of town visitors to enjoy a merry evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely Academy
Ridgely
Terra Firma
Mess
Herman
Ernest Smith
Delaware
Queen Anne’s County
Ridgely School
John Foster
Downes’ Station
Howard Smith
Goldey’s College
Wilmington
Frances Dempsey
Delaware City
Bernard
Greensboro
Agent Smith
William Rickards
Dover
Lillie Leager
Barclay
C. W. Jackson
Slemmer
Centreville
J. M. Swing
Harry Gibson
Templeville
Greensboro Snow Keeps Town in Awe as Snowstorm Hits
Greensboro endures a blizzard described as the heaviest in living memory. A touring Uncle Tom's Cabin company arrived, noting bad roads and critiquing streets, rail service, and the Weather Bureau. Mrs. William Shockley dies. burial delayed by impassable roads. Holy Trinity service altered as Bishop Adams was to officiate. Snow damages roofs at Longfellow fertilizer and Brockway warehouse. Sidewalks cleared, depot frame rising. Rev. Green confined by illness.
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Greensboro
Whitesboro
Mason and Downes Uncle Tom's Cabin Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Weather Bureau
William Shockley
Mt. Olive M. P
Sandtown
Bishop Adams
Faston
Holy Trinity
J. Frence
T. H. Longfellow
Captain Brockway
Mr. Green
The Great Cedar and the Universal Kingdom of God
A religious reflection extols Christianity as universal and eternal, predicting a world united under God. It describes the cedar as sheltering all nations and birds, with Jesus Christ acknowledged as Lord, and righteousness covering the earth like waters. The faithful are those who trust in Christ for salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Kingdom of
Solomon
David
Jesus Christ
Judah
High Cedar
House of David
Great Christian Church
Christ
Kingdom of God
God
Bad Thue On Hirde Threatens Local Game Stock
Local sportsmen fear unprecedented blizzard will destroy partridges rabbits and other game. Deep snow and hidden sedge keep birds trapped smothered and frozen with few refuges left. Despite loss the true sportsmen plan spring and summer efforts to restock from live birds. In Virginia and the Carolinas a few Bob Whites may be purchased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Carolinas
Noted Tensions Over Farms and Labor in Early County Moves
A Cambridgeins group criticizes northern and western farmers buying land while east county labor draws from Pennsylvania. Somerset Worcester owners praise Pennsylvania labor as more reliable than local workers. The piece warns tenants to improve opportunities or land may be sold, and warns about trusting immigrant laborers, urging caution in employing outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Worcester
Pennsylvania
Snowbound at Federataburg Strains Town Services
Snow six to eight feet deep closed roads and cut rail access in Federataburg. About thirty men shoveled snow while a dozen horses hauled a great plow to clear streets and driveways. Country routes opened for visitors as fuel and provisions run low. Cambridge and Seaford train service resumed yesterday morning. Mr. F H Jonas is reported ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge & Seaford Road
F. H. Jonas
Snowbound at Queen Anne's Railroad Hhereabout
INusboro reports Agent Pennington with about 30 men clearing high snow drifts near Queen Anne's railroad. Business of nearly all kinds is at a standstill all week as roads and streets remain blocked by snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennington
Queen Anne’s
One room two story house for rent notice
Two story house with one room available for rent starting February 1. Apply at onca to Jas H Niowoxs, Denton Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onca
Jas. H. Niowoxs
Denton Bridge
SOME OF CAROLINE'S BRIGHT PUPILS EXAM RESULTS
Reports from county public schools list top exam performers by school. Names include Marydel Lillie Lefton Erie Heather Bernard Sparks Bessie Boyer Helen Boyer Claude Pippin and many others across Henderson Edinburgh Goldsboro Moore's Lowe's Furman's Grove Whiteley's Camp Grove Central Oaks Williamson's Gravely Branch Fowling Creak Grove American Corner Friendship Hynson Preston Smithson Poplar Neck Boonsboro Long's Saulsbury's Hillsboro and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel—Lillie Lefton
Erie Heather
Bernard Sparks
Bessie Boyer
Helen Boyer
Claude Pippin
Henderson
Iya Noenlee
Ethel Arrants
Lucy Jump
Helen Jump
Sal- He Reed
Linwood Cohee
Lizzie Jarman
Harvey Jones
Rena Gruwell
Edinburgh
Bertha Longfellow
Mintie Clark
Milton Buck
Robert Porter
Mary Kibler
Earl Nichols
Furman’s Grove
May Cooper
Edmund Faulkner
Elsie Hyuson
Joseph Kirsch
Whiteley
Sarah Green
Amy Brough
Tom Stewart
Maggie Williams
Mary Stewart
Camp Grove
Ernest Raughley
Edna Roe
Harry Roe
Cleveland Draper
Hester Raughley
Mary Roe
Central
Norwood Voss
Dixon Garey
Oron Smith
George Harris
Willie Blessing
Bessie Baker
Oaks
Gertie Adams
Sadie Anthony
Elwood Spicer
Howard Adams
Charley Jopp
Ada Griffith
Williamson’s
Ella May Nuttle
Addie Murphy
Mary Wright
Clayton Clark
John Wright
Gravely Branch
Estella Meredith
Mary Towers
Daisy Meredith
Nannie Towers
Lacy Meredith
Chester Towers
Ella Howard
Herman McMahan
Oliver Taylor
Charles Cook
Elmer Jester
Ollie Murphy
Edith Payne
Hynson
Gertrude Covey
Oscar Williams
Lizzie Magers
Helen Parker
Noble Hubbard
Lillian Keys
Joe Frampton
George Ruf
Grace Williams
Preston
Ohie Collins
Bessie Williams
Jessie Willis
Ashley Cannon
Edith Noble
Edith Legar
Laura Stevenson
Maggie Vincent
Maynard Lednam
Smithson
Katie Todd
Tamzy Harmon
Selah Perry
Marie Harding
Johnnie Hopkins
Arthur Eaton
Poplar Neck
Marie Perry
Emmeline Hubbard
Addie Cheetum
Herman Perry
Nellie Baker
Boonsboro
Harry Roberts
Frank Biddle
Adam Holsinger
Edna Thomas
Paul Ebling
Mord Roberts
Long
Hattie S. Wright
Theo Grojean
Sadie Rickards
Harry Cade
Ella Wright
Narcissa Neighbors
Edna Carroll
Carrie Rickards
Saulsbury
Harvey McDaniel
Nannie Garey
Lizzie Garey
Joseph Tichenor
Saulsbury Garey
Hillsboro
Susan Harris
Bertha Evans
Nan Fleming
Grace Pennington
Edgar Blanch
Mary Fleming
Annie Hammer
Bessia Thawley
Smyrna Minister Targets Dancing Evils in Sermon
Rev Charles A Hill of Smyrna warned against dancing drawing on Methodist discipline. The Smyrna Call agrees no church member should dance yet questions his claim that all spiritually minded parishioners oppose dancing and urges focus on church members political involvement to draw youth back to worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hill
Smyrna
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hill
Quiet Week in Denton Public Offices and Stores
Very little business was transacted in Denton public offices last Tuesday as officials enjoyed a holiday. Bank directors from elsewhere were unable to attend and few country visitors appeared. Stores did little beyond basic groceries amid scarce flour and coal oil, with some demand briefly, making Denton unusually quiet for the era.
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Denton
Eaton and Carroll Married in Caroline County
Leonard Eaton and Minnie B Carroll were married Wednesday evening the 8th at the M E Parsonage in this place officiated by Rev Z H Webster. Both parties reside in Caroline county and are the recent wedding couple.
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Eaton—Carroll
M. E. Parsonage
Z. H. Webster
Leonard Eaton
Minnie B. Carroll
Caroline County
Echoes of the Storm Across the Atlantic Coast
A severe snow storm cripples Atlantic coast cities with isolation and frozen rivers. New Orleans reports near zero temperatures, fruit crops face damage, and the Delaware Legislature holds daily sessions with scattered votes for U S Senator. Telecommunication remains active despite the blizzard.
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Atlantic
New Orleans
Mercury
Ouur
Delaware
United States
Addicks
J. W. Kerr
Lenten Services at Christ Church Denton Plan
Last Wednesday marked Ash Wednesday inaugurating lent in Christ Church, Denton, with daily penitential services set through Passion Week. Schedule lists Morning Service with Holy Communion at 10 30 a m Sundays, Evening Service at 7 p m, midweek 4 p m, Holy Thursday 10 30 a m, Easter Sunday Holy Communion at 7 and 10 30 a m. The piece urges charity as path to happiness and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Christ Church
Denton
Thawley West wedding in Philadelphia February 1899
Miss Fannie Jackson West daughter of Mrs Sara E West wed Mr G Eliwell Thawley at 2419 North Colorado Street Philadelphia on February 8 1899 at 8 oclock. Rev Crouch performed ceremony with palm flowers and a reception then couple left for 2336 South 17th Street home. Bridesmaid Miss Marie Hill West wore white organdie and La France roses while best man was Eugene Thawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Jackson West
Sara E. West
G. Eliwell Thawley
North
Colorado Street
Philadelphia
Crouch
South 17Th Street
Marie Hill West
Eugene Thawley
Honest Medicine for La Grippe Promoted by Local User
George W. Waitt of South Gardiner Maine praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the only effective aid for coughs colds chills and grip after trying many remedies. He reports relief after using one 50 cent bottle and commends the manufacturers. Available from local sellers Hugh Duffey Hillsboro R J Colston Ridgely and W E Brown Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Waitt
South Gardiner
Chamberlain
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
R.J. Colston
Ridgely
W. E. Brown
Denton
Public sale of 22 head of mules at Easton stables
Sate and roughley will offer 22 work mules aged 4 to 6 years, weight 900 to 1100 pounds, broke and in pairs, at Charles Dunham's stables in Easton Maryland on Tuesday February 21 at 1 pm. The duo claim the lot is the best yet on the Shore and promise sale regardless of price or weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supp & Roughley
Easton
Charles Dunham
Sapp & Raughley
Clover Seed For Sale By W R Bregpina Williston
Clover seed offered for sale by W R Bregpina of Williston. Local seller advertises best quality clover seed available to customers in the area. Prospective buyers urged to contact Bregpina for pricing and delivery arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Best Western
W. R. Bregpina
Williston
Obituary notes from Delaware and Arizona settlers
Denise of Lows Duhadway and John Thawley of the Sixth district die in Denton Bridge and nearby counties. Thawley, born August 29 1824 near Oakland, served as Glouster county clerk and remarried in 1871, leaving many descendants. Other obituaries recall Judge George P. Fisher of Dover’s era, Lewis DuHadway near Fowling Creek, and Mrs Jessie Gale Miller of Mogollon New Mexico with family ties to Cambridge Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thawley
Sisth
Denton Bridge
Mr. Thawley
Walter Hoffman
Oakland
Miss Boone
Delaware
Boonsboro
Virginia
Gloucester County
Lewis
George P. Fisher
George Alfred Townsend
Washington
Diamond State
District Supreme Court
John H. Surratt
Lincoln
Congress
The
Treasury
Dover
Lewis DuHadway
Fowling Creek
W. J. DuHadway
Wilmington
Jessie Gale Miller
Mogollon
New México
Miller
Thomas H. Handy
Cambridge
Farmers urged to help starving birds after deep snow
The letter notes birds suffer under two weeks of heavy snow and many likely perished. It urges farmers to provide sheltered feeding spots using loose grain or hayseed, hoping to aid survivors and later enjoy sport when they return. It ends with an advertisement for fine clover seed from Matthew McDaniel at Tuckahoe Neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fine Clover Seed
Matthew McDaniel
Tuckahoe Neck
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Denton Journal
Public Business Calendar
Circuit Court
Orphans’ Court
Levy Court
the Local Department
yaPra P
Maryland
Earth
Rev
Hi. Webster
M. E
Hirde
Fuaraissed
Inusboro
Caroline
Mr. HJ
Dancing
Thawley
la Grippe
Denise of
Lows Duhadway
Job Prining
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