Denton County News Roundup February 1905
Saturday morning items cover county updates from Denton including court meetings Levy and Orphans Court dates, school board plans, and local business notes. Notices mention Methodist communion, new homes on Second street, and plans for a large hotel and brick storehouse. Weather- and frost-affected peach buds, optics glare “snow eye,” and several injuries from a toboggan slide are reported alongside local commerce and street lighting proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Cooper
Second Street
F. W. Redden
Geo. T. Redden & Co
H. A. Roe
Methodist Protestant
Helen B. Comegys
Mary
Scranton
John S. Barbert
W. R. Wright
Leonard S. Fleckenstein
Talbot
T. Pliny Fisher
Annapolis
Naval Grounds
Col
Luther H. Gadd
George T. Melvin
J. A. Rood
Goldsboro
R. Jarrell & Son’s
Charles E. Wilson
Main
Fifth Street
Julia Day
John T. Carter, Jr
Wm. EF. Brown
James H. Nichols
Martin B. Smith
H. E. Ramsdell
Denton
Clarence Frampton
T. L. Frampton
Social Matrimony at Cambridge Bride Married in February Ceremony
A wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs Hubbard in Cambridge united Eva Gootee Hubbard and Richard Cree formerly of Nottingham England. Rev Barlow officiated under a wedding bell arch with uncle Samuel Hubbard presenting the bride. After the ceremony guests adjourned for a cold supper in a festively decorated parlour. The couple reside at the Brick Hotel Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maisantes I
Hubbard
Race Street
Cambridge
Swelock
Eva Gootee Hubbard
Richard Cree
Nottingham
England
Mr. Barlow
Christ Church
Mirs Pannie Bernard
Greensboro
William Uf. Deweese
Frances Crouse
Wm. A. Smith
Mary Garey
John Carrow
Elizabeth
Camden, del
L. Frank Bloxsom
Tuckahoe Neck
Robert H
Marriage of WL Hollingsworth and Mary L Comegys
Tver and Queen Anne were the scenes of Mr WL Hollingsworth and Mrs Mary L Comegys tying the knot Wednesday evening at the bride’s mother's home. Rev G R Mass officiated. A wedding supper followed. The couple will reside on a Starr area farm and other local notes include carriages arriving, social gatherings, and a long account of agricultural talks on soil fertility and farm sanitation with emphasis on silo use, nitrogen in soil, and cleanliness to curb disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twollingsworth
Stu
Mary L. Comegys
G.R. Mass
G. Lawrence Wilson
M. B. Nichols
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Queen Anne
Hillsboro
Harry Sparks
Ira Williams
John A. Mackintosh
Grace Hubbard
Branford
Adams
Evelyn Fleming
Sthel Moore
Harvey Anthony
Philippines
H. M. Thompson
W. OH. Diggins
Everett Gale
Virginia Holt
Emma Morgan
Baltimore
Mollie Lee
Harry M. Thompson
Tate Barton
Join W. Knotts
Farmers Institute
Mozart Hall
Greensboro
W. N. Amoss
H. P. Miller
Symons
FE. J. Derrickson
Berlin
Miller
Amoss
Easton
Maryland
Caroline
Ohio
Agricultural Press
Dirickson
Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway to Link Love Point Easton
Directors form telegraph line from Love Point to Easton connecting Queen Anne’s Railroad with the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway. Both lines are controlled by Pennsylvania Railroad. officers for the new company mirror those at the Baltimore line under Captain Willard Thomson. Officials named include Superintendent of Steamer Lines Tully A Jaynes Auditor W L Rothstein General Freight and Passenger Agent T Murdoch Superintendent of Railway Division and Division Freight and Passenger Agent A J Benjamin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Company
Love Point
Easton
Queen Anne's
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Willard Thomson
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company
Tully A. Jaynes
W. L. Rothstein
T. Murdoch
A. J. Benjamin
Delegates Named for Anti Tuberculosis League Meeting
At the request of Dr. Geo Brown of Atlanta president of the American Anti Tuberculosis League Congressman Erect Smith will send two physicians from each county in the First Congressional District as delegates to the league’s first meeting in Atlanta April 17 to 19. The provisional list includes S Stone Ridge ly, J L Noble Preston. J Mace Cambridge, R J Price Vienna. W Frank Hines Ches tertown, Edw A Scott Galena. C W Wainwright Princess Anne, C T Fisher Princess Anne. F M Slemons Salisbury, L W Morris Salisbury. Julins A Johnson Easton, Edw R Trippe Easton. More delegates will be added shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Brown
Atlanta
Erect Smith
Smith
Carolince
S. S. Stone
Ridgely
J. L. Noble
Preston
Dorchester
John Mace
Cambridge
R. J. Price
Vienna
Kent
W. Frank Hines
Chestertown
Edw
A. Scott
Galena
Somerset
Charles W. Wainwright
Princess Anne
Charles T. Fisher
Wicomico
F. M. Slemons
Salisbury
L. W. Morris
Talbot
Julins A. Johnson
Easton
Edw. R. Trippe
Orphans Court Actions Sell Stocks and Appraisals
Orphans Court on Tuesday last authorized Mrs Martha Jones and Thomas W Jones to sell railroad stock as administrators of Thomas W Jones deceased. James T Cooper administrator of Georgetta Irwin presented debts and final account. Distribution ordered. Sarah E Andrews through attorneys filed complaint for sale of James M Nichols real estate. warrant to appraise real estate ordered. William B Nuttle executor of James W Saulsbury presented bonds approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Martha Jones
Thomas W. Jones
James T. Cooper
Georgetta Irwin
Sarah E. Andrews
William N. Andrews
J. W. Waddell
James M. Nichols
William B. Nuttle
James W. Saulsbury
Onion sets and seeds offered by Nevius & Fraurroux Easton Md
Wanstead lists onion sets cow peas and scarlet clover seed with samples and state quantity on hand. Nevius & Fraurroux of Easton Maryland request interested buyers to inspect available stock and place orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevius & Fraurroux
Easton
Epworth League Meeting and Local Health Notes
The Epworth League at Wesley M. E Church will meet at Mr. Thos. Sipple's home Friday night February 17. Mrs. Viola Harris remains ill while Mrs. Lena Thawley shows improving health. Roland Monday departed for Paris IL to take a bookkeeper job. Cora Stephens of Hickman visited Burrsville. Flora Dill visits her sister Roberta Wyatt near Denton. Rev. W S H Williams suffers tonsillitis. George Blades family sickness improving. Helen Barker from Harrington visits Flora Dill. Tom Caball spends time in Philadelphia. John Williams visits Georgetown Delaware. Dr. Theodore Saulsbury has been ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Wesley M. E Church
Thos. Sipple
Viola Harris
Lena Thawley
Roland
Paris
Cora Stephens
Hickman
Burrsville
Flora Dill
Roberta Wyatt
Denton
W.S. H. Williams
George Blades
Helen Barker
Harrington
Tom Caball
Philadelphia
John Willaims
Georgetown
Delaware
Theodore Saulsbury
Reward offered for information on shop burglary at Leiborvitz shoe shop
A subscription paper seeks funds as a reward for anyone who traces or provides knowledge about the person or persons who broke in and stole articles from Leiborvitz shoe shop. Community notes include visits by R. W. Messenger to Columbus Chillicothe Pittsburg and Philadelphia. The Thimble Club colonial fair in Music Hall on the 22 will aid steam heating at the MBE Church. Local residents Mary Gullet and families are mentioned with various travels and illnesses report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leiborvitz
R. W. Messenger
Cannery
Columbus
Ohio
Chillicothe
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Thimble Club
Music Hall
M. BE
Mary Gullet
Greenwood
Local Social Then and Now in Bethlehem
Bethlehem social circle gathers Tuesday evening as Misses Maud Hubbard and Ethel Cade host a small group including Elise Thomas Florence Cohee Minnie Collins and Messrs Hiram Rice and Melvin Wallace. Revival services were paused due to weather but slated to resume at the first clear night. Fred Wright recently recovering from appendicitis is out again. St Louis visitors Paston Ledam and Martin Messick visit their parents here. Miss Maud Hubbard improves after six months of illness. Miss Iohn Legates visits Miss Manye Harding for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Hubbard
Ethel Cade
Elise Thomas
Florence Cohee
Minnie Collins
Hiram Rice
Melvin Wallace
Fred. Wright
Paston Ledaum
Martin Messick
St. Louis
Iohn Legates
Manye Harding
Pupil List From Whiteleys and Thawleys Schools
Whiteleys School announces examination recipients taught by Miss Josephine Towers. Names include Edna Nichols Mary Steward Johnny Fowler Chifton Nichols Hartley Ellwanger Byron Dill Johnny Steward Elizabeth Robinson Freeborn Ellwanger Naomi Warren Irwin Nichols Elizabeth Carter Martha Steward Pauline Nichols David Ellwanger Pearl Wright. Thawleys School reports top average in intermediate exams: Roxie Cohee Lillie Cuhee Raymond Messix Arthur Cohee Caroline DeFord Reynolds Haughey Duke Smith Willie DeFord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteley’s School
Josephine Towers
Edna Nichols
Mary Steward
Johnny Fowler
Chifton Nichols
Hartley Ellwanger
Byron Dill
Johnny Steward
Elizabeth Robinson
Freeborn Ellwanger
Naomi Warren
Irwin Nichols
Elizabeth Carter
Martha Steward
Pauline Nichols
David Ellwanger
Pearl Wright
Thawley’s School
Roxie Cohee
Lillie Cuhee
Raymond Messix
Arthur Cohee
Caroline DeFord
Reynolds Haughey
Duke Smith
Willie DeFord
Concord News Brief on Local Examinations and Ice Houses
Our teacher held exams for several days last week and praised third grade scholars Roberta Everngam Elva Thawley who earned good marks. Messrs T H Everngam and C C Todd used clear weather to fill their ice houses. Inclement weather disrupted local religious services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta’ Everngam
Elva Thawley
Messrs
T. H. Everngam
C. C. Todd
Greenaboro Evangelists hold ten days meeting at the mission
Greenaboro Evangelists Wood and Solomon conduct a ten days' meeting at the mission. Miss Linda Tawlings of Greensboro visits friends in Wicomico. Miss Mary Butler of Goldsboro spends the week with Miss Edith Dill. Mr. Alze Smith of Cordova was in town this week as a visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Solomon
Linda Tawlings
Greensboro
Wicomico
Mary Butler
Goldsboro
Edith Dill
Alze Smith
Cordova
Local Trades Notice From Old Records
Hobby and Mr Clay Hobbs work at a house fire site near Anthony's pond with thick coverage from nine to ten inches. Mr B Seeders restarts charcoal production in the Elear Todd woods near Andersontown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HH. Clay Hobbs
Anthony's Pond
B. T. Seeders
Elear Todd Woods
Andersontown
Man seeks trade for hogs by selling sewing machine
A man who never subscribed to a newspaper asked an editor to announce his sewing machine for trade with two hogs. The editor quipped he could not see the need for hogs while the man stayed so close to home.
The Gospel of Death and Superstition Refuted
J B G reflects on superstition in popular gospel, cites Grover Cleveland and Beecher, and mocks heavenly rhetoric. He contrasts priests and common sense about death, noting the lone truth of mortality amid religious vanity. He recalls emigrant youth seeking a promised land and urges skeptical, grounded thinking.
Washington and Maryland Anniversary Program Notes
School anniversary observances proposed by Dr. M B Stephens outline Washington Birth Day Maryland Day and Arbor and Bird Day programs. Activities include songs essays readings poems and recitations by various pupils and patrons with aims of patriotic instruction and tree planting.
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M. B. Stephens
Washington
America
Long Island
Maryland
Drake
God
Cecilius Calvert
Lord Baltimore
Columbia
the Ocean
Sony
Let Me Down Easy in Centreville Funeral Prank
A Queenstown Yerra report recounts Sam Johnson a Centreville resident nicknamed coon by locals disrupting a funeral in Caroline county. The ventriloquist man allegedly caused panic by shouting Let me down easy and causing mourners to flee, drawing laughs from onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Sam Johnson
Centreville
Caroline County
Sam
Prince Albert
In Memoriam for Mary B Stewart Remembrance Note
In loving memory a sister Mary B Stewart departed this life January 13 1903 one year and two months ago. The bereaved recall her happy spirit at home with Jesus and the unseen glories of the land above.
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Mary B. Stewart
Jesus
Wii
Death notices outline Greensboro and regional losses
Mrs. Julia J. Maloy died suddenly at her Greensboro home on Sunday morning after a brief illness. Born in Laurel Del in 1828, she moved with family to this county in 1837, married Thomas H. Maley, and left two children Edward H. Maloy and Mrs W W Shockley. Funeral services were led by Dr Hoffecker in Greensboro Cemetery. Also noted are deaths of Mrs Mary Conner of Canterbury Del aged 14, Nathaniel Legates of Easton, Washington Finch of Philadelphia, Wilson I Cannon of Dover, and William Thomas Henderson of Baltimore, with brief biographical details and funeral locations.
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Julia J. Maloy
Greensboro
Laurel
Del
Thomas H. Maley
Queen Anne's County
Caroline
David S. Moore
T. Howard Moore
Edward H. Maloy
W. W. Shockley
Hoffecker
Greensboro Cemetery
Mary Conner
Barrett P. Conner
Canterbury
Delaware
John H. Merriken
Conner
Denton
Federalsburg
Nathaniel Legates
Easton
Legates
Bethlehem
Rachel Hitchens
Laurel, del
Julia A. Workman
Vernon
Washington Finch
Dorchester
Finchville
Frank Finch
Philadelphia
Dover
Lakeside Cemetery
William Thomas Henderson
Henderson, Linthicum & Co
Baltimore
Queen Anne minor officials to stay. new appointments planned
No changes yet in minor officials on the Queen Anne. Benjamin will make appointments in a few days. W A Polk named Asst Engineer and F Strattner Master Mechanic with new road duties added to B C A Ry. A sub General Office at Love Point with a track supervisor, a machine shop foreman, a train master and train dispatcher. Likely all three to come from current Queen Anne staff. no changes to train operations now. The Thimble Club Federalsburg to hold a Colonial Fair in Music Hall on the 22nd and 23rd inst. Deputy Sheriff Dukes busy summoning witnesses for congressional contest testimony next week. Cashier West notes Denton National Bank closes next Wednesday Washington Birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
Benjamin
W. A. Polk
F. Strattner
Love Point
Strattner
Thimble Club
Federalsburg
Music Hall
Dukes
West
Denton National Bank
Washington
One Day at a Time Reflections in The Herald and Presbyter
A quoted devotional verse teaches living day by day and shedding yesterday’s burdens. The Herald and Presbyter presents the message urging readers to bear burdens as they arise, take one step at a time, and avoid weighing the present with the past into tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald and Presbyter
Easily dispose of stock by notice in The Journal
Those who wish to buy will also find these columns effective. The item presents a practical prompt to publish stock dispositions in the newspaper. It emphasizes notice placement and reader guidance for buyers and sellers.
Hooper’s driving horse draws $300 offer in Philadelphia
A five year old driving horse owned by Mr. Leander R Hooper behaved beautifully to a sleigh in the street this week. A Philadelphia gentleman offered $300 for the animal and the sale was accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander R. Hooper
Philadelphia
Luston Guzette
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