Local notices and community updates from Denton area
Local department reports meetings and resignations, retirements, and appointments. Denton National Bank stockholders to elect officers next Tuesday. Water supply issues persist for the fire department. Clergy changes include Rev C H Day resigning from Caroline Circuit M P Church and Rev Clarence T Wilson called to Sixty first Street M E Church in New York. Also social events, court delays, and obituaries for Mrs Lydia Dukes and Mrs Rhoda Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Day
Caroline Circuit
M. P
Denton
Centreville
Denton National Bank
Baltimore News
Stump
Sarah A. Stevens
Cambridge
Weems
Isaac Lehman
Caroline
Philadelphia
William Biland
Almshouse
George W. Spurry
Will Collins
John Collins
American Corners
Fowling Creek
Brown
J. M. Knotts
J. E. Golt
Harvey L. Cooper
Beniah Kinnamon
Hurst, Purnell & Co
Baltimore
Adams
Z. H. Webster
Bloomery
C. M. Lloyd
Journal
Lydia Dukes
Isaac P. Dukes
Caroline County
James E. Lowry
East Enger Street
Dukes
Rhoda Morgan
J. Edward Morgan
Talbot County
Moses Morgan
Williston
Concord
Rev
W. W. Chaires
W. C. Morgan
Weddings Span Tide of Local Families at Denton
Miss Anna Clark wed Luemnel R. Clough at Thawley's M P Church with Rev J Straughn officiating. A royal reception followed at Church Hill. Charles Cline and Addie A Andrew also wed at Harris M E Church with a reception at the bride’s home. Other notices include Hutson and Cora McIlvaine’s Greensborough marriage, a Calvary M E Church South reception for Rev and Mrs Carlton Dy Harris, and community gatherings at the Thursday Club and Plaindealing home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
John W. Clark
Tuckahoe Neck
Thawley’s
M. P
Luemnel R. Clough
Church Ni
Harrington
Nellie Johnson
Will Trenchard
Queen Anne's County
Oscar Clark
Charles Cline
Centreville
Addie A. Andrew
Jacob Andrew
Harris’ M. E. Church
Emma Collison
Robert I. George
Will Dukes
F. M. Reighard
Walter George
Z. H. Webster
T. J. Lambert
N. Alex. Hutson
Cora McIlvaine
Greensborough
J. A. Arters
Alex
T Wardcastle’s
Hillsboro Notes on Gunning, Ice Good Times
Hillsboro reports scarce game from a gunning expedition by Frank Barton and Ralph Thompson. Miss Mary A Blackburn visits Miss Maggie Andrew during Christmas. Union revival services are held in the M E Church by T J Lambert and W W Sharp. Changes include Mrs Sophia B Breeding moving to Burrsville and George Reed planning to reside there this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barton
Ralph Thompson
Mary A. Blackburn
Ridgely
Maggie Andrew
M. E
Lawrence Wilson
Trappe
Charles Andrew
William Price
Henderson
Mary Knotts
Chestnut Ridge
Talbot County
Bertie Fisher
Jeremiah Beauchamp
Pocomoke City
Dowler and Bucklew Marriage Near Bethlehem
Thomas K Dowler and Miss Annie Bucklew wed near Bethlehem on December 45 1894 by Rev A D Dick. Both residents of the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowlern—Bucklew
Bethlehem
A. D. Dick
Thomas K. "Dowler
Annie Bucklew
County
Local residence changes noted in 1805 town update
The column lists numerous moves and new occupations in the area. Albert Anderson retires from milling to run a store at Towers Wharf. Clarence Stanton takes over the mill residence. George W. Cohee moves into the Anderson dwelling. Satterfield moves to Pea Liquor. Albert Satterfield relocates across the bridge near Denton. George W. Dill takes over the Williamson farm. Charles W. Clark buys Captain Kemp’s property. O M Hignutt moves to the Linwood Cohee property. Robert Frazier resides in a B G Stevens cottage. James E. Spence and John Jones swap residences on the Crosby farm. Martin Griffith from Baltimore moves into the Johnson property. F M Baker from Chestertown settles at a Stevens riverfront. Edward Christopher occupies adjoining property. Mrs Crosby and Mrs Wheeler visit, Mr Bruce Stevens returns to Maryland Agricultural College, and Miss Grace Gelletty visits Harford county, with possible upcoming marriages mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Anderson
Towers’ Wharf
Clarence Stanton
Anderson
All
W. C. Todd
George W. Cohee
Mr. Anderson
Martin L. Satterfield
RE. W. Williamson
Albert Satterfield
Orin Williamson
Bridge
Denton
George W. Dill
J. J. Hignutt
Mr. Satterfield
Williamson
Charles W. Clark
James T. Kemp
O. M.hignutt
Linwood Cohee
Robert Frazier
Bethlehem
B. G. Stevens
River View
James E. Spence
Carrie Crosby
John Jones
Spence
Martin Griffith
Baltimore
Johnson
G. W. Cohce
F. M. Baker
Chestertown
Edward Christopher
Bruce Stevens
Maryland Agricultural College
William Crosby and Son
New York
E. E. Wheeler
Georgia Nowell
Harrington
Nellie
Sadie Nowell
Emmett Johnson
Concord
Christmas Watch Night and Town Holiday Notes
Watch night services rang in 1895 at the M. E. Church with tolling bells and choir singing. Christmas week featured a wedding and two Sunday School entertainments at the M. E. and Swed enborgian churches. Local residents hosted visitors, reported minor injuries from a fall on ice, and many townsfolk enjoyed holidays with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Valliant
Burrsville
Jessie Saulsbury
Leva Bradley
Virgil Moore
Harry Bradley
Roy Tuff
East
Kelly
New Jerusalem
Nellie Percy
Will Percy
Dorchester County
Dr. Phillips
J. Watson Thompson
Vienna
T. C. Smoot
Lyceum Organizes A Local Literary Circle
A group of local youths formed a Lyceum at Miss Lizzie Clark's home on Friday evening. Elected officers include C. I. Stewart president, Lizzie Johnson vice president, Mamie Downes secretary, Mary Emerson treasurer, Maud Fisher corresponding secretary. Readings and debates featured May Fisher vocal music, Mamie Downes reading, Annie Fisher essay, Mamie Evitts instrumental music, and a debate on pride and ambition versus ignorance and superstition with Oscar Clark and L. B. Towers for the affirmative and H. L. Cooper and J. K. Stevans for the negative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Clark
C. I. Stewart
Lizzie Johnson
Mamie Downes
Mary Emerson
Oscar Clark
L. B. Towers
H. L. Cooper
J. K. Stevans
Interesting Marydel Letter of New Year Moves
Changes of residence around town on the first of the year include Mrs. Morris Cooper moving to Barclay and others shifting homes from hotel properties to vacant houses. The church Christmas program featured Santa and a chimney treat, with recitations and a turkey for Rev Chandler. Local council officers were elected for six months and a double wedding occurred at the parsonage. Several residents traveled, gunned, or fell ill while others returned home for holidays and school reopened after the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Emma Hall
Lucy
Dave Hayden
Chandler
Slemmer
Marydel
D. V. Hutchins
F. P. Medford
H. W. Temple
H. W. Pippin
T. J. Heather
T. R. Green
H. Pippin
J. L. Pippin
John Grifith
Inside Sentinel
N. G. Cohee
Outside Sentinel
C. O. Starkey
W. Stafford
State Council
Local residents relocate across Queen Anne's and surrounding farms
William O Aldridge moves to Edward Sapp house in Queen Anne's county while James Chambers shifts from Ruths burg to Dr Evans house. J Harris takes over Captain William Pritchett farm as Amandus Young sells to William Wharton and moves to Ridgely. Edward Passwaters leaves The Plains for town, occupying Knotts and Shellbrooks houses. James Knotts relocates to Ridgely. A shooting match yields several turkeys with Cruser and Smith succeeding, plus pigeons and broken glass balls. A surprise party for Mr and Mrs Knotts on the 28th ends with warm good wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Aldridge
Queen Anne’s County
Edward Sapp
James Chambers
Ruthsburg
Dr. Evans
J. Harris
Captain William Pritchett
Amandus Young
Willian Wharton
Mr. Young
Williams. Ridgely Farm
Boonsboro
Edward Passwaters
Plains
John Smith
Queen Anne’s
Mr. Cruser
Mr. Smith
James
Social gifts and skating trend fill local social scene
Miss Grace Stambaugh hosted a four course supper and dance Monday for friends including Frankie Greene Annie Stevenson Alice Flounders Mamie McShane and several gentlemen and physicians. The alliance tent and two houses fill rapidly with attendees T A and T W Smith among early entrants. Skating parties and ice trips draw jolly youth daily as Miss Wisher recovers to resume teaching and Dr Madeira visits Baltimore. Miss Hoffman hosted a pleasant sociable Friday and Miss Stevenson returns to normal school Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Stambaugh
Frankie Greene
Annie Stevenson
Alice Flounders
Mamie McShane
A. G. Saulsbury
Mitchell Greene
Frank Flounders
Dr. Madeira
Dr. Conaway
Alliance
Mercury
Wisher
Madeira
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Baltimore
Terr
Hoffman
Stevenson
Severe Cold Wave Freezes Rivers and Skater Sports
A frigid wave hit Thursday night into Friday as temperatures fell to about ten. Ice thickened to six inches on rivers and flats hindering navigation for days. People gathered ice for the year while skaters enjoyed smooth mill ponds in an unusually cold week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Malaria Decline Turns Maryland Shore Into a Sanatorium
In a December Maryland Medical Journal piece Dr J C Clark argues malaria on the Eastern Shore has nearly vanished due to drainage cultivation pine forests and climate shifts. He cites Caroline county vital statistics and claims the region is now a healthy temperate climate nearly a natural sanatorium amid occasional typhoid and diarrheal cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Medical Journal
J. C. Clark
Sanitary League of Sealth
Maryland
Caroline County
Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
Grippe
Clark
Chancellor
Population Shifts Mark Local Updates Across Town
The community records several moves including N. P. Williams son to Two Johns and H. Ferrins occupying his former home, with E. L. Hubbard moving to Smithville and others like J. Gootee to Andersontown and W. W. Dukes taking the Satterfield dwelling. A tomato contract forfeiture favored plaintiff J. T. Bindes over T. V. Redman amid holiday quiet and festive news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. P. Williamson
Two Johns
H. Ferrins
E. L. Hubbard
Smithville
W. T. Hignatt
Justice Loeckerman
J. T. Bindes
T. V. Redman
William J. Williamson
Rt. A. Beachamp
W. C. Todd
Philadelphia
Emmett F. Johnson
B. G. Stevens
Williston
Ida Smith
George F. Smith
Chestnut Grove
Residents Change Homes In Busy New Year Week
A number of residents relocated this week as the New Year began. Notable moves include George W. Collison to Breeze Lawn at Dr. Enoch George’s farm, C. H. Whitby to W. E. Dunnock property, and John R. Griffin to Hillsborough. E C Fields to C J Redden’s East Denton home, Redden to a new farm east of town, and Annie Rochester returning to a former residence. Additional changes include R A Emerson’s house to R Kemp Williams, W Gootee succeeding Williams at Col Downes’ house, Albert Satterfield moving from Williston to a farm, Harry E. Randell occupying L B Towers’ house, N A Hutson moving to the Nicholson homestead, M F Allaband hosting guests at Choptank Hotel, Samuel Griffin moving to Thawley property, Priestley Allen to Furman farm, John Satterfield to Cade farm, Will Allaband to Wainwright farm, Charles Porter to Col Garey’s farm, Jacob Stokely to G W Gollison farm, Ed Stevens moved to Federalsburg for livery work, H M Cade now managing the farm, and Wyre Robinson relocating from Goldsboro to Tuckahoe Neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Collison
Tuckahoe Neck
Breeze Lawn
Enoch George
C. H. Whitby
W. E. Dunnock
Third
Low Streets
John R. Griffin
Hillsborough
E. C. Fields
C. J. Redden
Denton
Mr. Redden
Annie Rochester
Fields
R. A. Emerson
Rochester
R. Kemp Williams
W. B. Gooteo
Williams
Col. Downes
Albert Satterfield
Williston
Mr. Gootee
Harry E. Ramsdell
L. B. Towers
N. A. Hutson
Nicholson
M. F. Allaband
Choptank
Samuel Griffin
Thawley
Priestley ‘Allen
Furman
John Satterfield
Cade
Will Allaband
Wainwright
Charles Porter
Col. Garey
Jacob Stokeley
G. W. Gollison
Ed. Stevens
Hasen
Federalsburg
H. M. Cade
Wyre Robinson
Goldsbrough
Local Households Shift as Families Relocate in January
A series of January moves shifts residents across towns. Mrs E M Stack relocates to Philadelphia. James Sullivan and Waldon swap roles, Logan fills Sullivan’s vacancy, and Nabb’s family occupies Logan’s former home. Messick moves to a farm. Elmer Price gains a new home, Blanchards settle in Elmer’s, and Lizzie Jenkins plans to occupy her own residence. James Page’s family moves to Bridgeville, and George W Wright follows a vacant home. J P White moves to his farm as Noble’s Esquire and Marots Wright take over White’s place. Cropper White goes to American Corner, Ron Stevens moves in. Idlewild Milling changes their miller to Sewell from Greensborough. he takes Robinson’s place, who moved to Milford Delaware. Ice is five inches thick as skaters and ice hunters frequent the ponds, and locals J Maxwell, Walter Stack, and Albert White visit town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Stack
Philadelphia
James Sullivan
Mr.Waldon
Lizzie Jenkings
Whyid
Blanchards
James Page
Bridgeville
Geo. W. Wright
Messrs
Sueman and Logan
Anid
J. P. White
Meat Esquire Noble
Marots Wright
White
Cropper White
American Corner
Ron Stevens
Idlewild Milling Company
Mr. Sewell
Greensborough
Robinson
Milford
Del
J. Maxwell
Walter Stack
Albert White
Local Farm Moves Roster from Goldsborough to Nearby Farms
John Shiveley returns to his farm near Bridgetown while W C Whatton also relocates there. Isaac Lapham moves from Clayton to Dr Hardcastle’s farm. W T Robinson moves to Tuckahoe Neck and N M Jarman relocates near Burrsville. R E Jarman replaces him. Frank Tete moves from Greensborough to a vacated house, William Quillen to W L Saunders’s house, and William Windsor to Quillen’s vacated home at Vine. C F Jones and family spend holidays in Wilmington and Philadelphia. Bertha Graham accepts a select school near Hartly. Watch night service held at church. boys enjoy skating season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shiveley
W. C. Whatton
Bridgetown
Isaac Lapham
Mear
Clayton
H Pippin
William Quillen
W. L. Saunders
William Windsor
Quillen
C. F. Jones
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Bertha Graham
Hartly
Our Church
Orphans' Court considers Stevens will and notices creditors
The Orphans' Court met on Monday with George Russum presenting a paper purporting to be the will of the late John W. Stevens for probate on January 8. T. Pliny Fisher named administrator of John R. Ross’s estate, creditors to be notified. Alfred J. Wilson and Trustees filed final receipts. Mary A. Ester nominated administratrix of Wm. F. Smoot’s estate. fishing twine advertised for sale in Baltimore prices by B.G. Stevens. Kent News notes Denton Journal and Union backing the railroad through Caroline with promising prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Mr. George
Guardian
Charles E. Tarr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Preston
Hymen
Mary Wright
Anna Turpi
Munster Jack Turpin
Plaindealing
J. Boon Dukes
Norris Johnson
Lydia Berry
Sheriff Berry
Robert L. Anderson
M. J. Woodford
Gussie Smoot
Wm. E. Brown
Hillsboro
Statthsine
Sophia B. Breeding
Wm. E. Bullock
George Reed
Wihlllston
Grace Gelletty
Harford County
Nellie Phillips
Susie EK. Sisk
Orville Harris
Bessie Phillips
Beckwith's
Bertie Noble
Morris Cooper
Barclay
John W. Moore
Eliza Taylor
Will Carlisle
Pearsaul
D. T. Rickards
Templeville
W. H. Bartelle
Chapeltown Cross-Roads
George Tomlinson
Washington, D. C
Town
Lee Poore
Addie Bickling
James Colhee
Annie Bickling
Albert Chandler
John Stafford
Millington
Josiah Steele
Powell
Camden
Mr. T. R. Green
Mr. Chandler
Mr. Sharp
Howard Heather
Mary Sparks
Will Stafford
Will Scotten
Smyrna
Zaidee Jarman
Bessie Graham
Goldsborough
Fannie West
Bessie Price
Lida Heather
Mrs. Seward
J. W. Boyer
Hope N. Barrell
T. F. Green
Dover
Gertie Clark
Mer. William Smith
Narrington
Shoemaker
Dayton
William Davis
Mr. Davis
Clifton
R. E. Coursey
A. Prettyman
Clfton
Robert Tinley
S. N. West
Turbitt
Longfellow
Sue Kurtz
Marin
Lizzie Jones
Lowe's Cross Roads
A. B. Roe
M. Is
Hickman
Samuel Callahan
J. W. Stevens
Harry Johnson
Mr. Stevens
W. W. Noble
G. F. Noble
Lee Adams
J. R. Whaley
Roger E. Adams
Archibald Evans
P. W. Downes
George W. Harlow
C. N. Coulbourn
W. R. Peters & Bro
Will Breeding
P. W. Carey
Annie Bowdle
Easton
Annie Liden
J. W. Hignutt
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Dukehart
W. B
Gray
Gale
B.G. Stevens
Kent News
Denton Journal and
Union
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