Local notices and town updates from Denton area
Local items report a Warrington shirt factory fire with losses around 10,000 pounds, new postmaster in Henderson, land and farm sales near Denton, and a range of community events. Also noted are a revival at Mission Church, subscription renewals, a U S Marshal candidate, school commissioner appointment, and a freight schedule change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Church
Warrington
Wing H. Poore
Hartley
United States Marshal
Delaware
G. W. Simmons
Caroline County
Army Notes of Interest From Denton Visitors
Army notes of interest recount visits and greetings in Denton and nearby towns. J Lester Everngam recently arrived from France wounded in action with the 313th Regiment. he is under army care after a machine gun injury. Top Sergeant Louis R. Dukes writes of Verdun service and sleeping in a real bed for the first time in six weeks. Various returned soldiers and relatives share home visits, postings, and future plans, including Dr Norwood W. Voss setting up practice in New Jersey, and others awaiting homecoming in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Everngam
J. Lester Everngam
France
313Th
Hindenburg
Mtr
Everngain
Thelma
Dukes
Sherman Tribbett
310Th Field Artiilery
7Th Division
Army of Occupation
Tribbett
Towers
Norwood W. Voss
duPont Hospital
Parlin
N. J
Wilmington
New Jerey
Voss
James W. Voss
Denton
Pate
Scott
Fred Scott
Clinton Scot
Horace D. Shively
Mr. Shively
Goldsboro
Wilbert L. Merriken
San Antonio
Texas
Aviation Service
Federalsburg
Arthur Walton
Mechanical Forces of Aviation
George Torrode
Gertrude
Anderontown
Philadelphia
Mir
Earle ES Horsey
Zeb Horsey
Delmar
Horsey
Melvin E. Todd
Eighth Field Artillery
Caroline
America
Cahert C. Meriken
Masonic
Caroline Redden
Chautauqua Association
Maine
Mervin Seward
Marion
Ala
West Point
Walter Hicks
Washington
Hicks
Emily DeFord
Ensign Henry Wilson
Court Meets Monday Grand Jurors Summoned
The court will convene Monday with a list of summoned grand jurors including Irwin T. Saulsbury John T. Milby Lilliard N. Jones Charles S. Shockley Arthur W. Brumbaugh John G. Murphey and others. Special jurors named Lloyd A Gooden S Carroll Johnson Robert Jarrell Sr J Alda Jackson Andrew Baggs Clarence W. Russell Samuel Ellwanger Charles W. Hobbs and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin T. Saulsbury
John T. Milby
Lilliard N. Jones
Charles S. Shockley
Arthur W. Brumbaugh
John G. Murphey
Ilaywant S. Horsey
J. Atwood Todd
Walter S. Rutter
Charles A. Whiteley
H. Calvin Todd
Edward V. Lane
Washington J. Stant
Newton M. White
William E. Cox
William PD. Satterfield
Daneel C. Lynch
John W. Allfather
Alfred W. Thompson
Charles L. Opperman
Edward F. Hunt
William W. Dukes
Charles S Meredith
Sperit
Lloyd A Gooden
S .Carroll Johnson
Robert Jarrell
J. Alda Jackson
Andrew Baggs
Clarence W. Russell
Samuel Ellwanger
Charles W. Hobbs
A. Davis Wright
T. Houston Towers
Walter M. Wright
Charles A. Carroll
AK Wrightson
James H. Buiter
Robert W. Messenger
Ralph [. Brown
Thomas B. Sparkhan
C. Harry Fleming
Henry Porter
Charles Starkey
Milton C. Smith
B. Harrison Holsinger
Charles Wright
Lewis Nichols
Thomas J. Daffin, Jr
Delaware Senate election plan for president pro tem collapses
The plan to elect LD Short as president pro tem of the Delaware Senate failed after the Wednesday session opened. Senator Long was chosen with support from four holdover Senators Brown Poole Long and Walker and five Democrats Gormley Holle Murphy Vrice and Latta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LD Short
Sussex County
Delaware Senate
Senate
Long
Brown
Poole
Walker
Gormley
Holle
Murphy
Vrice
Latta
Greensboro Notes Roundup From Family Visits To Sickness
Greensboro reports include Mr LW Taylor of Wilmington at his mother Mrs Thos Taylor's bedside in Preston. Local sick list features L S Jones, C B Jarman and son Clinton, C H Pippin, Mae Pippin, and Mrs Josephine Massey. Social visits noted from Alvin Totheroh, George Stevenson, Temple Smith. Revival services underway at M E Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
LW. Taylor
Wilmington
Thos. Taylor
Preston
Taylor
Greenboro
L. S. Jones
C. B. Jarman
Clinton
C. H. Pippin
Mae Pippin
Josephine Massey
Alvin Totheroh
George Stevenson
Jinks Murray
T. C. Horey
Baltimore
M. E
H. C. Legg
Georgia Butler
Ridgely
Templeville News Roundup Highlights Family Visits and Illness
Templeville reports Mr and Mrs Edward Tarnay and two daughters returning to Philadelphia after time with Mrs W O Bowen. Local families host visitors including Mr and Mrs Homer Stutt and Mr and Mrs BOF Starkey. Farmers shell corn and swing wood amid cold weather. influenza cases improving with no new reports. Miss Athel Sparks recovering from pneumonia. Harmony notes a lively Ladies Aid meeting with ice cream and cake. A box social yielded 27 dollars. little Carl Todd remains on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Tarnay
Telen
Dorothy
W. O. Bowen
Philadelphia
Homer Stutt
Greensboro
Stutt
Bof Starkey
Win, Sparks
Roe
Me W. H Sparks
Joward Moore
Dover
Joseph Moore
Athel Sparks
J. A. Vansint
Clayton
Laura Godwin
Ridgely
H.C. Todd
W. R. Thomas
Belle Dean
Towers Todd
Lauie Anningdale
F. L. Todd
Harry Anningdale
H. C. Todd
W. KR. Thoms
Jennie
Bennett Todd
S. J. Hurst
James Flaharty
Roland Towers
Baltimore
Local Notices and Community Health Updates
Bethiehe Mrs. William H. Harding tends her ill daughter Mrs. Lewis Trice and family with influenza. Junior Aid plans a meeting at Mr and Mrs Carlton Taylor on Thursday evening. January 16, Mrs Clinton Carroll is ill. Mrs John Sands improves after illness. Miss Mary Brodes visits aunt Mrs Ned Bryan near Trappe. Miss Isabell Carroll back on the list but able to go out. Goldstore Peninsula ink station ships December milk worth 10000 dollars to dairy farmers. December shipments 2396 cars each 46 quarts total 110216 quarts. Mr O W Spicer purchases Clark property beside his canning house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Taylor
Clinton Carroll
John Sands
Mary Brodes
Ned Bryan
Trappe
Isabell Carroll
Peninsula
O. W. Spicer
Clark
Elaborate Federalsburg banquet honors Mason relatives
In Federalsburg over 200 Masons held a large banquet in the opera house on Tuesday night. Speakers included Deputy Grand Master Warren Seipp from Baltimore, the Rev. Dr. C T Wyatt, Lawrence Towers and Clarence B. Mackay. Entertainment featured a New York entertainer and a Hobbs and Longentdyhe Minstrels quartet from Seaford with pianist Charles Vanleer. The event honors women relatives and friends of the order. Also noted are New Year guests Mrs. Annie Seeders and daughter Miss F. E., Milton Hawkins returning from Baltimore, and visits by Mr. and Mrs. F. Patchett of Preston, Mrs. Susan South’s Philadelphia trip, and Miss Ursula Slaughter’s Baltimore trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Opera House
Warren 5
Seipp
Baltimore
C T Wyatt
Lawrence Towers
Clarence B. Mackay
New York
Ridgely News Letter notices of deaths and local happenings
Mrs. Clopper of near Thawleys Chapel died aged eighty four. Influenza improves in Ridgely while illnesses spread south toward the chapel. Local school and church activities resume with Sunday School and preaching. Numerous residents move, illness and fires noted. Orphans' Court proceedings and nitrate sales to farmers announced alongside agricultural remarks by Senator Orlando Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Richards
Jesse Lynch
Ralph Meredith
Wilbur Pennington
The
Reformed Church
Mr Herzog
Dallastown
Joe Jackson
Hunter
Denton
Ira Samis
Ridgely
Lud Morgin
Bridgetown
Ruthsburg
George Mullican
Centre
Statewide Prayer League Proposed by Dr Kelly
Dr Howard A Kelly proposes a statewide prayer league uniting thousands in daily midday prayer across Maryland. The plan seeks cleansing of state and city government, removal or conversion of dishonest officials, and a call for the Christian church to embrace aggressive charitable service, with no formal membership lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A Kelly
Baltimore
Maryland
God
Eiber
Christ
Card of Thanks for W. L. Thompson
We express our sincere gratitude for the friendship sympathy and assistance given us by our friends throughout the county during the sickness and death of W. L. Thompson. Family and brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Thompson
Tie That Binds Honorary Eastern Shore Society Member
Chief Justice Edward Douglass White to be elected an honorary member of the Eastern Shore Society of Baltimore. The connection traces to his mother Catherine Ringgold and her father Tench Ringgold, with Edward White Sr. noted as Louisiana’s seventh governor. The society emphasizes regional ties as a strong pillar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Edward Douglass White
Eastern Shore Society
Balturmore
White
Catherine Sidney Ringgold
Tench Ringgold
Eastern Shore
Louisiana
MAKE THE CONDITIONS SAFE
Maj Henry Dubois writes home from France about soldiers finding a new purpose and the inner strength gained through war. He warns mothers and wives to ready communities for the return, fearing temptations of immorality and urging support to protect the men’s restored consciences. The article also notes government inspections of Caroline County canneries as possible steps to regulate tomato prices and production costs for 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Maj
Henry 2 Duboi
James T. Dubois
Wall Tead
Parton
Caroline County
Obligation of Christians Appeals for Near East Relief
Prominent Maryland figures led by Cardinal Gibbons urge aid for starving Near East victims. War’s toll has driven hundreds of thousands to peril. Fundraising is managed by John W. Mace at Tile Building in Baltimore. Contributions should be sent promptly to support the relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Cardinal Gibbons
Near East
St All
John W. Mace
Baltimore
Men of Spartan Courage Honor 313th Regiment at Lyric Theatre
General Nicholson praised the 313th in a stirring address at the Lyric theatre Saturday night. He noted their advance on November 11 as hostilities ended, with the unit never stopped while driving the Boche back. The gathering honored Maryland’s regimental heroism and included relatives and friends of the 313th, many Caroline veterans among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
313Th
Nicholon
Lyric Theatre
the Sun
Nicholson
Baltimore
Maryland
Multiple Deaths Reported in Local area and Roosevelt Piece
Several deaths are recorded including Mrs. John T. Lister at Hammond farm in Tuckahoe Neck from influenza with funeral details and survivors listed. Other obituaries cover Rev. Ralph T. Coursey of the Wilmington M E Conference, Mrs. Roland Trice, Mr. Ira I. Williams, Mr. Clayton Clark, W. Long Thompson, Mrs. Alonzo Mulliken, and Mrs. Mary E. Richards. The page also notes Theodore Roosevelt’s faith and consolation with a reflection on his funeral hymn How Firm a Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Lister
Hammond Farm
Tuckahoe Neck
C.T. Wyatt
Denton Cemetery
Thomas J. Garrett
William G. Horsey
Denton
Ralph T. Coursey
Wilmington M. E
M. E
Wyoming
Bright
Coursey
Wilmington Mt. EL
Hullsboro
Roland Trice
Melvin F. Wheatley
Trice
Concord Vi. Church
Ira I. Williams
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
Concord
Williams
Miss Upshur
Mary E. Richards
Frank Flowers
Mr. Roosevelt
Baltimore Sun
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Wilson
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Ehlisboro
Will
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W. EL Scott
Luzider
Lowe Farm
Denon
Burroville
George W. Tomlinson
Henderson
Edith G Gough
C. T. Wyatt
Sal Senu
W. G. Wooters
J. FE
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State Road
A. Gaff ‘Towers
United States
Parker's Theatre
Denton M
Warner
India
Fred B. Nutte
Lock
Oore
Cied Lowe Memorial
South Tba
Ham A. Melvin
Lowera
Norman
Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad
Nutuhe Hardware Co
J. B. Colgain
Colgan
Nuttle Hardware Co
Clarence Kemp
Robert Lane
Kemp
Easton Hospital
James B. Merritt
Easton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Goldsborough Street
Lasion
Cohee
Staton
Merritt
Carolne County Tomato Growers’ Association
Yachon
Salisbury
Ty Association
Army
James W. Lord
Chester
Marcus Hook
Clarence Lord
J. Spencer Lapham
Florda
Winifred Wilson
Barclay
C. Harry Wailey
W. T. Chance
Queen Anne's County
Delaware Legislature
Templeville
Little Carl Todd
Bethiehe
William H. Harding
Lewis Trice
Goldstore
Susan South
Ursula Slaughter
Ridgely News
Viola Skipner
Lawrence Lynch
Kerth
Ville
Hartson Holcinger
Holinger
Warner Lakes
Clifton Morris
Wall Smith
Evelyn Lane
Helen Haymaker
Roland Line
Goldey’s College
Hattie Smith
Herbert Price
Josephine Turbitt
Selby Smith
Ada Matthews
Silas Lapham
Alice Bennington
Electric Light Company
William Seward
Hotel Ridgely
J. P. Swing
J. ‘T. Stevenson
James Lynch
Southern Commercial Congress
Orlando Harrison
Orphans’ Court
Liden, Moore and Covey
William H. Wright
T. Pliny Fisher
Wallace E. Clark
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Maggie L. Eaton
John A. Eaton
Rowena Eaton
Edward E Nutle
William Ryan
Emma Flowers
Harvey L. Cooper
Alice E. Cooper
Charles E. Engle
Amelia Engle
Ander Con
U.S. Department of Agriculture
EO. Anderson
Alex, Noble
Harry Spicer
Win
W. Seward
Clayton Florsey
Uncle Sam
Igtg
Vernon
William H. Vernon
T. W. Smith
Liverpool
Southampton
English
Havre
Pars
Luchon
Pye ¢Nnes
Spain
Conservation Commission of Maryland
Gertrude Knevels
Forest Hills Gardens Audubon Society
Robert S. Clark
Heaven
Daighter
C. D.C
Lee Dencan
the Journal
Jesus
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