Denton and District News Ties Up With Winter Weather
Murky Tuesday with muddy roads keeps townsfolk home. Denton area sees new businesses and openings including Wm E Lord & Son grocery. Drowning of Albert Sanders at Chancellor's Point and local legal changes noted. Weather hampers steamers, roads and public events. plans for lectures and library items continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Shirt Co
Painter House
Thomas W. Harmon
Ellwood
Albert Sanders
Chancellor’s Point
Theophilus L. Wooters
Edward Stokely
Hignatt
W. B. Stay-Ton’s
Journal
Federalsburg Bureau of Public Entertainment
Barnhart
Japan
W. R. Breeding
Williston
United American Mechanics
John M. Jewell
Denton
Martin
David Kliwansky
Ridgely
David Kline
John H. Truitt
Messrs
Abler & House
Peninsula
Walter Bailey
Georgetown
Elwood Holstein
Mary J. Arnett
Fred Clifton
Willoughby Station
P. Roland Fisher
New York
Nichols
Wedd ing Bells Ring For Multiple Delaware Area Marriages
The article notes numerous weddings in Hicksman Greensborough Harmony and Centreville with couples including George W. Oday and Annie Alford plus Miss Elizabeth Rawlings and Owen Dunn. It covers ceremony details, attendants, attire, and post ceremony plans along with other nuptials and a new creamery business venture in Summit Bridge.
Preston Literary and Musical Club Meets After Postponement
The Preston Literary and Musical Club held a Saturday evening program at the Kelley home featuring Adelphian March by Nellie Phillips, Milton biography by Velma Hollis, choral pieces, and criticism on Milton, with R W Allen and others. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Emma Moore’s on January 20 with a program titled The Age of the Restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Literary and Musical Club
Harrington
Dobie
Julia Kelley
Nellie Phillips
Milton
Velma Hollis
Bessie Phillips
Mattie Douglass
Bertie Noble
Marie Moore
M. E
Eamma Moore
Local residents visit kin and mourn death in town
Mr L N Evans of Washington DC visits parents. Oscar Starkey and Alfred Temple spend days with their families. Topsy Fallowfield returns from ChesTown. Mr and Mrs James Knotts visit town. Charles Vausant returns home for winter. Frank Lane and Herman Smith spend Sunday in Dover. Mrs John Fisher dies suddenly last Sunday night and sympathies are sent to her family. Revival meetings wind down after a successful run. Lemuel and Wm Sherwood attend their mother’s funeral last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Evans
Washington, D. C
Oscar Starkey
Alfred Temple
Topsy Fallowfield
Chestertown
James T. Knotts
Charles Vausant
Frank Lane
Herman Smith
Dover
John Fisher
Messrs
Lemuel Sherwood
Indiana
Wm. Sherwood
Wilmington
Local Notes from Thitsborough and Nearby Towns
Rev Isaac W Canter preached at the M E Church South last Sunday evening and presided at the quarterly conference Monday morning. Mr Thomas C Hackett away with Wrightville Lime Company. Queen Anne to become a Standard Oil distributing point with tanks to be erected. Mr Hackett Morgan moved to Chapel. Mr Garrettson Smith runs the livery stables at the Queen Anne Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac W. Canter
M. E. Church
Thomas C. Hackett
Wrightville Lime Company
Queen Anne
Standard Oil Company
Hackett Morgan
Garrettson Smith
Queen Anne Hotel
Local Social News and Households Visit Nearby
Mrs Andrew Beauchamp returns home after visiting friends in Washington. Miss Etta Edgell of Easton visiting Miss Ella Beauchamp. Miss Lizzie Andrew visiting Easton friends. Mr William B Perry ill with typhoid fever. Misses Bertha and May McGill of Baltimore visiting here. Mr Luther J Andrew plans to erect a new store house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Beauchamp
Washington
Etta Edgell
Easton
Ella Beauchamp
Lizzie Andrew
Wm. BR. Perry
Bertha
May McGill
Baltimore
Luther J. Andrew
Local residents update on travel and health
Mr. B. F. Howard returns from Baltimore where he visited friends. Mr. Ager Andrew, previously ill, is improving. Mr. Albert Howard left for Annapolis on Tuesday. Rev. A Wandersmith, pastor of Laurel Grove M E Church South, has returned from Baltimore after visiting his parents and preached last Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Howard
Baltimore
Ager Andrew
Albert Howard
Annapolis
A. Wandersmith
Laurel Grove M. E. Church
South
Notice to Farmers on Denton Bridge Creamery
Griffinburg Bros announce purchase of the Denton Bridge creamery and start of operations February 1. Farmers are asked to bring milk and will be paid the highest market price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Griffonberg
Summit Bridge
Delaware
E. B. Griffenberg
J. H. Nichols
Nichols & Roe
Denton Bridge
Parmers
Griffenburg Bros
Jury Panels For April Court In Caroline County
Judge William R. Martin presided the first Perm chancery term in Caroline. A list of 150 jurors drawn for the April term includes many residents from Caroline and the Third and Sixth Districts. The court granted a costs bond for the plaintiff in a horse dispute involving F. B. Lyford of Cleveland Bay. George W. Betson admitted to the bar. Clerk Hobbs and Sheriff Rice, new in office, assisted by Chief Deputy Deakyne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Martin
Caroline Court
Hobbs
Sheriff Rice
Deakyne
George W. Betson
F. B. Lyford
Cleveland Bay
Caroline
Deweese & Owens
James N. Todd
Walter Sparklin
Talbot Petition Seeks High License Across County
Petition circulating in Talbot County asks General Assembly to repeal local option laws and enact a high license. Ledger notes many signatures amid widespread violations in Easton and high enforcement costs. Wil l. I. Adkins signed but withdrew his name, suggesting harsher penalties before prohibition ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot
House of Delegates
Talbot County
General Assembly of
Maryland
Tabor
Ledger
Easton
Ww. I. Adkins
Tragedy Near Thurlock Ends in Double Death
A deadly shooting near Thurlock, Maryland, left Isaiah Coleman dead by suicide after killing Alexine Mathews and injuring her companion Tooper Hughes. The victims were traveling by rail toward Baltimore when Coleman opened fire, killing Mathews and gravely wounding Hughes, who later lost an arm. A coroner's jury signed off on the inquest. Coleman had a record of prior assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dovchester
Thurlock
Cambridge and Seaford
Isaiah Coleman
Alexine Mathews
Baltimore
Tooper C. Hughes
Choptank
Coleman
Tinghes
Hughes
Lewis Coleman
Cambridge
John M. Harlock
Denton M Setreuit Fourth Quarterly Conference Held
The fourth quarterly conference of Denton M Setreuit convened last Monday afternoon with Presiding Elder Adams present. Committees were appointed for Parsonage Trustees, Church Trustees, Stewards, Mission, Extension, Sunday School, Temperance, Educational, and more, naming members for Denton Central Harris and other churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. Setreuit
Adams
H. R. Lewis
T. C. West
James Swann
R. T. Carter
J. H.nichols
Ernest Downes
Denton
Janes Swann
A. R. Lewis
A. R. Wright
W.N. Thawley
J. A. Trazzare
Jonathan Evitts
William Stevens
Walter Sparklin
John R. Wyatt
Evan Morgan
W. R. Butler
F. C. Ramsdell
T. Norris
A. B. Carter
T. Fred Garey
G. W. Smith
W. Slaughter
H. C. Fisher
I. I. Bloxsom
Johnh. Horsey
John F. Porter
A. J. Smith
H. A. Roe
W. E. Brown
J. H. Nichols
George H. Short
David Smith
William S. Norris
L. F P. Bloxsom
James Sween
Ivan Morgan
James H. Nichols
G. H. Short
G. M. Fisher
Tienry W. Hughes
James Voss
L. F. Bloxsom
Traets
H. Thawley
Ira Butler
George W. Swith
Temperance
James
D. H. Tubbs
Walter Spacklin
I. C. Rawsdell
J. F. Porter
8. T. Norris
Freedmans’ Aid and Southern Educational Society
Ocean City Rail Plan Nears Realization
Ocean City gains new rail facilities as officials secure an East steamer to run between Claiborne and Bay Ridge with fast Baltimore and Washington connections. The Baltimore Ocean City run will drop about two hours, and improved coaches, parlor cars, dining and chair cars will be added on the fast trains for better patron comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
Claiborne
Bay Ridge
Washington
Baltimore
Resignation of Rev Thomas O Crouse at Chatsworth Church
Rev Thomas O Crouse of Chatsworth Independent Methodist Church in Baltimore will resign to accept a charge in the Methodist Protestant Church. He has led the church eight years and is a brother of Prof W S Crouse. The Camden Del quarterly conference commends Presiding Elder R Adams. Cambridge plans a Ministers Association lecture series. Orphans Court handles estates and guardianship matters as execs report inventories. Phosphate agents anticipate handling large pod quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas O. Crouse
Chatsworth Independent
Crouse
W.S. Crouse
Denton
Camden del
R Adams
Adams
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Greensboro
W. S. Corkran
Easton
Willington
A. Green
Kenton Public School principal earns Ph D from Ohio
Mr Edward M Noble principal of Kenton Public School has received the degree of Ph D from the University of Ohio after passing the required examination. He is a son of Clement Noble of Denton and also holds an A B from Washington College with distinguished honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Noble
Kenton Public School
University of Ohio
Noble
Clement Noble
Asq
Denton
Washington College
Marc Bryant
Linnie
Oakford
Tuckahoe Neck
Stephens
National Educational Association
Washington, D. C
Jessie V. Kerr
Mary Newton Bing
John SF. Porter
Nellie Richardson
Aston
Nannie Gootee
Iva Whitby
Notable deaths toll across Caroline and nearby counties
William Jarrell of Caro line county died near Ruthsburg on Sunday aged fifty after years of poor health. Dr T C Tomlinson of Smyrna died at John Wilson's near Clayton last week. funeral at Barret's Chapel near Felton. C Nicols, Easton hardware pioneer and justice of the peace, died at Goldsborough Street residence. Deborah Hand widow of Wm J Hand, ex postmaster at Centreville, died at Guy Turner’s in Kent county. John Coppage, Church Hill resident, aged 86, died suddenly. Samuel Hellingsworth, 76, Elkton, Revolutionary-era family member. Elizabeth Tucker, 76, died at the Easton almshouse after four months there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jarrell
Caroline County
Ruthsburg
C. P. Nowlin
M. P. Ehurch
T.C. Tomlinson
Smyrna
John Wilson
Clayton
Tomlinson
Barrett
Talbot County
Deborah Hand
Wm. J. Hand
Centreville
Guy Turner
Lynch’s Station
Kent County
John Coppage
Queen Anne’s County
Church Hill
Coppage
Samuel Hellingsworth
Hellingsworth
Elkton
Cecil County
Elizabeth Tucker
Burisville
Local Officials Appointed to House and Senate Posts
Senator Messick of this county chairs Article 3 of Section 24 committee and sits on Elections, Re trenchment of Expenses of State Government, Contingent Expenses of the Senate, and Roads and Highways. James B. Curry of Greensborough named clerk to the Library Committee at Messick's request. Albert Howard from the county’s lower part becomes assistant doorkeeper of the House this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messick
Senate
James B. Curry
Greensborough
Albert Howard
House of Delegates
County Officials Appoint Local Road Overseer and Constables
The County Commissioners on Tuesday appointed John E. Greenlee as overseer of the public road from Saulsbury's branch near Denton to the Burrsville Greensboro road. Andrew Baggs named constable for the Second district, his hand filed and approved. W. T. Tuff appointed constable for the Fourth, John H. Williamson and Martins Mowbray for the Fifth, and Frederick H. Beachamp for the Eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Greenlee
Saulsbury’s
Denton
Burrsville-Greensboro
Andrew Baggs
W. T. Tuff
John H. Williamson
Martins. Mowbray
Frederick H. Beachamp
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D&c. RB
Q. A. RR
R.R
Preston
S&c. R.R
Q Alr. R
Q. Alr. R
Tol AL M
D. C.R.R
Vnd&cr R
Ponts North
Nepwspap
George W. Oday
Annie I
C.J. Alford
Thawley’s
M. K
Hicksman
Tred, Peters
Edgar
Fred. Fountain
Edward Pierce
Sallie D. Peters
C. E. Dryden
Henry C. Rawlings
Owen N. Dunn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Walter Mitchell
Percy Cox
Faston
John Powers
George A. Pool
Orland Kelley
Howard Covey
Federalsburg
Luther Covey
New Haven
Connecticut
Joseph H. Sparks
Mary Bethany
H. Claude Rawlings
William T. Love
Nora S
John W. Howard
Calvary M. P
American Corner
Annie Maloney
William FH. Meloney
Charles Collins
Williston M. E.church
I. J. Cochran
Annie Wright
A. H. Wright
Robert W. Eddins
Centreville Methodist Episcopal Chaprch
Margaret Wyatt
Sallie May
Roy S. Culler
Edward Meredith
Miss Nelson
Todd’s Chapel
Wm. B. Reed, Jr
W. H. Gibson
W. H. Gibson & S
Thomas W. Jones
Denton National Bank
B. Gootee Stevens
Philip W. Downes
Thomas C. West
J. Dukes Downes
George C. Skirven
Stevens
Jones
Thos. B. Sparklin
John W. Clark, Jr
T. C
Templevile
Thitsborough
Newton
Laurel Grove
April Court
Ales. Butler
James B. Slay
Wm. H. Cashe
Robert R. Shall
Harry S. Daily
Harry W. Temple
Walter T. Elliott
W. C. Wharton
W. H. Goodwin
J. L. Frantkner
M. W.B. Heather
Lemuel M. Jones
Robert Jarrell
Amos Everett
G.T. Musselman
J. F. Straughe
Philip A. Marvel
John T. Clark
Wm. L. Pritchett
J. A. Billing
James M. Knotts
J. T. Carter, Sr
C. B. Jarman
Alfred Clark
Hl. Jackson
BE. C. Carter
Chas. L. Jarrell
J. A. Davis
J. P. Anthony
Wm.b Nutele
James D. Neal
W.J. Blackiston
Harry A. Roe
T. L. Chaflineh
Robt. H. Wyatt
J. Boon Dukes
John Stevens
C. P. Dunning
J. W. Stephens
J. N. Garrett
R. K. Williams
H. Clay Hobbs
J. B. Rangsley
O. M
F. Andrew
Ir.j. Lednym
J. F. Burkett
Jesse A. Wright
C. S. Carmine
Alex. Noble
Jamess. Cox
Lavin Poot
S. EB. Douglass
Wm. F. Reick
Jesse T. Dennis
John O. Stafford
A.B. Eskridge
Benj. Whitesides
T. H. Flaharty
T. Reynolds
Joseph Harrison
L. T. Voshell
Wm. H. Hollis
Wm. H. Alberger
H. B. Messenger
G. H. Benson
W. A. Mowbray
C. W. Jefferson
Robinson Nichols
T. H. Chambers
Wm. A. Noble
C. M. Davis
Albert E. Pool
Harry W. Davis
J. B. Wright
Daniel Fields
Silas Sparklin
Harry Flaharty
J. T. Fleetwood
Edward E. Goslin
D. B. Hubbard
Oliver Keys
Martin P. Allen
Wm. D. Taylor
L. R. Brumbaugh
Wm. H. Thawley
Charles Cline
H. M. Thompson
Hugh Duffey
Wm. E. Sylvester
Harrys. Fisher
John ¥. Porter
J. D. Fleming
Elisha D. Park
R. Ft. K. Garey
B. FP. Richards
Paul Holsinger
John H. Baggs
Thos. Carmine
Thos. L. Day
James E. Dukes
Henry Baker
G. W. Holland
C. H. Imler
Wesley Jarrell
W.h.b.kauf
N. P. Kern
Trustin Pippin
T. T. Saulsbury
James H. Smith
L. B. Replogle
Wim. EK. Temple
J. M. Swing
Wm. F. Jackson
James D. Wilson
T. OH. Everngam
L. J. Bloxsom
James Beachamp
Geo. W. Towers
Robert Patton
N. J. Corkran
Walter T. Love
G. L. Butler
BE. W. Liden
H. R. Merriken
Charles R. Neal
J. H. Thawley
John L. Nichols
B. T. Seeders
Geo. W. Lignutt
Frank P. Covey
Jobn W. Todd
C.w.mdgell
Denton and
Cambridge Railroad
Queen Anne's Lime
Incorporators
Queen Anne’s
Cambridge & Seaford
Hurlock
Wilmer Emory
Dorchester
Emory
Turpin
Mr. Emory
Smonmer
Church Affairs
Ormains’ Court
Orphans’ Court
Moore, Sigler
Orrell
George L. Potter
Ruth L. Potter
R. TL. Carter
R. T.K. Garey
Rebecca E. Darling
Henry W. Hughes
John Darling
William A. Noble
James Gambrill
Francis S. Todd
George L. Butter
James Butter
Lela McNeal
Annie H. Downes
Levy Court
Rachel Satterthyvake
Fidelity Lodge
Independent Order of Good Templars
Rachel Satterthwaite
William G. Horsey
Hughlett
Pig Point
Edentown
Mai Street
George Deakyne
Hughtett
Mrs. Jura Day’s
Choptank Hotel
J. Allen Moore
Lister’s Agricultural Chemical Works
John Oakford
Royal
ROYA
Royal Baking Powder CO
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