Local Department Highlights Dover and Kent County News
The column surveys regional matters from Kent County Md and nearby areas. It lists illnesses such as Stevenson Archer and W Sydney Wilson, a dead voter registrar Capt Caleb Jones, and a range of local happenings from church meetings and pension for Tilghman Kelley to peaches prospects, ice coated streets, and revival at Denton M P Church. It notes oysters shipped to Philadelphia, marriage licenses rising, and stock market price remarks on coal. It also covers farm sales, lane accidents, and small business updates like a drug store for sale and mill repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Parsons
Parsonburg
Wilmington
Wn. T. Hubbard
Neck
Dorchester
B. Tilghman
Salisbury
Florida
C. A. Thompson
Jack
Kent County
Repair the Old Court House for Vaults and Deepening
A survey of local leaders and residents argues for vaults to protect records, with opinions split on deepening the main building, adding floors, or even building anew. Key figures include William E. Lord, Wm A. Wilson, Col. Garey, Senator Dawson, and ex-commissioner Noble, among others, weighing costs, fire safety, and architectural impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Lord
Levy Court
Court House
Lord
Wm. A. Wilson
Ridgely
Caroline County
R. J. W. Garey
John F. Dawson
Caroline
Wheither
Purnell Johnson
Walter Todd
Henry Bell
Henry Irwin
Clement Noble
Col. J. H. Douglass
T. Fred Garey
R. C. Carter
William Dulin
O. C. Garey
H. M. Cade
T. J. Harper
James W. Saulsbury
John Y. Graham
Harry M. Thompson
J. Wesley‘Thawley
Jacob Ghingher
Arrest Suit Over Rail Fare Refusal in Philadelphia
John Ahearn sued the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad alleging he was arrested in Philadelphia after a ticket was taken up at Wilmington when he had to change trains from Centreville Maryland to Philadelphia. He refused to pay an additional fare claimed by a conductor after reaching Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ahearn
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
Centreville
Philadelphia
Wilmington
School House at Friendship Burns, valued at $800
A Friendship schoolhouse worth 800 dollars was destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze, believed to have started from a smoldering stove after closing, left Miss Mary Stafford as teacher. The building was insured. The incident is reported as a total loss with insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
Mary Stafford
Hillaborough Sufferers and Local News Amid Cold Snap
The town reports hardship among colored residents during the cold snap with improvidence cited as a factor. Fourteen chickens were stolen from Hugh Duffey, including a prized rooster. Local men prepare buckshot for thieves, while a water-snake was seen and slain during a spring discovery by Charles Fleming. Joseph Brown and Sadie Wilson wed in the M E Church, to reside on the Morgan farm. Coasting incidents injured several boys, Rev. O W Devonish resumes meetings, and families like Jarrells and Jarrell face rheumatism and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Duffey
Chas. H. Fleming
Mr. Fleming
Joseph Brown
Sadie Wilson
M. E
J. A. Atters
Morgan Farm
Talbot County
Mr. Brown
O. W. Devonish
Charles Jarrell
David Moore
Miss Josie Baggs Recalled for Leadership at Sabbath School
Miss Josie Baggs of Philadelphia formerly Burrsville has sent sixty volumes to the MM P Sabbath School. She served years as an officer, and after moving in December last the church and school gave her rising thanks. Her leadership guided exhibitions and Christmas entertainments, aiding the school’s success and leaving a hard act to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Baggs
Philadelphia
Burrsville
John L. Uradley
Hagges
Ridgely Wednesday club meets at P H McShane residence
The Ridgely Wednesday club gathered at Mr. P. H. McShane’s home for an entertaining and instructive meeting. Dalt Harrison is at Mr. Miles Green’s. Barwick of Sadlersville visits Joshua Seward. Day Bros. & Co. buys land from Mr. H. B. Mancha near the railroad and plans a cannery and can shops. A 100 foot square building will rise. They expect to can one million goods this season. The railroad will extend a side track 300 feet to serve the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. McShane
Dalt ‘Harrison
Miles Green
Barwick
Sadlersville
Joshua Seward
Day Bros. & Co
H.8
Mancha
Federalsburg Youth Seeks Deputy Parsonage Marriage
Federalsburg youth visited the parsonage with his betrothed to wed. With the pastor away he asked his wife to marry them in a casual moment. M B Messenger of Federalsburg reports returning from New England after arranging to sell this year’s tomato pack. Rev and Mrs George Todd mark fifth birthday of daughter Isabel Carter Todd. Revival services continue with about thirty conversions. John R Nichols and bride of Easton visited his parents this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
M. B. Messenger
New England
George Todd
Isabel Carter Todd
Sapp Opens New Store in Kin Nama mon Property
Goldsborough reports Walter Sapp has opened a new store on the property of James Kin namon. Mrs. Hester Morris is on the sick list while Milton Booker of Jersey City visits Goldsborough friends. Mrs. Noble, once thought crippled by a fall, is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsborough
Walter Sapp
James Kinnamon
Milton Booker
Jersey City
Mrs. Noble
Observing The American Woman By Marion Crawford
Marion Crawford uses his American visit to study American women and will publish his findings in The Ladies' Home Journal. He describes The American Woman as she appears after ten years away and notes changes in dress, manners, and tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Crawford
Ladies’ Home Journal
Repentance and the Kingdom of Heaven in Christian Thought
A compact exposition on repentance as a fruit of the gospel, its link to faith and grace, and the Kingdom of God. It traces John the Baptist’s call to repent, Jesus' teaching, and Paul’s emphasis, linking baptism, forgiveness, and the Church as the Kingdom of grace. It stresses ongoing repentance as core to Christian life and the Eucharist as renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Heaven
Jesus Christ
St. Paul
Athens
Christ
Church of Kingdom
John the Baptist
Kingdom of Heaven
St. Peter
God
Joseph
David
Kingdom of Grace
Church of Christ
Church of God
Christ Jesus
Church
Holy Communion
Store and Postoffice Robbed in Burrsville Night Breakin
Burglars entered Mr Arlington T Porter’s Burrsville store via window and partition hole stealing about twenty dollars in cash a watch and chain and other goods. They left behind burned matches and papers showing poor prep and hunger drove part of a cheese. Three thieves suspected. dogs barked attracting attention, a carriage was heard fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Arlington T. Porter
Burrsville
Mr. Porter
Marriage invitation for Addie George and J Thomas Clark
Mr and Mrs J H George issue invitations for the marriage of their daughter Addie to J Thomas Clark. Ceremony at Thawleys M P Church Tuckahoe Neck on Wednesday afternoon February 8. Also noting social visits and professional moves among local and regional figures including pilots and residents in Denton Philadelphia and Harrington with mentions of a Sacramento sketch of Sergeant James A Barwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. George
Addie
J. Thomas Clark
Thawley’s M. P
Tuckahoe Neck
Alex, Hardcastle
J. Dukes Downes
Chipley
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Sacramento Cal. Evening Vews
James A. Barwick
J. E. Woolford
Joppa
Chowan
Samuel Phillips
Robert H. Short
Samuel A. Short
Edgar Wix
Harrington
Denton
Harris M. E
I. Henry Fleetwood
Sallie de Allee
Robert George
William Allaband
Emma _Collison
George W. Townsend
Isaac T. Fleetwood
Skipton
New Trial Sought in Avirett Case Over Illegally Chosen Jury
Lawyers for Tyler urge Talbot Circuit Court to strike the five year sentence and quash the indictment, arguing the court of appeals nullified the legality of the jury selection. Ten jurors on Tyler’s panel were allegedly chosen illegally and two were tainted. The move seeks an order for a new trial and to overturn the indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Court of Appeals
Avirett
Preston Tyler
Talis
Messrs. Russum & Lewis
Young Tyler
Talbot County
Birds starving in cold season prompt food relief
The dispatches warn that ridges and other feathered creatures lingered nearby during winter are dying in large numbers. The cause is not only extreme cold but also lack of food, urging farmers and sportsmen to remember their feathered friends.
Miss Ann Maria Cannon Dies of Pneumonia at Dukes Residence
Aged and esteemed Miss Ann Maria Cannon died Sunday evening at the home of Mr. J Boon Dukes from pneumonia. The death marks a quiet close to a long life of local service and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Maria Cannon
J.’Boon Dukes
Local resident and church member laid to rest
Native of this town and esteemed family, Mrs Wright, longtime Williston Christian, was interred at the Methodist Church burial-ground on Tuesday with Rev James H Rtch presiding. She leaves a husband, one child, father, and three brothers. Her faith grew at a Williston M E revival and she remained active until health failed. Her Concord burial followed a service by Rev T F Tabler. The community mourns a devoted wife and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Brown
Mr. Brown
Federalsburg
M. E. Church
Johns Hopkins Hospital
E. H. Nelson
Galena
Julius Dodd
Joseph T. Kenney
Pennewill
Simeon Pennewill
Delaware
Margaret Mowbray
Mary Smith
Louisiana
Wiliam J. Brown
Baltimore
Methodist Church
James Hrtch
T. F. Tabler
Peach production and a new berry crate promise changes
Mr Garey contracts to deliver peaches at fifty cents per basket to Mr Redden amid a survey of peach beds showing variable viability across varieties. Thomas H Mitchell patents a 32-quart crate, priced at 25 cents to ship, claiming space efficiency. Local business changes include Jarrell selling to Nichols, with Ball joining the Jump store venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. Garey
George T. Redden
Garey
Journal Office
Mary
McCollister
Troth
Crawford
Early Rivers
Reeve
Smock
Thomas H. Mitchell
Salisbury
New York
Mitchell
J. R. Jarrell
Jarrell & Nichols
Jarrell
Wm. G. Ball
Easton
The
Ledger
Zaston Ledger
World’s Fair Lodging Prices Reported by Chicago Builds
Major Kasson presents figures from the bureau of public comfort on Chicago lodging costs for the Exposition season. The study covers 16 000 visitors near North Avenue to Seventy Ninth Street with daily rates for varying room configurations, indicating no excessive pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Trade
Chicago
W. Marsh Kasson
Bureau’ of
North Avenue
Seventy-ninth Street
Satterfield and Fountain Nuptials in Caroline County
In January 1893 at the bride's home near Burrsville, William H. Satterfield and Emma Fountain, both of Caroline County, were married by Rev. J. M. Yingling. Also in January 1893 at Grove M. P. parsonage, Charles H. Bridegroom and Rebecca Thomas were wed by Rev. G. D. Edmonston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satterfield—Fountain
Burrsville
J. M. Yingling
William H. Satterfield
Emma Fountain
Caroline
County
Thomas
Grove
M. P. Parsonage
G. D. Edmonston
Charles H. Bridegroom
Rebecca Thomas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
A.x
Preston
D. & C.R. R. North
A.m
South
Public Business Calendar
Circuit Court
the Local Department
Stevenson Archer
W. Sydney Wilson
Nanticoke
Caleb Jones
Register of Voters of
Straits
Ames’ M. P
Joseph S. Morris
Winchester
Henry Krusen
Ben. Brittingham
Snow Hill
Nellie’ ‘Walker
Kent Coun
John Toley
Linchester
S. L. Webster's
Mill
Wallace Lowe
Quantico
Severn Dawson
B.W. Woolford
B. L. Smith
M. E Church
G. W. Townsend
Dover
Mahon’s River
Harry A. Roe
William E.'Lord
Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad ‘Company
R.A. Emerson
E. M. Garey
J.W. Koaits
Charles Stevens
Hillaborough
Mary Russum
Greensborough
5. A. Parvis
Ingleside
Branford
Burratile
John R. Nichols and
Bride
Samuel Edson
Christ Church, Denton
John W.brown
Fifth District
Brown
William J. Davis
George W. Todd
Elizabeth Anthony
Joshua Melvins
Robert Anthony
Joshua
Robert
Will
Sarah M. Stephens
Earth
James H. Ricu
George M. Russum
City
Cinnie Seward
Jennie Clark
Bertia Pennington
Whient
Chestnut Grove
Haldah
C. T. Wright
Wm. Kelly
New Baptist Church
Beniah Watson
Old Baptist Church
Thomas A King
New Jerusalem
North
Calvert Street
Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad Company
Atlantic Trust Company, of
Eastern Shore
Nehemiah Edward Nicols
Eli Sainsbury
Nicols
Zasfon Ledger
Deakyne
Whitby
E. L. Martin
Seaford
Oy Storman
Morris
John Spangler
Cambridge
Mr. Warry
Stevens
Misa Susie Phillips
Sadlersville Methodist Episcopal Church
Hev
Macnicol
Mother of Sorrows
Curtis
Baltimore News
Senator Dawson
Col
J. N. Douglass
Walter Lindsay
Comegys
Nichols
Warrington
Fleetwood
Alice
George E. Warrington
West Street
John R. Nichols
Emma J
J. M. Sheridan
Calvary M. P. Church
P. J. Stitchbury
Easton Star
George Horton
Cordova
Julia
Edwin F
Pauline Jump
Board of County Commissioners
Plauas
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