Denton News Briefs Highlight Local Changes and Accidents
Local updates report R B Bond buying a grocery, W E Lord opening a Cambridge law office, Swann hiring three carpenters for Rehoboth cottage, Nichols adding a building near the Bridge, and Carmine remodeling Judge Russum’s residence. Denton fireworks display, new dwelling additions, and Center ville shirt factory plans are noted. Delmar residents seek to rename Blanco to Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.B. Bond
W. E. Lord
W. Laird Henry
Cambridge
James Swann
J.H. Nichols
Carmine
Russum
Denton
Henry R. Lewis
Centreville
F. H. Burgess
Blanco
Kent County
Del
Dewey
Jonathan Tavitts
Denton- Williston
R.S. Clark
Laurel River
Joseph Andrew
Nixie Ella Fleming
James Fleming
N. Alex. Hutson
Clarence
Isaac Hill
Charles G. Griffin
George H. Trax
Talbot
Dover Bridge
Caroline
W. D. Abler
Preston Shines In Colorful Independence Day
Preston and Greensboro hosts celebrated July 4 with parades, speeches, baseball, races and fireworks. Notable figures included W. E. West Denton and Major W. E. Stewart Easton. The Preston program featured Stars and Stripes pages, a equine parade, and a baseball win by Denton. Hillsborough showcased racing with Lady Trotwood and Fankenbridge among winners, aided by the Wye Mills Band and organizer W Pennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Easton Cornet
Watson ST. Fooks
B. C. & A. Railroad Company
Uncle Sam
Mr. Fooks
W. E. West
Denton
W. E. Stewart
Easton
Robt. D. Bradley
Wm. T. Kelley
James McCarter
Myr. Walworth
New Harm
Preston Boys
Greensboro
Henderson
Alvin Smith
A. A. Christian, Esq
Philadelphia
Armstrong
Albany
N. Y
M. E
P.E
Hillsborough
Lady Trotwood
B. B. Brown
John
Mr. Long
Lady Russell
Hugh Brown
Sorrell C
Dexter
W. T. Seward
Sam Almont
John Seward
Fankenbridge
G. K. Ebling
Messrs
Harry Thompson
Walter George
Mr. George
F. P. Govey
Dr. Nickerson
George Dulin
Wye Mills
Hooper Warner
Cordova
Celebration Day Nears Finish in Federnsburg
Fireworks were postponed to Tuesday as the Fourth celebration went ahead with games at Athletic Park. Greensboro and Federalsburg played baseball in the morning while bicycle races filled the afternoon. Baltimore riders won some prizes, with home riders taking others. Local notices report property transactions and visits from relatives and visitors including Miss Travers and Mr Armat Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Federalsburg
Baltimore
J. Frampton
J. H. Davis
Bloomingdale Avenue
Dr. Clark
Certonsville
Olive and
Dorrison Otis
Ondesliuys
Mrs. Olis
Mary Morse
W. A. Morse
Cambridge
Liddell
Dr. Galloway
Sykesville
Prouse
Walter
Harry
Oscar Wright
Easton
Travers
Dorchester County
Burrsville Camp Meeting Preparations Bright Prospects
Preparations are under way by Burrsville residents to rent at Chilton's for the year and a favorable camp meeting outlook is noted. Pastor Johnson is expected to secure strong ministerial supply. The parsonage at Sheppard's gained new furniture and Burrsville ladies arranged decor for the preacher's home. Wesley Church plans a festival for carpet and grove events next Friday and Saturday. Rev T F Tablor attended the Fourth holiness meeting and Nettie Porter volunteers to assist Pastor McLain in missionary collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilton’s
Johnson
Sheppard’s
M. E
Burrsville
Thawley
Wesley Church
Church Grove
Wesley
T. F. Tablor
Nettie Porter
McLain
Fourth of July Revelers Across Rehoboth and Greensboro
Citizens spent the Fourth at Rehoboth with some in Greensboro. Beulah Day returns from a visit to the monumental City with Mary P. Dodge. Denton visitors C. I. Whitby Jr. and Carroll Dunning. Allan S. Marlin of Baltimore stays with friends. Calvin Bowersock of Baltimore visits. Bessie Jarrell returns from Sadlersville. Ethel Calvin of Washington is the niece of Mrs. M. V. Yearly. J. M. Barry and family are staying for the summer. Anita and Elsie Smith visit Seaford friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth
Greensboro
Beulah Day
Monumental City
Mary P. Dodge
Messrs
C. I. Whitby Jr
Carroll Dunning
Denton
Allans. Marlin
Baltimore
Calvin Bowersoch
Bessie Jarrell
Sadlersville
Ethel Calvin
Washington
M. V
J. M. Barry
Anita and
Elsie Smith
Seaford
Local figures attend Greensboro Fourth celebration
Maryded, Messrs. John Moore, John Clark, H. W. Pippin and Milton C. Green attended the celebration at Greens boro on Monday. Miss Rae Burton of Philadelphia spent the Fourth with her friend Miss Sara V. Heather at her home The Maples. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Pippin and children of Baltimore are at Mr. J. S. Pippin's. John Moore Sr. of Philadelphia spent part of the week with his family. Mr. H. W. Pippin of Elkton spent the Fourth here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
John Clark
H. W. Pippin
Milton C. Green
Greensboro
Rae Burton
Philadelphia
Sara V. Heather
Baltimore
J. S. Pippin
John Moore, Sr
Elkton
Robbery at Federalsburg Stole Watches and Cash
A Federalsburg merchant, H I Stowell, reported his store broken into last Friday. Thieves stole between fifty and seventy five dollars, nine watches, and several pairs of shoes and stockings. Three men were seen leaving at around three in the morning. A $100 reward is offered for the arrest of the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. I. Stowell
Endorsement for Chamberlain Cough Remedy in California homes
Mr. W. B. Cooper of El Rio California praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for family use noting especially effective results for small children. The product is sold by W. E. Brown in Denton Hugh Duffey in Hillsboro and R. J. Colston in Ridgely.
Maryland Wheat Shortage Affects Prices Across Regions
Maryland reports a short wheat crop due to heavy milk weevil and Hessian fly damage. Western Maryland and Eastern Shore counties diverge with poor yields, while Virginia notes a mixed crop. Prices may rise as US output falls and no surplus cushions the market, benefiting farmers yet raising bread costs for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Washington
Frederick
Carroll
Montgomery
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Dorchester
Caroline
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Rockbridge
Augusta
United States
Europe
Leiter
Orphans Court Proceedings Review
Orphans' Court met with Judges Sighe Orrell and Wright presiding. Laura Oudesluys administrator of Helen G Otis presented an inventory which was passed. William H Irwin executor of Henry Irwin presented a list of separate and doubtful debts approved. J Stafford by Harvey L Cooper filed bill for sale of Simeon Bloods real estate. William H Cashe and William M Price appointed appraisers. Thus A Smith executor of Sylvester Smith presented accounts of sales of personal estate approved and filed report of sales of real estate with conditional ratification. Henry C Rawlings appointed guardian to James A and William A Loockerman minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Sighe
Orrell and
Wright
Laura Oudesluys
Helen G. Otis
Wm. H. Irwin
Henry Irwin
J. Stafford
Harvey L. Cooper
Sistorney
Simeon Blood
Wm. H. Cashe
Wm. M. Price
A. Smith
Sylvester Smith
Henry C. Rawlings
James A
Wm. A. Loockerman
Reduced Rates to Buffalo for Baptist Young People’s Union
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets from all line stations to Buffalo for the 1898 convention July 14 to 17. Round trip single fare, sale July 12 to 15, return by July 19. Deposit with Buffalo joint agent and fifty cent payment may extend return to September 1. Special train from Broad Street Station Philadelphia at 9:30 a.m. July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America
Buffalo
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Fraser
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Williamsport
Church News and Local Notices spur July 4 event
Miss Ligne Banton assisted by Mrs. Harry Clark and others will lead a concert and recital at the Stewart and Jared canning-house near Qaeed Auaiers station on Thursday evening July 4 for the benefit of the MS Church South. Seats for adults and children priced accordingly. Also reports on Concord camp privileges disposal, horse show details, and Wesleyan Sunday School festival activities. Benediction announces Catholic confirmation and the Ridgely new church debt freedom marked by recent meeting outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligne Banton
Harry Clark
Caro Saulsbury
Sallie Barton
Stewart & Jared New Canning-House
Qaeed Auaiers Station
Uxt
Church South
Schnissien
Clikiu
Cehick
Concord Camp
Selestet
Richard Nichvom
Alternoon
Chilton
Galippemviege
G. W
Stafford
Tutler
O. Moffert
Wesley M
Monaghan
Benediet’s Catholic
Ridgely
MW. E
Whitby Debates Clerk Duties After Law Change
County Treasurer Charles H. Whitby delays clerk duties pending circuit court interpretation of a new act that separates treasurer and county clerk roles. Board members differ on necessity of appointing a clerk, with counsel urging action while Whitby seeks constitutional clarity. Judges will interpret the laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Whitby
Tie
Iewal
Whitby
Circuit Court
Board of Commissioners
Albert G. Towers
Mills Estimates Peach Crop On Peninsula For 811,434
Mrss Ostimiate Isaac N Mills special agent for the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company has completed his estimate of the coming peach crop and expects a small yield due to storms and drought. The yellows and curculia have damaged orchards with differential losses across railroads and counties totaling 811 434 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac N. Mills
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
Mills
Deakyne Resigns as Caroline County Chairman
Chairman Vandiver of the Democratic State Central Committee confirms Deakyne’s June 30 resignation as Caroline county state central chair. He notes the committee will meet July 20 at 12 o clock, and appoints Hon. Thomas A. Smith as successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Deakyne
Vandiver
Democratic State Central Comittee
State Central Committee
Caroline County
Thomas A. Smith
Nichols Succeeds Roe on Denton Shirt Co Board
Mr Fred N Nichols succeeded Mr H A Roe as a member of the Denton Shirt Company. The factory will resume operations next Monday. Roe retired to devote attention to other large business interests. Nichols is familiar with the business, having served with the establishment for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. N. Nichols
H. A. Roe
Denton Shirt Company
Rroe
Nichols
Memorial notice for James Carey with family loss
Sucred to the memory of James Carey who died July 9 1897 aged 66 years. Atlas dark within our dwelling Touty is our home touay. For the one whose saute did cheer us Has lorever passed away lis daughter Macorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carey
Atlas
Touty
Touay
Lorever
Macorm
End of Fighting at Santiago Amid War News
Congress adjourns as peace overtures hover in Washington. Commodore Sehley and Admiral Cervera clash near Santiago. Spanish fleet destroyed, about thirteen hundred dead or captured, and American gunners praised. Armistice extended, with pending peace talks and planned bombardment of the Spanish coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speen
Jovaxvar Batrinons
Jenny
Admiral Cervera
Annapolis
Washington
Santiago
Congress
Sehley
Cervera
Maryland
Shatter
Watson
Children of the Poor Benefit from Fresh Air Society
Amid city heat and crowded tenements the Baltimore Children’s Fresh Air Society aids needy kids. For six years it connects urban families with country homes, funded by city money and rural hosts, with Miss Florence Galloway coordinating and inviting new friends nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Fresh Air Society of
Baltimore
Florence Galloway
Saratoga Street
Daughters Deaths and Local Obituaries in Centreville and Nearby
Miss Mary Emma Shields aged 21 died after a long illness. Funeral Sunday with Rev Dryden and others officiating. Interment at cemetery. John W. Perry of Centreville died aged about 80 at home Spring Garden estate. Mrs. Lucinda Fountain died aged 54 near Burrsville after sixteen months illness. Funeral in Central. interment in Denton cemetery. Samuel Stewart nearly 80 died in Royal Oak. his daughter is married to Rev. Hoffecker. Daniel B. Kinder of Sussex County Delaware died aged 82. Elopement tale from the Delaware Record: 18 year old groom ran away with his mother in law. Mrs Reynolds, age over 40, urged daughter to separate, sale of household effects, Brooklyn trip, family scandal and lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Emma Shields
Charles N. Shields
C. BE. Dryden
H. W. D. Johnson
Z. H. Webster
John W. Perry
Centreville
Bright
Perry
Central
Denton Cemetery
Samuel Stewart
Royal Oak
Edmund L. Hoffecker
Daniel B. Kinder
Delaware
Harrington
Miss Reynolds
J.J. Reynolds
Adamsville
Norman Breeding
Maryland
Brooklyn
Mr. Reynolds
Reynolds
Cottage at Rehoboth for Rent Applies to Wanter SpARKLIN
Rental notice for Cottage at Rehoboth, Rehoboth, applying to Wanter SpARKLIN, Dehton, Mad, with terms and stipulations implied by a historic stamped-document context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth
Advertisements Crooked Ad Draws Letter To Journal
A letter postmarked Andersontown complains an ad for G KF Stein & Bro. appears upside down in the Journal. The writer, a friend of the paper, praises the publication while noting the crooked advertisement. The Sloan firm pays to run it that way, yet no inference about their dealings is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andersontown
Batters Denton Journal
Kf, Stein & Bro
Scliley
Journaal
Messrs. Sloan
Opening of Bolingly resort at Queenstown 1898 season
On and after June 1st the beautiful summer resort Bolingly on Chester at Queenstown will open for the 1898 season. Special rates via Queen Anne's Railroad for Sunday Schools seeking a day outing. Grounds laid for Lawn Tennis Croquet and Base Ball for patrons. Hotel meals at popular prices. fishing boating bathing crabbing and other amusements. For railroad rates apply to C C Waller Baltimore. M J Marx is hotel manager. Lost pocketbook with valuable papers of C N Coulbourn. reward at THE OFFICE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolingly
Chester
Queenstown
Queen Anne’s
C. C. Waller
Pier No
Light Street
Baltimore
M. J. Marx
Excursion on the U S Visiters in Denton and Elsewhere
A flurry of visits and social gatherings around Greensborough and Denton as Miss Nancy Heyde Miss Helen Slaughter of Dover were entertained by the Misses Bernard. The group enjoyed a moonlight steamer ride and several locals including Prof. W S Crouse School Examiner Stephens and Mrs Miles attended events in Washington Baltimore and nearby towns with relatives and guests visiting throughout the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Heyde
Helen Slaughter
Dover
Bernard
Greensborough
U. S
Denton
Oscar Lackey
Baltimore
Herman Reed
Queenstown
Queen Anne's
Wim. D. Abler
W. S. Crouse
Stephens
Elizabeth Pippin
Estelle Watkins
Mary J. Fisher
National Educational Association
Washington
Dr. Miles
Mildred
Upper Fairmount
Somerset County
Charles T. Askew
Gertie
C. F. Hutchimson
Murray Hutchinson
Cambridge
Z. T. Hutchinson
East Denton
5. L. Carpenter
Kansas City
Emma Shields
Alfred Smith
Oxford
J. H.C. Legg
Centreville
Marie Crouse
Accomac County
Sarah Graham
T. H. Jarman
Nannie G. Nichols
Fannie Griffenberg
Summit Bridge
Del
Clarence Duffey
Hillsboro
Howard and
Carroll Pastorfield
Talbot
Charles W. Byrn
Rock Hall
R. M. Collins
Milton
Emma Douglass
Preston
S. A. Brown
Seaford
Susan H. Kurtz
Bordentown
N. J
Z. P. Steele
Mamie Downes
Willington
W. W. Nicholson
C. W. Hobbs
Rehoboth
E. B. Griffenburg
Delaware
Ellis Crouse
E. C. Fields
Silver and Gold Bimetallic Buggy Featured in Denton
Sol Pippin shows a silver wheel carriage painted gold with 16 to 1 on its sides. Old Chapel in Baptiste Smith's woods hosts patriot speeches by J Frank Turner and Dr Charles H Rose followed by a Terpsi chore dance. Washington county farmers harvest wheat by moonlight amid rising activity at Tower's ice factory. few visitors linger in Denton this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Pippin
Z Haston
Old Chapel
Baptiste Smith
J. Frank Turner
Charles H. Rose
Terpsichore
Washington County
Tower
Denton
Testimonial for Chamberlain Colic Remedy Relief
A Keokuk Iowa family credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with ending their baby's colic and cholera in fantum after prior limited relief. The letter thanks the makers and notes the remedy is sold by W E Brown in Denton Hugh Duffey Hillsboro and R J Colston Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
G. M. Law
Keokuk
Iowa
W. E. Brown
Denton
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
R. J. Colston
Ridgely
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Levy Court
Pete St Ee Eet
Caroline CO
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Tan Trubbard
Wane
Fisher
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Jolt
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Reece
Lal
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Élola - Pristox Eames
Christopher
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Tarker
Tlednuum
Bewenee
Collins Sfats
Wright Ss
Baker
Tae
Ale Solol
Deater
Secan Sed
Federnsburg
Yederalsburg
Sup
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Church News
ABS
Mrss Ostimiate
Baskets
Delaware and
Otal Wi
Deakyne Rusigns
Mr. Nichols
Mr. Roe
Fresh Aie Society
L Bolingly
C.N. Coulbourn
Royal
Adv
Eaking
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Boy Drees
Ness S
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