This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Twenty Five Years Ago This Week News Snapshot
A rusted raft of 19th and 20th century items paints life in Denton Federalsburg and nearby on July dates. Wheat and corn prices are listed with white potatoes at two dollars a basket. Thresher earnings rise, a fire destroys a thresher on a Wmn Joiner farm near the Denton Greensboro road. Obituaries note Mrs. Henry F. Stowell aged 76 and Mr. John N Wright aged 92 with family survivors listed. Military casualties and hospital treatment are mentioned for Sergeant Winfield Nichols and Corporal Frank L. Smith. Social events include several weddings and gatherings with many named attendees across Federalsburg Baltimore Washington Templeville and other towns. A closing quote advocates universal brotherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Alfred Smith
Wmn. R. Joiner
Denton-Greensboro
Adams Brothers
Greensboro
Henry F. Stowell
Federalsburg
Stowell
B. A. Buck
DuBois
H. L. Pruse
Philadelphia
Hannah and
Blanche
J. W. Stowell
John N. Wright
Reliance
Akron
Ohio
May Wright
Wright
Daniel Fields
Caroline County
Hiram Lodge
A. PF
A. M
Seaford
Winfield T. Nichols
117Th Trench Mortar
France
Marine Hospital
Baltimore
Frank L. Smith
Montfaucon
H. H. Cade
H.M. Cade
James A. Trazzare
Harry W. Cade