Watermelon crop doubts and local notices amid county news
The issue notes a threatened watermelon crop failure while listing local ads and events. Highlights include Mrs. S A Holbrook selling millinery stock, salary changes for Presiding Elder Wilson, pension grants to Stephen Hailey and Capt Joe Griffin Jr., and voter registries under new law. Also covered are spring camp meetings near Felton, a Piney Grove festival for church funds, real estate moves, and various community notices such as school scholarships, farm sales, and local weathered updates through the peninsula news.
School Board Proceedings: Appointments and Proposals
The board confirmed new appointments including Miss Mary J. Fisher first assistant at Hillsborough Academy and Miss Bessie Deakins second assistant. Mrs Estelle Todd’s appointment at Andersontown was ratified despite opposition to married teachers. Proposals to deliver wood for various schools were invited and vacancies at Western Maryland College and St Johns College noted. Additional appointments were listed and the next meeting slated to open bids for Preston and Liden's school buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John'’s
Westminster
Mary J. Fisher
Western Maryland College
Bessie Deakins
Hillsborough Academy
Andersontown
Thomas H. Lewis
General Assembly
St. John’s College
Union
Grove
Belle Harrison
Bee Tree
Viola Powell
Gravely Branch
Mamie H. Todd
Whiteley’s
Sadie E. Burke
Bethlehem
Ida J. Williams
Thawley's
Bessie Fleming
Preston
Liden’s
Drowned Youth at Moore's Mill Pond Near Hillsboro
James Demby aged 14 drowned in Moore's mill pond near Hillsboro on Sunday while four youths bathed. He was first to enter the water and, going beyond his depth, drowned before the others could finish undressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Green
James Demby
Moore’s Mill-Pond
Hillsboro
Demby
Local notices and social visits across Denton area
Personal Wenthoa Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Satterfield and others register at Hotel Henlo pen in Rehoboth while relatives in Maryland visit. Numerous residents and visitors are listed with movements, campers, camp-meeting plans, and excursions to historic battlefields with special rail fares announced by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Satterfield
R.L. Walker
Ratie Walker
Sallie Walker
Virgie Satterfield
Tur Jounxac
Young Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Ridgely
Denton Journal
Suh
R. W. Todd
Todd
Amanda D. Saulsbury
Ipa V. Swit
Alice J. Wilson
Frankin Greenn
Agsus Revlogly
Keuva G. SauLsbury
Laura Shanli
Martin Winson
Lanny Grirrix
Many
Cedar Creek
Middletown
Winchester
Harper’s Ferry
Grand Army of the Republic
Baltimore and Ohio R. RR
Ohio River
Antietam
Gettysburg
Baltimore and Ohio R. A. Co
Harper's Ferry
Weverton
I. c& Orr
John Carey
Baltimore
Carey
Tle
Bishop Curtis
Baltimore Markets Quoted Prices on Thursday
Quotations from Baltimore markets show Fultz wheat at 94 cents and white and yellow corn ranging from 30 to 52 cents.
Democratic Congressional Convention Dates Set by State Committee
The Democratic State Central Committee fixed district convention dates with centers in Centreville Belair Broadway Institute Baltimore China Hall Baltimore Cantonsville and Hagerstown all slated for September 17 except the First district on September 3. Hon Barnes Compton was confirmed as Chairman of the State Central Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
R.T. Lewis
Stafford
A. T. Worter
Charles A. Smith
W. T. Harvey
Albert Harrington
M. 15. Smith
Tilghman
W. Brown
W. Dickerson
Letty
J. H. Vane
Sto.jo
WW. T. Harvey
Democratic State Central Committee
Centreville
Belair
Broadway Institute
Baltimore
China Hall
Cantonsville
Hagerstown
State Central Committee
Barnes Compton
Wm. Wharper
James Dean
K. J. Wright
John Hutchinson
Harper
Cora Vickers
K.J. Wright
Moore divorce filing cites cruelty and intemperance
Mrs Carrie Moore wife of Frank H Moore of Greensborough filed on Saturday for divorce by her counsel James N Todd Cruelty and intemperance are charged The couple married in Middletown Delaware on December 12 1876 and have lived in Caroline with brief intervals since
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Moore
Frank H. Moore
Greensborough
James N. Todd
James S. Fleming
Washington State
Thomas F. Johnson
Fleming
Keene’s Landing
Tive Johns
Mr. Fleming
Delaware
Correspondence from Cassbridge and nearby towns
Letters note illness prevalence among princes and announce a Japanese tea party at Mrs Willis lawn to raise church funds. Reports cover local social events including crabbing, travels, weddings, burglaries, illnesses, and preparations for rail and cannery projects with multiple residents traveling to Bay Ridge and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Dr. Willis
Preston
Freston
Bedwell's alleged murder plot against Caleb Ford teased by rivals
A farm tragedy on James Curlett’s Hartley property left Caleb Ford shot in the cornfield. Thomas Bedwell, once close to Ford, is suspected after a gun vanished from Ford's house and Bedwell's alibi wavered. Ford’s brother and neighbors dispute who brought the weapon, and a warrant followed a Sunday deposition by Squire Scotten. Separate notes report Osceola infant death and crop yields below expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bedwell
Caleb Ford
James Curlett
Hartley
Ford
Bedwell
Dedwell
Squire Scotten
Marydeh
Agricultural crop report shows mixed yields and damage
Government report notes corn small with worm damage, wheat around half crop, oats near failure, potatoes fair, wool similar to last year, clover and timothy good, pasture fair, few apples and no peaches, grapes fair but sickly.
Welcome Shower Halts Work In Corn Belt Mills
A welcome shower fell Tuesday night ending a breath of drought that had damaged corn growth. The storm caused flour mills to shut down completely or operate sporadically, disrupting regional grain processing and supplies.
Pliny Fisher Sells Interest in Anthony Estate Near Denton
Pliny Fisher assignee sold one seventh of the Anthony estate near Denton on Tuesday to G W Spurry for 1100 dollars. John E M Wilson harvested about 23 bushels per acre from 41 acres, totaling gry bushels of wheat, using Sisters Harvest Queen Phosphate. S C Pierson of Waterloo NY offers steady salary employment in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TY. Pliny Fisher
Anthony
Denton
G. W. Spurry
John EE. Wilson
Ile
S. C. Pierson
Waterloo
N. Y
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Logal Department
S. A. Holbrook
Wilson
Luther H. Gadd
Eastern Shore
Cleveland
Stephen Hailey
Spring Branch
Felton
Joe Griffin
Jnc. H
Concord Camp
Wm. Morgan
Ayner
J. B. Scott
Stephens
Western Maryland
St. John’s Colleges
M. Mills
Peninsular
Wm. A. Stewart
A. J. W Stevens
Piney Grove
Town
Wilmington
Peninsular Press Association
Saratoga Springs
Hynson
Charles Carroll
Geo. R. Sterling
Hermitage
Richard Cooke Tilghman
Otho Williams
Pritchett
Clayton-Easton
Dickinson College
Johns M Hopkins
Rolph
Caroline
Godeffroy & How
Salisbury
How
Caroline County
Davin PD
Lefever
Case’s Wharf
John Heachamp
John Beachamp
Concord
Williston
Beachamp
John Horsey
School Board Proceedings
Moore
Annie E. Robbins
Walter J
Matthew Garey
Philadelphia
G. A. Fisher
L. T. Gadd
Democratic State Committee
Jas. H. Rich
T. W. Fisher
Howard County
Annie Emerson
Daisy
Bessie Turner
Mackall
J. H W. Gadd
Thomas A. King
Daltimore
Addie Smith
Paterson
N. J
Elon S. Hobbs
Sallie Pratt
Smyrna
Annie Griffin
Waldo Emerson
A. Roe
EL Dunnock
Dorchester
Chilton's Camp
Methodist Protestant Church
Caroline Circuit
Chilton’s
Burrsville
Hitnsworo
Joursane
Y. W.C
T. A
R. W.todd
S. M. Morgan, Jr
Mr. Dodd
T. T. Willis
Reading R. R
Dr. Stafford
Alisy Lisie Gootee
Nannie Gootee
Bay City
Mary Stafford
Wm. Burgess
Preston Academy
Rose Bradley
Linchester
Preston M. 1
Washington
Joseph Sisk
Cordova
Col
Dixon
John Willoughby
Sadie
New Market
Andrew Stafford
Dollie Kelley
Julia Kelley
Hattie Williams
State
Benjamin Johnson
ESRR
Cassbridge
Vets
Samuel C. Plummer
Risdon KE
Plummer
Samuel
Clayton Coursey
Chester
J. Harry Price
James Price
the Grove
Marquel
Ella Swing
J. T. George
Cambridge
Wimeston
Katie and
Robie Hobbs
Bay Ridge
Segebaden
County
M. Wright
Selden Sullivan
T. J. Williams
New York
Mrs. Simpson
C. H. Davis
Harry Davis
Bloomingdale Avenue
J. 13. Wright
J.P. White
Goslin
Robert Logan
HF. Stower
Wile Prouse
Alliance Preserving Company
Ridgely Alliance
J. S. Ober
Mamager
Messrs. Day Bros. & Co
H. J. Baker
Isaac Sigler
John A. Sigler
Alice ‘Tate
Toronto
Canada
Dr. Thomas
Goldsborough
Fannie Jarrell
Hillsborough
A Hutson
M. E
Donng Jones
Garden of Eden
Satan
Eve
Adam
Philadelphia Press
Thamas E. Cole
Thomas HH. Cole
Queen Anne’s
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
S.A. Linebach
Zion's Church
Allen Township
Northampton County
Greensborough Cemetery
David P. Lefever
Ileaven
Henry
William
Mollie Irwin
New Catholic Church
Henry Irwin
W. HL. Thawley
C. HE Fleming
T. S. Sparklin
F. B. Russell
George
Capt
J. P. Snow
Caroline Crops
Francis Nichols
Nichols
Smithville
Federalsburg
Federalsbure
Joan Beachnnp
J. C. Clarit
Advance
Oliver
Syracuse
Cmpire
Bickford & Huffman
Columbus Buggy CO
Denton Hardware
H. S. Miller & CO
Europe
State Board of Agriculture of
Pennsylvania
Richard Ft, Garter
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