Local Department Wheat and Community Notices
The issue lists resignations and local dealings including Mr Charles L Jarrell resigning as a trustee of the poor. Daily prices and sales appear for eggs by W J Blackiston. Advertisements note seed and farm supply at Smith & Walls and John T Lister selling personal property next Saturday. Several real estate and local business items mention land sales, a well in West Denton, and a yacht run by Mr Walter George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Jarrell
W. J. Blackiston
Timothy
Smith & Walls
John T. Lister
Geo. A. McDaniel
West Denton
J. K. Watson
Willard H
Hawley
Olsen
Baltimore
J. H. George
Henry D. Hinman
Nichols
Cooper
Baggs
James Temple
Wright
Leon
Denton
J. W Johnson
Denton Md
Caroline County
Arthur Kenney
Harrington
Journal
Charles Dickens
Mason
Marriage Announcement For Miss Marie Temple To Major Dolan
Announcement of the coming marriage between Miss Marie Blanche Temple daughter of Mrs Emma V Temple and Major Francis Dolan of Belfast Ireland with the ceremony planned for September. Temple has Maryland ties and family in Caroline and Queen Annes counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Blanche Temple
Emma V. Temple
Francis Dolan
Belfast
Ireland
Miss Temple
Maryland
William Temple
St. Elizabeth's Church
Wilmington
Delaware
Caroline
Queen Anne's
Ruben Garey
Goldfield
Nevada
Highlands
Robert G. Wilson
Oakland
Cal
P. R. Fisher
Wilson
Caroline and
Talbot
Maud A. Cuff
Georgem
Merriken
San Diego
California
Meriken
John H. Merriken
Hobbs
Josephine Willoughby
Gladys Benson
Mary Patton
Baltimore
Lida Moore
Emma Hubbard
B. P. Truitt
Washington
Hattie Dulany
Julia Chance
Centreville
M. P. Parsonage
Trego
Philadelphia
Alice Bloxsom
Sallie Clark
Alfred Clark
Denton
Elsie Beasley
Willie DeFord
Hattie Dukes
Concord
W. D. Lucas
Anna
George A Dever
Queen Annes
Sherman Hignutt
The
Peoples Bank
Altimore
Louise
Lena Garey
Maggie
Katie Todd
Wm. H. Jarrell
Mary Hobbs
Wisconsin
Ruth Miller
P. E. Hopkins
Bethlehem
Ebner E. Wheeler
Lydia Miller
Edna Lister
Greensboro
Frances Russell
Services at Calvary M. P. Church Tomorrow
American Corner lists Sunday School at 9 30 preaching at 10 30 and Christian Endeavor at 7 30. John Rosser will preach. Addie Love and daughter Stella of Easton have returned home after visiting friends. T V Redman & Son erected a new cannery. Lacey Griffith spent Sunday with Hobbs relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary M. P
John Rosser
Addie Love
Stella
Easton
Messrs
T. V. Redman & Son
Lacey Griffith
Hobbs
Lawn Party Guests and Visits List at Local Homes
A July 18 lawn party hosted by Messrs Harvey and Alex Gooden drew many guests from town including Bertha Dill Anna Walls Anna Jones Alice Montague May Webb Dessie Steele Edith Cooper Pearl Clark Etta Gardener Mary Ross Edna Ross Myrtle Webb and numerous others. Delsie Steele hosted a small gathering Tuesday evening with attendees May Webb Mary Ross Edith Cooper Vera Raughley Myrtle Webb and more. Powell Steele and children Frances Joseph and Henry are visiting Mrs George N. Ross near town. Nolan Steele of near town was taken to Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Alex Gooden
Bertha Dill
Anna Walls
Anna Jones
Alice Montague
May Webb
Dessie Steele
Edith Cooper
Pearl Clark
Etta Gardener
Mary Ross
Edna Ross
Myrtle Webb
Herbert Walls
Willie Goodwin
Alvin Imler
Harvey Jones
John Milby
Martin Bennett
Byron Ross
Conley Gruwell
Lester Clark
Benton
Frank Baughley
Elwood Cooper
Harvey Horace
Ralph Cooper
Ollie Johnson
Delsie Steele
Henderson
Vera Raughley
Frank Raughley
Frank
Byron
George Ross
Elwood
Powell Steele
Frances
Joseph
Henry
George N. Ross
Nolan Steele
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Burrsville Marriages Tie Local Weddings Night of Faith
Mr William A Davis and Miss Leathal Walls of Hobbs wed at the M. V. parsonage by Rev Joseph W Gibson. That same night Rev Gibson joined Ernest Hopkins of Ver ne Del and Miss Lillian E Hanson of Greenwood in marriage at the M E parsonage. Effie Hurd returns from New Jersey and upper Delaware visit with cousin Mrs Arlington Slaughter. Maggie Melvin bedbound with inflammatory rheumatism. James A Breeding on sick list. Viola Cahall of Philadelphia visits. Mrs George Taylor visits Bridgeville. Nellie Melvin visits Dover. Painters improve the M E parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrsville
Willian A. Davis
Leathal Walls
Hobbs
M. V
Joseph W. Gibson
Ernest Hopkins
Verne del
Lillian E. Hanson
Harry Hanson
Greenwood
Effie Hurd
New Jersey
Upper Delaware
Local Social Notes from Hillsboro and Nearby Areas
Hobbs and family hosted by the Butlers in Hillsboro with several visits noted. Miss E D Merriken returns after a week with her sister Mrs Seeder. J Roland Chaffinch enjoyed a week with George Peters at Carlisle. H C Hobbs in Hughesville handling cannery business. Lulu Nichols returns home from Denton. J L Jopp hires Wooters to add to his house. B T Seeders visit Philadelphia. Charles A Murphy recovering from illness. A generous man descended on the town on the 22nd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Sharp
Reba
Lulu Nichols
Denton
J. L. Jopp
Wooters
B. T. Seeders
Philadelphia
New
Charles A. Murphy
Wooters Sells Dukes Farm North Of Cordova For £817,400
Charles R. Wooters sells the portion of the Dukes farm near Cordova north of the county road containing buildings and about 275 to 300 acres to Mrs. Chance of Queen Anne for £817,400. He retains roughly fifty acres south of the road. Mrs. William E. Roe spent several days with friends at Marydel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Everngam
Everngain
Curtis Morris
Harrington
Denton
Nathaniel Horsey
Free Press
Greensboro
William C. Meintzer
Easton
Meintzer
Circuit Rider
Baltimore
Isaac Henry Wright
Dorchester
Elizabeth H. Craft
Thomas Leckie
East New Market
Eugene Ross
Cambrdge
Louis W. Morris
Salisbury
Hattie
Lillian Wright
Frederick Wright
Caleb Boggs
Cheswold
Caroline
Queen Anne's
Baltimore Corner
Bureau
Federalsburg
American Corner
Fourth District
Preston
Mississippi
Charles R. Wooters
Dukes
Cordova
Infant Hartley Dunning Dies at Grandmother’s Home
Infant Hartley, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Dunning of near Kenton, died Friday morning at the home of grandmother Mrs Hannah Short. The family is from the Kenton area and funeral details were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartley. Harvey
Charles Dunning
Kenton
Hannah Short
Murder theory abandoned in Williams death case
State's Attorney Keating rejected a murder theory after reviewing Detective Dick and Constable Dunn's full report on the Williams death. He favored death by own action or accidental causes, noting evidence gaps and pointing to possible blood clot and rope involvement while withholding autopsy conclusions. The Sun’s correspondent highlighted conflicting observations from the undertaker, wounds, and rope marks fueling lingering mystery surrounding Williams' disappearance from the Wessel farm area and the time to discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Centreville
Keating
Dunn
Williams
Corkran
Marshal Farnan
Baltimore Sun
Charles Pippin
Elizabeth Walls
Wessel
Dr. Smith
Wessel’s
Constable Dunn
Nathan Cox
Marydel
Thomas
Walls
John
Frank Wessel
Frank Blessing
Elizabeth
Mystery surrounds Williams murder in Maryland inquiry
A long investigation by Baltimore detectives failed to resolve the Williams death in Queen Anne county Maryland. Officials note conflicting theories of suicide or foul play while the Wessel family denies involvement as detectives reexamine the thicket where the body was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Baltimore
Queen Anne County
Marydel
Tts
Aulkner
Templeville
J. R. Smith
Willams
Wessel
Frank Wessel
Ohn Wessel
Crumpton
Orner
Orphans Court Proceedings Review Guardians and Accounts
In the Orphans Court Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood presiding, Frank Beauchamp minor seeks his mother as guardian. Administrators of William C. Maloney present an account of sales. approved. Towers guardian to Eliza J Williamson presents third account. approved. Towers guardian to Edith M Dean presents second. Griffin executrix of John H Griffin presents final administration and distribution. approved. Owens guardian to Harold R Roberts presents first and final guardianship account. passed. Craig and Dennison administrators of William W Dennison present deposit money account. approved. Addie Taylor seeks letters of administration for Sarah Payne. objection by James T Payne argued. decision postponed to next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Court
Orphans’ Court
Clark
Liden
Fleetwood
Frank Beauchamp
Henry R. Lewis
Fred R. Owens
William C. Maloney
Albert G. Towers
Eliza J. Williamson
Edith M. Dean
Louisa Griffin
John H. Griffin
Harold R. Roberts
John Craig
Wallace W. Dennison
William W. Dennison
Addie Taylor
Sarah Payne
James T. Payne
Deen & Deen
Lewis
Camp Meeting Tent List for Marydel July 31 to August 16
Incomplete roster of tents for the Marydel camp meeting running from July 31 through August 16. Numerous merchants, firms, and individuals from Goldsboro Dover Cheswold Sudlersville Barclay and surrounding areas are listed as participating with tents and services. The pastor promises warm welcomes, with preachers and music including cornets and violins to uplift attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
H. C. Booker
Iarrell & Co
Goldsboro
Cooper
Iw. N. Bowen
S. C. Faulkner
J. A.lane
Kate Knotts
T. S. Pippin
Dr. Smith
A. ‘T. Heather
H. 5S. Dailey
Wm. Moore & Co
T. H
J. Boyer
Queenstown
IH. Williams
Bethesda
Mr. Mayberry
iUnion
H. Peters
Hartley
Thanks to Friends for Rally Gifts At John Wesley M E Church
Officers and pastor of John Wesley M E Church Denton thank friends for gifts toward a rally that raised about 200 dollars. The first half of a double rally ends October 4 1908 with a plea for further contributions to lift a heavy debt. J T Frercuen pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley M.E. Church
Denton Journal
J. T. Frercuen
Beauchamp Family Gatherings Mention Berlin Return
Concord notes Mrs Elizabeth Beauchamp has returned home to Berlin after a stay with her son J W Beauchamp Miss Jennie Kelley returns home after months on the Western Shore C E and J W Beauchamp were in Baltimore late last week Mr and Mrs C E Todd spent the early part of this week in Baltimore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Sydenstricker
M. E. Church South
Easton
Maggie N. Hackett
Washington
Robly Hackett
Queen Anne
Ethel Smith
Wilmington
Garrettson Smith
Frances Taylor
Thomas Dudley
Wye Landing
W. Y. Beaven
All Saints Parish
George F. Beaven
Annie Griffith
Chester
Jennie Rees
Smyrna
William P. Fleming
Stewart
L. P. Corkian
Delaware
E. L. Thompson
John Holt
Cordova
Evelyn Fleming
George Stewart
Baltimore
Edgar Bryan
Edward Taylor
Blanche Smith
Addie Jarrell
Preston
H. W. B. Rowe
Concord
Elizabeth Beauchamp
J. W. Beauchamp
Berlin
Jennie Kelley
Western Shore
C. E
Todd
Greensboro's News Budget Excursion Plans and Local Notices
The M E Sunday School schedules an August excursion to Rehoboth and asks attendees to confirm numbers after Sunday School. Local notes report family visits, a death in the Barton family, school building additions, and a parade of residents visiting relatives in Centreville Felton Wilmington Goldsboro and Baltimore with names including Barton Legg Eliason and Jarman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Rehoboth
O. W. Barton
Virginia
W. C. Barton
J. H. C. Legg
Centreville
G. W. Eliason
Legg
Eliason
Jennie Clifton
Felton
J. H. Eliason Legg
G. Wood Eliason
William E. Ayers
Wilmington
R. R. Shull
H. P. Porter
Columbia University
New York
Elmer Cole
Ellen
Bridgetown
T. P. Green
Frank Eaton
William D. Moore
W. J. Moore
Highfield
Evelyn Dill
Academy Street
William T. Jarman
Goldsboro
Attie Coursey
Nora Stewart
Easton
Edith Clark
Grace Jackson
Lolla Jackson
D. Kline
Baltimore
William Fulton
Jean
C. I. Farman
Secretary Stutsman Visits Denton Jail
General Secretary J O Stutsman of the Prisoners' Aid Association visited Denton and inspected the jail. He praised its modern design, sanitation, and sheriff Beck, noting empty cells as the best feature and calling Denton a criterion for other counties. He commended the association's work in aiding discharged prisoners toward employment and better living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stutsman
J. O. Stutsman
Prisoners’ Aid Association
Denton
General Assembly
Maryland
Beck
In Remembrance of Maggie L Porter 1906
Obituary notes the death of Maggie L Porter on July 20 1906. The family reflects on two years since her departure and the deep sorrow and enduring memory felt at home as they mourn her loss and cherish her past happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie L. Porter
Apple Growers Prosper Near Bridgeville in Delaware
Apple grower John Willey near Bridgeville sold nearly a thousand baskets of Yellow Transparents at thirty five cents per basket. The area hosts several orchards with more to come, signaling Bridgeville as a future notable apple market and a profitable shift from peach farming. Also urges shipping wheat by the steamer Vesper with low freight and furnished grain sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willey
Bridgeville
Willey
Delaware
Our County
Vesper
Wiley’s Heat Eating Rules From Summer Diet Advice
Dr Harvey W Wiley a government food expert offers simple rules for hot weather eating and drinking. Eat one quarter less in summer than in winter eat lighter meats and cooked fruits and vegetables drink nothing below 60 degrees and drink sparingly seek cheerful company moderate open air exercise. Avoid raw fruits avoid excess alcohol and ice water dyspepsia. End with a light verse urging cheerfulness despite heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey W. Wiley
Wiley
Dry Denton No Saloon Town Shows Growth and Progress
The Maryland Anti-Saloon League visit to Denton notes a population around sixteen hundred, up from a decade ago, and argues no saloons aid thrift. Denton features water works, sewerage, a gas plant, brick stores, planned department store, two banks with strong capitals, thriving residences, and active push for anti-shipping legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Peninsula Methodist
Caroline County
Maryland
Anti-Saloon League
County Christian Endeavor Convention
In remembrance of John H Nichols Jr Philadelphia Brother's death 1908
In remembrance of my devoted brother John H Nichols Jr of Philadelphia who departed this life July 1908 aged 31 years months 20 days He leaves a widow Mary Walker of Philadelphia and was with B F Janey Jr Co for 15 years The verse laments his death and recalls family sorrow and comfort in heaven by Cuartus J Nicos his brother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuartus J. Nicos
Covington Named Democratic Candidate for Congress
J Harry Covington of Easton Talbot county was unanimously named the Democratic candidate for Congress by First District delegates at Ocean City. He pledged firm enforcement of the corrupt practices law while resolutions urged support for Bryan Kern and a united party in the national election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
J. Harry Covington
Easton
Talbot County
Congress
Covington
Fee
Marion V. Brewington
Wicomico County
Bryan and
Kern
United Party
Austin L. Crdthers
Cee Goslin
Caroline County
Imr
Robert Jarrell
Thomas H. Jones
Local Visits Highlight Williston Social Notes
Mrs Clara I Williamson returns from a visit to her cousin Mrs Herbert Powell in Berlin Maryland. Miss Lillian Sullivan from the Hospital at Norristown Pennsylvania visits her parents for a week. Miss Elsie Roe of Williston visits Miss Mary Todd in Preston. Miss Winifred Johnson stays with Greenwood relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Clara I. Williamson
Herbert Powell
Berlin
Lillian Sullivan
Norristown
Elsie Roe
Mary Todd
Preston
Winifred Johnson
Greenwood
Templeville Visitors Share Summer Weeks Across Town
Templeville notes that Master Nathan Richards, a Girard College student from Philadelphia, is spending his vacation with his aunt Mrs Charles Isaacs. Miss Zora Bingham of Lincoln Nebraska is visiting friends in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templeville
Nathan Richards
Girard College
Philadelphia
Charles Isaacs
Zora Bingham
Lincoln
Nebraska
Federalsburg Defeats Ridgeley 4-2 On Thursday
Ridgely’s ball club traveled in a large automobile to face Federalsburg and fell 4 to 2 on Thursday afternoon. Battery pairs were Jarrell and Smith for Federalsburg with Dunn and Jefferson catching. Charley Jefferson hit a three base hit for Federalsburg.
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the Local Department
Major Dolan
A.T. Covey
Elisha Hubbard
Laston
H. Wilson Saulsbury
Brooklyn
Locke
Newman D. Richards
Emma Hayes
Ella Neal
Andersontown
Jacob Ghingher
Miriam Taylor
Mr. Peters
Carlisle
Lex Smith
Ridgely
Lotta Allaband
Anna Fisher
Noble Hubbard
Elizabeth Pippin
Connecticut
James H. Nichols
Hurlock
Laura Melvin
Annapolis
Jennie Griffin
Vy Orek Ds
Aig
Fentors
Mary Russom
Hillsboro
J. E. Willis
Mary Winyard
Milford
J. O. Bernard
Troth Naylor
Trappe
F. R. Maione
William Orrell
Elsie Coursey
Marjorie Anthony
Mary Jarman
Earle Sawyer
Snow Hill
Wallace Coursey
Lillian Pippin
Annie Pippin
J. H. Coursey
Lula Clark
Thomas Dobson
Morizer and Sisters
J. H. Covington
Mullins Wilmington
Nisi
Mattie Wagner
Levi C. King
Circuit Court
Equity
Thomas L., Day
Thomas L. Day
Board of Health
Enoch George
Rehoboth and
Denton, Mi
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