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!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1888
Page
3
The itemized column records James Bryan advertising a farm for rent in 1889 and notes many town visitors and activities. Guests include Dr. C. FE. Downes of Philadelphia and Mrs. Clinton Cook visiting Baltimore friends. The orphans levy and school commissioners will sit Tuesday. church and civic events are listed along with parade and fair plans for Kent County.
The Baltimore and Ohio line offers weekly Thursday sales of excursion tickets to Cincinnati from all points east of the Ohio River. Round trip fare is one and one third fares, with return valid for 15 days including the sale day, through August 30.
Representatives from Baltimore Elkton Easton Dover and Wilmington met at the Clayton House in Wilmington to plan fall trotting meets. D P Barnard Jr presided with Charles R Wooters of Easton as secretary. They agreed on 20000 in prizes and each locality gets one week to avoid overlapping meets with Baltimore slated for the second week of September Elkton for the first week of October and Wilmington for the second week of October.
Mr and Mrs Henry Thawley visited their daughter Mrs J M Lindale at Tilghmans Island Commission Merchant Cahall of Philadelphia visited friends in the vicinity this week Mrs Phillips of Philadelphia is visiting her daughter Mrs I J Moore Miss Jennie Moore accompanied her grandmother Miss Lela Stafford and Miss Mollie Jacobs spent a few days this week at Mrs Emily Masten s Mrs John Cowan has been visiting her son Rev H G Cowan in Sussex A reunion of the Salisbury family was announced to take place at Rehobeth this week Contractor Dill will erect 2 commodious dwelling for Mrs Margaret Porter Mr and Mrs T W Porter spent Sunday with Tuckahoe Neck relatives
St Stephen's Chapel ladies with Federalsburg friends held a lawn party on Goslin's lawn to liquidate a $20 debt on the building. Denton visitors included Rev Hynes and families, Mrs Russum, Mrs Steele, and several Misses. Federalsburg cornet band provided music. A separate Young Women's Christian Temperance Union lawn party on Court House Square raised about $34 with many young attendees. Thawley's Chapel festival at Tuckahoe Neck today and this evening will fund church needs and draw a good crowd.
In Seaford at the M E parsonage on Friday the 13th 1888 Dr Henry C Walls of Dorchester to Patience Sk Phillips of Sussex by Rev W J DuHadway. At Ridgely M E Church Rev Geo W Townsend joined William E F Good of East New Market to Lavinia J Blackburn of Ridgely. At Asbury parsonage Wilmington Del on the 18th inst Rev J E Bryan united Alpheus N Roe to Amanda Patterson.
Capt. C. Wheeler of Wheeler Transportation Line visited Denton to discuss steamboat rates for peaches. He notes last year’s eight cent per crate price triggered a price war with rivals, drove losses, and says this season rates will rise to eight cents per basket and ten cents per box. He argues river transport remains cheaper than rail, despite higher freight costs. Farmers, he believes, will study the issue and face no strong opposition.
Several lengthy notices memorialize Mrs. Ann Dunn of Delaware who died at her daughter’s Denton home at 75, widow of Thomas Dunn and former Camden resident. Also mourning are Mrs. Mary Bell of Denton and Thomas S. Kinnamon of Goldsborough, both lauded for church work and amiable temper. Willie F. Seymore, 20s, died at Potter’s Landing.
July real estate transfers show numerous deeds across Ridgely Greensborough Federalsburg and nearby parcels. The list includes owners such as William Howard, William Ridgely, Solomon Collins, Martha Cannon and others transferring acres perches a few for dollars per acre or fixed sums, with properties including town lots church sites and multiple tract sizes.
Thursday proved a great day in Eas ton with visitors from every county and principal towns in the State. About 12,000 people attended a grand program filled with many features. An extended account will be published in the next issue.
In Dover on the 23rd, Sarah Pauline, infant daughter of Rev. 1.35. Terry, died at 5 months and 27 days. The obituary notes her birth details and age at death.
The Philadelphia Times reports a claim that over 75,000 Cleveland campaign buttons were manufactured in England and imported to the United States for Cleveland clubs, a story labeled as likely untrue by common sense.
Government chemist Dr Edward G Love reports on baking powder tests to rank brands by available gas per ounce. Royal leads with 1274 cubic inches, others include Rumford alum and phosphate varieties, Hanford None Such, Amazon alum, Cleveland contains lime, and many more. alum powders deemed unwholesome while phosphate and tartrates can release gas too freely. Dr St A Mott and Prof McMurtrie affirm Royal as healthful and free from deleterious substances.
The Baltimore Sun reports a favorable view of the Sunday night lunar eclipse. Citizens used large and small telescopes and naked eye to watch the earth's shadow cross the moon, with Prof. Simon Newcomb unable to use the Hopkins telescope due to illness. The eclipse began at 10 48 pm and ended around 3 28 am, featuring a red dish color and periods of total obscuration.
Seven tickets listed for the presidential election across parties. Democratic ticket features Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman from New York and Ohio respectively. Republican ticket lists Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton from Indiana and New York. Other tickets include Prohibition, Union Labor, United Labor, Industrial Reform, and Equal Rights with respective presidential and vice presidential nominees and home states.
Gran Markets reports not all wheat shipped recently in marketable condition. Some lots yielded very poor returns. Fultz and longberry in good condition sold at 86 to 87 cents. White corn reached 64, yellow corn 68. Oats 48 and lower, rye 58 to 62.
The Reform Club of New York denounces the 1888 Republican platform as the most discreditable document in party history. It mocks founders like Washington Adams and Lincoln, claims revenue surplus while preserving taxes on wool, blankets, salt, and tobacco, and urges free whiskey against free blankets. The piece closes by noting a Maryland teachers meeting at Mt Lake Park with welcomes from H W Hoff man and W P Wiley.
Wanamaker's invites visitors to use reading and resting rooms and all store facilities. The store offers free parcel care and full services for buyers or mail shoppers. Shopping by mail is promoted with sample requests and easy ordering. Located at Chestnut Thirteenth and Market streets and City Hall square.
Proposals for two new school houses in Bridgetown Jumptown Bethlehem and Union Grove are invited by the Board of County School Commissioners. Buildings measure 26 by 12 feet with brick corners and two vestibules. Details specify frame lumber shingles cypress flooring and plaster walls with two coats of paint. Bids due Tuesday August and must be delivered to the Denton office with proposals endorsed and right to reject bids reserved.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.