Easton area headlines and notable local business notes
A long list of local items covers prices from 98 cents to 1.01 for corn and higher for eggs paid by W. J. Blackiston, plus races and fairs at Easton Fairgrounds. Infrastructure, commerce, and social events fill Denton and surrounding towns with auctions, sales, seed offers, clothing ads, and church fundraising. Government and legal matters mention delegates to a national congress and a pending Baltimore circuit case over a trust fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Blackiston
E. Hl. Johnson
Dover
Fifth
Cheswold
Strasburg, Silver Co
R. EL. Stafford’s
Burrsville
H.C. & W. R. Wright
Easton Fair Grounds
Wesley Perry
C. W. Ditch
J. H. Nichols & Son
Denton Musical Association
George L. Jopp
F. H. King
E. W. Liden
Main Street
Denton
J. L. George
Wright Brothers
Willoughby
Nest
Reuben Garey
Gethsemane
Reliance
Easton Fair
RK. W. Knotts
Ridgely
William Wooters
Wooters
C. E. Hayden
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Clayton
Easton
Crothers
Farmers’ National Congress
Lincoln
Nebraska
Caroline
Homas A. Smith
Richard T. Carter
I. ‘T. Saulsbury
L.C. Reid
Edward E. Goslin
Jonathan W. Kerr
E. C. Carter
L. Irving Jones
Dr. F. PF. Kerr
J. A. Davis
Nathaniel Horsey
J. K. Lynch
C. F. Smith
T. L. Day
Peninsula Methodist
Wilmington M. IL
Messrs
T. Alan Goldsborough
Caroline Bar
Charles F. Harley
Baltimore
William Close
Chicago
William Sheppard Bryan
H. Marcus Dennison
Thomas J. Gray
Bridgeville
Circuit Court
Baltimore City
Close
Gray
Denton Social Scene Brims With Visiting Guests
A long list of visitors and relatives fill Denton and nearby areas. Baltimore guests include Mrs George M Christe Miss Helen Christie Miss Ruth Boarman and Miss Lillian E Pippin, while Philadelphia and Wilmington residents join in. Notables such as Rev James T Richardson and Governor Pennewill associate with local hosts as relatives and friends travel through Denton and Rehoboth this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everette Pepper
Tuckahoe Neck
George M. Christe
Alsso
Nerces
Helen Christie
Ruth Boarman
Baltimore
Norfolk
M. L. Coulbourn
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Dukes
Coulbourn
Caroline
William ‘J. Swann
Mary 12. Pippin
Ridgely
James H. Swann
Dorothy
Florence Pippin
Greensboro
Gilbert Wag
George Smith
Ella R. Crawford
Clearview
Howard Shields
Lotta Allaband
Neta Allaband
Denton
Wilwington
Easton Democrat
Saulsbury Hobbs
Alis
George W. Price
Lillian E. Pippin
Louise C. Swann
Helen Havadone
James T. Richardson
Cookman M. E. Church
Wilmington
Willard J. Clark
Los Angeles
California
R. H. Saulsbury
T. Pliny Wisher
Midaline
Louise
Willow Grove
Levant M. Hackley
Weedport
Hall Mercer
M. Bates Stephens
Michigan
J. Wilbur Johinson
James A. Stephens
Crisfield
Pearce and
Adkins
Maryland
Virginia
Alexander Hardcastle, Jr
Lela
Florence Ross
Ethel Perry
Cordova
Wesley Perry
Carlton Short
Leslie Lewis
Chas. Brown
New York
H. W. Hughes
Thomas Creaghan
Katharine
Mattie Moore
Grace E. Baynard
Edna FE. Saulsbury
Burrsville
Ida G. Deen
Hurlock
A. L. Dunham
Towers
Ella Downes
Helen Richardson
Rehoboth
E. Douglass
James
Hagerstown
WM. A. Smith
Hattie Brown
Bridgeville
F. P. Covey
J. H. C. Legg
Centreville
Allen Bryant
Harvey L. Cooper
Pennewill
Delaware
Gertrude C. Deen
Laura Wix
Winifred Wilson
Queen Anne
T. Fred ‘Towers
W. H. Mowbray
Bessie Sewell
Anna
C. H. Whitby, Jr
Wm. F. Murphey
Corinne Mowbray
S. G. Nuttle
Eugene G. Anderson
Mark Breeding
Dover
Jennie Stafford
Steele Bradley
West Denton
Carrie Hobbs
Millington
S. Bradford Downes
Ellis Boswell
Local farming notes and visits across Andersontown area
Agricultural totals include 723 bushels by C Hobbs on Willey farm, 741 on Downes joining, 985 on Slaughter farm, and 721 by C W Hobbs. Visitors include Mrs A D Branford hosted by Hobbs relatives and Mr H M Thompson treating J E Towers to his first car ride. Multiple visits to Baltimore and Rehoboth, births, sales, and farm leases noted. health updates mention Al Hubbard critically ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Butler
Willey
F. E. Adams
Downes
Slaughter
C. W. Hobbs
A. D. Branford
Hobbs
H. M. Thompson
Hillsboro
J. E. Towers
E. M. Willey
Esther
W. C. Merriken
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore
Ricards
Pitt Bros. & Co
W. Callaway
Ethelind
Washington
J. H. Merriken
J. E. Hawkins
J. S. Slaughter
Minnie Todd
W. C. Todd
Mary Sylvester
Mary E. Nuttle
Andersontown
Concord
S. P. Shipman, Jr
al. Billing
Hollandville
H. W. Hughes
al. Hubbard
Harrison Bryant
Petersburg
C. Howard
Federalsburg Social Roundup and Local Visits
Federalsburg residents report a busy week with church visits by W K Lard of the Children’s Home of Delaware. Miss Rosa Todd and Mrs M C Smith with children from Baltimore stay with Rev C M Elderdice. Ocean City trips, Dover W C A visit, and a moonlight excursion planned for August 5. Bridge work progresses and residents travel to Philadelphia Atlantic City Denton camp and Laural relatives referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Todd
M. C. Smith
Baltimore
C. M. Elderdice
Will Covey
Ocean City
Ethel Y. Cade
Federalsburg
F. L. Williams
Henry Morris
Brinsfield
Hurlock
Robert Edlington
Middletown
W. T. Eddington
Duvall
Westminster
Brooks
Arthur Hutson
W. T. Moore
Delaware
H. B. Messenger
Philadelphia
M. P
E. H. Dashiell
Camden Camp
Caroline Jefferson
Dover
L. E. Crag
Frederica
Inez Quidort
Denton Camp
Lulu Bradley
Laural
Del
R. T. Anderson
Atlantic City
Tenting Old Camp Grounds at the Bible Holiness camp
The region prepares for ten days of large gatherings at historic encampments. Tent-holders from multiple towns converge as reopening services feature Rev W J Wright Dr J H Howard and Rev C M Elder dice. Camps at Marydel Lavinia Lavinia Milton and Pentecostal Grove report strong turnout and active preaching with numerous tents in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mecca
W. J. Wright
Federalsburg
J. H. Howard
Baltimore
C. M. Elderdice
M. P. Church
W. R. Fountain
T. H. Everagain
C. E. Todd
Clark & Todd
J. Walter Beauchamp
Collins & Kelley
L. B. Morgan
W. A. Johnson
Lizzie Johnson
Bowdle & Keel
Charles Wright
Frank Wright
N. M. Vanscoy
Seeders & Corkran
Warner Hignutt
Preston
R. PB
Taylor
Latter Rain People
Jesus Christ
Levi R. Lupton
Alliance
J. _W. Pitcher
Washington
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Seaford
Marydel Camp
George R. Neese
C. A. Hill
E. C. Macincho
W. E. Habbert
Robert Watt
I. G. Fosnocht
E. H. Derrickson
Pentecostal Grove
Denton
County Commissioners appoint Williamson Branch ditch commissioners
On Tuesday last the County Commissioners named E. E. Nuttle W. F. Liden and W. R. Fountain to lay out the Williamson Branch ditch in the Eighth district. The route begins at the old bridge on the old road between Mrs. Dill and Mr. Croll, passes the lands of Mrs. Dill August Croll Charles E Wright Henry Davis Greenbury H Williamson and James E Williamson, and ends at the division line between James E Williamson and Joseph Waldron and William H Bullock. They directed the attorney to advertise for bids to construct concrete curbing and a hitching rack around the public square. Clerk Anderson has finished all county tax accounts and will transfer them to the tax books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Nuttle
W. F. Liden
W. R. Fountain
Williamson Branch
James E. Williamson
Joseph Waldron
William H. Bullock
Anderson
M E Sunday School Completes Stieff Piano Purchase
Local St. Paul M E Sunday School buys a Stieff piano to aid exercises and funds its payment through ice cream sales, including the next Vansant lot sale this Saturday evening. Various local residents visit, travel, or host guests, with trips to Ocean City and a church excursion to Rehoboth scheduled for August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Sunday School
Vansant
Charles Butler
Baltimore
Butler
Maryland
Emil
Felton
Araminta Clark
Denton
Ed. Walls
Edith
Lula Clark
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Rehoboth
Downes
Tuckahoe
John Brown
Ellen
Excursion crowds and visits fill Ocean City week
A large crowd joined a Wednesday excursion to Ocean City with 121 tickets sold at the depot. Visitors and locals mingle across towns from Baltimore to Delaware, Virginia to West Virginia, with several families and individuals listed as visiting kin, camps, or hosting relatives. A Ladies' Aid festival raised more than thirty five dollars on Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
Emma Wamback
Turbitt Bush
Baltimore
J. W. Bush
Jas. Matthews
Delaware
St. George's
Delma Elliott
Sara Cole
Roesville
Herman Tribbett
Stephen
Easton
Potatoes Bring Good Yields Around Ridgely
Ridgely reports strong potato results with David M. Swing harvesting 397 bushels from one acre of Irish Cobler and John M. Swing taking 210 bushels from under an acre. Yields average about 175 bushels per acre with returns near $65 per acre. Local land is shown as superior for potato growing, tubers noted for size and high grade as shipments head to market. Farmers are pleased with the crop and expect growth in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Swing
John M. Swing
Farm sale near Mill yields 4200 dollars
On July 20 at the John Thompson farm near Mill a parcel described as ninety acres was sold to Georgeson of Chestertown for 4200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thompson
Ae Mill
Georgeson
Chestertown
Hillsborough Social Notes Honor Mrs Wrights Daughter
Mrs. Helen M Wright hosted an elaborate birthday supper for Marguerite marking her thirteenth birthday with many young friends present. The community also records numerous visits, house parties, and local outings including guests from Baltimore Dover Philadelphia and Kent counties plus a notable wheat crop yield of 2238 bushels from 100 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Wright
Marguerite
Margaret C. Jarrell
C. C. Wheeler
Nettie Seward
Baltimore
A. D. Branford
Hillsboro
Barton Morgan
Occoquan
M. Thompson
W. E. Sylvester
H. S. Fisher
F. E. Jar
Kent County
Thompson
Betterton
Catharine Ford
F. Edward Jarrell
Gilbert Morgan
Hill
Virginia
Clara Taylor
Oxford
Emma Cashe
Queen Anne
Corkran
Milford
Lincoln City
Ellendale
William Birchinal
Wilmington
Clarence
Lady Sparks
Helen Mason
Philadelphia
W. Long Thompson
Thomas Stevens
Sadlersville
Robert Jarrell
Goldsboro
H. W. B. Rowe
Edgar Blanch, Jr
Anapolis
Arthur Wooters
Harvey Wooters
Mary Sylvester
Mary Nuttle
Andersontown
A. L. Duffy and Sons
Rehoboth Beach
Mildred McClayton
J. A. Mackintosh
James A. Mitchel
Centreville
H. Lay Beaven
George
C. Sherwood
Rehoboth Camp Pennewill Militia Gains Camp Experience
Rehoboth scene at Camp Pennewill features Delaware militia performing standard duties as if regulars. Hard work dominates each day despite heat, with militiamen eager to gain as much military knowledge as possible within their one week in camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennewill
Delaware
Orphans Court Passes Several Guardian and Admin Accounts
In the Orphans Court Tuesday Judges Clark Liden and Filedwood presided. Administrators of Burton W Parker Henry R Lewis and Wilmer B Parker presented separate debts desperate debts rent and interest accounts and a final administration account which were passed. Albert G Towers guardian to Eliza Josephine Williamson presented a guardian account which was passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Orphans Court
Clark, Liden
Ficdwood
Henry R. Lewis
Wilmer B. Parker
Burton W. Parker
Albert G.towers
Eliza Josephine Williamson
Williston hosts Denton youths on river trip
Mr and Mrs Andrew Banks of Williston entertained a large party of Denton youths who enjoyed a river trip Monday. The visitors praised the Banks hospitality. Miss Stella Meredith of Philadelphia is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Alphonso Meredith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Banks
Williston
Denton
Banks
Stella Meredith
Philadelphia
Alphonzo Meredith
Buyers Wanted From Delaware Seed Lot Auction
A note from Stewart and Jarrell of Hiileboeo Maryland seeks buyers for a large lot including fancy re cleaned crimson clover seed, about 200 bushels Japanese seed buckwheat, and gas bushels of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Stewart
Jarrell
Hiileboeo, Md
Fire at Goldsboro Stores and Post Office Destroyed
A fire in Goldsboro destroyed the storehouse owned by Walter Sapp and operated by J Frank Lane, with losses around 4000 for Lane and 1500 for Sapp. The post office, housed with the store, suffered about 300 in losses. Fire blamed on a coal oil lamp explosion. brave town efforts saved nearby homes and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
J. Frank Lane
Walter Sapp
Lane
3App
Oldsboro
J. Frankne
W. T. Jarman
W. ‘T. Jar
Sapp
H. C. Booker
Explosion Aboard Wissahickon Yacht At Federalsburg
An accident report from Federalsburg recalls a night moonlight trip on the Philadelphia yacht Wissahickon owned by A Gilbert Longaker. Twenty five aboard including Horace and Hiram Longaker and various Philadelphia Baltimore and Federalsburg guests faced a fierce blast and fire after a feed pipe failed. Rescue efforts saved several women who could not swim as crew battled flames and the crew prevented gasoline tanks from being ignited. The party walked five miles to safety at Federalsburg with many losing clothing jewelry and money. Names listed include Horace Longaker Hiram Longaker William Leslie Clarence Handy Orlando McClure Theodore Adams Ralph Brown Ethel Vera Brower and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Philadelphia
Wissahickon
A. Gilbert Longaker
Norm’ Brower
Orlando McClure
Theodore Adams
Horace and
Hiram Longacker
Righter Street
William C. Leslie
Ridge Avenue
Clarence Handy
Floyd Williams
Fifty-second
Haverford Avenue
Benjamin Nichols
Baltimore
Louise Wilson
Cambridge
Harvey Williams
Ralph Brown
William C. Smith
Henry Miller
Charles Wright
Norma
Vera Brower
Ethel
Iva
Laura Davis
Eva
Virginia Williams
Ruth
Agnes Elliott
Eva Wright
Clergy Named to Secretariat Roles in Temperance Society
Rev Dr Alfred Smith receives notice of appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Church Temperance Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States. Rev Clarence True Wilson of Portland Oregon is named Secretary. Smith to operate east of Chicago and Wilson west, starting September first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Alfred Smith
Chicago
Church Temperance Society
Methodist Episcopal Church of the United
Gratitude for Sympathy After Recent Affliction
A brief card thanks many for sympathy and assistance during our recent double affliction. Signed by Ma, aalp Mas, GT, Moncai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moncai
Notable Denton Citizen Evan Morgan Dies at 70
Caroline county mourns as Evan Morgan dies at his Denton home from Brights disease aged seventy. A lifelong farmer, Democrat leader, and Choptank Lodge member, he rests with his wife who died weeks earlier. Funeral today at four at the house with IOOF attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Morgan
Caroline County
Denton
Bright
Wyatt
Townsend’s Cross Roads
Mr. Morgan
G. Thomas Morgan
Thomas Lutler
Morgan
M. E. Church
Edna T. Stevens
Charles E. Stevens
Stevens
Clinton Cook
Elizabeth
J. Gibson Gantt
Isaiah Christopher
Bethlehem
Christopher
Eastern Shore Volunteer Infantry
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Mass Willoughby
John W
William R
James O
Charles H. Christopher
William H. Harding
Charles Airkight
Easton
Smithson
Franz Schrader
Baltimore
Engineer Paine's Good Work in County Roads
The annual report of Road Engineer Hibbard A. Paine shows he earned nearly his salary for the county through street engineering work and equipment use. Total county road maintenance cost was 12,503.86 dollars. Over two years Paine cleared and improved 135 miles of old roads and upgraded dirt roads at about a hundred dollars per mile, greatly improving highway conditions versus the former supervisor system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Hibbard A. Paine
Caroline County
Mrs George L Wallace and family healing in travel
Mrs. George L Wallace and her daughter Irene spent two months visiting Baltimore and other places. Mrs Wallace was operated on for chronic appendicitis at Woman's Hospital Baltimore on July 6 by Dr Robert T Wilson with assists. She is recovering and plans to return to Denton. George Redhead returned from University Hospital Baltimore after surgery. Mrs Jennie Lord also returned from Baltimore in improved health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Wallace
Irene
Baltimore
Washington
Wallace
Woman's Hospital
Robert T. Wilson
Stridmer
Mario
Denton
George Redhead
University Hospital
Jennie Lord
University Hospital, Baltimore
Caroline's Strawberry Crop and Local Agriculture Talk
Senator Goslin spoke at the LaPlata farmers meeting noting strawberry receipts of 300000 dollars. He cited county tomato canning totals near one twelfth of national output and an annual pack around 1000000 cans while commenting on rising land values and a neighbor buying a poor farm for 700 dollars. A watermelon crop yielded about 3000 dollars in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Goslin
LaPlata
United States
Infant son of Mr and Mrs L H Thomas dies near Hickman
In Mamoriam a infant Floyd H Thomas died July 14 near Hickman at five weeks and three days. The short elegy recalls a lily blooming in Paradise and laments the early doom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamoriam
Hickman
Floyd H
L. H. Thomas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
the Local Department
Vicinity
Howard Hopkins
Fountain
Chilton
Hebron Outten
Ed. Reed
T. A. Melvin
East New Market
Dorothy Simpson
Trappe
Amy Hopkins
Harrington
Joseph Simpson
H. K. Eyed
Master Dick
Minneapolis
Edith Simpson
Bowers Beach
Mattie Smith
Della Melvin
Melvin Hopkins
William G. Wooters
Bernice
Osborne Harvey
Mary E. Harvey
Laura V. Stafford
Iva Russell
W. K. Lard
Children’s Home of
Levy Court
Greenaboro
Alta Sapp
Archie Sapp
Levels
W. Va
John Smith
Margaret King
Harvey Morris
Alex, Butler
Marydel
Nell Neese
Rey
G. R. Neese
Willard H.clark
Cal
J. E. Stafford
Virgie Sparks
Templeville
Efla W. Heather
Frank Gladden
Princess Anne
C. W. Jacobs
Georgia
William Hicks
Tacony
H. S. Dailey
Ladies’ Aid Society
Harry Neese
Hillsborough
Rehobroth
Cheistopher
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