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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1889
Page
3
Local Festival and Community Notes in Denton Area
Various town items report a Wesely M E church festival in town this evening, Children's Day services planned at Ames Chapel and Denton M E church, and social visits among residents including Miss Laura Willis and Mrs. Shields. Reports mention road repairs, staff movements, a Denton baseball game, and a strawberry noted as unusually large. Community events include picnics for local academies, school celebrations, and summer plans with local officials and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Willis
Longwood
Ollie Shields
Denton
Ames Chapel
Philemon Willis
Talbot
Tuckahoe Fish Hatching Station Established in 1881
The Tuckahoe Fish Hatching Station, started by Fish Commissioner Thomas Hughlett in 1881 and located near Dean's Landing on Tuckahoe River, is run since 1888 by H. P. Teadvine with a team. The 16 by 20 foot frame building houses a six-horse-power engine pumping river water into glass jars for fertilized shad eggs, advancing to juvenile fish shipped in cans to waters on the Eastern Shore. By May 13 this season about 9,000,000 shad had been hatched and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckahoe
Thomas Hughlett
Dean’s Landing
Caroline
Tuckahoe River
Tuckahoe Neck
H. P. Teadvine
Thomas R. Hughlett, Jr
C. Bo. Kemp
R. B. George
R. H. Gall
Preston Band sponsors strawberry and ice cream festival week
Greensborough to Andersontown residents attend Friday and Saturday festival benefiting the Preston Band. Several seven member tables host charming young ladies. Wheat and corn in local fields stir talk of rain, rust, and harvest prospects as Rev. Corkran visits town and a new Douglass general store opens on June 1. Sunday School Convention in Preston draws speakers from Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Meeds
Tred Avon
Avalon
E. W. Hughlett
Ames’s Chapel
J. M. Anthony
Anthony's Mill
Annie Beachamp
Concord
Minnie Iverngam
Liden’s
Preston
C. H. Whitby
Preston Academy
Academy
Katie Hobbs
Preston Corner
Federalsburg
Brown's Mill
L. P. Corkran
M. E. Church
L. Noble
Jas. H. Douglass
Baltimore
Freeman
Zoological Gardens
Philadelphia
Easton M. E
Greensborough Society Organized and Lectures Held
A Women's Home Missionary Society was formed in Greensborough with Amelia Simpson named president and other officers listed. Rev Dr Morris gave a lecture on Rome and its environs to benefit the Sunday school, raising nearly thirty dollars. Also reported are farm incidents, school exams, local visits, and property repainting activities in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Brown
Newark
N. J
Amelia Simpson
Dr. Morris
S. West
Betson
M. Whitby
Rome
Maryland Sunday School Union meeting at Preston
The Maryland Sunday School Union held a convention in Preston for the Fourth and Fifth districts with Rev. Nock and Mr. Woods present. George E. Davis was elected president, Rev. E. Freeman secretary, Miss Susie Sisk assistant secretary, and a permanent organization formed for Federalsburg and Harmony districts with officers and an executive committee. The sessions featured strong addresses, large audiences, and praise for voluntary music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Sunday School Union
Preston
Messrs. Nock
Line
Frank Woods
Baltimore
George E. Davis
E. Freeman
Susie Sisk
Nock
Frank Nichols
Friendship and Nichols
E. H. Zell
Choptank M. P
Silas Sparklin
Federalsburg M. E
John T. Blades
Fred. Towns
Harmony M. E
John W. Brown
Maryland Union
Woods
Former Carroll County jurors listed in Easton Ledger sketches
Biographical notes identify former Caroline county citizens now in Talbot County. Thomas Bowens born 1842, farmed then ran mercantile ventures in Longwood. John Beaven born 1852 in Charles County, Beaven & Wooters merchant firm. Perry Warren Stewart born 1828, from Caroline, long resident in Trappe district. George Collins Moore born 1856 in Greensborough, later farmer and mill manager. Also includes Baltimore suicide of Rev. H. Greenfield Schorr and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton Ledger
Talbot County
Caroline
Thomas James Bowens
Caroline County
Talbot
Col. Lloyd
White House
Longwood
John Milton Beaven
Cordova
Beaven & Wooters
Charles County
G. F. Beaven
St. John’s Parish
Hillsborough
Beaven
Perry Warren Stewart
Trappe
George Collins Moore
Greensborough
Satterfield & Moore
Two Caroliners In a Kansas City Melee
Two former Caroline county residents were involved in a fatal courtroom melee in Kansas City on May 18. James Smith, on trial for burglary, sprang at the witness with a knife, injuring him fatally as police officer William Maloney shot and killed the assailant. A stray bullet wounded Charles G. Dukes, a deputized witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Caroline County
James Smith
William Maloney
Andersontown
Charles G. Dukes
J. Boon Dukes
Smith
Doctors amputate fingers in local injuries
Drs Downes and Hignutt on Saturday amputated one finger of Mr. Jacob Jones, seriously hurt at McDaniel's Mill, Tuckaho e Neck, last week. Drs Downes and Merrick on Tuesday amputated a necrosed finger of Jas Thomas, colored, who lives at Coward's Point.
Hedge Fence Patent Change Sells to Eastern Shore Company
Wesley Young of Dayton sells his hedge fence patent rights for 140000 to the Eastern Shore Hedge Fence Company of Queen Annes County. The conveyance was recorded in Denton and will be recorded in all Eastern Shore counties. Company officers are William McKenny president John B Brown vice president and J Hersey Hall secretary and treasurer. Young reserves right to prosecute infringements in this district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Young
Dayton
Ohio
Eastern Shore Hedge Fence Company
Queen Anne’s
Denton
Eastern Shore Company
William McKenny
Johnb. Brown
J. Hersey Hall
Young
Hartinore Markets Price Standings for Grains
Hartinore market notes show Fultz wheat trading around 91 to 92 cents per bushel with corn around 42 cents. The brief price snapshot highlights current commodity levels and market tone for traders.
Real estate transfers and marriages for May report
Real estate transfers list numerous deeds across Denton Hillsborough and Federalsburg towns involving dozens of acres and payments, including parcels to the Elwangers Spurry Neal and others. The record notes two marriage licenses issued by the clerk, to James W. Lord and Martha A. Cannon and to Charles W. Harris and Mary F. Fisher, both colored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Gibson
George W. Spurry
Thos. H. Nichols
Eliza Clark
Denton Cemetery Association
W. H. Vernon
Jr. W. Bryant
M.S. Mutchler
J. F. Dawson
J. H. Bernard
St.too
John F. Dawson
Greensborough
Mary J. Cowan
Jas. A. Stephens
M. Bates Stephens
Howard P. Jones
Charles R. Neal
Denton
Edward Redheard
Jno. Collins
Federalsburg
Wesley Young
Eastern Shore Hedge Company
Queen Anne’s
Maryland
Virginia
Eaton
Mollie LE. Eaton
Hillsborough
Robt
D. Truxon
J. H. Truxon
J. W. Bryant
Margaret Andrews
Samuel Trice
Sarah
Charles W. Harris
Mary F. Fisher
Proposed Catholic Church Plans for Denton Site
Specifications prepared for a new Catholic Church in Denton describe a 64 by 28 foot building with a 38 by 10 foot sanctuary and sacristy in a modern chapel design. The audience space will hold about 250 people. Also listed are a sale of over 100,000 peach trees by George W. Baughley and an available Birdsall thresher offered by P. W. Downes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
George W. Baughley
Bids Sought for Catholic Chapel at Denton
Notice appears in another column that bids for building a new Catholic Chapel at Denton will be received until June 15. In light of a likely heavy peach crop, growers should prepare baskets. G. L. Garley of Queen Anne Station offers them at bottom prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
G. L. Garley
Queen Anne Station
Card of Thanks to Kind Friends After Fire
James Lane thanks friends who helped after a recent fire that destroyed all his property and expresses hope to repay them someday. The item closes with a poem and an ad for Saulsbury & Bro. in Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lane
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the Local Department
Wesely M. E
Guion Miller
Washington
A. J. Gadd
Sadlersville
Denton M. E. Church
James Dunleavy
Frank
Wilmington
Howard B. Ensign
Stephens
State Normal School
Robie Hobbs
Denton Academy
W. J. Hayward
Adams Express
Bessie Fleming
da Rolph
J. R. Griffin
Harry W. Temple
T. W. Fisher & Co
Choptank Steamboat Co
J. Harry C. Legg
Col
Wm. H. Legg
Maryland School of Law
J. E. Tyler
The
Easton Gazette
Internal Revenue
Hill
Eastern Shore
Irwin
Z. P. Steele
N. L. Roe
Salvation Oil
Wilmington State Journal
Laura Bridgman
South Boston Asylum
Charles Dickens
William Fisher
Queen Anne’s County
Williams
Court House Square
Temple of Justice
James Swann
New York
Francis S. Maynard
State Street, N. Y
Court House
Academy Library
Tuckanhoe
Joseph Simons
Cahill & Co
Williamsburg
Mr. Townsend
Thomas Lowe
Little Creek Landing
Charles Rich
Centreville
Garey
Hattie Alberger
Nellie Gullett
Bertha Nichols
Anna Stowell
Blanche Noble
Corinne Mowbray
Lulu Gullett
Mary Gullett
Mary Moore
Nellie Davis
Carrie
W. S. Goslin
Reuben Garey
Anne’s
J. K. Calloway
Hobb’s
Saulsbury Hobbs
Citizens OF
Caroline CO
Hulless
Ife
H. Greenfield Schorr
St. Paul’s P. &. Church
McKeesport
Schorr
Eastern Avenue
St. Paul’s Church
Association For the Promotion of Christian Knowledge
Reichman’s
Association
Adv
Talbot Grand Jury
Talbot County Grand Jury
James H. Straughn
Heal Estate Sales
Choptank River
Denton and
Harris
H. R. Lewis
F. R. Owens
L. H. Gadd
Jas. T. Sylvester
W. H. Thawley
J. Thomas Lowe
Downs—Thomas
Martin R. Ford
Dover Road
Easton
W. W. W. Wilson
Daniel W. Downs
Susan Thomas
Marydel
Hartinore Markets
Levin P. Williams
Solomon Mook
Lydia J. Mook
Mary A. Elwanger
Chas. W. Elwanger
P. W. Downes
Saulsbury & Bro
Ridgely
Webster Wagons
Kentucky River
Buffalo Pitty
Reeves
McCormick
Shannahan & Wrightson Howre CO
Edmund Wolf & Son
Brunswick
Northeast Corner Light
Lombard Streets
Baltimore, Maryland
Philip W. Downes
Xisale
Denny & Cox, Easton
A. G. Saulsbury & Bro
Ridgely, MD
T. Tunis
C.F. Griffith
V-Pres
Gov. Mon's
R. S. Fountain
F.C. Fenhagen
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber
W.W. Tunis
BRO
Tunis Mills
Builders’ Supplies
Wylliny Fisher
Thomas M. Cooper
Newspaper
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