Local News Briefs From Denton Area And Shore
Local department reports packing houses canning peas and strawberries. Several counties hold early primaries. rents rise for asparagus. Atlantic Hotel in Ocean City opens for the season. Dr Hugh Martin of Seaford dies. Denton hosts June 22 hop at Town Hall. Hurley House opens in Cambridge. County commissioners hear assessment appeals. Temple Lodge adds new members. Jacob Andrew builds a saw mill at Tuckahoe Bridge. Roe and Messenger harvest strawberries. William Martin to carry Denton Preston mail after July 1. No 2 wheat sells at 69 cents in Baltimore. H W Allen appointed agent for Equitable Life. Journal publishes full court and school proceedings. Conference Herald plant to move to Harrington. Artesian well at Rev George Todd’s home praised. Choptank J O H supper June 15. Prof Walden to entertain at Preston June 12. Isaac Brumbaugh, 78, passes away at daughter-in-law’s home. Peaches: half crop expected by some, others predict plenty. Ridgely strawberry shipments listed. Justice Hutson vouchers $1600 in local pensions. J H Horsey’s new Tuckahoe wharf near completion. Wheeler Line stops here. Postal script to replace postal note. up to $3 by mail for one cent. Peach crop divided opinions. May Queen fete planned June 27 at the court house. Peninsula peach growers hold Dover meeting June 15 to boost distribution. Mrs Grace Thompson, 61, dies near Greensborough. interred at Denton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Hotel
Ocean City
Hugh Martin
Seaford
Denton
Messrs
Otto Bibby
H. A. Roe
HB. Messenger
Federalsburg
William Martin
Denton-Preston
Baltimore
H. W. Allen
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Conference Herald
R. W. Todd
Harrington
J. H.K. Shannahan
George W. Todd
Walden
Philadelphia
Preston
Isaac Brumbaugh
Tuckahoe Neck
A. J. Smith
John Wyatt
John Slaughter
Children Day Services Highlight Local Churches
The M. P. Sunday School at Chop Tank held a crowded Children’s Day program with an organ voluntary by Ada Buckley and many recitations songs and readings led by Miss Elsie Blades Miss Hattie Buckley and others. Williston M E Church and Central M E Church hosted similar performances with student recitations addresses and festive floral decorations. Personal mentions note receptions and local social visits across Easton Denton and Centreville with community figures and educators featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
Choptank
Ada Buckley
John F. Spence
Georgia Perry
Williston M. E
Mary Weaver
Clara Hignutt
Columbia
Anna Maloney
Maggie Stevens
T. F. Tabler
E. W. Williamson
Central M. E. Church
Thomas Morgan
G. W. Towsend
Highest pupils named from Caroline County schools
Caroline County reports show top marks from many schools with named students and teachers across Marydel Bridgetown Edinburg Ridgely Chilton's Willoughby's Concord Gravely Branch Laurel Grove American Corner Bethlehem Choptank Houston's Branch and more. Notable pupils include Susie Harrison Clara Hutchins Bertha Price Mary Sparks Joe Hall Annie Stevenson Nettie Dean Ella Beauchamp and Lola Willoughby among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
Susie Harrison
Clara Hutchins
Bertha Price
Mary Sparks
John Moore
Emma Hall
Katie Musselman
Temple Smith
Tenie Smith
Joe Hall
Ida Moore
Lizzie Shewbrooks
Bridgetown
Addie L. Wilson
Ira Smith
Willoughby’s
Mamie H
Todd
Lola Willoughby
Susie Willoughby
Nellie Calkins
James Willoughby
Gransville Ward
Concord
Mary Mowbray
Clara Beauchamp
Ella Beauchamp
Corinne Thawley
Minnie Todd
Annie Saulsbury
Gravely Branch
Minta Todd
Edith Towers
Bertie Towers
Norman Satterfield
Bertha Clark
Madison Towers
Laurel Grove
Nellie Gullett
Nannie Nichols
Thomas Towers
Sadie Howard
George Redhead
Lena Corkran
Ella Harrison
Georgia Downs
Nora Love
Ora Trice
Lona Collins
Wilmer Parker
Hynson
Mollie Harrison
Ida G. Deane
Bessie Williams
Effie V. Dukes
Gertrud Covey
Mary Palmer
Bethlehem
Susie Sisk
Martin Messick
Paxson
Ledman
Norman Ledmun
Harvey Parrott
Etla Waddell
Lizzie E. Wright
Nettie Price
Fred Bowdle
Orlando Wright
Hertha Blades
Frankie Price
Strawberries Shipped On Ice Boosts Saturday Sales
An old practice of shipping berries to New York on Saturdays yielded poor prices. Ridgely merchant T L Day tested refrigeration, sending a car to New York last Sunday. The refrigerated shipments sold 6 to 15 cents per quart, far higher than open-car sales, netting several hundred dollars more. Fruit shippers plan to keep using the ice car, with additional refrigerators for Saturday shipments expected to operate from Ridgely and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. L. Day
Ridgely
Day
Prohibitionists Host Meeting and County Convention Plans
Prohibition party members met at the courthouse on Tuesday evening with speakers W. Frank Tucker of Baltimore Rev J M Lindale and Rev G W Townsend. A county convention is planned for July 25 to nominate a county ticket and choose delegates to Glyndon State convention on August 6. Mass meetings are planned in Caroline county in the fall with Van Bennett the Kansas Cyclone slated to speak in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party
Court House
W. Frank Tucker
Baltimore
J. M. Lindale
G. W. Townsend
Glyndon
Caroline
van Bennett
Kansas
Denton
Nuptial Notes: Easton and Germantown Couples Wed
Miss Lucy Tuthill daughter of Nathaniel Tuthill Easton married Joseph Ross Germantown Pa at home by Rev. Avery. Joseph Ozmon son of Captain J H Ozmon Centreville Landing wed Minnie Satterfield Rock Hall by Father Ott Chestertown. Ex-Prothonotary Joseph Burchinal Dover and Eugenia Hirons Smyrna quietly wed last Monday at bride’s home. Susie Patchett formerly Easton married Benjamin F Wolf Philadelphia on Wednesday last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Tuthil
Nathaniel Tuthill
Easton
Joseph Ross
Germantown
Mr. Avery
Joseph Ozmon
J. H. Ozmon
Centreville Landing
Minnie Satterfield
Rock Hall
Father Ott
Chestertown
Joseph Burchinal
Ford Farm Sold At Public Auction For 11210
J W Bryant and E H Brown trustees sold the Judge William A Ford farm at public sale on Tuesday. Purchasers were Mrs J W Bryant and Mrs N M Browne, the price 111210. The 370 acre Ford farm in Tuckahoe Neck shows how real estate values have declined nationwide since four years earlier when it was withdrawn at 17500 from an ask of 18000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bryant
E. H. Brown
William A. Ford
N. M. Browne
Tuckahoe Neck
Ford
First Denton County Commencement Draws Big Crowd
The first public school commencement in Caroline county drew about five hundred people into Masonic Hall, far exceeding its capacity of four hundred. State Superintendent E B Prettyman spoke, diplomas were presented by Thomas A. Smith, and music and speeches highlighted the event. A separate note reports a Democratic State Central Committee meeting set for June 22 in Baltimore to schedule a state convention and judicial conventions for vacant circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Masonic Hall
Stephens
E. B. Prettyman
Mr. Townsend
James Swann
de Pliny Fisher
G. W. Townsend
B. H. Johnson
Miss Flaharty
Thomas A. Smith
Arters
Reidling
Clark
Mr. Sparklin
Prettyman
Denton
Smith
State Central Committee
Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore
Carrollton Hotel
Vandiver
Marion de K. Smith
School board grants use of Preston Academy room for services
The school commissioners on Tuesday granted the principal's room at Preston Academy for religious services by Rev. Mr. Wey. Elisha Harper was named trustee of Hickory Hill school, replacing John A. Williams who was removed. Robert Patton was appointed trustee of Grove school, replacing Walter Todd who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Academy
Wey
Elisha Harper
Hickory Hill School
John A. Williams
Robert Patton
Grove School
Walter Todd
Child Rescued From Well After Narrow Escape In Hillsborough
Rev Sharp away when three year old Sallie Sharp fell into a dark well. A loose board tipped up, alarms sounded, and Everett Gale rescinded into the well to lift the child from the pump stock. Dr Saulsbury treated the child, who recovered well. Parish life notes follow with Children’s Day events, church programs, and visits by Dr and Mrs Saulsbury to Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sharp
Sallie
Hull
Potter family ties echo through Williston visitations
Mrs. Mary E. Haslup of Baltimore county led a Maryland W C T U lecture at the local union with officers named. Prominent guests include W. T. P. Turpin and Mrs. J. O. Bradenbaugh, with J. Boon Dukes, all visiting the Potter Mansion. Nearby clergy and families traveled between Farmington and Baltimore. Berry shipments boost local farmers as Miss Maggie Stevens returns from Staunton and Mr. S. A. Rice visits Baltimore and Washington connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Haslup
Baltimore County
Maryland
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Addie Nuttle
Emma Nuttle
J. A. E. Cooper
Thomas L. Chaffinch
W. T. P. Turpin
Centreville
William Potter
J. O. Bradenbaugh
Kansas City
Potter
J. Boon Dukes
Potter Mansion
W. M. Green
Simmons
Farmington
Del
Williston
T. F. Tabler
Baltimore
Maggie Stevens
Staunton
George S. Foster
Washington, D. C
J. W. F. Coolper
S. A. Rice
Prosperous Hartock creamery and local industry notes
Hartock merchants highlight thriving enterprises including a creamery paying farmers an average of $500 monthly for milk with butter netting 30 cents per pound since November under B F Johnson. Hurlock machine shop builds engines for the Federalsburg creamery and a new traction engine for threshing. A Pine street canning establishment by Joseph Andrews, managed by Beverly Wright, is under construction across the B and E railroad. A village festival raised funds for the Mite Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson
Barber & Carroll
Preston
Special Court Session Reports Grand Jury Actions
Hon. Frederick Stump convened a special circuit court session to address jury drawing irregularities for the April term. The grand jury named James W. Holt as foreman and urged county record preservation, plus capital improvements including a new courthouse, porch floor repairs, window fixes, a dilapidated stable, and bridge leaf replacement. Notable cases included Willis Fleming’s commitment to Spring Grove asylum, James Thomas found guilty of burglary and sentenced to three years, and Lucinda Spry sentenced to six months for administering carbolic acid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Stump
Circuit Court
Court of Appeals
James W. Holt
Chas. A. Whiteley
David T. Rickards
James A. Noble
James Green
Aaron A. Griffith
Wm. G. Lamb
Jas
B. Patton
Wm. J. Clark
Wm. A. Noble
Joseph B. Orrell
Henry M. Pool
Robi. W. Rickards
James L. Bullock
A. G. Saulsbury
George W. Hignatt
James A. Stephens
George W. Smith
James H. Fisher
J. Frank Rickards
Tho
Willis Fleming
Spring Grove Asylum
Messrs
Ed. Stevens
H. F. Stevens
James Thomas
Arlington T. Porter
Lucinda Spry
House of Correction
A. W. Ruark
Hynson
George L. Walrath
Sarah Griffith
Walrath
Todd
E. H. Brown
D. M. Henry
J. 2. Pattison
Alon- 20
I, Miles
J. W. Bryant
C.S. Currington
C. E. Shannahan
Kincheloe Leaves Greensborough for Irving College Post
Miss Bessie T Kincheloe former public school principal departs Greensborough for Clifton Virginia. She has been elected chair of mathematics at Irving College Mechanicsburg Pa. Canneries resume full time operation with a large upcoming crop. Park festival last weekend succeeded and funded local relief efforts. Various locals visited relatives and attended church conference decisions to skip Oakland camp this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie T. Kincheloe
Clifton
Fairfax County
Irving College
Mechanicsburg
E. H. Nelson
Galena
T. H. Gafftord, Jr
Frank Meeds
J. A. Arters
Fannie Earle
Centreville
Lelia Massey
W. H. Simpson
W. J. Holland
Jane Holland
Federalsburg
Oakland
H. A. Roe
Denton
Local notices of visitors and events in town
Midgely Brigden and Ramsdell plan to start making peach basket lumber soon. Miss Louise Dukes and Miss Annie Dukes visited Miss Mamie McShane on Tuesday. Miss Bessie Kincheloe visited friends in town. Miss Mamie McShane traveled to Baltimore this week for goods and new styles. Miss Belle Percy visited Mrs. T. W. Smith. The YWCTU will host an ice cream and strawberry festival in town on June 1st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midgely
Brigden & Ramsdell
Louise
Annie Dukes
Mamie McShane
Bessie Kincheloe
Baltimore
Belle Percy
T. W. Smith
Hackett Advertises Summer Hot Weather Stoves
Housekeepers as well as farmers and others will be interested in T C Hackett s advertisement. Mr Hackett has several desirable patterns of hot weather stoves. Each household should have one for the summer. Mr James H Nichols was in Baltimore Monday and purchased some desirable new goods. Mr Nichols will soon build an addition to his store as he has largely increased his stock. Mr James T Baughley formerly of this county and Mrs Louisa E Derr of Baltimore were married on Wednesday evening.
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T. C. Hackett
Hackett
James H. Nichols
Baltimore
Nichols
James T. Baughley
This
County
Louisa E. Derr
Twenty fifth Easton diocese convention in Centreville
The twenty fifth annual convention of the diocese of Easton opened at St Pauls Church Centreville on Tuesday June 6 at 10 30 am. Sermon by Rev Wm Munford rector of Salisbury parish. Delegates and guests from St Marys Whitechapel Greensborough Burrsville and other churches attended and hosted by local congregants.
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Diocese of
Easton
St.Paul’s Church
Centreville
Wm. Munford
Salisbury Parish
George M. Russum
Z. Potter Steele
St. Mary's Whitechapel
Walter T. Wright
George W. Ernst
Holy Trinity Church
Greensborough
John Emory
T. W. Beaven
Hillsborough P. E. Church
Michael Keating
G. F. Beaven
Samuel Edson
E.R. Rich
Caroline
Beaven
Wilmington
Burrsville M. P
Ames’ M. P
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
C. H. Day
J. A. Arters
Greensborough M. E
Busick
M. E
W. M. Warner
Bridgetown
Unappreciated Curios and Odd Obituary Notes
An express box to Hon George M Russum from Cambridge caused surprise when it contained two large king crabs still in shells with a note suggesting sending them to Mr G E Haddaway Easton The Denton office received the box and the mystery was resolved Also a formal obituary notice records a committee to prepare a minute on the death of Bro J W Knotts from Tuckahoe Conclave No 29 I O H with condolences to his widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
George M. Russum
Cambridge
Mr. Russum
Tuckahoe
George F. Beaven
W. E. Hicks
E. H.gale
J. W. Knotts
Geo
F. Beaven
ER. H. Gale
Denton Tax Sale Notice Opens Bidding at Court Door
A bailiff acting under Denton Commissioners for the years 1883 84 and 85 will publicly auction in front of the Court House door in Denton Maryland. The notice cites a Maryland act from January session 1884 Chapter 567 and Buttoning the town of Denton for better regulation and incorporation. The sale proceeds to the highest bidder under authority granted by the act and the town’s incorporation.
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Denton
General Assembly of
Maryland
Court House
Property Interest of Straughns Described in Farm Deed
Between the hours of one and four o'clock p m all the right title and interest of Charles T Straughn and Mary J Straughn his wife in the undivided one half of a farm on the east side of the county road from Goldsboro to River Bridges about one mile from Henderton station containing practical details of the parcel and boundaries as described in the record
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon West
Charles T. Straughn
Mary J. Straughn
Willian M. West
Caroline County
Henderson
Maryland
Goldsboro
River Bridges
Henderton Station
Enid
Sarah E. West
Goldboro
Real Estate Financing Offer for William M. West Purchase
Four hundred fifty dollars in cash, Valance in six months with interest from day of sale, secured by purchaser note with mortgagee approved surety. Title seen at purchaser expense. William M. West named. J Jussa, attorney. Mortgagee H. Inwis, auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. West
J. JussAtty
H. Inwis
RJ. Jus
Hi. Inwis
Auet
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Alan
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D. & C.K. Stave
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Public Business Calendar
Orphans Court
Levy Court
Democratic County Central Committee
Enoci
George
Howard Meevis
Jacob Andrew
Tuckahoe Bridge
John W. Knotts, Jr
Hillsborough
Justice Hutson
J. H. Horsey
Tuckahoe River
Wheeler Transportation Line
Children’s . Guild of Christ Church
Cmass
Peninsula
Farmers’ Institute of
Kent County
Dover
Atra. m
Grace Thompson
Denton Cemetery
Hve
Chlldren
C. H. Gibson
Tred Avon River
Carlisle
Cleveland
Easton Star
John H. Bramble
Dorchester
S. Pippin
W. M. Pippin
Millington
Herbert Gadd
Lillie Mason
Queen Anne
W. P. Chaffinch
Isaac R. Pippin
Georgia Hall
Dollie
Julia Kelley
S. F. Sylvester
Goldsborough
Anna Layton
Burrsville
Goldley’s Business College
Sylvester
Miss Layton
Maryland Institute Schools of Art
Mary J. Fisher
M. B. Stephens
Lizzie Johnson
Mary Emerson
James H. Straughn
Joseph A. Wickes
W. T. Kelley
Maryland State Dental Association
Queen Anne County
Jacobs
S. E. Collins
George Page
East New Market
L. L. Replogle
Muncie
Indiana
Joel Brown
Washington
John B. Brown
Edwin H. Brown
Fred. Dunning
Chamberlaine
Milwaukee
Nancy Stokes
Howard M. Wilkinson
Ellicott City
Mollie E. Wilkinson
John Garey
E. C. Fields
Lum Tatman
Houston's
Kate E. Hunt
Mary E. Todd
Minnie Downes
Jessie Jeavons
Ellen Williams
Maggie Wheatley
Ent
HiNsborough
Charles Jarrell
Stewart & Jarrell
M. E. Church South
Mrs
T. B. Saulsbury
Hartock
Mite Society
J. H. Weaver
Shaw
Altoona
Luther M. Weaver
Roe Richards
Maryland School For the Blind
T. H. Gafford, Jr
Church Hill
Rev. E. H. Nelson
Templeville
M. Se
Cora Horney
Hattie Hummer
Elsie Davis
Emma McKnett
Elisha Palmer
Coburn Clark
Messrs. Bayer
Pippin
Golley
Pauline Evans
Alfred Chandler
Church News
Greenstone
Messans. Bowers & HA
Mas
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
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J. W. Morgant
H.W. Allen
Equitable
A. J. Ricw
R. W. Morgan
Celia A. Satterfield
Third Street
G. W. Bailey
John J. Warnes
W. F. Towers
William J. Keets
Liber L. H.G
Will Gell
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