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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1919

Page

5

Bequests of Thomas C. West In Will Filed in Orphans Court

The late Thomas C. West left an estate largely in bank stock valued around 28 000. Distributes $2 000 to Charlie H West and smaller sums to siblings, nephews, nieces, and other relatives including 2 000 each to Miss M Josephine Pippin and Miss Mary Evelyn Pippin, with residue to those two sisters share and share alike.

Thomas C. West Orphans’ Court Harvey L. Cooper Charlie H. West Lincoln Mary West Thawley Philadelphia George KR. West Atlantic City Fannie W. T. Phillips South America Orlan L. West Alice M. West Leslie West Titus Margaret F. Jodd Camden N. J Josie W. Patchett Mary E. Tutt Denton Thomas D. Swann Ridgely Emma Pippin Reese Norman Reese Marvin Reese Percy Reese Ralph Reese Marion Reese Ida Reese Jackson Nancy Pippin Mason W. L Mason Isaac E. Mason Ridge Gay H. Pippin Greensboro M. Josephine Pippin Mary Evelyn Pippins Joanna, McCollister Henderson M. Josephine Mary Evelyn Pippin

The New Motor Parcels Route Drafted for July Start

Motor Truck Route Agent Roberson proposed to establish motor truck service in this county around July 1 touching existing Eastern Shore service. A tentative schedule lists departures from Easton at 6:30 am to Church Hill by 11:15 pm, with arrivals in Philadelphia by 6 pm after delivering produce in Wilmington, West Chester, and Pa. The parcels post rate promises faster, safer delivery with fewer middlemen, benefiting shippers of perishable goods. Orphans Court Proceedings note administrators and executors filing inventories, appraisements, and notices. sales, bonds, and probate actions discussed with appraisers and creditors ordered.

Roberson Post Office Department Washington Easton Bethlehem Preston Ellwood Hurlock Williamsburg Federalsburg American Corner Williston Denton Greensboro Goldsboro Ingleside Church Hill Philadelphia Wilmington Del West Chester

Central Community Observes Decoration Day Fun

Mrs Robert Butler hosted Decoration Day at Hillcrest with her Sunday School class and mothers. A flag-raising and a tall flag with many small ones preceded games and singing around a May-pole. The Mute Society met at Mrs Charles Andrews home for an engaging program. Children’s Day drew a large Central crowd.

Robert Butler Hillcrest, By Folky Mute Society of Central Charles Andrews Central

Denton News Mixed Local items and notices

Local notes report farm conditions and purchases in Queen Anne's and Caroline counties. Shiloh camp dates, church events, auctions, and new stores appear alongside theatre advertisements and a death estate in Queen Anne's. Community items cover motors, vacations, and Fourth of July planning.

Personal and Social News From Caroline County

Public notices of soldiers returning from France and overseas include Private John W. Towers arriving at Newport News on May 24 after twelve months in the Argonne Forest. Many local residents are named with marriages, graduations, and visitors, plus a late report on Thomas P Towers' death and family obituaries.

John W. Towers Newport News France Argonne Forest Meuse Willard Towers Greensboro William H. Anderson Eugene Boston Anderson Mary Jennie Wright Women's College Newark Delaware Thomas P. Towers Caroline County Henry Towers Harmony Dukes Charles H. Towers Philadelphia T. Houston Towers Hobbs Fred H. Stafford Denton Homer Rice Baltimore John Spencer Balltimore Clarence H. Roe Towers Holiness Church of

Commencement Week Highlights and Local Notices

Ridgely News Letter outlines Class Day on June 14 with a play The Vision of the Graduate and an on campus baccalaureate sermon by Rev J J Bunting. Commencement night hosts Prof C S Richardson of Maryland State College. notices include multiple health, social, and local moves plus deaths and visitors.

Welcome Home Louis Hignutt From France

Mr Louis Hignutt has arrived home from France and was heartily welcomed by relatives and friends. Mrs W L Hubbard spent the first of the week with her daughter Mrs Penn ington Horsey of Tuckahoe Neck. Mr Clarence Christopher and brother Mr Alva Chaffinch spent the last of the week in Philadelphia and Wilmington. Mrs Will Vincent of New Jersey spent Saturday and Sunday with her son Mr Fred Vincent. Miss Bessie Liden of Federalsburg is visiting her sister Mrs Clarence Parker.

Ladies’ Mite Society of Thawley M. P Harry S Clark Tuckahoe Neck Fred Bowdle Big Pine Delaware Carshine Easton Court House Wright's Wharf Preston Sharp Navy Norfolk Bettie Sharp Dr. Crouse Ridgely Isaiah Fountain Bertha Simpson Co of Appeals Fountain O'Dunne Raymond Thomas Andrew Elizabeth Messick Hastings Alpha 8. Frye Concord Church C. M. Cullum Laurel Del Caroline James Oscar Plummer 313Th Infantry Ballimore Camp Meade James W. Lord Columbus Ohio Clarence John B. Griffith Ernest Griffith Randolph Griffith Harvey Griffith France Harry S. Clark Wesley Collegate Institute Dover Naomi Albert G. Towers Mary Baltimore T. Frederick Towers John Hazel Meredith Goldsboro Dela Waré College J. Ro Rochester Wm. Murphey Philadelphia Denton Frank A Redden Oakley Wilmington Cornelius Comegys Scranton Mary Comegys Joseph H. Johnson Millon Mire Johnson BL. Lewis Harrington Henry R. Lewis Lizzie Mason Mildred McGuire Cambridge Roland B. Goslin J. H. Johnson Louis Dukes M. Laura Porter Ella Johnson Hickman Mary E. Breeding Mollie E. Cahall Annie Downham Ruth A. Harvey Margaret Thawley Henry Stafford Helen Baker John Baker R. H. Stafford Centreville Milton W. H. Wooters Cambridge Hospital R. H. Merriken L. H. Thomas W. T. Thawley Leonard Hill Earle Stafford Clyde Stanley F. T. Willoughby Charles Ridge St Mary's County Clarence E. Dyer Seaford W. Hill Elizabeth Merriken J. D. Slaughter Minos Wright Concord Alex Gooden Ruth D. M. Gooden Henry Hughes J. E. Walls Evelyn Freeborn Robert Pippin Flossy Jones Willard Mitchell Agatha Hughes Felton Mildred Gooden Bertha James New York T. H. Gough Frank Melvin C. W. Melvin C. D. Sharpless C. E Collins Homer Cohee Orville Laura Cohee Greenwood Walter Fountain Lester J. L. Nichols Wilson Hicks Federalsburg Minnie Ivins Clarence Glanding Herman Glanding Charles Glanding R. T. Bryan John Linton Roland Towers George Laer Grove Percy Chambers Roy Hubbard Lona Hubbard Dorothy Carroll Frank Hastings R. F. Lord Elizabeth Scarborough Orland Lane Evert Payne Louis Hignutt W. L. Hubbard Pennington Horsey Clarence Christopher Alva Chaffinch Will Vincent New Jersey Fred Vincent Bessie Liden Clarence Parker William A. Shields A. I. Shields and Frank and Albert Shields Wolliam R. Joiner Zeth Weaver Easton Hospital Sallie Horsey John Brown Lebanon R. B. Rawlings Lodge Room Jesse W. Porter R. D Clark Walter Weaver Rebecca Cubbage Mesdames E. C. Carter Lt. Jones Tolchester Charlotte Mulliken Margaret B. Mulliken E. V. Langrell Railroad Avenue Edna Spicher Greensboro Messrs Irvin Brumbaugh Burt McKnatt Annabel Moore F. R. Malone Grover C. Moore Roland Knotts Anna Rickards Henderson Tolchester Beach Washington Jester Isaac

Feurt Juices In Demand

A Baltimore Sun report cites a nationwide dry edict hurting breweries and saloons yet driving Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland farmers to earn about $1,000 an acre from strawberries. The surge is linked to demand for the fruit in syrups, giving a distant nod to beer’s decline and agricultural profits.

Eastern Shore Maryland Laltimore Sun

Greensboro Area News Roundup and Events

Private William A. Shields returns from overseas and is mustered out. Local society notes, plays at Mozart Hall, accidents, church services, graduations across Caroline and surrounding counties, civic events, and shifting garden talks urge readers to resume home gardening amid postwar adjustments.

Demobilized Doughboy Loses Pocketbook in Wilmington

Milton W. Hughes of Goldsboro just returned from France with the 79th Division and visited his brother in Wilmington. After buying tickets at the Victoria Theater, he misplaced his pocketbook containing over 100 dollars. He believes it dropped near the theater or on the way to West Street near Ninth. His home address is in the purse. finders urged to contact him.

Wilmington Milton W. Hughes Goldsboro Camp Meade France 79Th Division Victoria Theater Milton West Street Ninth

Real estate transfers and local crime note regional carpentry

Transfers of real estate are listed with buyer seller and parcel details across multiple districts including Third Eighth Fourth and Fifth with prices from 260 to 3 464 and mentions of Denton Federalsburg Preston and Caroline County. A sensational note recounts Patty Cannon's old home near the Nanticoke river linking to a historic tale and a violent drive by night involving Dorchester youths Race Messick and Lloyd Tubman near Ellwood with an ambush shooting investigation ongoing.

Chas EL Hignutt D. Warner Ifyg Bult Egoo Albert W. Sisk Bascom N, Chambers Charles Messick Philip A. Noble Martin DP. Allen Clellie E. Turner Florence Downes Et al Leonard Statum Denton Isaac H. Morris Fred Noble Wright Federalsburg Alheon H. Covey Geo. W. Waters John K. Lynch James T. Walker Ollie D. Todd Geo. W. Murphy Samuel C. Faulkner Sarah Stella Daniels Baltimore Maryland New Jersey Pittsburgh Association of Tin Plate Manufacturers Sanitary Can Makers’ Association Dorchester Messick Ellwood Lloyd Tubman East New Market State Road

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Mr. West Liden, Moore and Covey Carlton R. Perry J. Owen Knotts Anna R. Perry William A. Cohee John T. Carter Sherman E. Hignatt Daniel M. Gooden Annie E. Gooden John Quillen W. Foster Clark Charles Wesley Brewington William M. West the Local Department Long & Beall Shiloh W. P. Carroll Second Street G T.o Redden William Bullock Choptank Methodist Episcopal Church W. Carroll West Denton Journal Sue Williams Queen Anne's County Ladice M. P. Church Parker's New Theatre Newnam's Will Macon Ruthsburg Helen New Nam W. A. Spicher J. R. Andrew Denton Orchestra Judge Adkins Wm. Lamb Denton M. E Jack Pickford William Hart John Day Denton and Edgar Morgan 313Th Regiment P. H. McShane Den Iris Hutton Falls Church Edna Shipman Frank Smith Clyde Spivey Suffolk Lewis T. McNeal Thos. H. Hollingaworth W. A. Ruddell Edith Smith T. F. Johnson Stephen P. Shipman Miss Singer Sinclair Baltimore Sun Harry Hapson Bessie Jones Todd's George Outten Tilghman Harvey T. E. Gahall Robert H. Thawtey Wesley Thomas Downham Thos. Vivin Georgetown C. N., Fountain Joe Betts T. R. Benson Loren S. Prichett W. L. Pritchett THE Ridgely News Leonard Dean Lowell Sir Launfal J. J. Bunting C. S. Richardson Maryland State College Dean Methodist Church Mass Dame Sennett Queen Anne's Rachel McKenney J. F. Elliott Voshell Samuel Sennett Millington Frank Flounders C. O. Carter Annie L. EK. Brunbaugh Florida J. H. Hemmons A. O. Saulsbury Margaret F. M. Long W. H. Smith Mary Rebecca Saulsbury Dudley Davis St John’s Haymaker Woodenhawk Polly Mozart Hall Ayard] van Sant William Richard Fred R. Malone Paul Meredith Allen R. Curry Paul Dobson Bessie Edwardes Helen Weaver Mine Dill Edna Dearman Ruth Cooper Mildred Webber Ruth Jackson Grace Stuart Mabel Woodward Martha Carrow Fred Hughes Smith-Orrell George Smith Ralph Mildred Leand Luthersburg W.A. Spicher Smith W.E. Totheroh 504Th Charleston S. C Army Rancocus Tribe Nokomis Council C. C. Pritchett Camp Lee Newburn N. C North Main Street J. H. Coursey Reiter Pottsville Annie Hopkins Moore Henry Weaver College Park Herbert Sipple H. R. Pritchett Raymond Rawlings Darby Caroline High School Masonic Hall Anna Louie Cohee Martin Cool Lew B. Davis Hilda Elizabeth Harwood Daniel Ralph Horsey Rebecca Lillianfurt Delia Blanche Nelson William Park Newcomer Ruth Joole Noble Louise Ashton Nuitle Helen Marie Roope Mary Southard Shawn Ruth Farnam Farnam Pekin Y. Wc.av War Work Council Federalsburgz High School Ruth Elizabeth Adams Agnes Beline Bradley Golda Irene Bradley Wilmer Fell Davis William Eanest Griffith Mary Noble Handy Myra Kinder Handy Grace Helen Harper Rachael Corkran Jefferson Mary Chizabeth Kemp Anna Laure Motz Clara Barton Noble Enoch Nuttle Nellie Twiford Phillips Ada Lavenia Stack Berkeley Walker Williams Miriam Frances Wright Greensboro High School Vayard van Sant Ridgely High School Barbara W. Roberts Minerva Reber Kennard Pinder Preston M EL Church J. T. Richardson Templeville Mary Knotts Nell Knotts D. T. Richards Melvin Kinnamon Sadlersville High School D. T. Rickards R. E. Lane Kent County Adolph Hantwerker Austin Greer M. E. Perkins Florence Faulkner Wyoming Europe Euting Club Railroad Center P. O John IL. Fletcher John W. Funk T. Purdy Richard Wm. Penn Willis Geo. EL Taylor Thos. L. Trice, Jr J. Frank Patchett Lot Ian Preston William W. Wrightson Howard Towers Et al Eugene Fearins Alexander Dill Thadeus S. Harman Francis L. Perry Charles F. Perry John W. Schmick Harry VM. Wallis Lenora H. Corbett Orville Turner and Alva I Todd Patty Cannon Peninsula Nanticoke She Devy Wilmipeton Historical Society of Delaware George Alfred Townsend Joe Johnson Chesapeake Alabama Georgia Reliance Patty Thomas Holliday Hicks
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