Wheat crop outlook and town notes in Denton
A Denton newspaper item highlights a strong wheat crop, steady grain prices at 76 cents, and active farming with binders. It catalogs local events and people including marriages, purchases, farm sales, road and school notices, public entertainments, and community concerns in Caroline and Dorchester counties.
Local Tax Official Remits Judgment Payment
The late collector of taxes for the First district, Wm. T. Roberts, paid into the treasury on Tuesday last eighteen dollars and twenty two cents to cover a judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pee
Wm. T. Roberts
Treasury
Children Day Services Held at Burrsville and Ames Churches
Children’s Day services were held at Burrsville and Ames M P Churches with large congregations. Decorations, music, and speeches noted. Collections totaled 3 18 at Burrsville and 7 at Ames. A grove meeting near Smithson’s Chapel is planned to begin July 15 and run to July 19 with all day services, while Laurel grove and Jumptown events are announced.
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Burrsville
Ames
M. P
Jesus
Grove
Prove
Smithson's Chapel
Laurel
Local Weddings and Travel Offers Highlight Hillsborough Notes
Miss Carrie Stafford and Mr. James B. Port plan a June 28 wedding at the M E Church in this place. Equitable Life calls on friends to discuss assurance plans. Numerous short notices cover visits, health, and travels, plus Baltimore and Ohio Railroad excursion tickets to Chicago via Washington and Niagara Falls with return until November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Stafford
James B. Port
Huntington
M. E
H. W. Allen
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Amelia Whiteside
Grove
Flora Dean
Fowling Creek
Bertha Towns
Baltimore and Ohio offers summer excursion tickets
Excursion tickets to Northern and Eastern seaside lakeside and mountain resorts including Deer Park Oakland Virginia Springs Niagara Falls Luray Caverns Gettysburg and more are on sale at Baltimore and Ohio offices at reduced rates. Valid June 1 to September 30 with return until October 31. Free summer excursion book available via ticket agents or by mail for 10 cents with name and address.
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Lakeside
Deer Park
Oakland
Virginia Springs
Niagara Falls
Luray Caverns
Gettysburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio River
Chas
Scull
Gen’l
Baltimore
Heptasophs Banquet At Masonic Hall In Federalsburg
The Heptasophs ready a large annual banquet at Masonic Hall Federalsburg with nearly all 67 members and families present. After opening ode and welcome addresses, a quartet performed. A collation followed. Town Hall ladies plan a Columbian Bazaar on July 4 with various committees and events. Several postmaster appointments are announced for nearby towns. Camp meeting dates across several towns are listed, with Ellwood starting Friday, July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choptack
Masonic Hall
WN. A. Hutson
H. R. Lewis
H. Johnson
G. W. Townsend
James Swann
T. Pliny Fisher
Mansur Appointed Second Comptroller of the Treasury
The appointment pleases many friends in the district. Mansur spoke in defense of Democratic principles on the eve of the 1888 National election. Recent life insurance deaths illustrate policy value, with Boone and Knotts named. Georgia Boone plans Brooklyn and home with Samuel S. Moone. Lindales from Philadelphia and Rochester visited Rev. J. M. Lindale. Trax from Rochester visited sons George H. and John Trax. Holt and Rose attended the P E Diocesan Convention at Centreville as delegates from St. John's and All Saints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Mansur
Treasury
Mansur
Owen A. Boone
John W. Knotts
Mr. Knotts
Heptasophs
William Lindale
Philadelphia
Charles Lindale
Rochester
New York
J. M. Lindale
M. E. Church
Jacob Trax
Pennsylvania
Messrs
George H. and
John Trax
John H. Holt, Esq
C. H. Rose
P. E. Church
Centreville
St. John’s
All-Saints
Postmaster Hurt In Horse Incident On Dailey's Track
Mr Daniel Hayden postmaster suffered a painful accident while riding a trotter at Daileys track last Saturday afternoon. The horse broke loose and Hayden was thrown from the un-fenced side of the track, spraining his ankle and injuring his face and nose. He now hobble s about town on crutches. Children's Day exercises were held with music and recitations. Mr and Mrs David T Rickards returned from Oxford last Thursday afternoon after visiting Mr Walter R Moore and wife. The strawberry season ended profitable for local growers and corn looks well despite dry weather harvests expected next week.
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Sidneylam Melvin
Mispillion
Delawar
Vernon
Delaware
Delawge
Margaret Smith
Anniedbier
Seaford
Burrsville M. Pcharch
C. H. Day
Intermem
John R. Todd
Conference Academy
Oxford University
J. A. Heller
Nazareth
Sadie Chipley
Philadelphia
Hillsborough
T. Fred. Johnson
F. A. Johnson
Denton
W. R. Mowbray
Smyrna
J. H. Hoffecker, Jr
C. L. Darlington
Wilmington
Enoch George
Joseph A. Ward
Fannie Mason
Gus. Wooters
Daniel Hayden
Hayden
Dailey
David T. Rickards
Oxford
Walter R. Moore
Mary West
Henderson
James Green
Harry Arringdale
Chesapeake
R. M. Messick
Edward Lane
F.C. Raamsdell
Easton
G. W. Minnick
Bellevue
Forrest Scott
Dailsville
Caras S. Jackson
Cornersville
Roth
M. D. Nutter
Barren Creek Springs
Troth
A. B. Ecworth
Mr. PleasaNnt
A. S. Eviasoun
Local events and improvements mark Ridgely town notes
Brigden and Ramsdell plan to save 5000 daily with new machinery. Children’s Day exercises at M. E. Church drew a large crowd last Sunday. Eleven thousand dollars paid to area strawberry pickers. Various residents return visits and renovations noted. A festival and bazaar on Goslin’s lawn July 4 funds Federalsburg hall. Grove camp meeting tents for rent and Grove Md notices.
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Brigden & Ramsdell
M. E
Belle Percy
Dr. Cort
Wyoming
Goslin
Federalsburg Hall
H.G. Otis
Logan & Bros
John Randolph
Elon S. Hobbs
Robie Hobbs
Eberly
Germantown
RB. C. Harris
Grove
Ellwood Station
Committee On Lumber
Nichols Wright
J. F. Cohee
George Corkran
A. D. Dick
Seventeen Peninsula Reports on Crop Prospects
Seventeen Peninsula correspondents report on crops from Port Deprosit to Denton. Wheat and corn show mixed prospects with showers and dry spells affecting growth. Some regions note heavy peach drops and hay expectations. others report good yields and timely rains. Local schedules update for rail and steam services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Deprosit
E. Noyes, Jr
Corona
Etwoop Balderston
W. B. T. Ronerson
Singerly
Jas. B. Naudain
CiesaPeakre City
Joan W. Harriott
Joan C. Turner
P. M
Queenstown
Cnas. C. Witson
Ronguts
Jas. T. Scott
W. P. RedNocps
A. B. Roe
Church awards rector donation after moving into new quarters
The congregation of the Church of the Holy Trinity in this town secured a comfortable home for their rector until the rectory is completed. Monday evening, after Rev. E.R. Rich moved into his new quarters, he received a donation from his congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensborough
Church of the Holy Trinity
E.R. Rich
Hardware offers binder twine and a thresher for sale
A large stock of binder twine is ready for delivery at the Hardware with Fetter's pure manilla twine at 12c. Manilla, Inc., at the Hardware. H. C. Hobbs advertises a thresher for sale. Summer Excursions Routes and Rates outline the 1893 Pennsylvania Railroad Summer book with routes, rates, maps, and resort descriptions. copies available at ticket offices or via the General Passenger Agent for twenty cents. The notice also recounts local society items including weddings at Eden and berry-patch romances, a burglar incident in Pocomoke City, a one-legged chick, and a marriage in Talbot county.
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Fetter
Manilla
Manilla, Inc
H. C. Hobbs
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
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Potter’s Landing
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Hobbs
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Nichols
B. Gootee Stevens
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Henry Culbreth
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Willard Dickerson
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Thomas H. Todd
James Park
Julia Day
Mary E. Hutchinson
William F. Leonard
Charles C. Pool
Charles E. Todd
Gilbert Hagadone
Emory
Turpio
Robert
Harmony
Otis M. Hignutt
Lizzie
Ella Fisher
Denton Bridge
William B. Massey
Joshua M. Anthony
Anthony
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Thomas Turner
Agner
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George T. Redden
Jerome A. Cox
A. John Rich
William J. Holland
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Mary F. Goff
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Ruth A. Sisk
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Smithson
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Tanyard
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American Cor
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Louis N. Evans
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Lizzie M. Steele
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Thomas J. Williams
Ella Willians
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Charles Stwens
Richard T.carter
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Misses Georgia
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Long
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van Wagoner
Stephens
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Cranor
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Denton Marble Works
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Cupid
Eden
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Joseph W. Cannon
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J. M. Wilkinson
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