Twenty Fifth Anniversary and Local Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. H. Franklin Stevens marked their silver wedding at home near Andersontown with a reception for over 100 relatives and friends. The piece lists visitors, church notes, and upcoming events including sermons, conventions, and appointments across Denton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Franklin Stevens
Andersontown
Annie Betson
Greensboro
W. D. Stevens
Baltimore
Easton
Seaford
Fires destro y dwelling at Booby Island farm
The Booby Island farm home near Hog Creek burned Friday night. Tenant William Smith lost all furniture and about 100 bushels of corn. he was away when the fire started. Dr. Phillips owned the house valued at 400 dollars with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hog Creek
William Smith
Mr. Smith
Dr. Phillips
J. Prank Ledawn
Jesse Wright
Preston
Preston Canning Company
James Brahawn
Poplar Neck
Phillips & Douglass
Ellwood
William H. Hollis
Nellie Carmine
Easton
Rose Burgess
J. T. Dennis
Whist Club
R. I. Lednow
Helen Rawlins
Baltimore
Furman Return From New York With Grandson
Mrs. A G Furman returns from New York accompanied by her grandson George Thurman. Day Swing and Co ship one carload of berry cups. Lime Kiln Club to meet next Wednesday night. Dog owners must now pay a license. J H Nichols opens large stock of ladies shoes on Thursday. Go see them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.G. Furman
New York
George Thurman
Day, Swing & Co
Lime Kiln Club
J. H. Nichols
Caroline Teachers Institute Program Set for April 2 6
Prof M B Stephens announces the annual Caroline county teachers institute at Masonic Hall. The event runs Monday April 2 through Friday April 6 with noted speakers including E B Prettyman T H Lewis Samuel E Forman Guy L Stewart Henry Houck L Irving Handy Ella Y Ricker Annie Lester Webster N M Rowe. Evening lectures carry a small admission fee and are expected to draw local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Stephens
Caroline County
Teachers
Masonic Hall
E. B. Prettyman
State Normal School
T. H. Lewis
D. D
Western Maryland College
Samuel E. Forman
State Institute
Guy L. Stewart
Maryland Agricultural College
Henry Houck
Public Schools of
Pennsylvania
L. Irving Handy
Delaware
W. A. C. Hammel
Ella Y. Ricker
Annie Lester Webster
N. M. Rowe
Baltimore City
Lewis
Houck
Handy
Programme schedule for a multi-day education conference
The text lists daily sessions from Monday to Wednesday detailing opening exercises, names of speakers such as Rev W J D Lucas and Hon Henry Houck, topics on teaching methods, nature studies, arithmetic, physiology, physics, music, book keeping, kindergarten work, and discussion periods. Notable institutions include State Normal School, Western Maryland College, Federalsburg Academy, Ridgely Academy and Denton High School.
Orphans Court Proceedings Review Real Estate Sales
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday last, audits and distributions for the estates of Mary Wyatt and J R Kephart were ratified. Administrators presented inventories and distributions for several estates. guardians filed final releases and accounts. appraisers were appointed for real estate sales. notices and sales of Mortgages were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
George M. Russum
Mary Wyatt
J. R. Kephart
Geo. i. Russum
Nathaniel Horsey
S. H
George Seward
H. Clay Hobbs
James H. Garrett
Frank P. Covey
Joseph Waldis
Francis 8. Todd
Clarence Rickards
Albert G. Towers
Charles Gould
John F. Dawson
William L. Cooper
Robert B. Smith
Thomas A. Smith
Deweese & Owens
William D. Taylor
James EK. Hignutt
James Green
Captured With a Blood Hound in Queen Annes County
Lawrence Henry a 25 year old negro facing assault with intent to kill ex Clerk William H Cecil of Queen Annes County was captured near Goldsboro by Constable Saunders and his brother aided by a bloodhound. He swam a pond to escape but surrendered and is jailed in Centreville awaiting May term trial with additional charges expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Henry
William H. Cecil
Queen Anne's
Goldsboro
Saunders
Henry
This
T. Frank Seward
Saunders Brothers
Deputy Seward
Bridgetown
Centreville
Queenstown Sunday trips resume Baltimore Queenstown run
On Sunday March 18 the Queen Anne's Railroad Company restarts its Sunday service between Baltimore and Queenstown. Steamers depart Pier 10 Light Street at eight am for Queenstown and return at six pm. The schedule aims to accommodate Eastern Shore visitors and strengthen Baltimore relations. The county continues local notices and several bridge repairs are authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Queen Anne's Railroad Company
Baltimore
Pier No. 10
Light Street
Baltimore American
Bills expand tax on unused charters and new incorporations
A Thursday bill by Senator Peter targets unused charters, mainly trust company ones, requiring a franchise tax of one eighth of one percent for unorganized charters within six months from June 1, 1900. Other measures include incorporation of United Deposit and Fidelity Co of Dorchester County, Eastern Shore Trust Co, and Tidewater Fire Insurance and Dorchester Electric Light and Power Co. The House and Senate also hear temperance and constitutional reform items and discuss Baltimore city representation and a repealed fish law in Caroline Talbot and Dorchester counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John R. Fountain
Denton
Nuttle Hardware Company
Denton Furniture Company
L. Wilkinson
Ridgely
James M. Covey
Grove
William Newton
Bridgeville
Healton
James H. Nichols
Jackson
Oaks
Salisbury
Stansbury Whiteley
Templeville
Albert G. Towers
Eighth
Walter
Charles H. Todd
Greenabaum Bros
Seaford
Edward, Gay
Easton
J. H. Nichols
Denton Musical Association
Federalsburg
Concord
Somerset County
Milton B. Slemmer
Major Russell
Slemmer
Centreville
Maryland House of Correction
Talbot
Caroline
Tunnell
Delaware
Washington
Quay
Blue
Gray
Charles W. McFee
Peter
Crothers
United Deposit and Fidelity Company
Dorchester County
Joseph B. Seth
Frank G. Wrightson
Marion V. Brewington
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Messrs
Thos. A. Smith
A. W. Sisk
M. B. Stephens
Mr. Waller
Wicomico
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Chesapeake Steamboat Lines
Pattison
Cambridge
Tidewater Fire Insurance Company
Dorchester Electric Light and Power Company
James Wallace
G. W. Woolford
W. F. Applegarth
John R. Tubman
John W. Mills
P. L. Goldsborough
Daniel H. LeCompte
House of Delegates
Temperance
State Temperance League and
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Baltimore City
Committee On
Messick
Queen Anne’s
Baltimore and Delaware, Breakwater Railroad Company
Satterfield
Dorchester
B. G. Stevens
Choptank River
Williston
Messick, Dennis and
Applegarth
Annapolis
Sanford
Maryland Bill Seeks Uniform Tidewater Fishing Law
Calvin Satterfield introduces a Maryland bill aiming to uniform tidewater fishing laws. It restricts devices for catching fish to gill nets and hooks, allows haul seines March 15 to June 1, and bans nonresidents from selling fish in Chesapeake Bay and lower rivers. residents may obtain a $5 annual license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Satterfield
Caroline County
Maryland
Maryland Game and Fish Association
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac
Susquehanna
Fire Wipes Out Bacon & Sons Lumber Plant
A Thursday 2.15 A M blaze at Samuel Bacon & Sons framing factory in Laurel destroyed six buildings including the main plant and warehouses. About 100000 feet of lumber in the yard burned with an estimated loss of 50000 to 760000, with no insurance. Firemen saved the office warehouse and Harry Bacon's residence. The firm, a major local employer, recently suffered a North Carolina plant fire and a June blaze. Fire believed to start from outside mill shavings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bacon & Sons
Laurel
Harry Bacon
Bacon & Sons
North Carolina
Shooting affray near Bridgeville leaves man wounded
A Caroline man Willis H. Dukes was wounded when George Nichols fired after Dukes demanded to see Nichols’s wife. Dukes was shot below the right shoulder and the lung was penetrated. Nichols says self defense and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. Dukes previously shot the woman in the hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Caroline
Bridgeville
Willis H. Dukes
George Nichols
Nichols
Dukes
Dover Bridge Disaster Overlooks Delaware County Loss
Last Saturday at Dover bridge the old condemned draw failed plunging the engine thresher and stacker into thirty feet of river. George Requa rescued, Wroten ahead. wreck under study as counties discuss ferries and iron span repairs estimated near six thousand dollars with a scow to operate until replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Requa
M. I. Wroten
Easton
George M. Wingard
Peerless Machine Shops
Delaware
Mr. Requa
Mr. Wroten
Dover Bridge
Corkrin
Requa
Owens
Deaths and notices from Centreville records and surrounding area
Obituary roundup from Centreville and nearby towns notes the deaths of Mrs. Sarah Moore aged 74 in Centreville, Mr. Charles Hillyard in Queenstown, Mrs. Harrietta Stubbs near Irvin's Chapel, and Mrs. Mary C Horsey in Frederica. Also mentions relatives, survivors, and funeral details, plus local social updates and a farming advertisement for lime products from King Lime Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Moore
Moses Moore
Mollie Buchannan
Centreville
Moore
Miss Clough
Nathaniel Clough
Templeville
Delaware
Samuel H
Nathan H
Robert P
Charles E. Moore
Maggie Gesler
Port Deposit
John Bambarry
Starr
Charles Hillyard
Queenstown
Hillyard
Chester House
Dover
Wilmington
Philadelphia
W. H. Hillyard
New Orleans
Presbyterian Cemetery
Woodall
William Woodall
George W.massey
Royal Oak
Ervin's
Mary C. Horsey
Wm. T. Horsey
Greensboro
Frederica
Bloomery
Aloysius Green
Epworth League
Peninawla Methodist
Harry Perry
Mary J. Curry
Zacharias
Baltimore
Charles Tucker
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Court Court
Levy Court
SoHnoon Board
the Local Department
Lucy Jones
Dr. Palmer
Harriet P. Fields
George C. Skirven
T. A. Jones
Elizabeth Johnson
Farmington
Purnell Johnson
Charles Jarrell
Sallie E. Downes
Fred. N. Nichols
Georgia Stevens
A.S. Mowbray
S. H. Melson
Scotts
Mamie McShane
Denton Friends
L. R. Beachamp
Boonsboro School
Nellie W. Fisher
Ella Waddell
Bethlehem
George L. Wallace
Boone Beachamp
Allans. Martin
Harry A. Roe
A. E. Cooper
James H. Fisher
Willow Grove
Susie Saulsbury
Matthews
C. E. Stevens
Edwin C. Fields
Earl Rochester
F. A. Johnson
Harrington
Ira L. Butler
Church Matters
Melvin
North Carolina Avenue
Washington, D. C
W.H. Thawley
John G. Woolley
Chicago
Denton-Ridgely
Ames
C. W. Moore
Hillsboro
M. E. Church
South
M. E. Churel
Joseph H. Bernard
Christ Church
Neon
Camden
M. E
C. F. Sheppard
J. D. C. Hanna
I Reston
Galdsboro
Robert Jarrell
Walter Sapp
Sylvester
Zaidee Jarman
D. 5S
Truitt
Johnson
Snow Hill
Carrie Wharton
Fideralsburg
Campbell
Dr. Hanna
Jefferson & Kemp
Stowell
Thomas Kemp
George Jefferson
Hanna
James H. Kenney
Herman Wright
South Main Street
Harry Davis
Mary
T. J. Williams
Hobbs
Town
Cordova
Margaret Ziegler
Henry Ziegler
Longwood
Herman Windfohr
All Saints
W. Y. Beaven
John Neal
J. A. F. Neal
Skipton
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Caroline Teachers’ Institute
W. J.D. Lucas
Potter Sterle
K. B. Prettyman
LU. Forman
George C. Williams
Federalsburg Academy
Nature Studies
Gur S. Stewart
J. S. Wickline
Guv L. Stewart
da. S. H
H. M. Rowe
Sadler-Rowe Business College
Penn
Allie K. Higgins
Ridgely Academy
Annie Luster Webster
George S. Fitzhugh
S. E. Forman
Hown
W.C. A. Hammel
Ella V. Ricker
Henry Houen
Mary J. Fishle
Deston High School
Rev
L. BR. Brumbaugh
5. BE. Fonman
L. Irving Hanpy
the Ideal School
W. S. Crause
Denton High School
Wilson Allen
Dessie Deeking
Hillsboro Public School
Laura Letty
Greensboro Academy
Elizabeth Phillips
Preston Academy
Dora Ness
Forman
Katherine Hackett
R. J. S. Bullock
Smithville
Nellie C. Harris
T. H. Ilawis
Tuxspay
Hon
Pennsylvania Public Schools
Levin Savina Hanpy
J. E. Nichols
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
W. T. Tuff
James H. Pippin
Tuckahoe
Ood
Wu. E. Brown
Mr. Ellis Boswell
Montgomery
Rhcarps
Lewistown
Elizabeth Ricards
Charles Ricards
Kinnamen
Noah A. Kinnamen
Journal
Taurcel
the Jourial
B. Noble
Washington College
Chestertown
John M. Barrett
Queen Anne’s Railroad Company
Rehoboth Beach
Vigilant Council
United American Mechanics
Queen Anne
Jones
Sun
King Lime Company
Termato
J. H. Barrow
X, Dee Sy Spare
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