Denton area notices and business notes spark local activity
Local tidbits list farm prices, jail notices, military bonds, and civic events. J. H. Nichols & Co advertise silk dresses. Chetout Grove Ladies' Aid and Bloomery Ladies' Aid announce meetings. Denton M. I. Church to host Centenary Movement events. and farm co op invites farmers to Court House meeting for incorporation and orders.
Army Notes of Interest and Local Social News
Mr George W. Towers Jr writes from Gallipoli via Norfolk and Gibraltar describes Africa as “some place” and notes cold weather as their ships head toward Austria Hungary. The Denton church and others celebrate a pastor with a gift of 3135 dollars. Marriage licenses issued for Craft Hilzhman and Flaharty Patrick and Jackson Crouve. Reports from Brest Brest health scare debunked by Sergeant Todd. Local obituaries include Judge Constable of Elkton. Community updates list residents moving, visiting, and local road plans from Newton to Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Towers, Jr
Gallipoli
Italy
Norfolk
Azores
Gibraltar
Africa
Aly
Austria- Hungary
Towers
Venice
M. E
Henry R. Lewis
Wyatt
Julius Leroy Craft
Preston
Hilda Florence Hilzhman
Hebron
Arthur S. Flaharty
Mary E. Patrick
William Noble Jackson
Ridgely
Mary Crouve
Near Ridgely
Melvin E. Todd
Brest
Sergeant Todd
Mmessre
Samuel F. Jopp
Christopher Trainor
Chester
Caroline
Jopp
Irwin
Argonne Forest
Messrs
T. Alan Goldsborough
F. R Owens
Oscar Clark
J. Owen Knotts
George A. Deakyne
L. I. Towers
Judge Constable
Surprise kitchen shower for Hunt at Hunt home
A surprise kitchen shower honored Mr. and Mrs. Hunt at their home on Tuesday evening. Guests included Ruth and Anna Ross, Elizabeth Towers, Elva Griffith, Florence Seeders, May Howard, and many others. Mrs. Owen Howard has recovered, Lacey Griffiths family moved to West Denton, and Rev. J E Smith will begin a sermon series at Williston Church with daily topics through March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion of Death
Parker's New Theatre
Denton Orchestra
France
Wilson
Kawser
Hohenzollerns
Parker New Theatre
Albert G. Towers
Public Service Commission
Baltimore Trust Company
the Kaiser
Mary Pickford
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Clarence Hignutt
Arthur Pringle
Early Love
Ernest Griffith
William Love
William Towers
Lee Taylor
Sherman Howard
Ollie Andrew
William Andrew
Fannie Andrew
Horace Robinson
Irwin Unt
Harry Bouchey
Robt
Holmes
Owen Howard
Lacey Griffith
West Denton
Hunt
George L. Griffith
Ridgely Community Notes and Local Visits
Captain MacGbhon and Ensign Gnating visit Ridgely as a centenary lecture is announced at the Methodist Church by A. W. Warner of Baltimore on Tuesday evening. The Community Club grows with three new members amid plans for a stage play Sewing for the Heathen and a Clean-Up Campaign. Local residents travel, attend church, and receive updates on military, medical, and social news, including movements in Ridgely, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Warner
Baltiimore
T. W. Jones
Ray MacGibbon
Dental Corp
Canadian Army
Local social notes from the Roples area
Mr. W. H. Lord and family visited Leipsic with Walter and wife. Mrs. Emmett Lord of Concord spent the weekend in Baltimore. William and Walter Breeding stayed with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bullock near Andersontown. Mrs. Elon E. Wright and children Pauline and Frances visited near Hickman with Mrs. Lena S. Bullock. Mrs. Willard Hill and son Edward enjoy a week with her mother Mrs. Hammond of New Castle. Mae Ricards of Bridgeville visited her brother J. R. Ricards. T. H. and J. D. Slaughter made a business trip to Baltimore. W. E. Spence of Washington returned from Caroline. Elizabeth Meniken returned to Golden's College Wilmington, Me. T. H. Towers was in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Moore
George Harris
East Hampton
Mass
J. P. Wright
Preston
Horace Gambrill
Wilmington
H. R. Pritchett
Eloise
Ralph Swann
F. P. Roe
A. W. Brumbaugh
T. C. Horsey
John Tobin
North East
C. B. Jarman
D Baltumore
Frank Wright
Vincent
Maud Pritchett
Philadelphia
Miss Ford
Denton
M. L. Weaver
H.R. Pritchett
Sarah Hoffman
Baltimore
Sara Neff
Ida Hoffman
Walter Bennington
Melvin
Alice Bennington
J. Mason Shaw
Camp Lewis
Washington
Lula Taylor
Ambrose Taylor
Myrtle
Martha Taylor
Smithson
John Herzog
The
Reformed Church
Viola Skinner
Lawrence Lynch
Bryan Turbitt
Master Bryan, Jr
Selby Smith
Noah Turner
Greensboro
A. W. Thompson
Annie Turner
Telephone Company
Salisbury
Ridgely
Margaret Swing
Anna B. Jump
Marydel
W. T. Temple
W. F. Jackson
James Lynch
Dorothy Haymaker
Methodist Hospital
Methodist Hospital, of That City. Mesers, N. el. Jones
Ernest Lockwood
W. S Jones
Pearl Tyler
Myrtle Taylor
Helen Lynch
J. K. Lynch
Carroll Meredith
Crumpton
Ada Matthews
William Harrison, Jr
Marcus Hook
Wright
Robinson
Seaford
C. LL Herzog
Harrison Holsinger
Balturmore
Viola Jones
Ladies’ Aid
W. H. Lord
Walter
Leipsic
Emmett Lord
Concord
William and
Walter Breeding
W. E. Bullock
Andersontown
Elon E. Wright
Pauline
Frances
Hickman
Lena S. Bullock
Willard Hill
Edward
Hammond
New Castle
Mae Ricards
Bridgeville
J. R. Ricards
T. H
J. D. Slaughter
Local social notes from the Maryland region
Misses Louie and Bradge Fountain and others were entertained at Mrs. Mary F. Butler's home. Visitors included Mrs. John Cohee of Marydel and Mrs. James Hobbs of Denton. Marian Stafford returned from a five week visit with Mrs. Daisy Breeding in Denton. Rev W N Conaway and guest Mrs. Edith Graham visited Henderson. George Spence of Greenwood visited local friends. Revival meetings began at the M P Church on Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Raymond B. Rawlings
Mary Moore
Levin W. Taylor
Wilmington
Taylor
Railroad Avenue
Ac St Paul's Church
Harry Jones
Sadlersville
Louie and
Bradge Fountain
Florence Morgan
James Breeding
Mary F. Butler
John Cohee
Marydel
James Hobbs
Denton
John Stokes
Marian Stafford
Daisy Breeding
W. N. Conaway
Edith Graham
Mardella Springs
Henderson
Clarence Voss
Brownsville
W. H. Satterheld
M. Laura Porter
T. P. Rust
George Spence
Greenwood
M. P. Church
Memorial Hall and revival notes from Federalsburg town
Federalsburg residents push a memorial for local soldiers with committees planning costs and a potential hall housing a music room rest room and gym facilities. A town revival at Christ Methodist Protestant Church draws large crowds and reports many conversions. Harmony Sunday School elects officers and a new board of trustees and stewards is named. Several residents visit, host events, and plan a box social at Grove school to raise funds for the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Farmer William H. Cole Dies in Self-Directed Shotgun Tragedy
William H. Cole, 72, a respected farmer of Queen Anne's County's Second district, ended his life with a 12 gauge single barrel shotgun placed to his left breast and a yardstick trigger pull at his Starkey’s Corner home on Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Cole
Second District
Queen Anne's County
Starkey’s Corner
Transfers of Real Estate Change Hands in Caroline County
A long list of property transfers is recorded, detailing buyers and sellers, acreages or perches, districts, and prices. Notable entries include John W. Allebick to John W. Thompson for 59 acres in Ferret district, 1200 pounds, and many more across Sixth Fourth and Seventh districts with sums ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars. Numerous individuals and couples are named, reflecting wide activity in land and lot exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Allebick
John W. Thompson
Ferret District
Benjamin Bo Brumbaueh
Dennis Warner
Sexth
T. A. Goldsboroush
Trudee
Geo. T. Redden
M. Bates Stephens Et al
R. Henry Stafford
Henretta Todd
James HW. Dave
Warner Babes
Joba Kh. Lynch
Daniel S. Brockway
William Wheeler
Greensboro
Syco
Geo
T. Hobby
Lawrence Wilson
David J. Harshberger
Ernest J. Brown
Thomas J. Coulbourn
Walter L. Wheatley
Sarah K. King
Ira H. Samis
Wm. F. Pennington
Harvey Laker
Lawrence BR. Towers
Denton
William W. Seward
Ove A. Sanger
Carrie J. Carroll
Mary M. Hicks
Federalsburg
Carl Behr
John R. Woodhall
Charles Melson
James H. Sheridan
Smithville
Charles J. Grace
Florence E. Pigott
T. Pliny Fisher
William G. Wouters
John R. Fowler
Clarence F. Sawyer
Mary A. Ross
William H. Dean
Sadie E. Eddington
Edward Todd
Lohn Federalsburg
Harry E. Robinson
Joseph Harris
Alfred W. Thompson
Horace V. Armstrong
Harvey L. Cooper
Win E. Armstrong
Edna F. von Staden
Joseph Miller
John W. Arnold
Charles ‘Kine
Horace W. Crew
Gootee
Liden
Lucetta M. Murphy
Edward A. Schmick
Ferdinand Davis
H. Clay Hobbs
Sophia A. Patchett
Harry LB. Messenger
Robert W. Messenger
Annie E. Breeding
Burt Hobbs
George A. Jones
Samuel G. Nuttle
George E. Bishop
John A. Woodrow
Francis M. Collins
Charles C. Collins
Charles L. Engle
Richard W. Engle
Orland T. Kelley
Agnes H. Harper
Preston
Gorman L. Bailey
Nathanee B. Harper
Eli Kenton
Caroline County
W. W. Seward
J. Andrew Mitchell
Camelia A. Owens
Luther H. Covey
Raymond G. Dean
James L. Wheatley
Lillie Stanley
Hilda Carmine
Mannes G. Gymink
William J. Wright
Caroline County Dir Backs Goldsborough for Bench Vacancy
All members of the Caroline County Dir favor the appointment of Mr. T Alan Goldsborough to the Second Judicial Circuit bench vacancy caused by Judge Constable's death. He is in every way qualified for the high position and has made rapid progress in his profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
T. Alan Goldsborough
Constable
Mr. Goldsborough
Farmers’ Club
Prospect
Caroline County Farmers’ Cooperative Club, Incorporated
Denton
Maryland
Club
Death of Denny H Dudley at Wye Mills
Denny H Dudley aged 51 of Wye Landing died suddenly at home from peritonitis after a period of poor health. Survived by five children from his first marriage to Marie Calman and a second wife Loo Anna Hignutt married in 1918. Funeral held at his home with interment in Centreville cemetery. He was a prominent Talbot County farmer and philanthropist with many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny H. Dudley
William and Mary Dudley
Wye Landing
Wye Mills
James and
Willam G
Baltimore
Thomas K
Carmichael
Hiram
Queen Anne
John
Wesdames Nellie Sparks
Queenstown
Jamie R. Miller
Mary
Margaret Dudley
Marie Calman
Alexander Callahan
Hazel
France
Arthur
Anna
Virginia
Eugene
Loo Anna Hignutt
W. T. Hignutt
Caroline County
J. M. Lindale
Centreville
Thomas
William
Carroll Callahan
Norman Dudley
Dudley
Talbot County
Eugene L. Dudley
5. C. Dudley
Church Hill
Hiram G. Dudley
Court of Appeals rules cautious worker entitled to compensation
Maryland Court of Appeals affirms Circuit Court ruling in John Jacobs vs State Accident Fund and State Industrial Accident Commission. The court held Frank Jacobs was an employee not a casual worker at a Williston canning house, entitling Julia Jacobs to workers compensation under the Act. The decision clarifies casual versus regular employment in compensation cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Circuit Court
John Jacobs
State Accident Fund
State Industrial Accident Commission
Frank Jacobs
Williston
Julia Jacobs
Appellee
Court of Appeals
T. Alan Goldsborough
Ozle Marbury
Philip S Pearlman
State Industrial Accident Commission, Appellants
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
I. B. Towers & Bro
Matoes
Paige
Bullock
J. W. Funk
J. H. Nichols & Co
Chetout Grove Ladies’ Aid Society
Mollie Everngem
Thurday
J. Virgil Moore
Young Womens’ Guild
Main
Fourth Streets
Bloomery Ladies’ Aid Society
Chester Scott
CT. Wyatt
Denton M. I
Slaughter Bros
Fannie FE. Hurd
Delaware
Philip Hurd
Willow Grove
Walter H. Lord
Clarence Kemp
Walter T. George
Tuckahoe River
J. E Smith
J. Edgar ‘Potts
Crouse
Ezekiel
Choptank Red Cross
J. T. Blades
W. T. Dillon
W. Henry Jopp
Ben Davis
Caroline County Farmer's Cooperative Club, Incorporated
Sturda
Army
Frederic N. Nichols
Edwina
Henry W. Fletcher
Henry Clay
Augusta
J. B. Fletcher
Coal
A. W. Sik
James Alfred Pearce
Philip Wilmer
Scow Beck
Chestertown
Artin Preston Osteen
Fort Worth
Tex
A. W. Sisk
M. Wade Hughes
Walmington
Mabel Mercer
J. Kingsley Mercer
J. H. Summerfield
Camp Dix
Louise Dukes
Baltamore
M. M. Mowbray
Waldorf
Newton
Bureau
Harmony
Claiborne
Annapolis
Donoton
Easton
Upper
Cambridge
State Roads Commission
Albert Constable
Elkton
Adkins
Hopper
Alfred Lee Jones
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
William Schouler
Bunal
Hillsboro
Ladies’ Ard Society
M. E. Church
New Hillsboro
Asbury Greaves
Greaves
J. C. Sherwood
Joseph Taylor
Trappe
Ella Pennington
Hospital For
Helen Morris
Gladys M. Gale
Wm. ,Taylor
Dover
W. P. Fleming
J. C. Hicks
Howard Knotts
Ibaltimore
J. E. Smith
Willston Church
House of God
Ridgely News
Capt
Macg Bhon
Ensign Gnating
W. HL
Raugiman
Pennsylvania
Ensive
Frank C. Bunting
Joyce Bunting
J. J. Bunting
Methodist Parsonage
Ensign Bunting
United States Navy
Charleston
S. Cmr
Madison Roger
Jonas
Hoboken
Mass Roe Willans
J. P. Swing
Price's Station
J. J. Ivison
Nuttle Milling Co
Roples
W. E. Spence
Elizabeth Meniken
Golden’s College
T. H. Towers
Baltuumore
Burrsville
Tower
Christ Methodist Protestant Church
J. McLain Brown
Joe’* Lynch
Harmony Sunday School
H. R. Towers
Webster Todd
Elma Todd
Harry Arringdale
Lena Ivins
Reba Hurst
Alva B. Todd
J. J. Hurst
R. D. Bryan
S. Collins
W. R. Thomas
Roland Towers
Emory Lynch
Gootee Todd
Alva Todd
C. Collins
John Hurst
Lulu Colona
Grove
Clifton Leonard
Irvin Schlegel
W. E. Collins
Grove School
Arthur Chutler
May Coulbourn
Ellwood
Roy Lane
J. K. Butler
Dorothy Carroll
Lula Rittenhouse
Choptank
Edward Lord
Robert Lord
Chas. A. Carroll
R. F. Hubbard
Cleone Cooper
Balti
Lewis Wright
Clarence Atkinson
Elizabeth Williamson
Oscar Maloney
Templevilie
F. Linwood Todd
Joseph Huboard
Dennis Werner
Harry B. Wright
Gootee S Liden
Jor H. Spence
Enghth
Geo. H. Benson
Frank Wryht
Albert S. Handy
George W. Kelley
Andrew T. Covey
Harry T. Moore
Wm. Penn Willis
Oliver E. Johns
William H. Johns
Edward O. Wright
Harrison E. Price
Thomas B. Foster
Chloe Hubbard
William W. Johns
Charles T. Perry
Ella Carmine
Cinderella F. Williams
Clarence W. Williams
Walter M
T. Alan Goldsborough, Esq
Women's Land Army
Department of Labor
United States
Catonsville
Fallston
Maryland Division
Too W
Saratoga Street
Court House
Miss Ihlseng
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Pmusic
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