Local items from Denton and vicinity in brief
Early Rosa potatoes at Nichols Denton Bridge. J T Davis of Smithville plants a pension. April circuit term expected long. G W Johnson to make baskets near Denton. C F Kinnamon property sale in Denton. Fisherman McCracken of Windy Hill claims first Choptank shad. Denton shirt factory busy. coal sales at peak winter. Carolinians attend Wilmington Conference in Smyrna. Victor L Emerson patenting lumber drier. Frances Pennington spring millinery opening April 2. Two hogsheads of tobacco shipped to Baltimore by Samuel T Earle. James E Wright near Denton has duck laying two eggs daily. Sheriff Shaw sells 95 acre Barker farm for 600. Liden school entertainment postponed to 29 inst. Roe & Nichols seek operators for shirt factory. Governor appoints William F Bailey sheriff of Queen Anne's. Templeville J H Honey recalls wedding shirt 25 years old. Zora Brinsfield purchases lumber, 40 men cutting wood. Local singing class meets Mondays. Prof Swann engaged. C L S C meets at Mrs Collison with program on Renaissance art, debt to medicine, Chaucer to Tennyson, Gustavus Adolphus. Garey school entertainment highlights. Paswaters dwelling in Ridgely burned. shutters on. cause unknown. insured. County commissioners grant $30 to horse owner D E Carney fatally injured by bridge accident. attorney to seek court damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Kinnamon
Denton
McCracken
Windy Hill
Wilmington
Smyrna
Victor L. Emerson
Frances Penington
Samuel T. Earle
Queen Anne's
Baltimore
James E. Wright
Sheriff Shaw
D. M. Barker
West Dover Hundred
Marydel
Daniel C. Cowgill
Jnder
Harrington
Academy
Swann
G. W. Collison
Fisher
Clark
Gustavus Adolphus
Hardcastle
Garey’s School
Stephens
W. H. Deweese
Charles Paswaters
Ridgely
Wm. H. Carney
Goldsborough-Bridgetown
Carney
Albert G. Towers
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference
Hurst
John F. Hurst
A. S. Mowbray
W. A. Wise
N. Webster
John D. Rigg
W. R. Mowbra
L. B. Hunton
J. M. Collins
I. T. Cochran
Mave
Edward Davis
T. M. Given
D. H. Willis
George E. Wood
T.C. Smoot
J. BD. Lecates
B. H. Miller
J. Morris Lindale
J. L. van Burkalow
C. A
Collins
J. T. van Burkalow
T. E. Terry
Smith
Easton
J. D. Kemp
Still Pond
J. B. Quigg
Thompson
White
C. F. Shepherd
Salisbury
Smyrna Landing
Serverson’s
Bethel
Cheswold
K. H. Hynson
Presiding Elder Smith
Friendship and
Weddings at Marydel and Whiteleysburg in Social Notes
A pretty wedding took place at Marydel M E Church as Jacob Richards and Martha J Scotten exchanged vows. The ceremony featured floral doors and archways with organist Mrs Chandler, flower girls Gussie Chandler and Hennie Hall, and ushers Bennett Emory and Harry Pippin. The couple departed for a Philadelphia northerly trip after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel M. E
Jacob Richards
Martha J. Scotten
Albert Chandler
William Scotten
M. B. Stephens
Denton
Mr. Chandler
Gussie Chandler
Hennie Hall
Bennett Emory
Harry Pippin
Philadelphia
Points North
Thomas W. Jones
Denton National Bank
D. B. Kinder
Jones
Frederick Dunning
Easton
Turner Building
Detroit Board of Health
Thomas E. Heather
Marydel
Mary V. Gears
Townsend
Delaware House
Messrs
Charles McShane
Z. P. Steele
W. H. Anderson
Allan S. Martin
A. G. Towers
L. R. Beauchamp
George C. Skirven
Dover
William Gooden
Willow Grove
James W. Thawley
Lizzie Longfellow
Whiteleysburg
Salema Voss
Burrsville
Wilmington
Ex Governor Reynolds Sees Delaware Fruit Crop Hope
Ex Governor Reynolds of Delaware says extended cold spells benefit fruit trees statewide. Buds not swelling yet. weather favorable for growers. He claims a peach crop is possible unless extreme weather or new threats arise. Druggist López describes relief from rheumatic shoulder pain after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. promotion by W E Brown and H Duffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Delaware
J. H. Lopez
Des Moines
Chamberlain
W. E. Brown
Denton
H. Duffey
Hillsboro
Delaware Fugitive Nabbed by Denton Sheriff
Sheriff George H. Berry received a Milford police alert about a Delaware fugitive using multiple names. The suspect, Spencer Reedy alias Charles Fisher, is a copper skinned young man of Indian features who had burned a store, served time, and escaped jail with others, arriving in Denton before Christmas and being arrested and sent back to Delaware by deputy officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
George H. Berry
J. C. Willson
Milford
Spencer Reedy
Berry
Charles Fisher
Chief Willson
Reedy
Willson
Mill to rise at Marydel on Delaware side
William George of Huarlettville buys ground in Marydel from Samuel G. Boyer to build a steam saw grist and merchant mill with roller flour. Mills to be in operation early June. Attendees at Richards-Scotten nuptials include Nathan Hutchins and family and Mrs. C. W. Todd of Dover and Mrs. Frank Phillips of Wilmington. Weather changes bring sickness, doctors busy. Rev. A Chandler left for Conference. Mrs. Harry C. Moore of Wyoming visits her mother Mrs Harwood. Mr. A. E. Cooper of Denton in town briefly. Mrs. W. G. Smith visiting friends at Kenton this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Fisher
Zell
Paris
Mamie McShane
Percy
Preston
Harry A. Roe
Col
L. H. Gadd
William George
Huarlettville
Marydel
Delaware
Samuel G. Boyer
Nathan Hutchins
C. W. Todd
Dover
Frank Phillips
Wilmington
Richards-Scotten
Rev
A. Chandler
Harry C. Moore
Wyoming
Harwood
A. E. Cooper
Denton
W. G. Smith
Kenton
Revival and Missionary Anniversary at Hillsborough Church
Rev. T. J. Lambert will preach at 11 tomorrow in Hillsborough M E Church South on Giving and Two Means of Grace. Evening missionary anniversary features recitations and singing with a collection for missions. Last conference-year service. Monday Lambert departs for Washington for the conference. Separately Federalsburg M P Church organized with 20 members. Mr Brown to pastor at Presbyterian Church building. J M Yingling declines to serve next year, has a call to Christ Methodist Protestant Church Baker Street in South Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Lambert
Hillsborough M. E. Church South
Mr. Lambert
Washington
Kinzer
J. M. Sheridan
B. Tredway
J. M. Brown
M. P
Federalsburg
Mr. Brown
Presbyterian Church
J. M. Yingling
South Baltimore
Christ Methodist Protestant Church
Baker Street
Parker Returns From Worcester After Settling Claims
American Corners leader Mr. B. W. Parker has nearly settled his claims against Leroy the Baltimore merchant who swindled several Peninsula packets. Parker attached goods before they were taken by Leroy and plans to market tomatoes again though a peach crop may limit tomato runs this year. A shepherd dog owned by Mr. Robert Patton showed rabies signs and was slain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Parker
Worcester
Massachusetts
Leroy
Baltimore Commission
Peninsula
Parker
Robert Patton
A Good Place to Live on the Eastern Shore
A floating paragraph describes the Tower end of the peninsula where locals claim a man can crab with basic gear to fund a fishing outfit, fish to buy a boat, and oysters to buy a farm, making an Eastern Shore man contented and independent of the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower
Peninsula
Tunis Mills Mills Destroyed by Fire at Midnight
A large saw and planing mills complex owned by W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber Company and the Wheeler Meiere & Co. carning house at Tunis Mills Talbot county were totally destroyed by fire at midnight Wednesday. The loss runs about $10,000 and is covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber Company
Wheeler, Meiere & Co
Tunis Mills
Talbot County
Piano and Organ Listings and Remedies Ad
Where to go for a piano or organ at J W Wheatley Easton Md offers Weaver organs and Bush Gert pianos. Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised as best for coughs colds and croup with local sellers W E Brown Denton and H Duffey Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Weaver Organs
Bush & Gert’s
Chamberlain
A.W. Baldridge
Millersville
Ill
W. E. Brown
Denton
H. Duffey
Hillsboro
Sketch of Napoleon Bonaparte at a Choptank circle meeting
Rev Samuel Edson read an original sketch on Napoleon Bonaparte prepared at the request of the Choptank Chau tauqua Circle. The piece traces Napoleon as the representative figure of the 19th century transition, discussing the French Revolution, democracy, and the shift from dynastic rule to liberal ideas, concluding with a critique by Talleyrand and Seeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Edson
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Europe
Germany
Burns
Cotter
Cowper
France
Waterloo
Rock of
St. Helena
Talleyrand
Alexander
Pitt
Prof. Seeley
Bonaparte
Rousseau
Eynic
Prolonged Visits End as Miss Evans and Miss Bowen Return Home
Miss Pauline Evans returns to Felton Delaware after an extended visit to her uncle Mr. Joseph H Boone. Miss Laura Bowen from Petersburg Delaware comes home following a long visit with relatives. Local farmers resume farm duty as the town’s activity shifts. Towers reports a car load of baled hay ready for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Evans
Joseph H. Boone
Felton
Delaware
Laura Bowen
Petersburg
Del
Wilmington Methodist Conference opens at Smyrna in the 27th annual session
The Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference met at Smyrna with Bishop John F. Hurst presiding. Officers were elected, committees named, and reports heard. Discussions covered lay delegates, circuit changes, and potential unity of neighboring circuits as sessions continued.
Bethel faces uncertain action as Dover district reports
The presiding elder of the Dover district read a report on Thursday noting no deaths among ministerial brethren. It lists charges with no increases including Cannon Galestown Williston Farmington Houston Milford Crapo Ellendale Williamsburg Zoar Armory Dover Little Creek Magnolia and Lincoln. The district reports several churches built 173 conversions and all apportionments met except one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Dover
Cannon
Galestown
Williston
Farmington
Houston
Milford
Crapo
Ellendale
Williamsburg
Zoar
Armory
Little Creek
Magnolia
Lincoln
Fruit Train Plans Aim to Boost Salisbury Berry Trade
The Salisbury Advertiser reports B C A Railway general agent B L Fleming visited to discuss berry freight during the upcoming season. A berry train to Baltimore would depart with the Boston train to deliver by 3 am, aiding markets in Baltimore and northern cities. United States Express lines may move berries north and west, expanding reach as far as Pittsburg. Officials expect fair demand as mills run and southern supply remains tight after a harsh winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury Advertiser
B. L. Fleming
B.C. & A. Railway Company
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo
Syracuse
Rochester
Elmira
Williamsport
Oswego
United States Express Company
Pittsburg
Weaver Organs Triumph in Baltimore Trial and School Contract
A booklet from Weaver Organ & Piano Co describes a city hall trial in Baltimore comparing seven organs with Weaver winning. Weaver organs have been used in Baltimore Public Schools under a three year contract renewed for two more. Also notes Easton bicycle club reps plan to form a bicycle circuit with Federalsburg Cambridge Chestertown Salisbury and Easton, aiming for spring and fall meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver Organ & Piano Company
York
City Hall
Baltimore
Weaver
Baltimore City
J. W. Wheatley
Easton
Federalsburg
Cambridge
Chestertown
Salisbury
Obituaries Chronicle Local Notables and Deaths
Multiple obituaries record deaths of Mrs. Robert G. Stewart s brother in law Thomas C Annabal in Goodland Indiana at about age 50 from blood poisoning. Names include Mrs Rebecca Ayres Mrs Edward Shepherd Dr Wesley Stuck Miss Mary Emma Young Mrs Laura Tyson Greer Mrs Hester Nichols and Mrs Belle Perry with interments in Smyrna Cambridge Baltimore and Federalsburg. Also notice of local crops seed sales by B Stevens in Williston Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Stewart
Thomas C. Annabal
Goodland
Ind
New York
T. Wilson Annibal
Annabal
Joseph Pearson
Denton
Rebecca T. Ayres
T. O. Ayres
Delaware City
Joseph Disch
Smyrna
Bright
Indy
M. E
Edward Shepherd
Cambridge
J. James Fable
Shepherd
Wesley Stuck
Philadelphia
Stack
Hunting Creek
Caroline
Baltimore
Talbot
Mary Emma Young
Major Young
Young
Laura Tyson Greer
J. C. Clark
Federalsburg
Robert A. Greer
Hester Nichols
Daniel Nichols
Nichols Post Office
Belle Perry
David Perry
Fourth District
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Goorh
Pr. M
M.y M
the Local Department
Nichols
Denton Bridge
J. T. Davis
Smithville
Circuit Court
G. W. Johnson
Brown
William F. Bailey
Centreville
Queen Anne’s County
C. B. M. Bryan
J. H. Honey
Templeville
Honey
Zora H. Brinsfield
H. C. Wilson
Fork
Cambridge News
Marydel and
J. Earle Rochester
W. D. Taylor
M. A. Taylor
Maud Gooden
Sparklin
Hillsborough
Maggie Cook
Kent County
James Stevenson
H. E. Ramsdell
J. M. Lindale
Cordova
Isabel Percy
Mary Richardson
Internal Revenue
Dashiell
Rts
Peach Prospects
Maryriel
Church News
Tunis
C. S
Knight
England
Lord Lyttledon
Bolinghoke
David Hume
Adam Smith
Dr. Price
Lord Stair
Louis XV
Louis XVI
States’ General
Towers
John F. Wurst
T. H. Hollingsworthy ® Co
Rei
Odd Fellows’ Building
Baston
Maryland
B. G. Steevens
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