Methodists Session Sketches and Local News Highlights
Twenty third annual session of the Wilmington Conference sketches as Rev H S Thompson and E S Mace take key committees. Local notes report Seaford postmaster, road works, mills, crop prices, Easter plans, river traffic, Arbor Day observances, and multiple church appointments across Wilmington Easton Dover and Salisbury districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whimmlington
H. 5
Thompson
E. 5
Mace
G. W. Bushel
T. C. Smoot
John W. Todd
J. D. Kemp
A.S. Mowbray
T. L. Price
Frank Fletcher
G. P. Smith
Caroline County Dem call for fair treatment in state ticket
A letter to the editor urges fair consideration for Caroline County in the Maryland Democratic convention. It endorses Colonel Luther H. Gadd for clerk of the Court of Appeals and argues Caroline has long supported the party while seeking rightful recognition. The writer calls for justice and baskets of respect for local effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
George Wells
Anne Arundel County
Luther H. Gadd
Caroline County
Baltimore Argus
the JourNaw
Maryland
Democratic Party
Caroline
Editr
Gadd
Arbor Day Program In County Public Schools
Arbor Day activities in county public schools planned by Examiner Stephens. Morning sessions feature songs Bible chapter reading Lord's Prayer recitation and tree-related quotations. Afternoon sets include an Arbor Day address a series of grade recitations songs a six-boy dialogue and student papers ending with forest hymn readings and a patron address.
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Stephens
Friendship Creamery Elects Officers and Directors
Officers for the coming year are President J. H. Williams Treasurer J. S. Willis and Secretary W. P. Taylor. Directors chosen include Robert Patton Frank Nichols J. T. Covey and J. P. Cook.
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The
Friendship Creamery
J. H. Williams
J. S. Willis
W. P. Taylor
Robert Patton
Frank Nichols
J. T. Covey
J. P. Cook
Tuckahoe Ridge Bridge Planned at Harsey Landing
Talbot and Caroline counties approve a joint project to build a Tuckahoe river bridge at Harsey's Landing with abutment on fast land. Expected completion in summer. One third of costs to Caroline. estimate under $1,333.33 for Talbot portion. direct Denton to Easton route may save five miles. Specifications soon to be issued.
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Tuckahoe Ridge
Tuckahoe River
Harsey’s Landing
Talbot
Caroline Counties
Talbot Board
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton
Easton
Caroline
Railroad officials inspect Ridgely depot site
General Superintendent Kenney Division Superintendents Mills and Holliday Engineer Long Train master Murphy and others from the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad visited Ridgely on Tuesday to review the proposed new depot. The plan calls for a telegraph and freight office and two waiting rooms with a station located about 100 yards below the old building on First avenue, likely built in the Kenton style, with improved sidings to handle heavy fruit and canned goods shipments. The company favors the project and expects completion this year, promising added comfort for travelers at a key Peninsula shipping point.
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H. F. Kenney
Mills and Holliday
Long
Murphy
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
Ridgely
Thomas A. Smith
Kenney
First Avenue
Kenton
Resolutions Honoring John Wiley Wiernas II
A local fraternal order notes the death of John Wiley Wiernas II with deep sorrow and praise for his character as a husband father Christian officer and member. The group resolves to express sympathy to his widow confer a three member committee to deliver copies and request press republication while preserving an engrossed copy in archives.
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Wiernas II
Brather
John Wiley
Wiernas
J. S. Oner
A.C. Snownes
Theories on the Origin of Right Handedness
The article outlines two main approaches to handedness origins. One attributes it to anatomical causes affecting all individuals, the other to societal conventions. It argues theories must explain sensation, left-handed exceptions, and the alignment of handedness with organ transposition cases.
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Serioner
County appoints road supervisor in Hartsville
County commissioners on Tuesday named Mr. R. H. Dill supervisor of the public roads running through Hartsville. The session focused on bills abatements and transfers. On Wednesday the Caroline board traveled to Easton to confer with Talbot officials about the Tuckahoe river bridge project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Dill
Hartsville
Caroline Board
Easton
Talbot Commissioners
Tuckahoe River
Second Meeting of County Teachers Held in Denton Academy
The second meeting of the County Teachers Association met at Denton Academy on Thursday with broad attendance. The program covered missed-lesson actions, school-room evils and textbook use, with talks by several teachers and visiting dignitaries. Preparations for a new hotel and livery on Francis lot, Delaware side, were announced along with clergy appointments and local civic notes from Marydel and Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Teachers’ Association
Denton Academy
Sue Kurtz
Bessie Fleming
Mary Fisher
Messrs
T. A. Smith
N. L. Rae
Charles B. Harrison
James Swann
Kincheloe
Katie Hobbs
Collins
Vallaint
Burke
Willis
Bella Simpers
May Fisher
Lara Downes
Marydel
Francis Lot
Delaware
Nathan
Jesse Jones
Smyrna Visitor Discusses Hagerstown Basket Factory
Mr A Lee Cummins of Smyrna visits Denton manager Rams dell to discuss an extensive basket factory in Hagerstown. Holliday named successor as Delaware division superintendent of the P W & B Rail Road, starts April 1, from Altoona. Various local figures noted: Dr H M Wilkinson, Rev Henry S Thompson, R D Bradley speech at Salisbury, Chas Gibson thanks for gov publications, Robert F Rochester to West Chester Normal, Clinton Cook trips Peninsula, Rev and Mrs S M Morgan visiting, George Me Russum in East, G F Beaven ill with la grippe, Thomas Bell moves to Montana.
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Wilson
J. W. Hammersley
France
Easton
Temperance
Blaine
Alfred Smith
Wilbur F. Corkran
Caroline County
Charles H. Fowler
J. D. Rigg
A. S. Mowbray
E. C. Macnichol
C. A. Grice
W. T. Valliant
W. R. Mowbray
Peninsula Methodist
Conference Chronicle
Grace Church
Wilmington
Central
Burrsville
Denton
White
Staytonsville
Farmington
Hynson
Nichols
T. O. Ayers
Salisbury
Ayres
J. W. Duhadway
Caroline
Mr. Duhadaway
Middletown
Del
Smith
R. C. Jones
Odessa
Jones
J. D. Kemp
Georgetown
Kemp
Murray
Bethel
Glasgow
W. Jaggard
Charlestown
E. H. Hynson
Cherry Hill
Union
T. B. Hunter
Chesapeake City
I. G. Fosnacht
Chester
A. P. Prettyman
Christiana
B. F. Price
Claymont
G. E. Wood
Delaware City
T. O. Ayres
Elk Neck
Edwin Gardner
Elkton
Crouches
Charles Hill
Hockessin
Ebenezer
D.H. Cork
Rising Sun
J. Bryan
Rowlandville
Mt. Pleasant
F. B. Short
St. George's
G. L. Hardesty
Asbury
J. D. C. Hanna
Brandywine
Edgemoor
Cookman
W. L. White
Epworth
J. Jewell
Grace
J. Y. Dobbins
Kingwood
H. T. Dulaney
Madely
E. C. Atkins
Mt. Salem
W. W. Sharp
King's Creek
J. H. Geoghegan
Kenton
A. Chandler
Marydel
G. 5
Conaway
Massey's
E. Welsh
N. M. Browne
Millington
E. E. White
H. S. Thompson
Oxford
H. C. ‘Turner
Pomona
Queenstown
J. W. Fogle
Rock Hall
Robert Roe
Royal Oak
J. Pasterfield
St. Michaels
J. J. Morris
Sassafras
W. Shears
Smyrna
W. W. W. Wilson
R. K. Stevenson
Still Pond
Sadlersville
Townsend
Frank Fletcher
Talbot
J. M. Collins
Trappe
W. R. McFarlane
Salem
Wye
A. C. Jones
Dover
J. A
P. E. Beckwith
W. F. Dawson
Bridgeville
J. P. Otis
T. F. Tabler
Broadkiln
N. P. Johnson
Bucktown
W. N. Conway
Cambridge
J. H. Howard
Camden
P. H. Rawlins
Cannon
W. L. P. Bowen
Church Creek
G. W. Bounds
Crapo
C. P. Swain
G. W. Townsend
Dorchester
W. K. Galloway
T. E. Terry
Dover Chapel
F. F. Carpenter
East New Market
Asbury Burke
Ellendale
J. P. West
Elliott's Island
B. Wheatley
Joseph Robinson
L. F. McLane
Lewes
F. C. McSorley
Lincoln
L. P. Corkran
Leipsic
W. M. Warner
Magnolia
L. W. Layfield
Milford
Robert Watt
Millsboro
James Carroll
Milton
T. R. Creamer
Masten
H. O. Frazier
Nassau
J. S. Wickline
Preston
E. P. Roberts
T. B. Cooper
Seaford
Taylor's Island
J. H. Robinson
Vienna
S. R. Maxwell
Williamsburgh
John D. LeCates
Williston
W. M. Green
Woodside
J. S. Moore
Wyoming
A. Green
Conference Academy
John R. Todd
George Todd
W. F. Coreran
A. Lee Cummins
R. L. Holliday
I. N. Mills
Delaware
P. W. & B. Railroad
Holliday
Altoona
H. M. Wilkinson
Mollie Wilkinson
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Henry S. Thompson
R. D. Bradley
Wicomico Farmers’ Alliance
Chas. H. Gibson
Robert F. Rochester
West Chester
Clinton Cook
Hubbard & Co
Peninsula
S. M. Morgan
Hillsborough
George Me Russum
G. F. Beaven
Thomas Bell
Ridgely
Montana
Williamson's Free School Examination Results
In the county semi annual exam, Williamson's Free School held March 12 and 13. Top averages include Grace Gelletly 92, Mira Stevens 87, Bertha Holbrook 83, Dora Gelletly 83, Frank Nuttle 83, Frank Gelletly 80, Fred Nuttle 76, Bessie Stevens 74, Nora Eaton 74, Estella Payne 65. E Weaver, Teacher.
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Williamson's Free School
Grace Gelletly
Mira Stevens
Bertha Holbrook
Dora Gelletly
Frank Nuttle
Frank Gelletly
Academy festival to be held Monday and Tuesday evenings
The teachers and pupils plan a festival at the Academy on Monday and Tuesday evenings next. The public is invited. Attendees of the Methodist church services may be served before and after. Tally Up to the Times offers reading styles and best wearing shoes hats and umbrellas at low city prices via Robertson and Carr at E Pratt Street Baltimore.
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Methodist Church
Times
Robertson & Carr
Henry Allnutt
Democrats to Present Senator Gorman with Silver Dinner Set
A memorial committee plans a complete silver dinner set for Senator Gorman in recognition of his role in defeating the force bill. Subscriptions will be opened in counties with a public meeting at Denton Court House on Tuesday March 31 at 2 PM. The design features a silver plateau centerpiece and coat of arms with an inscription. Additional pieces may be added if funds permit, with completion targeted for late April and a May 1 presentation ceremony.
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Gorman
Senate
Court House
Denton
Last honors paid to Gen Joseph E Johnston memory
The last honors to Gen Joseph E Johnston were simple and quiet, held at St Johns Church in Washington and the body laid in Greenmount Cemetery Baltimore without display. Other notes mention a quiet Baltimore marriage Rev C R B Wood and Miss Lailie Roe, Judge Holman on federal costs, Nayard daughter and Count Lewenhaupt wedding in Wilmington, and local notices of farmers reports and ads.
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Joseph E. Johnston
St. John’s P. E. Church
Washington
Baltimore
Greenmount Cemetery
Lailie Roe
Eliza Roe
Ingleside
C. RB. Wood
M. E. Church South
Wilmington
Kinnamon & Shields
Fire Destroys Wyatts Farm House Near Here
A dwelling on Richard C Wyatts farm about one mile east burned Thursday night. Tenant Benjamin Baker and family woke as chimney collapsed in kitchen where fire started. Buildings were insured. Also noted were a scuffle between two Delaware horse-traders Britman and Porter on the road, and upcoming church services with Rev Julius C West and Rev Mr Lewis arranging Easter events and extra choir music.
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Richard C. Wyatts
Rothinst
Benjamin Baker
Britman
Porter
Dickey" Draper
Lintman
Tabler
Julius C. West
Little Creek
Mr. Lewis
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Denton Journal
A.st
Gooda.m
S. A. Brown
Wicomico
N. Barnard
Catholic Church
Smithville
Farmers’ Alliance
East Main Street
Charles Stevens
Newark
Ohio
Bowen & Co
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Fourth
Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad Company
James Wright
Federalsburg
Wright
T. F. Cook
William Collins
Beauchamp
Rochester
Ridgely Grounds
Uniox
Lewis
Ran
Hopewell
O. S. Walton
Marshalltown
Stanton
C. H. Williams
Mount Lebanon
J. T. van Burkalow
Mount Pleasant
W. E. Tomkinson
Wesley
W. J. Duhadway
New Castle
T. E. Martindale
Newport
Northeast
J. B. Quigg
Port Deposit
A. Stengle
Port Penn
F. E. McKinsey
Red Lion
Summit
W. H
Annamessex
J. D. Prouse
C. S. Baker
Barren Creek
E. K. Cooper
Berlin
E. Davis
Bishopville
G. T. Alderson
Cape Charles City
I’. Cross
Chincoteague
G. P. Jones
Concord
Clarence P. Northrop
Crisfield
H. W. Ewing
Deal’s Island
Delmar
A. D. Davis
Fairmount
C. W. Prettyman
Frankford
E. S. Mace
Fruitland
J. W. Gray
Girdletree
E. H. Derrickson
Gumboro
J. Brewington
Holland's Island
G. W. Wilcox
Laurel
S. N. Pilchard
Mount Vernon
G. W. Bowman
Nanticoke
F. J. Cochrane
E. H. Miller
Onancock
G. W. Burke
Parksley
J. F. Anderson
Parsonsburg
W. J. Gregg
Pocomoke City
W. A. Wise
Pocomoke Circuit
D. F. McFaul
Powellville
J. E. Graham
Princess Anne
C. F. Sheppard
Quantico
J. M. Mitchell
Roxanna
C. T. Wyatt
Reed’s Wharf
W. Hastings
St. Peter’s
Warren Burr
C. A. Hill
Selbyville
Sharptown
Smith's Island
W. W. Chaires
Snow Hill
J. P. Sypherd
Stockton
N. McQuay
Somerset
T. N. Given
Tangier
James Conner
Westover
S. K. Morris
Whitesville
Z. H. Webster
Messenger
Col. Gudtd
the Court of Appeals
the Journal
Simon
Levy Court
Teachers In Council
Harry O. Frazier
Robert Frazier
George Conoway
Professor Robinson
Brother Conoway
Bishop Fowler
Charles W. Smith
Templeville
William H. Smith
Maud Greer
Martin Ford
Colorado
Thomas Ford
Martin K. Ford
George Jones
Kirby
Frank Smith
North Carolina
May Pruitt
Kent County
Peter Kemp
Andrew Clark
John Bishop
Centreville
Fred Clark
Clayton
Elizabeth Clark
EL BL Roberts
New Jerusalem Church
D. C
Christ
Lagrippe
W. Wright
Preston New Church Society
Baltimore Society
Stafford
J. H. Douglass
Social and Personal
Wiidtonson
Angely
Senator Gorman
Anstace
Philadelphia
Alva Knotts
John W
Stowell
Hillsbough
Burraville