Local Department Highlights and Community Notes
Centreville court convened on Tuesday as local governance, trades, and daily life anchor Denton area updates. Justice Hignatt and West dispatch offenders, steamer schedules shift, and new millinery shops open while farmers report steady poultry and fruit markets.
James N Todd Dies After Yearlong Illness at Johns Hopkins
James Nathan Todd prominent Caroline lawyer dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after over a year of stomach illness. Born 1861 near Denton he studied at Felton Seminary and Dover Academy and practiced law in Caroline County. He served as chancery commissioner and was a Republican candidate for State's Attorney in 1887. Funeral held in Denton with local clergy officiating.
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Caroline Bar
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Denton
Todd
Denison
Robert W. Todd
Felton
Dover
Delaware
Caroline
Henry R. Lewis
American Union
John H. Emerson
Messrs. F. C
H. E. Ramsdell
Ella Jump
Register of Wills
Robert J. Jump
Clara Naudain
James M. Naudain
Philadelphia
United States
Naudain
Alexander Hardcastle
James N. Todd
Jdr
John R. Todd
Washington
Robert M
George W. Todd
New York
W. J. Davis
Federalsburg
Grace
Mary
Alice Todd
Rev
Z. H. Webster
Messrs
G. M. Russum
M. B. Stephens
W. D. Taylor
T. Pliny Fisher
W. F. Penington
Walter Sparklin
All Day Holiness Meeting at Friendship M E Church
An all day holiness meeting is planned at Friendship M E Church on Thursday May 12 led by Rev J H Wilson pastor who will invite neighboring preachers and urge earnest prayer for victory unsaved souls and sanctification The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society holds a Greensbor ough district meeting May 24 with sessions morning afternoon and night The public is invited A German church was dedicated at Maple Dam Dorchester county on Sunday the first of its sect on the Eastern Shore
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J. H. Wilson
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
Greensborough M. E
Maple Dam
Dorchester County
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P. H. Wright
Chereh Tere
A. D Dick
Connecticut
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Culver
Thomas Hignatt, Sr
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Resolutions of Respect for James N Todd Esq
At a Bar Association meeting in Caroline County the death of James N Todd Esq was announced with praise for his diligence honesty and public spirit The bar asks circuit and orphans courts to spread the resolutions on their minutes and send copies to his family and local newspapers for publication
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James N. Todd
Caroline County
Circuit Court
Orphans’ Court
Emma Bell
William T. Bell
T. W. Bell
Mary E. Legates
W. T. Legates
Annie E Moore
Harry Fleming
Davids
George H. Moore
Sigler
George M. Russum
Edwards Parker Men of Plains Praise Pain Balm
Edwards and Parker of Plains Ga endorse Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism lame back and muscular pains. Sold by Hugh Duffey Hillsboro R J Colston Ridgely W E Brown Denton.
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Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
R. J. Colston
Ridgely
W. E. Brown
Denton
Two Dwellings for Rent in East Denton
Two dwellings in East Denton offered for rent with applications directed to Walter Sparklia.
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East Denton
Walter Sparklia
Manilla Battle News and Local Notices
Local notices cover bereavement and social updates while war bulletins detail Dewey's Manila Bay victory and Sampson's Cuba prizes. Reports mention volunteers enlisting, church appointments, and a new ice factory project ready near the depot with regional farming and market implications.
Captain Wheeler's Peculiar Accident
Captain C. C. Wheeler of Hills borough and head of Wheeler Transportation Line suffered a remarkable mishap on a Baltimore pier during a snow storm. While raising an umbrella to help a departing passenger he felt his left arm go numb, then found it broken in two places. a physician diagnosed the break rather than paralysis.
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Hillsborough
Wheeler Transportation Line
Baltimore
Wheeler
Elmer E. Wheeler
Captain Wheeler
In Memory of Miss Frances E Willard Commemorative Meeting
A Tuesday night gathering at Epworth Hall featured a prayer, choir singing, an address on temperance by Rev. Webster, solos and recitations by local performers, and a group quartet. Webster urged youth to shun liquor, arguing health and happiness depend on sobriety.
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Epworth Hall
Mr. Webster
Miss May Fisher
Waihe Bower
Annie Fisher
Mabel Clark
N. A. Roe
May Fisher
Arthur Fisher
James Swann
Mgr. Webster
Barclay Socials and Local Incidents Report
Mr Leslie Wallace Miss Essa Weedman and Mr 8 R Stevens of Barclay were Miss Bertha Graham's guests on Sunday. Mrs William E Graham, returning from church, was bicycle struck but not seriously hurt. A Barclay youth visits Goldsborough biweekly. Mr W S Booth and Miss L Wilson spent Sunday with friends in Delaware. Miss Lou Milby visited her uncle near Woodland. Mr John Murphy spent Sunday with his mother.
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Leslie Wallace
Essa Weedman
R. Stevens
Barclay
Bertha Graham
William E. Graham
Goldsborough
W. 5. Booth
L. Wilson
Delaware
Lou Milby
Woodland
John Murphy
Levy Court Orders Road Through County Lands
County commissioners met on Tuesday to lay out a road across lands of William F A Meredith Greenbury Williamson Brown Bros William M Brown and Sarah Dare with named surveyors. They instructed the clerk to tell Edward Meredith to stop work on the old Bloomery road and asked Sheriff Rice to remove a wire fence placed by the supervisor. The local cry references Mr McKinley and Mr Sampson.
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William FA. Meredith
Greenbury Williamson
Brown Bros
William M. Brown
Sarah Dare
Wm. D. Taylor
Nathaniel Horsey
Wm. E. Liden
Edward Meredith
Bloomery Road
Sheriff Rice
Lecture Postponed by Denton Committee
The Denton Entertainment Committee announces a postponement of Mr. Jones lecture due to illness. A new date will be set within two weeks and ticket holders should retain their tickets. Also promotes Allen's Foot-Kase noting relief for swollen tired feet with a 25 cent trial package.
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Allen
Aen S. Olmsted
le Roy
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Eastern Shore geography sparks a naming dispute in Baltimore papers
A Baltimore Ledger letter urges precise locality when noting residents like Mr. So and so and Miss Thingumbob departing for the Eastern Shore. The writer notes the Shore spans nine counties and 3500 square miles, risking misidentification among Cecil, Somerset, or other counties, and even within Talbot. He cites many people named Jim Smith to illustrate the ambiguity.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake
Haston Ledger
Baltimore Press
Jim
Obituary for Maria Catharine Andrew and Reverend Maloy’s son
Mrs Maria Catharine Andrew widow of Charles M Andrew of Tuckahoe Neck died Monday in Philadelphia from a complication of diseases. Surviving children include Charles J Andrew Shelbyville Indiana Robert L Andrew East Haven Connecticut Ruth Annie Andrew Easton Md and Lizzie G Andrew Philadelphia. Funeral services were held in Philadelphia and remains brought to Denton for interment at Denton Cemetery Wednesday with Rev F H Webster officiating. Deceased had been a member of Harris Chapel for twenty years. Graham Maloy son of Rev J E Maloy died Tuesday at the residence of his sister Mrs Corkran in Wilmington of pulmonary trouble. Interment was at Easton Thursday with Rev W W Poisal officiating.
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Cooper Bros
Centreville Court
Brown
Henry W. Hughes
W. D. Uhler
Denton
James E. Hignatt
Fred Stewart
Solomon Reynolds
Talbot County
Alan F. Benjamin
B. C
Viola Griffith
Mary Meredith
Maud Towers
Ford Breeding
Celeste Nabold
B. W. Parker
Miss Todd
Baltimore
Favorite
Queenstown
James T. Kemp
Agner
Eugene Graham
Gernhart Stained Glass Works
Methodist Protestant Church
Queenstowne
Andersontown
Hobbs
Anderson
Queen Anne’s
Maria Catharine Andrew
Charles M. Andrew
Tuckahoe Neck
Philadelphia
Charles J. Andrew
Shelbyville
Indiana
Robert L. Andrew
East Haven
Connecticut
Ruth Annie Andrew
Easton
Lizzie G. Andrew
Denton Cemetery
H. Webster
Harris’ Chapel
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J. E. Maloy
Corkran
Wilmington
W. W. Poisal
Easton's Military Company Organized at Maston
A new military company formed in Maston last week lists Captain Charles W. Adams First Lieutenant Owen Norris and Second Lieutenant Charles S. Carrington. Adams returned from Chicago on Tuesday and Carrington posted a Denton notice inviting volunteers. The unit may soon be called into state troops camp and could see service. A former deputy clerk Allan S. Martin was once a lieutenant in an Easton company. An old Westerfield Ind resident praises Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a long trusted bowel remedy available from local merchants.
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Charles W. Adams
Owen Norris
Charles S. Carrington
Adams
Chicago
Carrington
Denton
Allan S. Martin
Easton
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