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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1898

Page

3

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.

James Nathan Todd 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

Friendship M. E. Church J. H. Wilson Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Methodist Episcopal Church Greensborough M. E Maple Dam Dorchester County Mollie Wright P. H. Wright Chereh Tere A. D Dick Connecticut Johnson W. W. Dukes Culver Thomas Hignatt, Sr Dayton, O Dewey Manila Philippine Islands Hemisphere Manila Bay Washington Philippines Spain Hong Kong Sampson Cuba Butcher Weyler Oregon Rio Janeiro Porto Rico

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

Bar Association 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.

Edwards & Parker Merchants of Plains Chamberlain 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.

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.

C. C. Wheeler 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.

Frances E. Willard 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.

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.

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.

Allen Aen S. Olmsted le Roy N. Y

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.

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.

W. E. Brown 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 Graham Maloy 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.

Maston Charles W. Adams Owen Norris Charles S. Carrington Adams Chicago Carrington Denton Allan S. Martin Easton

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