Local notes and upcoming events in Denton area
Camden camp meeting opens July 27. Seventy five chairs bought for Epworth Hall. Road repairs on Denton Williston road near completion. Talbot school trustees appoint several ladies. Notaries public Wilmer Emory and J Louis Rhodes named. Drug stores George and Redden move to Main street. Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic buys a new passenger locomotive. Company F First Maryland Volunteers sails to Fortress Monroe. J H Nichols & Son advertise shoes. Wheat at $1.36 in Baltimore market, corn 89 to 40 cents. Undergarments advertised at Everngam's. An orchestra to be formed with Prof Bowman. Town council re eletes Dunning bailiff and Smith lamp-lighter. Trustees of the poor organized. Hillsboro to host strawberry ice cream festival for Tri-County Council. New York National Biscuit order for army biscuits. Field promotes the vendor on the peninsula. Dennis Fooks lumber yard ad. M P Church quarterly conference at Denton hall. camp at Chilton's discussed. Joseph Kilson sentenced to a year in House of Correction for felonious assault. Miss Mary Lankford dies from blood poisoning after tick bite. Epworth League ninth anniversary observed at Denton M B E Church. Bank teller position opened. Walter Sparklin chosen. Alonzo Griffith dies at 33. funeral at Denton cemetery. Festival of the Nations at Epworth Hall features 15 young ladies in national costumes with cream cake and fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Epworth Hall
Evitts
Denton-Williston
Talbot
Wilmer Emory
Baltimore
J. Louis Rhodes
Queen Anne’s County
George & Redden
Main Street
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Company
First
Maryland Volunteers
Fortress Monroe
J. H. Nichols & Son
Everngam
William H. Cashe
Somers Blake
Hillsboro
Tri-County Council
United American Mechanics
New York National Biscuit Company
J. W. Field
Dennis & Fooks
Preston
M. P
Denton
Chilton’s
Joseph Kilson
House of Correction
John T. Temple
Mary Lankford
Federalsburg
Epworth League
Denton M. BE
James A. Trazzare
Sallie V. Stevens
Henry R. Lewis
People’s National Bank
Walter Sparklin
Denton Cemetery
Burrsville M E charge report and community notes
Burrsville M E charge held on Saturday. Dr. Baker preached at White's Sunday to a large audience. Quarterly conference raised the preacher salary by one hundred dollars. Mr. James Voss, nearly eighty, ill and valued citizen. Parsonage raided last week. pastor and wife pounded. both seemed to enjoy it. War topics prevalent. none enlisted yet. Eva Stafford recent Denton High grad considers Conference Academy. Mrs. Hopkins visiting son in Philadelphia. Quiet marriage at M E parsonage. Rev. L T McLain visited son in White Haven Md. Addie Porter learning millinery in Philadelphia. Farmers busy planting corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrsville
M. E
Baker
White’s
James Voss
Voss
M. BE
Eva Stafford
Denton High School
Conference Academy
M. T. Hopkins
Philadelphia
M. FE. Parsonage
L. T. McLain
White Haven
Addie Porter
Concord Local News and War Dispatches Mix
Local notes report social visits and accidents including a wrecked wagon after a horse spooked by a tree at Todd’s mill. Del. teen John W. Loockerman has joined the Delaware regiment at Camp Tunnell. War updates discuss government censorship, calls for 75 000 volunteers, and Maryland’s quota of 1 166 with the 4th Regiment likely contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Dukes
Todd’s Mill
John W. Loockerman
Camden
Del
William Loockerman
Delaware Regiment
Camp Tunnell
Middletown
Amanda
Winnie Griffith
Mabel Smith
W. A. Johnson
James Griffith
Alice Stafford
Burrsville
W. Scott
Sam Jones
Federalsburg
W. R. Fountain
Cape Charles
Navy Department
Cervera
Spain
Dewey
Sehley
Santiago
Cuba
Schley
Maryland
National Guard
Local Social News From Church Hill Area
Goldsborough Harry Walls and Miss Mary Roe of Church Hill join Miss Bertha Graham asSunday guests. Teachers Miss Wilson and Miss Heather held a pleasant Friday picnic marking the last day of school. Mrs EB Church South ladies plan a festival soon. Philadelphia Mr Jones visited farms nearby. Miss Mattie Bennett, ill long, can go out again. Miss Nevilla Greenly from Centreville visits Aunt Mrs N E Williams. Misses Pearle and Ethel Bradley return to Hartley. Bertha Graham visited Smyrna last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Walls
Mary Roe
Church Hill
EB. M. Ross
Barclay
Bertha Graham
Wilson
Heather
M. EB. Church South
Jones
Philadelphia
Mattie Bennett
Nevilla Greenly
Centreville
N. E. Williams
Pearle
Ethel Bradley
Hartley
Smyrna
Cordova Workers Endure Tree Accident and Local Transfers
Noah Smith, a Brown Bros. employee, was seriously injured last week when a tree fell on him, lacerating his head and face. John F. George Jr. sold his farm near Cordova, forty six and a half acres, to James A. Wilson for two thousand dollars cash. Beulah Day and Bessie Jarrell from Ridgely visited the Misses Rose over the weekend. Col. James Merrick of Barclay, Queen Annes County, visited his daughter Mrs. L. M. R. Carter. Mrs. Nellie Clark visited her sister Mrs. Elijah West in Wye Landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Smith
Brown Bros
John F. George, Jr
James A. Wilson
Beulah Day
Bessie Jarrell
Ridgely
L. M. R. Carter
Nellie Clark
Elijah West
Wye Landing
Storm Strikes Wheeler Granary and Nearby Trees
Thunderstorm at about 6 p.m. causes a lightning strike on Captain C. C. Wheeler’s granary injuring Mr. J. W. Holt and Mr. William H. Thawley who were inside. A nearby telephone pole is shattered and a large oak by the Tuckahoe near St. Paul’s Church is badly torn. The display is described as one of the most violent lightning shows in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Wheeler
J. W. Holt
William H. Thawley
Tuckahoe
St. Paul’s Church
Social Roundup of Visitors and Local Events
Maryidel hosts Miss Emma Hall and Miss Topsy Fallowfield for a weekend in town. Several out of town guests visit, including Miss Ethel Richard and Miss Smith with Mr. Paul Richard from Church Hill. The Jr O U A M held a banquet in their lodge rooms midweek. H W Pippin from Elkton visits family. Milton C Greene attends a Denton commencement. Mrs B Conway of New York visits her parents. Burris of Philadelphia spends last week with friends. Julia Parmley and Estella Boyer from Wyoming Delaware guests in town. Cora M Pippin visits Miss Swing of Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hall
Topsy Fallowfield
Ethel Richard
Smith
Paul Richard
Church Hill
Bertha Price
H. W. Pippin
Elkton
Milton C. Greene
Denton
B. Conway
New York
Burris
Philadelphia
Julia Parmley
Wyoming
Del
Estella Boyer
Cora M. Pippin
Miss Swing
Ridgely
Lecture by Sam P Jones Draws Large Presbyterian Audience
The sermon in the Presbyterian Church Monday evening drew a full house with chairs along aisles and in the gallery. The Lecture Bureau plans a monthly series next fall and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam. P. Jones
Bridgeville
Poole Brothers
Academy Street
George W. Todd
M. L. Smith
Dr. Galloway
Sykesville
Howard County
Fifteen Year-Old Boy Sentenced to Death
Dennis a 15 year old colored youth was convicted of murdering his stepfather in Pocomoke City on January 24 and was sentenced to death by Judge Holland on Wednesday The accused showed no visible emotion during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerfield
Dennis
Pocomoke City
Holland
Fighting Cider in Talbot County Laws and Lore
A Talbot county prohibition regulates cider sales by district with permits for county grown products in Easton St. Michael’s and Bay Hundred, while forbidding others. A Bay Hundred storekeeper’s illicit Baltimore cider leads to brawl after two glasses. the merchant destroys the barrel and quits selling cider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot County
Trappe
Chapel
Talbot
Easton
St. Michael’s
Bay Hundred
House of Correction
Chapel District
Baltimore
Agongin
Harbor Restrictions Threaten Baltimore Trade Delays
Baltimore harbor limits slow night steamers entering the city, risking late deliveries of fruit and farm produce. John B. Wilson, president of the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway, urges light-draft night access to prevent losses as farmers in the Eastern Shore fear shifting shipments to Philadelphia if rules stay unchanged. Col. P. C. Hains said he cannot alter the regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Fort Carroll
John 8. Wilson
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company
Tastern
Philadelphia
Mr. Wilson
Col. P. C. Hains
Mob Hangs Garfield King After Salisbury Jail Raid
A mob of over 100 men from Trappe district seized Garfield King from Salisbury jail on Wednesday night. They forced the jail door with a telegraph pole and sledge, dragged King to the jail yard, hanged him from a tree, and riddled the body with bullets after nightfall following a fatal shooting of Herman Kenney by King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield King
Herman Kenney
Salisbury
Trappe
Orphans Court Proceedings Ledger Note
Orphans Court held a full bench session on Tuesday with administrators presenting inventories and appraisements for John Collins Horace Gibson Greenbury Bareus and James H Wilkinson. Orders to sell were granted and distributions passed while a dividend was filed on Annie Williams estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
James C. Collins
John Collins
Frederick R. Owens
Horace Gibson
Martha L. Bareus
Charles 5. Bareus
Greenbury
Bareus
16 is the Best on Earth says Chamberlain Pain Balm
Edwards and Parker of Plains Georgia tout Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism lame back and deep seated and muscular pains. Sold by Hugh Duffey Hillsboro Georgia R J Colston Ridgely Georgia and W E Brown Denton Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards & Parker
Plains
Chamberlain
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
R. J. Colston
Ridgely
W. E. Brown
Denton
Col Tilghman and Admiral Dewey account
Col Oswald Tilghman of Easton recalls a Civil War clash with Admiral Dewey when both were young officers. Tilghman’s battery fired on the Mississippi gun boat near Port Hudson, aiding its sinking as Dewey and crew abandoned ship. He later sent wishes to Dewey and thanked God he did not kill him, noting they may someday meet. Baltimore Sun account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Oswald Tilghman
Easton
George Dewey
Dewey
Port Studson
Mr. Tilghman
Rock City
Mississipi
Tilghman
Mississippi
Admiral Déwey
Manila
Port Hudson
Baltimore Sun
Summer Excursion Route Book by Pennsylvania Railroad
The Passenger Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad will issue the 1898 Summer Excursion Route Book on June 1. It lists over four hundred eastern resorts, routes, and fares with maps and illustrations. Available at ticket offices for ten cents or twenty cents by mail from Broad Street Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
America
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Beautiful summer resort opens at Chester Queenstown 1898
On and after June 11 the resort at Botingly on Chester, Queenstown, opens for the 1898 season. Special Queen Anne's Railroad rates for Sunday Schools and others. Grounds laid for lawn tennis croquet and base ball for patrons. Hotel meals at popular prices. fishing boating bathing crabbing and amusements. Apply for railroad rates to C C Waller Pier 91 Light Street Baltimore Md. M J Marx is hotel manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botingly
Chester
Queenstown
Queen Anne’s
C. C. Waller
Light Street
Baltimore
M. J. Marx
Damages Awarded in Railroad Passenger Case in Easton
William A. Kirby of Trappe sued the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad for 5000 dollars after being ejected by Conductor Parker from a westbound train between Ocean City and Berlin. The jury awarded 5000 dollars. trial began Saturday with Gen. Joseph B. Seth and Mullikin Mullikin for the plaintiff and William H. Adkins for the defense. Adkins gave notice of a motion for a new trial. A separate Talbot county indictment found against Wom T H Lee for tax defaulting involves a 9000 dollar shortage. bond set at 1000 dollars each. Lee remains at large as officers pursue him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Kirby
Trappe
Talbot County
Parker
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic
Ocean City
Berlin
Easton
Joseph B. Seth
Mullikin & Mullikin
William H. Adkins
Wom
T. H. Lee
Grand Juy
Lee
Wm. R. Martin
Charles R. Wooters
Capt
Edward Roberts
Harry Roberts
Mr. Lee
Corn Bread Urges Cornmeal Diet Across the South
The Louisville Courier-Journal argues high wheat prices need not harm households, praising corn bread as tastier, more digestible, and nourishing for both laborers and sedentary workers. It cites the Atlanta Journal praising cornmeal bread and calls for replacing wheat biscuit with corn meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
South
The
Atlanta Journal
Local railroad shed upgrades and office use noted
The shed at Queenstown end of the pier railroad is completed and painted in company colors along with a new spur track increasing car space. The waiting room has moved onto the pier and is split. the smaller section becomes the grain-buyer Mr Conn’s office at the freight shed. Dr Clinton Rich joins Dawson Jenkins drug store as pharmacist, welcoming friends. Mrs B W Parker opens millinery with Miss Todd of Baltimore supervising. H M Thompson advertises carriages and machinery and binder twine. Downing supplies T L Day Swing and Bro with timber for basket factory and fruit cases. Miller of Baltimore has settled in Hillsborough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Conn
Clinton Rich
Dawson & Jenkins
Rich
Hasten Star- Democrat
B. W. Parker
Miss Todd
Baltimore
H. M. Thompson
Binder Twine
Lumberman Downing
T. L. Day, Swing & Bro
Dewey
de. Miller
Hillsborough
Best Remedy for Rheumatism Claims Quick Relief
From Fairhaven New York State register Mr James Rowland notes his wife suffered rheumatism for 25 years A recent pain episode led to Chamberlains Pain Balm purchase Instead of a doctor the balm gave relief in an hour Now used regularly for aches Hugh Duffey Hillsboro R J Colston Ridgely and W E Brown Denton carry 25 and 50 cent sizes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhaven
M. Y
James Rowland
Mr. Rowland
Chamberlain
Special excursion tickets to Wilmington by Delaware Division
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell special excursion tickets on Thursday June 9 from all stations on the Delaware Division south of Porter inclusive to Wilmington and return for a single fare. Tickets are valid for travel on regular trains June 9 there and June 10 and 11 back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
Delaware Division
Porter
Board of Trade in Denton Adopts By Laws and Constitution
Denton citizens attend meeting in the grand jury room to adopt a five article constitution and by laws for the board of trade. Membership fees set at 3 dollars with 2 dollars annual dues. Seven directors including president and vice president oversee work. next meeting aims for larger attendance. Enrollment of members is ongoing and an organization will be perfected at the next Monday night meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Board of Trade
Denton
Enoch George
M. B. Stephens
Betts and Collison wed at Greensborough parsonage May 1898
In Greensborough M E church the wedding of R J Betts and Mary C Collison, both of Burrsville, took place on May 25 1898 with Rev A Green officiating. The Westerfield News notes Frank McAvoy a longtime L N A C Ry employee praising Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as his family staple for bowel disorders and lists local agents Hugh Duffey Hillsboro R J Colston Ridgely W E Brown Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerfield
Ind
Frank McAvoy
Chamberlain
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
R. J. Colston Ridgely
W. E. Brown
Denton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Public Business Calendar
Cincurt
Onpphays
Levy
the Local Department
Cpa
Odd Fellows
Town Hall
Milton
Delaware
Endeavor Lodge
Geo. M. Russum
W. S. Crouse
Geo. A. Deakyne
Elizabeth Pippin
Sallie Stevens
Temple Lodge
Z. Potter Steele
Thomas H. Douglass
J. Dukes Downes
H. Webster
Steele
Douglass
John S. Barnhart
Our Lady
Harvey L. Cooper
Maine
Robt. Hopkins
Thomas Coverdale
N. W. White
Joseph Lank
Albert G. Towers
Willard BE. West
Anglo-American Alliance
W. H. Deweese
W. H. Kenney
F. A. Waugh
Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
Rassum
Z. H. Webster
Denton Lodge
R. Earle Fisher
Fifth
Maryland Regiment
Fisher
G. M. Fisher
L. H. Gadd
Annapolis
John Howard
Katie K. Hobbs
Washington College
Chestertown
William Longfellow
Greensborough
Andrew Clark
Marydel
Emma Clark
Elva Gruwell
Felton
Frank Taylor
Addie Payne
Harmony
Charles E. Turner
Alfred Smith
Dover
Ella Moore
W. H. Anderson
Eliason
J. H.C. Legg
Katie Duffey
Washington
John T. Carter
Frank DeFord
Tuckahoe Neck
Brown Dunning
Belle Deweese
N. A. Hutson
Concord
Goldsborough
Cordova
Willsborough
Maryidel
Hynton
Ella Whiteley
J. W. Wilson
N. H. Bennum
Bennoum Station
Alten
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Col. Tilghman
Admiral Dewey
Mania
Mis
Holingly
Mollie E. Wright
Houston
Royal
Qoya
Royal Baking Powder CO
Tion
Cale
J. L. Everngam
Caroline County
B. Frank Edgell
W. W. Seward
Jas
T. Sylvester
Caroline Co
Morse
John W. Stephens
Mad
Niewspare Rerer
PMU
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