Local notices and sales across Denton area towns
Numerous brief items list sales and bargains from McIlvaine's millinery to Velvet Lotion, December auto tags, and cash prices for wheat and corn. The report references tax and bank reorganizations, lectures at Masonic Hall, hospitalities, charity fairs, and social notices including a tragedy in Caroline County with the suicide of J. Raymond Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIlvaine's
Talbot Court
Hollingsworth's
Mctlvaine & Sister's
Herman’ Miller
Hobbs
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Exon
T. Alex
Cairns
Masonic Hall
Hillsboro
Albert W. Sisk
Fifth Regiment
Baltimore
Maryland Week
Newcomer
M. E. Church
Mellvaine & Sister
Main Street
Emmanuel King
Tuckahoe Neck
Myerstown
King
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E Church
H. Pastorfield Co
Stephen Porter
Harrington
Footers
Cumberland
Maryland
Herman H. Cade
Elizabeth
Cleveland
J. Raymond Murphy
Lower Caroline
Elis
Cora Moore
Dorchester County
Murphy
James R. Murphy
Federalsburg
Homecoming and reopening planned for Burrsville Methodist Church
A homecoming reunion and reopening of the Methodist Protestant Church at Burrsville are set for November 28 with an 11 am experience meeting led by Rev. J. S. Bowers and a 7 pm evangelistic service. The week includes harvest home services at nearby churches and a union Thanksgiving service in the Methodist Episcopal Church at 10:30 am led by Rev. T. C. Crouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Protestant Church
Burrsville
Friends of the Church
J. 5. Bowers
Maryland
Burdette
Easton
Mr. Gantt
F. J. Strayer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania
Our
Strayer
T. C. Crouse
D. D
Sheppard’s Church
B. F. Jester
M. FE
W. H.briggs
Preston
Robert Watt
Young Men's Club
Chestertown
Methodist Protestant
J. Gibson Gantt
William A. Smith
Richmond
J. E. Smith
Williston
Thomas
Stevensville
Concord
Lee Hignutt
M. E
Wesley Church
Christ Church
Denton
H. A. G. Westerfield
Bishop Adams
St. Paul's Church
Hillsboro
Christmas Gifts At Wrights Store Featured In Journal
Local business mentions include F. J. Wright with a store full of Christmas gifts and a special sale advertisement from Mrs. Hollingsworth offering trimmed and untrimmed hats at reduced prices for ten days. Also notes Velvet Lotion for dry hands, Rhode Island Red pallets for sale, reduced ribbons and hats, and Mellvaine Sisters millinery at McIlvaine's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Wright
I. S. Hollingsworth
Denton Drug Co
Rhode Island
J. Howard Pastorfield
Mellvaine Sisters
McIlvaine's
Prof Newcomer Lecture At Methodist Church
Prof W W Newcomer reader and impersonator speaks Monday evening November 22 at 8 o clock under the auspices of the Brotherhood of the Methodist Episcopal Church. An admirer credits him with wealth and variety of character delineation and says his characters seem to live before the audience. Don't miss this lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomer
W. W. Newcomer
Brotherhood of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Subscribe for the Journal and Get County News
A local newspaper offers a subscription to the Journal promising access to all county news. The notice highlights ongoing coverage across towns and communities with details on delivery options and pricing.
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Journal
Local Social Roundup Posts News of Guests and Visits
Norristown and nearby towns share a weekend of guests and hosting. Families from Wilmington Cedar Grove and Philadelphia visit hosts in Brownsville and Eddystone with tales of dinners surprises and returns from trips to Baltimore and New Jersey.
Funeral Of Master Nelson Fluharty In Ridgely
The Ridgely news notes the funeral for Master Nelson Fluharty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fluharty, who died of diphtheria. Mrs Fluharty and another younger son with the disease are improving. Revival services are set for November 21 at American Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Fluharty
Ira Fluharty
American Corner
Social Guests Attending Week Events Across Cities
Mrs. Rachel Harvey hosted a Saturday evening gathering with guests from West Collingswood New Jersey Philadelphia and Denton including Mrs Alex Mills Mrs Harry Hendricks Harriet Phillips and more. Other visits included Mrs Mary E Harvey in Philadelphia with her son as well as Miss Maggie Carter visiting her brother Wesley Porter. Ben Sheppard of New Castle visited Mr John Thawley and Mrs W T Bradley with son Charles hosted visitors from Wilmington Emlin Lloyd and John Porter. Pearl Sauterfield visited Houston while Mrs Robert Dill visited Wilmington relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Cloud
Walter
Norristown
W. R. Joiner
William
Robert
Denton
A. E. Shields
George E. Nichols
L. Murphy
Leonard Hobbs
Wilmington
Thomas Hobbs
Cedar Grove
King Brown
Brownsville
Worthmore Farm
Walter W. Weaver
Town
Howard Pritchett
G. W. Pemberton
Eddystone
George R. Horsey
J. Turner
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Charles Sipple
Charles Poore
Sadlersville
George Wooters
Howard Thompson
Hartley
William II Sipple
Antoinette Cannon
Baltimore
Joseph Orrell
Rachel Harvey
Alex. Mills
West Collingswood
N. J
Harry Hendricks
Harriet
Helen Myers
James E. Phillips
T. Lane Moore
Frank Yager
Aaron
Harry
Theodore Warren
Walter Cannon
John H. Thawley
W. T. Bradley
Charles
R. M. Harvey
Emlin Lloyd
John Porter
Pearl Sauterfield
Houston
Robert Dill
Harrington and Fisher Families Visit Hobbs
Har rington and Har rington couples traveled to Hobbs Sunday to visit Mrs. Harrington's brother J. A. Billing and family. President J. S. Howers is expected at the Union M. P. Church reopening in Buarrsville on the 28th inst. Mrs. Josephine Coates of Philadelphia has returned home after visiting Dr. J. H. Ward. Venerable M. E. Collison visits Millington relatives. W. E Speman returns to St. Paris after a week with Caroline relatives. L. Wheat and family relocate to Wilmington. W. H. Lord buys a new Maxwell touring car. Subscribe now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Harrington
James Fisher
Harrington
Hobbs
M. E. ,Collison
Richard Higman
Millington
W. E Speman
Caroline
St. Paris
L. Wheat
Wilmington
W. H. Lord
Local social notes from area families this weekend
Hickman and White families visited relatives in town while Mr and Mrs William Layton hosted guests from Greensboro. Several couples from Milford Dover Wilmington Farmington and Burrsville spent days with relatives, with updates on Mrs Torbert's improvement and Mrs E W Brown visiting Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ritchie
Hilda
Harrison Satterfield
Evelyn
Dover
Wilmington
William White
Philadelphia
William Layton
G. W. Wilson
C. Meloney
J.T. Breeding
Burrsville
George Haymond
Farmington
Gertrude Nenneman
John Torbert
E W. Brown
Baltimore
Preston preliminaries for Methodist services and meetings
The Junior Order American Mechanics plan to invite nearby lodges and attend memorial services Sunday November 28 at 3 p m at Preston Methodist Episcopal Church. The third quarterly conference of the M E charge is at 2 30 this afternoon. Dr Watt will preach tomorrow morning and at Bethlehem in the afternoon. Col and Mrs A W Sisk and others are visiting Baltimore for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
American Mechanics
Preston Methodist Episcopal Church
M. E. Charge
Watt
Bethlehem
A. W. Sisk
J. W. Payne
J. F.ledman
J. T. Dennis
J. R. Phillips
Baltimore
Personal mentions of local residents and visitors
Mr J Ormond Neal remains under surgical care at Cambridge Hospital after a recent accident with a severely lacerated hand. Russell D Cooper of Oxford and Miss Edith Cooper of Ridgely are wed at Ebenezer M EF parsonage Easton, witnessed by J E Ellwanger, C H Redden. Various locals visit, move, or travel, including John T Porter's improving health, Ether Ritchey and family guests of Wm Bullock, D H Deaner moving to Wilmington for shipyard work, and Ernest Cook family relocating to Pine Run Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ormond Neal
Cambridge Hospital
Russell D. Cooper
Oxford
Edith Cooper
Ridgely
Ebenezer M. EF. Parsonage
Easton
W. L. White
J. E. Ell
Wm. Bullock
D. H. Deaner
Wilmington
Deaner
Jackson & Sharp
John H. Wooters
Bessie
Mildred
Lewis Roach
Concord
Ernest Cook
Tuckahoe Neck
Lansdale
Pine Run Farm
Pentyn
Jeavons Pittman Suit Court of Appeals ruling
The Court of Appeals reverses a lower court in the Jeavons Pittman case. It holds the 1898 law and the marriage time govern and that the husband takes a life estate, not a dower, in the wife’s real estate. Reuben Garey and W Hrewer Deen represented the parties. All property is in the Fifth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeavons
Court of Appeals
Pattison
Reuben Garey
W. Hrewster Deen
Reception at the New Hospital in Easton Planned
Easton Gazette reports a reception at the new Emergency Hospital next Tuesday afternoon with President Francis G Wright junior presiding. Program includes prayers by Rt Rev Wm Forbes Adams and brief talks by Dr Charles P Noble, J H C Legg, T Alan Goldsborough, Dr Smith, Dr Harrison, Dr Tiffany, and Mrs Elizabeth Scanlan Noble on behalf of trained nurses. Ladies seek linen shower donations to aid the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hospital
Easton
New Emergency Hospital
J. H. C. Legg
Queen Anne's County
T. Alan Goldsborough
Caroline County
Smith
Johns Hopkins
Harrison
Mercy Hospital
Tiffany
University of Maryland
Shively Wins $1000 Award in Queen Anne's Court
In Queen Anne's Court last Friday a jury awarded J. W. Shively $1000 for false arrest against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company after a three day trial moved from the local county. Attorneys were Henry R. Lewis for the railroad and T. Alan Goldsborough for Shively with Sen. Harper and Sen. elect Legg aiding Lewis and Keating assisting Goldsborough.
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Shively
Queen Anne's Court
J. W. Shively
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Queen Anne's
Henry R. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
In Memoriam Ella Collison Remembered by Mother
In sad remembrance of our dear daughter Ella Collison wife of M F Collison who departed this life November 17 eight years ago Her memory lingers in our hearts When shadows lift and mists roll away I shall see her in the City of God Mother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Collison
M. F. Collison
Moving Carolines Capitol to a New County Seat
Capt. Charles W. Wright delivered an address to the Caroline County chapter on November 16 at Hotel Rennett Baltimore. The talk traced early county history from Melvin’s Warehouse to Pig Point Edenton Denton, detailing court and jail site battles, funds, and the 1793 brick courthouse built by William Benson at Pig Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Wright
Caroline
Caroline County
Eastern Shore Society
Hotel Rennett
Baltimore
Coroline County
Maryland
Assembly
Melvin
Pig Point
Choptank River
Dorchester County
Dorchester
Queen Anne County
General Assembly
Great Britain
William Hopper
Edentown
Robert Eden
Province of
Edenton
Choptank Bridge
Melvin’s Landing
Bridgetown
Ing
Denton
Annapolis
Seat of Justice
Melvill
William Richardson
Zebdial Potter
Joseph Richardson
Peter Edmondson
Joshua Willis
Pig Point Road
Eden- Town
Eden
George III
Board of Commissioners
Christopher Driver
William Robinson
Philemon Downes
Thomas Lockerman
William Benson
Talbot County
Benson
Auto thieves bungled Denton thefts and face court
In Denton a group of sailors stole a Ford car, two bicycles, and a 35 foot power boat before police halted them in Baltimore. Wilton Ashburn, Thomas Ashburn, and Frederick Poole confessed to thefts in Denton and Baltimore. They were jailed in Denton with court hearings slated for next week and April court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Deaner
Denton
Baltimore Star
Raleegh Hotel
Baltimore
Bavis
Thomas Ashburn
Wilton
Central
Thomas
Fred Poole
Carey
Stempel
Poole
Riverside Avenue
Hughes Street
Baltimore County
Deaner
Temple
Elijah Satterfield
Mr. Deaner
Mr. Satterfield
Frederick A. Poole
Dorchester
Hobbs
Orphans Court Grants Administrations in County Case
Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens presided in Orphans Court last Tuesday. The court approved letters of administration for the estates of William H. Cohee, Robert H. Dill, Raymond Murphy, and Martha J. Hignutt, with bonds filed, notices to creditors issued, and appraisers appointed. Several estates saw inventories and private sales orders, and the last will of Thomas H. Jarman was admitted to probate with letters testamentary granted to Clinton B. Jarman and Lewis A. Jarman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark, Rawlings and
Stevens
Orphans’ Court
Amos H. Cohee
Harvey L. Cooper
William H. Cohee
John T. Clark
John C. Moore
Robert H. Dill
Elizabeth Dill
Frank Lane
William Davison
Raymond Murphy
Cora E. Murphy
William H. Craft
Robert Lord
Walker D. Stevenson
James H. Stevenson
Thomas H. Jarman
Clinton B. Jarman
Lewis A. Jarman
James P. Hopkins
L Irving Jones
Thomas H. Gallagher
Thomas Gallagher
Martha J. Hignutt
Otis M.hignutt
Harry Richardson
Robert C. Rice
Bruce G. Stevens
William E. Orrell
Martha H. Orrell
Ellwood C. Orrell
Joseph B. Orrell
Charles E. Jarrell
Irwin T. Saulsbury
Sweater Sale Extended One Week At Pastorfield Co
J H Pastorfield Co extends its sweater sale for another week offering an additional one fourth off the marked price on all colors and grades. Online and in store, customers can save on the full range of garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Pastorfield Co
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the Local Department
Union
Greensboro
Grove
John Butler
Mr. Butler
Edward
V. W. Murphy
L. E. Haddaway
Mr. Haddaway
Lee Murphy
Quantico
Whiteside
Choptank
Jol Cohee
Evelyn Ritter
Sarah Murphy
THE
Ridgely News
Ladies’ Community Club of
C. F. Smith
Church of the Brethren
David Kline
Isaac Miller
J. P. Holsinger
A. M. Rahn
Lovettsville
Virginia
Harvey Holsinger
Edward Pearsaul, Jr
Henry Wilkinson
Addie Jarrell
Bertha Jackson
J. C.hemmoans
Ernest Smith
Kenton
Delaware
Bertha Shull
C. L. Opperman
Laura Godwin
Latcham
Milford
Del
John Ritchie
Burravilla
J. Dukes Downes
Worthington
Lawrenceville
John Taylor
Centreville
Emma
Clark
John T. Plummer
George Emmett Waad
St. George's
Myrtle Shields
Caroline’s Capitol
Melville
Sheriff Temple
Fuchs
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