Autumn notes and town updates from local papers
Autumn roses bloom as Harrington's new opera house nears completion and winter forecasts loom. Caroline county property assessments near finish. Denton shirt mill output rises to 75–100 dozen daily. Federalsburg creamery pays 70 cents per hundredweight. William Denny Hazell seeks Kent county Clerk of the Peace. Ridgely reports buckwheat shipments. Queen Anne's grand jury with liquor license stance. Queen Anne Railroad service promised within a month. Wedding notices expected in Denton area. local merchants consider Thanksgiving closings. electric light at Nichols store. new farm dwelling by Henry M. Cade. choptank hotel management changes. eel culls at Wicomico Falls Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington
Easton Ledger
Chapel District
Caroline County
J. H. Nichols
Denton Shirt Factory
Federalsburg Creamery
William Denny Hazell
Kent County
Delaware
Thomas A. Smith
Ridgely
Walter Todd
Preston
Cooper & Bro
Queen Anne's
Queenstown
Bosley
Queen Anne
Sussex
Kent
Robert Thomas
Pritchett
James N. Todd
Denton
Centreville
J. Frank Harper
Queen Anne’s Court
George Sipple
Lalu Duhndaway
John E. Eveland
Clara Stables
Greensborough
Scott McKinny
Carrott Cove
Cecil
Deakyne
Heidrick
Denton Bridge
Nichols
Henry M. Cade
M. F. Allaband
Cade
Almshouse
Eliza Beauchamp
Allaband
Wicomico Falls
Matrimonial Notes Highlight Preston Wedding and Social Life
A detailed society page records the marriage of Mr Edward Benson and Miss Emaline Carmine at Poplar Grove near Preston, with Bishop W. F. Adams performing the ceremony. Guests from Cambridge, Baltimore, St Michaels, Easton, and beyond attended, while plans include a northern honeymoon and a return to Pocomoke City. The item also notes a Hillsborough leap year dance and various local doings, illnesses, and engagements, including upcoming weddings and social events spanning Denton, Milford, Wye Mills, and Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Grove
C. S. Carmine
Choptank
Preston
W. F. Adams
Easton
Edward H. Benson
Pocomoke City
Emaline
Captain Carmine
Hargis
Mamie Mc
Nannie Corner
Cambridge
William Drain
Birdsal Drain
Mabel Carter
Christine Carter
Helen Taylor
Baltimore
Betty Smith
Mary Crouse
St. Michaels
Lieutenant Carmine
California
M. E. Farquharson
James A. Noble
J. B. Fletelhar
J. F. Ledman
Hillsborough
Queen Anne
Charles Rhodes
A. D. Branford
T. B. Saulsbury
Martie Barton
Bertie Fisher
Caro Sainsbury
Lulu Branford
Pearl Smith
Bessie Jarrell
Edith Thawley
Lillian Jump
I. T
Lewes to be eastern terminus for new breakwater project
Government plans call for a harbor of refuge at the entrance to Delaware Bay near Lewes with a breakwater to be built along The Shears shoal. Bids will be opened December 10 in Philadelphia for a project costing over 44.6 million dollars and lasting at least five years, contingent on congressional appropriations. Construction may begin by May 1, 1897, depending on funding, but precedent suggests funding will be provided as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Peninsula
Delaware Bay
C. W. Raymond
United States
Philadelphia
Cape May
Congress
Delaware
Keating Case Dismissed Over Improper Jury Draw
Judge Russum ruled the Queen Anne’s jury was improperly selected from an outdated list. The plea in abatement was sustained, nullifying the indictment against Mr. B Palmer Keating for embezzlement in this court. State’s Attorney Harper filed exceptions and the matter goes to the Court of Appeals. All witnesses were discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Palmer Keating
Russam
Queen Anne's
Keating
Harper
Queen Anne’s
Court of Appeals
Dorchester County
Russum
Robinson
Autumn Days and Climate Influence on Character
The essay argues that November gloom in England lacks basis for high death risk. It praises American November days and notes the charm of both seasons. It contends cold winters sharpen Northern temperaments and questions whether climate shapes character or vice versa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Obituary notes for Cooper Tyler and Baker in Kenton Ridgely
Mrs Elia Wilds Cooper wife of Dr William A Cooper recently named collector of customs at Wilmington died at her Kenton home Saturday morning last aged 45 years T months and J days She was daughter of the late James Wilds and lived in Kenton all her life She leaves five children Claire William Ignatius Lizzie and Roland all at home Mrs May Clark Tyler died at her Baltimore home Thursday morning after a lingering illness Wife of J Edward Tyler she was daughter of the late I Davis Clark of Talbot county Funeral services were held Saturday and interment at London Park cemetery Rudolph Baker 14 died at his parents home in Ridgely on Thursday Funeral services will be at the Reformed Church today at two oclock All friends are invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Gooten
Baltimore City
Caroline
North Calvert Street
Henry Irwin
Jonathan S. Willis
Elizabethe Townsend
Willian Henry McCallum
Milford M. E. Church
Elsie Russell
Charles Russell
Harry Smith
Presbyterian Parsonnage
Annapolis
Mellvain
Josephine L. Eaton
F. Albert DeFord
Wye Mills M. E
Russus
Clerk Fields
N. A. Hutson
Robert Jarrell
Cambridge Court
B. Palmer Keating
Willard Jester
John F. Castleton
Wilmington
Carolina
Denton
Sheriff Green
Iva Whitby
Bethlehem
James B. Steele
Register of Wills
William G. Horsey
John H. Horsey
Tuckahoo Neck
Bryant & Stratton’s Business College
Baltimore
T. C. Annabal
R. G. Stewart
George A. Deakyne
Clayton
Florence Hudson
Harrington
Charles C. Jump
Creighton Carmine
Detroit
Carmine
Preston
John R. Cannon
Elia Wilds Cooper
William A. Cooper
Kenton
Cooper
James Wilds
Claire
William
Ignatius
Lizzie
Roland
May Clark Tyler
Peter Anistie
God
United States
M. E. Church South
Cordova
J. P. Stump
Charlestown
W. Va
Emma Hallett
Milford
Del
T. J. Lambert
Hillsborough
William H. Callison
Beonechamp
F. J. Hall
J. B. Shockley
Masonic Hall
Wesley M. E
Burrsville
Concord M. E
J. D. Reese
I. J. Hall
Portsmouth
Friends’ Church
Ladies of Holy Trinity
Greensboro
Mozart Hall
Indies
Howard Smith
Smith
Chestertown M. E
Jient Neves
Denton M. E
Hall's Cross-Roads
Ralph T. Coursey
Dressmaker seeks private family position in Denton area
Experienced dressmaker offers services and seeks a private family situation. Inquiries directed to Miss R Roberson, at Mr George Smith's, near Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Roberson
George Smith
Denton
Congress Debate on Missouri and Free Negro Rights
The discussion centers on whether Missouri should be admitted as a state and how free blacks and mulattoes fit constitutional citizenship. Barbour argues white male liberty as the standard, while Smyth and Strong counter, citing Virginia and Vermont precedents, and asserting federal rights of citizens across states.
Missouri State Rights Debate and Adoption Fight
The debate over Missouri admission and state rights continued in Congress with arguments on citizenship, federal power, and local negro rights. A third reading vote failed 79 to 93, as Maryland delegates largely opposed the measure while northern members urged protection of federal interests in the Missouri territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Virginia
Maryland
Culbreth
Archer
Congress
Hemphill
Tennessee
Mebane
Missouri
United States
McLane
Barbour
Mallory
Eustis
Cook
Beecher
Lowndes
Sergeant
Levy Court Moves To Improve Federalsburg Liberty Church Road
County commissioners on Tuesday accepted a new Fourth district road laid by Reynolds Collins and others and voted to assist in upgrading the Federalsburg to Liberty Church public road. Local enterprising Federalsburg men aim to make it a fine thoroughfare, per Smyrna Times. A Chesterton Transcript Galena note recalls a question about Hanna and McKinley. historical remarks on voting rights for Black residents reveal 181 year constitutional limits and later Fifteenth Amendment change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy Court
Twe County
Reynolds. Collins
Federalsburg
Liberty Church
Sin of Intimidation Bribery Sermon Influences Politics
A Baltimore clergyman, Rev. Peter Anistie, denounces vote buying and employer intimidation at the polls. He argues elections are unfair when workers are coerced and urges citizens to educate voters and cast independent ballots. The piece also notes church dedications and upcoming revival meetings across Maryland and Delaware with multiple pastors and venues.
A Carload of Apples Arrives in Ridgely Monday
A carload of fine Northern apples will arrive at Ridgely near noon on Monday November 23 and be sold wholesale and retail at low prices until sold out Merchants and others are invited. Fine Salt by the sack 95 ets and Ground Alum Salt 65 ets at J H NicHouse Denton Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
J. H. NicHouse
Denton
Superstitions That Survive In The Peninsula
The piece notes persistent beliefs in witchcraft and fortune-telling among locals, cites a Denton trial involving Thomas Rt. Brown and a prominent Denton fortune-teller, and highlights Aunt Kitty Sleathers in Talbot whose clientage spans counties. It also mentions a maple tree on Court House square linked, in superstitious view, to Marshall Price’s hanging and relic-hunter activity amid recent unusual foliage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Thomas Rt. Brown
Samuel M. Rash
Talbot
Kitty Sleathers
Caroline
Kent County
Kent
Kitty
Court House Square
Marshall Price
Wanamaker's New York Store Opens to Public
John Wanamaker’s New York store opens Monday with signs noting the former A. T. Stewart & Co. name. The shop fills with buyers praising Wanamaker’s mercantile skill as the two Wanamaker and Stewart stores operate as two great, self-sufficient houses. Combined stock at the two stores totals six million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wanamaker
New York
A. T. Stewart & Co
Wanamaker
Stewart's
Wanamaker’s
Ham Delivers Georgia Cracker Lecture to Packed Town Hall
Hon H W J Ham the Southern orator held a large Wednesday evening audience with a vivid prewar Georgia plantation scene. He contrasted cabins of the colored people with a grand mansion and punctuated the talk with sentimental singing and broad humor that drew enthusiastic response from all.
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H. W. J. Ham
Georgia
Ham
Water protection at Greensborough wells for fire use
The Greensborough board of town commissioners is sinking large wells in several town sections to serve as fire extinguishers and to supply the new fire engine. It is believed the wells will provide ample water for ordinary fires and demonstrate a method Denton showed as effective for water supply when water works are unavailable.
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Denton
Board of Town Commissioners of
Greensborough
Sore throat remedy praised by Uniondale man
In his own words J E Thomas of Uniondale Pa says Chamberlains Pain Balm cures sore throat rapidly in his family and would not be without it. The balm also treats rheumatism sprains and bruises sold at 25 and 50 cents by local merchants W E Brown Denton H Duffey Hillsboro and R J Colston Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Thomas
Uniondale
Chamberlain
W. E. Brown
Denton
H. Duffey
Hillsboro
R. J. Colston
Ridgely
Dress Goods Remnants At Bargain Prices In Millinery Store
W. E. Brown announces stock of dress goods remnants including worsteds and calicoes offered at special bargains. Eggs accepted for all goods in millinery and drugs. Daily papers warn of many accidents to gunners. boys urged to be careful.
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W. EK. Brown
Cooper & Bro Denton Stock Promotes Winter Wear
Cooper and Bro Denton advertises a wide winter assortment including flannelettes plaids percales black satteens henriettas Persian cashmeres cretons ginghams and shoes at cheap prices. They tout neckwear gloves and winter underclothing plus new Pointer hats. The grocery section notes salt on sale at 60 and 9c per unit.
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Cooper & Bro
Denton
Brussels
Ingram Carpets
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Tle
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Barbowr
Massachusetts
Court of Justice
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Smyth
Strong
Lord Baltimore
Vermont
Louisiana
Cession
Canada
Vedcratsburg
H. J. W. Tam
Music Hall
UW. B. Messenger
May Kenney
Joseph Caulk
Wm. M. Caulk
Margaret Eaton
Main Street
R. W. Messenger
Washington
Sie
Paulkner’s Hill
J. B. Wright
John Fleetwood
Elisha Wright
Dover
Higgins
Mr. Addicks
Smyrna Times
Galena
Chestertoten Transcript
Hanna
McKinley
Halk
Wanhatmaker's New Store
ROYAL
Royal Baking Powder Co
General Assembly of
Geo
A. Deakyne
the Balto
M. Klawanski
McShane's
Ridgely, MD
Concord
Todd
WS. II
Deweese
Fred R. Owens
Deweese & Owens
Attorneys-at-Law
Denton, MD
Court House
W. H. Dewess
Pliny Fisher
Attorney-At-Law
Denton, Mo
James Swann
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