Choptank Conclave I 0 H elects officers in December
Local notices report the Choptank Conclave I 0 H to elect officers on December 2. Other items note steam heating for A W Sisk of Preston, mill operations by J O Browns & Bro at Hickman, a box social at Smithville on December 4, and numerous local personnel changes and business updates across Denton and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Sisk
Preston
J. O. Brown & Bro
Hickman
Smithville School House
Denton
Moses Gottlieb
Greensboro
B. Griffenburg
J. H. Nichols
Aulay J. Smith
Ridgely
Albert G. Towers
Barber M. W. Wright
A. E. Cooper
Mark H. Smith
Denton Bridge
Mystifiers
Wm. A. Stewart
Russum
Pearce
Caroline
W. BR
Williston
Sheriff Green
Green
George T. Redden
East Denton
L. B. Towers
Redden
Queen Anne’s
Maryland
Baltimore
Centreville
Avalon
Joppa
William Strother
Murphy Traxon
Justice Hignatt
Corner Stone Laying of Methodist Protestant Church
The corner stone of the Methodist Protestant Church was laid with impressively ceremonial Masonic rites in the new building on Main Street. Reverends Holmes and Dryden spoke on faith, with Rev J M Holmes delivering the sermon from Genesis and Rev B F Jester urging Gospel support. The stone, marble blocks, and box contents were read, corn wine and oil blessed, and a large supper followed raising substantial funds for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Protestant Church
H. W. D. Johnson
C. BE. Dryden
Masonic Hall
Masonic Lodge
J. M. Holmes
Allnut Memorial Church
Baltimore
Chilton
God
B. F. Jester
Galestown
Friends of the Good Cause
Temple Lodge
Main Street
John S. Barnhuart
M. J. Woolford
Z. H. Webster
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Protestant
Denton Papers
Holy Bible
Kerr
Israel
Downes’ Hall
Banquet Honors Judges of the Second Circuit
The Caro line bar committee led by Lewis Deweese and Cooper plans a banquet next Tuesday at Brick Hotel to honor Judges George M. Russum and Joseph A. Wickes who are retiring. To theasts chosen include Russum Our Court of Appeals Pearce J A Wickes Rights and Duties of Lawyers Stump The Jury the Judges of the Law and the Fact Martin The Second Judicial Circuit Its Past Present and Future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Lewis
William H. Deweese
Harvey L. Cooper
Caroline
Second Judicial Circuit
Brick Hotel
George M. Russum
Joseph A. Wickes
Court of Appeals
James A. Pearce
Frederick Stump
William R. Martin
Kemp's Balsam for Throat and Lungs Free Trial Invitation
The homeliest man in Denton and the handsomest, among others, are invited to call on any druggist for a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. Guaranteed to cure or relieve chronic and acute coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consumption. Price 250 and 50c.
Williston Porker Set Record and Local Moves
Williston resident Mr W B Stanton slaughtered the neighborhood champion porker weighing 4414 pounds. Harry Luis assumes Todd’s Flour Mills duties as Stanton moves to Denton to open a flour and feed store next week. The M E Church improvements include a new recessed pulpit and fresh paint for the parsonage. Ex Sheriff George W Cohee relocates to a Stevens dwelling near the river. Linwood Cohee moves from his former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Stanton
Harry Luis
Todd
Denton
Luis
Stanton
M. E. Charch
George W. Cohee
B. Stevens
Linwood Cohee
Maryland
Wiliam D. Uhler
Milton
B. C. Stevens
There Should Be a Compulsory Educational Law
This report covers the annual meeting of the State School Commissioners and Examiners Association held at the Normal School in Baltimore. A committee was formed to pursue school legislation in Annapolis. Stephens urged careful distinction between beneficial changes and harmful ones, argued compulsory education is warranted given current conditions, cited that 28 states already have such laws, and asserted public instruction serves citizenship and state welfare. The paper drew praise and will be printed in the next State Board of Education report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal School
Baltimore
T. W. Jones
Annapolis
Stephens
Longtr
Wisdow
Tarvis
Maryland
Local Visitors and Returns Highlight Dover Area
Miss Kate Parsons of Dover visits sister Mrs. H. D. Smith and returns home Saturday. Malin Clark of Morris Plains N J visits father Mr. Jas. Clark. Edward Stevens of Millington visits Floyd Hummer. John Jacobs and Mrs. Harry S Daily host Kenton visitors Sunday. John Hannan returns from Wilmington. Emma Hall visits parents at Marydel Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Parsons
Dover
H. D. Smith
Malin Clark
Morris Plains
N.J
Jas. Clark
Eoward
Olin Smith
Sadlersville
Edward Stevens
Millington
Floyd Hummer
John Jacobs
Kenton
Harry
John Hannan
Wilmington
Emma Hall
Marydel
Weddings and deaths blot local social notes in Goldsborough
Goldsborough society reports Miss Mary Jarrell and Miss Belle Cheflins visiting friends in Philadelphia while Miss Bertie Milby is entertained by Miss Fannie Jarrell. Mrs. Florence Booker spent Tuesday in Greensborough. A series of upcoming weddings is planned. Miss Annie Morris visited her sister near Ruthsburg. Miss Mary Sullivan, 26, died after mistaking strychnine for quinine, taken at home with her mother and stepfather near Hope. death occurred before a physician arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jarrell
Belle Cheflins
Philadelphia
Bertie Milby
Fannie Jarrell
Florence Booker
Greensborough
Annie Morris
Ambrose Lucas
Ruthsburg
Mary Sullivan
Miss Sullivan
John Mason
Hope
Church Improvements and Service Changes Planned
The M. K. Church announces spring renovations to strengthen and raise walls for an eight foot second floor auditorium, possibly extending back with rear wall removal while officials study plans. Rector Fitzhugh reports service times shift with 10:30 morning, 7:00 evening, and Friday 7:00 services, plus a 2:30 Sunday School. Late November lecture by Rev. Dr. Watt is scheduled in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K
George S. Fitzhugh
Episcopal Church
Ladies Parish Guild
Literary Department of
Greensboro
Epworth League
Watt
Mozart Tall
A. P. Prettyman
Ion Methodist Episcopal Church
H.T. Wright
Maryland
Delaware Doings in Brief From Seaford to Smyrna
Delaware notes report Miles Lloyd shooting a rabbit with goatlike horns near Nanticoke River. McElroy Mellvaine’s home burned near Magnolia, insured for 2600. Frederica church hats trimmed for repaint funds. Colby Smith harvests 1400 pounds honey, below expected. Kenton man loses index finger gunning. Kenton girl Belle Moseley injured by sister’s accidental shot. Henry Watterson to lecture on Lincoln at Smyrna Opera House December 8. Willow Grove dogs killed for hydrophobia as Canines face health checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Lloyd
Nanigoke River
Seaford News
McElroy Mellvaine
Magnolia
Frederica
Del
ITI
Colby Smith
Willow Grove
William Laws
Kenton
Belle Moseley
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Abraham Lincoln
Smyrna Opera House
Gunning accident near Marydel kills 13-year-old Ford
Harry Ford aged 13 of Marydel died after a hunting trip turned fatal when a gun discharged while he and Jacob Taylor were a few feet apart. The wound to Ford’s leg proved fatal before aid could arrive. Dover Corner Walls led an inquest Sunday and the verdict matched the incident. Ford was related to ex-Sheriff George Berry and George H. Short families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
Harry Ford
Marynel
Jacob Taylor
Ford
Walls
Dover
George Berry
George H. Short
Entertainments Elevate Communities Across the Nation
Quotations praise musical programs for raising spirits and leaving a lasting positive impression. Readers from Gainesville Texas to Whitewater Kansas and Augusta Georgia describe performances as elevating, noble, and inspiring, noting cultivated voices and audience captivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Sevening
Smith Pisters
Furer
Witehite
Daily Eagle
Augusta
Evening Herald
Orphans Court session approves account of sale and blocks Ringgold will probate
Judges Moore and Sigler presided at the Orphans' Court session. Jane Wilkinson, administratrix of Nathan Wilkinson, presented and the court approved an account of sales. A motion to probate the will of John W Ringgold was considered. a caveat was filed with all heirs consent, and the court refused probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Sigler
Orphans’ Court
Jane Wilkinson
Nathan Wilkinson
John W. Ringgold
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Denton Area
Miss Ruth L. Potter aged 77 died Friday near Denton after a two day illness from heart disease. Funeral at her residence and interment in Denton M E churchyard. Mrs Mary Elizabeth Fisher wife of Henry C. Fisher funeral Sunday at her home in Tuckabee Neck with many friends present. Rev G H Webster conducted service and interment at Denton cemetery. Mr Henry W Kirk died at Marydel on Sunday November 7 from rupture of intestines. He was 61, a Nebraska immigrant who settled near Cheswold last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Methodist Protestant Church
Margaret
N. J. Corkran
Edward M. Willey
Hobbs
A. D. Dick
W. B. Judefind
Alice D. Dick
Reliance
J. Jerome J Frampton
Federalsburg
W. C. Ledman
Preston
W. S. Norris
Denton
Lohengrin
Edward Stayer
Amy Royer
Cordova
Harry Stayer
Ida Royer
H. E. Light
Pennsylvania
Ridgely
Catharine A. Beatty
Josephine Amelia Jones
Philip Addison Morgan
St. Paul’s P. EH
Church Hill
Jones
Louis L. Beatty
Centreville
L. E. Carroll
Andersontown
Ida L. Carroll
Isaac H. Starkey
Concord M. EB
W. Finley Collins
Elizabeth Osborne Cacy
M. O. Cacy
Zion
Nathan E. Smith
May E. Wooters
H. W. D. Johnson
Burrsville
Ruth L. Potter
George L. Potter
Denton M. E
Mary Elizabeth Fisher
Henry C. Fisher
Denton Welcomes Clergyman to Legal Partnership
The Denton legal circle gains Rev Willard E West as he moves from Preston M and Church to form a law partnership with Henry R Lewis Esq. Admitted to the bar at the October term, West has minor prior law practice in Tennessee. Resignation timing from his pastorate is not publicly announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Willard E. West
Preston M. &. Church
Henry R. Lewis
West
Tennessee
William L Wrightson Ill at Home in Bay Hundred Talbot County
William L Wrightson lies gravely ill at his home in Bay Hundred Talbot County He is father to Clerk James T Wrightson of the Essex County New Jersey Court and Frank G Wrightson of Talbot He once served as Talbot sheriff during the war when Provost Marshal Mc Phail of Baltimore and his soldiers dragged Judge Carmichael from the bench and beat him for charging the grand jury to present military officers without warrants
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Wrightson
Bay Hundred
Talbot County
James T. Wrightson
Essex County
N. J
Frank G. Wrightson
Talbot
McPhail
Baltimore
Social notes and regional rail talk in Maryland
Personal news from Denton and surrounding towns highlights health, visits, and holiday travel. Figures include James N. Todd recovering at home, Wilmington Commercial College visitors, and local residents from Easton to Seaford. A Georgetown letter discusses Queen Annes railroad plans and expected ties to Rehoboth and Ocean City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Del
Wilmington
Queen Anne’s Railroad
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad Company
Ellendale
Rehoboth
Ocean City
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Musicale at Jarrell House for Ridgely Academy guests
Under Ridgely Academy auspices a Friday evening musicale at Jarrell House drew over a hundred attendees who enjoyed a varied program featuring mandolin and guitar pieces, vocal solos, violin and piano items, and refreshments. The piece notes include performers Bessye Jarrell Miriam Sheppard Beulah Day Nita Smith Ella Swing Elsie Smith and Prof. Wheatley Patterson Hackett Williams Trenchard and Doggie Trenchard Hurt. Also reported is Pittsburg athletic figure Thomas G. Trenchard badly hurt in a football game, jaw broken and eye damage, former Princeton captain and current Pittsburg University athletic manager, with relatives and friends in the county. Two residences in Denton offered for rent by L. B. Towers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely Academy
Jarrell House
Messrs
Hackett
Violi
Manddolin
Avromance
Bessye Jarrell
Miriam Sheppard
Tove Sow
Beulah Day
Nita Smith
Ella Swing
Wheatley
Patterson
Day and
Jarrell
G. Selman Williams
Eraeeeeese MC. Hackett
Elsie Smith
Doggie Trenchard
Pittsburg
Thomas G. Trenchard
Doggie” Trenchard
Pittsburg University
Trenchard
Princeton
Local Spots and Accidents in Town
Local notices report Mr. George T. Redden plans moving his packing plant near the Saintsbury farm bought from L. B. Towers. William J. Smith hurts in a Saturday riding accident when a frightened horse and wagon trample him. Pattison’s Cambridge stable burned Saturday, two horses died. Charles Tatman seeks pardon for bigamy in Queen Anne’s county court. Personal property of the late Andrew B. Roe to be sold December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Redden
Saintsbury Farm
L. B. Towers
William J. Smith
Elkton
John R&. Pattison
Cambridge
Charles Tatman
Queen Anne’s County Court
Andrew B. Roe
Fatally Shot of John Jewell Near Denton Bridge
Reported yesterday that 21 year old John Jewell son of Frank T Jewell was fatally wounded by an accidental gun discharge while hunting with a colored man near the big bridge south of the Brick Mill about two and a half miles north of Denton. He was a member of Caroline Council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Details unavailable. Dr Hardcastle attended. Stokes obituary noted for November 6 1897 at Walter Mitchell’s residence aged 27. Carried by angels to the land of rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jewell
Frank T. Jewell
Denton
James Thomas
Caroline Council
United American Mechanics
Hardcastle
Stove sale at Henry Sinclair Ridgely Maryland
People seeking cook stoves ranges double heaters and air tights of all patterns can inspect the full line and second hand stoves with repair service. Prices are set remarkably low for the next thirty days near the P W and B R R station opposite the railway station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sinclair
Ridgely
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Charlie Fleming
Bessie Sparks
Caleb
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America
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James W. Holt
George F. Beaven
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Mary Sparks
James Green
John Dunkelberger
Shamokin
Samuel Pippin
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Clayton
William Williams
Pocomoke City
Jd. B. Kinnamon
G. C. Wright
Sarah V. Heather
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Bertha Price
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Orphans’ Court Proceedings
James N. Todd
Johns Hopkin’s Hospital
Ernest G. Cooper
Charles R. Wilson
Wilmington Commercial College
T. Fred. Towers
John H. Truitt
Sussex County
W.S. Crouse
Denton High School
St. Michaels
Annie Todd
John Watson
C. A. Hess
W. Winfield Nicholson
James H. Fisher
Charles Pippin
Mary Pippin
A. L. Nichols
Easton
W. P. Chaffineh
Georgie Hull
John W. Clark, Jr
Edith Williams
Seaford
J. R. Rochester
Hahnewman Homeopathic College
H. L. Cooper
Kate Hopkins
John Skinner
John E. Wilson
Tuckahoe Neck
F. N. Nichols
St. John’s College
W. F. Murphey
Virginia
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