Local notices and ads highlight Denton areas
The column lists horse for sale by T Fred Garey and personal property ad by P W Carey near Andersontown. It notes good prices for Thanksgiving turkeys, farm activity in Denton, and a busy factory making fruit baskets. Quail on toast is popular, many families plan to move to Denton, and local officials discuss jail plans and council candidacy. Prices for wheat and corn, and rail shipments to markets are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Fred Garey
Baltimore
P. W. Carey
Andersontown
Easton
Kent
W. R. Wright
Denton
T. L. Day
Swing & Co
Bowman
Masonic Hall
F.C. Ramsdell
Jonathan W. Kerr
Green Spring Valley
Whiteleysburg
East Denton
Elias W. Williamson
Wm. B. Nuttle
Architect Davis
John W. Smith
Burrsville
H. M. St. Clare
Cambridge
House of Delegates
B. H. Phillips
I. W. Robertson
Sharptown
Samuel Pawn
Hobbs
Levi D. Ros
Thomas A. Smith
Harry Gibson
Ridgely Savings Bank
N. M. Jarman
Downes
Philadelphia Commission
Hurlock
Congratulations and Best Wishes for Young Couples
The paper notes multiple weddings in St Pauls Hillsboro Centreville Townsend and Preston. Grooms include G. Lawrence Wilson and J. Heston Atwell while brides include Louise Dison Branford Nettie J. Smith Emma H. Smith Kate Pattison Legg and Mary E Befus. The notices mention venues officiants witnesses attire and reception details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Lawrence Wilson
Louise Dison Branford
St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Hillsboro
George F. Beaven
Wilson
A. D. Branford
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company
3Anford
St. Paul's
Lawrence Chaffinch
H. Lay Leaven
Easton
Gilbert J. Morgan
Baltimore
George B. Stewart
Philadelphia
H. M. Smith
Townsend, del
Caroline County
Nettie J. Smith
J. Heston Atwell
Wilmington
Emma H. Smith
John L. Lattomus, Jr
Beauchamp
Townsend
Ethel Maloney
Centreville
Kate Pattison Legg
John R. Cook
Robert Foster Gadd
Sadlersville
Queen Anne’s County
New York City
Gadd
Luther Gadd
Old Silk Homestead
Elizabeth Ward
Lewis Ward
George Harris
Bradford County
Elmira
W. T. Henry
Thanksgiving services held at two Denton churches
Thanksgiving services were observed at the Methodist Protestant Church and Christ Protestant Episcopal Church. Rev James T Richardson preached at the Methodist church. Advent Holy Communion is planned at Christ Church with a sermon on the Second Coming of Christ and a later talk on the Difficulties of Unbelief. Organ recitals and cordial invitations to the public were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Protestant Church
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
James T. Richardson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christ Church
Denton
Roe Richards
O’meara
F. C. O'Meara
V. B. P. Truitt
M. Pt
H. F. Wright
Federalsburg
Local Socials And Bishop Adams Sermon At Denton
Local social notes list visits among Henderson near Bridgetown and Wilmington with multiple Gooden and Marvel family connections. Rt Rev William Forbes Adams preached at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church in Denton, consecrated a memorial, and discussed the great commandment, love of God and neighbor, and church authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Forbes Adams
Easton
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Russum
Jesus
Father Sutton
St. Elizabeth's Church
Christ
God
Surprise party honors Mr Stevenson at Mr Lewis Trice home
A Monday evening gathering for Mr Stevenson included music by Horace Williams of Federala burg and many attendees. After games and refreshments, guests departed. Nearby notes report Miss Leola Covey visiting, Covey family news, and revival meetings at Chestnut Grove ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Trice
Stevenson
Horace Williams
Federalaburg
J. Walker
Seigneil
Ethel
Ola
Eunice Wilson
Mary
Della Smith
Minnie Scott
Viola Covey
Emma A. Crew
Bells Kemp
Carrie Trice
Helena Satterfield
John Wilson
Charlie Walker
Goat
Jersey City
Alfred Cahall
John Stevenson
New York
Chestnut Grove
Revival at White's Church Leads Community Transformation
The community reports a large revival at White's Church led by Rev. William H. Hudson with several young men and women professing religion. Rev. Samuel Pusey of Seaford preached last Thursday and Friday. various social visits and weddings are noted as invitations and hospitality continue amid ongoing improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White's Church
William H. Hudson
Samuel Pusey
Seaford
Lola
Lida Hickman
Felton
Ora Smith
Gunning
Jonathan Hopkins
Mattie
Ida Moore
Mazie Hopkins
William J. Davis
Wilmington
Hopkins
Sam
Anna Saunders
Norman Wix
Daniel Singer
Harry Cooper
Ray Townsend
Emma Morrin
Preston News Briefs and Local Notices
A local Preston brief notes a two box social collision with no injuries to any team members. Gypsies encamped near town attract attention. Protracted meetings at the M. E. Church start and will run indefinitely. Mrs. M Douglass and Mrs J H Douglass visit Baltimore. Mr J W Clarson spends Thanksgiving in Baltimore. Mr G W Hawes visits Delaware. Mr G Edgar Williamson visited Slurlock last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
M. Douglass
J. H. Douglass
Baltimore
J. W. Clarson
G. W. Hawes
Preston
Delaware
G. Edgar Williamson
Slurlock
Temple Returns Home with Fourteen Rabbits
Mr. Harry W. Temple of Goldboro went home a few days ago with fourteen rabbits after visiting Mr. H. B. Dailey, our leading sportsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Temple
Goldboro
H. 8. Dailey
Fifty years since Loyola College founding marked in Baltimore
The late Rev. Edward Hencby S J served as Loyola College president in 1870 71. The five decades since the college’s founding were celebrated with banquets reunions and church services for living members and the departed. Loyola College on North Calvert Street beside St Ignatius Church is run by the Society of Jesus and named for St Ignatius of Loyola. Father Henehy retired due to ill health after less than a year and later lived at Queenstown directing a parish while also serving St Elizabeth's Church in Baltimore. He died in 1895 and was well known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hencby
S. J
Loyola College
Baltimore
United States
Calvert Street
St. Ignatius' Church
Society of Jesus
Father Henehy
Queenstown
St. Elizabeth’s
Father Hendiy
Personal Mention and Shore Town Social News
Mrs. Creighton Carmine and her young son Campbell arrived in Cambridge and stay at Hotel Dison for the winter while Lieut Carmine, executive officer of the revenue cutter Algonquin, sails in Porto Rican waters. Numerous visits and social notes follow, detailing familiarly named residents, travelers, and local gatherings amid Thanksgiving responses and local commutes.
Det Brown Revealed As Fraudulent Spirit Medium
The Baltimore case recalls Dr Thomas R Brown a self styled medium who was jailed for two months for fraud after posing as a fortune teller. The case links to the 1896 Queen Annes murder of farmer Samuel Rash where bullets allegedly carried rose seeds and a voodoo nod, Brown being implicated as a relative of the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Brown
Ivon
House of Correction
Justice Lewis
Baltimore
Samuel Rash
Queen Anne’s County
Mr. Rash
Pumphrey and Seibold
Brown
Centreville
Denton
Queen Anne's
Philadelphia
Fifth annual Maryland State Horticultural Society meeting
Maryland fruit growers prepare for the fifth annual session in Baltimore on December 18 and 19. The event gathers 2000 members from Maryland and neighboring states with exhibits on insects diseases fungicides spraying and a focus on apple cantaloupe and peach culture. Lectures include Profitable Apple Orcharding by L A Goodman and Keiffer pear market expansion ideas. Also noted is the death of James W. Holt of Hillsboro aged 67 with funeral at St Pauls Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Baltimore
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
State Horticultural Department
L. A. Goodman
Kansas City
Goodman
Missouri State Horticultural Society
Ozark
W. F. Allen
E. A. Pry
Eastern Shore
Blue Ridge
G. Harold Powell
Division of
Pomology
United States Department of Agriculture
J. W. Kerr
J. Spencer Lapham
Clergymen sought for 1903 PRR clerical orders
Pennsylvania Railroad announces annual clerical orders for ordained clergymen serving churches on or near its lines. Applicants must submit on blanks via Company Agents. must reach General Office by December 21 for mailing December 31. Also notes a Rehoboth Beach Co meeting awarding an electric railway contract to Senator Charles Wright of Seaford, Del. Ez mentions John Smith’s 1608 turkey discovery and rapid cedar supply from Capt Z J Hutchinson ahead of Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Rehoboth Beach Co
James E. Hooper
Alfred Russell Dies in Philadelphia and Is Brought Home
Alfred Russell formerly of this county died in Philadelphia on the 23rd and was brought to Greensboro for interment in Greenboro cemetery on Tuesday the 25th. He was 33, lived in Philadelphia for ten years, and is survived by his wife Mrs Russell. Edna Hoffecker principal Matthews School Talbot and her friend Miss Nannie Sullivan visit Edna’s parents Dr and Mrs Hoffecker during the holidays. A box social at the M E parsonage by the Epworth League drew a large, profitable crowd. Edgar Sapp and family visited Mrs Sapp’s parents Mr and Mrs Walter Rich. Mrs W H Simpson returned from Federalsburg visit. May Letty of Greensboro is ill with pneumonia at Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Holt
Caroline County
Hillsboro
Holt
Ilott
Caleb Wheeler
Wheeler Transportation Line
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Company
Thomas Holt
Grace Beaven
George F. Beaven
Virginia
Ethel Holt
Arthur Holt
John H. Holt
Talbot
St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Alfred Russell
Philadelphia
Greensboro
Greenboro
Russell
Edna Hill Hoffecker
Matthews School
Nannie Sullivan
Edna
M. E. Parsonage
Epworth League
Edgar Sapp
Floyd and
David
Felton
Local residents host visitors for weekend gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Rutter and Mrs. Chas W. Jacobs of Philadelphia were guests at the Heather home over the weekend. Mrs. Henrietta Price and her daughter from Still Pond visited relatives here last week. Chas. Pippin has returned home from Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Ridley Park visited R. M. Davis. Effa W. Heather has been visiting H. T. Dailey. L. A. Fallowfield spent Sunday in Millington. Mrs. Floyd Hummer is visiting friends in Centreville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Seeney
Sara
Lucy Marvel
Bridgetown
P. A. Marvel
William Price
Philadelphia
Grace Mellvane
Ezekiel Gooden
Wilmington
A. B. Gooden
Messrs. Gooden
Shies and Glessing
L. A. Gooden
William H. Jacobs
Chas
Aberdeen
W. H. Gooden
Elphensie and
Powell
Church Hill
Isaac Griffith
Harrington
John Kirk
E. E. McIlvaine
M. Price
Thomas Gooden
Joseph Gough
Bear
Thomas Gough
James Ayers
Glassboro
Catherine Arrants
Lousie Letoe
New York
Letoe
Aubrey Gooden
William Edge
Harry B. Rutter
Chas. W. Jacobs
Wellington Heather
Henrietta Price
Still Pond
Chas. Pippin
Jones
Ridley Park
R. M. Davis
Effa W. Heather
H. T. Dailey
L. A. Fallowfield
Millington
Floyd Hummer
Centreville
Revival to Start at Brethren Church December 1
Rev. L. S. Bauman of Philadelphia will lead a two week revival at the Brethren Church beginning Monday evening December 1 with his wife assisting. Rev. H. L. Holsinger will open with the preparatory sermon Sunday night titled The Price of Salvation. Mrs. 4. B. Gooden of Henderson visits daughter Mrs. J. Fred Bowdle. Dr. R. Crist of Baltimore visits Mr. Henry Sinclair. Mr. G. H. Imler repaints his dwelling. Rev Va services ongoing in the M. P. Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauman
Philadelphia
Brethren Church
H. L. Holsinger
4. B. Gooden
Henderson
J. Fred Bowdle
R. Crist
Baltimore
Henry Sinclair
G. H. Imler
M. P
Hillsboro and Quaecen Anne Visitors Breif Notes
Mr. Howard Knotts returns home from the Western Shore after a nursery company trip. Miss Eliza Duffey of Philadelphia spends Thanksgiving with her brother Hugh Duffey in Hillsboro. Mrs. Collins of Washington visits Rev. and Mrs. George Beaven at the rectory. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Muir of Philadelphia visit Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beauchamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Knotts
Eliza Duffey
Philadelphia
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
Collins
Washington
George Beaven
J. L. Muir
J. L. Beauchamp
Relatives Visit and City Trip Highlight Local Happenings
Mrs Zeb Fountain Sr and Miss Lillian Troy Pattin spent part of the week with Federalsburg relatives. Mr P W Carey visited Baltimore this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeb Fountain, Sr
Lillian Troy Pattin
Federalsburg
P. W. Carey
Baltimore
Public Records Report of Property Transfers and Licenses
Real estate transfers filed include numerous deeds across districts with prices from 40 to 5 250 dollars and page mentions Ridgely Greensboro and other towns. Marriage licenses issued this month list multiple couples including Ellwanger Anthony Orwell Dickerson and Griffen Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wood
Aaron C. Reber
Mary E. Shockley
Eval L. Scott
Addison A. Christian
Thomas Dyer
Thomas Kenton
George T. Redden
Denton
Mahlon Titus
A. A. Newton
James H. Nichols
Harriet Dyer
F. P. Covey
Balaray Brodes
Federalsburg
Wm. W. Williamson
Jesse Wright
Preston
Geo. C. Skirven
Henry Jarrell
Greensboro
Mancha
A. G
I. T. Saulsbury
Ridgely
George P. Jones
John T. Bickling
F. P. Herr
James McCloud
Mollie E
George H. Nichols
Christian Hill
Joseph H. Bernard
B. H. Jackson
Courtland Matthews
Elijah Todd
Martha J. Patchett
Fifth District
Samuel Ellwanger
Bessie Anthony
Jacob Orwell
Lina Dickerson
Harry Reed
Mina Jarman
Wm. A. Koeneman
Angelina Smith
John T. Biddle
Mary Tribbitt
J. Raymond Griffen
Strella Cannon
Robert Kruger
Mary Befus
John T. Moore
Bertha E. Shockley
Zach H. Webster
Sallie Violette Stevens
Frederick 8. Harrington
Orphans Court Clears Accounts and Adds Defendant
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday last T Pliny Fisher administrator of James Swann presented an account of the distribution of the personal estate of the deceased. John H Beauchamp administrator of Andrew Beauchamp presented an account of sales which was approved. On petition of Anna L Armstrong executrix by Lewis Goldsborough attorneys an order was passed making Hutchinson Trice a party defendant to a suit in equity. Wag How did you break your self of smoking Wag I stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Pliny Fisher
James Swann
John H. Beauchamp
Andrew Beauchamp
Anna L. Armstrong
Lewis & Goldsborough
Hutchinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
TEASO
C&lendar
Crevait Court
Orphans
Levy
the Local Department
Bishop Adams
Agner
Jet
Wohleleysburg
Templevlife
Father Heneby
Creighton Carmine
Campbell
Dison
Carmine
Lieut
Lieut. Carmine
Charles S. Carmine
Poplar Grove
E. J. Nichols
Frank Nichols
Deering Harvester Company
Philaselhigh
International Harvester Company of America
Chicago
Nichols
R. Earle Fisher
Fort Grant
Arizona
Fisher
Philippine Islands
Gang
Brof
Alex. Hardcastle, Jr
Walter J. Roe
Matthews
Norris
Kotteamp
Miss Mercer
H. Mercer
Elon
Elizabeth
Caroline
J. Frank Saulsbury
H. J. Hopkins
Annapolis
Alex. Hardcastle
A. R. Wright
Mattie Day
T. J. Smithers
Enoch George, Sr
Maryland University
John
Plummer
Ralph Thawley
Wilson Saulsbury
Westminster
William E. Brown
Lewes
J. Earle Rochester
R. J. Colston
Det Brown
Marydel
Quaecen Anne
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