Local Department notes and community updates in Denton
Frost stood out yesterday morning as local items report J A Cox selling half a general store, James H Nichols receiving a carload of salt, and further, a millinery opening for Miss Ida J MelIlvaine on October 8 and 9. The county’s tomato packing halves and smallpox cases show improvement while Prohibitionists meet in Denton on October 8 to nominate a county ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cox
James H. Nichols
Ida J. MelIlvaine
Caroline
John L. Everagain
James Swann
Denton
Caroline County
Charlotte Hall Academy
Washington College
Chestertown
Ernest Downes
J. E. Nichols
Downes
Denton Union
F. R. Owens
Elkton
William Joiner
Piney Grove
Thomas E. Evans
Bridgeville
Evans
R. G. Anklam
Smithville
Frank Wright
Oak Grove
Lydia Todd
Preston
Todd
Alex. Nobile
Peter Cortelyou
Kansas City
James A. Pearce
Thomas G. Clothier
Kent County
William W. Beck
William E. Numsen
Baltimore
R. W. Stewarts
Ora Carroll
J. S. Bilbrough
Greensborough
Mellroy Meckvaine
Magnolia
Barrett’s Chapel
McIlvaine
James H. Horsey
Andersontown
East New Market
Fred Wood
Denton- Hillsboro
Mr. Wood
Pasteur Institute
Reformed Church Rededication at Denton
The St. Pauls Reformed Church at Ridgeville Denton was rededicated on Sunday September 29 with a robust service led by Rev. J L Coblentz and Rev. Warren J Johnson from Lancaster Pa. The rebuilt church features a basement Sun Day School area tall towers fresh pews and new organ with gifts from local donors. A Maryland Day Junior Christian Endeavor Rally followed at the Denton Methodist Protestant Church and announced plans for the state convention in Baltimore with a 600 voice chorus plus a public concert on November 7 to raise funds. Evangelist E B Wood conducts Holiness tent meetings in Denton with all day sessions and potential continuation. A new Methodist Protestant church is planned for Snow Hill at an estimated cost of 14000 and election day lunch service will be provided by the Denton M E Church Ladies Aid Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Ridge- Iv
J. L. Coblentz
I. Kings
Warren J. Johnson
Lancaster
Chas. H. Gabriel
Mr. Johnson
Jacob A. Heller
Matilda Hoffman
F. B. Stambaugh
Cyrus Kauffman
Reading
Maryland Day
Mr. Truitt
Nellie Davidson
Jose Turbitt
T. Pliny Fisher
Alice Cole
Bessie Nowell
Katie Todd
Maryland
Harris
Music Hall
Baltimore
Evangelist E. B. Wood
Cincinnati
Ohio
Holiness Association
Denton
Wood
Hillsboro
Snow Hill
M. E. Chapel
Queen Anne
Ladies' Aid Society of
M. E. Church
Hillsboro News Notes and Local Goings On
In Hillsboro the new disc plow is in use with GL Jump as local agent. M E Church South ladies plan an election day dinner for the parsonage fund. Misses Lillie Johnson and Minnie Walls visit the parsonage from Ingleside. Registration day saw all eligible vote except one. Misses Fisher return from Baltimore with millinery. Mrs Ad Morgan returns to Easton after summer here. Mrs J H Dungan returns from Buffalo Pan American Exposition. Oyster supper planned at the new Chapel this evening. Harry Knotts travels to Baltimore for business college. Miss Clara Pries leaves for Bridgeton Academy. Miss Mellie Short returns from Delaware. Samuel H Chance near Starr prepares to move to town. Harry Moore returns to Dover Conference Academy. Annie Holt of Cordova visits Mrs H M Thompson. Fannie Hutson guests of Mrs William Pennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GL. Jump
M. EB. Church South
Lillie Johnson
Minnie Walls
Ingleside
M. E. Church South
Fisher
Baltimore
Ad. Morgan
Easton
J. H. Dungan
Buffalo
M. E. Church
New Chapel
Harry Knotts
Clara Pries
Bridgeton Academy
Delaware
Mellie Short
Samuel H. Chance
Starr
Harry Moore
Dover
Annie Holt
Cordova
H. M. Thompson
Fannie Hutson
William Pennington
W. F. U. and local notes from town life
Mrs Silas Sparklin and Mrs E F Messenger are elected delegates to the annual branch meeting in Baltimore from the W F U. &. Miss Olive Otis joins Hannah More Academy in Reistertown near Baltimore. Local youths resume lawn tennis at Athletic Park. Tomatoes ripen slowly with many green fruit reported. W J Downing buys Virginia timber land to move soon. Town canvasses for M B Church repairs. Prince and Key’s new houses near The Point nearing occupancy. Mrs Officer and daughter Bird return from the North. Annie Logan makes store room improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Sparklin
E. F. Messenger
W.F. U
Baltimore
Olive Otis
Hannah More Academy
Reistertown
Athletic Park
W. J. Downing
Virginia
M. B
Local notes on Melvin family visits and Sydney area social
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Melvin have returned to Philadelphia after visiting relatives here. Charles E. Meloney went to Wilmington to attend Golden's College. Frank Cahall plans a dwelling on his well ordered lot. John Melvin of Philadelphia visits his parents T. A. Melvin. James B. Noble spent part of last week with friends in Annapolis. Tom Bivan of Bridgeville visits town. Will Noble’s new dwelling nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Melvin
Philadelphia
Charles E. Meloney
Wilmington
Golden's College
Frank Cahall
John Melvin
T. A. Melvin
James B. Noble
Annapolis
Tom Bivan
Bridgeville
Will Noble
James E. Phillips
Denton
M. Kathryn Bradley
John Bradley
Moyamensing Avenue
C. N. Bickley
Mariners’ Bethel Church
George Fuller
Bessie Bradley
Phillips
This County
Nattie Hughlett Naylor
Talbot County
Frederick R. Malone
Greensboro
Miss Naylor
Alfred Kent
William R. Hughlett
George R. Ash
Eloise W. Mitchell
William A. Mitchell
Mapleshade
Elkton
Cecil County
Ash
Cecil Democrat
Conway W. Sams
Tax Appeal Court
Baltimore City
Russum
Same
Annie Callison
Jonnie Brooks
Annie
Eva Towers
Easton
Andersontown
Robert C. Thomas
Ruth
Claudia Thomas
Cambridge
W. A. Cohee
East Denton
Bessie Cohee
Alice Ryan
St. Gertrude’s Convent
Ridgely
Haston Star- Democrat
William H. Deweese
State Bar Association
Elizabeth McMonagle
Clara
Eugene Douglass
Ethel Gray
Baltimore
Charles Towers
Eile Collison
Stephens
Crouse
Teachers’ Institute
Charlotte Crouse
Jessie Crouse
A. B. Stewart
Brooklyn
J. Howard Pastorfield
Church Hill
W. T. Jarman
Goldsboro
Centreville
C. P. Dunning
George M. Merriken
Hobbs
Washington College
William M. Field
J. R. Garrigues
W. F. Murphey
Seaford
Lena Mutchler
Z. P. Steele
Local Notes from Ridgely and Vicinity
Ridgely residents share travels and visits with Elizabeth Strayer heading to Pan American Exposition and Roaring Springs Effye Wyatt taking a post in Baltimore with Armstrong Cator Co postmaster Howell Hyuson visiting Mr W J Evans Ridgely Katie Rolph from Queen Annes County visiting Ridgely relatives I E Jackson finishes a dwelling for Carroll Meredith Bedford Morris of Ridgely visits friends near Church Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Elizabeth Strayer
Roaring Springs
Effye Wyatt
Baltimore
Armstrong, Cator & Co
Howell Hyuson
Church Hill
W. J. Evans
Katie Rolph
Queen Anne’s County
I. IE. Jackson
Carroll Meredith
Bedford Morris
Roop Family Attendances and Local Illness News
Mr HarryS Roop of Wilmington returns home after visiting his uncle Joseph F Roop. Mr Henry Calver is slowly improving after injuring his foot while cutting corn. Margaret Emily infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard T Roop died on the 22nd. Master Lloyd Draper is very ill with typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrys. Roop
Wilmington
Joseph F. Roop
Henry Calver
Margaret Emily
Howard T. Roop
Lloyd Draper
Advertising Pays and Persistent Trade Effort
A compact quoted saying emphasizes that advertisers who keep their business visible and actively seek customers gain the most. It contrasts energetic effort with passive stance, implying those who hesitate will miss opportunities and only receive leftovers.
Farmers in Caroline Troubled by Texas Fever Sightings
Farmers in Caroline near the Delaware line report concern over cattle showing symptoms of Texas fever. Local herds and nearby ranches are under observation as authorities monitor for the disease and advise herd management steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Delaware State Line
Colonel Brown Nominated for Second Judicial Circuit
A Democratic judicial convention in Denton selected Col Edwin H. Brown as the party’s nominee to fill the 15 year term on the Second Judicial Circuit bench, succeeding the late Judge Stump. The delegates debated the choice with Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Cecil, Kent, and Caroline counties contributing votes before Brown won on the final balloting. Brown, one of Queen Anne’s county’s leading lawyers and former State’s Attorney, was praised for his long public service and career in equity and criminal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Judicial Circuit
Stump
Denton
Masonic Hall
Thomas A. Smith
Democratic State Central Committee
Marion DeKalb Smith
Kent
J. Dukes Downes
Caroline
George O. Garey
Cecil
George T. Redden
John Banks
Lewin W. Wickes
John E. George
Queen Anne
Charles H. Rose
Talbot
J. Kemp Stevens
Joseph W. Howard
Thomas J. Keating
Queen Anne's
Carrington
Mr. Banks
Jesse T. Dennis
Harvey L. Cooper
James H. Douglass
Cecil—John Stump
Peter H. Cleaver
George C. Garey
Frank P. Cochran
Richard D. Hynson
Marion Dek. Smith
William W. Beck
Queen Anne’s
E. M. Forman
Finley Roberts
Joseph B. Seth
Charles 8. Carrington
W. D. Morris
Mr. Carrington
Resolutions Committee
Frederick Stump
canthiJate
Distrct
Edwin H. Brown
Philemon B. Hopper
Brown
Hopper
Cooper
Robinson
Bartel
Asuro
Banks
Stevens
E. H. Brown
Mr. Smith
Smith
Col
Madison Brown
Carmichael
Centreville
Queen Anne’s County
Baltimore
Centreville Academy
Churchville
Harford County
St. Timothy’s Hall
Baltimore County
Dr. Adkinson
Baltimore City
J. B. Brown
John B
John B. Brown
Colonel Brown
Queen Anne's County
Stevenson Archer
State of
Maryland
E. E. Jackson
Edward E. Uoslin
Heptasoph Hall
George
County Central Committee
George F. Galloway
Federalsburg
Thomas G. Clines
L. Irving Jones
E. E. Insley
E. C. Carter
J. E. Gibson
Robert C. Jackson
Z. Potter Steale
Jonathan E. Towers
James W. Peters
Thomas L. Chaffinch
William P. Stafford
Edward E. Goslin
A. P. Redhead
Thomas W. White
John H. White
J. Jerome Frampton
Charles F. Smith
R. E. Fountain
Thomas L. Day
William E. Temple
William T. Hignatt
William H. Deen
Charles R. Neal
C. H. Clark
James 8. Willis
Goslin
Harvey I. Cooper
Day
Lewis
Deweese
Circuit Court
Pearce
Martin
Talbot County
Joseph Chamberlaine
J. EK. M. Chamberlaine
Orphans’ Court
William H. Adkins
John C. Henry
George M. Russum
Henry R. Lewis
Alonzo Miles
Charles W. Cahall
William (. Smith
A. B. Gooden
M. V. B. Heather
Philip A. Marvel
William E. Wilson
William L. Cooper
M. M. Andrew
C. H. Pritchett
J. C. Harrington
Jesse P. Warren
Thomas P. Green
Samuel G. Nuttle
B. G. Stevens
Joshua B. Baughley
T. Fred. Garey
R. Kemp Williams
C. N. Coulbourn
Henry F. Andrew
Robert D. Bradley
Jerome A. Coz
George W. Poole
L. T. Voshell, Jr
L. P. Williams
J. F. Covey
M. L. Sullivan
J. A. Smith
E. H. Harper
John Kent
R. 8. Clark
Jacob Ghingher
Ernest Downes
Matthew McDaniel
James E. Wright
William F. DeFord
N. P. Kern
Joseph
Ober
James Sharp
J. N. Richards
Edward Saulsbury
R.E. Fountain
Lewis N. Todd
W. T. Hignatt
J. W. Bullock
T. W. Porter
W. H. Robinson
F. H. Wright
Remarkable blind craftsman and two notable deaths
James Smith 82 died at son Bates Smith’s near Anthony's Mill. He, born blind, farmed and made staves from timber. he was a skilled repairer and could sense ground underfoot. Julian Lecompte Bryan, oldest son of Rev. Dr. James L. Bryan, died in Orange Virginia October 2 from acute liver hemorrhage. a McCormick Harvester official and Mason and Shriner. William Morgan, 97, oldest resident of Mispillion hundred, died in Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Bates Smith
Anthony's Mill
Caroline County
Smith
Delaware
Saulsburys
Julian Lecompte Bryan
James L. Bryan
Cambridge
Orange
McCormick Harvester Company
Maryland
Virginia
Bryan
Templar
Order of Elks
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
William Morgan
Harrington
Mispillion Hundred
Labor Statistics on City Clothing Industry and Proposed Sanitation Bill
A bulletin sent to Governor Smith by Labor Statistician Thomas A. Smith shows 9,690 workers in city clothing factories and shops, with 5,168 women and 593 under 16. It lists wages totaling $3,173,872, averages $489 for men, $229 for women, $110 for children, and a 1899 factory-produced clothing value of $17,290,825. Capital invested stands at $8,434,586. It details women in dressmaking and fabricating $221 yearly averages, and total non factory women’s clothing valued at $1,092,988, factory-made women’s clothing at $2,505,034. A bill to require sanitary shop conditions is proposed, with a draft included. Tuesday last chance to register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Smith
Smith
General Assembly
Investigating Smallpox in the Peninsula
Dr. Alexander Lowther, secretary of the Delaware State Board of Health, reports smallpox cases mainly among negroes, concentrated in Maryland near Oak Grove and Bethel camp meeting grounds. No cases within eight miles of Seaford. spread risk to Delaware appears preventable with proper precautions. Maryland Health official Fulton joins Lowther in coordinating the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Lowther
Delaware
Caroline Counties
Maryland
Lowther
Fulton
Maryland Board of Health
Marriages and social notes in Denton and Annapolis
Personal art notes record the Wed 18th marriage of James E. Phillips and M Kathryn Bradley at the bride’s father home in Philadelphia with Rev C N Bickley officiating. The field includes social visits, engagements and forthcoming weddings in Talbot, Cecil counties and Annapolis with local figures and institutions named.
Denton School Notes Describe Enrolment and Events
About fifty new pupils have been added to Denton schools, bringing total attendance to around 250 with expectations for 50 more. High School welcomes Dixon Garey Elizabeth Garey and others. manual training enrolls 100 pupils in drawing and construction under Mr Cockle. Stephene Literary Society reorganized with officers Harry Nuttle, Roy Smith, Blanche Hobbs, Hattie Wright, Elbert Nuttle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Garey
Bessie Garey
Central
Lewis Dukes
Elizabeth Garey
Saulsbury
Stephene
Fall and Winter Goods Arrive at Nichols Weet Denton Store
James H. Nichols Weet Denton announces new fall and winter merchandise received recently. See the latest arrivals in the catalog and shop for seasonal apparel and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Nichols
Weet Denton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Alendar
Crevir Court
Wis Vita
Ornptians
Levy Court
Scnool
the Local Department
Reformed Church
Denton LP
Thckman
Laurel Grove
Judicial Convention
A. K. Craser
Denton Hill
Spencer Ross
Journal Office
Tabor Statisticn
Denton School Notes
Perrier Eee
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