Local Department notes and town items in Denton
The local department reports on Civic and legal notices from Smyrna to Denton. It lists a police applicant, peach crops, loan ads, real estate sales, calico stock, a typhoid death, fever trends, building preparations, a larceny hearing, Democratic meetings, a bail release, farm stock sales, a breach of promise suit, a coat stock sale, a schooner cargo, a mortgage sale annulment, music instruction plans, a brandy incident, a Democratic Club slate, a lynching tree remains, and court-house admiration with cost remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter W. Dovwns
Smyrna
Swepson Earle
Queen Anne
Dewrese & Owens
James N. Todd
American Corner
J. P. Cook
John E. Wilson
Wilson
Denton
Annie F. Marshall
Smithville
Jacob C. Brown
James H. Nichols
Mary E. Vickers
L. B. Towers
P. .H. McShane
Ridgely
Jacob Ghingher
Democratic Club of Harmony
Chdsen
W. H. Deen
G. R. Pepper
W. J. Williamson
George Rogers
J. du Hadway
Talbot County Jury Awards Mrs Lee 1000 Over Damaging Bridge
The Talbot county case of Mrs Anna E Lee against the county commissioners ended with a verdict of $1000 after a bad bridge caused her horse to fall and her carriage to be damaged. The jury, sworn Saturday, heard spirited arguments before the Tuesday verdict and a motion for new trial was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna E. Lee
Talbot County
J. Marshall Barry
W. Fletcher Pennington
Barry
Messrs
J. B
EH. H. Brown
Wilmer Emory
J. H. C. Legg
Centreville
Charles 8. Carrington
Oswald Tilghman
J. Frank Turner
J. Frank Bateman
Easton
J. W. Bryant
Baltimore
Talbot
Jump
Joshua B. Baughley
Maryland
Caroline County
James H. Smith
C. H. Todd
R. J. Raughley
Death on the Hall Man Killed In Rail Accident
Superintendent Holliday of the Delaware division wires Mr. Good that his son W F Good was killed in a head on collision on the Altoona division. The fireman lay dead instantly as a fog shrouded wreck halted a water train destined for Altoona amid a water famine. Good was about 30 and had lived near the town. The crash occurred amid fog and order mixups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holliday
Delaware Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Good
Work of the Registration Officers and local notes
Voters registers completed with 637 registered at two sittings and 343 struck off, net increase 294. Officers to revise books Monday and hear reinstatement applications. Concord reports a colored meeting at Bloomery Little Mission Church with Todd and a local lawyer present. Tomatoes, oysters, and harvest notes included amid local farming updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomery Little Mission Church
Todd
R. D. Bradley
Federalsburg
Smithville
Respected farmer Isaac Lapham dies at 77 in Clayton area
Isaac S. Lapham, a prominent First district resident and longtime Delaware farmer, died at his son's Clayton home aged 77 after a life spent in wheat and corn, then peaches and small fruits. He owned two Goldsborough area farms and invested heavily in improvements. A fire destroyed a Denton dwelling insured but unoccupied, suspected arson. Notices note social visits by Miss Maggie Andrew and others, while the Denton Journal marks its fiftieth year of publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac
Lapham
E. W. Lapham
Clayton
Delaware
New York
Goldsborough
James H. Fisher
Denton
Pleasant Journey of the Peninsula Press Association
About sixty Maryland and Delaware press representatives traveled from Washington by special train to Atlanta for the Peninsula Press Association annual meeting and the Cotton States Exposition. The trip highlighted Danville, Charlotte, and Mt. Airey with notes on scenery, Civil War memory near Culpeper, cotton and tobacco industry, and Charlotte’s churchgoing culture. The party received attention in Charlotte and left with plans to report on Atlanta's Exposition next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
Washington
Atlanta
Peninsula Press Association
Danville
Charlotte
N. C
Mt. Airey
S.C
Manassas
Culpepper
Southern Railway
Lynchburg
Exposition
Fourmanl
Potter Steele
Holy Innocents call for New York rector to fill vacancy
The vestry of Holy Innocents Protestant Episcopal Church Eden and Chase streets issued a call to Rev. Robert Taft of the Church of Our Saviour New York to fill the vacancy caused by Rev John St Logie resignation. Approval awaits Bishop Parets endorsement after his return from the Minne apolis convention. Also notes St Pauls Hillsborough 37th consecration anniversary services on May 28 with Middle Convocation, pew replacement plans at M E B Church, and local church suppers and oyster dinner fundraisers. End mentions local medicine ad for Cham berlains remedy with Denton and Hillsboro dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Holy Innocents
Protestant Episcopal Church
Eden and
Chase Streets
Robert Taft
Church of Our Saviour
New York
Holyj Innocents’ Church
John St. Logie
Paret
Minnapolis
Minn
Poft
Denton
St. Paul’s Church
Hillsborough
George I
Beaven
M. EB
New Jerusalem
Preston
Hollis’ Store House
Church South
Queen Anne's Railroad prospects and condemnations
A long notice discusses the Queen Anne's Railroad plan from Denton to Baltimore via a new route, with a two hour forty five minute travel time and a one dollar fare. It notes survey progress, expected construction across Delaware, possible routes through Bridgeville Georgetown, and condemnations in Queenstown area with awards to Dudley and Hol land properties. Obituaries follow for Mrs Phene Horsey and Mrs Sarah Beachamp with funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne’s Railroad Company
Denter
Baltimore
Denton
Ocean Shore
Eastern Shore
Delawre
Delaware
Smithville
Bridgeville
Georgetown
Queen Anne's
B. S. Ford
Queenstown
John Earle
Republicans Demonstrate at Denton Mass Meeting
The Republicans of Caroline held a mass meeting at the Masonic Building in Denton yesterday afternoon. A large crowd attended with two brass bands from Greensboro and Federalsburg. R. D. Bradley presided and spoke. candidates Lowndes and Graham and George R. Gaither Jr. delivered addresses. Cla baugh, tied to the Lowndes party, fell ill on the steamer Joppa and went to Cambridge. J K Fowler praised Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, sold by W E Brown and N Duffey, noting its prompt relief. Over two hundred thousand campaign buttons have been distributed by the committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Masonic Building
Denton
Greensboro
Federalsburg
R. D. Bradley
Lowndes
Graham
George R. Gaither, Jr
Clabaugh
Joppa
Cambridge
J. K. Fowler
Corinne Mill, Canal and Stock Co
Corinne
Utah
Chamberlain
W. E. Brown
N. Duffey
Lillsboro
Denton and Easton Meetings Highlight Gubernatorial Contests
The Denton Journal reports Hon. Spencer C. Jones urging Democrats to guard against Republican control in November. He warns that Lowndes’ victory could empower executive patronage and election irregularities. Easton hosts a large mass meeting amid rain with speakers Gorman Butler Iurst Crothers and Smith. A torchlight Baltimore parade is planned November 1 by the Hurst Democratic Association. Also notes marriages, local arrivals, illness recoveries, and the Journal’s fiftieth year celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Spencer C. Jones
Maryland
Lowndes
Jones
New York
Gov. Morton
Easton
Court House
Rotunda
Mr. Hurst
Tiotet Avon
Opera Trouse
Gorman
Senator Butler
Messrs
Iurst
Crothers
Smith
Baltimore
Hurst Democratic Association
Election Board Organized with District Judges Named
Messrs Patton and Pippin preside as Patton elected president and Pippin secretary. Election officers listed by district include judges, ballot clerks, and entry clerks across eight districts with names such as Graham Jones Cashe and Hynson Thawley Hagadone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Robert Patton
Trustin Pippin
James T. Sylvester
Patton
Pippin
William E. Graham
Lemuel Jones
William H. Cashe
W. W. Richards
G. T. Musselman
Alex. Heather
George Jones
Nathaniel Horsey
S. H
William L. Cooper
Fred P. Roe
William H. Cohee
Thomas H. Flaharty
Albany B. Eskridge
F. 8. Todd
Clarks
Frank H. Thomas
E. T. Moore
Joseph H. Trice
Alex. Noble
George W. Richardson
George C. Sherwood
Henry W. Hynson
William H. Thawley
Peter Hagadone
Robert B. George
Hi. T. Curtis
William D. Lucas
James W. Simons
John Swing
W. P. Day
W. W. Seward
Charles F. Smith
George Imler
George W. Towers
Edward W. Liden
James H. Covey
W. T. Hignatt
B. F. Edgell
William R. Fountain
Tilghman E. Kellay
Alman ack citizens seek view on almshouse finances
Caroline Co Almshouse letter to Journal explains prior debt, current cash needs, and living costs since 1894. They state debts of over 3300 in 1894, 2800 now, farm losses, and higher pauper averages. They claim wheat and corn harvests improved and promise pork for next year. They urge careful itemized audit before judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline CO
Almshouse
Cade
W. F. Liven
J. F. Strauaun
Seo’y
J. E. Towers
W. T. Hianart
Isaac T. Fleetwood
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Denton Journal
Vin D
Vin D. & C. Ry
al South
Chcuit
JoAn’y
Ompunys’ Court
Levy Court
the Local Department
C. M. Lieyd
William Hopkins
J. Clarence Hopkins
Skipton
John W. Hignutt
Main
Fourth
Corneil Murray
Tuckahoe Neck
Roe
Justice Cooper
Robert Smith
Charles Andrew
Lee
Concord
Eo Ae
Henderson See Eeenen di
Greensborough
Jed
Preston Seeeeeeee Coneee
ALU Jd O
Neboroud
Wesborough
Maggie Andrew
Blanche Mitchell
Philadelphia
Wihnington
Middletown
Hattie Andrew
Harrington
Fred Ringgold
Hare
Sadie Mitchell
Queen Anne's County
Denton Journa
Easton Ledger
Dixie Land
the Peninsular Press Association
Church Matters
W. Chalmers
Chico
Cal
Thad
W. KE. Brown
H. Duifey
Ilillsboro
Railroad News
Phene Horsey
James C. Horsey
Matthew M. Andrew
Mrs. Horsey
Horsey
James Willis
Sarah Beachamp
Henry C. Beachamp
Chestnut Grove
M. KE. Church
Concord Cemetery
Mr. White
F. P. Covey
D. B. Hubbard
Denton and Easton
Mr. Jones
Elizabeth P. Johnson
Purnell Johnson
M. J. Woodford
Christ Church
High Boon
Jennic
M. Smith
Henderson Academy
Robert D. Blackistone
St. Mary’s County
Z. P. Steele
Jour Nal
James Swann
T. Pliny Fisher
W. W. Knowles
Sussex
Clara Moore
Bethel
M. B. Stephens
Henry R. Lewis
Wm. H. Deweese
George A. Denkyne
Fred R. Owens
Harry Mason
W. O. Ledman
Jouryan
Zaston Star
Henry Poole
James H. Davis
H. P. Chambers
Daniel W. Moore
Thomas F. Cox
Harry M. Carroll
Farmers’ Advocate
Scott
M. B. Nichols
Dresa
Mrust
Chase
B.nicrols Easton
Newspaper
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