Local notices and racing planned for Denton day
Read the big advertisement of Wright Bros on page eight. Eleven horses race this afternoon at Denton Driving Park. Miss Kate Corkrin dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital. A union movement forms among Eastern Shore painters and decorators. Denton to host grand parade oyster roast and political addresses next Thursday.
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Wright Bros
Evernzam’s
Clough
Fempleville
Millington
W. J. C. Dulany Co
Baltimore
William Bullock
Carter
W. J
J. L. Everagam’s
Denton
R. T. K. Garey
Journal Today
Kate I. Corkrin
James K. Corkrin
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Personal and Social Notes From Denton Localities
Prof W Elwell Goldsborough general manager of the Denver Reservoir and Irrigation Company visited his brother St Alan Goldsborough Esq Rev O T Baynard of Whitesville Del preached in M E Church. Miss Maud Mowbray a trained nurse works Seattle. Several locals visit relatives in Baltimore and New York with visits noted and social gatherings.
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W. Elwell Goldsborough
Denver Reservoir
Seattle
Washington
J. Mayes Willson
Yonkers
N. Y
John T. Carris
Local residents share visits and arrivals around town
Mr. and Mrs. W G Carrow return home after pleasant visits in Wilmington and other places. The stork visited Isaac Smith and James Melvin, delivering daughters on Wednesday and Friday nights. Various locals, including the Dill and Gooden families, host relatives and friends while others travel for work or schooling.
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W. G. Carrow
Wilmington
Stork
Isaac Smith
James Melvin
Wilber Dill
B. I. Dill
L. A. Gooden
Sarah
Delegates to Lakes to the Gulf Association Convene in St Louis
Governor Crothers names Maryland delegates for the Lakes to the Gulf Deeper Waterways Association convention in St Louis on October 25 with an address by President Taft and a return trip along the proposed route to New Orleans by October 30. Dr W W Goldsborough of Greensboro named delegate from Caroline county. Harvest home services Sunday at the Methodist Protestant Church with morning and evening programs.
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Crothers
Maryland
FE. W. Grieves
Baltimore
Greensboro
C. B. Jarman
Ladies’ Aid Society
Greensboro M. P
George Harris
Carrie Moore
Easthampton
Mass
Templeville Lectures On India By Rev L I Janney
Rev L I Janney lectured at M E Church in Templeville on October 22 with the topic In the Jungles of India. Miss Emma Sparks returned from a visit with her brother near Ruthsburg. Mr David I Richards has returned from Philadelphia. Mr John Robinson of Merchantville N J visits with his parents. Miss Myrtle Heather was hosted by Miss Effie Heather. Revival meetings are to begin Sunday evening.
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Fred Harnum
Camden
New Jersey
Edward Long
Ord Raleigh
Maryland
S. Robertson Fleetwood
R. C. Millison
Queen Anne's
Charles W. Hobbs
Blanche
Baltimore
Charles W
Templeville
L.I& Janney
M. FE
India
Emma Sparks
Ruthsburg
David ‘I’. Richards
Philadelphia
John Robinson
Merchantville
N. J
Myrtle Heather
Effie Heather
Ora Baynard
Millville
Delaware
Osborne Harvey
Quaker City
Alfred Baughley
Henry Walters
Kent Island
Wesley E. ‘Thawley
Miss Fearless & Co
Music Hall
Sallie Mowbray
Euphemia Addison
I. S. Holt
Sarah Jane Lovejoy
Lizzie
Fearless & Co
Evelyn Davis
Orem Jefferson
I. O. Jefferson
Cambridge
Young Jefferson
T. S. McCrea
Ruth
Hilda
J. G. Walls
Bridgeville
Del
Charles Stant
Sparrows Point
Ship Building Company
Orie Hubbert
Harry Walls
Fries
F. Gox
Will
Elsie Neal
Hurlock
W. Spicer
Quiet Burrsville wedding links to Philadelphia home
In Burrsville Miss Clara Ruth Roberson wed John Fleming Starkey at the bride home in Girdletree Worcester county at 11 30 a m last Tuesday. The couple then left for Philadelphia to start a new home.
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Girdletree
Worcester County
Clara Ruth Roberson
John Fleming Starkey
J. W. Starkey
Near Town
Merriken Family Guests and Local Notices
Social notes record Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Merriken entertaining grandson Master R. Hi. Merriken with his mother and grandmother in Philadelphia. Others mention Dallas Neal seeking hospital care in Baltimore for rupture, Charles Howard Jr purchasing property at Anderstown, and various visitors and church activities including a Christian Endeavor meeting led by Mrs. F. Murphy on the topic Doubting Castile. Oyster supper plans, Miss Will Anthony visiting Salisbury, and corn husking plus digging sweet potatoes conclude the items.
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J. H. Merriken
R. Hi. Merriken
Moore
Philadelphia
Arthur J. Hayes
Wilmington
B. B Coheen
Pennsylvania
Will Anthony
Salisbury
Civic Betterment Association Meeting in Denton Court Room
The Civic Betterment Association of Denton will hold a regular meeting in the court room on Monday evening October 25 at 7 30. The call invites all registrants and any other Denton residents who seek moral improvement and support the movement. President T Pliny Fushen signs the notice.
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Civic Betterment Association of
Denton
T. Pliny FusHen
Democratic meetings sweep Maryland area with speeches
A week of Democratic meetings across Hickman American Corner Choptank Greensboro Smithson Preston Henderson Goldsboro Burrsville and Burrsville drew crowds for speakers including William J. Ogden Goslin Lee Wood and E E Goslin Jurors praised by audiences as the campaign progresses with the Greensboro band and Metropolitan Quartet providing entertainment The Denton county meeting featured Senators and Governors in support of the Democratic ticket ahead of November 2nd elections The speaker warned against the Adickes influence and urged vigilance for Maryland’s political fate
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Hickman
American Corner
Choptank
Greensboro
Smithson
Preston
William J. Ogden
Baltimore
Goslin
Rayner
Crothers
Colonel Wood
Denton
Metropolitan Quartet
Hillsboro
G. R. Percy
J. J. Covington
E E. Goslin
Henderson
First District
W. W. Richards
Messrs. E. FE. Goslin
Robert E. Lee
Goldsboro
Messrs. Goslin
R. E. Lee
R. EL
Senatorial Primary Officials Listed by District
Officials for the Democratic Senatorial primary are named by district with return judges clerks and judges. A procession will pass before Senator Rayner Governor Crothers on Thursday October 28 at Denton.
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First District
G. H. Wilson
M. BV. Heather
W. G. Carrow
Jacob E. Gibson
William Roe
George W. Wooters
Enoch George, Jr
Reuben Garey
Jonathan Hughes
George W. Pool
Madison Towers
A. Fletcher Sisk
Arthur T. Handy
Robert M. Pepper
Robert S. Nichols
M. P. Keets
John. M. Beaven
W. A. Holt
George W. Morris
Caroline
Rayner
Crothers
Denton
Isidor Rayner
Austin L. Crothers
John E. R. Wood
Maryland Democrats rally as Lee Hall speaks in First district
Lee Hall was among speakers at the Avon De FP meeting where about 350 attendees heard Col. J. E. R. Wood condemn negro political equality as a national crime. E Goslin praised localism and urged electing trusted public servants. Bridgetown drew 500 Democrats with lively band music. Seaford High beat Caroline 22 to 6 in Denton with Brumbaugh and Wright scoring. Caroline to play Smyrna next.
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Lee Hall
Simon's Hall
Avon de FP
Herr
J. E. R. Wood
Frederick
Maryland
Denton
Seaford
Caroline High School
Caroline
A. J. Brumbaugh
J. W. Brumbaugh
Boyce
Elouston
Alcade Wright
Caroline H
Shipley
Brumbaugh
Everngain Alloway
Green Boyce
Brumb
Moore
Trice Milligan
Ghingher Parsons
Barnhart R. Wright
Smith Thompson
A.j.brimb
Houston
Wright A. Wright
Wilson
A. Wright
C. Short
Halloween Night Pranks Suppressed by Sabbath Respect
The article warns that Halloween festivities on October 31 will be curtailed by Sabbath observance. It notes planned costumes and a parade, with fears of prankish tricks and hazards from hidden ropes and dummy bundles. Local guidance urges restraint in line with day’s sanctity.
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Hallowe'en
Am¢rica
Old Wye Church Celebrates 188th Anniversary
The 188th anniversary of Old Wye Church in Queen Annes County was marked with Rev J Gibson Gantt of Denton delivering the memorial sermon. Several ministers attended and the old records note the building cost seven thousand pounds of tobacco and five hundred pounds in English money.
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Old Wye Church
Queen Anne's County
J. Gibson Gantt
Denton
W. B. Stehl
G. 5. Williams
J. A. Mitchell
W. Y. Beaven
Albert Ware
W. N. Weir
J. E. Smith
Williston
Swedenborg
Episcopal Church
St. Mary's Guild
George T. Redden
Diocese of Easton
Church Hill
F. T. Benson
Washington
Maryland Conference Christian Endeavor Union
S. Pliny Fisher
Gantt
Christ Church
Adams
Methodist Protestant Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. P
Cutting Back Recommended by Harrisburg Zoologist on Scale
A Harrisburg zoologist told a Philadelphia Press reporter that cutting back infected peach trees to bare limbs or stumps can revive trees hit by scale. He cited examples from W Grove York Spring to Perry County and Cumberland County, urging vigilance and timely insecticide use to save fruit.
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Hl. A. Surface
Harrisburg
Philadelphia Press
W. E. Grove
York Spring
H. C. Shavely
Lebanon
Mortimer Whitehead
Trenton
N. J
Perry County
Chester County
Cumberland County
New Jersey
Local News Briefs From Smithville and Wilmington
Claude D. Liden accepts a Saturday shoe department position with J. T. Mullin & Son while schooling in Wilmington. John Meredith builds a commodious dwelling near Smithville to be ready by year end. J. H. Devore returns to Philadelphia after a short visit. Mrs. John Alford visits daughter in Greenwood Delaware. Mrs. J. H. Spence and Anna Mae visit Henderson and Easton relatives. Herbert Bullock visits Philadelphia this week. Revival meetings are held at Cloomery.
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Wilmington
Claude D. Liden
J. T. Mullin & Son
John Meredith
Smithville
J. H. Devore
Philadelphia
John Alford
Will Hollis
Greenwood
Del
J. H. Spence
Anna Mae
Henderson
Easton
Herbert Bullock
Cloomery
Albert Howard Finishes Dwelling Project Here
Mr. Albert Howard completes a dwelling locally, marking a notable residential completion in the area.
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Albert Howard
Death notices for Mrs Cahall and Mrs Wooters
Mrs Armantha Cahall aged twenty seven died at her home near Smithville on Sunday October 3 from typhoid fever leaving a husband and two children. Also memorial verse for Mrs Katie V Wooters who died October 16, 1909 near Denton aged 45, mourned by her husband and children with lines from family.
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Armantha Cahall
Smithville
Katie V. Wooters
Denton
Kent county Grand Jury returns truce bill against former Sheriff Hartnett
The Kent county Grand Jury adjournment returns a truce bill against former Sheriff William F Hartnett for obtaining money under false pretenses An earlier indictment remains and he will be tried next Tuesday Drag the roads praised as the cheapest way to maintain roads locally Contractor John Barr in Sussex county faces a six hundred dollar fine for attempting to buy a vote Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Baltimore reports an eighteen percent business rise Ridgely plans a large scale strawberry packing house Young people prepare for Halloween
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Kent County
William F. Hartnett
John Barr
Sussex County
Pennewill
Hastings
Woolley
Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Baltimore
Ridgely
Hallowe’ En
Local Death Notices and Social Visits
Mrs Roe of nearby area dies Wednesday from complication of diseases leaving two children Mrs Fletcher Ayers and Alonzo Roe. Mrs W H Quillen to Wilmington after her sister’s death remains there several days. Dr and Mrs Raymond Downes and son Robert of Preston visited Mrs Downes' father Mr Robert Jarrell Sunday. Mrs Katharine Kinnamon and Mr C Morgan of Downes visited relatives here Saturday. Miss Oma Diefenderfer stayed Saturday and Sunday with her parents near Easton.
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Roe
Near Here
Fletcher Ayers
Alonzo Roe
W. H. Quillen
Wilmington
Katharine Kinnamon
C. Morgan
Downes
Oma Diefenderfer
Easton
Dover Bridge Improvements Planned for Spring
The Dover Bridge project will be carried out in spring by Caroline and Talbot counties with state involvement. Long-traveled older highway bridge has repeatedly been out of order causing inconvenience to Southern Caroline and Western Talbot residents. The new bridge will be among the Eastern Shore’s best and most durable structures.
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Dover
Dover Bridge
Caroline
Talbot
Orphans Court Approves Admin Inventories and Private Sale
In Orphans Court Tuesday Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood presided Edwin C Fields administrator of Harriet P Fields presented an inventory and appraisement of personal property approved and an order to sell the wheat crop at private sale was granted Harry Dailey executor of Mary A Glanden presented an account of sales approved J Willard Johnson and Winifred E Johnson administrators of Caleb T Johnson presented first and final account of administration approved
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Orphans’ Court
Clark, Liden
Fleetwood
Edwin C. Fields
Harriet P. Fields
Harry $. Dailey
Mary A. Glanden
J. Willard Johnson
Winifred E. Johnson
Caleb. T. Johnson
Death of Mr Edward Saulsbury in Ridgely at eighty three
Prominent landowner Mr Edward Saulsbury died at his Ridgely home after pneumonia, aged eighty three. He leaves widow Mrs Eliza Ann Saulsbury and two daughters Mrs Greer Cooper of Philadelphia and Mrs Edwin M Garey of Tuckahoe Neck. Funeral at 1 30 pm tomorrow, burial in Denton cemetery.
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Edward Saulsbury
Ridgely
Saulsbury
Eliza Ann Saulsbury
Greer Cooper
Philadelphia
Edwin M. Garey
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton Cemetery
State Wheat and Corn Show Opens in Baltimore
The third State Wheat and Corn Show will run December 1–3 at the 5th Regiment Armory Baltimore. Farmers are urged to exhibit for liberal prizes and learn from national speakers and professional judges.
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5Th Regiment Armory
Baltimore
Virginia
Richmond
Atlantic Seaboard
Maryland
Great West
J J Hill Urges Extended Agricultural Extension and Soil Improvement
J J Hill calls for expanding agricultural investigation and extension work to bring latest farming methods to every county. He argues drainage can unlock unproductive Maryland land and soil can produce max crops with proper crop rotation and leguminous crops to boost nitrogen and organic matter.
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Maryland
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