Local Department Highlights Denton Area News
Levy Court and Orphans' Court schedules announced with other civic items. Col J W Bryant visiting Caro line. Miss Vicy Roe and Mrs E E Atkinson noted. Revival meets tied to Henderson and Thawley's. temperate business, church events, and a mass meeting in Bethlehem planned. Dem mass meetings and local political activity across Ridgely, Denton, and surrounding counties noted.
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Philip W. Downes
Albert Chandler
Henderson
C. S. Arnett
Thawley’s
Tuckahoe Neck
Denton
Sidney E. Mudd
Congress
Barnes Compton
James Whiteley
Baltimore
Friends
Whiteleysburg
The
Journal
Ridgely
T. C. Annabal
Linden
New York
Bridgetown
Giles B. Cook
Christ Church
Col. Bryant
Bethlehem
J. H. van Gesel
Clara
Two Johns Company
Dover Opera House
W. T. Turpin
Centreville
Carrie Wesson
Louisville
Kentucky
Poem Crushes a Democrat and Sends Him Packing
A reader laments a poem by the Possum Holler singer that he claims crushed his Democratic loyalties. He jokes the verse rhymes Republicans with gone and swears the poem ruins his voice and party allegiance as he bids the editor farewell.
Death of Walter Massey in Greensborough
Walter Massey, one of the county's oldest citizens, died at his Greensborough home Monday night at age 72 or 73 after long paralysis. Survived by Mrs. Massey, he left considerable real estate. A former farmer, he did not seek political office but served on the board of control and review after the last Caroline county assessment, contributing valuable public service.
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Nellie Fisher
Tuckahoe Neck
Philadelphia Times
Jas. Massey
Greensborough
William Massey
Baltimore City
William F. Liden
Wm. E
Smithville
Rebecca Ann Wickes
Joseph A. Wickes
Chestertown
Mount Zion
Walter Massey
Massey
Caroline County
Board of Control and Review
Washington
W. B. Johnson
Second Baptist Church
Samson
George W. Lee
Fifth Baptist Church
Congress
Chicago
South
St. Louis
Baltimore
F. G. Steward
Hethel A. M. E. Church
Christ
Death of Mrs Kate Hopkins in India
Mrs Elizabeth Dixon received a Lucknow letter stating Mrs Kate Hopkins wife of Rev. George F Hopkins died at Cawnpore on September 8 from India typhoid fever. Once in frail health she gave up teaching poor children in that city after returning from the Himalayas. The Hopkinses moved to India about two years ago, stationed at Cawnpore by the United States Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Hopkins
India
Elizabeth Dixon
Lucknow
George F. Hopkins
Cawnpore
Hopkins
United States
Wife of Samuel Trice Burned to Death at Home
The wife of Samuel Trice died last Thursday at her home near Fowling Creek after being overcome by smoke when her chair caught fire. A nurse was away briefly. the room filled with smoke and quilts and blankets surrounded her. A bucket of water was used to extinguish the flames but she died, likely from suffocation. She was about sixty six years old and highly respected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Trice
Fowling Creek
Ingleside
James Baxter
Baxter
Katie
J. Wilson
Oden
E.H. Brown
Moore’s Chapel
J. C. Thrasher
Goldsborough
Greensborough welcomes Segall & Brother new Baltimore firm
Mr B C Silverthorn longtime Greensborough merchant to be succeeded by Segall & Brother of Baltimore. The firm will place a large stock of clothing and furnishing goods in Greensborough, signaling a substantial local outfitting operation.
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B. C. Silverthorn
Greensborough
Baltimore
Messrs
Fire Burns Barn at Pennington Farm Near Queen Anne Station
A barn on Eugene Pennington’s farm near Queen Anne Station burned completely early Friday of last week. Grain and farming implements worth several hundred dollars were lost, and Pennington suspects arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Pennington
Queen Anne Station
Pennington
Wheat quality and corn prices in Balti market report
Nearly all wheat received in Balti on Thursday was of inferior grade. Prices ranged from 75 to 81 cents. Good white corn sold from 40 to 45 cents and yellow corn from 40 to 41 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Races and relocations mark Ridgely Lyford area shifts
Readers report numerous year end moves in the Ridgely Lyford area including Willis mansion occupancy by Cap tain Beachamp Layton and new homes for Hutchinson Spence and others. Wharf work by Walter Lindsey completes Lyford dock for Maryland Steamboat. local races feature Mason versus Callahan. regional meetings, illnesses, and pre election sermons fill community life with notable names and places.
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Queen Anne’s County
John F. Spence
Howen
James K. Dill
Cordova
Hignutt Farm
John W. Wright
Thomas L. Chaffinch
Walter Lindsey
Lyford
Maryland Steamboat Company
Collins
Onion remedy against malaria and cold tale told
A reader recounts using an onion to treat malaria and cold symptoms when quinine ran out. The piece extols onions as cathartic and diuretic, suggests farming onions to reduce breath taint, and jokes about social fear of eating them and a divorce threat if a wife cooked with onions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inmeritan Garden
Estate land sale set for November 26 by trustee Hobbs
Real estate in the First district belonging to the late Mrs. Emiline Downes will be offered again by trustee Elon 3 Hobbs after last November's sale was not ratified by the court. The sale date is Tuesday, November 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emiline Downes
Elon 3. Hobbs
Eliot announces Democrat shift from Harvard presidency
Harvard College President Charles W. Eliot declares his entrance into the Democratic party during a Bay State Club address in Boston. He urges choosing between the two major parties, cites reform of civil service, pension support for public servants, and critiques Republican and Cleveland administrations. He aims to convert some Republicans to Democratic views while defending pensions for all deserving public workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Harvard College
Democratic Party
Bay State Club
Boston
Republican Party
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Cleveland
Orphans Court Proceedings Include Guardian Accounts And Rail Plans
Judges Downes Liden Hobbs and Register of Wills Steele presided. Administrators presented accounts for estates William Robinson Charles W. Moore Stephen Dyer and James E. Pearsaul. Dr Stetson authorized to sell Marshall Mutchler personal property. A citation issued for Thomas Curry to show cause regarding Joseph Gibson estate. Daily’s guardian funds investment refused. appeal noted. Oyster supper raised 50 dollars for Tunis Mills School. B&EL R R rails to Easton Royal Oak and St Michaels with 35 flats of steel rails at depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Downes, Liden, Hobbs
Register of Wills
Steele
James Robinson
William Robinson
G. W. Stetson
Marshall S. Mutchler
Charlotte M. Moore
Charles W. W. Moore
Pioneer in Oporto wine and grape juice production
Alfred Speer of Passaic New Jersey is lauded as a pioneer in cultivating Oporto vines and fermenting Oporto grape into wine in the United States. His methods preserve fresh grape juice without fermentation and are praised for purity and health value, with a worldwide reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oporto
Alfred Speer
Passaic
N. J
Spees
Hardware stock sale at bottom prices in Tucguman Harvey notice
Tucguman Harvey announces a shift from credit business to cash and trade sales. He lists a full hardware stocked with wheelwright and blacksmith materials, building hardware, paints, oils, harness, plows, pumps, cutlery, barb wire, tinware, and related goods, inviting inspection and price comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucguman Harvey
QEHM'S ACME HALL Best-Made Fall and Winter Clothing
QEHM'S ACME HALL advertises ready to wear and custom clothing for all ages. It boasts wide ranges of business, walking, and dress suits with prices, plus juvenile suits, overcoats, hats, and various accessories. The copy emphasizes courteous service and strong leadership in fashion.
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Qehm
Acme
Bb & T
West Haltimore Street
Baltimore
Philadelphia
6Th
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