Denton and Caroline News Roundup From Local Paper
Denton won a 17 to 2 baseball game. Caroline entries show residents in Ocean City and attendance at pageants and fairs. Denton electric from Laurel plant. Hog cholera concerns in Talbot. vaccinations urged for school entry. upcoming events include a free Palace Theatre show, a Greensboro pageant, and a high school fundraiser at Algren Co. plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Denton
Laurel
Talbot
New Citizens Bank of Chestertown
Wedding Bells Stir Ridgely Circles In Centreville
Miss Mary Slaughter and Leonard Maxwell Goodwin wed in Centreville with Rev. Frank White officiating. The bride, long a Ridgely resident, and the groom, Ridgely High School faculty, left for a trip to Baltimore and Washington then plan to live in Ridgely. The social page notes numerous visits, teaching appointments, and relatives visiting from Delaware, Philadelphia, and New York as residents and guests attend events and travel across Maryland and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Slaughter
George Slaughter
Ridgely
Leonard Maxwell Goodwin
Centreville
Frank White
M. E. Church
Beatrice McCullum
William Lynch
Schenectady
N. Y
Ridgely High School
Goodwin
Baltimore
Washington
William Ashton Clark
Europe
Peter T. Clark
Louisville
Lizzie Clark
Louise Bates Fisher
Howard Melvin, Jr
Wicomico County
Georgetown
Del
William E. Brown
Newark
T. C. Smoot
Onancock, Va
Mary Welch
Friendship
Anne Arundel County
Mary Bacon
Laurel
Dorothy Stafford
Kennett Square
Mildred
Louise Nuttle
Hilda Wiggins
Denton
Ruth Singer
Greensboro
Philadelphia
Penns Grove
Wilmington
Ethel Singer
Joh T. Carter
Lexington
Shenandoah Valley
Washington and Lee University
Deweese Carter
John R Statum
John Howard
John Howard, Jr
Roland Howard
Linwood
J. R. Gaar
Frances
Hagerstown
Betterton
Gaar
Dashiell
J. Marion Emerson
Ansonia
Conn
Emerson
Ansonia Sentinel
New England
Levi K. Ziegler
Shamokin
M. E. Wilson
J. L. Everngam
Nannie Murphy
New York
Everngam
M. Wade Hughes
R. Boone Beauchamp
Ella George
Delaware
Moore
Hilda Katherine Wiggins
Dorothy Singer
West Philadelphia
Howard Legates
Howard
John R. Statum
J. Dukes Downes
Dawson O. George
Orme
Plaindealing
Town
Oakley Redden
Frank A. Redden
Purnell Fleetwood
Waverly
William P. Draper
Gilbert Hagadone
Helen
Helen Skirven
Louise Noble
Willifred Deweese
Ingleside
John T. Carter
Hillsboro Community Club to Meet First Fall Session
Hillsboro residents are invited to the Hillsboro Community Club meeting in the club-room on Monday September 4 at eight o'clock. The president urges full attendance to show support for the organization as it begins its fall activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Harry Owens
Parsons
Kansas
Alma Baker
Victor Emerson
Philadelphia
Fletcher Pennington
Charles Ringgold
Mollie Ryan
William Hynson
Dover
E. H. Gale
O. T. Baynard
Chestertown
George B. Stewart
Baltimore
Wilmington
D. J. Heather
Marydel
W. B. Sparks
Douglas Cooper
Laurel
Del
William Cooper
W. F. Dickinson
St Paul's P. E
Harold Davis
Centreville
Anna Beauchamp
Purnell Horsey
Crisfield
S. N. Pilchard
Wilbur Fleming
Edith Jones
Edward Davis
Local notes from Goldsboro and nearby towns
Goldsboro reports a week of camp at Ralph s Wharf with Alice Shively and others enjoying the trip before school resumes. Rev J H Schooley visits Western Shore and attends Mt Zion conference in Howard county. Henderson pair Lemnet Reed and Mildred Gilbert wed at the Methodist parsonage with Rev J H Schooley officiating. Katherine Shockley opens a millinery parlor in Wharton building. Various visits and a sermon cancellation at the Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Shively
Alice Dennison
Louise Dennison
Edith
Rebecca Lane
Marguerite Griffin
Miriam Jackson
Ralph's Wharf
J. H. Schooley
Mt. Zion Church
Howard County
Lemnet Reed
Mildred Gilbert
Henderson
Katherine Shockley
Wharton Building
Elizabeth Bennett
Shockley
James Voshell
Centreville
W. T. Jarman
Methodist Church
Frank Covey
Chester
Annie Mitchell
Ruth Shockley
Selbyville
E. J. Saunders
Pageant a Charity Benefit for High School in Greensboro
A Saturday evening pageant directed by Miss Julia Moorehead of Pittsburgh promises a fine program for Greensboro with proceeds aiding the local High School. Other items note visitors and family events including deaths, travels, and gatherings among residents.
Wood suppliers urge提前 ahead for winter demand
Rural coal shortages warn residents to stockpile timber now as energy markets tighten. Local merchants report rising demand and advise customers to secure wood supplies ahead of cold season.
Local Families Visit Nearby Communities
Mr and Mrs J H Spence and children Kathryn and Anna Mae spent Thursday at Oyster Shell Point. Miss Ethel Adams hosted Miss Pearl Wright and Ormond Wright of Tuckahoe Neck on Sunday. Chester Scott and daughter Mildred visited Seaford relatives Sunday. Elizabeth and Hattie Alford spent the weekend with Hattie Atkinson. Rose Phillips of Shiladelphia stayed with Mrs L N Alford this week. J B Medford and wife visited relatives here Wednesday last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Spence
Kathryn
Anna Mae
L. N. Alford
Clarence Atkinson
Lewis Wright
Oyster Shell Point
Ethel Adams
Pearl Wright
Ormond
Tuckahoe Neck
Chester Scott
Mildred
Seaford
Elizabeth
Hattie Alford
Hattie Atkinson
Rose Phillips
Shiladelphia
J. B. Medford
Samuel Troxell
Virginia
T. A. Smith
Chestertown
Herr
North
J. W. Thomas
Rehoboth
William Cooper
Linwood
John Bromley
New York
J. T
Charles Stevenson
Arthur Potter
Marcus Hook
Wesley Potter
Henry Wilkinson
Curtis
Harry
Charles Curtan
Philadelphia
Rebecca Swing
MacDonald
Kennett Square
Paul Neff
Ruth Wheatley
Centreville
T. L. Day
Hollingsworth
Denton
Saulsbury Brothers
Grace Rutter
Ella Pearsaul
Mary Rebecca Saulsbury
Judge
Baltimore
Sadie Wilson
William Swann
Ray Mason
Grenlock
N. J
I. E. Mason
Russell Swann
Chincoteague Island
Rose Lehman
Sara Neff
Cross Crossings Cautiously Warns Drivers
A cautionary notice warns drivers to approach urban crosswalks with care as traffic conditions and pedestrian hazards require vigilance. The piece emphasizes slow speeds, high visibility, and awareness at intersections to prevent collisions.
Ridgely Community Notes Include Visits and Events
Miss Wilhelmina Weipert of Wyandotte Michigan tours Adirondacks and New York then visits Rev. and Mrs L S Matthews before heading to Washington. Several locals travel, visit relatives, and attend conferences. Community clubs plan a October street carnival to fund the Community House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina Weipert
Wyandotte
Mich
Adirondacks
New York
Philadelphia
L. S. Matthews
Elsie
Stella Matthews
Washington
Weipert
Michigan
Miss Matthews
Detroit
Topkis Brothers
C.M. Lloyd
Emma
Edith
Rebecca Lloyd
Henry Jarrell
Chestertown
Fred
Rebecca
Evelyn Frampton
Appelbaum Company
Wilmington
Applebaum
Miss Frampton
E. J. Heckler
Alfred Day
Elaine
William Lukens
Ralph Seiford
Andrew Mitchell
Community House Fund
Melvin Wheatley
Cambridge
Oxford
Federalsburg
Tilghman'i Island
Robert Eltis
Maud Plummer
Peggy Plummer
Glanding
Baltinoe
J. D. Davis
Otis Wharton
Wesley Honey
Geo. Imler
Frank Simon
Thomas Rickards
Ridgely
Anna Richards
Mary
Orthopedic Hospital
A. J. Richards
Earle Hammond
Lucille
Greensboro
J. Elmer Anthony
Centreville
Charles and
Joseph Hlaymaker
Denton
Alice Meredith
Boston
M.C. Meredith
George Holland
Registration Day Urges Eligible Voters to Enroll
Next Tuesday is registration day for all persons entitled to vote in the November election whose names are not on the registries. They must enroll then or they cannot vote in this year's primaries. Other registration dates are October 3 and Revision Day on October 17.
Death notices for Mrs. Mary Emerson and Mrs. Nettie Williams Keith
Mrs. Mary L. Emerson widow of R Waldo Emerson died at her Denton home Tuesday morning after a stroke the evening before She was daughter of the late Samuel M Carter spent most of life in this county and in Connecticut Her husband died three years ago Three sisters survive funeral at 4 o clock Thursday conducted by Revs Hills and Richardson interment Greensboro cemetery Pallbearers named Mrs Nettie Williams Keith died at her Dover home Tuesday after a short illness She leaves a husband four children and three sisters The funeral will be held at one o clock Saturday at home with interment in Camden odd Fellows cemetery
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New Baptist
Greensboro
Denton
Ridgely
Federalsburg
Caroline
I. S Hollingsworth
Clara Hitchcock
S. Second Street
Wm. S. Denny
Haas Tailoring Co
J. H. Nichols & Co
Dr. Dickinson
St Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Hillsboro
Alexander M. Jackson
Salisbury
Parksley
Eastern Shore Baseball League
Virginia
W. K Dever
George A. Dever
John J. Bunting
Berlin
Asbury M. Church
Smyrna
R. P. Nichols
Wilmington
Mr. Bunting
Eastern Shore Dental Society
Mt. Pleasant Hotel
Ocean City
W. A. Smith
Preston
Tote
David J. Lewis
Mary L. Emerson
R. Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Samuel M. Carter
Kent County
Del
Ansonia
New Haven
Conn
Elizabeth Pennewill
Harry A. Roe
Roxana Draper
Methodist Episcopal Church
Vinal E. Hills
Denton M. FE
James T. Richardson
Harrington
Greensboro Cemetery
Henry R. Lewis
T. Pliny Fisher
M. Bates Stephens
Ferdinand Waynard
Fred R
Mail Box Requirement Moves Across Country
Instructions issued to all households within thirty days to install mail boxes or door slots for street carrier delivery. Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett notes delays at homes without receptacles and says most dwellings already have them, with estimates showing over 76 percent nationwide.
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Posmaster Nuitle
Bartlett
Choptank Bridge Accident Disrupts Rail Service
The Choptank river bridge of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway collapsed near the Caroline county side when about 10 feet of span gave way. Three cars sank with a fourth piled on top and a fifth over the edge while wreckage disappeared beneath the water. Passenger traffic diverted to alternate lines as repairs proceed and regular service is soon expected to resume.
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Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Caroline County
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
Greenwood
Delaware Road
Hurlock
Primary Ballots Explain Democratic Senate Choices
The JourNAL prints facsimiles of the September 11 primary ballots. Democratic ballots show double voting spaces in the Senatorial section to capture first and second choices, with guidance on proper marking and consequences of duplicate selections. Separate boxes and ballot colors mark white and blue tickets, with officers handling each set.
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Journal
Today
Bruce
Lewis
Norris
Congress
Local social notes and home projects listed
Mrs W L Jump visited Mrs Mary Patchett in Preston for four days. The Wilson residence near Maple Grove School has been repainted. Mrs Alice H Ross returned from Columbia University. The local colored school near here is nearly completed. Mr John Voss’s new house is almost finished.
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W. L. Jump
Mary Patchett
Preston
Mr. Wilson
Maple Grove School
Alice H. Ross
Columbia University
John Voss
Happenings at Burrsville
Miss Carrie Dearth of Marcus Hook died at her parents home after a two week typhoid illness. Born near Chillicothe Ohio in 1860 she moved to Maryland with her family and lived a devout Christian life. Funeral was private and held Sunday at the M E cemetery. Numerous relatives and visitors are noted in this community column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Dearth
Marcus Hook
Miss Dearth
Chilicothe
Ohio
Maryland
M. E
Denton
Clinton T. Wyatt
Claude Jennings
Raymond Jennings
Walliston
Harlan Blades
Emelyn Lloyd
Wilmington
H. A. Porter
Laura Porter
R. Henry Stafford
R. H.,jr
Margaret Thawley
Crisfield
Community Club members enjoy a Willis ton outing
Hobbs area residents spent a pleasant afternoon at Willis ton with bathing music and a picnic lunch. A sequence of visits followed with Mrs J W Peters Washington Mrs E W Brown and Miss Grace Adams from Hickman among guests. Local church activities and hospitalities noted.
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Williston
J. W. Peters
Washington
E. W. Brown
Grace Adams
Hickman
L. H. Thomas
J. Robert Starkey
M. Merriken
Christian Endeavor
Ruth Hubbard
Corkran and Son
Vanscoy
Royal Oak
Edwin Staley
Boston
Mass
E. M. Willey
Cobee
Elmer Butler
Helen and
Catherine Towers
Virginia Adams
Howard Adams
Hartley
J. W. Trice
Herbert Trice
Easton
Queen Anne Residents Return From Rehoboth Outing
Charles E. Stewart and family return home this week after a month at Rehoboth Beach. St Pauls Sunday School opens at 9 30 with Henry Morgan as superintendent. Church service at 10 30. Evening services and stories at 7 30. Virginia Nelson returns from Norfolk visit. Grace Road back from Ingleside. Various residents travel between Baltimore and Norfolk. Sunday School at Harris Chapel 2 and preaching at 3.
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Charles E. Stewart
Rehoboth Beach
St. Paul’s
Henry Morgan
Virginia Nelson
Tarnette
Norfolk
Grace Road
J. H. T. Merrick
Ingleside
Harry Flowers
Baltimore
Donald Flowers
George Moore
Harry Moore
Showard Culver
George B. Stewart
Harris Chapel
The White Potato Crop Breaks Regional Records
The Maryland Delaware Virginia Peninsula potato harvest from Cape Charles to Wilmington set records for production and shipments. About 16 thousand carloads moved by Pennsylvania railroad, 60 percent east 40 percent west, with peak days and weeks surpassing 1921 figures despite a prolonged shopmen strike.
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Maryland
Delaware
Virginia Peninsula
Cape Charles
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
New York
New England
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peninsula
Fairly Good Fruit Year Across Mid-Atlantic States
Government figures show Delaware should harvest over twelve times last year’s apple crop and nearly forty times as many peaches. Maryland also posts large gains with apples at 265 000 barrels and peaches at 462 000 bushels, while nationwide totals rise to 44 402 000 barrels of apples and 2 981 000 bushels of peaches in New York Virginia and Pennsylvania boosts accompany gains for apples and peaches across the region.
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Delaware
Maryland
United States
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Denton Firemen Carnival Opens Today Parade Through Streets
The Denton Firemen Carnival begins this afternoon with a parade of home and visiting firemen floats and decorated cars. Amusements include a merry go round shooting galleries and ball throwing devices. Free evening acrobat performances add to the fun as the event runs through next week to raise funds for fire equipment and a community house.
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Denton
Orphans' Court Administers Final Accounts and Reports
In Orphans Court Tuesday Judges West Harper and Shawe presided. Edward C. Carter, administrator of Annie L. Carter's estate, filed his first and final administration account and distribution along with a release from distributee Edward C. Carter. Henry R. Lewis and J. Owen Knntts, administrators of Howard L. Thomas's estate, filed their first and final administration account. Everett H. Garey, administrator of T. Fred Garey's estate, filed a list of operate debts and his first and final administration account. Ira J. Downing, administrator of Georgia A. Downing's estate, filed an administration account.
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Orphans’ Court
West, Harper and Shawe
Edward C. Carter
Annie L. Carter
Henry R. Lewis
J. Owen Knntts
Howard L. Thomas
Everett H. Garey
T. Fred Garey
Ira J. Downing
Georgia A. Downing
Fertilizer Preference Bill Promises Speedy Farm Supply
Farmers urge quick action on placing fertilizer on freight priority lists. Fertilizers are vital to next year’s food supply, and farmers must receive shipments promptly. Congressman Goldsborough is pushing for preferred shipments in coming weeks. Now is the time to subscribe.
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Congressman Goldsborough
Boys Conference Program At Chestertown Church
A Boys Conference gathered this week at Chestertown M E Church with Middletown district delegates. The program covered devotions, district problems, Centenary aims, laymen’s and ministers’ hours, boy’s obligations, and district events including a banquet and evening lectures by Dr W A Swartz and Bishop W F McDowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestertown M. E
Middletown
Denton
Omar E. Jones
W. A. Wise
R. P. Nichols
Smyrna
Perry
Board of Education of
New York
W. E. Hills
W. A. Swartz
Centenary
E. W. McDowell
L. Price
S. C. Coursey
Johnn
Burton Williams
Carlton Wallin
Douglas Adams
Wilson Weber
Theodore Orem
T. R. Vandyke
Cecilion
Leolan Jackson
Frank White
Centreville
W. F. McDowell
Questions to Editors on Booze Propaganda and Prohibition
A reader asks the JOURNAL editors to publish questions for advocates of liquor prohibition. The letter ponders public tolerance for alcohol propaganda, past saloon closures, church opposition, potential suspensions of pro-booze city dailies, and whether wets can regain influence amid liquor losses and economic shifts. The writer cites bootleggers, dealers, banks, and railroads as factors shaping politics. Reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Congress
Four Prisoners Escape From Easton Jail
Four colored prisoners awaiting various indictments escaped Easton prison Tuesday night by cutting through stone walls below a window on the west side. Deputy Elmer E. Andrews found only three remaining that night. The escape involved a screwdriver supplied by a trusty and a hole large enough for a man to crawl through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Elmer E. Andrews
William Mills
Carl Skinner
Amos Tamper
Vincent Davies
Oyster Season Opens Amid Hopeful Outlook
Oyster season opened yesterday as rangers begin operations under law. Mussels, which harmed last year’s catch, are largely disappearing according to Swepson Earle of the Conservation Commission, suggesting a better season for oyster producers and a improved market outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swepson Earle
Conservation Commission
Muse Sels
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the Local Department
Miss Slaughter
Mr. Goodwin
Ewopa Pp
Thera
Goldsboro
Julia Moorehead
Pittsburgh
Messrs
H. E. Jarrell
C. H. Pippin
Norris Butler
Waynard Kinnamon
Mabel Webber
Effa Plummer
Eleanor and
Jilly
Mary Emerson
L. A. Taylor
F. P. Roe
A. A. Christian
L. W. Taylor
Clarence Jackson
Gene Merrick
Smithville
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Ridgely News
Vernon
Burrsville
Community Matters
Thawley
Epworth League
Clyde Wyatt
George Wyatt
Calvert C. Harvey
Charlie
Charles T. Harvey
Anna Baker
Near Central Church
Harry Cheezum
Milford
Viola Fell
Hobbs
Martin Betts
A. W. Betts
Sutcliffe
Bethel
Bonney
Sarah Davis
Laura Cohee
Esther Willey
Miles River
Mary Draper
Ethel Comegys
Catherine Cohee
Queen Anne
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Poland
China
Berkshire
Farrow
E. L. Fooks
Preston, Md
C. Merriken
Atorney-at-Law
Denton, Md
Fred. Howard, JR
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