Talbot County News Roundup Includes Elections and Local Events
Local items note Talbot fair dates September 24 to 27 and a push to paint the courthouse. Reports cover school openings, widening Front street, new livery stables, and a Varied slate of public notices. The Democratic ticket for Somerset and nominations for Talbot County offices are listed alongside obituaries and personal mentions. The upshot includes weather forecasts, rail and river trade updates, and community announcements across Denton Ridgely and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Baltimore
City Hall
Big Sam
Denton
Front
Messrs. Kinnamon & Shields
Stephens
Charles W. Reid
Chas. A. Stoops
Tuckahoe Neck
Easton
L. B. Evans
Knotts
P. B. Hopper
Lynn R. Meekins
Baltimore American
Baltimore City
Farmers Weekly
Ida
Joppa
Baltimore
Wilbur F. Burnite
Felton
Beniah L. Lewis
Harrington
Delaware
Theodore Weems
Weems Transportation Line
Light Street
Denton Town
T. Pliny Fisher
Henderson
Byron C. Holbrook
H. G. Cowan
National Farmers’ Alliance
Co-Operative Union of America
Maryland
Burrsville
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Washington
Denton-Ridgely
Messrs
Death of Denton Boy From Lockjaw After Splinter
Robert M Anthony's six year old son near Denton died from lockjaw following a splinter in his leg on September 1. Initial symptoms appeared the previous Sunday with convulsions starting Tuesday and lasting until death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Robert M. Anthony
Denton
Excur sion Tickets Sold for I O O F Meeting
The B and O railroad will offer one first class limited fare round trip to Columbus for the Sovereign Grand Lodge I O O F meeting. Tickets on sale September 13 to 16, valid for return until September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. 0. O. F
Columbus
Ohio
B. & QO. Railroad Company
Preston Notes and Baltimore Jubilee Highlights
A Preston letter reports local social events and visits from notable residents amid a northeast storm, plus school plans and community notes. Baltimore marks the 175th North Point defense with grand Jubilee events, a large parade, a sham battle, and displays from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with President Harrison in attendance.
Peach grower Groves ships vast yields from Wye Island orchard
John A Groves one of Queen Annes leading peach growers rented the Wye Island farm from Joseph Rasin about three years ago planted 27000 trees and built a remarkable orchard The 2 year old crop yielded over 1500 baskets and this season ships several hundred baskets daily He expects 10000 baskets from his 3 year old orchard with Baltimore prices averaging over 1 per basket No injuries from early bearing noted Meanwhile bay steamers in Baltimore were four to five hours late due to a Chesapeake Bay storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Groves
Queen Anne County
Edward Wilkins
Joseph Rasin
Wye Island
Groves
Baltimore
Forty Sailors Perished In Delaware Breakwater Storm
Lewes Delaware reports a savage nor’easter driving hurricane force winds and rain. About thirty vessels ashore along the coast with forty lives lost as the breakwater telegraph and piers are wrecked and the life saving station flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
WiLamctox
Del
Lewes
Brown & Co
Levee Bros
United States Marine Hospital
Hugheyville
Remedy for Pear Blight and Apple Mildew Found
Prof J L Galloway head of vegetable pathology at the Department of Agriculture reports a practical fungicide remedy for pear blight and apple mildew. The method sprayed 50 000 plants in a day and a half at about $4 75 per application. another trial treated 200 000 apple seedlings at under two cents per 1 000 trees with high satisfaction. The results support its use by farmers and fruit growers as effective and economical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Galloway
Vegetable Pathology
Department of Agriculture
Sovereign Grand Lodge meet to draw 15000 Odd Fellows to Columbus
The Sovereign Grand Lodge In dependent Order of Odd Fellows will convene in Columbus Ohio September 16 to 22. A record gathering is anticipated with 15000 members including many Patriarchs Militant. Parade public ceremonies will interest both members and the public. The Pennsylvania Railroad will offer excursion tickets from principal eastern stations September 13 to 16 valid for return to September 26, 1889 at a single fare for round trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Erie
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grape Wine from Currants and Portugal Vines Noted
A. Speer of New Jersey, a major East producer, began years ago making wine from currants and berries. Hesson focused on grape raising, planting Portugal vines to craft Port Grape Wine and Unfermented Grape Juice praised by chemists and physicians for benefiting weakly and aged persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Speer
New Jersey
East
Hesson
Portugal
Denton and Hillsborough property sales listed dates
Notices show Denton town property sale on Tuesday September 17 by J M Emerson et al, Hillsborough property sale Saturday September 14 by J W Solt trustee, Fourth district real estate sale Saturday October 5 by Sheriff R Kemp Williams. A north wind and rain storm last night damaged fruit and shade trees and delayed Exposition travel. wheat demand rises with Southern prices from 75 to 85 cents, corn ranges 41 to 45 cents for yellow and white 42 to 45 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Lane
Ridgely
Orphans’ Court
Delaware
Frank Brown
Nathaniel Roe
Concord
Easton
Denton
J. M. Emerson
E. W. Emerson
R. W. Emerson
Hillsborough
J. W. Solt
R. Kemp Williams
Dorchester Republican Ticket and local notes
The Dorchester Republicans nominate E L Griffith for State Senator and delegates Daniel Lloyd Frank A Newton Charles M Wingate Ed win L B Jones Wi North J Holiday Murphy L J Spicer T C Reid for sheriff Alexander W Goslee and Willis Corkran named as surveyor. Also mentions Queen Anne Station plans, peaches shipped, a petition for a new public road from Herringtown Landing to Harmony Bethlehem road, and Hamilton Easter & Sons advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
Dorchester Republicans
E. L.griffith
Parson’s Creek
House of Delegates
Daniel Lloyd
Cambridge
Frank A. Newton
Linkwood
Charles M. Wingate
Straits
Edwin LB. Jones
Church Creek
Wi. North
the Neck
J. Holiday Murphy
Drawbridge
L. J. Spicer
Lakes
T. C. Reid
Fork
Sherif
Alexander W. Goslee
Willis Corkran
Herringtown Landing
Harmony-Bethlehem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
the Local Department
Talbot Fair
Snow Hill
Somerset
J. A. Trazzare
P. S. Reynold
Queen Anne Station
Talbot County
J. E. McCarter
Amanda D. Saulsbury
T. W. Smith
Frankie Greene
Ellen Dungan
Somerset County
Noah C. Sterling
William S. Long
Levin L. Waters
Benj. K. Green
Alex. Said
Charles J. Johnson
William T. Ford
Thos. Kirwin
Thos. W. Williams
Marydel—Maud Greer
Sallie Richards
Annie E. Golley
Bee Tree
Castle Hall
Lida Dennison
Moore
E. W. Burke
Garey’s
Mary Hollis
Central
Addie L. Wilson
Robie H. Hobbs
May Fisher
Mamie Downes
Whiteley’s
Mollie E. Jacobs
Oaks
Gussie Smoot
Potter’s Landing
John M. Willis
Willoughby’s
Minnie L. Everagain
Andersontown
Stella Smoot
Liden’s
Carrie Hobbs
Gravely Branch
Net
Smithville
Mary Stafford
Chestnut Grove
Lizzie Wright
Federalsburg
Reuben Garey
Sallie Mowbray
Dora Noble
Houston
Ellie Gullett
Hickory Hill
Alice Mandy
Boonsboro
Ella Whiteley
Longs
Bertie Williams
Laura Melvin
Kittie Hackett
Bessie Deakins
Thawley
Sadie Melvin
Saulsbury
Myrtle Dukes
Cedar Grove
Lizzie Whitby
Lola Stevens
Lottie Cline
The
State Normal School
Annie Talbot
Millington
Bella Simpers
Greensborough
H. A. Roe
Effa Kenney
May Chilton
M. J. Coulbourn
Philadelphia
Laura Cain
M. S. Mutchiler, Esq
Our Town
Mary J. Fisher
Western Maryland College
M. R. Pippin
Ella Turner
Mary Emerson
E. LB. Stevens
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Woman of India
George F. Hopkins
India
C. S. Stanton
Hillsboro
South
Wm. H. D. Harper
Giles
Cook
Christ P. E. Church
Stephen Hailey
Stephen Dyer
Philip W. Downes
Sarah C. Stayton
Sarah C. Williamson
Willian H. Watkins
Georgeanna S. Slaughter
Thomas H. Slaughter, Jr
Aber
Death From Lock-Jaw
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Preston
Whitby
Collins
Hollis
Gootee
Nannie Gootee
Isaac Noble
W. W. Williamson
Dover Bridge
John F. Dawson
Col. Douglass
C. H. Whitby
Doctor Stafford
Ingleside
Leonard Hynson
Hynson
Conference Academy
Dickinson College
A. D. Emerson
All's X Roads
Mattie Merrick
Westminister
Eddie Graham
Randolph—Macon College
Casper Norris
St. John’s College
Albert Walls
LE. J. Merrick
J. C. Thrasher
West Virginia
J. E. Graham
Dover
C. W. Moore
James Pippin
Eaton
Y's
Mary Mowbray
Roxie Gambrill
Hettie Alberger
Alice Collins
W. A. Mowbray
Grevenrsborough
James Jarman
Main Street
Railroad Avenue
Edward Pearson
Middletown
J. M. Scowdrick
Elma Fleming
Zaidee Jarman
Bethlehem
T. C. Smoot
Stanton
Smoot
M. E
Whiteleysburg
John
Letty
Russell
Mrs. Schaube
Hettie
North Point
Great Britain
Broadway
Latrobe
Jackson
Eclnt
Eben Appleton
Guard of Honor
Patriotic Ladies of
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Frederick
Evans Thomas
Page
Harrison
Fort Mellenry
Hodges
Windom
Tracy
TIN Siam Dattor
Pimlico
Col. Wardwell
Maryland National Guard
United States
Fort McHenry
Pennsylvania
Virginia
District of Columbia
Clinton P. Paine
Samuel Smith
H. G. Gibson
John Stricker
Ross
J. S. Bull
Brooke
Chas
Gaither
M. N.G
Fountain Farm
Roland Garey
Sroo
Camper
John R. Wyatt
Chesapeake Bay Bay
SaLisnurty
Ocean City
Atlantic
Synepuxent Bay
Berlin
Synepuxeut Bay
Public
Ast
J. H. Coulbourn
North Front Street
Penna
Res
T. Q. Ayres
Charles Barcus
George Moore
Hamilton Easter & Sons
B.C. Yates & GO
Ledger Building
Sixth and
Chestnut Streets
Caroline County
C. Noble
J. 3
Duke
Sylvester Road
William
Mark
Tests
WM. Stevens
O. J. Redden
Enoch George
Henry Irwin
Clement Noble
Woodlawn
Centreville
Rermm
W. Il Gibson
Centre Sitie
James Park
John T. Comegyss & CO
Denton, Md
Demox
M. B. Stephens
W. Hackett
Choptank
Adams
Woodside
Griffith
J. F. Eaton
Brek
Tuezday
J. H. Straughn
A. G
Ridghly
R. Tunis
GY. Griffith
V-Pres
Gen
Wai R
Vountain
Wc. Feinlagen
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber CO
W. W. Tunis
BRO
Tunis Mills
Frank H. Phillips
Moro Phillips
SKY
Frederick Phillips
South St
Third St
M. J. Young
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