Local notices and events in Denton area
Denton items report postmaster appointment for Williston O M Hienutt, local races attended by Dentonians, upcoming fall millinery openings at Ida J McTlvaine & Sister, harvest service at Thawleys M P Church, and store improvements by Contractor Thawley. Examinations for colored teachers certificates in Denton, and a court case against W R Peters. Fishermen prep for fall nets. various real estate and road corridor actions noted.
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South Second Street
O. M. Hienutt
Williston
Easton
K.N. Hardcastle
We. C. Pastorfield’s
Journal
Carolina County
Denton
Tuckahoe
Gibson Gantt
North East
Christ Church
Isaac L. Dukes
T. C. West
Thawley’s
M. P
Tuckahoe Neck
W.C. Pastorfield
Andy P
J. H. Pippin
Golden Red
W. G. Horsey
Caroline
Gootee
J. E. Nichols
C. H. Redden
Helen Sauerwald
Jennie Stafford
Reading Circle
James P. Neal
Watt’s Creek Bridge
Thawley
East Gay Street
George W. Porter
West Denton
Ida J. McTlvaine & Sister
Tours Boy
Peninsula
Touri Boy
Ile
Strouse & Bro
Baltimore
J. L. Everngain
Harry V. Noble
T. Alan Goldsborough
W. R. Peters
Hickman
Buchanan
J. R. Hughes
Greensboro
M. E
D. M. Dibble
D. J. Givan
C. W. Strickland
Strickland
James E. Wright
Tuckahoe Station
Robert Wright
Marsland
Thomas Wright
Solomon Wright
Queen Anne’s County
Solomon Cooper
Hillsboro
Matrimonial and Personal Items From Denton News
A column of personal notes lists travels and marriages including Miss Marie Simons and Floyd Diel in Whiteleyshurg, Del. Ramsdell and Bless wed in St. Louis. Miss Nellie Love now at a Florida millinery firm. several locals visiting relatives and returning from trips to Europe and Maryland.
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Mary E. Sheppard
F. Sheppard
Dover
Philadelphia
Mary Todd
Emily Nnotts
Catherine Dukes
Miss Todd
Church Hospital
Buraisville
Manin? Diel
Marie Simons
Whiteleyshurg
Del
J. K. Underhill
KK. Kinsley
Shepardstown
Wm. A. Myers
Mount Pleasant
Jonathan W. Kerr
Nellie Love
Apalachucola
Florida
Waverly
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Mabel
Nina Hanson
Edith Russell
Long Branch
Dev. C. A. Grise
Baltimore
Wilmer V. Tfarris
Henderson
John Harris
Wilmington
Hattie Virginia Hicks
Hillsboro
J. R. Garrigues
Willie B. Turbitt
H. 2 B. Simmons
Chestertown
Denton
Mamie Harrington
Talbot
Mary Comerys
Maud Tiice
New York
J. L. Carrow
Felton
E. T. Tubbs
J. M. Colston
Wyoming
Typhoid Prevention Advised By Health Officer
Dr Enoch George health officer of Caroline county publishes in the Journal guidance on typhoid fever. He urges absolute cleanliness and pure drinking water as safeguards and calls for frequent cleaning and disinfection of water closets chicken houses and outhouses. A nationwide weed removal push is urged and decaying matter should be burned. Immediate attention is urged to protect family and neighbors.
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Enoch George
Caroline County
Journal
State Board of Health
George
Travel in the South Endorses Chamberlain's Remedy
Mr BE E Cross of Melfa Va relates a travel mishap from cholera morbus due to water and diet changes. Two doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him, and he now carries a bottle in his grip. He recommends it to fellow travelers and notes many others do the same. Sold by Douglass Drug Store and A L Daffy in Hillsboro.
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BE. E. Cross
Melfa
Douglass Drug Store
A. TL
Daffy
Lillsboro
Hillsboro Church Reopens After Refinement and Services
The Hillsboro M E Church reopens on Sunday October 1 after beautification with metallic ceiling and walls. Rev S N Pilehaird of Crisfield preaches at 10 30 am Presiding Elder W C Koons at 3 pm with evening service to be announced. Calendar Club hosts an oyster supper in Hillsboro tonight. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted throughout the Greensboro area with social and church events.
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Hillsboro
M. E
M. Thompson
William = Williams
Withington
Mary Williams
Cheswold
W. T. Kelley
Tra B. Williams
Hotel Smith
E. T. Thompson
I. L. Boyer
Clayton
Chester
Reading
Philadelphia
Sadie Hynson
Cambridge
Willian
Aliiehell
Wf. G. Hayden
Baltimore
Evelyn Fleming
Anderson
Jennie Fleming
F.C. Cookson
Barwick
Matthews
Everett Gale
Mary Reese
G. Lawrence Wilson
James C. Sherwood
Harry Connelly
Fred. Sylvester
Washington College
Wilkinson
Kent Island
Isaac T. Sparklin
Mary Sylvester
Western Maryland College
Lizzie Brown
Delaware
Thomas H. Jones
Thieves Target Ridgely Businesses and Homes
Over the past week Ridgely suffered multiple burglaries. David Kline's clothing store was broken into Saturday night for the fourth time in ten months, while J P Holsinger's grocery and J E Lane's general store were burgled Friday night. A clothesline theft hit Mrs. Holsinger for 350 in garments. Carter Rylott's residence was entered and valuables stolen with furniture damaged. Thos W Jones offered a 50 reward for the culprit who shattered a display window. Irwin T Saulsbury's private school opened Monday. teacher Miss Stubbs of Philadelphia.
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Ridgely
David Kline
J.P. Holsinger
J. E. Lane
Paul Holsinger
Carter Rylott
Thos. W. Jones
Kline
Irwin T. Saulsbury
Burreville Social Notes Spur Weekend Visits
Rev N S Johnson took a business trip to Milton last week and was joined home by Miss Loletta Betts who stayed several days with friend Miss Mamie Rawghley. Rev and Mrs T H Wright with daughter Mabel of Stevensville visited local friends. Mr and Mrs R H Thawley visited sister Mrs Coursey Hammond near Milford. Little F Grayson Sparks of Wilmington visits grandparents Mr and Mrs W P Stafford. Mrs Harry Davis of Philadelphia and M B Smith near here. Mr and Mrs R H Dill hosted the Epworth League Friday evening.
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Caroline County
Greensboro
Gakensboro
St. Pauls’ Church
Willard Mitchell
G. R. Ellis
Ridgely
S. P. Shipman
W. F. Murphy
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
W. W. Goldsborough
H. H. Murphy
Mortimer
Denton
W. H
T. Edwin Willis
Westminster
Western Maryland College
Annie M. Pippin
Myrtle Chambers
Wilmington
Carroll Pippin
Andrew Satterfield
Burrsville
Satter
Chester
Philadelphia
Boston
Robert D. Clark
S. J. Bilbrough
Salome Garey
R. R. Garey
Georgia Roop
Elsie Coursey
Myrtle Bailey
Josephine Pepper
William B. Massey
Ruthsburg
J.B. Draper
Joseph H. Vansant
Myra Taylor
Robert Taylor
J. A. Davis
Jennie Halsted
Ocean Grove
Mann
Son Morgan
New York City
Belle Willis
Belle Connelly
Hillsboro
Annie K. Moore
M. F. Kibler
Annabel Moore
Rev. S. P. Shipman
Miss Mary House
Choptank
Julian Davis
N. S. Johnson
Milton
Loletta Betts
Mamie Raughley
T. H. Wright
Mabel
Stevensville
R. H. Thawley
Thawley
Coursey Hammond
Milford
Little F. Grayson Sparks
W. P. Stafford
Harry Davis
M. B. Smith
R. H. Dill
Epworth League
Town Gossip Underline Visitors And Local News
Mrs W G Lamb and Misses Santer and Mel Leathery from Philadelphia visited town briefly. Mrs Joshua Sparks sits by her ill daughter in Hartly. Marydel Canning Co run by d I Stanford reports good week. Miss Mary Alton leads the primary class. Miss Bessie Milvourn heads south for winter. Rev I H Collins family back from vacation. Mrs Sherwood and Miss Eaton guests of Mrs S G Boyer. J Seward Dailey returns to Conference Academy.
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W. G. Lamb
Santer
Mel Leathery
Philadelphia
Joshua Sparks
Hartly
Marydel Canning Company
D. I. Stanford
Mary Alton
Bessie Milvourn
South
I. H. Collins
Sherwood
Miss Eaton
S. G. Boyer
J. Seward Dailey
Gooden and related families visit church and college
Renderson Mrs. D. M. Gooden and children Mr. L. A. Gooden and wife and Miss Edith Gooden were guests of Mr. and Mrs. HE. L. Gooden near Thomas' Chapel Sunday. Miss Ethel Sparks spent weekend with sister Mrs. Joshua Vansant at Wilmington. Misses Maggie Sparks Ida Pritchet and Lizzie Jarman have gone to Swarthmore College. Miss Edith Goodwin resumes studies at St. Mary's Seminary Wednesday. Miss Lizzie Gooden visits Mrs. John Cooper at Willow Grove.
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D. M.gooden
L. A. Gooden
Edith Gooden
HE. L. Gooden
Thomas
Ethel Sparks
Joshua Vansant
Wilmington
Maggie Sparks
Ida Pritchett
Lizzie Jarman
Swarthmore College
Edith Goodwin
St. Mary's Seminary
Lizzie Gooden
John (. Cooper
Willow Grove
Wall Paper and Window Shades at Thomas and Messer
Advertises latest patterns in wall paper including gilt seapiece and window shades priced at 20e each from Thomas and Messer located at 1013 W Baltimore St Baltimore.
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Thomas & Messer
Baltimore St
Baltimore
Whaleysville residents plan moves and local builds
Mr J E Whaley spent last Sunday at his home in Whaleyville and will move his family to Preston at year end occupying Mr B W Wright's house. Mr Collins is building a large machine and blacksmith shop near J K Ledman’s cannery and will later erect a dwelling. Fourth district teachers met at Preston Academy Thursday evening and formed a district reading circle.
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J. E. Whaley
Whaleyville
Whaley
Preston
B. W. Wright
Collins
J. K. Ledman
Preston Academy
The Voracious Carp of Choptank and Local Contract Case
A lad finds a twenty four pound carp after returning from supper. Carp proliferate in the upper Choptank waters, with many caught by shore anglers and few by pound nets. Elsewhere, a Maryland equity case in Whagland Farmers Canning Company seeks specific performance on a tomato growing contract, finding no binding authority for Hubert Bounds to bind Herman Bounds and upholding that equity cannot compel impossible performance.
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William Thawley
Denton Bridge
Canning-house
Farmers’ Canning Company
Whagland
James B. Bradley
Holland
Court of Equity
Maryland
H. J. W. Denson
William Banks
Farmers Canning Company
Plantiffs
Hubert Bounds
Herman Bounds
Toto
Ephriam A. Denson
Mr. Ellegood
Samuel P. Woodcock
Terman
Herman
The Witch of Ivy Swamp An Old Maryland Tale
An 18th century settlers tale from the Ivy Swamp area near Fed eralsburg recounts Aunt Mary Ann a feared hermit who lived alone amid oaks pines and fruit trees. Her death foretold by storm and a relic bottle with a storm poem endures in local lore and a 1874 Federalburg Courier account.
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Journ
Old Country
Federalsburg
Faulkner's Hill
Faulkner's Branch
Mill Pond
Mary Ann
Deliha Sparklin
John Rowens
Federalsburgg Courier
Denton Auction Sells Family Sawing Machine
The first sawing machine in Denton was auctioned from Misses Sauls bury and bought by A. G. Saulsbury for its historic value. Prohibitionists plan a Denton meeting next Tuesday in the Law Building, invited by Willard H. Thawley. A timber cutter near Andersontown shot a 6 ft 5 in snake found up a tree.
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Denton
Saulsbury
A. G. Saulsbury
China
Samoa
Louisiana
Willard H. Thawley
Law Building
R. H. Layfield
Adams & Peters
Andersontown
Orphans' Court Adjourns to Confirm Admin Actions
Lydia A. Ross administratrix of Thomas G. Ross presented an account of sales which was approved. Henry C. Rawlings administrator to execute a deed to Lydia Hutson for land sold by the deceased. William B. Nuttle executor of James W. Saulsbury authorized to file a new bond. Bond filed and approved. Citation ordered against John K. Friend to render final account. Christian E. Hoffman applied for letters of administration for George W. Hoffman estate.
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Orphans’ Court
Lydia A. Ross
Thomas G. Ross
Henry C. Rawlings
C. T.a
Lydia Hutson
William B. Nuttle
James W. Saulsbury
John KE. Friend
Francis H. Friend
Christian E. Hoffman
George W. Hoffman
Deaths in the Community and Nearby Areas
The Death Nolt Nellie Stevens of Andersontown dies at 13 from heart trouble after tonsil infection. Funeral conducted by Rev. C W Strickland at Concord cemetery. William Tribbett, 22, buried near Henderson as typhoid fever spreads to four family members including a critically ill father James Tribbett and a seriously ill younger daughter. Mrs Lyda Mitchell of Ridgely dies at home, leaving husband Willard Mitchell, five children, and a four hour old infant.
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Nellie Stevens
H. Franklin Stevens
Andersontown
C. W. Strickland
Concord Cemetery
William Tribbett
Henderson
James Tribbett
Lyda Mitchell
Willard Mitchell
Ridgely
Elizabeth and Pine From the Houston Post Dialogue
A fragment from the Houston Post presents a brief dialogue where Elizabeth asks about a man’s expectations and Pine replies with a cryptic response. The exchange hints at underlying social or literary themes without full context.
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Elizabeth
Pine
Wanmima
Nto
Houston Post
Winter Underwear Ad From W C Pastorfield
An advertisement urges readers to buy winter underwear from W C Pastorfield. It presents a concise sales pitch without additional context or details about the store or location.
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W. C. Pastorfield
Dover minister resigns to care for ill wife
Rev. James L. Nichols, longtime Dover Methodist Protestant pastor, resigns after sacrificing position to support his wife Emma Masten Nichols whose health deteriorated. Physicians advised a mountain climate in North Carolina for her life. Nichols left church duties to accompany her while Isis church work was left behind amid debt relief.
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James L. Nichols
Dover
Dover Methodist
Isis
Dover Church
Silent Help Reaps A Palm In Time
A reflective verse praises simple acts of kindness as seeds that yield spiritual rewards. It notes how small gestures brighten sad lives, inspire renewed promise, and lift fallen souls toward heaven, promising lasting joy for the giver.
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Heaven
Lessons From Hezekiah And Judahs Fall Chronology
A quarter’s lessons recount Hezekiah’s faith and the downfall of Judah through a succession of kings. It covers Sennacherib’s invasion, Hezekiah’s prayer, Isaiah’s prophecies, Manasseh’s idolatry and repentance, Josiah’s reforms, the Book of the Law discovery, Jehoiakim’s burnings, Jeremiah’s trials, Judah’s captivity, Ezekiel’s river vision, and Daniel’s diet as a model of restraint and faith.
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Hezekiah
Jerusalem
Kingdom
Judah
Babylon
Sennacherib
Asyria
Mannasseh
Manasseh
Josiah
Moses
Gesson S
Jehoiakim
Ichoiakim
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Christ
Daniel
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