Local Market Notes And Constitutional Hunt In Caroline
The column notes grain and fruit prices with wheat at 1.70 to 2.15 and corn at 2.30, plus cantaloupes to northern markets and plentiful Lima beans. It lists events at the Farmers Club, church sermons by Rev. Marley Cass and Rev. Frank H. Lewis, and a stock sale by S. M. Whiteley in Talbot on August 16. Also reports on summer heat affecting work, deaths in cities, exemptions from drafts, and local real estate transactions and notable deaths in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Caroline
Farmers’ Club
Court House
J. R. Marley Cass
Old Trinity Church
Dorchester
E. H. Hirs
Talbot
S. M. Whiteley
Frank H. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Preston M. E
W. W. Seward
Ridgely
Compweller McMullen
Cumberland
W. A. Alford
Thawley
Rehoboth
County Boards of Commissioners
Caroline's
Congress
Maryland Infantry
Daniel Harris
Greensboro
Sallie Smith
Denton
Lewis Goodman
Lillian M. Musser
Green City
Baltimore
Concord Camp
T. Q. Crouse
B. G. Parker
Cordova
Denton Post Office
Forest Stanford
May Hearn
Howard Fitz
Marjorie Armstrong
J. W. Barnes
Roger Blankford
Pauline Pryor
Belle Coursey
William Hartman
Paul Craft
C. H. Swan
Wm. McLean
Gilbert Hagadane
E. 0. Anderson
Alvah J. Norman
Anderson
Michigan Agricultural College
University of Wisconsin
Pennsylvania State College
J. Boon Dukes
Happy
Texas
William Richardson Griffith
Caroline County
Charles A. Griffith
William P. Richardson
Tuckahoe Neck
J. O. Bradenbaugh
Griffith
William E. Greenley
Messrs
Krabill
Beer and Helsby
Greenley
Church of the Brethren
Miss Thawley
Wedding in Brooklyn and social notes of Denton era
One of the season's notable weddings took place at St Thomas Aquinas Church in Brooklyn with Miss Mary Gertrude Willoughby marrying Mr. Lewis Elbert Smith. The couple honeymooned through the South, planning to reside in Okmulgee Oklahoma. The column also details many local social visits, engagements, and travel among Denton area residents, including hospital news, family visits, and school staff movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Gertrude
Francis T. Willoughby
This County
Lewis Elbert Smith
Columnbus
Father Donahue
Miss Willoughby
Drake College
New York City
Smith
Oklahoma
John Kenny
Charles Beauchamp
Tuckahoe Neck
W. L. Jump
Wm. E. Saulsbury
Frank Booth
Washington
Mabel Voshell
Denton
Harry S. Clark and
Grace
Norman W. Voss
Parlin
N. J
E. T. Orme
Russum
Mary
G. Lacey Stevens
J. Frank Wright
Katherine Stewart
Braddock’s Heights
McCleary
Goldy Statum
Aaron Statum
Marcus Hook
R. H. Russell
Philadelphia
F. B. Russell
Harry West
Baltimore
Harry §. Clark
J. S. Fullerton
Elvina
John S. Barnhart
Eliza Duffey
Oscar Clark
T. O. Crouse
Westminster
Henry Hollingsworth
Frank B. Bomberger
State College of Agriculture
Alice
Clara Tubbs
T. Howard Heather
C. W. Jacobs
Lulu Sisk
Caroline High School
Bates K. Lucas
Michigan
A. G. Towers
Cape May
Hortense Downes
Ingleside
Willifred Deweese
Lillian Thornley
Smyrna
Annie Lewis
Thelma Everngai
Milford
Mc. T
Alan Goldsborough
Rehoboth
Rev J L Straughn Dead At Roland Park Baltimore
Rev J L Straughn longtime M P Church pastor and former Caroline Circuit leader died at his Baltimore home from heat effects. He joined the Maryland Conference in 1870 and led large churches. His wife died three years ago. Survived by four children Mrs Jones Dr W R Straughn J L Straughn Jr and Miss Blanche Straughn. Funeral Thursday with interment in Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Straughn
Caroline
M. P
Roland Park
Baltimore
Straughn
Maryland Conference
Del
W. R. Straughn
Mansfield Normal School
Blanche Straughn
Salisbury
No Liquor In This Suit Gage
A colored man who worked at Chester returned home last week with a suitcase that officers found suspicious. They suspected liquor and brought him before Magistrate Richards on a Saturday evening. The suitcase revealed no alcohol. the man was simply fleeing unrest in Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Richards
Flag Day Observance and Community News in Galdsboro
Galdsboro P O S of A raised a flag with children singing My Country Tis of Thee and The Star Spangled Banner. Speakers included Dr T O Crouse and Revs M F Tabler Roy Musser. J Spencer Lapham chaired, reading a French poem. Also notes on local wheat, corn, tomato prospects, a farewell visit, visitors from Baltimore and Philadelphia, Red Cross sale, and residents’ travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Spencer Lapham
T. O. Crouse
Denton
M. F. Tabler
Roy Musser
Lexington
Bunker's Hill
Robi. Jarrell
Downes
Preston
France
Jarrell
Annie Graff
Baltimore
Anna Irving
Gertrude Whitby
Marcus Hook
C. W. Cahall
Aaron
Philadelphia
W. T. Elliott
Elliott
Red Cross Society
W. L. Cooper
Ocean City
Marjorie Griffin
Delaware
Daniel Ritchie
Pennsylvania
Greensboro social notes and fishing trip include shark sighting
Greensboro residents and visitors are noted in a long list of social visits and travels. Ed Weaver and Rev Troxell from Ridgely fished at Bowers Beach where a shark about 18 inches was among the catch. Several locals plan moves and visits to Wilmington Felton Marcus Hook Uniontown and Deep Bend for camps and picnics. Farmers report good wheat yields after threshing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Ed. Weaver
Troxell
Ridgely
Harry C. Blackburn
Henry Weaver
Bowers Beach
George W. Sharp
Wilmington
Alice Bearman
Martha Semons
Semons
John Semons
Felton
George H. Mitchell
Cape Charles
J. H. Mitchell
Helen Ash
Winifred Cake
Mae Reed
Marcus Hook
Talchester
Mollie V. Wooters
Durham
N. C
G. W. Wooters
Palmer Walls
Deep Bend
Elizabeth Graham
Uniontown
Norris Butler
Sallie Mitchell
Denton
Clayton Curry
Bridgeville
J. E Curry
G. W., Sharp
M. E
Kathleen Pritchett
Wilmington Friends
Edinburgh social notes and farm progresses report
Edinburgh residents recount visits to Denton camp and Hartly with Grace Richard, Grace Smith, Katherine Melvin, Mabel Spence and Margaret Gsell. Farmers report threshing done with fair yields. Ola Faulkner enjoys vacation with parents. Joseph Gsell on sick list, W J Faulkner improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Kennard Shults
Grace Richard
Grace Smith
Katherine Melvin
Denton Camp
Margaret Gsell
Mabel Spence
Hartly
Ola Faulkner
Joseph Gsell
W. J. Faulkner
McConnell Family Visitors Return to Norristown
Alphonso McConnell returns to Norristown Pa after a ten day visit with his parents Mr and Mrs W H McConnell. Mr and Mrs James Cox and family were guests of the McConnells on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Alphonso McConnell
Norristown
W. H. McConnell
James Cox
The Ridgely News Column Highlights Local Happenings
Rev Elmer L Coblentz will lecture on German Power at the Reformed Church on August 7 at 8 PM with a hundred lantern slides. General admission 15 cents. Michael Latshaw dies aged 65. funeral at Church of the Brethren. Several residents visit relatives and attend fairs. W C T U raises about 13 dollars at a lawn festival. Various guests and travels populate Ridgely town life with illnesses, visits, and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer L. Coblentz
Carlisle
Willing
Michael Latshaw
Church of the Brethren
Ridgely Cemetery
Messrs
M. W. Royer
J. W. Arnold
D. S. Stayer
C. H. Wagner
C. Drake
Clarence Rensberger
J. R. Birking
Brandywine
Margaret Attick
Sarah Bartholomew
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Dorothy Haymaker
J. R. Bicking
C. W. Jackson
J. T. Seager
Milton Smith
Kent County Fair
I. M. Carter
Baltimore
Haymaker
Ocean City
Mabel
Viola Jones
Wilmington
Bertie Dukes
Methodist Sunday School
Thawley’s Chapel
Rehoboth
Sara Rawlins
Seaford
James Ardmore
Pennsylvania
Gladys Smith
Lizzie Morris
C. T. Marvel
Claysville
T. W. Jones
Thurmont
Jerome Heather
C. E. Turner
Harry Cade
Cairo, Ill
H. M. Cade
Henry Wilkingon
Mr. Burton
Mary Rebecca Saulsbury
Maud Harrison
Marcus Hook
Mary Laird
T. A. Smith
A. G. Saulsbury
Mary Hemmons
Local Servants Enlist to Aid War Effort in Federalsburg
Donald E. Jefferson teller at Federalsburg Bank joins Automobile Reserve Corps and spends vacation aiding tomato canneries while helping load coal for Messenger Brown. Dr E G Breeding, Federalsburg native and ear nose throat specialist, enlisted with Baltimore physicians for hospital work in France and is assigned to the U S Army Hospital in Washington awaiting further orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Automobile Reserve Corps
Donald E. Jefferson
Jefferson
Federalsburg Bank
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Messenger & Brown
E. G. Breeding
William R. Breeding
Baltimore
France
United States Army Hospital
Washington
New York
Army
Army Hospital
Breeding
Orphans Court Proceedings Report
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided in Orphans Court. Executors Willis Wright and John T. Wright filed and had approved inventories and appraisements of personal estates and orders to sell. Real estate sales were authorized, accounts of sales approved, and probate actions for several deceaseds noted with guardianship and minor heirs addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Liden, Moore and Covey
Willis Wright
John T. Wright
John W. Wright
Frank H. Lewis
Abram W. Lewis
Mary E. Eaton
F. Elwood Fleming
H. C. Beaven
W. L. Thompson
Edward E. Nuttle
John F. Alford
Minnie F. Alford
Sophia Howard
Charles Howard
Caroline T. Jefferson
Alfred Raughley
Shadrach J. Raughley
Martha J. Goldsborough
Exterminator J W Bordley Tracks Rats in Talbot County
Hillsboro based rat exterminator J W Bordley has worked in Talbot County since June 11, traveling with five ferrets and four trained dogs. He reports killing 958 rats in Talbot County since June 11 and notes crowds gathering to watch the hunts as ferrets flush rats from burrows and dogs finish the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bordley
Hillsboro
Talbot County
Mr. Rat
Mr. Bordley
Talbot
Bryant on Tour Reports War Preparations Across Regions
Mr and Mrs Howard Bryant returned from a long tour of the Middle West Canada New England and the Great Lakes. He observed widespread war preparation with soldiers embryo soldiers training in camps parks hotels and trains though equipment shortages left many not yet fit. He noted in 16 states the planting pledge was kept with crops growing on every available plot and predicted the potato harvest would be record breaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meg. Bryant
Baltimore Sun
Howard Bryant
Middle West
Canada
New England
Great Lakes
Bryant
Williston Visitors and Local Arrivals Reported
Miss Mabel Baker returns from visits to Wilmington and Philadelphia and stays with Mrs. Robinson Nichols near Federalsburg. Guests include Miss Emma Kimble and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huffman of Harrisburg. The Frampton family from Elkton area visit relatives in the county, with Elmer Thawley and J. W. Thawley also noted. O. G. Hignutt traveled to Baltimore on business. Dr. Burkholder has been ill for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Mabel Baker
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Robinson Nichols
Federalsburg
Emma Kimble
Banks
Harry Huffman
Harrisburg
A. L Banks
Elijah Frampton
Elsie
Manolia
Alston Frampton
J. W. Thawley
Elmer Thawley
Virginia
Harry Quillen
O. G. Hignutt
Baltimore
Burkholder
Partridge Egg Hatches In Mrs Richardson’s Hands
A remarkable incident occurred when a partridge egg carried by Mrs Lottie Richardson hatched. The newborn bird is reportedly doing well and continues to thrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Richardson
Peter Richardson
Two Hundred in First Call Official List of Drafted Men
The Caroline selection board reports 200 men to be examined next week starting Monday at 6 o'clock in the Denton court room. Dr. Rowe assumes physical exam duties, replacing Dr. Downes who left for Fort Oglethorpe. The list covers fifty first, fifty second, thirty five third, and twenty one fourth groups with numerous Denton Federalsburg Preston Ridgely and other named locales and individuals slated for examination through August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Denton
Downes
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Medical Corps of
The
Army
H.W.B Rowe
Hillsboro
James Merritt Love
Raymond C. Noble
Federalsburg
Lewis H. Haynes
Preston
Lloyd D. Crew
Keller Edwards
Greensboro
Percy A. Chambers
Wilbur John Baker
Noble J. Chue
Goldsboro
Orland N. Lane
Geo. W. Chase
Wm. L. Fletcher
Chester
Percy Clark Douglas
Clarence Harcum
Thos
George Rash
Ridgely
John S. Ebling
Jos.Orland Flaharty
Hiram W. Kenton
Hobbs
Harry Seeney
Henderson
Ralph S. Brown
James Philip Wright
Arthur W. Cochran
Arthur D. Benson
Fred Seiter
William T. Bradley
John Dill
Normano Sharp
Oscar Matthews
Thomas C. Pearson
Harry S. Sullivan
Thomas F. Smith
Lester E. Harrison
Alfred A. Dill
John W. Wooters
E. H. Crowder
Crowder
Red Cross Notes and Health Aid Efforts
Red Cross knitting classes meet Thursdays at nine in the Domestic Science Room for sweaters helmets scarves and mufflers. Mrs Rollin B Page conducts Thursday evening sessions at the old parsonage making muslin bandages head bandages triangular bandages abdominal binders and surgical dressings. Denton ladies urged to prepare Red Cross Boxes with donations by September 30 for a rummage sale. Dr William Bullock Clark Johns Hopkins geology professor and State Geological Survey head died suddenly at his Maine summer home last Friday morning. Big peach crop anticipated in Western Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domestic Science
Rollin B. Page
Denton
Ita
Red Cross
William Bullock Clark
Johns Hopkins University
State Geological Survey
Maine
Prospect
Maryland
Kent Island in War Time Ordnance Ground Battle
Kent Island residents push to block transfer to an ordnance proving ground. They warn of harm to poultry, fish, and local industries while Secretary Baker supports the plan and Congress weighs a $3,000,000 appropriation. Queen Anne’s County mass meeting protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Island
Germany
Queen Anne's
Talbot
Caroline
Kent Narrows
Baker
General Crozier
Congress
Ordnance Bureau
McAdoo
War Department
Congressman Linthicum
Joseph L. Downes
Grace Marshall Sent to the State Hospital
Grace Marshall, rescued from imprisonment and slow starvation in her father’s Talbot home, has been sent to the State hospital at Cambridge. Her aunt Mrs James cared for her but could no longer maintain support, leaving Grace with few relatives or friends and prompting statewide sympathy and a call to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Marshall
Talbot
Davidson
Cambridge
James
Grace
Marshall
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
President Cain
Washington College
Gage
Galdsboro
Bethlehem
Clara
Mary Todd
Elsie Bilbrough
May Tuthill
Estella Wright
Elva Cheezum
Emily Speakers
Little Falls
N. Jr
W. E. Todd
Hooper
Webb
H. M. Parrott
Ormond Hayward
Company C. Cambridge
Mary M. Todd
Mary M. Fodd
Cambridge Hospital
Ridgely News
H.t.thompson
Jesse Lee Fearins
Harmon Pennypacker
William Cannon
Norman P. Christopher
C. A. Keenaman
Trappe
A. H. Mills
John W Fountain
Hickman
Charles Pospeshill
Garrett D. Black
Louis B. Rixman
Harrison Ben Gibbs
William Rideout
H. Lecates
Charles H. Carmine
S. Walter Liden
Sherman L.tribbitt
John Racsak
Hayward Haynes
John A. Fuchs
William H. Kilson
Marydel
Lawrence Knox
Harrison J. Smith
Lovey Cannon
Alonzo Anderson
Harry T. Moore
Earl Cephas
J. H.summerfield
Luther Barcus
Edgar C. Nichols
Edward C.cahall
Henry Freeman
C. L. Suthard
Eli P. Stanford
James A.clough
William Oscar Wright
Joshua Martin Dickerson
William Ward Schuyler
Dorsey Darling
Emory D. Kimmey
Clint Scott
Alfred W. Davis
Harry E. Holsinger
Hayward F. Lecates
Earle T. Robinson
Nathaniel B. Harper
Wm. W. Sheppard
John Wesley Emory
Frank C. Brauchle
George W. Hickey
Harvey Clark
Robinson L.murphy
Finley McFarland
James Holmes Taylor
T. Dukes Roe
Wm.c
Major
William F. Jacobs
Bennie Weels
Wim. Caulk Harding
James Walls
Henry J. Rusebrook
Arthur T. Rash
Henry Williams
Ralph Meredith
John H. Emerson
Lewis Thawley McNeal
Oscar H. Cannon
Arthur F. Wright
Roy Gordon
Jacob F. Kauffman
Jesse L. Reed
Jesse Leger Jopp
Howard Butler
Otrie Hicks Jones
Osear Everett Kelley
Albert Wright
Will Williams
Charlie Henry Lister
Harry R. Taylor
Hurbert Shewbrooks
Clarence J. Kern
Emer Breeding
Nelson M.satterfield
Stephen W. Clough
Fred Quidas
Floyd R. Dayton
Henry E.conley
Jacob O. Williams
Charles Norman Liden
William P. Reichelt
Benj
Ernest Reed
Levi P.M. Bennett
Whiteley Walter Dill
Earle M. Nelson
Wm. H. Brown
Harry L. Stanley
Christian S. Holsinger
William Henry Hynson
Daniel Thornton
John Russell Winston
Lloyd Dyer
Charles Pliny Lewis
Norval Hughes
John C. Murphy
T. Alta Montague
Roy E. Whitely
Choptank
Calvin Prattis
Elmer B. Hignutt
Isaac Williams
Charlie Glanding
Geo. H. Mitchell
Milton Parratt
Harvey Joshua Brodes
Conrad Fuchs
Williamsburg
James Starr
Concord
E. W. McDowell
Geo. S. Thomas
L. W. Layfield
Hurlock
Henry G. Budd
Conference Academy
Mr. Thomas
W. T. McGuire
W. A. Wise
C. H. Woolston
D. D
Hugh B. Kelso
Mt Pleasant
Lewis B. Morgan
Chincoteague
H. T. Quigg
John J. Bunting
William L. White
Easton
Leonard White
Centreville
M. M. Luzader
Farmers’ Club of
E. Dixon
Theodore F. Beauchamp
Chestertown
T. C. Crouse
George L. Hardesty
E. E. Dixon
Berge Sisters
Florence Ennis
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