Local notices and obituaries from Preston area 1917
Local items list car purchases including a 1918 Chalmers and a Maxwell Touring Car. Farm ownership changes, upcoming church events, and a grand tournament near Queenstown. Auction results show cattle selling at 350 and 250 dollars. Kent Island war site plans push a ferry link to Annapolis. Died: John W Todd of Preston at 87. funeral held at Preston M E Church. survivors include daughters and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Cooper
Chalmers
R. R. Deen
Maxwell
Frank Howard
J. Marine Clark Farm
My Lord's Gift
Queenstown
General Assembly
S. M. Whiteley
M. E. Church
Preston
Peninsula
Caroline
Tolchester
Io Preston M. E
Epworth League
Edwin Holt
New York City
Oscar Leser
State Tax Commission
Venton
J. E. Smith
Williston
N. Y
Miss Carroll
Hickman
Hillsboro
Denton
Bishop Adams
Diocese of
Easton
Easton Star- Democrat
Kent Island
War Department
Annapolis
Washington, Baltimore and
Washington
Baltimore
J. T. Richardson
Todd
Talbot County
Alex Noble
Robert Jarrell
Goldsboro
Charles Willis
St. Joseph
Walter Wyatt
Oregon
James Todd
California
Preston M. E. Church
Social News From Denton Highlights Local Figures
Former Judge W Laird Henry, now district exemption board chair in the Eastern Shore, visits Denton. The Baltimore Sun notes the marriage of Miss Mary E Dunnock to Lieut John Maurice Kauffman at the bride’s mother's home. Local residents travel for trout fishing and troop movements to France. Community members visit Ocean City, Philadelphia, and Delaware landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Laird Henry
Eastern Shore
Denton
Judge Henry
The
Baltimore Sun
Mary E. Dunnock
John Maurice Kauffman
United States Reserves
Linden Avenue
William Page Dame
Fifth Regiment
I. J. Moore
T. Lane Moore
William F. Phillips
J. E. Nichols
Bowers Beach
Delaware
J. Spencer Lapham
Parmy
Ruth Cannon
Washington, D.C
Minerva Todd
Andersontown
Minerva
Miriam Todd
Ocean City
Messrs
Winfield T. Nichols
E. Lynne Stevens
Smith
Mark H. Smith
Frank Addison
Prince George's County
John B. Magruder
Frank Lynn
Baltimore
Plaindealing
J. Boon Dukes
Bateman Draper
Layman Redden
Camp Caesar Rodney
Boy Scouts
Middletown
R. R. Shull
Greensboro
Annie Rochester
Philadelphia
James A. Rochester
William R. Shaffer
Morgantown
W. Va
R. S. Wright
P. Fleetwood
Waverly
S. S. Fleetwood
Martha Everngain
J. Atwood Todd
Viola Nichols
Preston
E. E. Nichols
West Denton
H. A
Centreville
N. C. Morris
Leonard Wyatt
Caroline
Albert Anderson
Anna R. King
O. E. Hubbard
Starr
Alice Tubbs
Ella Carter
Red Cross Notes Plans For Frances Base Hospital Care
Caroline County Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross plans to ship equipment by September 36 to a French base hospital for 45 patients. The kit list includes sheets pillow cases wash cloths towels and hospital garments. Labor costs are estimated at about 1050 dollars. A million five hundred thousand sets of sweaters mufflers wristlets and socks are to be made before winter. By September 5 the county must provide 110 comfort kits for county boys. Donations are sought as local funds are hampered. most money has gone to the National Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Caroline County
Maryland
American Red Cross
France
National Red Cross
Spence Family Returns Home From Philadelphia Visit
Smithville notes Philadelphia couple Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Spence and their young son Joseph have returned home after a few days with the former's parents. Miss Maggie Meredith and Ruth Vanscoy visit Greenwood friends. Miss Alice Tubbs of Baltimore guests of Mrs. Wm Parker. locals visit Laurel camp on Sunday. Elizabeth Alford is ill at home with typhoid symptoms. Walter Lyden spent part of last week in Wilmington Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Spence
Joseph
Philadelphia
Maggie Meredith
Ruth Vanscoy
Greenwood
Alice Tubbs
Baltimore
Wm. Parker
Laurel Camp
Elizabeth Alford
Walter Lyden
Wilmington
Del
Iris Leager
Chestertown
Daisy Barnes
I. T. Leager
Stella Matthews
Seager
Allen
Ambrose Taylor
Myrtle
Martha
Easton
Preston
Selby Smith
Hotel Ridgely
First Avenue
Third Street
Ed. Norris
Merdames Garrigues
Lepson
Allegre
Josie Turbitt
Bryan Turbitt
Dan Ritchie
Ridgely
Goldsboro
First Street
J. Mason Shaw
Louise Taylor
Dorothy Haymaker
Methodist Hospital
Lula Hevalow
Easton Hospital
C. F. Cherry
Helen
Cherry
T. F. Imler
C. L. Herzog
Charles Herzog
Govanstown
Alexander Russell
Leland Russell
Newark
N. J
Martha Taylor
J. B. Merritt
J. D. Davis
W.B. Walters
New York City
Rosie Jackson
James Hevalaw
Paul Holsinger
Bessie
Pauline Sparks
Charles Fisher
Marcus Hook
W. E. Habbart
W. S. Jones
Miss Moore
Marydel
Edwin Dunder
Reading
M. W. Roger
A. Detwiler
Annie Turner
Elsie and
Bertha Shull
Greensboro
Blanche Smith
Maud Gibson
Aimee Jones
Johns Hopkins
Carmine
Alice
Rehoboth
Gardner
Pittman
Flounders
E. W. Jones
Thurmont
Mary Hopkins
John Sharp
Sallie Redhead
Federalsburg
I. E. Mason
G. M. Downes
Helen Lynch
T. L. Day
Catherine Clark
Wm. Kenton
Katherine Sweeney
Tampa
Fla
F. B. Sweeney
Edw. Pritchett
Ed. Thomas
John Pritchett
Martha Johnson
S. C. Johnson
Mabel Hudson
Millersville
Harry Seeney
Riverside
N. J. Rey
C. D. Sharpless
C. H. Clayville
Betterton
Community Notes Across Caroline and Nearby Areas
Miss Annie L. Prettyman of Philadelphia collected seven years of owed money for a deceased sister through her lawyers in three months. Several families, including the Merriken and Spence households, visited relatives in Todd's Chapel Federalsburg Chillicothe and Harrisburg. Various residents hosted visitors from Newark Baltimore Philadelphia and Morristown while others attended camp meetings and threshing operations. A drought ended with a rain Tuesday at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Spence
Chillicothe
Ohio
W. E Spence
C. C. Merriken
Federalsburg
Esther Willey
Catherine Frey
Pauline Wolf
Harrisburg
G. L. Jopp
William E. Lord and Children
Newark
Del
B. S. Robinson
W. S. Russell
Philadelphia
J. A. Billing
Jennie Cohen
Elsie Craft
Denton
T. H. Towers
M. E. Holbrook
J. O. Neal
Penns Grove
N. J
Charles H. Nuttle
Morristown
Andersontown
Ethel Cohee
Brownsville
Milton Hawkins
Baltimore
J. S. Slaughter
E. Whitman
J. R. Billing
Blades’ Camp
Masten’s Corner
Katie Butler
Ridgely
L. Butler
F. E. Adams
J. R. Chaffinch
Rehoboth
Engagement of Mary Hazel Duffey to Shan non D Cramer
Dr H C Duffey of Washington DC announces the engagement of his daughter Mary Hazel Duffey to Mr Shan non D Cramer. The wedding is planned for early October. Duffey travels with his daughter and son Horace visiting sister Mrs Charles Jarrell, who along with daughter Catherine joined an auto trip to Ocean City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
H. C. Duffey
Washington, D. C
Mary Hazel
Shannon D. Cramer
Duffey
Horace
Charles Jarrell
Atlantic City
Columbus
Margaret Pennington
W. F. Pennington
H. M. Thompson
W. L. Thompson
William
E. L. Thompson
Ocean City
Mabel Knotts
Kathleen
New York
Columbia University
James W. Thawley
Katherine
Williston
Susie R. Deakyne
Smyrna
Jeffie Meintzer
Easton
Sadie Wothers
Blanche Smith
Claymont
Del
I. T. Sparklin
Annie Jump
Elizabeth Wheeler
Baltimore
Queenstown
Virginia Holt
Cantaloupe to tomatoes crop ups and local travels
Farmers near Yellow Bridge have nearly finished cantaloupes and are picking tomatoes with contract prices rising to 41 cents while market ranges from 0 cents to 1 dollar per basket. Local families, relatives, and visitors travel to Laurel camp Wright's Wharf Ocean City and Finchville for crabbing and excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Bridge
Alex. Bowdler
Lewis Hallwell
Edgar Bowdle
C. E. Thawley
Laurel Camp
Ethel Johnson
Greenwood
Near Here
Mrs. McKay
Baltimore
Liza Corkran
Ridgely Social Notes Reflect Wide Visiting Network
Miss Iris Leager visits Chestertown then returns with Miss Daisy Barnes to stay with Mrs. I. T. Leager and Miss Stella Matthews. Numerous locals and visitors are listed, including the Taylors, Turbitts, and Smiths, plus hospital updates, guests from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and cannery activity.
Vacation for Reliance pastor to Ocean Grove
Reverend Thomas C. Jones pastor of the Reliance M. P. Church has been granted two weeks vacation and has traveled to Ocean Grove New Jersey to assist in camp meeting services. He will return September 1. Reverend J Franklin Bryan of Washington DC, a former Reliance pastor, officiated last Sunday at Reliance and Liberty Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Jones
Reliance M. P
Ocean Grove
N. J
J. Franklin Bryan
Washington, D. C
Reliance
Liberty
Concord Folks Gather for Laurel Camp Sunday
Community readers note several attendees at Laurel camp this Sunday. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Harrison Trice is on the sick list. Mrs C E Lewis is on the mend and Concord continues to share family health news with Ida Johnson mentioned as a mother figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Ethel Johnson
Greenwood
Ida Johnson
Laurel Camp
Harrison Trice
C. E Lewis
Local residents enjoy visits and vacations in Edinburgh
Edinburgh social notes record Greta McCree and May Waltman visiting Mr. John Shultz's home. Greta McCree May Waltman Kennard Shultz and John Wessel spent Tuesday at Tolchester. Ethel Faulkner of Wilmington is spending her vacation with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Greta McCree
May Waltman
John Shultz
Messrs
Kennard Shultz
John Wessel
Tolchester
Ethel Faulkner
Wilmington
Ice cream festival by Greensboro Junior Red Cross Circle
Greensboro Junior Red Cross Circle plans an ice cream festival on the vacant lot beside the bank on Railroad Avenue this Saturday evening September 1. Invitations extend to all residents. several local residents and visitors are noted as guests or returning travelers from Philadelphia Marcus Hook Newark Clarksburg Ridgely Camden Easton Oxford and other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Greensboro
Railroad Avenue
Ernest Edwards
Philadelphia
Zeth Weaver
Walter Weaver
Leacy Edwards
Clinton Thornton
Marcus Hook
Watson Thornton
Alexander McKnott
W. L. Hess
Newark
N. J
R. Bates Wooters
Geo. W. Wooters
Clarksburg
Nellie W. Wooters
G. Earl Nichols
Georgia Butler
Norris
Howard Pritchett
Preston Friends
Mary Fisher
Camden
Martha Lemons
Jeffie Mentzer
Easton
Blanche Jackson
Helen Crockett
Oxford
Geo, Sharpe
Local visitors and returning residents visit Burrsville area
Burrsville residents Mary Barnes and granddaughter Mamie Ralston, guests of William E. Cahall, return to Philadelphia. Lyman Porter and daughter from Fairfield, Pa., visit Mrs. Laura Porter. Osborne Harvey returns to Philadelphia. Margaret E. Stafford of Wilmington visits his niece Mrs. A. T. Garrett. Mrs. Robert H. Thawley visits sister Mrs. Thomas Downham in Wyoming Del. Mrs. Harry A. Porter travels to Brooklyn N Y for an extended stay. Rachel Harvey returns home after a week near Federals. Mary E. Harvey and sons visit Odessa relatives last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrsville
Mary Barnes
Mamie Ralston
William E. Cahall
Philadelphia
Lyman Porter
Porter
Litle
Fairfield
Laura Porter
Osborne Harvey
Margaret E. Stafford
Wilmington
A. T. Garrett
Robert H. Thawley
Thomas Downham
Wyoming
Del
Harry A. Porter
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rachel Harvey
Federalsburg
Mary E. Harvey and Sons
Odessa
Town News Briefs From Last Week’s Visits And Trips
Several residents left early Monday on a fishing trip down the river and returned late Tuesday. Claude Stafford and family from Baltimore visit the Stafford home. Hattie Simpson and Grace of Wilmington vacationing with the Collins family. W B Tull of Baltimore visited the Tull family. Hazel Waldron returned from New Jersey. Ollie Corkran and family from Windy Hill moved into town last week. Town members were well represented at Ocean City last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Stafford
Baltimore
L. P. Stafford
Hattie Simpson
Grace
Wilmington
William Collins
W. B. Tull
J. R
Social Notes From Templeville Gathered Hosts and Guests
Templeville society runs with visitors from Philadelphia Kenton Del Newark Del and Baltimore. Elizabeth Perkins entertains Mrs Austin Greer Mrs Wm Hicks and Mrs John Jacobs. Alfred Blackburn and Mrs Blackburn stay with the Starkeys. G C Moore visits parents W Robinson. John Davis visits Salisbury friends. H T Griffith from Centreville at home. M Moore visits Wilmington. Pearle Cooper visits Philadelphia friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templeville
Elizabeth Perkins
Austin Greer
Wm. Hicks
Philadelphia
John Jacobs
Kenton
Del
Alfred Blackburn
Newark
Benj. Starkey
G. C. Moore
Baltimore
W. Robinson
John Davis
Salisbury
H. T. Griffith
Centreville
M. Moore
Wilmington
Pearle Cooper
Endowment urged for old burial places in churchyards
Old burial places should be endowed to ensure they stay in good condition. Examples cited include the cemetery at Old Trinity in Dorchester and an old churchyard on the Monmouth battle site. Endowment is presented as the means to preserve these very old but well kept burial sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Trinity
Dorchester
Men certified for the new national army list
The district board certifies the following men as eligible for the new national army. Names include Harry T. Moore Ridgely Alonzo Anderson Hobbs Luther Barcus Denton John Bacsak Denton William Smith Preston Calvin Anthony Denton and many others across Denton Ridgely Greensboro Federalsburg Preston Hobbs and related towns. The quota for Caroline county will draw from these names and others yet to be acted on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Army
Caroline
Harry T. Moore
Ridgely
Alonzo Anderson
Hobbs
Luther Barcus
Denton
John Bacsak
William Smith
Preston
Calvin Anthony
Lawrence Fletcher
Chester
Fred Reaser
Federalsburg
Wilbert John Baker
Hiram W. Kenton
Greensboro
Loren S. Pritchett
Henderson
Oscar Kinnamon
Willian Elsberry Smith
Clinton Scott
James A. Clough
Benjamin B. Webb
George W. Downes
John Legree
John H. Emerson
William P. Reichelt
George Henry Mitchell
William Milton Parrott
Roy E. Whiteley
Oscar H. Cannon
Will Williams
Jacob Franklin Kauffman
Benjamin Ernest Reed
Norval Hughes
Roy Gordon
Walter Whiteley Dill
C. A. Keenaman
Trappe
William Ford Breeding
Percy A. Chambers
Harry S. Sullivan
Harrison W. Johnson
Joshua M. Dickerson
Harry Jonathan Murphy
James Paul Neff
Reuben H. Price
Clement Maloney
Albert Orrell Saulsbury
Robert Hooper Gray
Goldsboro
Edward Layton
Clarence Emerson Chaffinch
Herbert Raymond Todd
Harry W. Cauley
Wil
Earl Wm. Pennypacker
William Edward Jarrell
Martin Elbert Skinner
Geo
Washington Magers
Harvey Bridles
Joseph Webb Warner
Addison Stanford
Harry P. Willis
Board of Election Supervisors
State Comptroller
Hugh A. McMullen
Allegany County
William O. Atwood
Baltimore City
State Senate
Benjamin H. Johnson
Harry H. Nuttle
House of Delegates
S. Elbert Douglas
Thomas H. Everagam
J. Frank Lane
Frank P. Covey
Gilbert Hagadone
William J. Wright
Joseph H. Carroll
T. Frank Seward
Thomas S. Holt
J. Spencer Lapham
Charles E. Carroll
Robert C. Rice
J. Walter Noble
Harvey L. Cooper
Charles B. Harrison
Robert Jarrell, Sr
Walter Howard
J. Alda Jackson
Alfred W. Thompson
Lawrence B. Towers
James H. Scatten
William J. Shawn
Temple Smith
J. Hudson Taylor
John T. Carter
Rufus F. Noble
Harry A. Roe
Motor Arms Battery Camps On Tour In Maryland
About twenty five members of the Maryland Motor Arms Battery encamped in Court House Square on Saturday and moved toward Baltimore on Sunday. Led by Captain J F King the 50 man unit used armed motorcycles and carried its own supplies. Robert Garrett organized the battery which kept strict military discipline and used semaphore signaling between four traveling sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Arms Battery
Maryland Motor Arms Battery
Court House Square
Baltimore
J. F. King
Robert Garrett
Rodgers
Tomato cannery outlook and local notes in Caroline
Tomato harvest faces slow entry with cannery hours limited and contract tensions over prices. Vines appear vigorous with hope of later fruiting, aided by favorable weather. Local life notes include fishing trip by Lapham party, new milk plant progress, visits from Bryan Shockley, and community events. Primary elections in Caroline will be canceled due to single nominations per party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Spencer Lapham
Edward
W. T. Jarman
Rev
M. T. Tabler
Bowers Beach
Bryan Shockley
Wilmington
Thos. Shockley
Esther Quillen
Collingswood
N. J
Esel Craig
Wyoming
Del
Myra Saunders
Tolchester
Edith Richards
Queen Anne
Ruth Brendhbt
Baltimore
Mary Cahall
Orphans' Court Actions Involving Guardians and Estates
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided on Tuesday. Willoughby Nowell named guardian to Lida Marie and Willard Earle Nowell with bond approved. Inventories, private sale orders, and probate matters for James Scully Iva A Russell Mary Fearns John Wesley Casson William J Moore Mary M Replogle William James Earle and other estates finalized or continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liden, Moore and Covey
Orphans’ Court
Willoughby Nowell
Lida Marie
Willard Earle Nowell
Sarah E. Scully
James Scully
George L. Blades
Arthur J. Russell
Iva A. Russell
Mary Fearns
John M. Wooters
Mary E. Haines
J. Owen Knotts
John Wesley Casson
William J. Moore
Harry H. Moore
William B. Moore
William B. Massey
William P. Manlove
Mary M. Replogle
Nannie Hoffman
Charles L. Hobbs
William James Earle
Card of Thanks from Bradley Family
The C W Bradley family expresses gratitude to friends for kindness shown during their recent bereavement and asks readers to subscribe to the Journal for county news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bradley
Journal
LANDS CHANGE OWNERSHIP LIST OF PROPERTY TRANSFERS
A historical notice lists numerous land transfers with grantees and grantors, district designations, and sale prices. Entrants include Samuel G Sadler, Harvey L Cooper, J Nelson Rickards, German G Wright, and others transferring parcels across First to Eighth districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Scott
Samuel G. Sadler
Clayton E. Clark
W.R. Breeding & Son
Samuel G. Nuttle
Alfred K. Small
Harvey L. Cooper
Alice Brown
Sarah A. Wood
Ridgely
William R. Gardner
Edwin Y. Stephens
J. Nelson Rickards
Jonas Royer
George T. Redden
M. D. & W. Railway Co
John W. Funk
Frank J. Kreck
Ralph R. Nichols
Emma Wyatt
Greensboro
Silas W. Harding
Maggie L. Freeman
Mary E. Jester
William Harvey Fleetwood
Agnes R. Chase
Fred M. Boocks
Hazelton A. Joyce, Jr
Myrtle L Wheatley
Federalsburg
James T. Walker
Eugene Lynch
J. Owen Knotts
Lawrence B. Towers
Edward Brewington
Louis R. Draton
Harry R. Merriken
Manderville E. Losey
Charles M. Walker Et al
James T. Spicer
James H. Nichols
J. Edward Nichols
Denton
James Starr
John Fassett
Robert H. Dill
Smith W. Dill
Elizabeth Dill
Isaac H. Morris
William A. Corbin
German G. Wright
Martha J. Short
Alexander Noble
James R. Phillips
Preston
Catherine Heather
Philip M. Hackett
T. Howard Heather
Marydel
Charles M. Walker
American Corner
George E. Cross
Robert L. McElroy
Thomas B. Sparklin
Williams
Elbin
Isaac H. Cannon
Thomas E. Jarrell Et al
Burt Hobbs
John @. Foster
Ralph 5. Brown
Special September 4 registration day outlined by Attorney General
Attorney General Ritchie explains a September 4 special registration day in addition to October 2 and October 9. The law requires the pre primary Tuesday registration, so September 4 is set for those eligible to vote in September and November. Officials must return books to Supervisors before the September 11 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Remembering Peter W Wright 1916 obituary note
In loving remembrance of my dear husband Peter W Wright who departed this life August 71st 1916 Rest thou in peace dear loved one Though deep our grief remains along life's shores we travel on may we adore and serve our like theene Bring iss with full hands for him in one Whose soul rests in peace with God above By his wife Virginia Ridgely Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter W. Wright
Virginia Ridgely Wright
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Centor Journal
the Local Department
William Finn
Smithville
Ridgely News
Ray Whipple
John Hoff