Uncle Tom's Cabin at the town hall tonight
Local notices report Uncle Tom's Cabin at the town hall tonight. Pension grants occur for Blizt A McCarty and Emma E Moore. Denton excursions, steamer service, and a December schedule are noted alongside local business and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Tom
Blizt A. McCarty
Newton
Emma E. Moore
Preston
Baltimore
Old Homnestead
Conoho
Cambridge Manufacturing Company
George W. Price
James C. Collins
Concord
Many Interesting Wedding Events Approaching
A Denton area society page highlights numerous weddings and betrothals. Details include Mr. Alfred Carter Sr and Miss Ida E Butler uniting at Central M E Church near Denton with guests, travel plans to Chester, and farm life after marriage. Other engagements and nuptials span Centreville to Greensboro with dates in December and January.
Miss Margaret Baggs Hosts Guests At Friday Evening
In Greensboro Miss Margaret Baggs entertained guests including Miss Pauline Barber of Annapolis with games and refreshments. Other attendees listed include Eva Hughes Anna Moore Laura Letty Linda Rawlings Ethel Shull and many locals. News notes report students teachers and several villagers visiting or moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Baggs
Pauline Barber
Annapolis
Eva Hughes
Anna Moore
Laura Letty
Linda Rawlings
Ethel Shull
Nell Harper
Laeretia Zacharias
Leney Roe
Helen Baggs
Bertha Weraver
John Stevenson
Edgar Weaver
Robert Zacharias
Fred Sewell
Noble Dill
Linwood Letty
Unrland Trarrington
Carroll
Randolph Barnhart
Enoch George
Norman Raileigh
Deiton
James Teuple
Temple Smith
Ridgely
Samuel Yeo
Baston
Eva Palmer
Baltimore
Bertha Shull
W. B. Ayers
Plain View
Samuel D. Yeo
Gataley
Maggie Briegs
Solomon N. Harris
Nathaniel Horsey
John Letty
Bazar planned by Ladies Aid Society and town notes
The Ladies Aid Society plans a bazar on Friday and Saturday December 14 and 15. Mr A R Brigden lost two horses to disease last week. Mr John McIntosh lost one Tuesday. Miss Bessie Sinclair and Miss Anita Smith returned to school Monday. Our flour mill runs day and night. Town commissioners install gas lamps citywide. Day Swing Co nearly finishes new factory. Miss Mattie Day slowly recovers from illness. Barber Focht moved to new shop. Miss Eva Pennington returns to Ridgely after visiting Mrs Louis Fallowfield. Mrs Hammons and daughter Ruth visited Mr and Mrs Andrew Clark. Mr and Mrs William Longfellow visited Longfellow’s parents. Mr Thomas Heather visits his brother in Philadelphia. Miss Cora Pippin spent part of last week in Ridgely. Miss Sue Gooden spent Thanksgiving in Choptank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Queen Anne’s
Smithson School House
Denton National Bank
Wilmer Adams
Bishop Adams
Talbot County
Mary Butler
Thomas H. Butler
Denton
Farmington
Delaware
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Tris
Lewes
New York
Queen Anne’s County
Whitby
P. N. Collins
Association of
School Commissioners of Maryland
Messrs. Jones
Fisher
Silk
Crouse
Caroline
John E. Wilson
Tuckahoe Neck
Elmer
Alfred Cannon
Ruthsburg
American Bonding and Trust Company
Eliza Beauchamp
Clarence
Robert C. Rice
P. R. Fisher
Centreville
Queenstown
Alfred F. Murphy
Watson Murry
House of Correction
Hillsboro
Southern
Murphy
Murry
Alfred Carter
Ida E. Butler
M. E. Clarel
George Emmett Wood
James Swann
Clath
Ira L. Butler
William I. Norris
Frank Nutile
W. A. Butler
Hobbs Station
Martha Lillian Reed
Aristides S. Goldsborough
Miss Reed
John Dodd
Mr. Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough
Jinen
Levin Winder
Maryland
Herman Luff
Sallie Vane
Marydel
Herman Kemp
Denny Lee
Tillie Loften
C. L. Kennard
Euchre Club
John. S. Barnhart
Thomas R. Green
William H. Anderson
Eleanor B. Turner
Postmaster Green
Willard W. Shockley
Townsend
Annie E. Maloy
Greensboro
M. E. Church
Shockley
Tilghmen Layton
Georgia
Ora C. Bowdle
Burrsville M. E. Church
W. H. Downes
Mary Catherine
William H. Fisher
Todd’s
Maggie Deffin
Daffin
American Corners
W. C. Maloney
Williston
Roy Martin Messick
Robert M. Messick
Bethlehem
U. S
L. E. McCom
United States Naval Academy
Rose Carter
Fred A. Walls
Millington
N. Pilchard
Harry Dudley Connelly
Elizabeth Roe
St. Paul's Church
Hillsboo
Walter Sparklin
Sussex County
Washington
William R. Martin
Hazletteville
Del
F. C. Raimsdell
Noble J. Walker
Washington, D. C
G. F. Ayres
Mark Cooper
Miss May
Philadelphia
Chester
Walter J. Kelly
Monumental City
R. J. Colston
Winnie Wright
Easton
Stewart
J. R. Phillips
Preston
Hotel Bennett
Viola Wood
Henderson
James T. Cooper
Elon
Hobbs, Esq
Thomas Mitchell
Mary E. Garey
Ladies’ Aid Society
A. R. Brigden
John McIntosh
Bessie M. Sinclair
Anita Smith
Day
Swing & Co
Mattie Day
Barber Focht
Eva Pennington
Ridgely
Louis Fallowfield
Hanmmons
Ruth
Andrew Clark
William Longfellow
Innn
Kent County
C. C. Tindall
James E. Carroll
Dover
M. L. Hydren
Frederica
Carroll
Dover Public Schools
J. E. Graham
Wyoming
Asbury M. EB. Church
Pearson's Corner
James Allen
Maggie Poor
Hartley
William TI. Mason
Ineella Woolford
Pennsylvania
G. R. Layton
Georgetown
Eleec Hunn
Congress
John B. Dorman
Sussex
Local Notes From Camden and Baltimore Visits
Preston reports W T Kelley attended a Friends meeting at Camden as guest of Governor elect John Hunn, a Society of Friends member. J Frank Lednam and Col James H Douglass were in Baltimore. Miss John M Kelley visited friends in Baltimore and Washington. D J Patchett has been dangerously ill this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Kelley
Meeting of Friends
Camden
John Hunn
Society of Friends
J. Frank Lednam
Col
James H. Douglass
Baltimore
John M. Kelley
Washington
D. J. Patchett
Roll of honor at Laurel Grove and Thawley schools
Laurel Grove school lists pupils on its roll of honor: Elsie Towers Calvert Merriken Maud Trice Mark Howard Mattie Towers Edith Trice Enna Towers Elsie Howard Roland Trice Emer Culver Freddie Howard. Thawley school list for November includes Mary DeFord Ray Anderson Elizabeth Cheezum Charlie Clark Mary George Bessie Holsinger and Jonas King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Grove School
Elsie Towers
Calvert Merriken
Maud Trice
Mark Howard
Mattie Towers
Edith Trice
Enna Towers
Elsie Howard
Roland Trice
Emer Culver
Freddie Howard
Thawley’s School
Mary DeFord
Ray Anderson
Elizabeth Cheezum
Charlie Clark
Mary George
Bessie Holsinger
Jonas King
Telephone Subscribers List Delivers Local Numbers
A historical telephone exchange list enumerates customers and pay stations in Queen Anne's and surrounding districts. Entries include George T. Redden C Moore's residence Thos L Day's residence Ridgely pay station Hrick Motel Deweese Owens Ice Plant and several banks offices and businesses with mixed spellings and partial names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Redden
Queen Anne's
Tms
Boro
Ico
C. Moore
Cordova
W. J
Hlackiston
KR. Owens
Newton Journal
HM. &. Lewis
Nenton National Hank
J. Ed. Nichols
American Union
HL. LL. Cooper
J. T. Nichols
Pat. Wright
Towers
Hughes Lumber & Coalte
Peoples’ National Bank
Clerk's Office
A. G. Towers
P. Manshy
L. L.towers
J. L. Everagan
PL OR. Blister
Standards of a good man sermon and Masonic notes
Rev. S. Wickline preached on the standards of a good man from Tsarik 33 15 16 to Junior Order of United American Mechanics. The talk urged upright conduct, shunning bribes and evil, with rewards including safety and companionship with God. George Garey of Philadelphia donated historic gavels to Caroline Council 175 Jr. O U A M and other decorative emblems. Choptank Conclave and Greensboro Heptasophs elected officers. Denton Lodge and Federal Lodge also announced new officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4. S. Wickline
United American Mechanics
Tsarik
Zaod Tian
God
Seige
George Garey
Philadelphia
Caroline Council
Independence
W. H. Smith
Garey
Archon
Henry R. Lewis
George W. Gravatt
James A. Trazzare
Benjamin HW. Johnsons
C. Percy Dunning
Z. T. Hutchinson
Charles Ek. Evans
Frank A. Redden
Sentinel
Charles N. Flowers
N. Alexander Hutson
Robert G. Stewart
Willoughby Nowell
Greensboro
Heptasophs
J. Ed. Willis
T. C. Curry
IT. M. Totheroh
Denton Lodge
W. KK. Seatton
Ceaud
James Park
State Lodge
C. N. Stewart
C. BE. Stevens
Noble Grand
Federal Lodge
1.C.C. F
Federalsburg
M. F. Bennett
T.8
McCrea
C. W. Jefferson
J. Walter Noble
T. Fred. Brown
W. H. Davis
Modernized M. E. Church at Chapel and local notices
The M E Church at Chapel, organized in 1856, has been modernized removing the old slave gallery and updating the ceiling with yellow pine. A turkey and oyster supper by Ridgely Ladies Aid is set for December 2 and 3 with 25 cent meals. Other notices include Thawley’s Mite Society meeting December 13, pastor appointments for Ronr M I Church Georgetown and Crapo, and Bishop Goodsell presiding over Wilmington conference in Seaford.
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M. E
M. Ie. Chavel
Ridgely
Mite Society of
Thawley
M. P. Chavch
Tuckahoe Neck
John IE. George
N. W. Cotnaway
Crapo
Ronr M. i
Georgetown
Delaware
William Teuple
Easton
Catholic Church
Centreville
Goodsell
Wilmington
Seaford
Theltt Work Faithfully Done at Centreville High School
The Centreville Record notes the Centreville High School will be ready for occupation by January 1 1901. Contractors Insley and Redden, locals from Caroline County, supervised every branch of work, resulting in a substantial building built largely by local mechanics. The project reflects pride by taxpayers in a durable structure.
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Centreville
Nuumary
Centreville High School
Maryland
This
Caroline
Messrs. Insley and
Redden
Carolina County
Ymumber
Clough Brothers Win Farm Claim in Queen Annes County
John A. Clough and his brother Joseph secure the Pratt Faris and the Barcus farms in Queen Anne's County after a prolonged dispute over their father's will. The stepmother keeps the Denver property and pays all suit costs. The four Queen Anne's farms bear mortgages of six to eight thousand dollars, which the Clough brothers assume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Clough
Colorado
Hoe
Asuit
Joh Clough
Arlington Hotel
Centreville
Denver
John
Clough
Cvounsel
Supreme Court
John A. Cloneh
Joseph
Queen Annne’s
Queen Anne‘s
Clough Brothers
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Fete at Bradley Home Wyomin g
Citizens gathered at Mr and Mrs D N Bradley on Saturday December 1 to honor their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Rooms were decorated with evergreen and silver lot games were played. A letter from the minister who wed them twenty five years ago was read with kind words. Guests included Rev and Mrs J E Graham and many others. Supper featured ice cream cake and fruit and several silverware gifts were received. Rev Mr Graham offered a prayer blessing the couple and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
D. N. Bradley
J. E. Graham
George Mason
Ellwood Jenkins
Edward Evans
Downman
Harry Baker
Nolan Steele
Tinley
Dill
Johnson
Inderlich
Holden
Ada Wolden
Mr. Grahmim
Queen Annes railroad may open Lewes to New York freight route
The column notes a favored plan by the Queen Annes Railroad Company to establish a freight and passenger link to New York via Lewes. Experimental steamship Tris trips begin next week. The extension to Love Point will create over seventy miles of transport corridor connecting Peninsula farms to New York markets, easing high freight costs that hampered fruit sales.
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Queen Anne's Railroad
New York
Lewes
Tris
Fron
Queen Anne's
Love Point
Peninsula
Taxation Case on Baltimore Steam Boats Tax Exemption
The case asks if the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company can claim tax exemptions for steam boats and related property under its charter. Baltimore city seeks back taxes for 1896 to 1899 after property was mislisted on the books, pending a US Supreme Court ruling in a Wicomico County case.
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COX A
Baltimore
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company
Cours
United States Supreme Court
Wicomico County
Baltimore and Eastern Shore Company
Malster
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Athintic Railway Company
Alexander Jackson's Generosity in Delaware
Wealthy Camden resident Alexander Jackson 74 distributed values totaling over 14000 in cash notes real estate and vehicles to friends relatives and local workers as a live donation plan. Beneficiaries include Frank Jackson Edgar Stubbs Mrs Henry Draper Miss Mary Draper and Sallie Jackson among others while he also destroyed debt notes and granted a farm near Vierna to a nephew. Governor elect and local officials discuss school superintendents and upcoming appointments amid other Delaware news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Jackson
Camden
Delaware
Carnegie
Frank Jackson
Wryouing Station
Camden. Ie
Jackson
J. Spear
CG. W. Lord
Business Ten
Philadelphia
Edgar Stubbs
Jackson Stubbs
Enne
Marydel
Henry R. Draper
Justice of the Peace
William T. Jackes
Wyoming
Tiane Jackson
Sallie Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Joshua McGonigal
Nanticoke River
Vierna
William McGonigal
Wilmington
Cold Weather Dangers and Pneumonia Risk
Cold weather lowers vitality making the body more vulnerable to microbes. Pneumonia frequently attacks those weakened by exertion worry or grief. A neglected cold or skipped meals during stress can raise risk, but pneumonia is rarely fatal except for the very young or very old.
Best Fiast Cake Made by Baltimore Evening News Authority
Christmas Cake recipe presented as the best ever made. Ingredients include butter sugar eggs currents raisins almonds candied orange peel citron and spices with French brandy and molasses. Fruit prepared and mixed lightly with flour then baked in a deep pan for four hours. cake supposedly keeps a year and improves after four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Evening Ners
New Orleans
December whitewashing saves peach buds from frost
The Philadelphia Record advises fruit growers to spray peach tree buds in December to delay opening until April. Whitewash mix of four parts water two parts skimmed milk and lime costs about 10 cents per tree. Tests show about 50 percent survival with spray versus 20 percent without, with repeated sprays in January February and March to guard against rains.
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Philadelphia Record
Marriage Licenses Issued in November
Clerk Hobbs issued multiple marriage licenses in November including James W. Brady and Pharley Hevalow, William kh. Breckinridge and Alice Dorman, T. Clinton Williamson and Annie B. Lord, D. Wilson Davis and Carrie Deen, Frederick H. Beachamp and Lula V. Parker, Arthur G. Peacock and Elizabeth E. Fallowfield, Warren Vansant and Effie Comegys, Samuel R. Pollard and Niecy Murphy, Zachariah Andrew and Emma Howell, William Carroll Pastorfield and Namnie Garey Nichols, Jacob Charles Madara and E. Grace Stambaugh, Edward A. Hubbard and Cora Bello Needles, Francis M. Tarris and Ida Cohee, Herman Daniel Luff and Sallie E. Lane, Raymond Brown and Elizabeth J. Nichols, Matthew Ross and Josephine Matthews, Charles Matthews and Mosselene Murry, Wm. C. Hexter and Ida Thomas, Samuel T. Newcombe and Amanda Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk Hobbs
James W. Brady
Pharley Hevalow
William Kh. Breckinridge
Alice Dorman
T. Clinton Williamson
Annie B. Lord
D. Wilson Davis
Carrie Deen
Frederick H. Beachamp
Lula V. Parker
Arthur G. Peacock
Elizabeth E. Fallowfield
Warren Vansant
Effie Comegys
Samuel R. Pollard
Niecy Mourphy
Zachariah Andrew
Emma Howell
Wm. Carroll Pastorfield
Namnie Garey Nichols
Jacob Charles Madara
E. Grace Stambaugh
Edward A. Hubbard
Cora Bello Needles
Francis M. Tarris
Ida Cohee
Herman Daniel Luff
Sallie E. Lane
Raymond Brown
Elizabeth J. Nichols
Matthew Ross
Josephine Matthews
Charles Matthews
Mosselene Murry
Wmn
C. Hexter
Ida Thomas
Samuel T. Newcombe
Amanda Johns
How to Make Home Mace Soap from Lye and Fat
A step by step home soap recipe instructs to dissolve lye in boiling water, add fat after boiling, boil for about two hours, then salt and boil again. It covers dilution with hot water, pouring into a tub, cutting into cakes, and drying, with optional borax to improve quality.
When Christ Aims Comes
A festive reflection urges decorating with holly pine and mistletoe and joining the throngs in cheerful merriment. The message highlights Christmas as the world’s celebration of Christ’s birth and encourages reading a Christmas story and singing, to spread happiness to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Margaret E. Sangster
The
Ladies' Home Journal
In Memory of Infant Elbert Williamson
Willis Mson notes the death of infant Elbert, child of John and Taura Williamson, who died Tuesday evening November 6 1900 aged 5 months and 1 day. The notice blends sentimental verse and a brief memorial for the deceased child. Flour price listed appears incidental with W R Breeding in Williston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Mson
Hide Elbert
John
Taura Williamson
Hide
Hebel
Mamaia
Maryland meeting on meat inspection and Advent season events
The fourth semi-annual Maryland Public Health Association session in Baltimore covered meat and water inspection with Dr. Hirsh noting 5000 cattle weekly and 240 private slaughterhouses in the city, risking infection from processing. Advent Sunday marked the liturgical year across major churches, with fasts and prayers leading to Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Public Health Association
Baltinore
Hirsh
Baltimore
Union Abattor
Iirsh
Germany
Sdrragossa
Supreme Court
Mary McComas
McComas
Maryland
Clinton Goodloe Edgar
Diamond State Telephone Company
Delaware
Cecil
Kent Counties
Walter Vrooman
Ruskin Hall
Oxford
England
Cambridge
Isador Rayner
Cherry Hill
Elkton
Chesapeake City
Fred. G. Asilton
Rent News
New York
Marston Sisters’ Specialty Company
Masonic Hall
Blackiston's
Marks
Uncle Tom
William H. Jester
Federalsburg
Somerset
National Bank of Cambridge
J. Dukes Downes
Third Street
Transportation scheme would bind Washington and Cape May in four hours
Wilmington Evening Journal reports Queen Anne's railroad officials aim to link Washington and Cape May within four hours. The Baltimore News lauds The Journal as clean bright and newsy, keeping Caroline county interests at the forefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Evening Journal
Queen Anne’s
Washington
Cape May
Baltimore News
Journal
Caroline County
Best fine salt sale in Williston
W R Breeding of Williston offers 224 pounds of best fine salt at $1.40. Sale includes delivery and payment terms to be arranged locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.R. Breeding
Williston
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Orphans' Court
Levy Court
Scroo
the Local Department
Beneton
Goldehoro
J. F. Collins
Collins
John Cahall
Hright
Telephone Exchange
Wieh
Lone
W. R. Breeding
de Deane
L Newspaper
Rabhiy
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