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Twenty Five Years Ago This Week Highlights
A digest from the Journal of 25 Years Ago This Week notes Lewes Del fire destroying property valued at about 150000, a livestock tally, civic efforts in Caroline County, postmaster reappointment, political maneuvering in the Senate, and obituaries of prominent Cecil and Chestertown figures including Judge James Pearce. It mentions merchants expanding trade with Peninsula residents and local agricultural advances by E L Fooks Preston, detailing orchard growth and storage capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Del
F. B. Russell
Caroline
Heiford Porter
Colonel Carter
Nathan J. Cade
Cawley & Son
Wilmington
Philadelphia
T. S. Williams
Greensboro
Boonesboro
Emily Bell
Thomas Bell
Ridgely
James Pearce
Chestertown
James Alfred Pearce
Washington College
Princeton University
Second Judicial Circuit
Court of Appeals
Maryland
Pearce
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