Letter From the Past in Somerville College Echoes
The writer recalls neighbors Tod and Jess MacPherson arriving at a cottage near Somerville College as a friendship with Mrs. MacPherson deepens. Tod plans to teach where he was born while Jess tends the home, shares memories of Tod’s father, and a birthday dinner ends in an abrupt tragedy marked by a note found on the porch and a dying moment.
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Jess MacPherson
Somerville College
Ame
Frededs
Lake St. Jean Imine
Somerville
Uemoiler
Jess
Mrs. Bates
Ginghan
Maibell Mclean
Somervile
Cathedine
Morgan
Dilerars
Mother MacPherson
Tod Macthersem
York
Jessuri
Tod
Ted
Fragment from a tense family scene across rooms
A narrator recalls a concealed letter as Tod, urged by a troubled father, moves toward the window and urges Tod to hurry to Jess. The scene shifts from living room to dining room as emotions spill over and a warning to act with love is given before Tod departs silently.
Christmas letters from Maryland children 1928
A collage of Santa letters from children in Preston and Denton Maryland dated December 1928. Each note lists gift wishes such as dolls, gloves, candy, oranges, nuts, galoshes, books, paints, toys, and school items, with affectionate mentions of siblings and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston, Md
Santa Claus
Miriam Todd
Helen Tod
Denton
Santa
Mama Brown
Phoebe Brown
Preston Md
Miss Wright
Papa
Mama
Milton Lane
Denton, Md
Truley
Mary J. Hubbard
Audrey Hicks
Meredith
Juliaetta Henry
Preston
Nim
Robert Richards
Dorothy Fountain
Court House
Maryland
C. Leslie Walls Hardware
Childrens Christmas Wishes Spread Across Letters
A jumble of handwritten requests from children in multiple towns dated December 1928 asks for gifts such as slippers dolls tricycles candies fruits and small toys. Names include Evelyn Richards Roberta Ivy Dale Short and George Fountain with locations Preston Denton Henrys Me Md and Denton Md noted.
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Denton, Md
Santa
Dee
Ivy Dale Short
Harrington Fire Dept Elects President in New Building Year
Regular monthly meeting of Harrington Fire Department at First National Bank elected George W. Swain president over Grover C. Lord. Plans to raise dues for the new building were postponed for at least a year. The president to name a by law committee. Attendees included state and district officers from P O S of A and Iocal lodge.
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Harrington Fire Department
First National Bank
George W. Swain
Grover C. Lord
Harry C. Tee
Ira W. Roe
Stanley Massey
Iocal Lodge
Order
Kenton
Ladies Aid of
M. P. Church
Annex
Samuel Johnson
George Johnson
Oscar H. Tee
Canterbury Council
M. E. Church
Home Missionary Society of the Northern District
M. P
James D. Smith
Camden
N. J
Theodore Smith
Howard Clymer
Philadelphia
John Clymer
Crawford Bailey
Georgetown
Deborah Calloway
Chester
Sale confirmed in Hutchins equity case in Caroline county
Order in the case of W Brewster Deen as assignee versus James M Hutchins in Equity confirms the sale of property, with citation for objections by February 14 next and publication in Caroline county newspapers four weeks before January 14. Reported sale amount is 155 dollars. CLAYTON HORSEY, Clerk.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
T. Clayton Horsey
T, Clayton Horsey
Circuit Court For
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Office of
the Commission
Baltimore
Maryland
Talbot County
Dorchester County
Baltimore City
W. Brewster Deen
Cauge
True One Y Clayton Horsey
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
Dr. Wilsh
Mary
Tin
Tiki
Monan
Mrs. Morgan
Loving, Louise H. Marine
Harmony School
Boy
Alton Darling
Hillsboro
Eugene Knott
Denar Santa Claus
Play Boy
Qone
Peter Rabbit
Buster Bear
Maggie
Jiggs
Robert Todd
Dawson Fountain
Butler
Louie
Roberta
Henry
Preston, Mo
Lama
Evelyn Richards
George Fountain
J. Virgil Moore
Auditor’s Order
Nisi
Frederick D. Roe
Infant
Nsi
William Brown
Lydia A. Brown
Charles B. Harrison
George N. Flaharty
Helen M. Flaharty
Claaston Horsey
True Long-Tes T.cayton Horsey
Cheste Walls
Liber T. GC. H
T. Alan Goldsborough
James Temple
Maryland and Delaware Navigation and Aeroplane Corporation
the Public Service Commission OF Maryland
A. L. Deen
Ira S. Waddell
Ana Waddell
Agnes MM. Harper
Liber L. B.‘T
Railroad Avenue
Sarah M. Fletcher
C. Frances Downes
Elmer
Blades’ Land
Blades
Maryland Avenue
A. Fletcher Sisk
Nathaniel K. Harper
Edna Waddell
S. Elbert Douglan
Wm. T. Tuff
West
Morris
Guernsey
T. B
Byron F. Griffith
Federalsburg
Butterfly
Butterfly Tea Room
Margaret A. Finn
Proprietress
E. W. Goswellen
Cambridge
uBuy vi Naic
F. B. Russell
J.A. Beck
Apaiu
James H. Pollard
Duroe
Jersey
Culat
Winiston, Md
D. KE Tuckahoe
Willard C. Todd
Williston, Md
J. Frank Wright
Market St
J. L. Evyerngam
Ford
Earl
Denton Garage Co
M. K. Newmam
Ino
BBC
James
E.L. Fooks & Son
DeFord
Thawley’s Chapel
Tuckahoe Neck
Lady C. Murphy
J. A. Beck
James M. Hutchins
Chy
Gooden
M. A. Brackett Dentist Market St
Denton Auto Co
Poland
China
Charles Ellwanger
Greensboro
G. Hignutt
New Dover
Opera House
Diamond State Theatre Corporation
Kenneth G. Faulkner
Dolores del Rio
Warner Baxter
Ramona
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramonsz
Thrilling
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Dover Opera House
George Heather
Cossacks
John Gilbert
Renee Adoree
Ernest Torrence
Bebe Daniels
Neil Hamilton
Take ME
L. M. R. Carter
Cordova
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Hillsboro-Queen Anne Bank
C.S. Brinsfield
Joseph D. Stark
ING
Towson, Md
Pancy
H.S. Buras
Max Chambers
Stockholders’ Meeting
the Peoples Bank
The
Peoples Bank
Special Auditor’s Order
Fred R. Owens
Charles H. Foster
H.C. Wright
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