Local ads and notices fill town pages with sales and events
Advertisers urge cash prices for eggs from pure bred fowls and announce public sales of a First District farm and a Greenboro residence. Officials report state road oiling bids, a four-male sale totaling 397.50, and cold weather headlines. Also noted are a divorce decree, a dry cleaning offer, a florist’s expansion, and a Willard Memorial Day program at Assembly Hall.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Burt Hobbs
Greenboro
Messie
D. W. Davis
M. HL. Downes
Phoenix
N. Y
Adkins
Sadie M. Poore
Joseph B. Poore
Clayton
J. H. Pastorfield
O E. Weller
State Roads Commission
Easton
Dorchester
Talbot
Caroline
Willam H. Howdle
Federalaburg
J. H. Emerson
Guine Company
Superior
B.C & AL
Nuptial Notes From Todd's Chapel and Nearby Cities
Miss Mabel Harrison and Richard Oswald Mai wed at Todd's Chapel near Greenwood in a holly lit ceremony officiated by Rev. D. F. McFaul. The bridal party included William Mai, E Laird Kratz, Emma Mai, and Frank Wroten. After the ceremony the couple left for a trip and will reside at Mayviey Greenwood. The item also notes multiple engagements and marriages in Dover Wilmington Denton Easton and Seaford areas, with brief family visits and illness updates through the region.
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Todd's Chapel
Greenwood
Mabel Harrison
S. S. Wroten
Richard Oswald Mai
Greenwood Trust Company
D. F. McFaul
William Mai
E Laird Kratz
Emma Mai
Frank Wroten
Nand
Bishop Adams to Attend Christ Church Convocation
Bishop Adams and about twelve ministers will be at Christ Church Wednesday and Thursday next week for frequent services and discussions. Exegesis by Rev. Bryan and essays by Rev. Conger and Rev. J. Coleman Horton planned. Sermons by Rev. Beaven and Rev. Davies set for Wednesday and Thursday 11 o'clock. Invitations extended to the public.
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I Church News
Bishop Adams
Christ Church
Mr. Bryan
Conger
Centreville
J. Coleman Horton
Beaven
Dr. Davies
Choptank
Preston
N.H. Fooks
Col
A. W. Sisk
M. E. Church of
R. K. Stephenson
Denton M
Epworth League of Concord
Mr. Orme
Andersontown
Local notices of deaths and visits from a small town
Frank Morgan killed a boy eight months old on Tuesday. The infant had reached the two year mark. Mr and Mrs Campbell visited Mrs Lilah Baker. Mr and Mrs Roland Pool of Williamsburg spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Martin Towers. Now is the time to subscribe.
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Hynson
Frank Morgan
Campbell
Boy Scouts Celebrate First Anniversary in Mozart Hall
The Troop t marks its first anniversary on February 18 at Mozart Hall with a program showcasing scout skills such as water resuscitation, arterial treatment with tourniquets, flag message drills, and first aid bandaging. Patrols compete in fire starting without matches. the Goldsboro patrol demonstrates first aid.Admission costs 10 25 and 35 cents. The event includes The Persecuted Dutchman farce with Camp Fire Girls assistance.
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Boy Scouts of
Troop T
Mozart Hall
Goldsboro
James C. Tribbett
William Poore
C. J. Burdette
Tribbett
Delaware
Caroline
Greensboro Cemetery
Mollie Richards
Ridgely
Rebecca Lee
Smyrna
Emma Day
Salem
Douglas Day
Wilmington
W. P. Day
Nellie Wooters
Mary Russell
Helen Marker
Genie Butler
Philadelphia
Eva Thawley
Burrsville
J. W. Thawley
Edgar Anderson
Bridgeville
Addie Morgan
Queen Anne
Effa Plummer
Irving Brumbaugh
Harry Taylor
Preston
Preston Residents Visit Baltimore and Beyond
Preston residents traveled to Baltimore last week including Mr and Mrs J W Payne Alex Noble and many others. Others visited Jacksonville Fla and Pittsville and Parsonsburg with lengthy lists of local visitors and returning residents.
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Preston
Baltimore
J. W. Payne
Alex. Noble
Jesse T. Dennis
J. Frank Ledman
John H. Collins
Elbert Douglas
J. Hudson ‘Taylor
A. W. Sisk
James R. Phillips
J. R. Downes
C. S. Bradley
N. H. Fooks
Burton Proctor
A. Fletcher Sisk
R. I. Ledman
Jerome A. Con
Isaac L. Noble
C. Fulton Noble
Fred D. Noble
Jacksonville
Fla
Templeville Social and Local Tidings Report
Templeville notes show Ladies' Aid Society gathering at Mrs. Moore's home with a business meeting and refreshments. The W C T U met at Mrs. Robt Moore's in Marydel with many Templeville members attending. Various residents travel to Baltimore Philadelphia and Millington. Eggs rise while hens stop laying signaling seasonal change.
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Templeville
Ladies’ Aid Society
Moore
Robt. Moore
Marydel
Kate Knotts
Roy Staffard
Millington
Mary Knotts
J. F.carter
Baltimore
Helen Heather
A. F. Heather
T. Roland Knotts
Philadelphia
Ella Bowen
S.C. Faulkner
Two Johns Visit Queen Anne’s Hosts
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Towers were Sunday and Monday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Porter in Queen Anne's. Miss Cora Nichols of Hynson spent last week with Miss Winnie Nichols. Miss Lillian Towers visits Mass. Gertrude Woolford in Cambridge.
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Two
Ridgely Notes of Interest at Simon's Hall Program
A Ridgely notes column recounts a crowd at Simon's Hall last Saturday for the English Opera Singers. The second half featured gypsy camp night scene and Martha scenes with fine costumes. Miss Rhea Tester praised. Activities include local meetings, school visits, revival services, and club gatherings with multiple local residents and officials named.
Wrights Hold Kitchen Shower In Smithville
Smithville residents celebrate a kitchen shower for Mr and Mrs Robert Wright with many friends attending. Guests include Orrie Adams and family, a large list of Adams Meredith Wright and related households. Bloomery M E Church freshly repainted hosts Sunday School at 2 and preaching at 3 by Rev R K Stephenson.
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Robert Wright
Orrie Adams
Lhfe
Jessie
Blanche Adams
Marion
E. W. Brown
Nina Lockerman
Myra
Eva Wright
Eva
Addie Williams
Ethel Culver
Linda Collison
Elennie
Corella
Effie Johnson
Pearl
Mag
Charlie McArmee
Walter [Verngam
Charlie Adams
J. E. Charles
Wm. Dill
Norman Scott
Baltimore
Local residents hear of moves and visits
Miss Louise Higgins leaves for a Rich mond Virginia school to teach. Miss Ethel Ottnger from Philadelphia succeeds her. Several townsfolk report visits and relocations including Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Wilson and daughters Anne and Julia, Mrs. S. S. James with her father in New York, Mrs. Morton Bennett in Wilmington, and Major Cohee selling his home to move to Wilmington. Multiple local residents host or visit relatives in Wilmington, Chester, Wilming ton, and Sadlersville.
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Louise Higgins
Richmond
Ethel Ottnger
Philadelphia
Miss Higgins
G. H. Wilson
Anne
Julia
Wilmington
S. S. James
Hl. C. Gooden
New York
Morton Bennett
Morton
Kate Montague
Major Cohee
R. H. Dill
C. H. Pritchett
John Pritchett
Howard Cohee
Delia Meredith
J. I. Quillen
Amos Coffin
Crum Lynne
E. E. Coffin
Hannah Cullis
Chester
Edith Gooden
P. C. Parvis
Denver Weedman
Sadlersville
Burrsville Community Notes and Social Highlights
Mr and Mrs R H Stafford returned from their honeymoon and were serenaded by about one hundred people then hosted to refreshments and cigars. Mrs Arlie Saulsbury, who had not walked in over two years, was miraculously cured by faith and events in her honor. Mr and Mrs Robert Wyatt will host next Thursday the 12th. Addie Hopkins returned home from the University of Maryland hospital without surgery as her case is hopeless. The Pearl Gatherers Society of Wesley Church presented a fine communion set to be used next Sunday. Messrs Starkey Smith and Mitchell were guests at Hayden. Mrs J B Raughley visits her sons Harry and Emmitt near Harrington this week. Mrs R H Thawley returns from Philadelphia. Ladies attended Evernhain’s white goods sale. A new fence surrounds Wesley Church cemetery.
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Burrsville
R. H. Stafford
Arlie Saulsbury
Robert Wyatt
Addie Hopkins
University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore
Pearl Gatherers' Society of Wesley Church
Messrs
Starkey
Smith and Mitchell
Independent Congregational Church Elects Trustees
The Independent Congregational Church elected trustees for the year: A. Meredith, O. M. Hignut, T. L. Chaffinch, R. C. Rice, Frank Yeo man, A. G. Gelletty, Harvey Towers. Services delayed due to small pox scare. School and Williamson's closed briefly. Mrs. Anne Meredith has returned from Philadelphia. Canners convention attendees were W. C. Todd and Mr. O. M. Hig natt.
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Independent Congregational Church
J. E. Smith
A. Meredith
O. M. Hignut
T. L. Chaffinch
R. C. Rice
Frank Yeoman
A. G. Gelletty
Harvey Towers
Williamson's
Anne Meredith
Chas
Calloway
Philadelphia
Baltimore
W. C. Todd
O. M. Hignatt
No More Liquor Shipments In Caroline County Bill
Maryland bill prohibiting shipment and distribution of spirituous, vinous or malt liquor in Caroline County introduces penalties for carriers and sellers. It restricts import to five gallons to pharmacists or churches for sacramental purposes and allows either jury or justices of the peace trials with specified penalties.
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Caroline County
Cooper
General Assembly of
Maryland
Maryland House of Correction
Justice of the Peace
Circuit Court
Justices of the Peace
Local Social Roundup and Hog Cholera Note
Hillsboro notices of visitors and entertainments at Eas ton Marydel and Centreville families, revival services in Sadl ersville, Ladies Aid gathering, and a card event. Also a health statistic stating hog cholera causes about 96 percent of deaths from disease in U S hogs and nine to one attribution in outbreaks.
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United States
Big Tri County Exchange In Easton Farmers Meet
A February 28 gathering in Easton will present the constitution and bylaws of the Tri County Produce Exchange. The proposed group aims to unite Talbot Caroline and Queen Anne producers with branches in each county seat to improve marketing and profits for farm products.
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Easton
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia Peninsula
Ridgely
Ridgely Exchange
Next Week Farmers Institutes Held at Multiple Towns
Delaware speaker F. M. Soper will attend all meetings. W. F. Allen joins Preston on the 17th at 7.30, Hurlock on the 18th at 10, East New Market on the 18th at 1.30, Federalsburg at 7.30. Programs include tomatoes, sugar corn, dairying, soil fertility, strawberries, cantaloupes, apples, peaches.
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Farmers’ Institutes
Caroline
Preston
Tueday
New Market
Federalsburg
Denton
Ridgely
Clock tower project gains county approval and Denton support
Court House Tower Clock and Bell fund promoters have $400 in subscriptions and expect more. A four dial timepiece costing around $900 is planned with a clock plant expert to assess needs. Denton may contribute. former Chief Judge Janes Alfred Pearce and Judge William H. Adkins praised the proposal. Paul Roe of Baltimore contracted smallpox and was quarantined. Willis ton and Williamson schools closed per Health Officer Downes.
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Court House-Tower-Gicak
George T. Redden
H. Clay Hobbs
Court House
Denton
Clock Fund
Janes Alfred Pearce
William H. Adkins
Robbery of Miss Belle Connelly in Easton
Miss Belle Connelly, aged between yo and So years, was robbed near Easton station on a Friday night. Two negroes followed her. one threw a covering over her head while another grabbed her hand satchel and fled. She identified one suspect. arrests followed and one confessed. They face trial at the May term of Talbot Court.
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Mrge
Connelly
Belle Connelly
Easton
Miss Connelly
Hillsboro
North Street
Talbot Court
B C and A Railway Tariff Changes Noted
The article notes a new tariff from B C and A Railway Company effective February 15 for coal oil in iron barrels at 16 cents and in drums at 75 cents each. Return empties cost 15 cents per barrel and 25 cents per drum. Additional remarks mention Hazel county rent and Senator Beck's anti solicitation bill as insufficient. Peninsula merchants will be invited to Wilmington for Chamber of Commerce entertainment.
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B.C. & A. Railway Company
Baltimore
Beck
Peninsula
Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce
Bright Pupils Earned Hig Marken Public Schools Honors
A partial list names pupils with high marks from many schools in the term. Henderson Ruth Cole and Isabell Reynolds lead the standouts, followed by others like Isa Sickling Louise Cohee and Margaret Rohmann across Bee Tree Edinburgh Greensboro Gareys Camp Grove and many more districts. The compilation includes students from Williamson Oaks Williston Andersontown Harmony Grove Choptank Poplar Neck Federalsburg Hickory Hill Houston s Branch Nichols Hillsboro Saulsbury Ridgely and numerous primary and village schools.
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Henderson
Ruth Cole
Isabell Reynolds
Issie Sickling
Louise Cohee
Margaret Rohmann
Kertha Meredith
John Toth
James Johnson
Anabel Clark
Ruda Spinka
Delema Reynolds
Wallace Stohley
Irene Hudson
Pauline Cole
Mabel Hickey
Bee Tree
Ella Thorpe
Mary Conley
Elizabeth Thern
Edna Elliott
Edinburgh
Ethel Faulkner
Francis Garlock
Bates Lister
Camp Grove
Rutie Lister
Anna Dietrick
Dorothy Singer
Ruth Singer
Bradie Fountain
Margaret Draper
Charles Ellwanger
Brown Thawley
Addison Lister
George Gregg
Paul Gregg
Burrsville
Earl Webber
Mildred Breeding
Nellie Ireland
Lela Williams
Anna Baughley
Sadie Garrett
John Collison
Izabeth Slaughter
George Breeding
Lulu Goswellen
Rex Rogers
Matilda Werner
Hayward Cox
Arthur Perry
Eulia Jones
Gilbert Waldron
Mildred Booth
Dorsey Jester
Louise Wright
Mary Jones
Hazel Wright
Kathyrn Young
Florine Rumbold
Clark Dillon
Nelson Wright
Karl Werner
Martha Marquardt
Lloyd Dencan
Melvin Blades
Louise Cheezum
Elsie Marquardt
Hubbard
Jessie Cohee
Clara Prettyman
Cleora Marshall
Neva Christopher
Mida Willoughby
Mildred Cole
Ethel Prettyman
Irven Prettyman
Helen Montague
Linwood Marshall
Federalsburg
Verda Graham
Ruth Wright
Victor Wright
Carl Collines
Iva Griffith
Alderson Mowbray
Ruth Brown
Mildred Davis
Gladys Fisher
Edna Leiden
Douglass Galloway
Roland Handy
Emma Motz
Nellie Hackett
Mildred Wright
Albert Jones
Robert Davis
Irma Nichols
Mabel Bennett
Dora Jester
Kemp Bramble
Claude Covey
Louise Brooks
Adelia Jefferson
Howard Alford
Margaret Butler
Agnes Christopher
Hickory Hill
Grace Harper
Alice Harper
Agnes White
Ruth White
George Collison
Martha White
Houston
Corinthia Reed
John Downes
Nichols
Hilda Covey
Roland Cohee
Emil Still
Peter Nagel
Hillsboro
Irvin Sparklin
Stewart Gale
Margaret Brown
Francis Beaven
Edith Worth
Margaret Hammes
Kathryn Jarrell
William Sherwood
Saulsbury
Wilbur Carroll
Mary Kline
Mabel Woodward
Pauline Willis
Ridgely High
Gertrude Lawson
Grace Walls
Beatrice Butler
Kennard Pinder
Annie Wise
Rosalind Saulsbury
Elaine Saulsbury
Dorothy Davis
Mary Robinson
Fairlee Habbart
Dorothy Lane
Lucy Lynch
Mary Cooper
Mary Detwiler
Sadie Murray
Malcolm Skinner
Marvin Mortis
Nellie Blanche
Virgie Willis
Maude Sleek
Ethel Ritchey
Sarah Meredith
Selby Groff
Elmer Stufft
Furman's Grove
Katherine Passwaters
Dorothy Holland
Allen Thomas
Mildred Andrew
Charles Thomas
Amos Crouse
Wilbur Hynson
Laurel Grove
Wiilson Dukes
Alonzo Howard
Annie Culver
Mary Corkran
Joseph Eggers
Thomas Trice
Margaret Cook
Raymond Dukes
Douglas Towers
Della Knox
May Howard
Lee Andrew
Smithville
Myra Porter
Blanche Meredith
Theresa Keel
Elbert Lyden
Mildred Meredith
Milton Liden
Hazel O' Day
Leon Alford
Rosa Simons
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Youngstown
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Dover
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Annapolis
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Brownasyllie
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J. W. Clouser
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Cecilton
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Mary Redden
Williamson
Alice Roe
William Entwistle
Cora Roe
Izora Stutzman
Ruth Trice
Allan Sennett
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