Mails Schedule Through Rail Lines and Steamer
Mail arrivals and departures listed with times and routes including D C R R Q C A R R for Pots North and Points West via various lines, stages, and steamers. Reads like a historical telegram style notice of postal transit timings and method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloos
ALR
West
Q. A R.R
Potts
Preston
D.&c R.R
North
G.R
GO. A. R.R
Picston
Ponts North
R.R
D. C.R.R
Points North
Circuit Court to Meet in January
Circuit Court will convene January 10 with proceedings to address calendar items and motions. Levy Court is set to meet January 11, while the School Board schedules a session on January 18 to discuss policy and budget matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Levy Court
Local Caroline County News Highlights and Weddings
Local notices report constables for Chapel District and notes a light ice harvest in Ridgely. Caroline County grants white and colored school funds. Multiple marriages occur in Kennedyville Burrsville Grove and Easton areas with detailed ceremony notes and attendees. Community news covers business openings, steamer事故, and local social events.
Local Court Deals With Theft and Sentences
James Saulsbury colored, employed carrying mail from Hobbs to Anthony, jailed on a theft charge. A peculiar marked corn was traced to Mr Charles Deans pen and sold at Hobbs store. Thaddeus Brown sentenced to one year in House of Correction for threatening life. James Pritchett colored got six months for Christmas Eve disturbance. William Strother sentenced to three months for assault and may appeal. Obituary: Mr Alonzo Curtis aged about eighty six, died after ten days illness. Lankford praised by Snow Hill Messenger. Wilmer Emory offers $30,000 loan on first mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Randall
Wm. S. Elber
Chapel District
Blackiston
S. Messrs
William E. Lord
Ida J. McIlvaine
E. M. Baker
Caroline County
M. W. Wright
Benedict Vs. Potts
Kent
Caroline Court
Queen Anne’s
Court of Appeals
R. M. Collins
Milton
Wm. E. Brown
Mr. Collins
East Denton
Lir
M. Lloyd
Daniel J. Zacharias, Jr
Garey’s School
S. R. Zacharias
John F. Porter
Ernest Downes
Cedar Grove
Ridgely
Ridgely Ice Company
McShane
A.W. Ruark
Hynson
James Swann
Easton
Chancellor’s Point
Chesapeake
David Kliwansky
David Kline
James Saulsbury
Hobbs
Anthony
Charles Dean
Hignutt
Saulsbuy
Thaddeus Brown
House of Correction
Justice Smith
Peter Hagadone
Justice Dungan
Hillsborough
James Pritchett
William Strother
R. E. Fountain
Alonzo Curtis
Henry T. Curtis
Hillsboro Cemetery
Snow Hill
A. W. Lankford
Lankford
Masonic Lodge
Carpet and matting salesman opens Philadelphia agency
Mr J W Henry formerly of Dover Delaware now at 1031 Market Street Philadelphia opposite the Bingham House will act as manufacturer’s agent representing top carpet linoleum floor and table coverings rugs and shades, with Lyon Bros Co of Baltimore as exclusive importers of mattings. He invites Carolina merchants to visit in the city to learn where to buy to avoid jobbers profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Henry
Dover
Del
Market Street
Philadelphia
Bingham House
Lyon Bros. & Co
Baltimore
United States
Lancaster
Caroline
Preston Town Gossip And Education Notes
Preston reports new residents and professional moves including Mr Tl Walwroth editor of the Farm at Baltimore moving to a local farm. Prof W J Starvington organized a 24 pupil music class assisted by Miss Harriet Randolph. Hotel proprietor J F Cohee and wife moved to St Michaels. Local students and visiting connections from Cambridge Seminary State Normal School and Denton High School holiday visits noted along with Baltimore and Delaware trips by townsfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora
Milford
Harrington
Burrsville
Annie W. Stevenson
State Normal School
Baltimore
Ridgely
W. W. Busteed
Centreville
Marion R. Taylor
Talbot
Caroline
Minnie Darby
Clarksburg
Ohio
Lilly N. Darby
Oak Grove
Elmer E. Wheeler
Williston
Annie Elliott
Seaford
Federalsburg
Thomas A. Jones
Nellie
Philadelphia
G. M. Russum
Mamie Evitts
Harwood Ayres
Cambridge
Tl. R. Walwroth
Walwroth
Maryland Farmer
W. J. Starvington
Harriet Randolph
New York City
J. F. Cohee
Summerville
St. Michaels
Willow Cottage Totel
Emma Stafford
Cambridge Seminary
Nellie Haris
Mary Stack
Denton High School
Calithumpian serenade ends with widower hauled away
Concord residents recall a calithumpian march by local youths armed with tin pans and cow bells who visited the home of a noted widower in Grubbing Neck. After frightened women, the host objected and was hustled into a wagon, released only after promising to reveal his wedding date. The report notes few tenant changes, Annie Beachamp visiting Baltimore, and ice-house owners filling their cold storage during the freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Annie BE. Beachamp
Baltimore
Tuckahoe Conclave officers for ensuing year
Tuckahoe Conclave No 29 I C F elected officers led by Ira B Williams provost and Gallus Worth secretary J Ff Russum Gnavier T C Hackett treasurer J M Beaven prelate George Davis inspector W E Sylvester warder J B Morgan sentinel C B Kemp trustees J E Morgan H E Price and W K Hicks. Ernest Downes improves his dwelling by adding attic rooms, Fleming Bowen dies aged two months, interment Hillsborough cemetery, Raymond seven-year-old son of Martin Andrew dies. funeral at Southern Methodist Church. B B Allen returns to Washington. Town sees many improvements and more expected. Skating on Anthony mill pond enjoyed. Bluing corn causes mail between Anthony and Hobbs to be irregular. Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs H C Hobbs. church lamps previously donated to Ames M P Church. Farmers shelling corn for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckahoe
I. C. Ff
Arehon
Ira B. Williams
Gallus Worth
J. Ff. Russum
T.C. Hackett
J. M. Beaven
George Davis
W. E. Sylvester
J. B. Morgan
C. B. Kemp
J. E. Morgan
H. E. Price
W. HK. Hicks
Ernest Downes
Fleming Bowen
Charles H. Fleming
Hillsborough Cemetery
Raymond
Martin Andrew
Southern Methodist Church
B. B. Allen
Washington
Anthony
Hobbs
Ladies’ Aid Society
H. C. Hobbs
Ames’ M. P. Church
Local News Highlights From Denton Area
Sunday visits by American Corners and Garey families near Denton. Sermon at Laurel Grove M E Church South. Dwelling completed on land bought from James H. Ross. Roop relatives visit Hobbs. Savage Chaffinch wedding in Philadelphia. Griffith Porter nuptials at Denton M I parsonage. Lydia A Thomas obituary birth notice. Poem-tribute to infant Angel in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Garey
Denton
J. F. Roop
Howard Covey
Laurel Grove M. E. Church
Statum
James H. Ross
H. T. Roop
Hobbs
Savage—Citaffinch
Philadelphia
G. W. Hynson
John A. Savage
Mollie A. Chaffinch
Smithville
This County
Gariiffith—Porter
Denton M. I. Parsonage
Religious revival and Sunday School officers listed
Religious revival efforts continue with Elder J M Mahler of Lewistown to conduct German Baptist services in Tuckahoe Neck and Boonsboro church meetings on January 9 and 16. Various Sunday School officers are elected for Federalsburg Greensborough and Seaford M E churches, with notes on attendees and upcoming conferences and dedications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Mahler
Lewistown
Tuckahoe Neck
Boonsboro Church
M. . Church
Messrs. Johnson and Dryden
M.P. Church
Mr. Webster
Clinton T. Wyatt
Crisheld
Mr. Johnson
Adams
George L. Hardesty
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Henry R. Lewis
Walter Sparklin
R. J. Jump
Lena Stewart
T. C. West
May Fisher
Myra Stevens
H. A. Roe
J. T. Alburger
Federalsburg
M. E
C. M. Davis
Mamie Dawson
Eva Wright
Lydia Davis
J. H. Davis
W. T. Lowe
Greensborough M. E. Sunday School
T. H. Jarman
J. B. Draper
W. H. Simpson
J. E Willis
R. B. Russom
Missionary Fund
J. F. Dawson
Library Fund
W. H
R. H. Adams
Willow Grove Methodist Episcopal Church
Miriam Sheppard
Miss Tate
Reynolds
Corkran
Greensborough M. E
Green
John R. Cannon
South Carolina
Washington City
Mr. West
Preston
Alfred Smith
D. D
Dover
M. D. Nutter
Marydet
Circuit
Denton M. EB
Seaford
Orphans' Court Proceedings In Session with Probate Actions
Orphans' Court met with Judges Moore Sigler and Orrell. James Gambrill will admitted to probate with William A Noble as executor. Bayard Nichols and Henry W Poole warrant to appraise and creditors notice ordered. Covey presented debts and accounts approved. Administrations granted to Rebecca E Darling and Henry W Hughes with warrant to appraise. Todd and Butler accounts approved. Anna Maria Wilkinson allowed sale of personal property. A drafted wedding rhyme appears but no factual court outcome in that portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Moore
Sigler
Orrell
James Gambrill
William A. Noble
Bayard Nichols
Henry W. Poole
James P. Covey
Peter Covey
Rebecca E. Darling
Henry W. Hughes
John Darling
Henry C. Rawlings
William H. Wooters
Finness
Todd
George L. Butler
James Butler
Anna Maria Wilkinson
William S. Wilkinson
Salt as a condiment and its excess
An editorial warns that salt is universally used and often overdone in many foods. It argues excessive salt dulls taste, taxes the skin and kidneys, and may cause organ derangement. Readers are advised to reduce salt intake and learn to enjoy foods with less salt.
Practical joke ends with liquor ban refusal in Denton
A Denton businessman becomes the butt of a prank when a joker delivers a note to a dispensary owner requesting no liquor for the husband. The proprietor refuses, citing the wife’s wishes, leaving the victim astonished at his own scoring of the joke. Also includes a reader letter from Tanyard, Md., June 4, 1898, clarifying Hollanders migration details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Property sold in Queen Annes county farm action
Trustees sold the Isaac Mason farm in Queen Annes Sixth district on Tuesday. Heirs named Mrs. Samson Jacoby Sewall and Della bord bought it at 23 dollars per acre. The Cherry Hill Elkton & Chesapeake City Electric Railway seeks transfer of 38000 dollars from Elkton & Southern Railway to the electric company. Cecil county received the amount from the State. The Heptasophs paid 5000 dollars to S Frank Toadvin beneficiaries of Wicomico county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Lewis
J. H. C. Legg
Olin Bryan
Isaac Mason
Queen Anne’s County
Samson
Jacoby
Sewall
Dellabord
Jesse Randall
Cherry Hill, Elkton & Chesapeake City Electric Railway
Elkton & Southern Railway
Electric Company
Cecil County
S. Frank Toadvin
Wicomico County
True Blue Council No 29 Jr O U A M Officers Elected
Ridgely officials of True Blue Council No 29 Jr O U A M were elected with John W. Grabill as Junior Past Councilor B Rice as councilor H T Smith as vice councilor J K Hanunaberg as recording secretary A W Carmine as assistant W P Day as financial secretary J Mandrill as treasurer Thomas Temple as conductor C Roberts as warden D Grabill as inside sentinel IF Deifenderfer as outside sentinel and J W Grabill B F Rice C Roberts as trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True Blue Council
No. 29
Ridgely
John W. Grabill
B. ¥. Rice
H. T. Smith
J. K. Hanunaberg
A. W. Carmine
W. P. Day
J. Mandrill
Thomas Temple
C. Roberts
Inside Sentinel
D. Grabill
Outside Sentinel
IF. Deifenderfer
J. W. Grabill
B. F. Rice
New York Fruit Trade Journal Christmas Edition
One of the publications owned by Mr Blon 8 Hobbs is the New York Fruit Trade Journal. The Christmas edition of this paper runs seventy four pages and is finely illustrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blon
Hobbs
New York
Wellington backs McComas for U S Senator in Maryland
Senator Wellington ends silence and openly endorses Judge Louis E. McComas to succeed Senator Gorman. He says Republicans and independent voters favor McComas, boosting hopes that Wellington and Governor Lowndes, plus McComas, can secure the seat. Balloting starts noon 18th in joint assembly. many names have been floated or speculated for the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Louis E. McComas
Gorman
Maryland
McComas
Lowndes
United States
Baltimore City
Joint Assembly
Alexander Shaw
Thomas J. Shryock
John V. L. Findley
Charles J. Bonaparte
Louis B. McComas
Washington County
Isaac A. Barber
J. C. Mullikin
Talbot County
Sydney B. Mudd
Charles County
James A. Gary
Tuberculosis Legislation Draws Farmers' Fire
A proposed State Sanitary Live Stock Board tuberculosis law prompts farmer opposition. Asa B. Gardiner Jr. of Glencoe, Baltimore county, urges a meeting at Carrollton Hotel Baltimore at 1 p.m. Tuesday January 18 to discuss impact on dairymen and cattle-breeders. He cites historical state efforts balancing public health with farm economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Sanitary Live Stock Board
Asa B. Gardiner, Jr
Glencoe
Baltimore County
Carrollton Hotel
Baltimore
Pain Balm relief and stove sale offer dominate ad copy
A reader from Kentucky praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for back and hip pain after fever. The notice also touts it as a rheumatism cure and lists local sellers. Separately, stoves, ranges, and repairs are advertised with a large sale promised for thirty days near Ridgely Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louden Grover
Sardis
Chamberlain
W. E. Brown
Denton
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
R. J. Colston
Ridgely
Henry Sinclair
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Chestertown Transcript
Kennedyville M. P
Jesse Shreeve
Nettie Jarrell Whiteley
William E. Saunders
Clara D. Beauchamp
Mendelssohn
Union Methodist Protestant Church
Norah G. Steele
Marydel
Elevia F. Bradley
John L. Bradley
Harry G. Bradley
Gooden Sapp
Jessie Saulsbury
E. R. Steele
Bertha Wallace
H. W. D. Johnson
C. E. Dryden
Steele
Rose Emma Collins
W. H. Collins
Grove
Clarence Norman Robinson
Grove Methodist Protestant Church
Eva Murphy
Patchett
Clayton Taylor
Gertrude Heath
Elbert Robinson
Percy Cox
William Cox
Edward Patchett
Cramer Hill
N. J
W. B. Judefind
John C. Webber
Carrie M. Bartlett
William KE. Bartlett
Mulberry Hill
Charles A. Hill
Eva Sullivan
Oxford
Ella Beachamp
Emmett Johnson
F. J. Corkran
F. J. Corkran, Mr. and Mrs. Welch
Barrsville
Marvin Chapel
Charles Ross
Anna D. Weedman
Harvey Pardee
Arlington
Edgar Wilson
Bertha Graham
FE. M. Ross
Lester Wallace
Elwood Smith
Sadlersville
Lizzie Curry
Mary Jane Curry
William H. Cannon
Greensboro Methodist Episcopal Church
T. C. Smoot
Aloysius Green
Lena Lewis
Ira Cannon
Bertha Cohee
Henry Jarman
Edward Mitchell
Arthur Brockway
James Curry
Lewis Butler
Georgia Lister
Hillsboro Methodist Episcopal Church
F. Carpenter
Robert G
George M. Russum
T. Pliny Fisher
Annie Downes
Thomas R. Green
Harry A. Roe
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William F. Towers
Risden
Nathaniel Perry
Perry
James H. Nichols
Denton Bridge
J. Edward Nichols
Nichols
Dew
Willard E. West
Harry J. Hopkins
Annapolis
Omaha
Neb
Me. Hopkins
Comptroller's
Thomas Hill
Samuel E. Hill
St. Michael’s
Haston Star
Crouse
Wilmer Emory
Willsborough
Mama
Papa
Jemima
John
Cornelius W. Vander Hoogt
Tanyard
Nagel
Bureau of Immigration
Diselberger
North Carolina
Somerset County
M’comas
Royal
ROYA
Royal Baking Powder CO
Nisi
J. Frank Lednum
Thomas N. Greet, Et al
A. Sigler
J. B. Orrell
Robt
J. Jump
Register of Wills
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