Hymen's Torch Brightly Burning Across County
A roundup of weddings and anniversaries in Greensborough and surrounding areas notes ceremonies at Concord and Ames M P Church, Chestnut Grove and Federalsburg M E parishes. Couples include Edward Roe and Lillie Nichols, Charles Pritchett and Nora Harris, with multiple marriages listed and anniversaries observed among local families and friends.
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Greensborough
Methodist Episcopal Church
Concord
Edward Roe
Lillie Nichols
J. E. E. Nichols
George W. Townsend
la France
Clara Beachamp
Mendelssohn
Fred Roe
Fred Ricards
Tuckahoe Neck
Chilton
Ames
M. P. Church
Charles Pritchett
Nora Harris
Hobbs
Houston Towers
Graham
Burrsville
Pritchett
Miss Bessie Messick Hosts Friends Gathering
Miss Bessie Messick entertained many friends Friday evening. Music featured the event with a late dining room feast. visitors include Mrs. B M Willis of Greensboro Miss Carrie Van Sickle of New York and Miss Georgia Willis Stevens of Williston. Mr Claude Ledman has returned to Baltimore to attend Eaton Burnett College of Business. Mrs Lena Mittehler runs a private school in Greensboro.
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Bessie Messick
B. M. Willis
Greensborough
Carrie van Sickle
New York
Georgia Willis Stevens
Williston
R. M. Messick
Claude Ledman
Baltimore
Eaton & Burnett College of Business
Orphans Court Recounts Administrations and Accounts
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday last the recount of sales of the personal estate of the late James W Thawley was presented by John H and Jas W Thawley administrators and passed. Jacob A Heller acting administrator of Samuel Young presented list of operate debts first and final account and distribution pass. Sarah E Baker and James A Stephens administrators of James H Bunker presented list of separate debts and final account. Jonathan E Towers presented partial account of the estate of Inte E Madison Towers. The band of M P Hutchinson executor of Nathaniel C Rittenhouse deceased was approved and executor authorized to sell the personalty. John Norsey executor of Tilghman Hubbard presented final account. The account of the distribution of the balance of Henry Bowdle estate was recorded. The guardian bond of Sarah E Baker guardian to her minor children was approved and recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Court
Orphans’ Court
James W. Thawley
John H
Jas W. Thawley
Jacob A. Heller
Samuel Young
Sarah E. Baker
James A. Stephens
James H. Bunker
Jonathan E. Towers
E. Madison Towers
M. P. Hutchinson
Nathaniel C. Rittenhouse
John Norsey
Tilghman Hubbard
Henry Bowdle
Peninsula horticultural address forecasts peach belt decline
In a Dover address of the Peninsula Horticultural Society President Henry Ridgely warned that peach culture on the central and upper peninsula will soon fade due to a spreading disease. He noted low profits last season and urged shifting to grain and dairy farming along with tobacco. The piece also records local obituaries and county notices including appointments and a proposed bridge project near Linchester river.
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Peninsula Horticultural Society
Dover
Henry Ridgely
Ridgely
School board meets. Dawson takes oath and new trustee named
The school commissioners met last Tuesday and welcomed the newly appointed member Mr. Dawson who qualified by taking the oath of office. The board received a letter from a State Teachers Association committee urging teachers and officers to donate to a fund for a monument to Prof. M. A. Newell. Funds may be sent to Exauiner Stephens. George P. Jones was appointed Bee Tree school trustee, replacing J. D. Vansant. A fruit-growers meeting in Dover appointed a committee to prepare a peninsula fruit list for cultivation recommendations. The Queen of Fashions Best fashion journal issued monthly for 50¢ a year.
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Circuit Court
Orphans’ Court
Levy Court
School Board
Choptank
Brown
F. A. Benson
Talbot County
Ormond Hammond
Berry
Court House
Henry Sylvester
Dawson
State Teachers Association
M. A. Newell
Exauiner Stephens
George P. Jones
Bee Tree School
J. D. Vansant
Pleasant Dances at Midgely and Queen Anne
A lively set of social events described from Ridgely and Queen Anne. Young dancers in Ridgely filled McShane's Hall in evening dresses with many named local guests, followed by a larger party at Hackett's Hall in Queen Anne with Greensborough orchestra, late-night dancing and refreshments. Additional notes cover visits, improvements, new enterprises, and community updates across Denton, Ridgely, Greensborough, and nearby towns with numerous residents and travelers mentioned.
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Ridgely
McShane’s
Annie Downing
Chestertown
Miss Baily
Johnstown
Pearle Smith
Queen Anne
Lucy Richardson
Tuckahoe
Fannie Wilson
Denton
Mamie Evitts
Ella Downes
Jessie Kerr
Ella Moore
Greensborough
Lori Downs
Libby Satterfield
Mary Fisher
Mamie McShane
Maud Greer
M. Callahan
Miss C. Callahan
Ida Marshall
Annie Clark
Harry Rose
Cordova
Edward Jarrrell
Frank Sparks
Hackett Morgan
J. Sherwood
Hillsborough
L. B. Towers
A. G. Towers
Ormond Downes
Charles Stevens
G. C. Skirvin
E. G. Cooper
Ell
Hackett
Messrs
Charles and
Frank P. McShane
Bessie Rochester
Minnie Fields
J. N. Dunning
Helen Richardson
Dukes
Morgan
Smith
Tucker and Friel
Centreville
Downey
Kirby
Price
Easton
Rose
Mr. Rose
H. Clay Hobbs
Sue Turner
Andersontown
Concord
Preston
Hobbs
Denton National Bank
Col
P. W. Downes
Rebecca's Triumph at Mozart Hall sparks Greensborouh drama
Religious notes report seventeen young ladies star in the amateur play Rebecca's Triumph to raise funds for the rectory. Also listed are church services across Greensborough with ministers Burke Adams Griffith Edson, and Williston M E revival meetings next Tuesday. A column urges keeping the mouth shut as health advice citing Catlin for prevention ideas.
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Greensborough
Rebecca
Mozart Hall
A. Burke
East New Market
Preston M. BE
Bethlehem
Adams
Preston
Children’s Guild of Christ Church
Downes
Bank
Edson
Williston M. E
PF. T. Griffith
Cgoldsborough
Mr. Edson
St. Stephen's Chapel
Catlin
Important Legislation Proposed in State Legislature
The Sunol reports on Hayes heading the finance committee and a likely favorable report on his assessment bill. The governor backs a similar plan with appointed assessors, while Senator Evans re introduces a child labor bill. Brashears proposes a three member railroad tariff board to set just rates. Moss pushes reform to executions using electricity at the penitentiary, with private executions. Sisk seeks equal river privileges for Caroline county with Talbot.
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Sunol
Hayes
Finance Committee
Talbott
Smith
Sloan
Bruce
Senate
Evans
Brashears
Anne Arundel
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Annapolis
Board
Nny
Moss
Maryland
New York
Sisk
Caroline County
Talbot
Minor Court Actions and Local News Briefs
Minor Matters: Frank Boise jailed twenty days for assault on William C. Andrew. George Flamer convicted of carrying concealed weapons, fined five dollars and costs, thirty days in jail. Herbert Prattis case dismissed. Justice Hutson presided. Merrill Dunn, a wild man with a shotgun, in woods near Laurel Delaware. two Wilmington detectives tasked with capture. Strawbridge & Clothier mid winter distribution sale advertised in fourNAL. T. F. Dunn, son of the late F. M. Dunn, now manages Dover Under. R. I. Ledman appointed deputy in the clerk’s office to a Maryland Legislature position. Annapolis & Baltimore Short Line railroad to be sold at public auction January 26.
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Frank Boise
William C. Andrew
George Flamer
Herbert Prattis
Justice Hutson
Merrill Dunn
Laurel
Del
Strawbridge & Clothier
T. F. Dunn
F. M. Dunn
Dover Jnder
R. I. Ledman
Maryland
Annapolis
Baltimore
Grain and poultry prices drift in quiet market
Wheat remains steady at 63 to 66 cents with bids 66 for select lots. Corn ranges 38 to 42 cents with no color preference. Oats hold 33 to 35 cents while rye sits 48 to 50 cents. Eggs quoted 17 to 18 cents amid light demand and heavy receipts. Prices edge up slightly on potential cold weather. Chickens 9 to 10 cents per pound and turkeys 11 to 12 cents.
Legislative Committees Formed in General Assembly
President Smith of the Senate and Speaker Preston of the House announced the standing committees. Senator Smith of Caroline is library chair and serves on assessment Article 3 section 24 temperance and printing. In the House Mr. Lewis heads public buildings and serves on Judiciary Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries and library. Mr. Sisk sits on claims insolvency immigration and roads and highways. Well Worth preserving. From the Centreville Observer. The Journal supports legislation to save the fish interests of the Choptank. Postmasters Appointed. James H. Smith named postmaster at Sadlersville replacing J B Booker. J T Rutter at Ruthsburg, A Willis at St Michaels, W O Wrightson at McDanieltown. Edith Miller dies at four years. Interment at Denton. Sisk Cordova child Frederick dies. Interment at Preston. Queen Anne young folks host a hop.
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Smith
Senate
Preston
House
General Assembly
Caroline
Lewis
Chesapeake Bay
Sisk
Centreville
James H. Smith
Sadlersville
J. B. Booker
J.T. Rutter
Ruthsburg
J. H. Smith
A. Willis
St. Michaels
G. K. Benson
W. 0. Wrightson
McDanieltown
J. B. McNeal
Judge Stump Selects April Jurors for Court Term
Judge Frederick Stump convened the mid winter term at noon. On Tuesday jurors for April were chosen from 150 names. District lists name 6 jurors per district with numerous individuals across six districts.
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Judge Stump
Farmer Asked Doctor To Visit Absent Wife
A country farmer asked a local physician to stop by and see his wife who was feeling unwell. He described her day including milking cows, feeding pigs, cooking, washing dishes, tending a boiler and other chores before she felt unusually tired. Also noted are lumber yard product listings and prices at H A Roots lumber yard near Denton Bridge.
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Seayard
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.S. Arthurs
Kenton
Lewis Flynn
Florida
Biggs
Delaware
Mary E. Fisher
George H. Russell
Sheppard's Chapel
James N. Todd
Zachary T. Anstett
Irwin & Towers
David C. Rittenhouse
Snow Hill
Worcester
Kent Iron and Hardware Company
Wilmington
First National Bank of
Harrington
Dover Inder
Daniel J. Zacharias
East Denton
J. Dukes Downes
A. M. Courteney
Double Mills
Maryland Steamboat Company
Denton- Williston
Improved Order of Red Men of Choptank
Grand Council of Maryland
W. M. Wright
Prophet
W. E. Towers
Sachem
J. Harry Craft
Sagamore
William. J. Wright
John K. Watson
J. T. Blades
Wampum
Philip W. Downes
Richard C. Carter
John F. Dawson
B. Gootee .Stevens
Ernest Downes
John W. ‘Clark
J. P. J. Hubbard
Abraham R. Wright
Thomas C. West
Hymen
William H. Simpson
Charles Davis
Federalsburg
J. A. Arters
Milton H. Roe
Sallie Rich
J. H. Bernard
T. H. Jarman
J. Ed. Willis
Sallie Jarrell
Elizabeth Nichols
S. M. Whitby
Margaret Lowe
Charlotte Langston
Sue Kurtz
Florence Nichols
Sallie Draper
Iva Lowe
Mary Butterworth
Bella Hopkins
Jennie Holland
Elva Hopkins
W. H. Comegys
Howard Morgan
Thomas J. Todd
Mollie A. Edgell
Robert Edgell
Chestnut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church
G. T. Alderson
Chestnut Grove Church
Purnell Towers
Jennie Todd
James Todd
Mr. Alderson
William H. Clark
Annie S. Long
Alexander Gilmore
Charles Meredith
Dr. Meredith
Lillie Scott
Smithville
Alderson
Greenbury Griffith
American Corner
Ella
James Nichols
Nichols M. E. Church
Mr. Outten
M. E. Parsonage
Will Ross
Ella Downs
Greensborough M. E. Parsonage
William R. Woshell
Alexine Hobbs
J. A. aArters
W. R. Alluband
Chistinie Allee
Thawley
Artemus Smith
Bessie Warren
Near Townsend
H. C. Turner
Clayton
Lida Larrimore
Lena Mittehler
Catesbury F. Rust
Bridgeville
New York Commission
George T. Redden
Thomas Swain
Robert Goldsborough
Linchester River
A Fruit Growers’ Committee
J. W. Kerr
J.S. Harris
Kent County
A. N. Brown
Robert Gulick
Borchester County
Charles Wright
Sussex County
The
Queen of Fashions
J. H. Ringet & Co
Union Square
N. Y
Mr. Penniwell
Greenwood
Lydia Brown
Caddie Sharp
Warrington
Blanche Davis
Richard Logan
E. M. Stack and
Philadelphia
Edward Beals
Westminster
C. M. Davis
Greensboro
Paul Mowbray
J. E. Golt
I. Wf. Kuhn
Nichols
Vienna
W. Tl
Ernest Wnnbbard
W. C. Todd
Brattan
R. W. Dashiell
Samuel 8
Queen Anne’s County
George Porter
Stack
David T. Rickards
W. G. Smith
Edward H. Pearsaul
Marydel
Washington
Richard Perey
W. P. Harvey & Co
Miller & Miller
Perey
Alexander Hardcastle, Jr
R. M. Floyd
Dixon
George A. Deakyne
G.T. Redden
Monumental
Lilian Maneha
Virginia
Dwight Russell
Greensboroug
J. M. Lindale
Belle Percy
D. Murdaugh
Alice Bailey
Maud Fisher
Mamie Wilson
Lord
Senator Smith
A. D. Dick
Denton M
Baltimore Marketa
Chrouit Court
Frederick Stump
Henry IH. Clark
J. Y. Graham
William T. Vinson
Wesley W. Rickards
William M. Price
Martin V. B. Heather
Philip A. Marvel
Greenbury Bareus
C. E. Newlee
Nathan Clark
Charles Montague
Harry
Daily
Alexander Butler
Turbet K. Bartlett
William E. Graham
Hynson J. Gooden
Benjamin W. Jones
William E. Wilson
William W. Meredith
Benjamin Cohee
Simeon Blood
James Green
William G. Lamb
Wellington Heather
William G. Smith
Jacob D. Bower
John A. Sigler
Gilbert Swann
Owen Lynch
William Massey
Frederick B. Stambaugh
Nathaniel Torsey
5. IL
John Raughley
Andrew Baggs
John T. Carter
George IT. Moore
Andrew B. Roe
Matthew M. Andrew
David Greenlee
Benjamin Jouse
Harry S. Harper
Gilbert Hagadone
Chas. W. Jackson
William Jones
Thomas W. Jones
Joseph B. Orrell
William J. Clark
Clinton B. Jarman
Jacob E. Gibson
Third
William B. Nuttle
William H. Benchamp
Matthew Garey
Evan Morgan
Joshua B. Baughley
Thomas L. Chaffinch
H. Franklin Stevens
Purnell Johnson
Clement Noble
Levin W. Pool
James Swan
Walter Todd
Reynolds Y. Collins
James
Willis
Robert M. Messick
Thomas Carmine
George F. Whiteley
Zadock T. Reynolds
James H. Stevenson
Alexander Noble
William T. Kelley, Sr
Charles H. Todd
William W. Williamson
G. W. Williams
Henry F. Andrew
John H. Birkight
C. Wesley Bradley
Peter Cook
Charles 5. Carmine
George G. Dixon
William H. Deen
Thomas H. Flaharty
W. K. Miley
Edward A. Matthews
Joseph F. Roop
John T. Fleetwood
James H. Thawley
Daniel A. Williams
William J. Davis
George H. Benson
John B. Scott
Peter T. Morris
William H. Alberger
Frank P. Covey
James B. Wright
J. Polk White
J. Walter Noble
George F. Quidort
Frank Wright
T. Fred Brown
John W. Carroll
Saulsbury Collins
Alonzo Elliott
Garey Hubbard
William T. Hignutt
Gootee S. Liden
William A. Mowbray
Robinson Nichols
Charles B. Neal
John E. Nichols
Sisth District
John P. Hols
James W. Holt
George W. Smith
Levi B. Replogle
B. F. Richards
Thomas L. Frampton
Charles H. Fleming
Robert J. W. Garey
H. A. Roots Lumber Yard
Denton Bridge
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United States
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall St. N
Richard Nichols
Main St
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