Local notes on weather travel and town life
The Local Department reports yesterday’s 16 degree morning and heavy roads that kept many away. Henderson sportsmen plan a shooting match on the 26th. Town movers include Mr. Charles W. Smith moving to Ridgely and Mrs. Caroline S. Arrants obtaining a pension. The Queen Anne's Railroad explores an excursion to Baltimore. Numerous notices follow about pensions, rail plans, marriages, deaths, and local appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Henderson
Chas. W. Smith
Templeville
Ridgely
J. C. Godwin Company
Easton
Blackiston
Caroline S. Arrants
Lewes
Rehoboth
Queen Anne’s
Baltimore
Ralph Bingham
T. R. Green
Denton
Senate
Joseph Griffith
A. J. Wilson
Talbot
Peninsula Horticultural Society
Gilbert Hagadone
House of Correction
East
Abler & Hughes
Augustus G. Fleetwood
Ruthsburg
Concord
John P. Ayers
Centreville
C.C. Wilson
W. T. Bishop
Wilson
Bishop
Lowndes
Joseph Wright
Talbot County
William Newcomb
Kent County
Priscilla Webster
S. L. Webster
East New Market
Dorchester County
S. L
Henry Hollingsworth
Clarence
Wilmington
Goldsboro
M. E. Church South
A. Green
Greensboro
Old Family Burying Ground
Unusual opossums plague winter farms near Preston
Local notes recount an unusual opossum surge with many farmers reporting calls. Opossum activity centers on hen houses as they kill poultry and leave parts behind. The item notes various local happenings and community updates from Preston and Ridgely regions.
Deny Thyself Take Up Thy Cross Sermon Excerpt
Rev. George S. Fitzhugh of Christ Church delivers a Sunday sermon on Luke 9 23. He argues self denial is essential for spiritual happiness, contrasts daily toil with divine purpose, and explains how the cross molds character, strengthens faith, and unites believers with Christ amid suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges. Fitzhugh
Christ Church
St. Luke
Earth
Jesus
Christ
God
Ep worth League holds annual meeting at Brown's Hall
The Ep worth League of this place held its annual meeting on Tuesday evening. Officers elected include President Rev. F. H. Webster and treasurer Ellis Boswell. Speakers and lectures are planned at Brown's Hall and local churches, with Rev. J. E. Smith, Rev. W. B. Judefind, and Rev. H. F. Wright among those noted.
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Epworth League
Mamie Downes
Sallie V. Stevens
R. W. Emerson
Fannie Griffenberg
Mary Emerson
John W. Clark, Jr
H. R. Lewis
J. E. Smith
Brown's Hall
Hell
Orphans Court Proceedings Report
Orphans court session saw Roe acting as executors of Andrew Roe present first and final accounts of administration. Robert Jarrell named administrator of Alexander Scribner with bond approved and creditor notice ordered. Beck administrator of George Beck filed debt list and administration accounts. Jarman named guardian for Anna Moore. Patton administrator of Martha Patton filed final receipts and releases. Moore executors authorized to convey land to Mary Dill.
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Orphans’ Court
Harry A
Fred P. Roe
Andrew B. Roe
Robert Jarrell
Ec. T. A
Alexander Scribner
T. K. Bartlett
M. E. Jarman
Marion L. Beck
George Beck
No More Ninth Grade Graduates Plan Adopted
At the Tuesday school board meeting the action was taken to stop ninth grade diplomas. The board notes that the tenth grade now exists, making ninth grade awards unnecessary. It endorses a local plan for each grammar school to issue diplomas signed by the principal and endorsed by the County School Board, with diplomas provided by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuereras
Wuereas
Eit
Notice One Room Two Story House for Rent
One room two story house available for rent starting February 1st. Apply at once to Jas H Nicnolls located at Denton Bridge.
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Jas. H. Nicnolls
Denton Bridge
Marketing as a nightmare in Peninsula Society talk
J W Kerr of Smyrna denounces marketing as a deplorable illusion and a source of deceit. He attacks commission men, railroad power, and legal regulation, calling marketing a modernized scam that harms producers and preys on the body politic in a biting critique before Smyrna’s Peninsula Horticultural Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsula Horticultural Society
Smyrna
J. W. Kerr
Chesapeake Peninsula
Reversing Marketing to Halt Exploitative Trade Practices
A call for Manly independence and a halt to open markets urges buyers to visit shipping points and sell at the point of shipment. The author denounces middlemen and commissions, advocates self-respecting buyers, and warns that current practices tax producers and empower railroads and 脳vampire consignors.
Notable Longtime Physician Dr Goldsborough Dies Ill
Dr Griffin W Goldsborough a respected Eastern Shore physician aged over eighty has been gravely ill at his Greensboro home with friends hopeful for recovery. He practiced medicine after study at Brookville Academy and the University of Maryland in 1838 and helped develop Peninsula railroads.
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Griffin W. Goldsborough
Greensboro
Fred. R. Malone
Alexander Hardcastle
Denton
Goldsborough
Caroline
Montgomery County
Brookville Academy
University of Maryland
St. Louis
Seaford
Del
Maryland& Delaware Railroad
Dr. Goldsborough
W. Elwell Goldsborough
Amoy
China
William Massey
Baltimore
Anna
John Reynolds
Stoke Newington
London
England
Laird
Cambridge
Laird Goldsborough
Seventy-first New York Volunteers
San Juan Hill
New York
Winder
Elwell
Indiana College
Local notices from East New Market visitors and county actions
Hebichem and Messrs Saxton and Smith of East New Market were in town Monday. Mrs R M Messick visits daughter Mrs George Wallace in Denton. Miss Flora Matthews of Easton visits this week with her parents. Alva Blades spends Sunday and Monday with Delaware friends. Senator Messick spends the week in Baltimore. Welt Levy Court awarded L B Towers a shell furnishing contract. Five car loads to be sent from Oxford to Goldsborough at once. Clerk Whitby authorized to pay half the Linchester bridge repair cost.
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Mary E. Fisher
Hillsboro
Bertie Fisher
Hugh Brown
Caro Saulsbury
F. F. Carpenter
Mr. Brown
C. E. Dryden
Nellie Johnson
Thomas C. Smith
Delaware
Anna May Porter
Denton
Walter Lord
Willie Porter
Thomas Cahall
Norman Cramer
Ida Green
Denton Bridge
Smith
White’s Chapel
Del
Joseph H. Sparks
Greensboro
Della
J. R. Hughes
M. E
Frederick W. Towns
Bertha L
Howard B. Wright
Denton Methodist Protestant Church
Caleb C. Wheeler
Wheeler Transportation Line
James C. Mullikin
G. K. Benson
Alger
Havana
Cuba
Laston Star-Demarcat
Ida J. Sellvaine
Willard Thomson
B.C. & A. Company
Baltimore and West Indies Steamship Company
Thos. Hughlett
Cambridge News
Providence H. Fiddis
Baltimore
Joseph H. Richardson
Queen Anne's County
A. G. Garey
Ellicott City
James F. Melvin
M. Eva Wyatt
Philadelphia
Willow Grove
Pennsylvania
Annie Annabal
Western Shore
F. H. Gough
Henderson
J. T. Gough
Bear Station
S. J. French
Church
Clara B. George
Millinery
Hagerstown
Charles Bradley
Linchester
LeCompte
Vienna
Alice Higgins
Ridgely
Rose
Cordova
William
C. L. Saxton
James Smith
East New Market
R. M. Messick
George L. Wallace
Flora Matthews
Easton
Alva Blades
Senator Messick
Welt
In memory of Luther Payne obituary notice
In memory of Luther Payne who departed this life Dec 30 1898 a precious one from us has gone a voice we loved is stilled a place is vacant in our home which never can be filled God in His wisdom has recalled the boon His loved had given and though the body slumbers here we trust the soul is in Heaven R T A Farenp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Gooden
Wesley Cartwright
State of
New York
Medford
Elmer Bowdle
Marydel
Matteo
James Shelton
Bessie Reed
Epworth League
M. E
Luff Downs
Smyrna
Nathan Clark
James Jones
Henry R. Davis
Nellie Clark
Philadelphia
Joseph Poore
Wilmington
Alice
Clara Daly
Norris Bull
Kenton
James H. and
Bernard Sparks
E. C. Daly
Mabel Clark
Bertha Moore
Masley
Walter Artis
Elva Taylor
Anna Maske
Thomas G. Baxter
Gethsemane
Luther Payne
R. T
Maryland Road Materials Survey Recommends Shell Foundation Road
The Maryland Geological Survey conducts tests on local road building materials. It aims to tailor county roads to material cost and durability, with a legislative report detailing best practices for Eastern Shore counties and advocating shell road foundations as the most economical option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Geological Survey
Death of Mrs. Susan Fisher Clements near Crumpton
Mrs. Susan Fisher Clements wife of David Clements died Monday morning at her son Alday Clements Esquire home near Crumpton after a brief illness. At 79 she leaves three children Thomas Alday Clements and Mrs Wm E Jarrell. She was a longtime resident and member of the M E Church South. Other notices list rental and livery stable ads in Denton and Ridgely.
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Clements
Susan Fisher Clements
David Clements
Alday Clements
Crumpton
M. E. Church South
Thomas and
Wm. E. Jarrell
Kent News
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Alr.r
Vuia
Preston
Bbe. & C R.R
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ALR. R
Q. Ajr. RR
D &C.R.R
Pots
Circuit Court
Levy Court
the Local Department
Miss Fisher
Simith Porter
Federalsburg
Nuttle
Downing
Anklam
Smithville
Bier
Wood
Fernandes Davis
Mr. Alderson
Princess Anne
Roy White
W. L. White
M. E. Church
Hartley
Fannie Jarrell
Alex. Noble
Ethel Wright
St. Michaels
J. A. Longfellow
Ridgely Council, Jr
Alonzo Anderson
George S. Fitzhugh
Church News
American Corner
W. B. Judefind
Grove M. P
H. F. Wright
W. F. Corkran
G. W. Burke
St. Michael's M. E. Church
Rev
G. W. Townsend
Delmar
North East
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Jonathan W. Kerr
Hebichem
W. E. Brows
Denton, Md
W. R. Breepixa
Williston
Queenstown
Haves Savings Bank
Jarrell House
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