Death Comes Upon Them Suddenly in Hickman Area
In Hickman last week a coroner's inquest for William Hewett failed to render a verdict as to cause of death. Dr. Theo. Saulsbury conducted the postmortem for analysis of stomach, liver, heart, and a bottle of spirits. Separately, William Stewett died near Mrs. Todd’s home after a carriage mishap. Palo Alto Lane, Civil War veteran, died in bed amid possible mental derangement. Lane’s past drunken incident led to a brief penitentiary sentence. mitigating circumstances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Samuel J. Lank
Georgetown
Hickman
A. H. Cahall
W. R. Peters
John Spence
T. A. Melvin
William O'Day
S. E. Adams
William Crowell
Fred Tolbert
George W. Cohee
Stout O’day
Frank Cahall
J. Ryan
William Hewett
W.R. Peters
Theo. Saulsbury
William Stewett
New York
Pliny Todd
Amos Fishell
William Morgan
Palo Alto
Guy
du Frainoi
Williston
Lane
Baltimore widow dies. funeral in Piney Grove Friends Church
Mrs. Sarah Corcoran wife of Zora Jones of Baltimore died at home on Friday of last week. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at the Friends Meeting House Piney Grove with Rev. Holt officiating and burial in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Sports fans anticipate ice boat use on the big pond. Protracted meetings continue at the M E Church with Rev. Holt assisted by Rev. Wheeler of Reliance. Additional notes on visits, moves, and local events follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Corcoran
Zora Jones
Baltimore
Friends’ Meeting House
Piney Grove
Holt
Mt. Pleasant
H. B. Messenger
Hannah Stowell
H. N. Patterson
Harry L. Prouse
Philadelphia
M. E
Mr. Wheeler
Reliance
T. J. Williams
J. B. Wright
Frank Covey
Sue H.turner
Grace Noble
Annie Davis
Harry Carroll
Germantown
T. Fred Brown
Anna
Leo Jefferson
Strayer’s College
Thomas Todd
Elmer Waldron
Mr. Todd
Pleasant social at the residence of Mr W George Smith
A Friday night gathering hosted by Mr W George Smith attracted many guests. Music games and refreshments including ice cream cake and fruit followed a delightful evening with numerous attendees from Marydel Sadlersville New York Virginia Goldsboro Ingleside Templeville and other nearby places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nmaryde
W. George Smith
Bessie Everett
Bessie Fox
Sadie Peters
Will Peters
Sadlersville
Lara’Heather
Cora Pippin
Helen Jump
Hennie Hall
Pansy Moore
Floyd Hwaller
Jones
Lillie
Elva Moore
Ollie Ford
Thomas Heather
Seward Dailey
John Raleigh
Marydel
Hattie McFarlane
New York
Viola Wood
Virginia Wood
Monroe Saunders
Robert Hutson
Clayton Melvin
Horace Dennison
Howard Milby
Goldsboro
Lola
C. Smith
Dover
Laura Smith
Harry Melvin
Henderson
Clarence Everett
Clark Everett
Ingleside
Harry Scotten
James Scotten
Elishs Palmer
Templeville
Death of Rev John B Stockley at daughter’s home
The death occurred on the 12th at the home of his daughter Mrs George P Jones. Rev Stockley recently returned from Florida seeking relief from consumption. Funeral services were held at the Mission on Thursday with interment at Barrett's Chapel. officiating ministers were Rev Lee Gray and Rev C T Baynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Stockley
George P. Jones
Stockley
Florida
Barrett’s Chapel
Lee Gray
C. T. Baynard
Lula Marvel
Epworth League
C. E. Hollingsworth
Ernest Johns
W. H. Goodwin
Chas, Leager
Chuck Tilt
Ezckie
Gooden
Smith Dill
Cheswold
Charles Leager
Lizziey
Church “Hill
Sallia Reed
Baltimore
Walter Gough
Dover
Frank Gough
Hartley
Harry Melvin
Harland Hollingsworth’s
Wilmington
Catherine Arrants
James Ayers
Glassboro
M. Anna Price
C. E. McIlvaine
Philadelphia
Nathan Clark
Laura Smith
Frank Smith
Missedith Gooden
N. S. Meredith
Woodside
John Moore
Chestertown
J. A. Comegys
Harry Gough
Social Evening at Concord Enjoyed by All
Concord hosts a social event last Thursday with games enjoyed by attendees. A late dining hour featured cake fruit and cream. Guests included Olu Scott Ella Beauchamp Corinne Thawley Winnifred Johnson Hattie and Viola Covey Rosa Burkett Minnie Collins Jennie Kelley Emma Hubbard Essie Poole and others from Bridgeville Del Newburg N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Everngain
Olu Scott
Ella Beauchamp
Corinne Thawley
Winnifred Johnson
Hattie and
Viola Covey
Rosa Burkett
Minnie Collins
Jennie Kelley
Emma Hubbard
Essie Poole
Messrs
Berlin
Elizabeth Beauchamp
Preston Skating Scene Ends With Rescue
A skating accident on thin ice left Jim Butler in five feet of water but he was rescued with difficulty by Alex Flu Harty and others. Community notes report local personnel changes including Charles W. Birch joining J Frank Ledourn’s store after John Henry moved to Wilmington. Miss Ethel Fletcher temporarily leads Hog Yeland School as Miss Winnie Griffith resigns. Lottie Charles and Helen Parker stayed overnight with Ella Whiteley, while Mr. and Mrs. A W Sisk made a brief trip to Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Butler
Alex
James Flu- Harty
Charles W. Birch
C. W. Jackson
Ridgely
J. Frank Ledourn
John Henry
Wilmington
Del
Ethel Fletcher
Hog Yeland School
Winnie’ Grifith
Revival Preaching and visits noted in local church notices
Reverend Joseph A. Klucker will preach at the Brethren Church Saturday at 7 30 p m Sunday at 10 30 a m and 7 10 p m and every evening next week at 7 30 p m Miss Cordelia Greenes visits sister Mrs Lillie Melvin in Philadelphia Miss Lila E Atkinson spent Thursday and Friday with friends in Baltimore Revival services have closed at the M E Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidgely
Hev
Joseph A. Klucker
Brethren Church
Cordelia Greenes
Lillie Melvin
Philadelphia
Lila E. Atkinson
Baltimore
M. E
Kemp Hougsa Fire Erupts Wednesday Night
Firefighters battled a blaze at the Kemp residence on Wednesday night last week and extinguished the flames after a hard fight. Miss Saran Davis of Euston visited Miss Corinne Colling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Kemp
Saran Davis
Euston
Boen
Corinne Colling
Nuptials Crown Multiple Couples in Local Ceremony
The Stauffer Whiteley Sweene Kibler Brogley Kibler Dean Sparks Beachamp Griffith Peters Fountain Fooks Phillips Griffin Young unite in a multi couple wedding event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stauffer-Whiteley
Sweene-Kibler
Brogley-Kibler
Dean Sparks
Beachamp-Griffith
Peters-Fountain
Fooks- Phillips
Griffin Young
Beautiful wedding announcements fill Stauffer home
A series of weddings reported from Preston Washington and nearby towns with ceremonies held January 11 14 and 28. Notable unions include Miss Addie M Whiteley and Mr Arthur I Dowell at Washington. Miss Nellie Percy Phillips and Mr Nelson Wenry Nooks in Preston. Miss Grace Towers and Mr Vaughn G Todd at Williston. Miss Katie L Young and Mr Joseph G Griffin at Easton. Brides wore varied gowns. receptions and early trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Stauffer
Washington
Addie M. Whiteley
Preston
Arthur I. Dowell
Margaret A. Whiteley
Dowell
Charles P. Sweeney
Philadelphia
Amelia, E. Kibler
Joseph Kibler
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Ferdinand Wolf
St. Gertrude’s Convent
Louisa Brogley
Frank Kibler
Greensboro
Auguet Brogley
Magdalena Kibler
Louis Kibler
Sweeney
Norning
Louise Brogley
Brogley
Rutheary M. P
G. W. Hines
Migs Cora, Sparks
Elijah Dean
Hetty Hill
Kennedyville
Kent County
Alvert Sparks
Charley Harrington
Walter Rutter
Thomas Swann
Ruthsburg
Winnie Griffith
Aaro Griffith
J. Walter Beach
Concord
J. W. Fogle
Caroline
Happy Cougs
Frederick T. Peters
William R. Polears
Mies Hattie Fountain
Zeb. Fountain
Denton
Rov
J. T. Richardson
M. L
Baltimore
Hickman
Peters
W. R. Peters
Miss Grace Towers
Vaughn G. Todd
Williston Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Towers
C. Harvey Towers
Cronse
Nelson Wenry Nooks
Nellie Percy Phillips
New Jerusalem
Nellie Higgins
Vienna
G. Edgar Williamson
Richard Phillips, Jr
J. R. Phillips
Pilars
E. Lloyd Pooks
Preson
iRev
D.thompson
Leip North
Robert J E. Young
Easton
Katie L. Young
Mrs. Griffin
New York
Levy Court Plans New Road In Eighth District
County commissioners reviewed examiner findings on the W F Lidon road project in the Eighth district with damages set for Mrs Elizabeth Beachchpat at 25 cents. A group including H C Hobbs and T F Chaffinch petitioned to lay a road from Hobbs Ringgold Green to Anthony mill Burrsville corridor, about 14 miles long. Drs Coffroth and Goldsborough certified Mildred Jarrell should be treated at a hospital. she is to be sent to Springfield near Sykesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Evitts
Willoughby
Downes
Anthony’s Mill
Burrsville
Mill Dam
Coffroth
Goldsborough
Attorney Towers
Mildred Jarrell
Springfield
Sykesville
Deaths and notices from Talbot county and Easton area
Deaths include John Lee 33 of Chapel district who died at Spring Grove Hospital and was interred at Spring Hall cemetery with Rev. Dr. Graham and Rev. Kennard officiating. Survived by wife and two children, pallbearers named. Also Capt. William Carmine of East New Market died suddenly, survived by wife Annie Collins and son John, plus siblings. Mrs. Elijah Biddle of Templeville died, funeral at Methodist Church with pallbearers. J. Miller Thomas, former Peninsula Methodist editor, died aged 49. father Rev. Dr. T. Snowden Thomas living. Local children Paul and Julian Hardesty ill with diphtheria. Mark New, livestock dealer, died in Baltimore. Farmers Institute to meet February 2-3 at Greensboro with Amoss welcoming all. Chancery Term notes list jurors. Wilmington M E Conference schedule for Easton session March 17-18 includes sermons, anniversaries and class meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Smith
Baltimore
Albert G. Towers
John W. Smith
Burrsville
Messrs
Lewis & Goldsborough
J. P. W. Richardson
W. H. Dean
Powling Creek
Baltimore Sun
Sun Almanac
Edward Tarbotton
Sadlersville
J. W. Peters
Hickman
Daniel Richie
Hillsboro
Jumptown
Day
Swing & Co
Smith & Moore
Snow Hill
James E. Nichols
West Denton
George H. Beaven
John
Dangan
Beaven
Arthur M. Willey
Honest John
W. ¥. Davis
David
Truitt
Robert Jarrell
Virginia
Thomas L. Day
Stappe
Kirby Canning Company i
Nossick & Student
Talbot Times
Davis
Whitby
Dukes
Princess Anne
Garey & Co
C. E. Dryden
Peninsula Hotel
Salisbury Courier
Willard E. West
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference
Preston
Cambridge
Sykesville
John Lee
Chapel District
Spring Grove
Easton
Spring Hall
Dr. Graham
Calvary M. P. Church
Clarence Kennard
T. Clark Mason
William T. Lord
Philadelphia
John 5. Griffith
John Wilson
Charles H. Leonard
P. Addison
Eastern Shore
Church fund drive nets 102 from handkerchief bazar
Ladies of the M E Church plan to donate 100 of the 124 realized from unsold handkerchiefs and use the rest for church interior improvements and parsonage needs. Thawley s M P Church Sunday School reorganized with new officers led by Mrs W F DeFord and Miss Maggie Cade among others. Plans note Holiness Church dedication postponed to tomorrow with Rev Fer gerson and Rev A Lee Gray in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Thawley’s
M. P. Church
W. F. DeFord
Frank Booth
Lida Lane
Maggie Cade
Sadie Cheezum
Effa de Ford
Nathan Cade
Tilghman Chance
Holiness Church
E. A. Fergerson
Great Maryland Institution Delivers Notable Insurance Surplus
On the JournAL page the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland reports a net surplus of 2 876 233 57 with capital stock 2 000 000 surplus 2 500 000 and undivided profits 376 233 57. The piece lauds the company for modernizing bonding standards removing private bonds and aiding those with fiduciary duties led by President Edwin Warfield whose diligence is praised as key to the firm’s public benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
Maryland
Fidelity and Deposit Company, of
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Edwin Warfield
Visiting families call on relatives in Frederica Milford and Bridgeville
Mrs. Fred Hopkins and daughter Miss Mary of Frederica visited Mrs. Mary E Thawley for several days last week. Mrs. Coursey Hammond of Milford also called. Mr. and Mrs. H E Hardesty and two children Paul and Julian of Bridgeville visited Mrs. Hardesty's parents Mr. and Mrs. F A Porter. Richard Trice of near town visits his brother Tilghman Trice in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hopkins
Mary
Frederica
Coursey Hammond
Milford
Mary E. Thawley
H. E. Hardesty
Paul and
Julian
Bridgeville
Harvey Griffith
Belle Alexine Pippin
Pearl
Ethel Bradley
Katharine
Mary Knotts
Emma McKnott
Margaret Palmer
Pearl Cooper
Addie Moore
Mary Clark
Ella Grifith
Belle
Lola Bowen
Myrtle Heather
John E. Temple
Elisha Palmer
Harvey Faulkner
John Robinson
Carrol Hong
Harry Jones
Howard Griffith
Carson Boyer
Irons Pippin
Julian Reese
Arthur
Jacob
Lacy Griffith
Rosie Davis
Finley Davis
Millington
Foster Clark
Henderson
W. P. Clark
James Knotts
Sudiersville
B. F. Carter
J. Wesley Honey
Sudhersville
William Temple
John Temple
William P. Clark
Denton
Welsh rabbit fuels late night rage in January
A quirky local note reports that a Welsh rabbit eaten late at night left many men furious as a March hare, strikingly out of season and unusual in January.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crovit
Orphans
Levy Court
Palo Alto Tane
Dena
Ileet
William Ntewitt
Yederatsburg
Agner
Cupid
Longfellow
Z. P. Steele
Dr. Smith
Barnhart
Laura Melvin
Roberta Hobbs
Mary Fisher
Fisher
Steele
George M. Russum
Dawson D'Oro
George
Laird Goldsborough
Manila
Philippine Islands
Katharine Egbert
Colonel Egbert
W. H. Stafford
Mary Sabina
Irifas
Emory ‘Poole
William Smith
Maggie Saulsbury
Queen Anne's County
C. E.’ Dryden
Effa DeFord
Wye Mills
Mamie Bailey
John Skinner
Rudolph Wacker
Wm. F. DeFord
John Anderson
Rising Sun
8. P. Manship
George Dew
Connecticut
Robert Garey
Sallie Davis
Fievo & Wilvis
Farmers’ Institute
Amoss
S. H. Todd
F. A. Converse
Martin
Brown
William R. Martin
Edwin H. Brown
Wim. H. Cashe
Wm. H. Goodwin
H. C. Booker
Ed Kenton
Wn. T. Elliott
David S. Truitt
Wellington Heather
Alex. McKnott
Gilbert J. Saunders
J. Spencer Lapham
L. A. Fallowfield
H. C. Gooden
No. H. Dennison
Wm. M. Price
Wm. G. Lamb
W. H. Bartlett
Joseph HW. Bernard
Fred P. Roe
C. W. Ellwanger
L. Irving Jones
N. Horsey
S. H
Harry J. Turpin
Martin Adams
John C Harrington
Geo. IL Russell
Thos. H. Butler
Robert C. Rice
Janes W. Peters
Geo T. Redden
Burton W. Parker
Harry A. Roe
Theo. W. Porter
Willard C. Todd
Henry T. Nuttle
T. L. Chaffinch
Alfred Clark
August Bragley
Richard T. Lister
Wm. H. Fansant
Wm. A. Roe
Joseph Kuebler
H. E. Rawlings
Geo. C. Plummer
Geo. W. Eliason
Thos. H. Jarman
Marc Bryant
T. Fred Towers
Ohn S. Barnhart
Wm. J. D. Lucas
Alfred B. Carter
W. Stephens
E. L. Adams
Edward W., Liden
Robert H. Wyatt
S E Douglass
I. Ledman
Alex. Noble
J. Willet Harris
J. E. Williamson
Walter M. Wright
Owen C. Blades
Albert W. Sisk
PF. P. Reynolds
D. Bradley Fitt
E. E. Goslin
IT. B. Messenger
W. R. Breeding
T. H. Chambers
H. M. Carroll
Alonzo Elliott
Daniel Fields
Robinson Nichols
Edward Wagner
John W.stowwell
F. Edward Jarrell
Chas. E. Stewart
W. F. Jackson
W. A. Robinson
Thos. C. Hackett
D. K. Crouse
Geo. I. Beaven
J. Ed. Morgan
Robert B. George
Thomas H. Jones
A.G. Saulsbury
John M. Swing
Theo. W. Smith
A. W.,. Thompson
Thomas W. Jones
Thomas A. Smith
Gilbert Swann
John P. Holsinger
T. Frank Seward
W. H. B. Kauffman
EmGutTi
A. Parrott
Robert Patton
Walton P. Taylor
Wm. Reich
Wm. E. Collins
Carmine
Geo. W. Kelley
L. J. Andrew
Thos. H. Todd
M. L. Sullivan
Harry S. Fisher
H. M. Thompson
Eon H. Carroll
Ethan J. Cade
Ohn E. Wilson
Esse R. Layton
Isaac T. Fleetwood
B. B. Brumbaugh
Ames H. Pippin
George L. Morris
G. K Ebling
Benedict Weaver
Olan Clark
Harvey H. Dean
F. M. Stevenson
L. C. Detwiler
Robert E. Smith
Selby Smith
Peter Cook
Rly. Collins
G. H. Hubbard
Wn. W. Dukes
C. Collins
Lee Hignutt
W. E. Bullock
Hutchinson Trice
William H. Deen
Frank P. Covey
Charles Howard
T. H. Everagam
W. H. Beahcanp
Wm F. Liden
P. W. Sullivan
Peter J. Morris
Amos L. Fiskell
Patapsco Guano Co
Richard A. Irwin
Henry Irwin
Henry R. Lewis
Irwin
Jopp
Deweese & Owens
E. C. Sunfield
L. E. Barrett
W. F
Society
A. Green
W.H
P. H. Rawlins
C. McSorley
Bishop Cranston
A.E. Sadler
Church News
Durrsville
Lola M
Nora Butler
Bessie Baker
Annie Voss
Carrollton Wiggins
Samuel Jopp
Charlie Butler
Edinburgh
Mary E. Jackson
Elva Poore
Harvey Scotten
Lemuel Faulkner
Clarence Tingle
Lillie Poore
Carrie Faulkner
Herbert Walls
Mary Swift
Cilla Walls
Archie Poore
Harleigh Faulkner
Earle Poore
Furman’s Grove
Iconplice Towers
Bertha Schuyler
Rosa Wilkinson
Nathaniel Starcy
Barcus
Anna A. Stevenson
Orna Hubbard
Albert McBeth
Noble Shiva Jobe Shively
George Jarman
Horace Shively
Liden
Mamie Dawson
Iida Meloney
Ella Noble
Ida Hayman
Noah Warren
Raymond Nichols
Minnie Fountain
Harmony
Bertie Flaharty
Mertha Deen
Ida Jester
Lawrence Deen
Elbert Deen
Grace Hubbard
Clifford Cubbage
Clayton Ostrom
Isabella Cerrow
Wilson Parvin
Bertie Dill
William Gooden
Edith Goodwin
Long’s
Georgia Hardesty
Jeachene Sebise Rickards
Jace Carroll
Jease Lynch
Theobald Hall
M Carroll
Elva Perry
Matilda Conlyn
Mollie Rickards
Denton Primary
Misa
Addie Wilson
Irene Barnhart
John Ghingher
Rachael Redden
Dukes Roe
Sallie Ere
Laura Richardson
Myra Ramsdell
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