Fishermen's Market Shows Abundant Catfish Today
Market reports plentiful catfish while other notes include Mr. James N. Todd adding to his office, a supplemental pension for James C. Forbes, and the leasing of Easton’s old iron foundry by Mr. Withgott. Correspondents urged to sign, a Queen Anne’s correspondent notes dairy price rises, and large real estate sales by a Somerset agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Todd
James C. Forbes
Federalsburg
Washington Street
Easton
Federalsburg Athletic Association elects officers
At the first Federalsburg meeting on Monday the 21st, a nine member board of directors was elected to draw up by laws and run for one year. Officers named include President H B Messenger, Secretary J W Stowell, and Treasurer T H Chambers. The stock company plans an amateur athletic program with a featured elliptical track and grounds near the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg Athletic Association
T. H. Chambers
E. E. Nuttle
C. H. Towers
H. B. Messenger
J.J. Frampton
C. W. Jefferson
W. A. Morse
J. W. Stowell
R. W. Messenger
J. B. Wright
R. 5. Logan
J. R. Price
J. R. Officer
John Smith
Thomas Gambrill
J. J. Frampton
Federalsburg
M. E
Adams
C. W. Clapham
Mr. Alderson
Fred B. Frissell
Springfield
Massachusetts
H. B
Love and Locksmiths: Goldsboro Pair to Marry Amid Jail Visits
Albert Fisher of Goldsboro faces arrest for swearing his fiancée Lizzie Pearson is sixteen as her father opposes the match. A magistrate jailed him after the claim, but Lizzie and her mother later confirmed her age and plan a discreet wedding while he remains in Denton jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fisher
Goldsboro
Denton
Albert
Lizzie Pearson
William
Dora
Clerk Fields
Graham
Lizzie
Burreville News Notes Narrow Escape and Daily Life
A one armed man, R C Wyatt, narrowly escaped trouble when his foot was caught under a tree trunk while hauling wood. Two boys heard calls and summoned help. no bones broken, but his ankle is severely strained. Mrs Elizabeth Harvey, wife of William T Harvey, died after a lingering illness and was buried at M P cemetery. Rev Stranglin conducted the funeral. Miss Mary West visited family while employed at Henderson academy. Edgar W Burke Jr takes Maple drove school post. J F Wyatt plans a barber shop. Rev J L Straughn preached at the M P Church. James A Stephens of Crisfield visited on business. William Cahall improves from lung congestion. Rev DeVenish and wife visited Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
Stranglin
M. B. Stephens
J. L. Straughn
Edgar W. Burke, Jr
Maple Drove
Delaware
Mary West
Henderson Academy
Fannia J. West
James A. Stephens
Crisfield
Willian Cahall
Mr. DeVenish
Federalsburg
Shirt Factory to Be Started at Denton Bridge
Messrs Harry A Roe and James H Nichols plan a shirt factory at Denton Bridge after purchasing machinery and sewing equipment. They bring proven business experience and expect to hire many workers, boosting local trade. The top-floor room in Roe’s fruit packing building will be fitted for operations with heavy orders pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Harry A. Roe
James H. Nichols
Denton Bridge
Messrs. Roe and Nichols
Nichols
Administrators and Executors Receive Orders and Extensions
A summary of probate actions shows Abraham Cruser’s year of administration extended six months. Frank Covey presented lists of debts for the late Dr. G. W. Jefferson. Susan Pritchett, administratrix of Wm. H. Pritchett, obtained an order to sell personally and notify creditors. Lucetta V. Stevens presented inventory and appraisement and may notify creditors. Mary A. Ester presented inventory and appraisement and authorized to sell personally and notify creditors. Mary E. Parris authorized to notify creditors. Richard T. Carter, guardian of Thomas Slaughter, presented the first and final account. Wm. E. Hubbard presented the account of John W. Hubbard administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham K. Cruser
Aaron Cruser
Frank P. Covey
GC. W. Jefferson
Susan Pritchett
Wm. H. Pritchett
Lucetta V. Stevens
John W. Stevens
Mary A. Ester
Lard
Mary E. Parris
George M. Parris
Richard T. Carter
Thos
Slaughter
Wm. E. Hubbard
John W. Hubbard
Woodford Denied Postmaster Nomination at Centreville
The Senate refused to confirm J. W. W. Woodford as Centreville postmaster, a choice made after Congress adjourned. Woodford had prepared new office accommodations. The President must nominate again, though Woodford may serve until the session ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
J. W. W. Woodford
Centreville
Congress
Woodford
Drowning of St Johns Student Wooters in Annapolis Ice
A Wednesday dispatch from Annapolis reports sixteen year old Herman T. Wooters, son of legislator James Marion Wooters, drowned while skating at Petersons Cove. He was with about a dozen students when the ice broke. efforts by Prof. Daniels and others saved the rest, but Wooters disappeared and his body was later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Herman T. Wooters
St. John's College
Peterson's Cove
College Creek
James Marion Wooters
Talbot County
Wooters
Cincinnati
Internal Revenue Department
Tunis
FE. Daniels
Woaters
Professor Cain
Oscar Skirven
Dewitt Lyles
L. B. K. Claggett
T. C. Carroll
L. C. Boehm
W.D. Smith
Young Wooters
Accidental Tree Workman Injured Near Smithville
Mr Garey H Hubbard residing on the road to Smithville sustained a serious accident while cutting lodged trees. A falling limb buried the axe blade in his leg below the knee about seven inches long. Dr W H Meredith provided surgical aid and Hubbard is reported to be doing well. Two marriages are expected at the local church next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garey H. Hubbard
Smithville
W. H. Meredith
Mary
Olive Horsey
Harry Johnson
Frederica, del
W. A. Johnson
Local Happenings In Williston Week
Three marriages occurred this week in the neighborhood with a fourth planned next Wednesday night. A surprise party honored Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gelletty. Visitors include Miss Lollie Price of Baltimore and Miss Emma Wilson of Philadelphia staying with Mrs. Cooper. Georgia Stevens enjoyed Greensborough, Anna Betson’s crest referenced. Mrs. B. G. Stevens and Maggie spent days in Baltimore this week. Williston M. E. Church young men form a praying band. Fishermen prepare for spring fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Gelletty
Lollie Price
Baltimore
Emma Wilson
Philadelphia
Cooper
Georgia Stevens
Greensborough
Anna Betson
B. G. Stevens
Maggie
Williston M. E. Church
Dentist Dr William T Kelly attends Washington meeting
Dr William T Kelly a popular local dentist attended a Dental Association meeting in Washington DC on Saturday last. The note also mentions St Michaels Nets and a Baltimore man Joseph Wright and Miss Jennie Spies planning marriage at Choptank M E Church on the 31st inst. Nettie Bradley plans to depart February 1 for Providence R I. R J Providence will visit sister Mrs Ed Burlingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Kelly
The
Dental Association
Washington, D. C
Kelly
St. Michaels
Joseph Wright
Baltimore
Jennie Spies
Poplar Neck
M. E
Choptank
Nettie Bradley
Providence, R. J
Ed. Burlingham
Baltimore Markets Wheat and livestock prices steady
Wheat holds near prior figures as prices drift. Millers buy at 55 to 58 cents. Corn about ten cents lower. eats about ten cents lower than corn. Calves range from 6 to 8 dollars per head with choice veal at 35 to 45 cents per pound. Spring lambs 3 to 4 cents per pound and 2.50 to 5 dollars per head. Hogs sell 22 to 23 cents. young chickens six cents.
Denton M E Church appoints church boards and officers
Smyrna Neady reports quarterly conference appointments for Denton M E Church listing Parsonage Trustees Denton Church Trustees Central Harris and more, plus stewards recording steward district steward and various committees. Rev H S Thompson announced dedications for February first with Bishop Foss preaching in morning and Vaughn Collins at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton M. E. Church
Parsonage
James Swann
EH. R. Lawi
Pf. C. West
J. T. Carter
T. M. Cooper
W.H. Mowbray
E. Downes
L. F. Blowsom
George W. Smith
Denton Church
R. C. Carter
A. R. Wright
T. C. West
H.R. Lewis
W. I. Thaviey
Ed. Evitts
I. A. Trazzare
T. Pliny Fisher
Trustees of Central
J. BR. Wyatt
Evan Morgan
W. R. Butler
F.C. Blumedell
T. Norris
G. W. Johnson
A. B. Carter
Truseea
Harris
G. W. Collison
G. W. Smith
W. Slaughter
IC. Fisher
L. F. Bloxsom
Framptom
J. H W. Horsey
John F. Worter
Stewnards
R. T. Carter
MW. A. Roe I
R. Lewis
J. Evitt
Aa. R. Wright
G. M. Fisher
W. E. Brown
J. HL. Nichols
E. Morgan
W. Rh. Butler
Ernest Downes
Committee On Missions
G. W. Jolson
N. F. Butler
G. WY. Collison
R. J. Jump
S. T. Norri
H. L. Sheppard
H. E. Ramdell
Freedman’s Aid
J. H. Nichols
J. 2. Wyatt
FP. Richards
W. E. Thawley
The
Mite Society
Lizzie Dukes
Nancy Morgan
IH. A. Roe
May Fisher
Emma Collison
Louie Randell
H. 2. Lewis
G. W. Collion
H. S. Thompson
M. E
Bishop Foss
Vaughn Collins
Foss
Felton
Local society notes and arrivals across Centreville area
Justice Nehemiah KB Nichols celebrated a birthday with broad community praise. The Thursday Club met at Mr J S Barnhart's with Miss Katharine Hobbs hosting and several members in attendance. Various visits and greetings referenced from Centreville to Easton, including travels of Mrs Bettie Massey and others visiting Greensborough and Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Nehemiah KB. Nichols
Squire
the Ledger
Ledger
Katharine K. Hobbs
J. S. Barnhart
May Chilton
George Hill
County
Randolph Anthony
Bennett's Point
Queen Anne’s
Sallie Stevens
Denton
Charles F. O'Day
Easton
Winter Care of Flowers Tips for Indoor GARDENS
Winter care of flowers emphasizes clean plants and moist air through thorough syringing and spraying. Avoid sudden temperature shifts, shield frosted plants from heat, keep glass on hand to prevent losses, and use proven remedies like tobacco tea for aphids and lime water for soil worms.
Earle and Metzger Obituaries Highlight Local Lives
Obituary notices report the death of Richard Tilghman Earle at his Winton residence near Centreville after Brights disease aged about seventy five. He served Queen Annes County as Poor Board president and Centreville National Bank director, with a long Episcopal Church tenure. Also noted is the death of Aaron Metzger in Baltimore aged seventy four, once a Caroline horse dealer, survived by six children. A third notice mourns Samuel J. Pentz of Washington, longtime Chesapeake Bay navigator and founder of the precursor company to the Maryland Steam Boat Company. the steamer Samuel J. Pentz bore his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne’s
Somerset Land
Deakyne
Willen
Oak Grove
Preston Streets
Robert West
George Brown
Lee Tucker
J. C. Godwin Company
Easton
Castle Hall School
Goldsboro
Chesapeake
Wheeler Line
Reeder & Sons
Baltimore
Minnie Wheeler
Hillsborough
Tuckahoe River
Captan Willard Thomson
Wm. R. Martin
Tuckahoe
Thomson
Peninsula
Rehoboth
New Jersey
Virginia
Edmund Dandridge Murdaugh
Easton High School
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Murdaugh
Calvert Orem
Cambridge
Florida
Richard Tilghman Earle
Queen Anne’s County
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Winton
Earle
Aaron Metzger
A. Schmidt
McCulloh Street
Caroline
Theodore Kings Baker
California
Lous Gump
Alexander
Louis A
Samuel A. Metzger
Samuel J
Williamson School Becomes Public School
At a School Board meeting on Tuesday an agreement was signed by Elias W Williamson and the Board making the Williamson school a public school. Williamson has previously funded the school and now seeks only teacher salaries. Trustees named Eling W Williamson James E Hignutt and Raulsten Neal. The Examiner told teachers that the county Teachers Association meets in Denton Academy on February 21. A Baltimore Corner delegation urged forming a new district. Dawson Fisher and Stephens will report later. Miss Alice J Wilson resigns Bridgetown school effective February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias W. Williamson
Williamson
Eling W. Williamson
James E. Hignutt
Raulsten Neal
Denton Academy
Baltimore Corner
Messrs. Dawson, Fisher and
Stephens
Alice J. Wilson
Bridgetown School
Railway Mail Service expands clerical duties on river steamers
The superintendent of the railway mail service issued an order on Monday authorizing pursers on the Choptank mail steamers to act as postal clerks. The order took effect Wednesday, enabling interchangeable mail handling on the river route and supplying previously omitted river offices with service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway
New Pastry Cook Book Promoted by Rumford Yeast
Miss L A Willis principal of the Baltimore Cooking School has compiled a new pastry cookbook distributed to patrons of Rumford Yeast Powder. The author’s reputation gives the book special value. Mail a small label from a Rumford bottle to Rumford Chemical Works Providence RI for a free copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Willis
Baltimore Cooking School
Rumford Yeast Powder
Rumford
Rumford Chemical Works
Providence
R. I
Another Swindle Targets Peninsula Farmers
Report describes a wave of local swindles where con men pose as insurance agents to obtain insured owners names, then return with a paper claiming policy transfer and force the farmer to sign a promissory note for 10 to 100 dollars. Also notes Carlton Cornwell praising Champberlain's Cough Remedy and a minnows story from Mr. C. S. Smith.
Contributions for Wilshoro Sufferers Disbursement Committee Formed
A meeting after the July fire appointed Rev. George F. Beaven, William Sylvester, William Hicks, Rev. T J Lambert, and H H Duffey as a distributing committee with Duffey named treasurer. Donations included food, clothing, and money from Cordova and Ridgely sources. funds were allocated to numerous named individuals. The committee expressed gratitude for the timely aid and documented expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilshoro
Duffey
Jourxal
Heavenly
George F. Beaven
William E. Sylvester
William E. Hicks
T. J. Lambert
HH. Duffey
Cord
John W. Richardson
Queen Anne's County
Emston
Robert Coulhy
Robert Sulbieott Ridgely
Hillsborous
Jeffereon
Delaware Railroad and Electric Railway MeasuresFiled
Delaware notes report a bill to authorize Queen Anne's Railroad to extend to Lewes with twenty year succession, track and depot limits, power options, crossings, and water transport rights. A Dover letter says charter likely soon with broad support in two lower counties to counter Baltimore line. Another act to form Dover & Milford Electric Railway from Dover to Milford via Camden Magnolia and Frederica with $500,000 capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sypherd
Amanda
John T. Daily
Moore
Queen Anne’s Railroad Company
Denton
Georgetown
Bridgeville
Delaware Bay
Lewes
Greenwood
Ellendale
Milton
Dover
Committee On Private Corporations
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway
Daly
Dover & Milford
Milford
Camden
Magnolia
Frederica
Fishermen offered Dakehart's Gil ling Twine at Baltimore prices
Attention fishermen vendors advertise Dakehart's Chesapeake brand Gilling Twine in sizes 40 50 and 60 sold at Baltimore prices. Series knit to order with both gill and hauling Gill lines hand made cotton twine set nets 30 meshes deep ready knit and for sale by B G Stephens Williston Mud
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakehart
Chesapeake
W. B
Gray
Baltimore
B. G. Stevens
Williston
Pain Balm Claims Rapid Rheumatism Relief
Advertises Chamberlain's Pain Balm as curing long stubborn rheumatism once applied. Claims one use relieves pain and continued use ensures an effectual cure. For sale by Wm. E. Brown, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Wm. E. Brown
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Preston
Riverview
J. W. F. Cooper
Agnes Cooper
William L. Kennedy
Lowndesville
S.C
Willie
Julia Milburn
W. W. Chaires
Ridgely
South
Concord M. E. Church
Minnie L. Everngam
Martha Everngam
Edward E. Nuttle
Daniel J. Zacharias, Jr
Rachel A. Hopkins
James P. Hopkins
Greensborough M. E
Nannie Mitchell
Nellie Harper
F. R. Malone
Emory
Turpin
F. P. Roe
William Massey
J. A. Arters
Iva Lowe
Zacharias
W. Oscar Hurst
Clayton
Frances A. Price
Queenstown
Journal
John Parris
Laura B. Welch
M. E. Parsonage
Sallie Parris
Lina Welch
James Parris
Wilbur Welch
Edgar Welch
Mamie Carroll
Andersontown
M. E. Church
Concord
W.S. Reed
Jess
Orphans Court Proceedings
Mr. Woodford
Sud
Winistan
Baltimoore Markets
Denton M. E. Circuit
Smyrna Neady
Conference—Church
Smyrna M. BE
Smyrna
Galloway Ins
R. A. Brainard, Esq
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company
Katie Goslin
Linkwood
James I. Ledman
Bethlehem
Jonathan Evitts
Anne Townsend
Postal Matters
Carlton Cornwell
the Gazette
Middletown
N. J
Mr. C. 8. Smith
Anon
Charles E. Stewart
F. J. Willoughby
George Ford
Cccessa
Samuel Sneed
George C. Sherwood
G. Wilbur Rolph
Janes H. Williams
Rebecca Lewis
Eliza Collins
Dr. P
Reynolds
H. Thawley
Jeremiah Benucchamp
Charles Adams
Erastus Anderson
Ellen White
Belle Connolly
Mary Rolph
A. G. Boger
H. Durrey
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