Local notes from Dorchester and Kent counties
Orphans Court meets February 16. Lefever opens a Ridgely drug store. Ayres to dedicate Cordova M E Church February 15. Colston named school commissioner for Dorchester after Mace resigns. Commissioners inspect Federalsburg streets for repairs as tomato contracts spread countywide with prices likely $5.50 to $6 per ton. Pension increases granted to Samuel S. Dill and Jacob M. Ayres. Box social in Williston postponed by weather, rescheduled for that evening. Cambridge News notes Adams Express will move to rail. Dixon hires ex U S District Attorney Hayes to defend libel suit on Baltimore vessel. Oyster-shell purchases approved for Federalsburg streets. Planing mill planned at Emerson Florida. Accident injures Wm Francis Bell near Anthony’s Mills. Revival meetings at M E church report 120 conversions and 80 sanctifications. Denton ridgely stage accident after king bolt break. Denton businessmen plan basket factory. coal and fire losses at Emory farm. almshouse consolidation discussions. Postal and rail service upgrades considered for B E Shore line. Dr Erwin F Smith warns on peach yellows and urges careful stock purchases. Florida investment, local weddings and society notes fill the rest. Obits, real estate transfers, licenses, and civic events wrap the region’s slice of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. O. Ayres
M. E
Concord
Del
John M. Colston
Dorchester County
Whce
Wm. M. Mace
Collins
Federalsburg
Samuel S. Dill
Marydel
Jacob M. Ayres
Cordova
Williston
Rufus C. Harris
Wm. R
Victor Emerson
Calvert Orem
Emerson
Florida
Francis Bell
Anthony’s Mills
Mislick
Clergy of the colonial church in early America
A letter to the editor discusses the history of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America, defending clergymen from bias amid slavery and colonial politics, noting about 300 missionaries mostly educated at Cambridge and Oxford, and praising the majority for faithful ministry despite a few bad actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
South
Virginia
Maryland
Cambridge
Oxford
Judas
Johom Jesus
Delaware
Gro
F. Beaven
Marriage Rumor At M E Church Next Wednesday
Ruiner notes a forthcoming wedding in the M E Church next Wednesday evening. The item links school teachers to popular appeal among young men, hints at local Avenue improvements with a cut tree, and mentions a poorly attended academy lecture. Rev C W Green, former Japan missionary, will preach at the M E Church Sunday evening. The Choptank M E Ladies Aid and Literary Society organized January 12 with officers: President Mrs Jennie Wright, VP Mrs Dorcas Perry, Secretary Miss Nettie Wright, Treasurer Miss Maggie Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Goslin
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. LE
Green
Japan
M. E. Church
Ruiner
M. E
Academy
C. W. Green
Ladies’ Aid and Literary Society
Choptank M. E
Jennie Wright
Dorcas Perry
Nettie Wright
Maggie Wright
Protracted Meeting Sees Many Join and Seek Conversion
The ongoing Christian gathering since early December reports forty six on probation and many others professing conversion while over a score still seek. Mr James E Hicks lies gravely ill after a head injury at the camp ground last Monday. he has been unconscious at times. W W Dukes of Hynson has relocated here and opened a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, doing good business. Concord, January 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Hicks
W.W. Dukes
Hynson
Concord
Evaporator property sold at Denton Bridge auction
On Tuesday the evaporator property at Denton Bridge was sold by Sheriff Shields at the creditors of Emmett Downes. Harry A. Roe a fruit packer purchased the property for 315 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Bridge
Sheriff Shields
Emmett Downes
Harry A. Roe
Fruit Packer
Sapps Mill Destroyed by Fire on Saturday Night
The old Sapps mill on the Denton to Greensborough road was burned Saturday night. Owner Dr Richards says the fire likely started in the office where a stove stood. Founded in 1806 with several rebuilds, the loss totals about $2000. Insurance covers $1250. rebuilding will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapp
Denton
Greensborough
Richards
Rickards
Market Wheat Prices and Corn Range
The Baltimore market quotes the best wheat at 106 dollars per bushel with inferior grades down to 94. White corn is listed from 66 to 61 dollars per bushel.
Portrait requests and ads in Maryland context
Clarence W Bowen seeks portraits of John Keary and Michael Jenifer Stone for a memorial Washington inauguration volume. The entry notes Grangers Insurance Co of Middletown Md as a reliable farm property insurer with low rates. Various advertisements mention Salvation Oil, Dr Bull's Cough Syrup, Candlemas weather rhyme, a Concord Bible agency, and Catholic services in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Bowen
Washington
Broadway
New York
John Keary
Michael Jenifer Stone
Maryland
Congress
Grangers’ Fire Insurance Company
Middletown
James P. J. Hubbard
Salvation Oilf
Protracted Meeting at Marydel M E Church
Marydel notes Rev George Conway leading a protracted meeting at the M E Church. Dr F Tolson returned Tuesday from Philadelphia. The community laments the death of Miss Frankie Temple. T Richards returned from Washington visits. Dated Marydel January 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Conway
M.E. Church
Marydel
3. F. Tolson
Philadelphia
Frankie ‘Temple
T. Richards
Washington
Mrs Howard Carter Dies in Philadelphia After Felton Roots
Mrs. Howard Carter formerly Nellie Rice of Felton died in Philadelphia on Thursday. Funeral services are set for today at the Presbyterian Church in Felton with interment at Barrett's Chapel. She left numerous relatives in Caroline county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Carter
Nellie Rice
Felton
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Barrett’s Chapel
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Mr. Lefever
Adams Express Company
Cambridge News
W. Lee Dixon
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Baltimore
C. C. Wheeler
Denton-Ridgely
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Emory
Garrettson Smith
Queen Anne’s County
John Foster
Easton
J. L. Bennett
Queen Anne
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Mullikin
Baltimore & Eastern Shore
Salisbury
Erwin F. Smith
Government Department of Agriculture
J. W. Kerr
Smith
Kent County
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James S. Rickards
Olan Clark
W. J. Clark
Iva Lowe
J. Roberts
Church Hill
Tom Roberts
Edward Clark
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Messrs. Roberts
Amanda Rickards
Perry Rickards
Milford
C. E. Triedler
Dover
Preston
S. Elbert Douglass
Mary
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Richard Phillips
Eddie Douglass
Harry Davis
Will A. Percy
Vienna
Lohengrin
Fred. Wright
New Market
Mabel Wright
Maggie Stevenson
Eugene Couglass
James A. Keeble
Mrs. Douglass
Olivia Shields
Charles H. Shields
S. L. Carpenter
Huron
Kansas
Denton Protestant Episcopal Church
Giles B. Cooke
Charles N. Willis
M. B. Stephens
B. H. Johnson
Roberta Hobbs
Mendelssohn
Jere Beauchamp
Ridgely
Baltimore Liz
Wm. C. Willoughby
Caroline County
United States District Court
Willoughby
Post Office Department
Jeremiah B. Fletcher
Fletcher
Ile
Mr. Fletcher
Mr. Willoughby
A. J. Willis
Edward R. Goslin
Robert M. Messick
B. G. Stevens
Henry S. Fisher
Henry M. Smith
J. F. Covey
Jacob Smith
William F. Bell
Bayard Bell
Charles R. Neal
William F. Neal
George S. Neal
James H. Neal
Peninsula Horticultural Society
The
B L. Martin
Seaford
Wesley Webb
A. L. Hudson
Clayton
John J. Black
New Castle
Kent
Henry Ridgely
Sussex
Charles Wright
Cecil
George Biddle
Norris Barnard
John LB. Brown
James L. Banning
Dorchester
Isaac H. Wright
Wicomico
J. H. Phillips
Somerset
Col
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Worcester
G. W. Covington
G. W. MacMath
Northampton
Brockenborough
Charles H. Conly
Alice Gertrude
Gadd
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Philip W. Downes
William C. Satterfield
Thomas Dyer
Charles Kruger
Lester McHill
George M. Russum
M. Bates Stephens
Henry R. Lewis
Isaac Pool
Old Preston School House
William Penn Willis
James E. Bell
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Catherine Day
James H. Pool
Levin Pool
William T. Hignutt
Frank P. Covey
Fannie S. Whitely
Lewis O. Hubbert
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Robert Deen
Alexine Mowbray
Elizabeth Steele
Wilmer O. Davis
Mary Francis Ross
Walter R. Moore
Anna J. Gibbons
Henry Dean
William H. Hollis
William C. Willoughby
William S. Goslin
Edward F. Davis
Canning-House
William H. Knox
George Morgan
Burton W. Parker
Mary F. Rumbold
Joseph P. Patchett
Katura A. Noble
William E. Cohey
St.too
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William Engle
Jacob A. Heller
Thomas L. Day
William T. Legates
Harry R. Merriken
Henry M. Wright
Jacob A. Charles
Frank Wright
John N. Wright
Armstead Williams
George G. Saulsbury
Stephen Bailey
George W. Richardson
Elizabeth A. Dyer
James T. Breeding
Philip Noble
Philip Cooper
Henry Jopp
Ellen R. Price
William Price
Susan A. Chambertaz
George F. Quidort
Delaware and Chesapeake Railway
First District
Charles W. Porter
William LB. Willey
Martenah Andrew
Nicholas A. Cahall
Anna Belle
Charles T. Liden
Anna T. Trice
Thomas P. Minner
Martha E
Ers, Daniel K. Snowberger and
Effie Tow
Isaac F. Day
Julia Park
Charles E. Stewart
Mary Kemp
Walter M. Love
Addie Patchett
Elias Jester
Laura Smith
Jas. Rich
Ida Blanche Sibley
John H. Holt
Ella D. Turner
Frederick W. Cain
Elizabeth C. Slaughter
Stephen FE. Douglass
Mary Phillips
Elmer F. Shufelt
Laura E. McMahan
James Olan Clark
Chas. W. Kinnamon
Emma F. Dill
Wm. Hanes
Lida Brown
Frisby Brown
Mary Russell
William E. Wilson
Josephine Horner
John W. D. Scott
Caroline Hoxter
Benjamin A. Bradshaw
Martha FE. Satterfield
Wm. E. Carney
Mary Grove
Alonzo Boston
Amanda Friend
Hillsborough
P. S. Reynolds
Queen Anne Station
Tuckahoe
Joseph R. Stewart
Archon
J. M. Beaven
T. B. Saulsbury
George F. Beaven
John Holt
I. S. Reynolds
C. M. Stelle
Charles R. Wooters
J. A. Morgan
Sadlersville
Crumpton
Talbot County
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J. E. Graham
J.C. Thrasher
Southern Methodist Church
Rachel Graham
Wilmington
Ingleside
Webster Kinder
Bethel Church
Kemp Jefferson
M. FE
Colonial Church
Hedge Thompson
Woodland
West
C. N. Willis
Carpenter
Joe Griffin
Tuckahoe Neck
Wye Neck
Tuckahoe River
G. Ai. Deakyne
John S. Barnhart
Zeb Hutchinson
Wheeler Transportation Line
Maryland Steamboat Company
C. H. Stewart
Hutchinson
B.D. Evans
Board of Managers
Maryland Hospital For the Insane
J. Marion Emerson
Ansonia (Conn.) Sentinel
Inlaw
Susan Foord
Father Ott
William FE. Dunnock
Maggie Cade
Near
A. C. Willey
Greenwood
J. A. Trazzare
Amelia Fisher
Howard County
Sue Smith
Alice Melvin
May Hubbard
Anna Betson
Nina Smith
J. Boon Dukes
Plaindealing
Town
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James Swann
Rosa Lang
Augusta Travers
Taylor’s Island
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Florence Barcus
Whiteleysburg
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Katie Roe
Ella Jump
T. Pliny Fisher
Deakyne
G. A. Deakyne
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Geo. W. Boyd
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
South Fourth Street
Interesting
Washington News
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HepubNean
Force BI
Task Journal
Spooner
Mitchell
Hoar
Confederation of Industrial Organizations
Benjamin Terrell
Texas
J. W. Hayes
Confederation
Reed
House
Senate
Laltimore Market
Red Sea
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