Local notices and farm reports from Cambridge town
A digest of local happenings includes a Fourth of July excursion to Rehoboth and bank closings, a wheat harvest note by George Morris, and an optician visit at Ralph's Hotel. Agricultural prices and canning quotes from W J Blackiston, J H Nichols and Son, and Sumner clothing ads appear alongside school events, road commissions, and parsonage completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth
West Denton
Willian P. Draper
W. J. Blackiston
Brick Bletel
F. J. Wright
Optician
Ralph's Hotel
Queen Anne
George W. Morris
EC. MacNichol
Cambridge High School
J. H. Nichols & Son
Sumner Clothing
Delaware
Caroline
Thawley
G.S. Helshy
State Goal Roads Commission
Chestertown
Easton
Texas Air
Denton
A. G. Towers
Naval
Baltimore
Thre Barber & Northrup Machine Company
Cambrideec
Denton Visit Delights Springfield Doctor and Friends
Dr J Clement Clark superintendent of Springfield hospital visited Denton with Adrian Dudeslays and Percy Douglass. They rode in Clark s car after arriving by steamer, recalling Tolchester Kent and Queen Anne s, then Caroline, the doctor s longtime home. Clark praised Denton s decade of growth and reconnected with old friends in a cordial county reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Clement Clark
Springfield Hospital
Denton
Adrian Dudeslays
Percy Douglass
Mr. Douglass
Tolchester
Kent
Queen Anne's
Caroline
Clark
Our
John Fr. Dawson
Caroline County
Addie Coursey
Elizabeth Coursey
Greensboro
Thomas Coursey
J. P. Otis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wizard Cohee
Laura A
Geo. W. Cohee
Clementine Fountain
Airs
Zebdial Fountain
Hobbs
Thomas Lard
Burrsville
Daniel Alford
Lola Helen
Wiliam Worthman White
Charles M. Elderdice
Joseph
Orrell
Etta Mullikin
Baltimore
Joseph M. George
Board of Automobile Commissioners
Lillian MM. Nelson
Jacksonville
Fla
George T. Redden
Maggie
Marriott Redden
Richmond
Alfred Carter, Jr
Vidaliza Wood
Norwood W. Voss
Queen Anne's County
Maryland State Teachers’ Association
Ocean City
Udwin ‘Thawley
Forrest Rowe
United States Navy
Thawey
Richard Porter
Philip
Norwood
Talbot
Jessie Whitby
Elizabeth
George Kelley
Royal Oak
J. Thomas Lowe
Delaware
Charles Joslin
Sadlersville
Edward W. Liden
Minnie Dukes
Philadelphia
Sumer
McCallum and Son
Philadelpha
William Jr. Anderson
Ezekiel Reed
Easton
Charles E. Miller
Alexander Harrington
Seaford High School
Annie E. Voss
Wilmington
Thormans Smith
Walter Sparklin
Petersburg
N. Clay Hobbs
Milton
Addie Wilson
Laura Melvin
Annapolis
Unique Porch Carnival Lights Denton Way
The porch carnival by the Methodist Protestant Church ladies of Denton drew hundreds as Main Street lit by electric bulbs and lanterns hosted an automobile parade with prize decorated cars. Performances included monologues songs tableaux a juvenile piece and a baby doll parade. Proceeds will fund church property improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Methodist Protestant Church of
Denton
Main Street
O. W. Downes
J. L. Lild
Winfield Nichols
Josephine M. Downes
Peter Clark
Peach crop expected heavy throughout tidewater Maryland peninsula
Capt Willard Thomson reports from tide water Maryland sections that the peach crop will be heavy. Railroad officials confirm heavy crop across the peninsula. In a few weeks fruit will begin to ripen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Thomson
Maryland
Peninsula
Local Residents and Visitors Spread Across Queen Anne
Dr H Clarence Duffey of Washington and his two sons visit Mr and Mrs Charles Jarrell at Queen Anne where the boys vacation with their aunt Mrs Jarrell. Queen Anne hosts include Miss Helen Hicks and Master Harry Hicks with other locals visiting family and attending summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clarence Duffey
Washington
Laugh
Depew
Charles Jarrell
Jarrell
J. Heston Hicks
Queen Anne
Chestertown
Miss Helen
Harry
Helen
Edward Dashiell
Federalsburg
F. T. Barton
C. T. Sauer
Philadelphia
Local Visits And Appointments In Community
Miss Mary Waldron of Athens Illinois visits her uncle Elmer Waldron. Frank Starr of B F Starr Co mill furnishers Baltimore visits Geo Whiteley. Mrs Martha Ford and daughter and Miss Sarah Reynolds visit friends in Easton. Prof Geo Sennett of Mardela Springs named principal of the school. Mrs Dr Rowe and daughter of Hillsboro visit Dr Downes. Mrs Kate Dowell of Denton visits cousin J T Dennis. Rev Jacob Koerber attends Lutheran Synod meeting in Pittsburgh. Mrs Ed Douglass and son visit Mr and Mrs Lloyd Fooks. Mrs Susie Patton spends time at Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Waldron
Athens
Illinois
Elmer Waldron
Win. Waldron
Frank Starr
B. F. Starr & Co
Baltimore
Geo. Whiteley
Martha Ford
Sarah Reynolds
Easton
Geo. Sennett
Mardela Springs
Dr. Rowe
Hillsboro
Downes
Kate Dowell
Denton
J. T. Dennis
Jacob Koerber
Lutheran Synod
Pittsburg
Ed. Douglass
Lloyd Fooks
Susie Patton
Atlantic City
Death Ends a Family Fight in Burrsville
William Arlington Morgan was fatally shot at his Burrsville home by his wife Minnie Harris Morgan who was arrested in Denton for murder. A jury found the wife feloniously shot her husband after a quarrel over funeral attendance and household duties. They left three children, ages four to ten. the couple had been married about ten years. Funeral services were held at Wesley M E Church with interment nearby. Counsel for Mrs. Morgan is T Alan Goldsborough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
W. Arlington Morgan
Burtsville
Minnie Harris Morgan
Denton
Thomas L. Chaffinch
Henry R. Lewis
Z. Potter Steele
Burrsville
Morgan's Body Still Lying On the Spot Where He Had Fallen, and Mrs. Morgan
Justice Steele
Messrs
Clinton Cook
Foreman
Ormond W. Downes
Samuel Griffin
Arlington T. Porter
Alexander Russell
A. T. Jacobs
John Parris
P. Seldon Baughley
Alfred Baughley
Robert H. Stafford
Charles Fountain
J. Edward Webber
Winnie Morgan
Arlington Porter
Saulsbury
Fisher
Porter
Charles Harvey
John Harris
Orwell
John Morgan
Salt air recreation cottage opens in Claiborne
Under the auspices of Claiborne ladies and nearby towns a salt air recreation cottage opened Monday in Claiborne for mothers and babies from the hot city. A rent free house overlooks Eastern Bay, with milk and vegetables supplied by philanthropists. Rev John Kirk of St Michael’s Church Talbot county will supervise the non sectarian project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of
Easton Ledger
Drowned In the Choptank Drowning of Bates Sylvester
Bates Sylvester the youngest son of James T. Sylvester of this place was drowned Saturday evening about four in the Choptank river near the fishing shore of William Stevens. He was not quite sixteen and was learning to swim with corks tied around his body. Companions tried to save him as he sank, two boys also drowned attempting to rescue him. The body was recovered Sunday morning after a seine and dynamite were used to search the river bottom. Burial occurred Monday in Denton cemetery with burial by six young pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Sylvester
James T. Sylvester
William Stevens
Bates
William Whinney
Jack Barnhart
William
Barnhart
Seine
A. N. Ward
G. 5
Raleigh
Denton Cemetery
Lafarold Nuttle
Henry Hollingsworth
Potter Dukes
Henry Hynson
Harry Beck
Orphans' Court Actions On Guardians and Trustees
In Orphans Court Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood presided. Fred Kt Owens trustee for John T Wilsons real estate bond approved. Edward E Nuttle guardian to George Washington presented first guardian account vouchers approved. F Garey Jr administrator ct a of Elizabeth Nuttle presented inventory and appraisement. sale ordered. Nellie H Carmine guardian to Mary Amelia Carmine bond approved. Orlando Patton and Chas B Harrison executors of Robt B Patton presented report of sale. ratification nisi planned. Geo W Bailey administrator of Catherine Bailey presented first and final account. approved. Chas E Cannon administrator of Alfred Cannon presented first and final account. approved. Jesse P Wilson guardian for Thos J Wilson presented final receipt and release. approved. In sale of Solomon W Driggins real estate new trustee W Brewster Deen presented bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphan’s Court
Clark, Liden and Fleetwood
Fred Kt. Owens
John T. Wilson
Edward E. Nuttle
George Washington
F. Garey, Jr
Elizabeth Dixon Nut
Chas. E. Cannon
Alfred Cannon
Jesse P. Wilson
Thos
Denton real estate sales attract buyers from several counties
Denton Thurday saw a crowded turnout for multiple farm auctions. Harvey L. Cooper trustee sold the Fields estate in the Fifth district for 15000 dollars to Hackett of Hurlock Irving Mace and Calvin Flarington of Cambridge. Several other farms changed hands with prices ranging from 4800 to 12700 dollars. Longtime trustees and heirs attended, noting strong interest across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Harvey L. Cooper
Fields
Fifth District
Messrs
Thomas J. Hackett
Hurlock
W. Irving Mace
Calvin Flarington
Cambridge
Senator
L. B. Towers
Christian
Delaware
Burrsville
Emanuel King
Griffin
Tuckahoe River
George S. Raleigh
Greenlee Farm
James B. Blanch
Satterfield
Goldsboro
F. 2. Owens
John T. Wilson
John T. Carter
H. L. Cooper
Johnson Land
A. R. Wright
J. E. Ellwanger
C. W. Hobbs
John Rosser
J. T. Dennis
Preston
J. W. Funk
J. W. Willis
Ridgely
Bridgeville Letter Highlights Oliver Newton’s Farm Profits
A Bridgeville letter notes Oliver Newton, chairman of the State Board of Agriculture, as a practical farmer. He cleared over $5,000 from forty acres of strawberries and $2,000 from four acres of berries, with late berries still selling at high prices. An orchard of peaches is expected to add about $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeville
Oliver Newton
State Board of Agriculture
Newton
Chancery Court Panel Draws Taxpayers for October Term
Judge Adkins presided as chancery court drawn jurors from multiple districts were listed by taxpayer. A prior release of a colored man for defective commitment noted the June conviction for selling intoxicants lacked specifying the buyer, prompting a ruling that the commitment was invalid.
Corner stone laid for M P Church Sunday services planned
The corner stone to the new Sunday School room of the M P Church will be laid Sunday the 3rd at four o clock. Rev F I Tagg will preach in morning and evening. Morning services led by Rev C M Elderdice. Numerous locals and visitors noted. Federalsburg and Seaford played a strong game, 4 to 1. Several social events and visits reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
F. ‘I. Tagg
C. M. Elderdice
Walter Sparklin
Jessie Bryant
Petersburg
Herbert H. Murphy
Glyndon
J. A. Field
Western Maryland College
J. B. Wright
J. Kemp Stevens
Denton
W. T. Hignatt
Concord
E. I. Goslin
E. H. Dashiell
Queen Anne
G. W. Bounds
Francis
Frederica
G. F. Galloway
Claudell
Baltimore
Laurel
Federalsburg
Berlin
Nellie Wright
Dover
Oliver Keys
Harvey Long
Award of Thanka by J J Sylvester and Family
Expression of gratitude to all who assisted during recent bereavement by J J Sylvester and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Sylvester
Carolinians with Distinction in Other Fields
R Britton Jd Evans medical director of the New Jersey State Hospital was re elected with a $10000 yearly salary. The hospital sits in Morris County and covers 900 acres with major additions costing over 3 million. Born 1838 in Bridgetown he earned a medical degree in Baltimore and later served as assistant superintendent at Catonsville. He married Addie Dill in 1889 and has four children including an eldest daughter recently graduating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Britton JD. Evans
New Jersey State Hospital
Eilary
Morris Counts
Bridgetown
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Baltimore
Millington
State Hospital
Catonsville
Evans
Addie E. Dill
Templeville
Dana's Seminary
Pleasant evening events and notices at local homes
Miss Effa W Weather hosted friends to music and a rose contest with Miss Inez Jones and Miss Beulah Jones present. Miss Jones, an accomplished musician, performed with Miss Bess Neese and Miss Mabel Allen of Wilmington. Also, Mr Legg showcased a grapho phone and Mrs Carrie S Dailey hosted a luncheon for Miss Effa Heather and the Jones sisters of St Michaels. Reverend George Neese visited Princess Anne with his wife after their grandson’s illness. Mrs R P Moore mourned a sister’s death at Laurel, and Mrs Wilbur Clarke visited Hartly friend C W Jacobs. July 4 driving park promotion heard locally, with Miss Mabel Allen as guest of Miss Neese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effa W. Weather
Inez
Beulah Jones
Miss Jones
Bess Neese
Mabel Allen
Wilmington
Legg
Carrie S. Dailey
Effa Heather
Laurel
Wilbur Clarke
Hartly
C. W. Jacobs
Dailey's Driving Park
Ridgely Town Bulletin Encampment and Local News
Eighteen boys aged ten to thirteen under Captain J D Davis with Prof Greenwood left Ridgely to camp near Charles E Cannon for a week. Captain R W Silvester spoke in Simon's Hall on an Agricultural High School. Mr and Mrs C W Smith travel to New York to visit Rev Howard Smith. Pavement work on Second Avenue West progresses. Grace Jackson and Edith Cooper visited Herbert Warren near Trappe. the Kline family visits Baltimore. Teressa Fountain from Baltimore visits her sister. Mrs Milton Smith and W B Sparks of Queen Anne visited Sunday. Mrs C E Turner visits Chester town friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Local Notes on Visits and Early Business Deals
The three sisters Mrs Towers Mrs Holbrook and Mrs Chaffinch return from a lengthy visit with Washington relatives. J & Fredericks bought several thousand bricks from W P Carroll for a new stave mill near Greensboro. Murphy Hayes shipped carloads of oak and pine piling to Northumberland Pa. Mr and Mrs M L Makin of Johnstown Pa return home after visiting Mrs Geo Stutzman. Miss M A Hawkins of Baltimore and Miss Ursula Slaughter visit at Slaughter home. During revival meetings many converts reported. Edna Shipman extends her Washington trip to Loudon county Va. Mr M Merriken and son R H of Preston visited their father J H Merriken last Saturday. Vanities of apples are being Peas impraco tng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towers
Holbrook
Geo. Stutzman
M. A. Hawkins
Baltimore
Ursula Slaughter
Edna Shipman
Washington
Loudon County
M. Merriken
R. H
Preston
J. H. Merriken
Commissioners Fix Levy For County Tax Rate
County Commissioners Tuesday set the tax basis at 36 359 991 with appropriations for state contracts equipment and new assessments. The levy falls to 1.36 per hundred this year with expectations of under 1.00 next year as substantial spending and school funding drive the rate. The board listed numerous fixed appropriations including hospitals, roads, bridges, public schools, witnesses, and county bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hey
Prinling
Waa
Circuit Court
Lstal
Cae Iy
Dover Sridge
County
Trovwurur
Fauge
Eerie Tao
Mte Peace
Cope
Ape Orphins
E. Deeber Rouge
Jo i
Ccccceeensseeee
Local Social Notes From Goldsboro And Nearby Homes
Goldsboro and Centreville residents visit relatives across North Carolina and beyond. Names include Milton Slenamer and kin in Centreville, Edith Cooper, Lola Jackson, Miss Josephine Moore visiting Philadelphia, Mrs. Alex Butler, and the Jarrells in Hillsboro and Preston area. Several residents report visits and home improvements such as wiring and lightning rods posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Slenamer
Centreville
Ldith Slenamen
Charles North
Uarry
Ema North
Will North
Baltimore
S.r W. Silver
Mary and
Irene Goslin
Lola Jackson
Greenboro
Louise Gray
Albert Elliott
W. T. Eliott
Robert Jarrell, Jr
IL W. B. Rowe
Hillsboro
Josephine Moore
Philadelphia
Alex Butler
Morris Bartlett
Clayton
Harry Morris
Edith Cooper
Dessie Butler
Denton
Elijah Sapp
Warrington
Walter Sapp
Robert Jarrell
Edward
Preston
Ida Cooper
Dover
W. D. Cooper
Edwin Smith
Alfred Griffin
Inter-State Farmer's Exchange at Ridgely Names Directors
The Ridgely based Inter State Farmer's Exchange, recently organized, lists general director Paul Holsinger and agent Thomas W. Jones. Local directors include Paul Holsinger J Andrew Mitchell C I Smith Howard Holsinger and G W Morris. About eight hundred acres are planted in white potatoes near Ridgely, with expected expansion likely doubling next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Exchange
Ridgely
Paul Holsinger
Thomas W. Jones
Messrs
G. W. Morris
Charles F. Smith
Charles W. Jackson
Marty J. Dasher
J. A. Mitchell
M. Latshaw
Henry Wise
C. P. Holsinger
Walter J. Hoffman
J. H. Levit
Thomas L. Day
Newton
Kern
A. Smith
A. H. Holsinger
G. J. Adams
J. T. Stevenson
W. F. Jackson
H. L. Holsinger
J. Andrew Mitchell
C. I. Smith
Howard Holsinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
the Local Department
Japan
Hiobun Yokoyama
State Board of Education
M. Bates Stephens
B. KK. Purdum
Vesper
Lyford's
Howard F. Lynch
Joshua A. Lynch
Redden
Andrew J. Lynch
Georgetown
Bethlehem Orchestra
the Grove
Anti-Saloon League of Maryland
Steve Lock
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Coker
Robert Murphy
Annie M. Pippin
C. H. Pippin
J. U. C. Lege
Eliason
Tucker
Clarence Ayres
Florence
R. R. Shull
Alma Knowles
George Miller
Del
J. C. Harrington
Harry A. Harrington
Mary Butterworth
Draper
Colby
Cordova
Joe Pippin
Alex. Gadd
R. L Nicks
John Pearson
Sallie Clark
Ienton
Irene
Mary Goslin
Dorchester
Charles West
Lillie Short
Cecilion
Ethel
Blanche Houchin
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Bessie Mitchell
Blue Ridge Sumit
Ienry E. Jarre
EE. PF. Seward
Effa Plummer
Warren Vansant
William Sewell
J. J. Elliott
Raymond Downes
H. W. B. Rawe
Paul Mason
W. L. Mason
Hughlett Thawley Sparks
Scott
Millsboro
Miss Insley
Laurel, del
Madge Jump
Queen Ann
Mabel Knotts
Kathleen
H. Lay Beaven
Far City
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Chancery Court
Anos Everett
H. Cutler
Ambrose I. Gooden
Matthew Clark
Wm. I. Mitchell
Wm. M. Price
Arthur J. Bennett
W. N. Bowen
Sumuel
Conley
W. Foster Clark
John W. Wood
J. S. Lapham
J. Alda Jackson
John R. Jones
Wm. L. Pritchett
J. M. Bluniner
A. I. Faulkner, Harry H. Smith
St. C. Rawlings
Thomas P. Green
John 2. Long
Samuel Elwanger
Henry L. Cohee
M. M. Andrew
Chas. E. Butler
Parran T. Russell
Albert F. Shields
A.V. Schanke
Jacob A. Meredith
J. H. Stevenson
Asbury Lubbard
Thomas M. Green
James A. Seward
Geo. I. Nichols
G. Smith
Jas. P. Mopkins
J. W. Kerr
George Jenning
H.W. Hughes
Floward Melvin
J. DP. Anthony
J. F. Saulsbury
Charles Trice
Frank P. Covey
T. A. Sitterfield
J. J. Baughley
Richard T. Carter
T. L. Frampton
J. Ben Welch
R. W. Thawley
Wm. T.thawley
R. 2B. Beauchamp
T. W. Porter
Chas. W. Stokes
Wm. I. Beck
Founti District
EF. Andrew
L. Woshell, Jr
John H. Collins
J. W. Williamson
W. L. Gambrill
Wm. E. Lewis
Chas. S. Bradley
Joseph Berger
Thomas Taylor
J Alva Blades
John T. Parker
Gustav C. Rieck
Levin C. Reid
Jas. C. Harding
James P. Covey
J. W. Williams
C. A. Whiteley
Atlee Lord
C. W. Bradley
Fyft District
Rufus F. Noble
Jas. L. Wheatley
W.T. Covey
L. H. Hubbard
Frank Wright
Geo. L. Clark
W. G. Hassett
James A. Nichols
Wm. A. Mowbray
John L. Martin
Henry Morris
Tristram D. Nabb
T. H. MacMahan
Charles T. Davis
Edward E.nuttle
Luther H. Covey
J. F. Ga
Robert T. Bryan
H. L. Beaven
Samuel T. Colvain
Martin P. Allen
W. L. Thompson
William A. Roeg
George I. Ayers
Marc Bryant
C. Heees Hl
S. Sparks
G. FH. Tarburton
William J. Shawn
Jacob Ghingher
Reuben Raleigh
R. B. Williams
William C. Morgan
G. Blanch
jGeorge L. Wilson
R. ‘Pt. K. Garey
T. Frank Seward
Thos. B. Starkey
J. Orem Cecil
Henry M. Cade
R. Bruonbaugh
John K. Lynch
W. Knotts
I. M. Stevenson
A. Koenneman
Win. FE
Temple
Joseph H. Simon
Chas. W. Smith
Henry Baker
Thos. W. Jones
Harry J. Wood
Adam Holsinger
R. E. Fountain
Henry F. Klotz
Wm. T. Roberts
Garey H. Hubbard
Wm. J. Everngam
William T. Love
Cannon C. Wright
Wm. R. Fountain
Charles S. ‘Todd
George J. Griffith
William H. Deen
Wm. J. Bullock
Dennis Nichols
Willian W. Dukes
John Hubbard
Thos. W. Nichols
Willard T. Smith
B. Frank Ldgell
F. Collins
J. William ‘T. Andrew
Lee
Lewis
Adkins
DR. Britton SD. Evans
Morris Mains
Marvdel
Tgio Lcae
Tyson
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