Local market notes and farm sales in Caroline county
Wheat prices at $2.20 and $1.78 for corm appear among varied market tidbits. Reports note a bountiful vegetable season, rising apple prospects, rail excursion rates, and numerous farm purchases in Denton and vicinity. Society events include church outings, fairs, and a tomato growers meeting, while banking changes, civic notices, and local obituaries appear alongside farm sales and road projects.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS From Denton New York editor and weddings listed
Rev Dr C T Wyatt attends Columbus centenary mission events and receives a gift purse. Mr Alan H Temple, formerly of the county, now edits Finance and Commerce in New York. Mr and Mrs P H McShane return to Baltimore after Denton visit. Marriages noted include Fountain Swing and Knox O Dell. Various local visits, relocations, and job moves. Rising prices postwar and delayed price relief discussed with calls for cooperation and gradual readjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. Wyatt
Columbus
Temple
New York
Alan H. Temple
Finance and Commerce
M. E
Hhis
P. H. McShane
Baltimore
Denton
North Gay Street
G. W. Gravatt
Wm. Bullock
Roland Earle Fountain
Isabel Swing
Ridgely
Lawrence Knox
Fowling Creek
Madaline O'Dell
Federalsburg
L. Stanley Deakype
Camp Devens
Mass
France
National Army
Jno. Hanlin
Philadelphia
Daisy Breeding
Hanlin
George A. Rollins
Mattie Phillips
Lewes
Del
Denton M. E. Parsonage
C. T. Wyatt
C. K. Vandoren
Eunice Neal
New Haven
Coon
George D. Morgan
Robert W. Downes
Kelly Field
Texas
George T. Melvin
Annie Iglehart
Luther H. Gadd
Annapolis
Wm G Field
E. H. Ringgold
Edward
E. W. Field
Joseph H. Johnson
Malton
H. Clay Hobbs
Concord Car Theft Tied to Concord Suspect and Release
A Ford car was taken from Rev AB Frye in Concord on Sunday night. Prompt action located the car in Wilmington, where Fred Wright retrieved it for the minister. Sheriff Rice pursued Virgil Dukes of Concord and arrested him, bringing him to Denton. Dukes’ father secured bail for his release on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Joy riding crash and local notices span county
Hyam Keaton Harry Kionamon Noble Sipple and Benjamin Lamb wreck after a rapid pike ride near Greensboro. Earle Thawley drowns in the Choptank while rescuing another boy. A severe storm damages the home of A W Taylor. A colored youth injury, illness notes, trips, hospital returns, and club events fill a long local news column with numerous names and dates. Wheat threshing begins as reporters note community activities and church league updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyam Keaton
Harry Kionamon
Noble Sipple
Benjamin Lamb
Greensboro
Mr. Kenton
Earle Thawley
Carroll Thawley
Meeds
Earle
A. W. Taylor
Interesting Wedding Events at Ridgely Church
Miss Sad e Swing married Roland Fountain of Newark New Jersey at the Ridgely Methodist Church with a formal ceremony and reception. The couple will reside in East Orange New Jersey where Fountain works for Federal Shipbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Sade] Swing
John M. Swing
Roland Fountain
Newark
N. J
K. E. Fountain
Ridgely
Maryland College
Margaret Swing
Emily Hickey
Florence Aylward
Jennie Marvel
Laurel
Del
Fred Jones
Philadelphia
Orrell Saulsbury
J. T. Saulsbury, Jr
Mulford Swing
J. J. Bunting
North
East Orange
Fountain
Federal Shipbuilding Company
Ridgely High School
Charles E. Turners
Feartigaimei
Hilda
W. Jerome Heather
Alfred Smith
Camden
Delaware
Sara Neff
Alhred
Gladys Smith
Ralph Patterson
Lightning strikes brighten town as child recovers
Orville Wilson an eight year old colored boy was struck by lightning Friday afternoon but is recovering. The afternoon included a Baptist Sunday School Children Day program and several local visits by residents from Baltimore Wilmington Preston Seaford and New Jersey. Orphans Court proceedings detail wills and administrations for multiple estates along with guardian investment proposals and appraisers appointed. An automobile publication warns that most motor accidents arise from clashes when cars cross or attempt passes in traffic and urges uniform state laws speeding limits and safer driving practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union M. P. Church
T. R. Jacobs
Baltimore
Roy Chance
Ida Benson
Bridgeville
Maud Jones
George Blades
Harlan Blades
Willard Russell
Easton
Alhe Saulsbury
Robi. Saulsbury
Concord
Orville Wilson
Minam Clark
J. Clan Clark
Annie Turner
Wilmington
A. G. Saulsbury
Rehoboth
Robert E. Smith, Jr
the Baptist Sunday School
Fred Madara
Sir John’s
Thawley's Chapel
Florence Laird
Perdita Downes
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
David Barton
J. P. Swing
Price's
C. L. Herzog
Mrs Wright
Seaford
Real estate transfers recorded in Caroline County clerk’s office
The clerk’s office records show numerous transfers including Willam W. Howdle to J. Frank Patchett for two Preston lots at 3200 dollars, plus many other sales such as Narvey L. Cooper to Lilliard N. Jones for one acre and Elizabeth MacDonald to J. W. Tarburton for a Ridgely lot. The piece ends with farmer marketing notes urging producer relations with reliable buyers and noting the forthcoming parcels truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam W. Howdle
J. Frank Patchett
Preston
Salle N. Andrews
Madison W. Charles
Harry M. Hollis
William T. Tuff
Fourth District
Narvey L. Cooper
Lilliard N. Jones
Harvey J. Williams
William W. Webster
Federalsburg
Harvey L. Cooper
Thomas R. Green
First District
William H. Kauffman
Helen C. Neff
Ridgely
Raymond W. Brown
Harry Egerson
William Lo Longfellow
Gertrude Longfellow
Oscar Clark
John L. Fverngam
Wingate
Neal
Denton
George A. Brockway
John Hutchins
Samuel G Nuttle
Robert E. Gibbs
Fred 8. Owens
Samuel G. Nuttle
Jacob Paluzelli
John Mentravick
B. Harrison Bennett
J.spencer Lapham
David M. Cheezum
J Frank Patchet
Joseph P. Harms
W. Brewster Deen
Elmer Downes
Fred R. Owens
John J. Burnett
J. Jerome Frampton
Joseph Harns
Frank Zeminski
Elizabeth MacDonald
J. W. Tarburton
John Ridgely
John Trice
J. Walter Beauchamp
Gilbert D. Segar
Frederick P. Roth
W Temple Smith
Caroline
Duty, Humility, and Greatness in Quiet Service
A meditation on true greatness through daily duty and humble living. Great souls avoid fame, seek no praise, and judge themselves by conscience as they toil. The piece contrasts enduring character with worldly recognition and honors, urging steadfast virtue over public acclaim. Also includes an 1918 potato disease notice, quarantine measures, and local notices about guests, travels, and a memorial poem for Thomas P Towers dated May 30, 1916.
Financial notes and bonds as Sandy Island bridge funds link
Fragmentary OCR records show bond payments and redemptions for Sandy Island Bridge and Greensboro school funds. Mentions redemption bonds paid off, road bonds notes outstanding and funds for a new school, with figures like 25 000 and 5 000 reflected in the dispersed text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston School Fund
Sandy Island
Greensboro
New School
Notice to Creditors Charles Wesley Brewington estate
Notice is given by James B. Wright administrator ca of Charles Wesley Brewington deceased of Caroline County Maryland that letters of administration have been granted by the Orphans Court. All persons having claims against the estate must present them with vouchers authenticated by January 1 1920 or be barred from benefit. Handwritten date July 1 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. M. Closson
Closson
W. Brewster Deen
Phillips
Bureau
Harmony
William J. Blackiston
Joseph H. Carroll
Thomas F. Cox
Wiliam J. Everngam
James B. Wright
Cox
Adams
St Mary's Whitechapel
St. John’s
Tomato Growers’ Association
Court House
W. W. Newcomer
Church of the Brethren
Christian Workers
George Dew
Rosanna Haviland
Ruth White
John N. Wright
Joseph W. Noble
Charles E. Starkey
Henry R. Lewis
J. Owen Knots
Qbond
Wesley Breeding
Samuel Towers
George A. McDaniel
Murray R. Spicher
Mulan Spicher
J. Anna Spicher
Mabel M. Smith
J. Virgil Moore
T. Pliny Fisher
Isaac J. Moore
G. Lacey Stevens
William Stevens
G* Lacey Stevens
James Turner
E. A
Charles Wesley Brewington
George H. Johnson
Tilghman R. Hackett
Eastern Shore Trust Company
John Elliott Noble
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Harvey L Cooper
Thomas C Weat
Edward W. Liden
Leonard F Covey
Teast- Z
Maryland
James Bd. Wright
Ec. A. of
Charlea
Wesley Hrewington
Notice to patrons of Grifin pa store sale
Patrons who owe the exhibitor must settle immediately after the store sale at Grifin pa. Doe bills are requested for all debts. T-5 11 W. T. Beauncamp released the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grifin
W. T. Beaucnamp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
the Local Department
Coleus
A. W. Short
L. B. Towers & Bro
Caroline Courtians
Short & Co
Nuttle Milling Co
J. H. Woodward
Wilbur Pennington
W. O. Swann
Fielden
Denton Hillsboro
H. Hackett Downes
J. Frank Wright
Tuckahoe Neck
G. L. Butler
Gay Street
George Morgan
Nathan F. Thomas
Charles H. Blake
East New Market
Marion H. Downes
Murray Spicher
Saulsbury
Joseph W. Frampton
Carter Block
Cohee
West
Hickman
Joho Barleycoro
Clark
James Thomas Whitby
Williston
O. M. Hignutt
Owen Kootts
Edgar Morgan
313Th Infantry
Baltmore
C. E. Wills
Amaya
Cuba
Wills
Mildred Nuttle
S G. Nuttle
Anna May Bullock
Lewis & Knotts
Katrina Everson
Rebecca Swartz
Willifred Deweese
Latin School
Rose Phillips
F. W. Towns
Elizabeth Fleming
Dover
Lee Butler
Europe
Germany
Austria
Russia
James Harrington
Keeneman
Trappe
M. L. Weaver
George Mitchell
Annie Betson
University Hospital
A. W. Brambaugh
Hobbs
Joe Willoughby
Katherine
Nannie Scott
Burrsville
Nellie Thawley
W. E. Hubbard
Towers
T. P. Towers
T. H
Old Ames Chapel
Hobbs and
Andersontown
D. W. Davis
Anderson Redden
Stephen
S. Smith
Helen
Ruth Hubbard
H. R. Merrken
Veteran
Western Canada
Mabel Wright
Harrington
L. H. Thomas
Lou Porter
Jane Thomas
H. W. Hughes
Thad Snowberger
Herbert F. Gain
Carney
Lillian Laster
Elizabeth Barlow
Ruth A. Harvey
Mary E. Harvey
Charlie
Annie Sipple
R. H. Dill
RIDGELY/NEWS
Frank Long
J. T. Stevenson
Bernard Sparks
Queen Anne
J. M. Woodcock
Waterside
J. C. Woodcock
Indianola
Annie McGraw
Knoxville
Dave Brumbaugh
Daniels
Dickinson College
Robert Headley
I. T. Saulsbury
Headley
Swedesboro
F. W. Taylor
Ridgely Boys
Teressa Fountain
Milton Smith
Lora Lynch
Kingston
Will Seward
Emily
Dorothy Beaumont
Hotel Ridgely
Ashcraft
Wadesboro
North Carolina
Frances Pennington
Orphans& Court
Liden, Moore
Covey
Thomas H. Chambers
Elisha E. Adams
Elizabeth E. Coffin
Henry Shulue
Lawrence B. Towers
Calvert C. Merriken
Nisi
Thomas C. West
Parris, R. F. D
E. Hl. Sapp
Mary Newlee Hutson
Mary
Earth
Heaven
Mr. Newlee
Talay
Myrtle
England
Ireland
United States
Hillsboro
H. Duffey
Hugh and
Depew
Washington
Charles Jarrell
Clifton Hicks
Dorothy Covell
Centreville
H. R. Covell
H. H. Thompson
Neva Seymoure
Alma Thompson
O. G. Johnson
Annabelle Moore
Thomas P. Towers
Golden Gate
S. A. Towers
Attorney Fees Board of Health
Denton Bridge
Linchester Bridge
Tuckahoe
Public Schools Trustees of Poor
Valuaglf
Choptank River
Preston, Md
Covey & Jos
Tanyard
Frazer’s Flats
Choptankh River
J. M. Moore
School House
Tanyard Siding
BC & A
Claiborne Ferry
Charles B Harmon
James R Phillips Harvey L Cooper
James Temple
Auct
Newstar
Preesr
Eeei Bs
Fei
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