Local Department Highlights and Community Notes
A roundup from Dorchester to Kent counties covers new postmaster appointments, court acquittals, plant sales, road and bridge work, steamboat schedules, and social events. Notable items include R J Booker named Merrickton postmaster, Joe Dickerson acquitted of concealed weapon charges, Strawboard plant sale to Chicago firm, and plans for Penrose Camp starting July 25. Also reported are steamer timetables, county seat rail status, and a large Denton–Greensborough baseball weather note.
Taylor Tarquharson Wedding at Caroline County Farm
Milton N. Taylor of Baltimore married Margaret Helen Farquharson at Poplar Grove farm Caroline county in a quiet ceremony. Rev Worth presided, Mendelssohn wedding march played, reception followed with guests from Cambridge Baltimore and beyond. A breakfast at Dr. Taylor’s home closed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton N. Taylor
Baltimore
Margaret Helen Farquharson
John D. Farquharson
Poplar Grove Farm
Caroline County
Charles Carmine
Cambridge
Herbert Farquharson
Mr. Worth
Church of the Messiah
Nannie Corne
Mendelssohn
M. E. Farquharson
D. Herbert Farquharson
Fred. Carmine
Carmine
Miller
R. Creighton
Emma
Camilla Creighton
Robinson
Nannie Corner
William F. Brain
H. C. Thompson
Elbert Douglass
Milton N.taylor
Broadway
McElderry St
Peregrine Worth
H. S.thompson
Katie Robson
N. W. Smith
Wright named assistant inspector of hulls at Baltimore port
The Baltimore Herald reports Charles W. Wright received official notice Monday of his appointment as assistant inspector of hulls for the port. Wright, from Caroline county, formerly steamer Choptank captain and ex legislator, takes oath Tuesday and begins duties at once. Local politicians note Wright’s rise may affect Caroline contenders for office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Webster & Son
East New Market
Linchester Mills
George Fisher
Denton
G. Frank Gootee
Clayton Call
S. D. Linn
Howard County
Baltimore Herald
Charles W. Wright
Thomas Marriott
Board of Steamboat Inspectors
Marriott
Internal Revenue Department
Wright
Caroline County
Capt. Wright
One third of a crop estimated in county harvest
Reported peach crop sales are sparse with farmers generally accepting at least seventy five cents per basket. The expected yield is about one third of a normal crop.
Daily buys Spencer farm in First district at public sale
Mr. Joseph Daily of Marydel purchased the Spencer farm in the First district from mortgagee Mrs. Mary A Daily at public sale for 1140 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Daily
Marydel
Spencer Farm
Mary A. Daily
Denton Circuit summer meetings and local events
The second quarterly meeting of Denton circuit will be held August 4 and 6. Preaching is dispensed due to the camp at Concord. The quarterly conference meets August 6 at 8 a.m. Stewards of Harris Chapel and Denton M. E. Church to report. Harris Chapel ice cream festival July 23 to aid the organ fund. A tournament for St. Peter's Catholic Church is set for July 31 near Queenstown. Notices on church dedications, local visits, and community items follow, including obituaries and society notes from Preston and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Concord
M. E
Harris’ Chapel
Denton M. E
N. Forreman
Ladies of
Saulsbury
Harris’ Chapel Organ Fund
Dover grocer Mr Wim Hammond dies after long illness
Mr. Wim. Hammond longtime Dover grocer and former local preacher dies Thursday morning last. Survived by widow and seven children. Widely known in Caroline county with many relatives in Tuckahoe Neck. Also, Wm. L. Starkey of Queen Anne's county dies at his son in law's Baltimore home in his 82nd year. He served in the Maryland Legislature during the Civil War era and was present at Frederick City when federal authorities dispersed the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim. Hammond
Dover
Hammond
Caroline County
Tuckahoe Neck
Wm. L. Starkey
Queen Anne’s County
Wm. M. Granberry
West Preston
Baltimore
Starkey
Maryland
Frederick City
Smyrna Delawares Banking Shock After Farmer Dies
The death of John Farrell, a wealthy Smyrna farmer and paper endorser, triggers a wave of failures. Frank Denny first faces financial embarrassment, followed by his brother Robert Denny with liabilities around 39,000. Samuel Truax, Edward Disch, and Edward Streets also fail, each carrying smaller debts, signaling broader local distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
John Farrell
Smyrna
Frank Denny
Robert Denny
Samuel Truax
Edward Disch
Edward Streets
Peninsular Editorial Association convention at Cresson Springs
The Peninsular Editorial Association will hold its annual convention at Cresson Springs Pennsylvania. Delegates depart today by special car on the 11 50 a m express from Philadelphia. The superb hotel Cresson owned by the Pennsylvania railroad will host the entertainment. Cresson Spring sits atop the Alleghenies about 200 miles west of Philadelphia near Johnstown, famed as a delightful mountain resort with unmatched hotel accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peninsula Editorial Association
Cresson Springs
Philadelphia
Cresson
Cresson Spring
Allegheny Mountains
Johnstown
Alleghanies
Maryland National Guards Camp at Frederick Junction
The Maryland National Guards go into camp at Frederick Junction three miles from Frederick on the B and O railroad from July 17 to 26. Excursion tickets to Frederick Junction for trains July 17 to 25 on one fare round trip from Baltimore Washington Hagerstown Winchester Oakland and Philadelphia Division points. return by July 26. One day excursion tickets at lower rates from multiple stations. Special trains to be run. see handbills and posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland National Guards
Frederick Junction
Frederick
B. & O. Railroad Co
Baltimore
Washington
Hagerstown
Winchester
Oakland
Philadelphia
Martinsburg
Secretary Rusk Hustling as Agriculture Dept. Advances
The article notes Secretary Rusk nicknamed Uncle Jerry driving activity in the Agriculture Department with a new division to translate scientific reports for general readers, a sixteen page pamphlet on experimental station results, the Maryland State agent’s removal, and an agent sent to the Rocky Mountain region to study agricultural statistics. Commodore Schley praises the new steel cruiser Baltimore as magnificent and capable of anything afloat. The Persian minister, unmoved by humorous press paragraphs about his master, returns to Iran, while Fle accuses the press of discourtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk
Jerry
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Rocky Mountain
Commodore Schley
Baltimore
America
Fle
Advertising notices and local tradesmen listings
New advertisements promote T Wirt Fountain as commission merchant with fifteen years in the business. Dover Conference Academy offers boarding and day school. terms 3200 annually. Spurry of Denton Bridge supplies fertilizers. J W Salmons of Easton Md sells monuments cemetery enclosures and handles marble orders. Easton marble works. Godeffroy and How contractors seek teams for the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad. The steamer J S Crossy time schedule is published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wirt Fountain
Fountain
Caroline Countian
Conference Academy
Dover
Del
W. L. Gooding
G. W. Spurry
Denton Bridge
J. W. Salmons
Easton Marble Works
J. S. Crossy
Census Taker Appointed as Part of the State
Charley Jump named census taker by the State Free Press Correspondent. Dick Nichols the barber and Samuel Norris also promised messenger positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
Charley Jump
Dick Nichols
Samuel Norris
Gifts to Jake Kilrain From Colonels Across the Nation
Baltimore July 12 Two gifts for Jake Kilrain the defeated pugilist were received by his wife today A gold headed cane from Colonel A Andrews proprietor of the Palace Hotel San Francisco and a large family Bible with marked passages meant to guide the fighter toward a better life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Jake Kilrain
A. Andrews
Palace Hotel
San Franciso
Improvements Proposed for Choptank River Channel
General Smith reports for the year and notes no dredging on the Choptank since May 1888. A plan seeks to widen the channel near Greensborough to forty feet with 7,423.74 dollars remaining, plus an additional 16,000 dollars for broader improvements through the entire enhanced section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Smith
Greensborough
The Missing Jennings Mood
Cambridge Chronicle reports a letter from Geo A Stevens formerly of the county now in Bartow Florida stating Jennings Hood died of yellow fever in Jacksonville on October 7 1888. Stevens knew Hood here and in Florida and the evidence is indisputable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings
Cambridge Chronicle
Geo. A. K. Stevens
Bartow
Fla
Jennings Hood
Stevens
Mr. Hood
Florida
Jacksonville
Summer Clothing at Bell Clothing Co in Baltimore
Don’t risk heat in heavy wear. Thin coats 35c up thin vests 25c up negligee shirts $1.00 and up. Inexpensive, central location keeps prices low. Bell Clothing Co Pratt Street adjoining Hanover Baltimore Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Clothing Co
Pratt Street
Hanover
Baltimore
Hypocrisy in Northern color prejudice debate cited
The New York Evening Post notes insincere Northern claims about Southern racial bias, arguing most whites share color prejudice. It cites a private New York dispatch on the New York Peach Market with Early Rivers quoted at 1 and 1.25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
New York
Early Rivers
Postmaster West Takes Charge at Greensborough
Postmaster West, Mr Simeon West, has assumed charge of the Greensborough post office. DIED notices report Grace E Moore, daughter of E T and wife of Moore, died July 13 at sixteen years eight months from convulsions. Redden family notices announce Bertie Redden, daughter of O J Redden, died July 14 aged 18 months in this town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon West
Greensborough
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Dasnes
C. H. Willis
Dr. Cowles
Dorchester County
R. J. Booker
Merrickton
Joe Dickerson
John Dailey
Kent County
Albert Deekens
Bryant & Stratton
Business College
Penrose
Federalsburg Cornet
Camp Jackson
Lloyd Guards
N. E. Clark
Kenton
Clayton
Minnie Wheeler
Potter's Landing
George Morris
Byrd
Maryland Steamboat Company
the Strawboard Company of
Chestertown
American Strawboard Company of
Chicago
T. Fred. Garey
L. D. Kelley
W.st. Kelley
George M. Russum
Caroline
Kent News
Nagy Ferencz
Barcs
Hungary
Hebrahely
Kenton M. E. Parsonage
George W. Short
Down’s Chapel
Lizzie Carey
W. W. Sharp
Cayton Call
John S. Barnhart
United States
Barnhart
Pacific Coast
Federalsburg
James Moore
R. A. Greer
Easton
Maryland Steamboat
Joppa
Ida
Secretary Creek
Taylor—Tarquharson
Charlies
Personal
Katie K. Hobbs
Blue Mountain House
Messrs
Wilmer Watson
James McFadden
Harry Watson
Thomas Woodford
Centreville
Thomas H. Lewis
D. D
Western Maryland College
Denton and
W. A. R. Griffith
Plaindealing
Sallie
Emma Smith
Harrington
Goldsboro
J. M. Hackett
Crosby
Annie Chaffinch
Potter’s Landing
Jennie Coursey
Greensboro
Addie Murphy
James F. Melvin
Ellicott City Democrat
Hattie Stull
Ollie Shields
C. W. Byrn
Talbot Friends
Effie Pearson
R. G. Stewart
Col
Mrs. L. H. Gadd
Fuesday
Greensborough Free Press
R. J. W. Garey
State Central Committee
Sullivan
Garey and
Garey
Captaiin Wright
Sale of Heal Estate
Church News
Preston
Grace
E. T
Emma Moore
Miss Moore
Gracie
M. E. Church
M. P
Hurlock
White & Carmine
S. J. W. Hawes
J. W. Bradley
Thomas A. King
New Jerusalem
Wm. C. Willoughby
Batavia
N. Y
the Friendship Creamery
Martha Morgan
Wm. H. Sipple
Bert Pearson
New Castle County
Katie Goslin
Annie Betson
Linkwood
Annie
George H. Moore
G. H. Moore
Talbot County
T. H. Jarman
Frank Case and Family
Henry F. Jarrell
Betty Massey
Lelia
Thomas Kemp
Wilmington
S. N. West
Mr. Kemp
Katie Whitby
Lizzie Whitby
Tell
Kilraia
Jamestown
Jimson
Homer
Peninsula
Sol. Pippin
Centreville Road
Auston Ledger
Lewis H. Ashton
Cecil County
George O. Garey
Cecil Star
North East
Plymouth
Mass
Leslie
Edmund Leonard
Leonard
Chesapeake
Sun
Squibb
Clinton Cook
Powell
S. L. Webster
Beulah Mills
Dorchester
W. A. Whitely
Sussex
C. H. Treat
Georgetown
Treat
the Wanamaker
Burrsville
Anthony
Denton-Preston
Wm. M. Singerly
Philadelphia Ecord
Elkton
Easton Ledger
N. Y. World
Harrison
England
Peninsula Editors
M.N. G
Godeffroy & How
Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad
London Globe
Kilrain
West
Hardy
MAY Brothers
Nurcerymen
Rochester
Ridgely
Oakland Road
Stambaugil Ridgely
Russum & Lewis
Fars
J. F. Mancha
Claremont
Mobhms Ache
Orover Promptiiy
Acme Halt
Baltimore Street
Charles
A, G
K.S. Fountain
F.C. Feinagen
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber CO
W. W. Tunis
BRO
Tunis Mills
Builders Supplies
Ridghly
Moro Phillips
Frederick Phillips
South St
Edmund Wolf & Son
Brunswick & Cinderella
Northeast Corner Light
Lombard Streets
Baltimore, Maryland
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