Busy week for local wheat threshers and area crops
A late cycle meet at Federalsburg reported receipts totaling 40. Peach crops near Gearstrows show promise of the best ever grown. The Chestertown Cycle Club plans the Eastern Shore meet around August 15 in Chestertown. The Standard Oil take over Salisbury Oil and Coal expands as a distributing point. Several accidents and fires are noted including a man killed near Easton and a warehouse fire in Hickman with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Seymour
Ennalls
Federalsburg
Denton Bridge
T. Hutchinson
Clarence Hassinger
Cambridge
John Barnes
Chestertown
Morrow & Coulbourn
Seaford
Texas Fly Ns
Millington
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Marshall E. Price
Delaware & Chesapeakee Railway
John Outram
Lane Crossing
W. R. Peters & Bro
Hickman
Joseph H. Price
G. Lacey Butler
Harmony
Price
F. R. Owens
Children’s Fresh Air Society
Baltimore
Metropolis
Bonwill and local notables mourned in county death notices
Obituary notices for Mrs. Ann I. Bonwill widow of Hall Bonwill of Kent county and mother of three living children, plus the death of Esau Thompson near Ridgely, with interment at Denton cemetery. Camp meeting plans at Rehoboth and Chilton’s camp details follow, along with church notices, baptisms, sermons, and appointments. Also reports on wheat threshing, sick farmhands, visitors, and a proposed Queen Anne’s Railroad to connect Queenstown to Rehoboth Beach with construction to begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann I. Bonwill
Hall Bonwill
Eugene M. Bonwill
Kent County
Maryland
Miss Barton
Wm. A. Barton
Hillsboro
John QO. Morgan
Frank B. Morgan
Anne
Thomas Hackett
Anne Jump
Mary H. Saulsbury
T. B. Saulsbury
Esau Thompson
Ridgely
Baltimate News
Queen Anne's
Queenstown
Queen Anne's County
Lewes
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Peninsular Construction Company
Baltimore
William H. Bosley
Queen Anne’s Railroad Company
George B. Thaker
Centreville
Church Hil
Chestertown
Crumpton
Wye Mills
Easton and Trappe
Cambridge Ferry
Cambridge
Tillsborough
Denton
Delaware State Line
Delaware
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Capley
Messrs
John S. Gittings & Co
W. W. Busteed
Wesley M. Oler
Clinton P. Paine
Edward Stabler, Jr
Gaoreo B.baker
Basil_B.Gor
Don
Douglas I. Gordon
Bartlett
Johnston
Jopnt Ss
Uittings
New Counterfeit Five Dollar Silver Certificate Reported
Secret Service reports a counterfeit five dollar silver certificate from 1891 with serial letter D. The note, attributed to J Fount Tillman and D N Morgan, features Granthead seal and a wood cut, is shorter and narrower than genuine, with a dark gray face and heavy blue numbering. Portrait of General Grant is worn, with a beaked nose and scrappy mustache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
United States
J. Fount Tillman
Register of the Treasury
D. N. Morgan
Granthead
Grant
Baltimore Wheat Market Shows Firmer Prices and Strong Demand
The Baltimore wheat market yesterday was firmer with prompt buyers. Receipts were better quality with higher price ranges. Sales by sample reported wheat in fair condition at 64 to 60 cents and prime dry samples at 70 cents. Corn receipts were light with white at 51, yellow at 53 and 64 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Mrs Farrall Acquitted In Poisoning Trial
Mrs Belle Farrall was acquitted of poisoning her husband Frederick Farrall in La Punta Missouri. Court scene showed intense interest as judges remained grave and jurors offered no hint of verdict. Farrall brothers expected guilt but she cried with joy and kissed her counsel Colonel Wilmer. Crowd applauded despite Judge Briscoe’s order against demonstrations.
School trustees reappointed and new teachers named
The school commissioners on Tuesday reappointed Joshua B. Baughley William A. Roe and John W. Stephens as Camp Grove trustees. Confirmed appointments include Miss Ella Harrison Grove Miss Bertie Williams Bethlehem Miss Robie Hobbs Ridgely principal Miss Annie Howard fat Smithson Miss Ella Whiteley Hog Island Miss Iola Nichols Furmans Grove and Miss Blanche Noble Federalsburg principal. bids for Mt Zion colored school house 625 by K E Tusley and 595 by James Gambrill Houstons Branch built. Commissioner Dawson authorized to sell Mt Zion old school house by public or private sale.
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Ella Harrison
Grove
Bertie Williams
Bethlehem
Robie Hobbs
Ridgely
Annie Howard
Fat Smithson
Ella Whiteley
Hog Island
Iola Nichols
Furman’s Grove
Blanche Noble
Federalsburg
K. E. Tusley
Mt. Zion
James €. Gambrill
Ilouston
Dawson
Masonic
Temple Lodge
Nanticoke Lodge
Benjamin H. Johnson
May Fisher
Henry Irwin
James Swann
Christ
H. Webster
William Stevens
Court House
General Assembly of
Maryland
Joseph H. Bernard
William E. Lord
Geo. M. Russum
Thomas L. Day
John W. Clark
Bayard Nichols
Alexander Noble
Thomas M. Green
Caroline County
Joseph H.bernard
Greensborough
Alessus
Slemone & Lankford
Salisbury
Wicomico County
Denxron ‘Journal
Old Court House
Royal Papers
Sun
American and Herald of Baltimore
Masonic Order
Hutton
Duke Street
Israel
Irwin
John M. Carter
Baltimore
Carter
Noah
Adam
Dysentery Cure Praised by Cal. Man in Old Report
Samuel Pollock of Briceland California recalls an epidemic of dysentery last summer. He claims Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him after one dose and notes others who used it had similar relief. Sold by W. E. Brown in Denton and H. Duffey in Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel 5
Pollock
Briceland
Cal
Chamberlain
W.E. Brown
Denton
H. Duffey
Hillsboro, Md
Political Pointers and Corner Stone Laying Report
The Union counters the Journal over last week’s gubernatorial canvas featuring Malster and Lowndes while Russum answers. Hayes supporters gain strength with an 117 vote convention map. Somerset Democrats nominate officials. The corner stone ceremony for the new county court house draws 500 plus attendees with Masonic rites, readings, and speeches by Past Grand Master John M. Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Malster
Lowndes
Russum
Malster
Jourdan
Caroline County
Cambridge
Death of Justice Nichols in Easton
Nehemiah E. Nichols longtime Talbot county figure and Easton official died suddenly at his residence on Wednesday. Born January 20 1817 in Tuckahoe Neck he served as constable deputy sheriff and sheriff before becoming a justice of the peace in 1870 and held that post until his death. He was a prominent member of Trinity M E Church South and leaves two children Charles E. Nichols and Miss Sadie C. Nichols. Also notes market price change for scarlet clover seed at $2.50 per bushel marking a decline from previous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the
Nehemiah E. Nichols
Easton
Talbot County
Tuckahoe Neck
Talbot
Elizabeth Kirby
Benjamin F. Kirby
M. E. Church
M. E. Church South
Charles E. Nichols
Sadie C. Nichols
The Civil Tongue of Signs Across Ancient Architects
A historical meditation on universal sign language in architecture from ancient Egypt to Rome and beyond, tracing how civilizations used monumental masonry and temples to record triumphs and faith. It notes the spread of obelisks, Greek orders, and the later shift to Christian cathedrals, concluding with Freemasonry’s transition from operative to speculative, and the role of corner stones in enduring structures.
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Red Man
Nome
Constantinople
Paris
Heliopolis
Ramesey
Alexandria
Rome
Nile
Itlms Leen
Romeo
Greece
China
Ninevah
Babylon
Tyre
Sidon
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Mexico
Central America
Peru
South American
Cholula
Canaan
David
Salomon
Mount Moriah
Nebuchadnezzar
Solomon
Constantine
Cologne
Strasbourg
Kirkwall
Orkneys
Canterbury
Lauufranc
Caen
America
Federalsburg Tars Defeat Salisbury Team 12 To 4
Federalsburg ball club traveled to Salisbury and won 12 to 4 over the Salisbury team. Mrs G G Barnes and children visited Ingleside. Mr and Mrs Albert Beats returned from Philadelphia. Miss Corinne Mowbray of Philadelphia visits Caro friends. Miss Kilbourne of Springfield Mass stays with Mr and Mrs Albert Pixley. Mrs Eugene Quidort of Philadelphia visits her mother Mrs M E White. Miss Ida Jennings of Baltimore vacationing with sisters Mrs Robert Logan and Mrs Thomas Turner. Mrs Nichols of Easton rests at Mr Thomas Turner's.
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Federalsburg
Salisbury
G. G. Barnes
Ingleside
Albert Beats
Philadalb
Sadewile —Allening
Corinne Mowbray
Philadelphia
Caroline
Kilbourne
Springfield
Mass
Albert Pixley
Eugene Quidort
M. E. White
Ida Jennings
Baltimore
Robert Logan
Thomas Turner
Nichols
Easton
Drowning of 15-year-old Leigh Ridgely at Crabbing Point
A telegram reports the drowning of Leigh H. Ridgely, fifteen, son of William S. Ridgely, at Crabbing Point near Annapolis. The boy, who could not swim, went beyond his depth and drowned. his body was recovered. Remains will be brought to Hillsborough for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh H. Ridgely
William S. Ridgely
Crabbing Point
Annapolis
Ridgely
Hillsborough
Visitors and Local Happenings Reported in Brief
Dr Mellvane of Trenton New Jersey visits Mr M B Smith near here Mrs E E Russell has her residence repainted Messrs C L and G M Cahall of Philadelphia visit relatives in the area Rev D W Austine and Mr J L Bradley go to Georgetown Tuesday for a Sunday School Convention
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Edmund D. Murdaugh
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Easton
Tirzak May Imler
George H. Imler
Franklin Simon
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Ridgely
Lida
Magdalene Pastorfield
Trappe
Bessie Jarrell
Denton
Caddie Short
Lizzie Johnson
Harrington
Houston
Walter Sparklin
This County
Lewes
Del
J. W. Bryant
Howard Bryant
Red Gate Farm
Barton
Easton Library Association
Helen Filbert
Wright
East Denton
Sadie Killiam
Philadelphia
J. P. Saulsbury
Samuel Wharton
Dover
Samuel Edson
New Jersey
Wm. E. Stewart
Wm. R. Martin
Ollie L. Patterson
Baltimore
Mary Emerson
Ida Mellvaine
N. Alex. Hutson
George A. Fisher
New York
J. T. George
Greensborough
Laura Beauchamp
Nellie Richardson
Tuckahoo Neck
2. P. Steele
H. J. Hopkins, Esq
Annapolis
Lottie Moog
Geo. Beehle
Oscar Clark
Delaware
George Gray
Carlsbad Springs
Germany
Wm. H. Coulbourn
Seaford
Fred. I. Owens, Esq
Ella Downes
Minnie Fields
Oak Grove
K. N. Hardcastle
Verdier
Washington
Dr. Mellvane
Trenton
N. J
M. B. Smith
E. E. Russell
Messrs. C. L
G. M. Cahall
Rev
D. W. Austine
J. L. Bradley
Georgetown
Ridgely Boys Visit Easton Star In Eager Baseball Clash
The Ridgely boys faced Easton Star Saturday with sharp fielding and rapid double plays. Spectacular catches and strong outfield defense highlighted the game, which ended on strikeouts by pitcher Sparklin. Easton Star earned the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely Boys
Copiteher
Sparklin
How Easton
Pioneer Hecoma praises Cholera and Diarrhea remedy
A pioneer of Los Angeles Cu named J W Venable commends Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a reliable cure for stomach pains and diarrhea. He states he has used it for years and recommends it to everyone. For sale by We Brown in Denton and H Duffey in Hillsboro Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Venable
Pioneer of
Los Angeles
Chamberlain
We. Brown, Denton
H. Duffey
Hillsboro
Elegant life-size portrait offer from Boston Portrait Co
A brief home portrait appeal invites customers to send their photo for a limited time grand offer. The notice promises an elegant life-size crayon or pastel portrait of a loved one and notes the Boston Portrait Co located on Ort W. Baltimore street in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Portrait Co
Ort W
Baltimore Street
Baltimore
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Orleans’ Court
Levy Court
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Concord
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Sallie Wyatt
Addie Beachamp
Walter Vrooman
Samuel Faulkney
Thomas Chaires
Chaires
Justice Hutson
Rehoboth
Adams
Epworth
Wilmington
R. H. Adams
D. H. Corkran
Chilton
M. P
J. L. Straughn
Denton Academy
Burrsville
Ames
Ruth
Smithville
Curtis
Clotilda
Daniel Bickin
St. Paul’s Church
Thomas A. King
Chicago
New Jerusalem
Preston
Baltimore Grain Markets
Joshua B. Baughley
William A. Roe
John W. Stephens
Camp Grove School
Political Pointers
Hayes
Baltimore News
Anne Arundel
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Baltimore County
Calvert
Cecil
Dorchester
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Garrett
Tarford
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Somerset
St. Mary's
Wicomico
Easton Star
Jones
John Walter Smith
Gordon T. Atkinson
Merk
Rufus W. Maskiell
Frank Miles
House of Delegates
James H. Cullen
J.D. Anderson
Archibald Todd
J. Henry Cox
John Ti.Nelson
Orphans’ Court
Alpheus Carver
Rt.f
Elias Taylor
I Stati
Gordon A
Samuel F. Miles
Richard
H. “Edelen
Iarles County
Edelin
Suthern Maryland
Jas
John Briscoe
George
County Central Committee
Mr. Russun
Cerdontes
Mr. Carter
Justice Nichols
Tierraville
Cordova
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