Local department notes from Ridgely area
Local briefs report on woodcock sport and Sunday funeral opinions in Wilmington, a new Eas ton postmaster appointment, a Cambridge fishery schooner, hog cholera in Lawel, livestock losses from lightning near Hynson, and strong corn and late vegetables prospects. Also mentions Ridgely Mother's Club meeting, court house supervision, threshing yields on J. W. Perry’s farm, recent marriage licenses, Carroll boat incident near Oxford, a Williston death from dysentery, tobacco versus wheat economics, a sixth finger case near Denton, Fresh Air children to Ridgely, laws distribution, and Hillsborough relief concert and baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawel
C. W. Smith
Templeville
Centreville
Enoch Pratt
Easton
Mark E. Noble
Hynson
Ridgely Mother’ Club
J. H. Smith
Joseph H. Bernard
Court House
James Stephens
J. W. Perry
Queen
Linwood Cohee
Williston
Concord
Caroline County
Maryland
Nea
Solomon Satterfield
Denton
Solomon
Edwin C. Fields
Mr. Fields
Death of an Octogenarian Wingate Neal Passes
Wingate Neal aged over eighty four, a wealthy Caro County resident, died at his home near Andersontown after a long heart illness. He leaves four sons and three daughters, with a funeral held at Concord. Joshua L Beauchamp died at his Third Street home after typhoid fever, aged fifty, survived by a widow and four children. services at M.B.E Church. Real estate transfers include multiple deeds in Fifth and Fourth districts, with properties and sums listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingate Neal
Caroline
Thid
Andersontown
Mr Neal
David Marine
Neal
Tle
William John
George Raulston
Edward W
James D
Threce
Martha d
Peter Hignutt
Rhoda A
C. W. Clark
Mary C
Robert WH. Smith
Marnington
Concord
Joshua L. Beauchamp
Third Street
Mr. Beauchamp
Thawley
M. P.church
Order of Heptasopis
L. R. Beauchamp
J. Leslie and
Jeemiah Beauchamp
Hillsborough
Charles H. Shields
Kansas City
M. BE
Tomorow
C. H. Day
Local notices and developments in a small town
Mrs Martha Whitby plans a fine residence on Railroad Avenue with contractor Insley pushing toward completion. Episcopal ladies met despite bad weather during a Friday Saturday festival. Cantaloupes appear this week but rains slow melon progress. numerous visits by relatives and guests from Williansport Dover Camden Philadelphia and Felton. Interments at the cemetery. tent arrangements for camp and service times noted. Lost baby recovered and Carey Bullock Co run tri weekly excursions to Carolina Cape May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Whitby
Railroad Avenue
Insley
Episcopal
A. Boone Case
Williansport
HT. E. Jarell
Clough and Son
Reynolds
Dover
KR. B. Culbeth
J. W. Daugherty
Sunbury
Gordon
Protestant Episcopal Church
Mr. Stranghn and Son
Harrington
W. A. Smith
Samuel Pierson
The Denton Shift School Opens Next Scholastic Year
The Caroline County High School advocates a broader course of study and cites Denton Shift School as a model for a county high school to open about September. The piece notes public sentiment, county funding, and local support, with Miss Katie K Tobbs slated as principal and a plan to add the tenth grade while keeping students housed nearby. A separate note discusses fire protection improvements and a testimonial for Chamberlain’s Pain Balm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Toca Selocl
Taamet
Denton Academy
Stephens
Denton Theh School
Board
Hooks
Katie K. Tobbs
State Normal School
Pear tree psylla devastates Emory’s chestertown pears
The pear tree psylla has appeared in Robert S. Emory’s 20,000 tree orchard near Chestertown, Maryland. Prospects had promised a large crop, but many trees are stripped of fruit and leaves, with yields likely cut by half as if a fire swept through the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Emory
Chestertown
Mfr
July 29 Communion Day at Wesley and Thawley's
Rev. D. W. Fogle of Oxford will preach at Wesley at 10:30 and at Thawley’s at 2:00 PM. After each sermon the Lord’s Supper will be administered. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp visit Mrs. Hopkins. Mr. Sharp owns a fine Columbia bicycle and enjoys long rides. A quiet wedding occurred last Sunday at the Parsonage: W. E. Adams and Marie Callison officiated by Rev. O. W. DeVenish. Town upturn continues with sidewalk work and improved walking. Rev. T. C. Smoot of Wyoming visited Burrsville and brought favorable Wyoming news. Miss Levin Bradley returned from a two-week visit in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley and Thawley
D. W. Fogle
Oxford
Wesley
Thowley’s
Mrs. Sharp
Mrs
W. E. Adams
Marie Callison
O. W. DeVenish
C. D. Harris
Calvary M. Ie
Greene and
Lombard Sts
Joseph
Daltimore Ieraid
Thomas A. King
Chicago
New Jerusalem
Chineh
Preston
Town council raises tax rate for fire safety upgrades
At Tuesday meeting town commissioners voted a forty cent tax per hundred dollars and authorized use of the funds to repair the old fire engine and to buy chemical extinguishers. The bakery at Main and Third streets was condemned as a menace and its owner told to repair immediately due to fire risks from oven flues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Third Streets
Denton residents and guests mingle in Ocean City week
A Denton register lists Sh. and Mrs. T Iminy Fisher and many locals along with visiting relatives and friends from Philadelphia Dover New York Chicago and Baltimore. Notables include Dr Wilbur Hammond and Mr By Wars Hammond visiting Tuchaloe Neck while Mrs William E Deweese recovers in Hartington. Several scholarships awarded to Queen Anne’s-area students and local residents attend camps and visits continue across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pennsylvania
By Wars Hammond
Dover
Moo. Coulbourn
Philadelphia
Mis
New York
Miadson
Mary Lamerson
Maud
Della Wight
Jessie
Sophie Kerr
William IE. Deweese
PT. Owens
Hartington
James TH. Conlbourn
Grace
Byvitts
Charles Straughn
Philadelpha
Beniah Kinnamon
A. S. Mowbray
Brandywine Summit
John Green
Greenwood
Nebraska
Philp Green
Thomas AE Cooper
Nannie P. Everett
May Weedon
Queen Anne’s
Normial School
Samuel Dukes
Susie
Norwood
Tuchaloe Neck
Enna Bennett
Preddie
Harry Clark
Queen Anne’s Shelion
Te Ping Fisher
Qeoean City
General McKenney
John
Connexile
Adiondack Mountains
John T. van Sickle
B. G. Stevens
Williston
Massesannie Wilson
Bessie Rochester
Monumental City
Downes
Col
James Merrick
Barclay
Emma Thompson
Boston
Denton Bridge
WH. Gadd
Calvert County
Jennie Griffin
Chicrago
Edson
Oxford
Willard TI. Thawley
J. Houston Dukes
Bateele
John Y. Graham
Goldsborough
Virginia Hicks
Sadie Wilson
James D. Wilson
Emerson Sells Interest in Kiln Maker, Named VP
Victor L Emerson and Mary land inventor and engineer sell a half interest in his Dig Kiln invention to a Western concern. Emerson is elected vice president, to oversee manufacture of the Reliance automatic compression kiln for drying bricks and lumber in the United States. A Baltimore office is planned. Emerson to receive a $5,000 salary and royalties on each kiln. He will travel and promote the business while retaining foreign trade control. His parents have transformed the dig kiln industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor L. Emerson
Maryland
Emerson
United States
Baltimore
al Yently
Remain Here Awhile The Christian’s Worldly Duty
Reverend Z V Webster preaches on John 17 16 to stay in the world yet be kept from evil. He argues life’s trials test believers but God’s plan sustains, making Christians light and salt, to bless society and souls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. VW. Webster
M. J. Chieh
Christ
Moses
Israel
Job
Elijah
Jezebel
God
Girl Out of Convulsions After Party Prank in Bridgeville
Omey Tucker, a young girl, attended a party at Mrs. Lavinia Sullivan's in Bridgeville Friday night. A hidden person near a well jumped from behind a rosebush to scare her as she drank water, causing her to fall and convulse. Contractions continued until the next morning when she revived somewhat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omey Tucker
Hee Oelock
J H Coulbourn Co. Grain Merchants Firm Notice
J H Coulbourn & Co grain and produce merchants state they do not employ agents to solicit shipments of grain but would welcome them. They offer selling by sample, guarantee correct weight, and payment on arrival day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.H. Coulbourn & Co
Wilmington Conference to hold camp at Chilton's Woods
The enexampment at Chilton's Woods starts Friday in August. Kinzer, Conference president, assigns ministers from Crisfield, Warrington, Elizabeth City, Clayton, and Washington. Sunday services feature Holmes, Lewis, and Straughn with a Christian Endeavor rally midweek. Predictions place Rev. Hill as Dover pastor in 1896 if confirmed. Wilmington ministers listed to attend Wye camp include Bell Otis Avery Lecates Pletcher Sharp Auters and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilton's Woods
Jd. de. Kinzer
Rev
J. M. Holmes
Crisfield
T. J. Lewis
A. OL
D. J
Western Maryland College
J. J. Sthaughn
Warrington
Del
J. W. Tout
Elizabeth City
Gi. J. Smith
Clayton
G. J. Wolf
Baltimore
David Peete
Washington
D. C
Oda. Mills
Manesville
If T. Tage
The
Methodist Protestant
S. Be Treadway
Seaford
G. Q. Bacehius
D.C
Phillips
St. Michaels
Wilmington
Wye Camp
T. EB. Bell
J. P. Otis
W. E. Avery
J. D. Lecates
Frank Pletcher
W. W. Sharp
J.A. Auters
W. P. Compton
C. A. Hill
W. Prettyman
G. W. Burke
I. L. Wood
Decree for sale of Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad
In the United States Circuit Court Judge Morris orders the railroad to pay $1,798,27.26 in gold to the Atlantic Trust Company for bondholders within ten days or the mortgage and trust deeds will be foreclosed. Salis bury RR sale will occur, with a minimum bid of 100000 and a cash payment of 100000 required day of sale. Orphans Court proceedings follow with wills, guardians, and administration notices. Local notes mention Col E E Dixon, Col Dixon, and the Choptank river steamer purser William N Kirwan, plus a barber shop manager at Concord and the Denton shop transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Morris
Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad
Scranton Steel Company
Atlantic Trust Company
New York
Salisbury
RR. J. Morrison
Maryland County Game Laws Open Seasons Detailed
Maryland sportsmen face stricter rules as counties align with state law on partridges woodcock and rabbits. Open seasons vary by county including Caroline Cecil Dorchester Kent Talbot Wicomico and Worcester with penalties and non resident license fees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Caroline
Cecil
Dorchester
Patridges
Kent
Wicomico
Muskrats, December 11 To Mareh
Worcester
Storm Strikes Telegraph Poles and Mr Andrews House
Lightning hit two telegraph poles near Turpin farm and fence posts. It struck James Andrews residence, tearing plaster and burning walls as wallpaper patterns guided the burn. The family hid in a room as fire was quickly put out and neighbors note winter crops plans by Maxwell and Manwell.
Tivoli steamer launched for Maryland Steamboat Company
The side wheel steamer Tivoli was launched at Sparrows Point for the Maryland Steamboat Company. It will be the best equipped in the fleet with 15 mph speed, steel hull, water tight bulkheads, and 35 staterooms on the promenade deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparrow’s Point
Maryland Steamboat Company
County awards ad contracts to local papers
The county commissioner on Tuesday awarded public advertising contracts to the Cimxton Journal Greensorough Free Pres and Federaburg Courier. Several tax abatements accounts have been recently disallowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cimxton Journal
Greensorough Free Pres
Federaburg Courier
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Woodcock
Clement R. Leonard
Cambridge
Good Will Fire Company
Chapel
Arthur Wooters
Maryland Agricultural College
Sinclair
Hillsborough Club
Isaac Sparklin
Will Sparks
Wingate Sealand Dowhua L. Beauchamp Pass
Tnte the Great Heyond
Hinds
Lester M. Till
William S. Nichols
George M. Russum
James H. Wolmes
North Wales
Edward L. Pritchett
Susan Pritchett
M. Hooper Gray
Mary FE. Clark
Loase
Greensborough
Franklin P. Herr
Thomas A. Laith
Ridgely
Hiram M. Buck
Hog Island
Lester M. Hl
Isaac L. Noble
Hutchkinson Trice
Daniel Butler
John R. Wight
Isane L. Noble
Andrew B. Roe
Addie KE. Pritchett
Lucy E. Bawdle
Daniel G. Bawdle
Pusg
William A. Carey
Addie FE
Thos, Kemp and Daughter
Wihnington
West
Annie Betson
Mis. Hardesty
Felton
G. W. Elinson
Radcliffe
Camden
C.J. Rooke
W. F. Simpson
Annie Manlove
Atlantic City
Miss Benston
Mary Bernard
Gertie Rawlings
Caroline County High School
Wes
Shater
Freemyer House
Middleburg
N. Y
Chamberlain
William [. Brown
T. C. Smoot
Wyoming
Burrsville
Counci
Hattie Podd
Smithson
George Q. Bartlett
Haston
Clara Bartlett
Clinton Cook
Rev. Wa. Webster
Chuuch News
Bk NS
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
E. EB. Dixon
Henry Dean
Col. Dixon
Philip W. Downes
Richard T. Carter
Thomas 8. Slaughter
Georgia van Sickle
Elijah Sattenfield
James R. Jarrell
Francis E. Jarrell
Charles E. Jarrell
Anna A. Rochester
O. E. Rochester
William N. Kirwan
Choptank
Chowan
Orioles
Robert Wood
Bol
Richard Nichols
Harlock
Maxwell
Manwell
Jary Court
Pepe Pee
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