Editorial notes on roads rails and reform ideas
The piece argues a good road is a wise investment citing Bureau of Public Roads data CT traffic on the Boston Post Road totaling 1140 tons in nine hours, with fuel and construction cost projections. It notes rail freight records 1922–23 and large railroad purchases, plus Bryan’s push for prohibition enforcement and Missouri Governor Folk’s reforms and lecture at Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Connecticut
Boston Post
Iowa Experiment Station
United States
Congress
William Jennings Bryan
The
Southern Baptists
Kansas City
Bryan
Joseph Wingate Folk
Missouri
New York
Folk
Wilson
Washington
Denton
Chestertown Delegation Tours Del Mar-Via Peninsula
A 15 member Business Men's Association delegation from Chestertown Md. completed a three day May 21 tour of the Del Mar-Via Peninsula. The trip impressed participants and visiting committees with progress in industry commerce and agriculture and highlighted Chestertown as an educational center on the Eastern Shore home to Washington College founded in 1733 and nicknamed The Venice of Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men's Association of
Chestertown
Peninsula
del. Mar-Via
The
Chester
Washington College
Venice
Maryland
Peninsula tourism, industry growth, and farming listed
The article highlights progressive Shore-area development from Salisbury to Crisfield, noting hotels, churches, hospitals, theaters, and agricultural enterprises. It details a regional drive with strawberry auctions, nurseries, fur niture, and a dental center plan in Milford. It ends with spraying guidance for blight and pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
M. P. Church
McCready Hospital
Crisfield
Easton
Masonic Temple
Cambridge
Princess Anne
Del-Mar-Via
Delaware
Cautk Dental Plant
Milford
Marion Station
Allen's Nursery
Harrison Nurseries
Berlin
Consumers’ Ice Company
Selbyville
Chestertown
Doest Pay to Spray Potatoes
An article extols potato spraying as a self paying insurance against blight. It explains Bordeaux mixture composition with copper sulfate and lime, stock solutions, and proper dilution. It also includes a separate note on Shrine convention telephone information aiding a surge in Washington calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. HanPer
Bordeaux
Anxious Resident Seeks Maryland Gaming Law Print
An anxious resident asks editors to print Maryland Code Article 27 sections 214 215 222 224 and 225 detailing gambling prohibitions on gaming tables for money or bets. The letter outlines penalties fines of up to 500 with jail terms and rules on recoveries and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Maryland Farm Bureau to market eggs via coop
The Maryland Farm Bureau Federation plans a cooperative marketing campaign to enroll farmers and poultrymen statewide. The effort aims to organize the Atlantic Coast Poultry Producers Association for coordinated egg marketing. Also noted is the Hampton Roads Special train run covering 95 miles in 66 minutes, with H. W. Johnson as engineer and C. S. Cordrey as conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation
Atlantic Coast Poultry Producers Association
Hampton Roads
Ogden Party
New York
Norfolk School
Cape Charles
Delmar
H. W. Johnson
C. S. Cordrey
In sad remembrance of Sallie E. Smith 1922
Remembrance lines mourn Sallie E. Smith departed June 1 1922 Here the husband and children and sister Mollie share grief and faith The verses speak of loss pain longing and the hope of reunion in a heavenly home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie E. Smith
God of Love
Sallie Smith
Jesus
Lovely on the Eastern Shore in verse and memory
A lyrical tour of the Eastern Shore towns and counties praising their beauty and legend. The poem names Talbot DorSet Somerset Kent Queen Anne and Caroline Cecil Worcester Cambridge Denton Chestertown Easton Hill Pocomeoke Corsica Centreville and celebrates the region's charm and rise through lyrical imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot
Dorset
Somerset
Kent
Queen Anne
Caroline
Cecil
Worcester
Cambridge
Denton
Chestertown
Easton
How Hill
Pocomeoke
Rill
Corsica
Centreville
Wicomico
Ridgely
Warlock
Royal Oak
Chester
Baltimore Sun
Public sale of Martha Everagam estate in Denton Maryland
An executor announces a public auction of real estate in Denton Caroline County Maryland between 2 and 4 pm at the courthouse door. The property lies in the Eighth district and follows a long metes and bounds description ending at a designated beginning point and garden corner, containing a defined parcel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Everagam
Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Maryland
J. B. Isler
John H. Horsey
Thomas F. Garey
William Potter
Elisha Chaffinch
Linchester
Harmony
Harry F. Whiteley
Preston
McFarquar
Gadow’s
N. E
Isaac L. Noble
Gadow
1924 Farm Auction Full Transfer With Grounds Reserved
84 Acres more or less conveyance to Martha Everngain from John A. Vane et al dated June 24 1881 recorded in Liber L. H. G. 44 folios 127 etc. Horsey burial ground 28 by 36 feet reserved with ingress and egress. Two story brick dairy barn stable cow sheds machine sheds chicken houses and corn house all in reach on a well cultivated timberless land except 10 acres. Orchard wheat land twenty acres seeded in grain possession January 1 1924. Crops 1923 reserved. One third cash on sale day balance January 1 1924 or all cash at purchaser option. Interest on cash payment from sale to January 1 1924. Title papers at expense of numahcane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Everngain
John A. Vane
Liber L. H. G
Caroline County
Horsey
N. Sixth Street
L. B. Towers
Gay Street
James Temple
Fred R. Owens
N. B
Denton
Maryland
Josephine Johns
John H. Johns
James Dickerson
Jos. W. Connolly
Action farm on State road 38 miles from Easton
Property listing notes a farm on State road 38 miles from Easton between Dover Bridge and Easton offering sale of a fully stocked operation or other options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Action Farm
Easton
Dover Bridge
Trustee Sale of Property in Caroline County Maryland
A trustee sale is held by decree of the Orphans Court of Caroline County on the 2nd of May 1923. At Preston Hardware and Auto Company in Preston Maryland the sale occurs between 3 and 4 PM offering two parcels described by metes and bounds. Terms require one half cash with balance in three months or full cash at purchaser option. title papers at purchaser's expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court of
Caroline County
John S. Stanley
Josephine Johns
Preston Hardware and Auto Company
Preston
Maryland
Charles B. Harrison
T. Turr
Desirable Farmstead Near Church and Rail Station
Two story dwelling with stable and outbuildings sits on a well located farm near church schools and the railroad station. The property is close to state zone and offers a desirable location for a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oome
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Benji
Johnson Melvin & Johnson
Danton, Rd
Remarkable Peninsula
Lewspba
Shriners In
Mystic Shrine
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Almas Temple
Shrine Registration Bureau
Housing Bureau
Registration Bureau
Shrine Exchange
Molli
Shakespeare
Denton, Md
Heart of
Baltimore
Liberty and
Saratoga Streets
Main
Fourth
Nuttle Hardware Store
Nuttle Hardware CO
John L. Everngam
Harvey L. Cooper
North Sixth Street
Janie M. Bullock
Bullock
Norman C. Straughn
Liber L. B. T
Samuel L. Young
Separace
Charles F. Smithson
Margaret E. Schuyler
Samnel G. Schuyler
Maggie G. Owens
Samuel E. Schuyler
Goldsboro
Bridgetown
Elizabeth Spencer
George W. Casson
Henry Hughes
J. Thomas Lowe
Margaret BE. Schuyler
Staips Vis Utcu
Galesman
Liberal Commission
Theanufacturers Oil and Grease Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Crownsville State Hospital
State Employment Commission
Light St
H. P
J. A. Willoughby
Hobbs, Md
Ella Boone
Barcley Corsetlere
Franklin St
Calvert C. Merriken
Atorney-at-Law
A&p
Marshall’s
U.S
Thea
India
Ceylon
Java
Fly
Trolls
Creat
Mainstreet
Denton Auto Company
W. Foster Clark
Henderson
Sycamore Tree
Cedar Grove
Greensboro
Davis Bishop
H. A. Porter
Burrsville, Maryland
Paige
Sheppard’s Church
H. T. Langmaid, P. O
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!