Wheat and farm ads fill Dover area notices
A scanned early issue lists grain prices and farm for sale notices. Wheat at 1.00 and corn at 0.76 per unit are noted, with J Baughley and J E Ellewanger advertising ten farms for sale. The Chautauqua assembly is in progress at Dover alongside bids for camp-meeting privileges. Police chief Charles A Stoops is re elected in Easton, and local repairs and building work proceed. A variety of farm crops face issues from cutworms to harvests, and a large sale of New Era cowpeas is promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Nuttle
Chautauqua Assembly
Dover
W. J. Blackiston
J. E. Ellewanger
Statum
W. B. Deen
Charles A. Stoops
Easton
Thomas C. West
Henry T. Nuttle
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
J. Fletcher Clark
Bridgeville
Hillsboro
J. H.C. Legg
Amandis Cole Farm
State Normal School
Nuttle Hardware Co
Martha Washington
T. H
P. R. Fisher
Snowden
Oscar Clark
Clement Drake
Garey’s School
Denton
Dorothy Andrew
M. E
Caroline
Eastern Shore Development Steamship Co
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Demosthenes
Howard T. Quigg
Ridgely
Dr. Quigg
William L. Marcy
Annapolis
Good Roads Commission
E. E. Goslin
Federalsburg
J. E. Smith
Preston
Churches of Concord
C. H. Arpe
Pennsylvania
Concord
M. F. King
Personal and Social News Items of Local Figures
William D Uhler, engineer, to direct half of Philadelphia's internal improvements with a salary of 3600 annually. Rev A Norman Ward elected vice-president of Western Maryland College and to start duties Sept 1. Numerous visits and guests from Baltimore Philadelphia Preston Fowling Creek Elkton and other towns. Local graduates include Caroline Normal School and Goucher College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ward
Western
Maryland
Peninsula Purchasing Agency Meeting for Wholesale Depot
A meeting of Allied Business Men's Associations of Cecil Harford Kent and Queen Annes counties will be held in Wilmington on July 1 to complete plans for a wholesale purchasing and distributing depot. The enterprise aims to enable dealers to buy merchandise at manufacturers prices with initial support from at least 300 merchants already members of the associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsula
Cecil
Harford
Kent
Queen Anne's
Wilmington
Enteprise
Bible Students to Meet at C Elwood Bright Home
Hobbs notes announce a Sunday meeting of the International Bible Students at the home of Mr. C Elwood Bright on June 16 at 2 30 PM with the topic What is the soul Everybody invited. Social and local notices span community events including birthdays visits picnics and illnesses. Local residents attend to church services and family visits while agriculture and home improvements are mentioned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michel
W. K K. Smith
Mabel Hamnon
Emma
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
M. H. Downes
Denton
Parson Bailey
Oaks
Willoughby’s
Christian Endeavor
J. M. Willey
California
J. I. Carroll
O. A. Carroll
Andersontown
Wesley
Pearl Pritchett
Greensboro
Hettie Jopp
Henry Carroll
Harrington
S. S. Jopp
Hf. C. Hobbs
Templeville to Build New School with Modern Features
The county will erect a new school building in Templeville due to unsafe conditions of the old structure. John Stafford won the contract and will begin about July 1, with A F Weather and Guerney Knotts appointed as supervisors. The building will include steam heat and modern improvements. Local social notes mention visits and gatherings across nearby towns, and a recent popular show drew large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templeville
John Stafford
A. F. Weather
Guerney Knotts
W. W. Chaires
Irving Chaires
Queenstown
Roland Knotts
Leo Meginney
Ridgely
J. R. Smith
J. Vansant
Georgetown
Bessie Hicks
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Perkins
Florence K. Faulkner
Centreville
Miss Hart
Townsend
Margaret Smith
Pearl Ford
Galena
Emma Robinson
Lizzie Farris
Baltimore
Henry Powell
J. £. Richards
Howard Starkey
Virgie Sparks
Local Social Notes From Bal timore to Easton
Mr and Mrs James Corkran of Bal timore return home after visiting Mr and Mrs C C Deen. Student Lee Butler from Denton High School comes home for vacation. Lawrence Deen, son of C C Deen, will graduate at the W C A Dover. Mr and Mrs G G Wright and Agnes visit Easton friends. Miss Muriel Kemp returns home to Easton. Miss Mary White of Federalsburg visits her sister Mrs Hanson Sodd. The children's service is set for tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Butler
Denton’ High School
Lawrence Deen
C. C. Deen
Dover
G. G. Wright
Agnes
Easton
Muriel Kemp
Mary White
Federalsburg
Hanson ‘Sodd
Town News and Local Social Updates
Mrs. Martha Ford spent winter visiting her children in Mississippi and North Carolina and will summer at her town home. Miss Grace Dennis and Miss Mary Todd graduated from Western Maryland College this week. Dr. J L Noble is improving. Mrs. William Nichols of Orangeburg South Carolina visited relatives in town last week. Miss Mary Nuttle of Andersontown visited Miss Inez Noble this week. Mr. George Whiteley is enlarging his house on Railroad avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Uhler
Philadelphia
Uhler
A. Norman Ward
Methodist Protestant Church
Western Maryland College
Ward
W. BR. Gieser
Ethel
Loretta
Mary Roe
Harry W.roe
Wilmington
Wm. A. Roe
C. E. Collins
C. Howard and Son
William Collins
Preston
Howard Taylor
Edward I. Foote
Fowling Creek
Bennett Purt
Renton
N. J
Albert Constable
Cecil County
Second Judicial Circuit
Cecil
Kent
Caroline
Queen Anne
Talbot
Bright
Elkton
Thomas G. Clark
A. N. Ward
J. E. Nichols
Addie Wilson
Kathleen Murchison
Pauline Nichols
Henry Ward Beauchamp
Beauchamp
William J. Wright
State Normal School
Margaret Reed Carroll
Downes
Mary Ethel Dill
Greensboro
Ella Dunning
Denton
Ethel Marie Paisley
Hobbs
Asbury Manor
Tuckahoe Neck
J. Franklin Wright
Katherine
J. Franklin
J. Woodall Green
George Washington University
Louis Cole
Maryland Agricultural College
Richard J. S. Bullock
Rowlandsville
Joseph W. Kendall
Wright and
Edmund
Baltimore
Arthur L. Greenwood
J. Clarence Emerson
Lynbrook
L. I
Rebecca Emerson
C. H. Whitby
Mowbray
Fifth Avenue
Emma Armstrong
John W
Carrie Mingin
Jennie Stevens
C. £. Collins
W. G. Tracey
Henrikka Whelan
Helen Smith
Hurlock
A. E. Cooper
Anna Fisher
Theodore Phillips
E. H. Melvin
Inez Adams
Hiawatha
Kan
Helen Roe
Laura Covey
Balimore
Towson
Lelia J. Cox
Federalsburg
Mary Melvin
Annie Carter
Goucher College
Elizabeth Pennewill
Paterson
N.J
Aaron Statum
Bethars
Gertrude Mitchell
Laurel
Del
J. Frank Booth
Harry W. Roe
Montreal
Canada
Mary Stevens
West Chester Normal School
Mabel Beasley
North Carolina
Elsie Beasley
Coleraine
N. C
M. B. Nichols
Easton
Caroline DeFord
Frances A. Johnson
Milford
P. Roland Fisher
West
Harold Andrew
St. John's College
Martha Ford
Mississippi
Grace Dennis
Mary Todd
J. L. Noble
William Nichols
Orangeburg
S. C
Mary Nuttle
Andersontown
Inez Noble
George Whiteley
Railroad Avenue
Caroline High School Commencement Observed at Several Venues
Commencement events for Caroline High School spanned Sunday at the Methodist Protestant Church with Rev. Ward delivering the sermon and music by Rev. Westerfield. A Monday reception for graduates featured a program of vocal and instrumental music, recitations, and a collation, led by class president Harold Nuttle. Thursday's class night and a later commencement at Masonic Hall drew large crowds, with numerous essays and speeches by honored graduates Miss Rosa Allen Miss Bessie Baker Miss Hilda Turner and others, and diplomas presented by Dr. Edward F. Buchner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
Methodist Protestant Church
AL. 1
A. Norman Ward
H. A. G. Westerfield
Harold Nuttle
Masonic Hall
J. Gibson Gantt
Christ Church
Rosa Allen
Bessie Daker
Kentucky Rabe
Glee Club
Clifford Baughley
Hilda Turner
Albert JW. Sisk
Edward F. Buchner
Johns Hopkins University
JH. A. G. Westerfield
M. E. Church
J. W. Huffington
Tthe High School
Anna Anthony
Alice Anderson
Bessie Baker
Mabel Beasley
Florence Downes
Ilvan Perry
Margaret Redden
Gladys Wright
Messrs
Jack Barnhart
Elva Perry
Roland Seeders
Stephen Shipman
Huffington
Wesley Thawley
Marriott Redden
Evangelist Galloway Sees Cordova and Matthews Rally
Reverend W. K. Galloway, a well known evangelist, spoke at Cordova and Matthews Sunday. The Yalbot Packing Company continues around the clock, packing peas. Mrs. John L. Fisher was summoned to Baltimore due to her brother’s death. Dr. Rose shows marked health improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Galloway
Cordova and Matthews
Yalbot Packing Company
John L. Fisher
Baltimore
Rose
Oak Grove Loses Valued Citizen in Cambridge Hospital Death
The death of Mr. Robert Lee Wright at Cambridge Hospital mourns Oak Grove's loss of one of its most useful residents. He lived on his father's farm at Oak Grove and cultivated the land, making the farm one of the Peninsula's most prosperous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Wright
Cambridge Hospital
Oak Grove
Ridgely Farm Sold to Den ton Buyer and Town News
Benjamin Weaver, a leading local farmer near Ridgely, sold his farm to Harvey L. Cooper of Denton for 600. Weaver had purchased years earlier for 3,600, improved it into a productive tract, and will move to the Mason property on Main Street for 3,000. The Saulsbury cannery reports its best pea crop yet, producing up to 187,900 two pound cans in 154 hours. The Armour plant will shift to goose and blackberry canning. berry season wanes as pickers depart. Master Louis Knotts aged, injured last month, now hospitalized in Baltimore. Daisy Wilson of Wilmington visited kin near Boonsboro and returned home. About forty Italians work toward town sewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Weaver
Ridgely
Harvey L. Cooper
Denton
Weaver
Caroline
Coursey Hemmons
Main Street
Mason
Saulsbury
Starry Reminger
KR. F. D
Armour Factory
Louis Knotts
Baltimore
Daisy Wilson
Wilmington
Alice Barto
Cordova
Pleasant Williston gathering and family news
A large party including Misses Mary Blanche and Edna Hobbs Mr Will H Nuttle Chas Hobbs Ella Nuttle Sherman Sig nult and Dr David Marine of Cleveland attended a Wednesday launch party and picnic in Williston Also notes on Mary Ringes return to her farm and a bungalow being built Ernest Graham. Mrs Love and Neal travel to Philadelphia for a wedding. Marie Anthony hosted a school picnic. Rev J E Smith to preach. Wim Crosby visiting. Mrs Lillian Sullivan visiting Philadelphia. B G Stevens improving health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Mary Hobbs
Blanche Hobbs
Edna Hobbs
Will H. Nuttle
Chas. L. Hobbs
Ella Nuttle
Denton
Harry Nuttle
Mary Nuttle
Ormond Neal
Andersontown
Elsie Roe
Sherman Signutt
David Marine
Cleveland
Mary Ringe
Philadelphia
Ernest Graham
B. G. Stevens
Lillian Sullivan
BR. C. Rice
Houston's Branch School Picnic Draws Attendees
A Saturday event at Houston's Branch featured appropriate exercises and a delightful picnic. Attendees included former teacher Mrs S E Parsons and Clara Clark, with Alfred Clark of Denton and Mr Todd of Chestnut Grove. Parsons travels to Cambridge for a short stay before Oxford homeward. Visitors include Mrs Mary Young and Dents residents Harry Reed and daughters Corynthya Ethel May. Cheezum of Burrsville visited S S Young. Alice Collins returns home near Liberty after North Carolina stay. Jane Jeavons visiting Hickman friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Parsons
Clara Clark
Alfred Clark
Denton
Todd
Chestnut Grove
E. Parsons
Cambridge
Oxford
Harry Reed
Corynthya
Ethel May
Mary Young
William E. Cheezum
Burrsville
S. S. Young
Alice Collins
Liberty
North Carolina
Jane Jeavons
Hickman
Children's Day Observed at Hickman M. E. Church
Hickman M. E. Church will observe Children Day on Sunday morning at 4 o'clock with an prepared program and open invitation. A festival is planned at the church on Friday and Saturday evenings, June 21 and 22, hosted by the congregation. W F Hynes recently beautified the church interior. The strawberry season is waning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
Hickman M. LE
W. F. Hynes
M. E
FAAM THOROUGHFARE FIRST State Roads plan debated in Caroline County
The State Roads Commission reviews highway lines for resuming work, prioritizing a north south main through Caroline County. Public meeting praised the plan, while some favor routing via Dover Bridge to Dorchester. Talbot County will decide which link to finish first at a June 26 Easton meeting with the Commission present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
Caroline County
Pos-Ible
Te State Commission
State Commission
Dover Bridge
Hurlock
Dorchester
Goslin
Talbot
Easton
Centreville
Caroline County Balti more Society Banquet Notes
The Caroline County Society of Baltimore City, led by Dr J Clement Clark of Springfield Hospital, held a banquet at Hotel Bennett with Carolinians recalling old customs. Invitations listed numerous attendees including M F Hubbard, G Creighton Carmine, H O Perry, L D Kelley, J W Calloway, J H Reese, E R Downes, C E Downes, J R Peat, D Flahary, H Melvin, S L West, E Douglas, C W Wright, T E Goslin, J Dukes Downes, A G Towers, T M Smith, H J Hopkins, M Sates Stephens, J Kemp Stevens, A W Sisk, S Elbert Douglas, N H Fooks, C Deweese, D M Culbreth, H A Roe, J H Covington, Aardcastle, H A Brown Dunning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carotea Countiens Fraternize
Caroline County Society
Baltimore City
J. Clement Clark
Springfield Hospital
Hotel Rennett
M. PF. Mubbard
G. Creighton Carmine
Harry O. Perry
L. D. Kelley
John WK. Calloway
John H. Reese
Joseph M. Wright
E. R. Downes
C. E. Downes
James KR. Peat
David 5. Flahary
Howard Melvin
Samuel L. West
Eugene Douglas
Chas
W. Wright
E. E. Goslin
J. Dukes Downes
Albert G. Towers
Thomas
4. Smith
Harry J. Hopkins
M. Sates Stephens
J. Kemp Stevens
Albert W. Sisk
S. Elbert Douglas
Nelson Hl. Fooks
Cornelius Deweese
Death of Mrs Annie Elizabeth Lister near Goldsboro
Mrs Annie Elizabeth Lister wife of Mr George M Laster died at her home near Goldsboro on Sunday morning last of heart disease aged 63 years. Mr Lister survives. The funeral was held on Tuesday with Rev Warren Burr officiating and interment at Sudlersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsndra
Annie Elizabeth Lister
George M. Laster
Goldsboro
Lister
Warren Burr
Sudlersville
Waterman Named Maryland Trade Director To Expand Statewide Commerce
G A Waterman begins June 1 as director of the Associated Boards of Trade of Maryland to expand statewide publicity and cooperation. He will survey counties, strengthen local trade groups, and link cities for mutual benefit with an early Maryland booklet and an advisory body from member organizations. Temporary HQ is at 763 Calvert Building in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Watermum
Associated Boards of Trade of
Maryland
Waterman
Associated Boards of Trade of Maryland
State Association
Greater Baltimore Committee
Calvert Building
Baltimore
Smithville Social Roundup and Local Harvest News
Smithville hosts many local visitors including Mr and Mrs Blaine Bullock and others from Federalsburg Concord and Henderson. Berry crops sell well at good prices while wheat prospects look favorable. Judge Conrad of Georgetown visits Lyden family. Norman Scott moves into new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Medford
Henderson
J. H. Spence
Anna Mae
Mary Lockerman
Seaford
S. N. Lyden
H. C. Conrad
Georgetown
G. 5. Lyden
Winfield Hubbard
Baltimore
Norman Scott
Trinity Epworth League Special Service Recap
Trinity Epworth League held a special service last Sunday evening led by Miss Gertrude Willin with solos and speeches. Next Sunday Miss Mary Davis will lead. all are invited. Mrs. KR Carey of Philadelphia visits J W Banning family. Wheatley visitors attend Trinity. Strawberries gone. farmers anticipate harvest and tomato planting continues. corn planting ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Trinity Epworth League
Gertrude Willin
Mary Davis
KR. Carey
Philadelphia
J. W. Banning
Hill Wheatley
Wheatley
Remarkable scholar Harry K Smith Jr earns Bradbury scholarship
Harry K Smith Jr son of Mr and Mrs Harry K Smith has a four year record of top class standing at Randolph Macon Academy Bedford City Virginia earning a gold medal each year and a high average this year qualifying for the Bradbury scholarship at Randolph Macon College. Ruth Ellicott to wed Ralph S Brown with ceremony at bride's home June 19 at high noon. Mr W R Breeding nearing completion of brick bank and store building while Ralph Brown builds a dwelling on Federal Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Smith, Jr
Harry K. Smitihh
Randolph- Macon Academy
Bedford City
Bradbury
Randolph-Macon College
Alonzo Ellicott
Ruth Ellicott
Ralph S. Brown
W. R. Breeding
Ralph Brown
Federal Hill
Party at Hunt Home near American Corner
A large group of young people gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs EL F Hunt near American Corner on Saturday evening. The gathering featured parlor games and musical selections for an enjoyable night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL F. Hunt
American Corner
Centerville man in jail after fatal Church Hill shooting
A drunken brawl over a poker dispute in Church Hill led to a shooting at Walnut street. Robert Whaley lies at Easton Hospital with a bullet in the left lung. Winchester Smith is jailed in Centreville on charges connected to the incident. Witnesses and family factions claim varying versions as investigators press for facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centreville
Baltimore Sun
Church Hill
Queen Anne's County
Robert Whaley
Easton
Winchester Smith
Yar
Smith
E. S. Smith
Queen Anne's Station
Walnut Street
W. G. Coppage
Whaley
Norman S. Dudley
J. H. C. Legg
Tolchester Beach
Wro
The
Journal
Big Fund From Auto Licenses for Year End May 1
A report to Governor Goldsborough shows auto license receipts for the year ending May 1 exceed $80,000 with main sources from passenger and merchandise vehicles dealers manufacturers and motorcycles. Indirect sources add nearly $13,000, bringing total revenue plus prior balance to over $105,009. collection costs run about $11,220.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsborough
Washington
Towers to Follow Roosevelt Flag in Baltimore Dispatch
Governor Goldsborough and a party of Roosevelteans traveled to Chicago by automobile with others taking separate trips. A. G. Towers of Denton and R. N. Ryan of Upper Marlboro are the only Taft men with Roosevelt votes likely to stay aboard the special train tomorrow. Some Maryland delegates may detour or dodge as reports claim efforts to break from voter instructions. Towers says he will abide by both spirit and letter of the ballot instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett
Colonel Tilghman
Warburton
Maryland
Mew
Towers
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the Local Department
S. J. Baughley
Wspa PR
Myrtle Lord
James Corkran
Buchner
Preston High School
Edith Douglass
Wilmer Jaggard
G. O. Mudge
Theodore Fletcher
Esther Ledman
Harry Rieck
Katie Cox
J. Harry Covington
Col
A.w.sisk
Elmer Williams
James Harper
Federalsburg High School
Dentonians
Thawley
Charles B. Harrison
McClure
Houston’s
Orphans’ Court
Clark, Rawlings
Stevens
Charles L. Hobbs
George C. Plummer
Rosana C. Plummer
I. Clayton Horsey
L. Irving Jones
James C. Sith
Plaintip
August M. Frase
Ilarry M. Whiteley
James B. Colgain
Elsie Mitchell
Vearl Mitchell
Mur, G. A. Wateradan
Smithville
Blaine Bullock
Raymond Noble
Arthur McMahon
Munoz Morris
Mildred
Walter Lord
Lacy Alford
Clarence Atkinson
Roa
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