Dover Bridge Improvement Plans And Road Warrants
Talbot and Caroline counties move to replace Dover bridge with an iron three span structure at 108 feet each, estimate 7000 to 9080 dollars, bids due May 12, completion by September 1. Road warrants are issued to supervisors including Bilbrough, Stevens, Todd, Carroll, Morgan, Meredith, Musselman, Lamb, Watson, Bickling, Cashe, Bartlett, Pippin, and others for several local routes in Greenboro to Templeville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshn A. Comegys
Samuel J. Bilbrough
Greensborough
Whiteleysburg
Delaware
Boyce’s Mill
Gravely Branch
Sandtown
Lowe's School House
Erwin’s Chapel
John Stevens
Ringgold
Green
Hickman
Thomas Pritchett
T. M. Todd
F. Noble
T. Meloney
Thomas M. Todd
Ringgold’s Green
Andersontown
Pool’s Mill
William J. Williamson
S. Ora Carroll
Pritchett
Church
H. F. Stevens
Marydel
Templeville
Templeville School
Daniel Downes
HE. J. Stafford
Templeville Road
Mt. Zion
Burnt School
William G. Lamb
Cleve’s Forks
Mt. Zion Church
Keene
Thomas Watson
William H. Bickling
Mt. Zion New Road
Mr. Watson
Connelly Road
W. W. Rickards
Daniel Gooden
Henderson
William H. Cashe
Melville
Tate’s
Caulk
Thomas Bickling
Mc Knott’s
Caulk’s Corner
Hollingsworth Road
Samuel Bieckling
Charles Lewis
Queen Anne’s
Diggans’ Gate
Nick Thomas
George Dukes
James Graham
New Road
Barnite
Alex. McKnott
George Watling
Kinnamon’s Corner
Hardcastle
Castle Hall
Talbot County
J.C. Mulliken
Stewart
Denton
Caroline Board
Albert G. Towers
Doverbridge
Mel Ilvaine
Chambersburg
Trax
Talbot Board
Dover Bridge
Talbot
Mellvaine
Talbot Commissioners
Estate of Jacob Tome Left Five Million Value
The will leaves one million to the widow in rail road and bank securities and real estate including the residence and family valuables. Peter E Tome, nephew, receives fifty thousand. W W Hopkins five thousand. relatives and employees varied sums. Annuities go to Tome Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church at one thousand five hundred and Hopewell Cemetery at eight hundred. Residue goes to Jacob Tome Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Tome
Peter E. Tome
W. W. Hopkins
Tome
Jacob Tome Institute
Spring millinery display announced by Greensborough shop
To Our Friends and Patrons the store will present its annual spring millinery and dress goods display on March 31 and April 1. The note promises better service and larger, better selected stock at lower prices with the best trimmer. C. B. Georges invites the public cordially from Greensborough, Md.
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C. B. Georges
Greensborough
Tights and Shadows lecture at Williston church
Victor Romaine Allen will present Tights and Shadows of a Great City at Williston M E Church on March 29 for Epworth League benefit. The illustrated talk will show Venice Rome and history with chromatrope finale. Members praised their pastor Rev F J Cochran and hosts hosted a pleasant gathering with music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Romaine Allen
Williston M. E. Church
Epworth League
Venice
Rome
Williston Charge
Elias W. Williamson
F. J. Cochran
Georgia Stevens
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Walter Kelley
Philadelphia
William F. Iden
F. J. Coelivan
Williston
Marydel Nine Defeats Local Club Twice In Baseball Scrimmage
Last Saturday week Marydel's third baseball nine defeated our boys 29 to 0. The next Saturday our boys won 15 to 0 in a return game. Players praise goes to the home team for their excellent play. Sick list includes J. H. Emory Samuel H. Plubarty Edgar McKnott Presley D. Stout Kathleen S. Carter Mary Knotts. Local social notes report Clinton Roberts and wife of Ridgely visiting Nathaniel Bowen. James Knotts and wife of Sadlersville with Mrs Kate Knotts. Alfred Temple and Davis visiting Ridgely. James Temple of Wilmington visiting his father. Viva Lane visiting friends in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
J. H. Emory
Samuel H.plubarty
Edgar McKnott
Presley D. Stout
Kathleen S. Carter
Mary Knotts
Clinton Roberts
Social and Family Visits Across Marydel and Templeville
Marydel notes host Miss Zellah Heather warmly entertained guests including Miss Wilson of Goldsborough. Misses Heather and Cora Pippin visited Mrs. B. H. Emory in Templeville. Rev. M. D. Nutter misses conference due to wife’s illness. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Green visited James Green. Rail crews lay a side track for J. W. Boyer cannery. Miss Mary Boyer visits her brother in Templeville. Mr. Milton C. Green spent part of the week with Dover friends. Miss Sara V. Heather travels to Philadelphia the Quaker City for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zellah Heather
Miss Wilson
Goldsborough
Cora Pippin
B. H. Emory
Templeville
M. D. Nutter
T. R. Green
Denton
James Green
J. W. Boyer
Mary Boyer
Milton C. Green
Dover Friends
Sara V. Heather
Quaker City
Swindie graft targets Maryland farmers with sham oats
A smooth talking swindler visits Maryland farms selling seed oats claimed to be extraordinary. He offers half a bushel for five dollars and promises to buy all yield at one dollar per bushel. One farmer signed for twenty five bushels and now fears the deal may appear as a note.
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Maryland
Local Social Happenings Involving Garey Family
Mr and Mrs M Garey entertained Mrs Anna Meekins Mrs Frank Towers and Miss Bertye Lehaube on Thursday of last week. Mr and Mrs Rix Garey and children spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Claude Rawlings near Sand town. Master W Matthew Garey son of Mr William H Garey had finger crushed in a clothes wringer on Monday last. Miss Jeannie Garey visiting Miss Bertye Schaube at Whiteleysburg. Mr Roland Cooper, a traveling agent in the West, has returned home near White
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alcaid Flowers
Federalsburg
Judge Russum
Centreville
United American Mechanics
Wm. D. Uhbler
Delaware
Joshua W. Miles
Princess Anne
Peninsula
H. M. Thompson
I. J. McIlvane
Clifton
Queen Anne’s Railroad
Tilghman Harvey
Burrsville
Queen Anne’s
Hillsboro
Rehoboth
Cape May
Milton Times
Richard Nichols
Norman Bordley
Nichols & Son
Denton Bridge
A. T. Porter
Armstrong, Cator & Co’s
Bridgeville
Preston Literary and Musical Club
William H. Hollis
Thaw- Tey’s School
John_ Wilson
Rice
House of Correction
Jamps
Henderson
Comegys
Wilson
M. Garey
Anna Meekins
Frank Towers
Bertye Lehaube
Rix Garey
Claude Rawlings
Sandtown
W. Matthew Garey
William H. Garey
Jeannie Garey
Bertye Schaube
Whiteleysburg
Roland Cooper
West
Farewell Sermon at Chestnut Grove Church in Concord
Citizens in Concord attended the Chestnut Grove Church last Sunday to hear Rev. Mr. White deliver his farewell sermon. J. L. Nichols has torn down an old barn and is erecting a new structure. Gypsies left the area Friday and are now near the Almshouse. A light March warm spell is blamed by some for health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Chestnut Grove
Former resident of this county ends in Indiana murder case
John Thawley, once a county resident, surrendered to the Henry County Sheriff in New Castle Ind and is jailed on charges of the deliberate murder of Rufus Shoemaker near Sulphur Springs. A detailed account from the New Castle Democrat describes the confrontation, the alleged motive involving Thawley’s wife, the weapon, and the inquest findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thawley
Henry County
Ind
New Castle
Rufus Shoemaker
Sulphur Springs
Hillsborough
Young Thawley
Indiana
Queen Anne’s
Shoemaker
Thawley
James
Trout’s
Capricious Spring Opens Season With Uncertain Weather
Calendar marks the sun entering Aries as spring begins its official 1898 reign amid smiles and showers. Warm breezes mix with cool air, hinting winter’s lingering mood. Milwaukee Harvester Co. lists repairs for light running binders and mowers in Baltimore, with Switch Bros. handling a larger line through Ridgely, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aries
Milwaukee Harvester Company
Baltimore
Switch Bros
Ridgely
Milwaukee Harvester Co
Charm for Architect Bernard Marks Denton Thanks
Joseph S T Bernard of Greensborough was honored in Denton with a neat gold watch charm presented in the school commissioners' office by citizens. Speakers praised his design and work on the courthouse, noting the two years of consideration and inviting posterity to recall his contribution. The charm bears the courthouse image, its construction date, and the architect’s name, while the inscription on the other side records the presentation.
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Bernard
Joseph ST. Bernard
Greensborough
Denton
Stephens
Court House
Henry KK. Lewis
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference Opens in Lewes Church
The 30th annual Wilmington M E Conference began at Lewes M E Church with 127 members and 11 candidates. Officers elected include A Mowbray secretary W A Wise Z H Webster and J D Rigg assistants. C A Grise treasurer and W R Mowbray statistical secretary with aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference
Lewes
M. E
Mowbray
W. A. Wise
Z. H. Webster
J. D. Rigg
C. A. Grise
W. R. Mowbray
H. Webster
Webster
Denton
Paret
Protestant Episcopal Church
Georgetown Circuit
Methodist Protestant Church
J. C
Ewell
C. D. Harris
Calvary M. E. Church South
Baltimore
Carewell
Kent Island
Easton Protest and Farming Note in Local Chronicle
The Baltimore Herald Easton column outlines a district political stance favoring a pro free silver Democrat to unite Democrats Populists and Prohibitionists to win the ticket. A Kent farm owner shows a 150 acre operation yielding net eleven and a half percent after costs, arguing good land buys pay off. Local remedies praised for croup and diarrhea with purchases listed through Hillsboro Ridgely and Denton outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Baltimore Herald
Wither
Palmer
Kent
Geo. W. Bolton
Centreville
Chamberlain
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
R. J. Colston
Ridgely
W. E. Brown
Denton
Zacharias Iarish wedding at Waterstreet in stylish ceremony
The Semi-Weekly News of Huntingdon Pa reports the Zacharias and Rose Harnish wedding held Wednesday evening at Waterstreet. About 140 guests attended the ceremony conducted by Rev Stephen Travers and Rev F A Rupley with a full marriage service and ring. Guests from Bellwood Tyrone Birmingham Huntingdon and Maryland’s Eastern Shore joined a lavish supper before the couple left for a North Carolina trip. The bride ran the Waterstreet Inn famed for chicken and waffles. the groom manages the local flouring mill. Congratulations are offered for a happy marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingdon
Zacharias-Iarish
Waterstreet
Samuel Zacharies
Rose Harnish
Cullen
Spruce Creek
Nellie Keister
Louise
Marion Walker
Bellwood
Charles Harnish
Alexandria
Stephen Travers
F. A. Rupley
Tyrone
Birmingham
Eastern Shore
North Carolina
George W. Johnson
Concord
Edith Sullivan
M. L. Sullivan
Agner
Grove M. P. Parsonage
W. D. Judefind
Terry Nichols
Cora Satterfield
B. F. Tolson
Chicago
Carrie Estelle Imler
Thomas D. Rice
the Reformed Church
Ridgely
T. Wirt Fountain
This County
Brooklyn
M. Bates Stephens
Brick Hotel
E. Bruce Taylor
Minnie May Jones
Felton
John Lacey Johnson
Millie Harrington
Canterbury
Wandersmith
Baltimore
A. Wandersmith
Georgie Stevens
J. Allen Moore
Norfolk
Armour Fertilizer Works
F. A. Shannahan
Boston
Federalsburg
Lydia Berry
Hartley
Denton
Iva Whitby
Nettie Porter
Burrsville
Seaford
George H. Short
Delaware
John W. Clark
Uncle Sam origin tied to colonial joke and store initials
The piece explains the nickname Uncle Sam as a jocular interpretation of U S for United States traced to an Elbert Anderson store incident on the Hudson where Sam Wilson, called Uncle Sam, inspired the term later used for the government and people. Also notes the March 12 death of Mrs Louie Betton in Denton Bridge at age 22 and her Denton Cemetery interment.
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Uncle Sam
U. S
United States
Republic
Elbert Anderson
The
Hudson
Sam Wilson
E. A
U.8
Berton
Denton Bridge
Bright
Louie Betton
Joseph C. Betton
David D. Todd
Denton Cemetery
Public schools at stake in Johns Hopkins funding debate
A Baltimore letter to the Journal argues against tithing a million dollars yearly for Johns Hopkins University, urging funds be redirected to improve basic educational facilities for white and colored students. The writer condemns urban concentration of wealth and calls on legislators to rebalance resources to poorer counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Howard Street
Johns Hopkins
Commissioners of Education
Nimrod
Babel
Lusury
Big Wet House Experiment on Canteloupes in Wicomico
Wealthy Wicomico resident William H. Jackson funds a cantaloupe and tomato raising program using brick pits, glass coverings, and 60 000 baskets, aiming for market-ready crops weeks early. Florist Frank Kennedy oversees the project with plans for expanding pits and later chrysanthemums, offering employment if successful. The piece also promotes a cough remedy available from local sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Jackson
Wicomico
Mr. Jackson
Jackson
Frank Kennedy
Denton Town Forms Plan for Board of Trade
About thirty residents met in the grand jury room at the call of the Town Commissioners to organize a Board of Trade for Denton. Dr Enoch George presided, Harry Ramsdell was secretary, and a substitute resolution advocating a seven to nine member Board of Trade was adopted. A five member drafting committee was named to prepare constitution and by laws for ratification at a future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Grand Jury Room
Board of Trade
Enoch George
Board of Town Commissioners
Harry B. Ramsdell
M. Bates Stephens
San Vions
Baltimore
Board of Trade of
Potter Steele
Harry A. Roe
Pliny Fisher
Albert G. Towers
Court session notes approve multiple estate accounts
Judges Moore Sigler and Orrell attended the court on Tuesday. Marion L. Beek as administrator of Geo W Beek presented an additional account of sales which was approved. Eligha C Hubbard as administrator of Elias Hubbard presented an account of sales approved. Thos M Todd as executor of Daniel Todd presented an account of sale of rent grain lists desperate and desperate debts and a first and final account of administration which were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore, Sigler and
Orrell
Marion L. Beek
Geo. W. Beek
Eligha C. Hubbard
Elias Hubbard
Thos. M. Todd
Daniel Todd
Obituary: Lynwood Gadd of Sadlersville Died in Philadelphia
Lynwood Gadd son of Abraham J. Gadd of Sadlersville and nephew of Col Luther H. Gadd died in Philadelphia on Friday of last week at age thirty two. He was unmarried and a master mechanic at Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia. The report also notes Benjamin Conaway son of Dr Conaway Dorchester committed suicide recently, said to be grief over his sweetheart’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynwood Gadd
Abraham J. Gadd
Sadlersville
Luther H. Gadd
Philadelphia
Gadd
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Benjamin Conaway
Conaway
Dorchester
Millinery Opening At Town Hall Ridgely Set For April 2
Miss Mamie E. McShane opens a millinery shop in Town Hall over Colston's drug store Ridgely next Saturday April 2. The display features a fall line of spring and summer novelties and the latest fashion styles with artistic millinery services. J McIlvaine's Tuesday and Wednesday sales are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie E. McShane
Town Hall
Colston
Ridgely
I. J. McIlvaine
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Preston
D.&c R.R
P.M
Public Business
Circuit Court
Ornpphans
Levy Court
the Local Department
Garey’s
Ruls
Church Matters
Zacharias-Harnish
Uncle San
W. L. Brown
Orphans’ Court
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
Mattings
C. Tilghman Harvey
Burrsville, Md
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