Local notices and economic updates from Caroline County
Local department items report Easter ads and prices for eggs and goods. Mentions A E Cooper horse losses, bank closures on Good Friday, and farmers buying seeds and hardware supplies. Advertisements include Everga in spring stock, dental and medical notices, and land and horse sales. Community notices cover church meetings, talks on fertilizers, and clergy visits. District officials announce abatement hearings and tax transfers. A long list of sales, repairs, and local business openings follows.
Personal and Social News Wa y t wn Twe marriag e
Me Thomas H Wyatt of this place and Miss Hester L Raughley of Burrsville were married at Burrsville Methodist Protestant Church. The ceremony featured Lohengrin music, a tan meteor going away gown, and a reception at the bride’s home. The couple will reside in East Denton after a trip north. Also noted are engagements, social visits, and the death of Me Thomas W Fisher of Hanover, Pa, detailing his career and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Wyatt
Hester L. Raughley
Joshua Bb. Raughley
Burrsville
Burrsville Methodist Protestant Church
J. T. Bailey
Mary I. Raughley
PB. Seldon Raughiley
Florence M. Moony
Wilmington
Lolita Betts
Milton
Mayor Lee Wyatt
Ella Carter
Denton
Major Lee Wyatt
Messrs
P. OS. Raughley
Alfred Raughley
Lee Wyatt
William ST. Nuttle
Elsie Sylvester Smith
Thomas A. Smith
George Elliott Dutton
Seaford
Ridgely M. EE
Samuel Colgain
Maryland University
Ballimore
Samuel Nowell
Hannah Parris
Sadie Beauchamp
Willoughby Nowell
Marie
Mark Nowell
Everett Pepper
I. W. Poole
Charles Pepper
Harmony
Baltimore
Robert S. Hedden
Kittanning
D. E. Hedden
S. Bradford Downes
Paul Knotts
Montana
PR. Fisher
Hanover
Thomas W. Fisher
W. B. Stehl
Centreville
J. Gibson Gantt
B. L. Lewis
Harrington
John J. Fisher
Henry C. Fisher
Nannie Simmons
Frederick County
Bradley Johnson
Jol Gordon
James Albert
Mary Amelia Fisher
R. B. Fisher
Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Maryland
George Fisher
Delaware
Kent County
Senate of
George R
George P. Fisher
John Jones
Dorchester County
Washington
South
North Carolina
Dynamite Cap Accident Injures Local Man
On Friday of last week John Spicher, son of Levi Spicher, was severely injured while inspecting an unfamiliar dynamite cap. The cap exploded in his left hand, blowing off his thumb and severely mangling other fingers. Dr. Fisher provided surgical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spicher
Levi Spicher
Fisher
Ridgely Evangelistic Services To Begin Soon
Reverend R M Rigdon, student at Crozer Seminary, to lead Sunday night evangelistic services in Ridgely starting next Sunday and continuing through April. Card invitations issued to Christians. Monday night entertainment in Simons Hall by Major Hendershot and son drew a large crowd. proceeds exceeded sixty dollars. Other notes: Rev Le L Cobrentz leaves to new field in April. Rev H T Ouivy preached in M Se Church. Rev Rigdon led Cordova Church meetings with many conversions. local social notes on Nellie Samus and the Sewell family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
R. M. Rigdon
Crozer Seminary
Chester
Cordova
Simons [Hall
Ridgely Band
Major Hendershot and Son
A. M. Raw
Theological Seminary
Lancaster
Reformed Church
LE. L. Cobrentz
H. T. Ouivy
M. Se
The
Baptist Church
Cordova Church
Nellie Samus
M. H. Dragoo
S. J. Sewell
Near Cordova
Charles Stevens
Social notes from Templeville and surrounding towns
Miss Myrtle Heather entertained Sunday with Virgie Sparks Margaret Smith and Harry Neese and Frank Cohee of Dover. Mrs Wright Robinson and son John attended the funeral of her father in Philadelphia. Lillian Pippin and Ethel Richards visit the Spry family at Sadlersville. Steinback of Baltimore visits Maple Grove Farm. Gilbert Davis of Kenton visits Knotts. Margaret Smith of Wilmington visits J R Smith family. Myrtle Heather weekends with Maple Grove Farm. Nathaniel Bowen returns from Baltimore. Ethel Sparks extends stay in Philadelphia. Byron Biscoe of Harrington visits locals. Olan Spry spends Sunday with Irons Pippin. Charles Isaacs and wife move to Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Davis
Kenton
Herbert Knotts
Margaret Smith
Wilmington
J. R. Smith
Myrtle Heather
Maple Grove Farm
Nathaniel Bowen
Baltimore
Ethel Sparks
Philadelphia
Byron Biscoe
Harrington
Olan Spry
Irons Pippin
Charles Isaacs
Dover
Clergy Assignments and Local Business Developments
Rev J W Prettyman and family left for Rock Hall to start a new appointment while Rev R T Coursey and family arrived to begin new work. Farmers and Merchants Telephone Co repairs the local exchange with second floor shops and a first floor grocery by C T Sauer. Dr Howard Hopkins resumes practice at Misses Fisher residence. Social visits include James Lyons in from Delaware City, Grace Pennington leaving for Bowling Green, and Raymond Evans with Frank Seymour visiting Baltimore. Marion J Peacock of Vienna staying at Hotel Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Prettyman
Rock Hall
R. T. Coursey
Farmers and Merchants Telephone Co
Exchange
C. T. Sauer
Howard Hopkins
California
Fisher
James Lyons
Delaware City
William P. Fleming
Grace Pennington
Bowling Green
Raymond Evans
Frank Seymour
Baltimore
J. T. Sparklin
Wilmington
Marion J. Peacock
Vienna
Smith
P O S of A to Establish New Camp in Henderson
National officers will inaugurate a P O S of A camp in Henderson on Thursday evening this week with about thirty charter members. Rev W N Conaway preached here Sunday, and will move his family this week. The Misses Goodwin and Mr T A Montague were Dover visitors Saturday. Mrs Maude Clayville and children visit Baltimore relatives. Mrs Amanda Blanchfield visits her daughter Mrs May Rash. Rev T N Given left for a new field of labor. Mr John R Jones is on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Conaway
Tle
Goodwin
T. A. Montague
Dover
Maude Clayville
Baltimore
Amanda Blanchfield
Daugher
May Rash
Rev
T. N. Given
John R. Jones
Queen Anne Plans for New Buildings This Year
Queen Anne will see several buildings erected this year as plans are considered. Mrs Marion Dean near Queen Anne has been ill but improving. Subscribe for the Journal to receive county news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
Marion Dean
Goslin Urges Economy in State Finances in Senate Speech
Senator Goslin delivered a stirring call for fiscal restraint during debate on a large appropriation bill. He warned that lavish spending would repeat Maryland’s 19th century debt crisis, citing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad loans, Pratt’s governorship, and a campaign to protect the state's credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goslin
Senate
Campbell
Journal of the Senate
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Maryland
Thomas G. Pratt
Pratt
Damocles
Commonwealth
Great House of Rothschilds
Board of Public Works
St. Anne's Churchyard
Honorable plea on State finances and legacy of leaders
A Maryland or Virginia style address laments unpaid civic heroes and warns that current heavy appropriations threaten fiscal stability. It cites Section 34 of Article 3 from the 1867 Constitution and compares past budgets to looming 1913 1914 requests, urging restraint to protect the Commonwealth’s honor and credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
Howard
Marshall
Taney
Old
St. Anne's Churchyard
Severn
General Assembly
Pratt
Ways and Means
Board of State Aid Charities
Senate
House of Delegates
Commonwealth
Caroline County Farms Grow in Value and Ambition
Heavy rains delay farm work across Caroline County but farmers press forward. Agriculturists strive for more enterprise as peas, canned peas, and tomatoes rise in value. Caroline labels are sold nationwide and worldwide, with tomatoes a major commodity. Farmers anticipate major tasks ahead despite delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
America
Caroline
Orphans Court Proceedings In First District
In Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens presided. Administrators Daniel D Tothéroh and Burt Hobbs presented an inventory and appraisement of the personal estate of Daniel R Totheroh deceased, approved. YT Phoy Fisher executor of Thomas H Taylor presented an account of sales of the deceased’s personal property, approved. Matthew Ross custodian presented the last will and testament of Theodore Rose deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Orphans Court
Clark, Rawlings
Stevens
Daniel D. Tothéroh
Burt Hobbs
D. Bon
E. A
Daniel R.totheroh
Phoy Fisher
Thos. II. Taylor
Matthew Ross
Theodore Rose
Court Meets Next Monday With Multiple Civil Cases
Court sessions open next Monday with civil suits including Marshall Henry versus Andrew L Banks for slander damages. Lawrence B Towers v George Henning over land sale contract. Jacob Thomas v J R Fredericks for hand injury at the mill. Charles M Pepper v George W Kelley ejectment. Jacob Aynes v I Co and A Railway for injuries on the Joppa steamer. Shannahan & Wrightson Co v Caroline and Talbot counties over a traction engine incident. Murder case Hayward Satterfield v James Prattis among criminal matters. several local option cases also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Henry
Andrew L. Banks
T. Alan Goldsborough
A. G. Tower
F. R. Owens
Lawrence B. Towers
George
Henning
Garey
Towers
Owens
Jacob Thomas
J. R. Fredericks
Thomas
Rynes
Goldsborough
Lewis
Shannahan & Wrightson Company
Easton
Caroline
Talbot
Dover Bridge
Covington
Shehan
Richards
John Hignutt
Warner Hignutt
Smithville
Hiignutt
Hignutt
Hayward Satterfield
James Prattis
Satterfield
Prattis
T. H. Everngam
Wm. Beulah
Charles Clark
Greensboro
In Memoriam Verses for Carter and Robinson
In loving remembrance of Al fred 2B. Carter who died a year ago on March 29. By his wife Linure A. Carter. Also in memory of William T. Robinson who died three years ago on March 25. By his daughter Mrs. M. R. Canate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Carter
God
Linure A. Carter
William T. Robinson
Bloomery M. E. Church Ladies' Aid Meeting Report
The Ladies' Aid of Bloomery M. E. Church met at Mrs. Annie Manning's home on Tuesday afternoon. E. Pierce and family, recent farm sellers, moved to Connecticut. Albert Johnson, long ill, has recovered. Laura Baker visited Laura Helen Banning. Some farmers began plowing for cantaloupes and most have summer wood-piles sawed.
Mill Dam Repairs Continue After Weekend Flood
A number of men are active on the mill dam washed out by the big rain Friday week. Miss Eunice Todd returns home after a week with relatives in Denton. Mrs. Minos Morris shows improvement after illness. Mr. Willie Neal returns home from Golden College for a few weeks. Miss Roberta Bowdle spent the week in Baltimore. Mrs. Db. C. Adams remains on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Todd
Denton
Minos Morris
Willie Neal
Golden College
Roberta Bowdle
Baltimore
Db. C. Adams
Heather Takes Charge At Moore and Hammer Store
In Marydel, Mr. Howard I. Heather assumes control of the Moore and Hammer store. A Dover firm opens a new shop here, and Mr. Harry Daily introduces a new garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
Howard I. Heather
Moore & Hammer
Dover
Harry Daily
Greensboro votes on water works enabling act
On Saturday April 20 taxpayers in Greensboro will decide if the water works enabling act becomes effective amid a heated pro and con campaign. The progressive faction supports the project strongly citing past improvements. Also noted are local incidents and social notices including a piano accident, obituaries, church services, and visits by former residents and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Fred MecClements
Greensboro Station
Goldsborough
Lassie Cannon
Joseph Cannon
Warren Burr
Templeville
Henry Jarman
Earle Jones
Wilmington
C. R. Strauburz
M. P
M. J. Faylor
Warren Vansant
Philadelphia
New Jersey
T. Edwin Willis
Cambridge
Ellwood Orrell
Goldey’s College
In Dover a Red Man Tribe forms amid local visits
Visitors from Garrett ford Pal Wilmington Milton Stevensville Edwardville and Dover joined at Porter's Hall for the Red Hawk Tribe No. 5 the Improved Order of Red Men. Leaders from Georgetown Wilmington Milford and Hickman lodge attended as Rev T J Sard and family moved to Dover and new minister Rev Melvin Wheatley arrived to preach at Wesley Church. Mr R T Porter of Norwood Pa unveiled a mechanical sow for pig rearing illustrating an artificial mother for shoats with a narrated origin in a local Pennsylvania paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Burnley
Garrettford
Pal
Florence M. Moody
Wilmington
Loleta Betts
Milton
May Walters
Stevensville
Edwards
Edwardville
P. S. Raughley
Whiteleysburg
Harry and Emmett Raughley
Harrington
Elmer Raughley
Near Ridgely
B. Raughley
Anne
Burton Raughley
Dover
J. B. Raughley
Red Hawk Tribe
Order of
Red Men
Porter's Hall
Harry M. Vickers
Georgetown
Del
Sagamore
John T. Lynn
W. S. Simpson
Milford
John L. Stevens
George Noble
Leander Thomas
Harry Johnson
Elmer Harrington
Hickman Lodge
T. J. Sard
Sard
Melvin Wheatley
Wesley Church
Laura V. Stafford
A. T. Garrett
Jennie Creadrick
R.‘T. Porter
Norwood
Pennsylvania
Porter
Ward Bewn
Porter Farm
Santiago
Nowre
Death of Mrs George Poole Shocks Preston Community
Mrs Poole died on the 13th in a Wilmington hospital after treatment. She was daughter of the late William Parker of Dorchester county and is survived by her husband Ralph, and children Ralph Poole of Minneapolis Joins Skinner Cambridge Edwin Holt Terre Haute Eunice Poole Preston. Funeral held the 19th at M F E Church where Towers were presented in recognition of her Ladies Aid and W C T U service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Poole
Wilmington
Preston
William Parker
Dorchester County
Ralph Poole
Minneapolis
Eunice Poole
Poole
M. FE
Ladies’ Aid
Local Fire Destroys Boyce Barn. Only Horse Saved
Williston reported a barn owned by James Boyce was destroyed by fire last Saturday afternoon while Boyce burned brush nearby. The barn housed farming implements and feed. the horse was the sole animal saved. Other brief notes include Thomas Edge cutting his hand at O Day's mill, John Rice returning from Philadelphia, Grace Todd improving, Rev. Smith’s absence from preaching, and various social visits and revival services led by Rev. Sturgis and Mamie Elliott at Smithson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Todd
Mr. Smith
W. EK. Pritchett
Boyd Hall
John R. Hopking
Scott Waddell
Ira Lewis
Myra Wright
Clara LB
Todd
Meers
Frank
Edward Patchett
Sturgis
Mamie Elliott
Smithson
H. F. Andrew
Royal Oak
Alice Dawson
Mattie Andrew
Lime-Sulfur as a Summer Spray for Apples and Peaches
State Experiment Station researchers J B S Norton and T B Symons outline a pivotal shift to lime sulfur as a safe, effective fungicide for summer spraying of peach and apple trees. They compare it with Bordeaux mixture, address plum curculio control, and note cooperative trials and orchardist support. Subscribe for THE JOURNAL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
J. B. S. Norton
T. B. Symons
State Experiment Station
Messrs. Hoffman
Near Ridgely
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Bullock
A. E. Cooper
W. J. Blackiston
Everagain
Caroline High School
Horsey, Roe & Co
Smith & Walls
Alfred Baughley
Adams Brothers
J. H. Nichols & Co
Ladies’ Mite Society of
Thawley's Church
Thawley’s Hall
Holy Trinity Church
Geensboro
Francis W. Janney
P. R. Fisher
W. Bullock
Third Street
P. W. Carey
Harvey L. Cooper
Cooper
Hillsboro
Harvey J. Cooper
Albert G. Towers
Philip A. Marvel
Slenderson
Harvey L.cooper
Walters
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
G. A. McDaniel & Co
James Biard
Federalsburg
Fred Jester
Laurel
Miss Bennet
Penton
Kinnamon
Annapolis
McLane
Love Point
Journal
Hoe
MR. Porter
Bethlehem
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