Local notices from Ridgely and surrounding towns
Local items note Ridgely bakery completion and May 30 Decoration Day bank closing. Pension reissues granted to Charles M. Davis and Joseph F. Roop. Denton and Greensborough baseball meet. Denton beat Ridgely 11 to 7 last Saturday. Hog Island farm home project by J W Buck. School repairs planned. contractors notified. Summit Bridge resident Eleven Catts has a son Tom and daughters Kitty and Tabby. George W Betson bicycled 40 miles Greensborough to Linkwood in four hours. Ridgely basket factory to start peach baskets Monday. Salisbury council organized with W H Jackson as president. all Democrats. Slemmons & Lankford masonry laying a new courthouse foundation. weather may speed work. Grain prices improve. wheat 79–82 cents in Baltimore. white corn 60 cents. yellow corn 64 cents. Truitt H Pearson sues for divorce from Susan Pearson. Tred Avon steamer sent to William Skinner & Sons yards for overhaul. Caroline County bonds bid proposals advertised. Captain Adams resigns from Company F M N G Easton. Lt Hollyday resigned earlier. Lt Martin resides in Denton. A Baltimore report misstates “Arizona Bob” arrested. no sign yet. Real estate: Nicholas S Callahan to William R Martin, Hackett/Hermitage farm 215 acres for $5,000. C L S C meets at Mrs G W Collison’s with program on Renaissance art, geology talks, Balkan conflicts, and biology. A special berry train on Delaware division links via connections for berries to New York and Philadelphia. W C Blackiston leaves for Cordova vs Centreville game. Centreville loses 15–7 in seven innings. Armstrong and Bramble battered in seventh.
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King’s
Ridgely
Charles M. Davis
Federalsburg
Joseph F. Roop
American Corners
Denton
Greensborough
J. W. Buck
Hog Island
Eleven Catts
Summit Bridge
Del
Tom
Kitty
Tabby
Tabitha
George W. Betson
Linkwood
Ridgely Basket
Salisbury
W. H. Jackson
Slemmons & Lankford
Court House
Baltimore
Truitt H. Pearson
Albert G. Towers
Zinculo Matrimonii
Susan Pearson
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company
William Skinner & Sons
George A. Denkyne
Caroline County
Adams
Easton
Hollyday
Martin
Arizona
Bob
Elkton
Caroline
Talbot County
Nicholas S. Callahan
William R. Martin
Chapel District
Skipton
Hillsborough
Hermitage
G. W. Collison
Mr. Webster
Oscar Clark
Balkin Peninsula
T. Pliny Fisher
Samuel Edson
Personal and Social News From Caroline Area
Dr Thomas Hackett a leading Eastern Shore physician visits Hillsborough after forty eight years practice Robly Hackett son of the doctor recently passed state medical exams and plans to settle in Maryland Miss Katharine Hobbs high school principal hosted students and guests at Mrs Z P Steeles home Miss Alice L Melvin and Edward T Tubbs Baltimore News wed in Baltimore Rector Rev E W Wroth officiated George M Rassum George A Deakyne and William H Deweese received Red Cross Knight Templar and Knight of Malta honors in Easton Elizabeth Stevens mother of Mrs George E S Loveday recuperates Miss Della Wright named professor at St Marys Female College Miss Bertha Nichols honored with lamp and casters at Hynson school Grand Lecturer Grahan Dukehart attended Temple Lodge Miss Maud Wright Philadelphia Conservatory of Music home for summer Harvey F Smith Delaware Road division telegraph operator in Denton Miss Sue H Kurtz and Master Hurst Dulaney visit Mrs Z P Steele Miss Bessie Rochester and Miss Fannie Wilson return from Philadelphia H S Mancha Glen Burnie in Caroline Lillie Green reappointed Liden’s school teacher Master Freddie Numbers visiting with family Mr John H Vangesel recovering from illness
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Thomas Hackett
Hillsborough
Robly Hackett
State Board of Medical Examiners
Maryland
West
Katharine K. Hobbs
M. B. Stephens
Z. P. Steele
Alice L. Melvin
Edward T. Tubbs
Baltimore News
Protestant Episcopal Church of
Elizabeth Stevens
George E. S. Loveday
Easton Democrat
E. E. Rogers
D. Siegel & Co
Easton
Detroit
Della Wright
A. R. Wright
St. Mary’s Female College
Wright
Grahan Dukehart
Baltimore
Temple Lodge
Hynson
Bertha Nichols
F. C. Numbers
Masseys
Freddie
Caroline
John H. Vangesel
Maud Wright
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music
Harvey F. Smith
Delaware Road
Denton
Sue H. Kurtz
Hurst Dulaney
Greensboro
Chestertown ministers tour for modern church designs
A Chestertown visit by Rev. F F Carpenter Senator Thomas A Smith Theophilus W Smith and contractor E E Tusley of Ridgely seeks ideas for a modern church. They note architectural beauty interior conveniences and cost. Ground floor plan from Christ M P Church may be adopted. Proposed church about 5000 dollars. Ridgely M E Church plans large new edifice. An old church ad appears in this morning's journal for sale. M P Sunday School Burrsville to hold all day picnic July 4 at Chilton campground. Holiness meeting June 2 at Smithson. Children's Service at night. Rev Mr Webster lecturing tomorrow at M E Church. Christ Church ladies to hold ice cream and strawberry festival at Town Hall next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestertown
F. F. Carpenter
Thomas A. Smith
Theophilus W. Smith
E. E. Tusley
Ridgely
Caroline County
W. P. Compton
Willard Melvin
Christ M. P. Church
Ridgely M. E. Church
M. P. Sunday School
Burrsville
Chilton’s
Smithson
Christopher
D. B. Hubbard
Webster
M. E. Church
The
Indies of Christ Church
Location debate for new school house in district
The district wavers on a site for a new school house with some patrons preferring the old grove a mile above the village and near Henderson while others push Goldsboro as more central. Farmers report adverse weather hindering corn and crops with mixed yields. Strawberry crops look light. Children’s Day is planned for June with an ice cream saloon promised nearby.
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Henderson
Goldsboro
Miss Pearl Mulliken Hosts Large Monday Evening
Miss Pearl Mulliken entertained many friends Monday evening with a lively gathering. Attendees included Bertie Fisher Edith Thawley Caro Saulsbury Mary Knotts Lena Sparks Tianra Lee and others. Several visitors from town took a brief trip to Baltimore this week.
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Pearl Mulliken
Bertie Fisher
Edith Thawley
Caro Saulsbury
Mary Knotts
Lena Sparks
Tianra Lee
Harry
Frank
Will Sparks
Isaae Sparklin
Winnie Smith
James Sherwood
George Stewart
Frank Barton
Bertie Milby
Goldsboro
Attic
Maggie Andrew
Hillsboro
Baltimore
Chestnut Ridge
D. H. Knotts
Cliss
Virginian Bolden
Emma Wilson
Miss Isabel Percy Resigns To Hold A Whist Party
Miss Isabel Percy resigned her teaching post at Preston Academy and hosted a whist party at her uncle Dr Phillips’s home Tuesday evening. Attendees included Captain and Mrs C S Carmine and many local residents. Also reported were Orphans Court actions approving admin accounts and sales, and the death of Rev J T Tynes of Mt Jackson Va after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Percy
Preston Academy
Phillips
C. S. Carmine
Jerome Cox
Grace Dixon
Bessie Nichols
Mary Hollis
Mary Stafford
Lulu Collins
Bessie Phillips
Nellie Phillips
Emalene Carmine
Messrs
R. I. Lednum
EB. Douglass
Ferdinand Dixon
W. C. Lednam
Orlando Kelley
Washington Wright
Claude Lednam
N. R. Fooks
J. Somers Blake
Orphans’ Court
Joseph Passap
Olive B. Passap
Walter Todd
E. Madison Towers
Walter
Charles II. Todd
Charles T. Todd
James T. Cooper
Ruth A. Sisk
Margaret and
Martin N. Ellwanger
Charles Ellwanger
Cough Remedy Promises Safe Relief For All Ages
There is no danger in giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy to children or babies as it liquefies mucus, eases coughing bouts, and speeds recovery. It is offered for sale by W E Brown in Denton and Tf Duffey in Willsboro. The notice also promotes graduating dresses with a ten percent cash discount from M B Nichols in Easton and highlights silk fabrics at various prices. A final line mentions dates printed on morning journals showing expiration of each issue to aid remittance timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain's
W. E. Brown
Denton
Tf. Duffey
Willsboro
M. B. Nichols
Easton
Stockton
Cal
Thos. F. Langan
Los Banos
C. M. Carter
Chamberlain
Tielden
Scarlet clover as soil enrich and hay crop booster
The article extols crimson clover as a soil enricher and a versatile crop. It notes rapid growth, strong winter hardiness, and benefits from mowing or plowing under. It compares scarlet and red clover, praises cow peas as a rotation, and advises lime or wood ash use. seeds are sold by reputable seedmen. It also covers a Baltimore jail visit to Marshall Price and a later portrait offer from Boston Portrait Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Phiedelphia Record
Virginia
North Carolina
Delaware
New Jersey
Boston Portrait Co
Baltimore Street
Baltimore
Hayes Quiet Campaign Ties to Law Practice Theme
Baltimore Herald notes Senator Thomas G. Hayes' gubernatorial bid remains low key as he attends his law practice during the May term. He has declined speaking engagements but will address students at St Mary’s Female Seminary on June 16, tied to the Maryland history memorial. Ex-Congressman Isador Rayner also gears up, setting delegates for the State convention amid ward-by-ward selection and city party machinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Herald
Thomas G. Hayes
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Female Seminary, Vna St. Mary's County
Leonard Calvert
Senator Hayes
Maryland
Isador Rayner
Eighth Ward
Whyte
James EB. Tate
N. Rufus Gill
Rayner
Brown
Jerald
George Colton
Hayes
Grover Cleveland
White House
Annapolis
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D&c. Ry
Virestuit
PD & CG
Preston
Public Business Calendar
Crcvurr
New York
Philadelphia
W. C. Blackiston
Cordova
Centreville
Waterloo
Armstrong
Bramble
Humborough
J.T. Louden [Ynes
Christ Church
Mt. Jackson
Tynes
Talbot Couunty
Enrigher
Marshall Price
Price
Poinisan Parties
Baltimore City
F. GC. Raisdell
State Crop Bulletin
William S. Kelley
Delaware & Chesapeake Railway
J. J. Conldown & Coe
South Charles Street
New York Times
Congress
Sparrow’s Point
Sim
Cleveland
Mr. Wilson
Protectionist
Jeremiah
Hilkiah
Major McKinley
Republican
Colummn
House of Representatives
Baltimore Sun
Farmers& Merchants
YJ. A. Reiesis
West Camden Stilelt
Banrivone, Ma
Battimong Weekly
Pane Crment
Stunr
United States
Royal Baking Powder Co
WailSt N.Y
Orrick
Destox
Denton Academy
Welock
Elose
U.S
Marsland
Hl. M. Thompean
Blach Prench Serge
N. Flowers
N. M. Thompson
N. B
M. Thompson
Deering
Ridgely Machine Shops
Syracuse
Henry Singeair, Ridghly, MD
Seitoon Board
Poplar Neck School House
Steve
Piy
M. BL Stepilens
Sec’r
Taltimore
Eastern Shore Railroad
Maryland, Choptank and
Eastern Shore Steamboat Companies
Third Haven
Great Choptank River
Apsilon
Tivoli
E. N. Market
Lyford's
Williston
John’s
Kingston
Dover
Bridg Hoggs
Windy Hill
Choptank
Wright's
Oxford
Canbridge
Willard Thomson
B. Fleming
Mao
South Street
Light St
T. Wittemsson
A. S. Barnes& Co
E.10th St.n
Chester River Steamboat Comp
Emma A. Ford
Rolph
Rock Hall
Jackson Creek
Rock Hil
George Warfield
Nisi
Jacob Ghingher
Patrick H. McShane
Circuit Court
Equity
Edwin C. Fields
J. W. Clark, JR
Dearborn
Smithville Wagon Works
Rudolph Anklam
M. E
Sa’elock P. In
Ily Order of Building Committee
I. Day
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