Local Department News and Community Notices
The open season for rabbits and quail begins today with ads for winter shoes, sale items, and a dinner at Red Rabbit Gift Shop. Obituaries report Joseph T. Gough 59, longtime railroad man, buried in Middletown. Disease cases include whooping cough and typhoid in Caroline county. Public notices cover elections, a bridge project for Chestertown, and Armistice Day observance. Community events list a fire company benefit at Palace Theatre and a Denton church program with Rev. Harrison. Local officials report election day incidents and a legislative move toward a Chester river concrete bridge. The Peninsula Horticultural Society meets November 20–22 in Salisbury with tours and fruit exhibitions.
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Everngum's
J. Kemp Stevens
Red Rabbit
Second Street
Palace Theatre
Piney Church
Joseph T. Gough
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilmington
Middletown
Caroline
Preston
Ridgely
Denton
Adelia Mace Jefferson
Carrie J. Carroll
Federalsburg
Charles W. Jefferson
F. C. MacSorley
T. S. Holt
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Robert J. Lednum
Worcester County
Lednum
Pocomoke City
Henry B. Pilchard
Kent’ County
Chester River
Chestertown
John N. Mackall
State Roads Commission
Denton Fire Company
Ar. James
Regular
Army Air Service
Phillips Field
Aberdeen
Maryland
49H
Seward
Air Service Flying School
Kelly Field
Texas
U. S
Albert C. Ritchie
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
Harrison
Madison’ Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Monumental
Peninsula Horticultural Society
Salisbury
Berlin
Delaware
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
First Regiments
Lee Allen
Walton Smith
Bridgeville
Wesley Webb
Daver
Pretty Baltimore Wedding At St Pauls Rectory
Marie M Jenkins daughter of Edward F and Mrs Jenkins of 1728 North Wolf street married A Lawrence Deen son of Mr and Mrs C C Deen of Fowling Creek at St Pauls Church on a Wednesday afternoon October 24. Rev Walter J Hays officiated with Agnes Jenkins maid of honor and Bernard Alluist best man. Guests included Edward Jenkins, Mary and Elizabeth Deen, and others. Honeymoon to New York and Northern points. home November 16 at 1728 North Wolf Street.
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St. Paul's Rectory
Caroline and
Oliver Streets
Baltimore
Marie M. Jenkins
Edward F. Jenkins
North Wolf Street
A. Lawrence Deen
C. C. Deen
Fowling Creek
Walter J. Hays
St. Paul's Church
Agnes M. Jenkins
Bernard
Alluist
Edward H. Jenkins
Mary E
Elizabeth Deen
Austin E
New York
George Emmett Wood
Lincoln
Del
Ira L Butler
Peartown
Wood
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Frances Wilson
Chas
K. Evans
William Croll
Dora Trice
Towson
State Normal School
T. Dukes Roe
J. Bradford Shawn
Irving E. Wickes
William Wickes
Wilmington
William i. Shawn
Arah M. Anderson
Denton
Arthur G. Croke
Sumas
Washington
Charles G. Griffin
Weehawken Heights
WN. J
Arth Evitts
W. Wiggins
Hilda Wiggins
Anna Savage
Reese Savage
Alfred Coffin
Marcus Hook
Howard Sylvester
John Wood
Berta Wood
Clayton Melvin
Beatrice Wood
Sarah C. Butler
Bernard Frazier
Williston
Mamie Reese
Emma Reese
Smithson
Grove
Calvin Todd
Second Street
Harmony
Mercantile Busi
Death of Mrs Mary E Price Near Goldsboro
Mrs Mary E Price died at home near Goldsboro on Friday from complications of diseases. She was 58 years 2 months 18 days old. Born in Queen Annes County, she was daughter of the late Samuel Seney. Survived by husband and eight children including Mrs William Spencer Clayton Delaware and William Price Bridgetown. also two half brothers and three half sisters. Funeral held Monday at Bridgetown Church at 1 pm with interment in Greensboro cemetery.
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Mary E. Price
Goldsboro
Queen Anne's County
Samuel Seney
William Spencer
Samuel Price
Hobbs
Harry Price
Medford Price
Frank Levey
Michigan
Medford Seney
York
Mae Seney
Tennessee
Ruth Seney
Wilmington
Virginia Seney
Baltimore
Bridgetown Church
Greensboro Cemetery
Curry Family Visits Highlight Greensboro Weekend
Greensboro residents Mr and Mrs J E Curry hosted Jeanette Curry and Mrs Margaret Morgan for a Sunday gathering. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs T C Curry of Bridgeville who called on the Greensboro couple.
Willis and Perry families visit James Ireland home
Preston social note: Mr. and Mrs. T. Hubert Willis and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Perry of Quenstown were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. James Ireland, highlighting a local weekend gathering.
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T. Hubert Willis
Harry Perry
Queenstown
James Ireland
Henderson Community Notes and Local Visits
Henderson reports its Epworth League monthly meeting at the Melvin home with new officers elected. Juniors and freshmen entertained sophomores at Eden Hall. Soccer and volleyball teams lost to Greensboro on election day. Various locals, including the Thomases of Wilmington and the Kirchers of Greensboro, visited friends and relatives here and nearby towns. A M E Church quarterly conference is slated for Saturday afternoon at 2 30.
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Epworth League
Clayton Melvin
Town
Eden Hall
Henderson
Greensboro
Ed. Thomas
Wilmington
Harry Karcher
John Pritchett
Pauline Cole
Gladys Medford
Henry Marvel
Claude Mulligan
Ada Montague
George Moore
Sadlersville
John J. Bunting
Jack
Smyrna
J. W. Gibson
Harry Bostic
Anne
Felton
John Quillen
Wilbur Andrew
Norma Jean
Denton
George Carrow
Edward Coffin
Middletown
Harry Gough
Benjamin C. Willis
Federalsburg High School
Mary Kimble
Betty
L. M. Jones
Dover
Hallowe'en
M. E
James Richards
Katherine Melvin
Martin Jensen
Adams and Adams families gather across county lines
Social notes list numerous visits and stays: Smithville and Seaford households host Adams, Holt, Nichols, Alford, and Bullock members. Locals James Adams, Althea Adams, Anna Mae Spence, Ethel Adams, Evelyn Bullock, Helen Bullock, Marian Adams, and other relatives are mentioned visiting or staying with relatives in Seaford Chestnut Grove Easton Frostburg and Townsend during the week.
Ladies Aid hosts Halloween program and social
Hobbs Mrs J R Ricards entertained the Ladies Aid on Wednesday with a literary program including readings by Mrs Manning Merriken and Mrs L H Thomas and duets by Rev and Mrs Larrimore and Mrs Willey. Refreshments were served. Other notes mention Hilda Lord visiting Baltimore, Emmett Lord accompanying her, L H Thomas and Hopkins Thomas visiting Hardesty, C S Larrimore conducting revival at Thawley's Church, and Mrs O J Chaffinch illness in Washington with Merriken and others visiting Federalsburg. Richard Merriken returned from Wyoming.
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J. R. Ricards
Ladies’ Aid
Manning Merriken
L. H. Thomas
Larrimore
E. M
Willey
L. H. ‘Thomas
Hallowe'en
Hilda Lord
Baltimore
Charles
Fred Lord
Emmett Lord
Hopkins
J. C. Hardesty
C. S. Larrimore
Thawley’s Church
Tuckahoe Neck
O. J. Chaffinch
Washington
Card of Thanks for Dear Mother's Sickness and Death
I wish to thank the many friends who assisted us during our dear mother's sickness and at the time of her death CHARLES P COWGILL.
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Charles P, Cowgill
Colonial Trio Lyceum Kicks Off Ridgely Events
The Ridgely News Letter notes Friday evening brings the Community Lyceum series The Colonial Trio with songs, readings, and a colonial life sketch. Also reports on club meetings, visits, church programs, and local residents’ travels and family news across Ridgely and nearby towns.
Burrsville Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Mrs Edward Hand returns to Philadelphia with her mother Mrs James Morgan and brother Mr Edward Morgan, visiting this week in the Quaker City. Greensboro guests Mr and Mrs James Thawley visited Mr R H Thawley and family. Hobbs residents Mr and Mrs C D Collison and Mr and Mrs Frank Davis were guests of the M F E H Collison family. Jack Slaughter’s guests last week included daughter Mrs Howard Cole of Ridgely. Charles Thomas of Ridgely and Miss Elizabeth Slaughter visited Claiborne. Lewis family near Concord were guests of their son Fred Lewis. C W Collison has returned to Chester Pa after visiting. Pauline Stevens of Frederica visited her aunt Mrs C N Fountain. R H Thawley Denton visitors on Tue and Wed. Willie Wilson spent the week with Mrs J Virgil Moore in Dent. Mr and Mrs Charles Murphy visited Harvey Collison recently. Frank Lewis of Denton visited relatives Sunday.
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Philadelphia
F. P. Covey
M. B. Stephens
Marion Woodford
Mattie Moore
Mary Wiggins
Kathryn Singer
Greensboro
William P. Carroll
Easton
Dukes Hammond
Salisbury
Center Friends
John M. Adams
C. W. Adams
James Adams
Althea Adams
John Holt
Seaford
Earl Alford
Dorsey Nichols
William A. Alford
Leon
Horace Robinson
William Robinson
Chestnut Grove
Martha Wilson
Federalsburg
Herbert Bullock
Arena Bullock
Williston
Jane Bullock
Clayton Chaffinch
Anna Mae Spence
Ethel Adams
Pearl Wright
Denton
Edna Detwiler
Frank Stayer
Delaware
Rannah Boyer
Johnson
First Avenue
Betson
Hate Ridgely
America
Vernie Latshaw
Mississippi
Richards
Howard Smith
Wilmington
Valley Forge
West Chester
Ruth Mitchell
Mahala Shoemaker
Virginia Hayes
Leonard Dean
Frank Richards
Rachel McKenney
Chester River
Booker's Wharf
Houston Pennington
Norman Wilson
Andrew Mitchell
Frank Matthews
Trainer
L. S. Matthews
Margaret Swing
Fountain
Irvington
N. J
Catherine Pindar
Irene Tarr
Hallowe'en
Guerney Knotts
Dorothy
Templeville
Ridgely
A. G. Saulsbury
William T. Hill
Baltimore
Hill
Tom Richards
Polytechnic Institute
Rebecca Lane
C. W. Jackson
Harland Harrington
Ruth
Ladies’ Aid
B. H. Holsinger
Edward Anderson
Bridgeville
Richard Clackburne
Evelyn Clark
Maude Ford
T. W. Jones
New York
Frank Long
Jo Bridgeville
Edward Hand
James Morgan
Edward Morgan
James Thawley
R. H. Thawley
C. D. Collison
Frank Davis
Hobbs
Chester
Pauline Stevens
Frederica
C. N. Fountain
Willie Wilson
J. Virgil Moore
Queen Anne Society Week of Prayer and Local Events
Queen Anne notes the Woman's Missionary Society week of prayer meeting with Mrs S J Barton. A missionary sermon will be delivered by the St Pauls pastor at Harris Chapel at 2 and 3 tomorrow. Lyceum opens Tuesday Nov 20 at 8 pm with strong expectations. Protracted meetings in Hillsboro M E Church cancel Sunday night services at St Pauls. usual 6 30 service and 9 30 Sunday School. Community Club supper social Saturday 4 to 7 pm. Mary Morgan confined with appendicitis. Madge Jump visiting Easton this week.
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Woman's Missionary Society
S. J. Barton
St. Paul's
Harris Chapel
Lyceum
Queen Anne
St. Paul’s Church
Hillsboro M. E
Mary Morgan
Madge Jump
Easton
Local social notes from Cordova and surrounding areas
Mr and Mrs A Prager and sons Gussie and Carl plus Mr and Mrs Ernest Dukes were guests of Mr and Mrs James Storey in Cordova. Mr and Mrs Robert Seymore and son Winnie and daughter Pearl visited Mr and Mrs James McWilliams in Hillsboro. Wilbert Sharp and Alfred Coleman of Marcus Hook spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs R F Coleman. Howard Cole and children returned home after weeks in Wilmington with Mrs Cole’s parents. Tom Harmon and family of Preston visited A R Willoughby while Mrs M J Hallis visited daughter Mrs Harold Dew at Oak Grove.
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A. Prager
Gussie
Carl
Ernest Dukes
James Storey
Cordova
Robert Seymore
Winnie
Pearl
Hillsboro
James McWilliams
Wilbert Sharp
Alfred Coleman
Marcus Hook
R. F. Coleman
Howard Cole
Wilmington
Local Social Notes From Ridgely and Nearby
Ridgely and surrounding areas report visits from Baltimore Greensboro Wilmington and Centreville. Mr and Mrs Bestpitch, Mr and Mrs Dean, Mr and Mrs Rice and others are mentioned. A note lists Miss Josephine Cahall with a sprained ankle and mentions a measles mumps and whooping cough outbreak in the community.
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Near Ridgely
Howard Rice
Ed Morris
Centreville
Josephine Cahall
Choptank Church Supper Seeks Support and Notes
The Aid and members of M. P. Church at Choptank thank friends for help with their supper which raised about $100. Miss Kellogg plans to attend the Twentieth Century Club on November 14 at the Blades home. Ladies to come in the morning for reed work. Evergain's advertises fall and winter overcoats for young men. Journal subscription urged for county news.
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M. P
Choptank
Kellogg
Twentieth Century Club
Owen C. Blades
Revival and community events in Sixth District notes
On November 16 at 3 o clock Rev. R P Nichols will lead a Sunday School Workers Conference and preach the evening sermon at the Wilmington Conference. Revival services start November 11 at 10 3 am with Sacrament and 7 30 pm sermon Re- digging The Old Wells. Numerous local gatherings, visits, and social events are listed from Wilmington to Federalsburg including club meetings, a minstrel show for the Children’s Home, and various family visits.
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R. P. Nichols
Wilmington
H. C. Duffey
Horace
Washington, D. C
Charles Jarrell
Duffey
K.S. Duffey
Washington
Tuckahoe
Hillsboro
Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs
Tri-County High School
C. E. Stewart
E. H. Gale
G. B. Stewart
Kemp Stewart
S. N. Smith
Washington College
Chambersburg
W. E. Sylvester
Naomi Holland
Sadie Wothers
Helen Greenwell
Washington, D.C
H. W. B. Rowe
James Sloan
Thomas Kennard
Baltimore
Margaret Hammer
Francis Beaven
J. Norman Clark
W. W. Bartow
Noble Jarrell
Goldsboro
H. W
B. Rowe
T. B. Sparklin
J. T. Sparklin
L. Jackson
Federalsburg
Kenton
Smyrna
Hill Anthony
Centreville
Emmett Barton
W. L. Thompson
John Wilson
Philadelphia
Annie Beaven
Agnes Tarburton
Howard Dodds
Wye Mills
Guild
Holt
Miss Kellogg
Community News Briefs from American Corner
Mr and Mrs Roland Reed received a kitchen shower at the home of Mr and Mrs John Andrew with about 80 guests attending. Refreshments were served and gifts described as nice and useful. Several mentions of visits and gatherings include the Salisbury Sunday School convention attendees and multiple local family visits and suppers. The Ladies Aid plans a meeting with Mrs Lydia Nichols on Wednesday afternoon, November 14.
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Roland Reed
John Andrew
Reed
Wesley Towers
Olas E. Smith
Frank Collin
Salisbury
An Edward
G. J. Griffith
Ladies’ Aid
Lydia Nichols
Frank Collins
Tuesday Election Shows Democratic Landslide in State
Tuesday's vote in Caroline produced about three thousand abstentions with only three Republicans elected Harwood Kauffman Covey Governor Ritchie lost the county while other Dems ran ahead The final returns show a Senate of twenty two Democrats seven Republicans and a House near four to one Democratic majority with ninety three Democrats and twenty five Republicans Voter fatigue and long ballots slowed counting into Wednesday morning.
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Caroline
Messrs
Harwood
Kauffman
Covey
Ritchie
Senate
House
Roe
Queen Anne's
Copper
Kent
Allegany
Cecil
Garret
Orphans' Court Probate Actions and Administrations
In Orphans Court Judge West along with Harper and Shawn presided. Garey H. Hubbard's will was admitted to probate after proof. Carrie S. Hubbard and William I. Hubbard were granted letters of administration on his estate. Bond approved. creditors to be notified. appraisers named. Maggie M. Parker as executrix of Mary Mowbray filed release. Charles B. Harrison authorized to deposit minor funds for Theodore R. Spry, Theodore R. Spry and Mary Dickerson minors. Releases filed by William S. Hubbard for George W. Moore estate. T Pliny Fisher filed debts list and final accounts. Leonard F. Covey filed release for Henry Francis Wilson distributees. J F Stevenson filed inventory for George A. Stevenson.
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Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and
Shawn
Garey H. Hubbard
Carrie S. Hubbard
William I. Hubbard
Charles R. Neal
Clarence Adams
Maggie M. Parker
Mary Mowbray
Theodore R. Spry
William H. Taft Dickerson
Mary Dickerson
Charles B. Harrison
William S. Hubbard
George W. Moore
Sarah Moore
Elma G. Trice
Sarah M. Robinson
T. Pliny Fisher
George W. Porter
Leonard F. Covey
Henry Francis Wilson
Lida Williams
M. Ethel Meredith
Margaret E. Williams
J. F. Stevenson
George A. Stevenson
Auto License Fees to Fall as Gas Tax Revenue Rises
Governor Ritchie announced 1924 registration for pneumatic-tired cars will drop to 32 cents per horsepower from 60 cents. State Comptroller Gordy cites a 1-cent gasoline tax yielding 680,479.27, making a 2-cent tax effective January 1 raise projected to 1,360,958.54. Deputy Commissioner Schroder records auto registrations net 2,880,260.35 for year ending Sept 30. Governor’s plan uses tax receipts to justify lower fees.
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Ritchie
William S. Gordy, Jr
Ridgely School October Perfect Attendance List
Ridgely High School reports October perfect attendance in elementary grades. Seventh graders Melvin Bennington Roland Cherry Landers Jones Carlton Lane Nelson Richards Mildred Berkey Josephine Betton Elva Callahan Elizabeth Cecil Emma Guessford Dorothy Hopkins Margaret Laird Ann Smith Louise Tarr. Sixth graders Beatrice Hevalow Charlotte Kibler Beatrice Pond Sophia Shoemaker Alazania Wood John Deana Ray Frampton Kenneth Perry. Fifth graders Ray Ames Nattie Cale William Clark William Jones Charles Pond Allan Temple Louise Tribbitt Cora Shoemaker Edna Crouse Elizabeth Detwiler Cornelia Lynch Naomi Lynch Rudy Laird Margaret Robinson Pauline Frampton Vivian Holsinger Virginia Holsinger. We have just received another large lot of ladies coats for sport and dress wear Everngam s.
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Ridgely School
Ridgely High School
Melvin Bennington
Roland Cherry
Landers Jones
Carlton Lane
Nelson Richards
Mildred Berkey
Josephine Betton
Elva Callahan
Elizabeth Cecil
Emma Guessford
Dorothy Hopkins
Margaret Laird
Ann Smith
Louise Tarr
Beatrice Hevalow
Charlotte Kibler
Beatrice Pond
Sophia Shoemaker
Alazania Wood
John Deana
Ray Frampton
Community Tomato Bed Project Discussed at Maryland Conference
County Agent Goodwin attended a conference in Baltimore with Maryland Delaware and Virginia agents to review community tomato bed results from the past year. Reports praised higher yields and uniform quality, with Cecil and Somerset counties sharing practical recommendations on seed sources spray applications and limited bed sizes. The group decided to continue the program next season, noting disease control concerns from mosaic and leaf spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin
Baltimore
Maryland
T. B. Symons
Extension Service
C. G. Woodbury
National Canners’ Association
Manon
Delaware
Virginia
Symons
Dr. Woodbury
Woodbury
Kellar
Somerset County
Mann
Pr. Norton
University of Maryland
Remarkable Oyster Bar Known Across the Coast
Broad Creek's Great Bar in Talbot spans about 500 acres along the Oxenham farm. Oysters are harvested daily, with a 75 cent per bushel price and 40 to 70 bushels per boat. The bar yields excellent quality, abundant supply, and is regarded as a mystery even to scientists.
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Great Bar
Broad Creek
Maine
Cape May
Oxenham Farm
Talbot
Henry Ford
Ford
In memory of Robert H. Dill died November 8 1915
In memory of my father Robert H. Dill who died November 8 1915 dear father how we miss you since from earth you passed away and our hearts are aching sorely as we think of you today signed daughter Bertie
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Robert H. Dill
Bertie
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