Local events and notices across Caroline county
Local social visits, church services, and wedding and meeting notices fill this section. Highlights include Miss Lillian Straughn visiting Miss Nora Blades, a Thawley school festival at Grange Hall, Rev. Edson at St Stephen's Chapel, and the Ross Ott marriage. Also reported are Dover bridge closure, an auditing committee statement, Jr O U M A ice cream oyster festival, a farm fire at D K Crouse, and various sermons and society events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Straughn
Harrington
Nora Blades
Burrsville
Thawley’s
Grange Hall
Samuel Edson
St. Stephen’s Chapel
T Fifth District
Frederick A. Ross
Delaware Railroad
Annie Ott
Wilmington
Greensboro
A. G. Saulsbury
Ridgely
Hopper- Pearson
P. E
Chestertown
Dover Bridge
Scow
Public Auditing Committee
Marydel
D. K. Crouse
Tuckahoe Neck
Crownfield
New Jerusalem
Preston
Frank Lynchl
Delmar
Edward West
Laurel
Wilbur F. Jackson
Castle Haven
Choptank River
R. H. Adams
Denton M. E
Harris Chapel
James H. Straughn
Centreville
Laura Lee
Charles Clifton Redsecker
Baltimore
Centreville Methodist Protestant Church
Lee
James Morgan
Caroline
G. W. Spurry
Sherwood
House of Correction
Charles F. Stein
Percival Lee Roy & Co
le Roy
Deakyne
Concord
Closing Days of the Fall Court and Local Matters
The closing days of the fall court saw a small attendance as witnesses were discharged. A sealed verdict in Adams-Simmons log case awarded Adams one dollar. Simmons pays costs. Several civil cases judgment favored plaintiffs or defendants, with various sums and costs. The court, grand jury, and local officials addressed road, land, and courthouse matters, while building and farming updates filled the rest of the session notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams-Simmons
Adams
Mr. Simmons
James T. Anthony
T. Frank Seward
Anthony
Robert M. Lowe
Talbot County
Oxford-Bellevue
C. William Smith
William H. Cohee
Smith
Deweese
Mr. Fisher
Joh I Harsey
Charles A. Stoops
Stoops
W. H. Deweese
Horsey
Messrs. Russum & Lewis
James B. Wright
H. N. Pattison
Charles Wright
Mr. Todd
Mr. Jump
Emmett Brown
Jump
Fisher
Eugene Matthews
Travarser
Jacob Anstett
Anstett
Traverser
Grand Jury
Court House
Wickes
Stump
Robinson
Russum
Messrs
Alexander Hardcastle, Jr
Albert G. Towers
Woman Praises Chamberlain Remedy In Clinton Speech
Mrs Hattie Mason of Clinton Carter County Missouri endorses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as her preferred medicine. For sale by W E Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Mason
Clinton, Carter Co
Chamberlain
W. E. Brown
C. W. Jackson
C. W. Jackson & Co
Templeville
McKnett & Knotts
W. Jb. Brown
Orphans’ Court
Federalsburg Land Sales And County News Recap
Messrs. Russum and Lewis sold the Elijah Hignutt land near Federalsburg, with W. T. Hignutt paying 1075 dollars for the home place and Lee Hignutt 1100 dollars for the Reed farm. A Sunday mishap left a horse injured. a road-cart accident badly sprained a wrist. Prohibition picnic efforts were rained out. A large tournament at Montpelier farm featured knights, prizes, a coronation, and a ball, drawing about five hundred. Obituary notes include Mrs. Elizabeth P. Bradley of Denton, aged 82, widow of Stephen H. Bradley. Other local items cover school enrollment, church activities, social visits, and aettled commerce in Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
John Satterfield
Federalsburg
Chestnut Grove
Winnie Johnson
Mary Horsey
Wilmington
Elizabeth P. Bradley
Denton
Stephen H. Bradley
Queen Annne's County
Sadlersville
Church Hill
M. E. Church
J. Edgar Wilson
Montpelier Farm
B. F. Parlett
Easton
Edwin C. Fields
L. Ta. Beatty
Queen Anne's
Kenilworth
Uphinds
Geo, Saulbury
Tuchahoe
Will Harey
Montpelier
Roland Garey
Olin Bryan, Esq
Centreville
Upland
George B. Saulsbury
Albert G. Towers
L. B. Towers
Roland Clarey
J. Frank Turner
Faston
Mamie Evitts
Ella Downes
Fannie Wilson
Messenger
J. W. Stowell
R. W. Messenger
J. R. Nuttle
J. A. Charles
J. J. Frampton
W. W. Ganmbrill
St. Mary's Whitechapel
P. BE
Masonic Hall
Alg
Tower
Auditors Report on Caroline County finances 1894
Auditors detail the 1894 audit of Caroline County Maryland covering the Board of County School Commissioners the Trustees of the Poor and the County Treasurer. They note vouchers proper and a lucid treasurer system but report disorganized accounts 1883 to 1893 and outline a sinking fund misapplication and the need for a standardized bookkeeping system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Distox
Maryland
General Assembly of
Board of County School Commissioners
Caroline County
Denton
George Ff. Moore
Chaiman
William Stevens
Board of School Commissioners
General Assembly of Maryland
Duby
BK. Goss
Gro
LL. Moore
Wal Slevens
Financial audit discusses tax law enforcement and county debts
An auditing report on Caroline county Maryland cites difficulties in classifying vouchers due to partial payments and non enforcement of the 1892 tax collection law. It details sheriff settlement procedures, potential savings from strict enforcement, and a financial statement of receipts and disbursements for 1889–1894, with notes on indebtedness and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheri Stevens
Cecil
Kent
J. E. Gosnin
Gro
N. Moore
William Stevens
Agrevine
C. I. Swain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Et Eee
Wats
Dl& GC. & RL
D. & GC. Rli
Public Business
Circuit Court
Fall Court
Orlin- Sans Business
Troxell
Queenstown
Queen Anne’s
Queen Anne Station
Trulsborough
Williston
Charles W. Clark
J. T. Kemp
M. A. Wilson
Emma
Philadelphia
J. W. F. Cooper
Georgia Stevens
Queen Anne’s County
FB. E. Wheeler
B. G. Stevens
Maggie Stevens
Bessie Messick
Bethlehem
Laura Price
Agnes W. Cooper
Roy
Boldaborough
W. S. Booth
Hartington
Zadie Jarman
Bessie Graham
Norristown
Hattie Wilson
Fannie Jarrell
Hartley
J. B. Cooper
Willow Grove
C. F. Jones
C. H. Day
William Hh, Blades
Nora
Marrington
Sue Kurtz
Mary Bernard
Gertie Evitts
Pelton
P. Roland Fisher
Maryland University School of Medicine
Thomas C. West
West
Bankers
William Harrington
Parnell Johnson
T. Pliny Fisher
William S. Ridgely, Esq
Annapolis
W. C. Blackiston
Henry Brown
Levering
Arbuckle
Alice Youse
Baltimore School of Expression
Wright
Music Hall
Rebecca
Mary Comegys
Scranton
P. Steele
Lizzie Harris
Denton Friends
Georgia Boone
Lida Smith
Maud Fisher
Harwood Ayres
Fasten
Auditors'report
Justice of Peace
Sheri Berry
Rensurer
Denton Bank
Boun
Boro
Willsboro Academy
Old -Tove
W. J. Brown
Delaware
Trustees of the Poor
Seer
Chaplin
Nathaniel Roe
Laurance
Bebe
Pin Collins
W. F. Ledman
Addie Satterfield
Holt
Hl. Phillips
Orrell
Stotn Verge
Eye
Inshouse
Ieee
W. T. Roberts
W.F. Lednum
Lednum
Addie V. Satterfild
J. F. Lednum
A. H. Nichols
Tr. Signutt
I. T. Nuttle
W. T. Llignutt
T. Luther
AL W
Temples
Kent Co
Gosiis
Ganrnery Fox
Treas
E. E. Goslin
E. E. Gost
HL Moone
Wx. Stevels
Denton National Bank
Balance County
Cecil Co
Treacurer
Doval
Geeonder Pure
Zlatest
United States
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall St
New
Henderson
Greensborough
Hillsborough
American Corners
Robert Prattan
Turday
George H. Berry
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