Hallowe en events and local politics in Maryland towns
The note pack covers Halloween plans with social events at Andersontown and Denton, sales at Evergain and Anderson Bailey, and a Bryan lecture in Cambridge. It also reports school holiday for Queen Anne's teachers, typhoid cases in Caroline, campaign speeches in multiple towns, a Whitby & Garey cannery sale, and Knights of Columbus forming a Caroline county council with a large turnout.
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Hallowe'en
Everagain’s
Queen Anne's
United States
Anderson & Bailey's
Ida S. Hollingsworth
Philadelphia
Crompton
Allweather
Journal
R. I. Ledman
Pocomaoke City
Whitby & Garey Cannery
Denton Bridge
Anderson & Bailey
Masonic
Everngain’s
Ridgely
Greensboro
Caroline
Queen Anne's County
House of Delegates
Jacob B. Baker
Jennie E. N. Corwin
del. K. Phillips
Elmer Golt
S. Olin Smith
Charles S. Stevens
A. E. Miller
D. T. Hammond
Third
Main Streets
Hammond
County Federation of Women's Clubs
Federalsburg
Denton Community Club
M. K. Ngwnam
Goldsboro
Bridgetown
Burrsville
American Corner
Harmony
Hillsboro
Denton
Danforth
Hummer
League of Women Voters
Knights of Columbus
Caroline County
Law
Order
Baltimore
Annapolis
Western Shore Knights
Claiborne
Rock Hall
St. Benedict's Church
St. Elizabeth's Church
Enton
Masonic Hall
Social notes unfold in Preston and Denton circles
Veterans and families share visits and celebrations across Maryland towns. Major General C. S. Farnsworth visits Preston with aides among Maryland officers. Mary J. Joiner marked her 85th birthday with family at her Denton homestead. engagements and weddings multiply as Miriam Lee Smith announces her engagement to Dr. B. Bruce Brumbaugh, Oldie Statum marries Ethel Hendricks in Denton, and numerous visits and gatherings span Ridgewood to Wilmington with extended kin and friends attending church anniversaries, social events, and hospital stays.
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C. S. Farnsworth
U.S. A
Nelson H. Fooks
Preston
Sae Farnsworth
37Thivision
United States
Maryland
Farnsworth
Isaac George
Starr
Dulany
Fooks
Wicomico County
Lys-Escaut
Ypres- Lys
Farns Worth
Jackson
William R. Joiner
William Lee Smith
Ridgewood
Miriam Lee Smith
B. Bruce Brumbaugh
Elkridge
Miss Smith
Latr
Smith
Dr. Brumbaugh
B. B Brumbaugh
Denton
Oldie Statum
Ethel Hendricks
Hobbs
A. W. Betts
Aaron Statum
Clarence H
T. Dukes Roe
Baltimore
Chevrolet Motor Co
Chateau
Edward Dodd
Utz
Mary Kelly
Frederick
George McDaniel
Patrick
H. Wright
Annie Stack
Federalsburg
J. L. Nichols
Mary Wilson
Wilmington
Asbury M. E. Church
J. Woodall Green
Thomas R. Green
Elizabeth Stevens
Baltimore County
J. Kemp Stevens
John Boone
G., Lacy Butler
R. I. Ledman
Pocomoke City
Charles H. Whitby
James P. Neal
Dr. Davies
Christ Church, Easton
Wm. H. Anderson
S. T. Sprague
Manasquan
N. J
J. Virgil Moore
Annie Rochester
Philadelphia
Andrew T.carey
University Hospital
Edward Breeding
Bridge Club
R. N. Hitchens
Laurel
Del
I. Vernon Drumbaugh
Washington
Ralph Thawley
Mark H. Smith
John A. Mackintosh
Hillsboro screens Elaine Hammerstein film for charity
Hillsboro Theatre will show Elaine Hammerstein in The Daughter Pays on November 4 to benefit the Community Club. The adaptation from Mrs Reynolds' story stars Hammerstein as a daughter who enters a loveless marriage to erase her mother's debt, drawing audience sympathy. Admission is 35 cents.
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Elaine Hammerstein
Selznick
Hillsboro Theatre
Mrs. Reynolds
Miss Hammerstein
John Holt
Worth
Cooper
William Cooper
Virginia
Ethel
Carrie Holt
Arthur Holt
Sloan
G. L. Wilson
Baltimore
Christine
Hospital For the Women of
Maryland
Helen Fleming
Sadie Wothers
Newton Smith
Wilmington
Miss Wothers
Price van Sant
William Holland
Alvan Moore
Saulsbury Sparks
W. D. Fleetwood
William Sherwood
H. Gooding
Wyoming
Del
Hallowe'en Supper At Preston High Tonight
The Preston School and Community League invites all to a Halloween supper on Monday evening October 31 in the high school auditorium. The event promises a bountiful and enjoyable supper with a festive night as witches, gnomes, sprites, and other guests are expected to attend.
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Preston School and Community League
Hallowe'en
Earth
High School
Can You Afford It A Rethink On Farm Machinery Shelter
The piece argues housing farm machinery reduces annual depreciation from 16 percent to 8 percent. With $600 tied up in gear, depreciation is $128 if kept outdoors and $64 if housed. At 50 percent, one could cover interest on a sturdy shed and still have funds left, so farmers should calculate if leaving equipment in the open all winter is affordable.
Local residents move and mingle in Greensboro news
Greensboro notes record of R B Rawlings leaving for New York near Birmingham to join a firm, planning permanent relocation with family. Others: Allen Massey’s Baltimore home purchase and visit. Laird Goldsborough’s move to California. Morris Stevenson opens an ice cream parlor on Rail Road avenue. various visits and weekend stays by Miss Tull Federalsburg, Mrs Cobee Henderson, and others.
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R. B. Rawlings
Greensboro
New York
Birmingham
Algren Manufacturing Company
Church
Rawlings
Allen Massey
Baltimore
Josephine Massey
Laird Goldsborough
California
Morris Stevenson
Burrsville Seeks Runaway Clues Amid Local Gossip
In Burrsville two Bridgeport girls, about fifteen, spent a night in a fodder shock while traveling to Easton last Saturday. The item notes church services at Wesley M. E. Church and a patrons meeting at the school house next Tuesday evening, with local families visiting and a harvest service planned for October 36th.
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Bridgeport
Harry Cheezum
John Thawley
T. Wesley Porter
Howard Hardesty
Bridgeville
William H. Parris
Philadelphia
Bostonian guaranteed shoes at Baileys Hotel basement
Bostonian guaranteed men’s shoes advertised at Baileys in the Hotel basement. The notice highlights guaranteed quality of the Bostonian footwear and points to the showroom location within the hotel area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sodenen Baileys
Halloween in Ridgely basement event fuels town buzz
The Ridgely News Letter covers a Halloween fete at the Reformed Church with a Wonder Tree, witch, fortune cake, candy, ice cream, and a program starting at eight. The Community Club meets Monday afternoon with a potential town speaker and a vote on dues, while Rev E C Baker preaches at Ridgely Baptist Church and Jumptown.
Queen Anne sees church sidewalk project and local moves
In Queen Anne St Pauls Church begins a concrete sidewalk connecting to the High School property. Jake Morgan plans concrete work at his residence. Reports note Sabbath services at Harris Chapel and a Junior Missionary Society walk with outdoor lunch. Local road work between Hillsboro and the post office is mentioned along with several visits and short relocations of residents.
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St. Paul’s Church
Jake Morgan
Queen Anne
Harris Chapel
Rood Tack
Missionary Society of
St. Paul's Church
Earl Stafford
Queenstown
State Road
Hillsboro Station
Showard Culver
Blanche Davis
J. E. Morgan
Henry Morgan
Baltimore
Emily Knotts
Washington
E. L. Melvin
E. L. Bowens
Easton
Tallie Calloway
Get-Together Meeting Attended by League Candidates
Preston reports a well attended Get-Together meeting at Town Hall hosted by the League of Women Voters. Candidates M Bates Stephens, Lawrence Towers, Joseph Garris, Raymond Charles and Goatee Todd spoke to voters. Also notes Evelyn Harris’s return from illness, Howard Harris’s visit, and travel and visits of Proctor, Fooks, Wright, Ledman, and Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Town Hall
Messrs. M. Bates Stephens
Lawrence B. Towers
Joseph Garris
Raymond Charles
Goatee Todd
Evelyn Harris
Wilmington
Howard Harris
Newark
Burton Proctor
Texas
Proctor
Baltimore
L. Douglas Fooks
Johns Hopkins University
School Community League
Hallowe
Walter M. Wright
Gettysburg
J. Frank Ledman
Lillian Cox
Harmony church box social and sales event Friday
Harmony church ladies plan a box social ice cream cake and candy sale at the school Friday evening November 4 inviting all. Olin Thomas has returned to Philadelphia after visiting family. Jesse Tyson and family from Wilmington spent the weekend with Albert Willis. Mary Goslin of Trenton NJ visited A A Willis and Mrs. Roland Towers and son Chester in Baltimore for two weeks. Belle Dean visiting in Seaford.
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A. A. Willis
Roland Towers
Chester
Baltimore
Belle Dean
Seaford
Grove Oyster Supper Brings Wide Attendance
The Ladies' Aid Society hosted a large oyster supper Friday at Grove with many attendees from nearby towns. The group thanks all helpers and supporters. Sunday School resumes at 9 30 with preaching at 10 45 by Pastor Mrs C A Carroll returns from a ten day visit in Baltimore. Mr and Mrs J E Lord visited Mr and Mrs Oscar Maloney Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
C. A. Carroll
Baltimore
J. E. Lord
Oscar Maloney
Postmaster Candidates and Local Social Notes in Goldsboro
Goldsboro reports that Esther Quillen David Greenlee and Harry Saunders took the postmaster examination for the Goldsboro office at Easton last Saturday. A Democratic meeting the prior Tuesday drew a large crowd followed by sandwiches and coffee. Miss Katie Shockley and Miss Elizabeth Bennett visited relatives, and Mrs Mary Rowe of Hillsboro spent time with her father last week.
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Esther Quillen
David Greenlee
Harry Saunders
Goldsboro
Easton
Katie Shockley
Elizabeth Bennett
Harry Little
Cumberland
Mary Rowe
Hillsboro
American Corner News: Election Day Oyster Dinner Planned
Mr and Mrs Frank Collins and daughter Mrs Alex Lord visited Newark Delaware last week. The Ladies Aid will hold an oyster dinner and supper near the store on Election Day November 8. Mrs Fred Beauchamp visits sister Mrs Kline. Miss Mary Nichols spent Sunday with Miss Nellie Griffith. Farmers here husking corn.
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Frank Collins
Alex. Lord
Newark
Del
Fred Beauchamp
Kline
Mary Nichols
Nellie Griffith
Winter price rise warning at Anderson Bailey's
Notice urges laying in a winter supply of cotton goods with work shirts and overalls. Prices will advance soon, with best overalls and Defiance Chambray shirts offered at less than cost at Anderson Bailey's in the Mavonic Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance Chambray
Anbderson & Bailey's
Mavonic
Interesting Church News from Denton Diocese Convocation
The Middle Convocation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Easton met at Christ Church in Denton on October 24 and 25 with Rev. Harris 3. Thomas as rector. Rev. W. C. Marshall organized the program including social hours, sermons, and talks on social service missions and the Centennial. Attendees included Bishop George W. Davenport and many clergy and lay guests from multiple towns. Special music, a bishop’s presence, and a luncheon followed a day of addresses by prominent church leaders.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Easton
Christ Church
Denton
Harris
Thomas
W. C. Marshall
F. L. Bohanan
Alward Chamberlaine
Bisho Davenport
Church
Helen Jennings
L. Insley
St. B. Mathews
George W. Davenport
Chamberlaine
F. J. Bohanan
Bohanan
Wm. C. Marshall
Centreville
Helen S. Jennings
Potsville
Board of Religious Education
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Bethlehem
Henry Davies
Samuel Borden-Smith
Trappe
Hunter Davidson
Stevensville
L. I. Insley
Church Hill
R. BD. Mathews
Sewell S. Hepburn
Kennedyville
P. A. M. Brooks
Worton
James Merrick
United Offering
Woman's Auxiliary
P. Roland Fisher
Stevens
Epworth League
American Legion
League
Miss Nuttle
Miss Roe
Francis Asbury
America
England
Baltimore
Caroline County
Burrsville
Forrest
J. E Smith
Preston
Williston
Mr. Smith
Jonas
Ladies' Aid of
Goldsboro
Luther Johnson
Ladies’ Mite Society
Thawley's
M. P
Tuckahoe Neck
Seremon
St. Paul's
Hillsboro
Holly Trinity Church
Greensboro
The Daughter Pays screen debut at Hillsboro Theatre
Elaine Hammerstein stars in Selznick’s The Daughter Pays where misery fuels love as a lifelong revenge dream is defeated. Show opens November 4 with proceeds aiding the Community Club. Anderson Bailey’s offers latest silk and wool hosiery in the Hotel Basement.
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Elaine Hammerstein
Selznick
Hillsboro Theatre
Benefit of Community Club
Anderson & Bailey's
Orphans Court approves multiple estates and appraisers
In Orphans' Court on Tuesday judges West Harper and Shawn presided. Letters of administration were granted to Enoch S. Clark for Charles R. Remsen with bond filed and creditors notice ordered. Louis St James and Fark Connelly named as appraisers. Executors Harman Pennypacker and Edward E. Nuttle filed inventories and appraisements. orders to sell granted. The Penny packer will admitted to probate. executors bonded. Several estates including John C. Fuchs Charles E Cannon Mary E Melvin and Charles S Bradley had inventories appraisements and sales orders filed. withdrawals of vouchers authorized.
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Orphans’ Court
West
Harper and Shawn
Charles R. Remsen
Enoch S. Clark
Louis St. James
Fark Connelly
Henry Fuchs
Conrad Fuchs
John C. Fuchs
Charles E. Cannon
Sarah E. Cannon
George C. Luff
Mary E. Melvin
Charles S. Bradley
Elizabeth P. Bradley
Sherman T. Griffith
William R. Pennypacker
Edward E. Nuttle
Harman Pennypacker
Leonard F. Covey
Gootee S. Liden
Home Demonstration Work in Atlantic County Guided by Edith Norman
Edith G. Norman recently left Denton to serve as home demonstration agent for Atlantic County New Jersey. She succeeded Miss Mervin and built about five hundred club members focused on home and community improvement. She organized girls clubs in public schools training two hundred girls in sewing, canning, gardening, and poultry. She helped introduce hot lunches in rural schools and earned Maryland State College certificates for participating girls. Norman and her husband, the late Alvah J. Norman, faced tragedy when he was killed by an electric wire during the 1917 Chautauqua storm.
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Edith G. Norman
Denton
Atlantic County
New Jersey
Caroline
Maryland State College
Chautauqua
Washington College seeks charter changes on board terms
The board of visitors and governors votes to ask the Legislature to amend the charter. Proposals include ending life tenure for board members, establishing four year terms, and shifting to a 14 member board with Governor appointments and alumni elections. The plan also calls for annual electing a college president and new attendance rules, plus a budget system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington College
Board of Visitors
Board of Visitors and Governors
Alumni Association
Maryland farms run near normal despite national jobless surge
County agents report Maryland farms employ nearly all available labor with an average unemployment of only 0.2 percent. Twelve counties show no unemployment, and some farmers complain less about hiring than about finding workers. The summary addresses Secretary Wallace and University of Maryland Extension Service inquiries on farm unemployment.
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Maryland
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace
Thomas B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
Passenger fares cut on Chesapeake Bay rail and ferries
Competing lines force Baltimore to Rehoboth Beach Ocean City routes to cut fares. Public Service Commission hearing led to new rates across Claiborne McDaniel St Michaels Hurlock Salisbury Berlin Ocean City Love Point Queenstown Denton Greenwood Milton Lewes and Wrights Wharf. Old to new differences range from a quarter to over a dollar per trip.
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Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic
Maryland, Delaware and
Baltimore
Claiborne
Ocean City
Love
McDaniel
St. Michaels
Hurlock
Salisbury
Berlin
Love Point
Queenstown
Stevensville
Winchester
Denton
Greenwood
Milton
Lewes
Centreville
Bristow
Centreville St
Tuckahoe
Cambridge
Wright’s Wharf
Care In Voting For New Voters Use Of Marks Rules
The instruction warns voters to avoid distinguishing marks on ballots and to use only the prescribed cross mark inside the square with an indelible pencil. It bans three improper marks and explains that a straight Democratic ticket requires only nine marks, one in the square to the right of the Democratic name.
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Court of Appeals
Board of Election Supervisors
Child Victims of Automobiles in Marylander and Herald
A Marylander and Herald article urges stricter street safety for children and drivers. It argues many auto accidents involve children darting into streets and stresses training, playground access, and cautious driving to prevent lifelong sorrow for families.
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Marylander and Herald
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Arghiy
Hallowe'en At
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Aline Greenly
Cheezum
Marian Stafford
Mildred Breeding
Camp Grove
R. H. Thawley
Wesley E. Thawley
Harrington Friends
Harvey Collison
Harry Cheetum
Carlton Harris
Harvest Home
Wesley M. E
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Ridgely News
E. C. Baker
Reformed Church
the Reformed Church
Ridgely Baptist Church
Baker
Jumptown
State Association
First Baptist Church
C. L. Herzog
J. E Mason
J. E. Lynch
L. R. Brumbaugh
Abby
San
Japan
Thomas Simons
Nazareth
Joseph Simons
League of Women Voters Committee
Ernest Jones
Jones
Bennett
Clayton
Til Rash
Collins
Leonard Dean
Bertie Dukes
McKenny
B. F. Rickards
Dean
Sydney Fountain
Walter Reed Hospital
Milton Smith
George Imler
I. T. Saulsbury
Headrey
Swedesboro
Helen Haymaker
T. W. Jones
T. L. Day
F. P. Covey
Orrell Saulsbury
Atlantic City
D. M. Replogle
Grace Moore
Catherine Pindar
Evelyn Clark
Arthur Butler
Easton Hospital
Sylvia Neri
Alfred Thawley
Marcus Hook
Frank Taylor
West View
C. E. Anderson
Frances Pennington
Eneree
Clarence Lane
City
Ill
Samuel Bear
Grove
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