Bridgeville Press ceases. Denton news and local notices
The Bridgeville Press has ceased publication. Denton Bank statements appear in the Journal. Local items include real estate, farm sales, building work, public meetings, and notices on elections and Prohibition party conventions. Residents hear about sales, yields, weather, livestock, and community events.
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Bridgeville Press
W. OW. Dukes
Concord
Ccaes
W. J. Blackston’s
Smith & Walls’ Hardware
Denton
Journal Today
Smith & Wall Hardware Store
KF. W. King
A. G. Fleetwood
Messrs. C. E. Carroll & Co
Penton
Marriage of Dr Crammer and Miss Dukes in Denton
The Denton home of Mr and Mrs W W Dukes hosted a May wedding at 6 o clock on Monday morning uniting Miss Hattie Dukes and Dr Charles Augustus Clemmer of Mall Creek West Virginia with the ceremony by Rev L B Morgan. After a wedding breakfast the couple left for Baltimore and Boston en route to Mill Creek West Virginia, with plans to be at home after October 1. Several Denton residents and visitors are noted, including Mrs F L Williams and son Leslie, Mrs Hill Mercer and daughter Hattie Coulbourne, and Miss Clara Frampton. The town also mentions various social visits and engagements among local families and travelers.
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M. P
F. 2
Nuttle
Willoughby Nowell
Ford
Talbot
Chapel
EL M. Garey
Electric Light & Power Company
Caroline
Watts Creek
BR. H. Ober
N. J. Walker's
Horsey, Roe & Company
Francs W. Janney
Baltimore
P. R. Fisher
Denton-Greensboro
T. Alan Goldsborough
Hi. A. Roe
James T. Cooper
Second Street
McDaniel & Co
Thomas Cleaves
Henry Saulsbury
Big Pine
Hickman
Constable Jones
Henderson
House of Correction
Charles Stewart
Steele
Mt. Zion Camp Meeting
Stewart
Downie & Wheeler
Herr Farm
Thomas
Day
John Porter
Queen Anne's County
C. M. Elderdice
Prohibition Party
Masonic Hall
Denton
Green
Towers
W. W. Dukes
Concord
Hattie
L. B. Morgan
Georgetown
Miss Lens
William Bullock
Boston
Mill Creek
W. Va
F. L. Williams
Leslie
E. A. Goslin
Fh Te Cooper
Hotel Rennett
Henry R. Lewis
University Hospital, Baltimore
J.oha Fisher
James
Willow Grove
C. F. Griffith
Tunis Mills
Griffith
White Mountains
Arthur Ramedell
Long Branch
Mass
Mamie Trice
Thomas L. Trice
Preston
W. R. Wright
Lin Stevens
Nellie Wright
Choptank
Zora Jashn
Sadlersville
John Ghingher
Bank Coommissioner
Downes
William H. Clough
Fatbot
Charles Stevens
Ridgely
John Coulbourne
Philadelphia
Hill Mercer
J. C. Roane
Newport News
Brick Hotel
Clara Frampton
Delaware man outmuscled in horse trade saga near Seaford
A Delaware man visiting the area traded a horse in a dispute and pursued a return ride back to the Diamond State. An officer followed in a car while the horse outran the pursuer, reaching the Delaware line in about seven minutes. John Carew's diary farm near Seaford sold for 16000 dollars to Scotten and Nichols of Cambridge.
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Delaware
John Carew
Seaford
Scotten & Nichols
Cambridge
New school room addition opens for the term
The new school room addition, built under Contractor J. H. Williams, opened on Wednesday with about fifty pupils. Teachers are Misses Cora M. Pippin Elizabeth Dukes and Myrtle O. Patchett. Many children are in canneries or on the sick list. Several locals and visitors are mentioned including Miss Sue Booker injured in a street car fall and various residents returning from trips. The Goldsboro Bank opened September first.
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J. H. Williams
Cora M. Pippin
Elizabeth Dukes
Myrtle O. Patchett
Helen
Mary
Lida Miller
William E. Miller
Bel Air
Ollie
H. C. Booker
Wilmington
Sue Booker
Mary Williams
Atlantic City
Mary Greenlee
Frank Melvin
Margaret King
Baltimore
U. L. Morris
Local Social Notes From Marydel to Wilmington
Marydel resident Miss Effa W Heather visited her brother at Maple Grove Farm near Templeville last week. Philadelphia guests included Mrs T H Heather and Mr Eugene Thawley. Nell and Bess Neese of Wilmington stayed at the parsonage. Amanda Jacobs of Philadelphia visited her sister Mrs H S Dailey. Mary Neese returned home after Princess Anne visit. Others visiting relatives include Mrs Floyd Hummer near Centreville and Miss Cora Pippin in Hillsboro. Harry Dailey and Miss Anna Jump also noted.
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Marydel
Effa W. Heather
Maple Grove Farm
Templeville
Harvey Hutchins
Cedar Grove
N. J
Nell
Bess Neese
Wilmington
T. H. Heather
Philadelphia
Eugene Thawley
W. Heather
Amanda Jacobs
H. S. Dailey
Mary Neese
Princess Anne
Floyd, Hummer and Son
Centreville
Cora Pippin
Hillsboro
Harry Dailey
Rehoboth
Anna Jump
Sadlersville
Ruth
Smithville Socials and Visits Noted Across Town
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Bullock hosted a gathering Sunday with the Covey and Satterfield families and Mrs. Bryan of Easton. Guests included Herman Horsey and Mrs. Satterfield with Ruth and Clayton Satterfield. Easton and Concord visitors also joined Mrs. J. H. Spence on Tuesday.
Philadelphia visitors and local preparations reported
Hickman, Will Croll and Clarence Abbot visited Philadelphia with Croll returning in a Maxwell touring car. Rev T J Lard will preach here next Sunday weather permitting. Contractor Brown will soon finish the school house for use. Annie Brown of Wilmington visits relatives. John and Mrs C S Todd with son Russell stay with Mr and Mrs C H Todd in Philadelphia. Annie Rhodes and Laura Miller of Philadelphia visit Mrs Hutchinson Trice. Frank C Bancroft of Kent County reports selling over $2,000 worth of fruit from 169 Etherton peach trees.
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Will Croll
Clarence Abbot
Philadelphia
Mr. Croll
T. J. Lard
Brown
Annie Brown
Wilmington
Frank C. Bancroft
Kent County
Hobbs News Letter Socials and Movements Mentioned
A Hobbs news letter lists visits and family gatherings from Laurel Delaware through Greensboro and Ridgely to Baltimore Onancock and Philadelphia. Notables include Mr G Christopher Mrs Bailey Mrs Cohee and many relatives visiting parsonage photography by Mr Cohee and a cannery running full time.
Social Guests Visit and Local Church notice
Mr and Mrs W E Cheezum hosted a group including Harry Burns and daughters Gertude and Margaret of North Vancouver BC and others from Philadelphia and Dover. Guests left for New York, Helen Weaver returned home to Greensboro, communion at Union M V Church is planned, O N Dulin's sister Joseph Ross of Pocomoke City visited, Meria Becker of Baltimore visiting Pearl Satterfield.
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W. E. Cheezum
Harry M. Burns
Gertrude
Margaret
N. Vancouver
LB. C
John Coulbourn
Philadelphia
Aaron Reber
W. T. George
Tuckaloo
Herbert Nichols
Harrington
Melvin Hopkins
Dover
Norman Melvin
B. C
Burns
New York
Helen Weaver
Laura Parris
Greensboro
Union M. V. Church
O. N. Dulin
Joseph L. Ross
Pocomoke City
Meria Becker
Baltimore
Pearl Satterfield
Local visitors from Baltimore and beyond
Preston and family from Baltimore spend the month with the doctor's mother adjoining town. Mr and Mrs Fred Noble of Jacksonville Florida visit Mrs Elizabeth Noble a mother. Mrs James H Barrow and children of Baltimore visit Mrs Darrows mother Mrs Annie Flaharty. Mrs Mollie Day of St Louis visits brother in law William Hollis. Dr J L Noble and wife return from Monongah West Virginia. Dr Eugene Douglas of Baltimore visits brother S Elbert Douglas. Rev Robert Whitely of Pennsylvania visits his mother Mrs Margaret Whitely. Miss Emma Lowe of Baltimore visits sister Mrs John Parker.
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Preston
L. D. Kelley
Baltimore
Fred Noble
Jacksonville
Florida
Noble
Elizabeth Noble
James H. Barrow
Darrow
Annie Flaharty
Mollie Day
St Louis
William H. Hollis
J. LL Noble
Doctor Reidy
Monongah
W. Va
Eugene Douglas
Elbert Douglas
Robert Whitely
Pennsylvania
Margaret
Mrs Wheeler Returns to Baltimore After Summer Visit
Mrs Elmer E Wheeler with her three children returns to Baltimore from a summer with her father Mr B G Stevens Also listed are Mr George McCoy from Camden N J visiting Mr Willard C Todd and Mr and Mrs George Bodamer of Philadelphia visiting their aunt Miss Emma Willoughby Miss Minnie Todd has returned from the Blue Mountain region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E. Wheeler
Baltimore
B. G. Stevens
George McCoy
Camden
N. J
Willard C. Todd
George Bodamer
Phildeladelphia
Emma Willoughby
Minnie Todd
Blue Mountain
Land of Good Living and the Eastern Shore Identity
The text quotes Calvin Dill Wilson praising Maryland's Eastern Shore as a modest yet famed region. Though not a state or empire, it boasts notable products that appeal to palates nationwide and beyond, likening local wines and foods to historic Mediterranean riches.
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Maryland
Calvin Dill Wilson
Lippincott’s
United States
America
Ephraim
Egypt
Lucullus
Falernia
Physicians for Tariff Reform Endorsed by Medical Opinion
The Philadelphia Record notes physicians nationwide decry the tariff driven scarcity of warm woolen clothing and the shift to cotton and shoddy, linking it to disease. It recalls past Pennsylvania medical resolutions and argues Taft should reduce woolen duties without awaiting Tariff Board reports, citing lower costs abroad and benefits to consumers and revenue.
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Philadelphia
State Medical Association of
Pennsylvania
Taft
Congress
Tariff Board
England
Germany
France
Everbody
New Twin Screw Steamer Planned for Claiborne Route
The Easton Star-Democrat reports reliably that the B C and A will add an 18 knot twinscrew steamer on the Claiborne route and a new Choptank River boat similar to the Three Rivers. It cites plans to reduce travel time like the Maryland on the Cape Charles to Norfolk ferry, forecasting a rise in traffic and service enhancements.
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Claiborne
Avalon
Three Rivers
Sparrow's Point
Norfolk Boats
New York,Philadelphia and Norfolk Railway
Cape Charles
Norfolk
Maryland
B.C
Easton Star- Democrat
Resolutions of Respect for William Reed Adopted
At a Washington Camp No. 35 2 O S of A meeting resolutions in memory of deceased William Reed were adopted. The camp voted to drape the charter in mourning for thirty days and to send copies to the county papers and the bereaved family, with sympathy. Committee members HoLe in Gosworth, J. BR, MELVIN, TI, C, Parvis signed.
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Washington Camp
O. S. of A
William FE. Reed
EL HoLe
Gosworth
J. BR
Melvin
Parvis
Orphans' Court Approves Guardian and Admin Accounts
In Orphans' Court on Tuesday Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood approved sixth guardian Josephine Williamson’s account for Albert G Towers. Georgiana Fisher’s estate admin partial account by P Roland Fisher was approved. Belle Beauchamp and Clarence Beauchamp named administrators of William H Beauchamp with bond and notice to creditors. Alphonso Meredith and Gardner Fowers appointed to appraise personalty.
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Orphans’ Court
Clark, Liden and Fleetwood
Albert G. Towers
Josephine Williamson
P. Roland Fisher
Georgiana Fisher
Belle Beauchamp
Clarence Beauchamp
William H. Beauchamp
Alphonso Meredith
Gardner
Ridgely News: Fireman Injured and Local Happenings
Mr William Freeman a cannery fireman suffered a severe foot injury from nails while loading wood. Dr C M Stelle of Cordova attended. Services at Emmanuel Church proceed during the pastor's vacation with weekly prayer and youth meetings. Tomatoes harmed by rain and sun. cantaloupes yield $330 per two acres for Willard Mitchell. Saulsbury Bros plan more sweet corn. new creamery superintendent. Miss Lena Hatfield visits. Typhoid cases rise. A R Marvel ill in Easton hospital. Mrs Dragoo returns from Baltimore. Harry Gibson relocates. Edith Dragoo travels Easton.
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William Freeman
Saulsbury
C. M. Stelle
Cordova
Emmanuel Church
Young Peoples
Mirthel Murray
Ridgely
Easton Hospital
Smith
Willard Mitchell
Greensboro
Saulsbury Bros
Lena Hatfield
Lincoln City
Del
Easton
Charles Smith
Rickards Addition
A. R. Marvel
A1. Dragoo
Baltimore
Harry Gibson
John Swing
Swing
Edith Dragoo
Federalsburg Social Roundup Among Local Families
Federalsburg residents share visits and travels with Greensboro Vienna Coudersport Pa Easton and Philadelphia. J I Harwood and family Hilda. Fernandes Davis and Wilmer. Rev Clayborne Phillips and children. Elderdice family. Noble family Eleanor. D Bryan Easton return. Myra Harris Agnes Eliott back to millinery in the South. Elizabeth Nicols East New Market visiting Solomon Keys. Wallace Keys visits Fast New Market friends. Vaughn Legar Baltimore visits parents J F Legar. Ward Edgell family visit Choptank. T J Williams in Philadelphia. Thomas F Cox Federalsburg heads to Texas. P RK Stevens visits Pennsylvania. C R Clark Philadelphia visit.
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Federalsburg
J. I. Harwood
Hilda
Fernandes Davis
Wilmer
Greensboro
Clayborne Phillips
Vienna
C. M. Elderdice
Herman Noble
Eleanor
Coudersport
David Bryan
Easton
W. J. Bryan
Myra Harris
Agnes Eliott
Elizabeth Nicols
East New Market
Solomon Keys
Wallace Keys
Vaughn Legar
Baltimore
J. F. Legar
Ward Edgell
Choptank
Local Guests and Visits Round Wilmington Area
Mr and Mrs F M Linton and Mr and Mrs Harry Hollingsworth guests of Rev and Mrs J W Prettyman over Sunday. Mr Walter Flowers of St Louis guest of mother Rebecca Flowers in Queen Anne over Sunday. Warner Brashears returned to Wilmington after visiting sister I T Sparklin Mrs Harris Lege of Kent Island and son Harry of Baltimore visited relatives here last week. Rev John Stephens of Frankford Del visited Mr J Lank Prettyman. Mr Carleton Smith of Wilmington guest of brother Garrettson Smith Jr. Miss Sarah Redman of Cordova guest of Miss Sarah Wothers. Alga Worth of Baltimore spent last of the week with relatives in town. Mrs B L Sparks and son Thawley returned from a visit in Tasley Va. Mrs Lillian Mancha guest of Mrs L T Fleetwood near Denton. Miss Nan Fleming of Wilmington at home for Labor Day.
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Harry Samsil
Philadelphia
Lucy Jones
W. P. Draper
I. M. Green
Rehoboth
Marguerite Eccleston
Texas
Reta Kemp
Carrie Crosby
Baltimore
Caroline
R.T. Carter
W. E. Jarrell
Chestertown
Etta Chaffinch
W. R. Peters
Dover
J. L. Sparklin
Ocean Grove
G. Nuttle
Crisfield
T. J. Keating, Esq
Centreville
Denton
Walter Hicks
Washington
James «A. ‘Trazarre
Clifford
New York
G. Christopher
Laurel
Del
C. Bailey
H. L. Cohee
Greensboro
Pastor Bailey
Cohee
O. G. Smith
Rhetta
Orangeburg
S. C
Roland
Mr.Smith
S. A. Smith
W. WB. Reynolds
T. Meloney
Claiborne
M. A. Ricards
Bridgeville
Maryland
J. R. Ricards
Camden
N. J
Cecille Parks
Onancock
Mary Nuttle
Andersontown
Ridgely High School
Ivah L. Smith
Arthur Layton
J. J.todd
Federalsburg
J. D. Neal
Dallas
Frank Willoughby
Alice T
Florence I. Seeders
E. M. Merriken
Sarah Langrel
Lola
Gertrude Willoughby
Arthur Cahall
Felton
Arthur Billings
Eva Roach
Milford
F. M. Linton
Harry Hollingsworth
Wilmington
J. W. Prettyman
Walter Flowers
St. Louis
Rebecca Flowers
Queen Anne
Warner Brashears
I. T. Sparklin
Harris Lege
Kent Island
Harry
John Stephens
Frankford
J. Lank Prettyman
Carleton Smith
Garrettson Smith
Sarah Redman
Cordova
Sarah Wothers
Alga Worth
B. L. Sparks
Thawley
Tasley
Lillian Mancha
L. T. Fleetwood
Nan Fleming
Bryan Family Visit Near Reliance and With Walter Lord
Mrs. David Bryan, Mrs. Roland Bryan, and little Ruth Darison Bryan spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Waller near Reliance and are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lord.
Democratic State Convention Adopts Broad Maryland Platform
The Baltimore convention endorsed Governor Crothers administration, road improvements, and cheaper construction. It backs the Corrupt Practices and Public Utilities acts, strengthens Primary Election laws, and calls for late primaries and fair anti-organization candidacy. Proposes new county registration, strict affiliation changes, recounts for fraud, a new Baltimore city charter, reduced legislative costs, school improvements, and city powers for development. It supports constitutional amendments on Baltimore representation but opposes a fight to ratify the suffrage amendment.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Crothers
Baltimore City
Denton School To Offer One Year Teaching Course
A one year normal course will start at Denton High School on Monday open to all graduates who completed a high school program. The program includes theory and practice teaching to help those unable to attend a State normal school to gain instruction and secure teaching posts if coursework is passed. Last year students did substitute teaching in various schools and were paid. this may continue with no charge for books or tuition. The plan supports graduates seeking teaching training and mentions local teachers’ meetings and applications already filed. Daniel and his companions study notes recount biblical training and loyalty in a foreign court, highlighting youth training, dietary tests, and leadership.
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Denton High School
Harford
Thomas F. Smith
Denton
Havre de Grace High School
Caroline High School
Necho
Babylon
Carchemish
Euphrates
Nabopolassar
Nineveh
B. C
Nebuchadnezzar
Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Jehoiakim
Gos
Daniel
God
Hananiah
Jehovah
Mishael
Azariah
Belteshazzar
Bel
Beluis
Ashpenaz
Melzar
Obituary notices from Ingleside to Cambridge area
Tributes flow for W Emerson Sparks youngest son of Samuel Sparks Ingleside Chestertown death August 16. J Frank Temple Queen Annes County official dies at 52 Church Hill. George Willis seven months old Waren Mann dies August 31. William C Jester dies at Choptank former Cambridge resident interred in Cambridge.
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W. Emerson Sparks
Samuel Sparks
Samuel Emerson
Ingleside
Chestertown
Arlington Sparks
J. Frank Temple
Queen Anne's County
Church Hill
Caroline County
Mann
Waren
R. L
Tett
George Willis
Morgan McMorries
Caroline Willis van Sickle Mann
Warren
Harrington wins statewide Comptroller race in 19,000 vote majority
Unofficial returns show Hon. Emerson C. Harrington leading the county for Comptroller with a statewide majority near 19,000. He carried Eastern Shore counties including several, with Dorchester yielding a 1580 margin—the largest for a local candidate. He gains over 100 convention votes while rival has about 132. he also carried Baltimore city and numerous Lee column counties indicating broad support, per Cambridge News.
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Emerson C. Harrington
Cecil
Dorchester
Baltimore City
Gorman
Lee
Cambridge News
Eee
Ministers narrow escape as auto tops watercourse
Superintendent Johnson's men recovered items from Rev. T. S Holt and companions after their automobile plunged from a bridge over Watts creek near Mr. R. H. Ober's place. The party barely escaped with their lives as the car turned turtle and sank in water several feet deep, with a piece of gold spectacles among the finds. The note ends mentioning finely printed stationery available at the JOURNAL OFFICE.
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Johnson
T. S Holt
Watts Creek
R. H. Ober
Ministers and lay speakers schedule in Jarrettsville churches
Rev. Cyrus P. Keen of the Anti-Saloon League will speak in the Methodist Protestant Church tomorrow at 8 p.m. The Lord's Supper will be administered at Harris Chapel by Rev. H. A. G. Westerfield tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. Keen will also preach at the M E Church tomorrow morning. Rev. E. H. Dashiell will preach in the Laurel Grove Church on Sunday, September 6. Easton’s M E Church plans a stone front.
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A. Norman Ward
Jarrettsville
Cyrus P. Keen
Salisbury
Anti-Saloon League
Harris Chapel
H. A. G. Westerfield
Anti- Saloon League
M. IE
E. H. Dashiell
Federalsburg
Laurel Grove
M. E
Easton
Greensboro Milling Company formed as new managers take over
Mr. Thomas Hooper, popular young manager of Algren Mfg Co in Greensboro, wed Miss Laura M. McCloskey in Philadelphia and returned home Saturday. D. S. Brockway Roller Mill now operates under R Owens and W F Roland of Ellicott City as Greensboro Milling Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hooper
Algren Mfg. Co
Greensboro
Philadelphia
Laura M. McCloskey
D. S. Brockway
Messrs. R. Owens
W. F. Roland
Ellicott City
Greensboro Milling Company
Queen Anne Merchant Among Talbot House Nominees
Mr. R. Heston Hick's, a well known merchant of Queen Anne town, is named as one of the Talbot nominees for the House of Delegates.
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R. Heston Hick’s
Queen Anne
Talbot
House of Delegates
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the Local Department
Dr. Crammer
Dukes
Doentan
J. J. C. Legg and
Goldsboro
Robert Jarrell
George W. C. Johnson
Edith Slemmer
Milton Slemmer
New Goldsboro Bank
Our Town
Laura Newnam
Oxford
M. RK. Newnam
William Greenlee
HH. Willams
H. DL. Morris
Esther
Sallie Quillen
Smithville
Blaine Bullock
Leonard Covey
Clayton Covey
Herman Horsey
Satterfield
Helen Satterfield
Clayton Satterfield
David H. Bryan
Roland Bryan
Walter Lord
J. H. Spence
Hector Gardner
Elma Lewis
Jersey City
Charles H. Bullock
L. N. Alford
Russell Savage
Avery Hobbs
Wm. A. Alford
Rehoboth Beach
Norman Scott
Tolchester
D. C. Adams
J. Sutherland
Hobbs
Burrsville
Williston
The
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Physicians For Tariff Reform
Mr. Mitchell
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Greenstaire
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