Defenders Day at North Point and Fort McHenry Siege
An account of the 1814 defense of Baltimore during the British attack led by Major General Ross. It notes the landing at North Point, the 3000 Maryland volunteers under General Strickler, the improvised artillery, and the pivotal moment when a captured British messenger misled the invaders about defense strength. The piece also recalls the naval bombardment and the lasting memorials along Old North Point road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincibles
France
Wellington
Napoleon
Great Britain
Baltimore
England
North Point Peninsula
Maryland
Bear Creek
Bread and Cheese Creek
Strickler
Ross
Fort McHenry
Patapsco River
Sir Cockburne
St. Helena
Northumberland
North Point
Baltimore County
Chesapeake Bay
Fort Howard
Patapsco
North Point Peninsula Remains Changed Since Fort McHenry Visit
The writer recalls watching Fort McHenry from shipboard near Sparrows and Sellers Points on the Potomac. He notes the North Point peninsula now hosts dense housing and cottages, unlike 118 years ago when native birds and woods thrived. European starlings and English sparrows also inhabit the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. McHenry
Whetstone Point
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Frederick County
Maryland
Sparrows Point
Sellers Point
North Point
Khey
Baltimore
Salvation Army Leader Praises Prohibition Effects
Commander Evangeline Booth asserts prohibition improved social conditions and cut drunkenness. She cites Bowery and Jersey City saloons, the shift of drunkards to shelter, and the decline in poverty caused by liquor. She notes fewer drunks among the homeless and changes in settlement work and charitable aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Evangeline Booth
Bowery
New York City
Jersey City
Army
Army Memorial
Packingtown
Chicago
Whiskey Row
Packingtown Day Nursery
Prepare Now For Winter Harvest Saving Tips
The notice urges families to conserve food for winter by canning preserving and drying abundant crops. It highlights apples peaches tomatoes and wheat as plentiful and cheaper now, advises storing flour from ground wheat and exchanging labor for farm work, and predicts reduced need and relief if savings are followed.
World Problems Demand Solutions From Diligent Minds
A dated reflection urges finding remedies for unemployment and ways to market excess manufactured and agricultural goods as the best brains seek cures to global issues.
Worldwise talk on wheat aid and a bold China plan
An editorial row over Uncle Sam’s wheat purchases and a self made plan to send five hundred Army bakers to China to boost wheat bread demand. It argues for altering distribution, warns against overproduction, and cites President Hoover's Farm Board failures and a Brazil coffee wheat deal worth millions in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Uncle Sam
Germany
China
Mr. Farmer
Hoover
Farm Board
Will R. Wood
House
Brazil
Reed
Pennsylvania
Farm Relief Commission
Congress
Stone
Commission
Bethlehem Guests Over Weekend From Local Families
Bethlehem residents hosted relatives and friends over the weekend including Mrs Myra Guthermuth and Mrs Charles Burkett with her daughter Mrs Mollie Harding. Wilmington visitors Mrs Roland Carroll and family joined extended kin, while Mr and Mrs Fred Messick and daughters visited relatives. Mr Guy Warrington spent several days with relatives in New York and Miss Helen Eckhart and nephew visited Mr and Mrs John Sands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Christopher
Myra Guthermuth
Charles Burkett
Fred Messick
Roland Carroll
Wilmington
Guy Warrington
New York
Helen Eckhart
John Sands
Mollie Harding
Denton Notes Twenty Five Years Ago
Weather prophets predict a hard winter as Caroline County reports a small sap harvest. County officials discuss causeway improvements. Judge William R. Martin dies, triggering a second circuit vacancy. Denton real estate sales total 7309 dollars with 43 lots changing hands. Upcoming sewer contracts may start in October. Crops suffer from rains. fruit rots, tomatoes ripen slowly, corn fodder is poor. Bridging social notes include weddings and visits by locals to family and Virginia trips.
Local social notes list visiting relatives and guests
Preston and Mrs Alfred Bradley and Betty have returned to Washington after visiting Mrs Bradley’s parents Mr and Mrs A K Wrightson. Mr and Mrs Joseph Schmidt and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Deen of Baltimore visited Mr and Mrs C C Deen. Clarence Andrew of New Haven Conn is visiting Mrs Andrew’s parents Mr and Mrs Frank Chambers. Aaron Clusby of Lancaster Pa was guest of Mr and Mrs C F Noble. Johnson Bonner entertained friends at dinner and bridge. A M Willey hosted Mr and Mrs Milton Willey for the weekend. H Reese Deane spent the weekend with Levin Morris of Trappe. Maynard Ledman of Baltimore visited J F Ledman. Mrs Theo Fletcher and son returned after Ocean City. Mrs A F Sisk and son returned after Ocean City. Medford Fooks spent the holiday with his parents E L Fooks. Emma S Stevens spent weekend with J W Schmick. Esther Griffith has been visiting her sister Mrs Johnson Bonner. Elizabeth Douglas is visiting friends in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Bradley
Betty
Washington
Aaron Clusby
Lancaster
C. F. Noble
Johnson Bonner
Bridge
A. M. Willey
Milton Willey
H. Reese Deane
Levin Morris
Trappe
Maynard Ledman
Baltimore
J. F. Ledman
Theo. Fletcher
Ocean City
A. F. Sisk
Medford Fooks
American Corner Visitors at Local Homes on Sunday
A list of residents and guests from Philadelphia Delaware and Maryland visited the homes of O. H. Howard George Howard Olaf Smith and others on Sunday and Labor Day. Attendees include J Frank Collins Edythe Collins Julian Smithville Lawrence Johnson and children Ruth Henrietta Junior Stant Mary Ruth Stant and many more from Cordova Denton Easton Burrsville Wilmington Tuckahoe Neck and Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Collins
Wilmer
Mildred
Denton
Robert Murphy
Union Grove
G. Robert Layton
Carolyn
East New Market
Leroy Jones
Nan Willey
Chester
O. H.howard
George Howard
Ambrose Griffith
Lawrence Johnson
Boothwyn
Mary
Ruth Stant
Church Hill
Wilmer Butler
Tuckahoe Neck
Edgar Smith
Norman Smith
Wilmington
Harlan Blades
Charles
Burrsville
Olaf Smith
Ruth
Henrietta
Junior
Johnson
J. P. Warren
G. L. Blades
Margaret Howard
Philadelphia
O. H. Howard
Near Here
Alva Griffith
Burr
Ramon Novarro in Son of India at Reese Theatre This Friday
Reese Theatre lists a family friendly program for Sept 11 and 12 with Ramon Novarro in Son of India as the feature. Also scheduled are extra attractions, plus Paramount's Women Love Once starring Paul Lukas and Eleanor Boardman on Sept 14 and 15. Catches include Caught with Louise Dresser on Sept 16 and 17, and Sweepstakes with Eddie Quillen on Sept 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese Theatre
Delaware
Maryland
Ramon Novarro
Paramount
Paul Lukas
Eleanor Boardman
Richard Arlen
Louise Dresser
Calamity Jane
Eddie Quillen
Centreville and Rehoboth Social Round of Visits
Ridgely Mrs. Mary Knotts visits her daughter Mrs. J L Wood in Centreville. Mr and Mrs H B Laird entertain granddaughter Adele Stevens of Rehoboth. Franklin Meredith and Miss Mary Porter enter Golden's College in Wilmington. Mrs James Lewis hosts Miss Mary Samis and Miss Bettie Bray of Easton. Carroll Meredith spend weekend in Rehoboth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Mary Knotts
J. L. Wood
Centreville
H. B. Laird
Adele Stevens
Rehoboth
Franklin Meredith
Mary Porter
Golden’s College
Wilmington
James Lewis
Mary Samis
Bettie Bray
Easton
Carroll Meredith
Farmer Hobba Love Dies After Paralyzing Illness
Hobba Love a respected farmer near here was paralyzed Tuesday evening and died Wednesday morning. Funeral at home Saturday at 2 PM with interment in Concord cemetery. He delivered peppers Tuesday to E M Willey with whom he had a contract. Sympathies extended to the bereaved family.
Local Social Notes From Denton To Baltimore And Beyond
Mrs M W Wiley Mrs Norman Wilson and Miss Hattie Hagadone were in Denton on Tuesday. Mrs Arthur Peacock of Jamaica Long Island is visiting her mother Mrs Charles Starkey. Mr and Mrs Asher Brown of New Jersey visited Rev and Mrs Roy Tawes last Saturday. Mr Charles Stevenson made a business trip to Baltimore on Monday and returned Tuesday. Mrs Della Turner of Dover visited Saturday at the home of her brother Mr Will Smith. Mr and Mrs Burton Wilkinson have been entertaining Mr Charles Burton of Philadelphia. Mr Roy Tawes and Mr Walter Bennington visited Rehobeth Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Paul Holsinger and Mrs C S Holsinger are on a trip to Pennsylvania. Miss Mary Brumbaugh leaves the first of next week to enter Elizabethtown College. Mrs Franklin Stayer and Miss Marguerite Holsinger are teaching in Greensboro. Mrs Albert W Saulsbury lately spent a week with her parents in Centreville. Miss Mary Frieze Ringgold has returned from a month's visit in Pennsylvania. Mrs J F Elliott will discontinue housekeeping and make her home with a sister. Miss Elizabeth Wilson of Wilmington is spending the week with her parents. Mr Jesse Zeigler leaves next Tuesday to enter college at Bridgewater Va. Mrs William Scully is visiting her husband's relatives in Baltimore. Mrs Frank Kibler is visiting Friday to Friday in Pennsylvania. Mrs T L Day recently entertained her sister from New York. Dr B A Briscoe spent the week end in Montreal Canada.
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Caroline High School
Charles Sylvester
Caroline and
Talbot
Dover Bridge
William R. Martin
James Alfred Pearce
Brown
Martin
Warfield
Austin L. Crothers
Cecil County
Harvey Fleetwood
Blanche Fleetwood
Sal‘de Burt
Waverly
J. T. Fleetwood
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
Mary
Louise Fleetwood
Virginia
Parnell Fleetwood
C. H. Willis
Friends Conference
Mountain Lake Park
Ohio
Nellie M. Valliant
Thernstitute
Centreville
Sadlersville Academy
Lulu
Lee B. Covey
Atlantic City
Harriet Moffit
Jennie
H. R. Lewis
Hannah Smith
Franklin, Pa
F. C. Ramsdell
Denton
Matthew McDaniel
Canton
Caroline County
Mabel Wilson
Millerville
Normal School
A. T. Reichman
Philadelphia
W. H. T. Wilson
Baltimore
Lida Irwin
New York
William Richardson Martin
Second Judicial Circuit
Preston B. Spring
East Hampton
Long Island
Ile
Chestertown
Judge Martin
Frances Starr
Marie Frances Martin
St. Gabriel’s Seminary
Edward D. Martin, Jr
Johns Hopkins University
Marston School
Easton
Albert G. Towers
James H. [Orem
John Robert Fountain
Fifth Avenue
Franklin, Street
Maple Avenue
Third Street
Fountain Avenue
Ood
A. R. Wright
C. H. Bullock
O. W. Downes
Wallace Wilson
Samuel Griffin
Thos. R. Green
Geo. E. Saulssbury
Dr. P. R. Fisher
2. Potter Steele
Ernest G. Cooper
R. W. Rickards
H. A. Roe
C. H. Redden
W. H. Thawley
L. B. Towers
Caroline
Paul Holsinger
Elizabeth Belte
J. Bernard Sparks
M. E
Ridgely
M. W. Wiley
Norman Wilson
Hattie Hagadone
Arthur Peacock
Jamaica
Charles Starkey
Asher Brown
New Jersey
Roy Tawes
Charles Stevenson
Della Turner
Dover
Will Smith
Burton Wilkinson
Charles Burton
Walter Bennington
Rehobeth
C. S. Holsinger
Pennsylvania
Mary Brumbaugh
Elizabethtown College
Franklin Stayer
Marguerite Holsinger
Greensboro
Albert W. Saulsbury
Mary Frieze Ringgold
J. F. Elliott
Elizabeth Wilson
Wilmington
Jesse Zeigler
Bridgewater
William Scully
Frank Kibler
T. L. Day
B. A. Briscoe
Montreal
Canada
Nurturing Vision From Cradle to Kindergarden
The foundation of good eye health begins at birth with early eye infection treatment and continued vigilance. Sun shading for infants, avoid glare from white carriage robes, and age appropriate toys aid near‑point vision. Large letters in early schooling reduce later defects. Francis Bacon quote on friendship ends.
Open Road Reveries and Small town Jests Diary
A nostalgic diary style saga recounts a week of rural family humor and simple misadventures. It mentions a farmer’s cow suicide and a near collision, weathered disagreements, a faulty telephone service, domestic tensions, and playful youthful mischief with improvised ribbons. The entry closes with a note about scratch pads for The Journal Office.
Assignee to Sell Valuable Real Estate in Goldsboro Area
Wesley E. Thawley as assignee offers sale of a frame dwelling, barn, chicken house, and outbuildings on the north side of the stone road from Goldsboro to Baltimore Corner. One half cash at sale, balance on ratification or all cash at purchaser option. Deferred payments bear interest from day of sale and are secured to the satisfaction of the assignee. Title papers at purchaser’s expense.
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Caroline County
Hollingworth’s Corner
Castle Hall School House
Charles H. Sparks
Sparks
David Greenlee
Greenlee
Lawrence Towers
Alexander Ross
Ross
Goldsboro
Baltimore Corner
Wesley E. Thawley
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S. E. Perkins
The
Palestine Union of Railway
Palestine
Venezelos
Greece
Lord Byron
Nottingham
Newstead
Abbey
Byron
Balkan Federation
Turkey
Briand
Cecil
Henderson
MacDonald
Pacific Basin
University of Oregon
Portland
Pacific
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Pan American Union
National Students Federation of America
United States Bureau of Education
New Zealand
Australia
Ceylon
Asia
University of Allahabad
India
University of Hong Kong
Lingnan Univrsity
University of Amoy
Fukien Christian College
St. John’s Unversity
Soochow Academy
Yen-ching Tsing Hua
Waseda, Neiji
Yoshida
New York Times
Shanklin
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
Fridtjof Nansen
Nansen
Spain
International Organization of the
League of Nations
International Agricultural Credit Company
Europe
Egypt
League
Bethlehem
Preston
Hobba
Hairy Love
Concord Cemetery
Love
E. M. Willey
L. H. Thomas
J. R
L. Starkey
W. T. Starkey
Milton
Del
L. R. Dukes
Lou
EB. M. Willey
Monumental City
Norman Mark
Akron
Lillian
Cecil Mark
York
Mark
Harvey Moore
M. Merriken
Federalsburg
F. N. Smith
J. A. Billings
G L. Blades
T. H. Towers
Christian Endeavor Service
L. Wopkins Thomas
IL. H. Thomas
J. R. Ricards
Francis Bacon
Ross Farquar
Ant Emmy
Anser
Wensaay
Jake
Ben
Jane
Journal
Joseph Toth
Anna Toth
Michael Hamersky
Margaret Warner
Charles W. Cahall
Teresas Hamersky
Priest Porter
Howard Pratt
Pratt
Walter Sapp
Agid Sapp
John Pablo
Porter
Hammers
Walter Pet al
James Temple
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