Autumn Oak Sews and Cash Crops Amid Tight Markets
Local notes report seed wheat at 2.21 and corn at 2.15 as autumn activity stirs. Marydel camp resumes, millinery opening at Mrs Hollingsworth today, and Home Economics Club discusses fall gardening at the Court House. Community lifelines include a Denton jail escape, Red Cross fundraiser receipts of 193.65, and carload oats delivery for stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Hollingsworth
Court House
Jesse B. K. Miller
Caroline
Farmington
James Carter
Smyrna
Denton
Carter
Crouse
Sla. m
Dr. Wyatt
M. E
Miss Wisong
Red Cross
Preston
Beck
Register of Wills
Ernest B. Baughley
Dover
Lee Deen
Martha Bradmire
Annie Moore
Thomas Winder
W. A. Johnson
Jennie T
John Fisher
Cordova
Caroline County
Library War Council
Maryland
John H. K. Shannahan
Sparrow's Point
New Bank
Patapsco
Back Rivers
Bethlehem Steel Company
Patapsco Neck
Western Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Shannahan
T. L. Day
Ridgely
Miss Covey and Moore wed quietly in Baltimore
Miss Gertrude Covey of Denton and Harry T. Moore, Tuckahoe M D W station agent, were married at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Phebus in Baltimore by Rev J C Nicholson. Guests included local and Baltimore friends. London briskness and war notes appear in later items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Covey
Denton
Harry T. Moore
Tuckahoe
Baltimore
Roy Phebus
North
Monroe Street
J. C. Nicholson
Harlem Park
M E. Church
Andrew T. Covey
William T. Moore
Kent Island
Walter Hastings
Cambridge
Will Allen
Edwin Hastings
George Dawson
Oliver Charles
London
France
Hackett H. Downes
Engineering
Josephine M. Downes
Downes
St. Louis
Legion
New York
Eugene G. Anderson
Alpheus Roe
Miriam Sheppard Davidson
Maryland
Dover
Chestertown
Davidson
John Coulbourne
J. Kingsley Mercer
Philadelphia
Hattie Mercer
Edward Hoffman
duPont Company
Carney’s Point
Piney Grove Church
Raymond Whisler
Jennie Beer
Verlin Krabill
Blue Ridge College
New Windsor
C. G. Collison
Wilmington
John R. Statum
J. Walter Huffington
Balltimore
Teachers’ Institute
Thomas Passapae
Sparrow's Point
Passapae
Mabel Voshell
Felton
W. K. Dever
Mason
Parksley
Minnie Thawley
Eden School
Bear Station
Boy Scouts Good Workers On Farm Help Save Crops
A local Boy Scout drive organized manpower for farmers facing labor shortages. In one market garden, a 50 member Scout gang assisted with harvesting and weed control, with 18 of 20 scouts volunteering at a special meeting to aid the farmer out of a crop-scarcity crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Organization
Canners Call Women Aid for Tomato Crop Crisis
The Baltimore Sun reported a urgent appeal by factory heads to the Maryland Council of Defense Women’s section. Canners warn labor shortages threaten the large tomato crop as one plant handles up to 14 000 to 15 000 baskets daily while Caroline packing houses are running well stocked.
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Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Maryland Council of Defense
Caroline
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Various Local Residents Visit and Travel Around the Region
Hobbs residents and guests enjoyed outings and visits with friends in Dover Philadelphia Wilmington and other towns. Several returned from trips to Baltimore Philadelphia Felton Betterton and Greensborough while gatherings included birthdays and family visits amid fall preparations and fertilizer loads.
Local notices and visits fill Ridgely week
Residents and visitors flock to Ridgely as weddings, church events, and travels populate the week. Elsie Cleary wed Daniel Lockfaw at Salisbury Catholic Church with Mr Raleigh as usher. Many relatives and friends from Akron Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago visited, while the Red Cross reported earnings and local sewing circles resumed meetings. The tomato trade stayed lively as executives and students moved between Ridgely and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord Raleigh
Delmar
Elsie Cleary
Daniel Lockfaw
Wilmington
N. C
Salisbury
Raleigh
S. N. Wolf and Son
Akron
HB. Yoder
Lancaster
Nathan Brubaker
Columbiana
Ohio
J. R. Bicking
W. W. Wright
Wright
Joseph Wright
James Wright
Smyrna
James Hevalow
Theodore Speaker
Philadelphia
Tillie Hubbard
Asbury Hubbard
Roxanna Cornrumpf
Greensboro
John Grabill
Elizabeth
J. T. Stevenson
Baltimore
Stanley Grabill
Carroll Meredith
Mary Zittel
Chicago
Carter Forrester
Sewing Circle of the Reformed Church
Jonas Shaner
Harry Hemmons
Washington
J. C. Spither
Glen Burnie
Pauline McQuay
Swarthmore, Pa
Progressive German Baptist Church
J. P. Swing
Price’s
Ziegler
Hatfield
T. A. Smith
Thomas A. Smith, Jr
New Yok
Barton
Riverton
N. J
Beatrice Bowers
Grace Thompson
State Normal School
Epworth League
Esther Shaw
George Slaughter
Newark
Del
Charles Herzog
Lee Bennington
Marcus Hook
Sara Neff
Local residents visit kin and finish school house note
Preston Elizabeth, William and Russell Kelley of Baltimore visit Oakland Grove near Mrs. Dora Vickers. Misses Rockhold of Annapolis return from a visit to Mrs. J. A. Cox. London shore visitors go home. Capt. Charles W. Wright of Baltimore stays with relatives. Joseph Sisk of Glyndon visits Col. A. W. Sisk. John Wesley Noble becomes a lieutenant. James H. Barrow and family from Baltimore visit relatives. Ella Whitely visits Ridgely and Queen Anne. Mrs. J. T. Richardson and daughter visit Wilmington relatives. The new school house will look fine when completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Elizabeth
William and
Russell Kelley
Baltimore
L. D. Kelley
Oakland Grove
Kelley
Dora Vickers
East New Market
Roy Tuff
Rockhold
Annapolis
J. A. Cox
Sea Shore
Charles W. Wright
Joseph Sisk
Glyndon
Col
A. W. Sisk
John Wesley Noble
James H. Barrow
Edinburgh Social Notes Hit The Town
Miss Irene Tollinger, daughter of Lieut Tollinger of Philadelphia, spent the week end at Mr John Shults. Mr and Mrs Vining of New Castle stayed several days with Mr Daniel Heck. Mr Casper Shults of Kenton visited Mr John Shults on Sunday. Miss Ethel Faulkner returned to her Wilmington position. Mr Roland Faulkner visited his parents. Our young folks are eager for school to begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Irene Tollinger
Tollinger
Philadelphia
John Shults
Vining
New Castle
Daniel Heck
Casper Shults
Kenton
Ethel Faulkner
Wilmington
Roland Faulkner
Williston Visit By Philadelphia Party
Mr and Mrs Carydine and daughter Dorothy traveled from Philadelphia to Williston on Sunday and were hosted by Mr and Mrs Philip Semmer. They returned Monday with Ruth Carydine and Mrs Joseph Sudders and children who had been staying with Mrs Semmer for a month. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Hoagland and daughter Florence of Philadelphia, with Mr Hoagland an officer of the Merchants and Miners Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Carydine
Dorothy
Philadelphia
Philip Semmer
Ruth Carydine
Joseph Sudders
Semmer
Hoagland
Florence
William Willoughby
Merchants and Miners Line
Harmony Junior Aid Society Entertained At Ivins Home
Harmony Junior Aid Society enjoyed a Thursday evening gathering at Miss Bessie Ivins home with many guests including A D Ivans Towers Todd Payne and numerous Ivins Todd and related families. After the program the group planned a meeting at Mrs John Cohee's home on September 27 with refreshments served. Remarks note visits from Katie and Ritta Lister and Lawrence Scott both returning home after visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Junior Aid Society
Bessie Ivins
A. D. Ivans
Towers Todd
James T. Payne
Pearl Messick
Emiline Bradley
Mildred Lane
Lena Ivans
Elma Todd
Elsie Kelley
Catherine Stafford
Ethel Kelley
Minnie Ivins
Martha Lynch
Mamie Frederick
Mary Brodes
Mary Wright
Mamie Ivins
Edith Todd
Ella Kelley
Minta Todd
Nellie Todd
Eva Todd
Messrs
Claude Lynch
Ralph Blades
Gilbert Gibson
Webster Todd
Lloyd Brodes
Julius Craft
Willie Chambers
Roland Todd
Norman Wright
Russell Morgan
Hayward Legates
Clinton Carroll
Elmer Hignatt
Basil Taylor
Percy Nichols
Paul Kelley
Ralph Brodes
Clarence Wright
Percy Chambers
Alton Messer
Wilson Dukes
Russell Andrew
Roy Legates
Charles Bradley
Walter Lister
Fred Stafford
John Cohee
Katie
Ritta Lister
Marcus Hook
Lawrence Scott
Wilmington
Queen Anne visitors in Atlantic City visit
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Moore were recent visitors at Atlantic City, signaling a social note on leisure travel and notable guests visiting the resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
George C. Moore
Atlantic City
Anderson Seeks Belgian Police Dog Mascot For Unit
In a Paris Herald letter Eugene G. Anderson of Denton now with Johns Hopkins Hospital Unit in France asks for a Belgian police dog as a unit mascot. Readers donate to the fund, with totals around 40 francs, funds cover a 275 to 300 franc dog plus gear. The dog will bear an inscription crediting Herald readers. Eyewitness notes highlight 38,000 police dogs already at the front and their value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Paris
New York Herald
Eugene G. Anderson
Denton
Johns Hopkins Hospital
France
Herald
Hotel Majestic
Gene Anderson
Rigolo
Boulet
the Herald
Sammy
Novel Banking Case Questions Early Judgment Rights
T Fred Wright sues The First National Bank of Federalsburg over a note for 125 dollars payable six months after date involving a judgment entered before maturity for 137.50 and a sheriff sale of Wrights property. Wright claims improper judgment entry damaged his character and business seeking 5000 dollars. Lewis & Knotts for Wright. J Kemp Stevens for the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Fred Wright
First National Bank of Federalsburg
Wright
Caroline Soldiers To Camp Meade From Caroline County
Forty five men with five alternates from Caroline's quota will be taken to Camp Meade in Anne Arundel on Wednesday September 26th for army training. The local draft board will select and designate five leaders for the trip. Additional names listed include John W. Fountain Hickman Thos Christopher Pearson Preston George W. Hickey Marydel Albert Wright Queen Anne Harry Linwood Stanley Federalsburg Harry W. Cauley Denton Geo W Magers Wilmington Del Clarence Wright Hillsboro Cordy Roy Greensboro Geo Linwood Fisher Ridgely Leonard F Williamson Federalsburg Win Maryland Griffin Greensboro Herman H Truitt Ridgely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Camp Meade
Anne Arundel County
John W. Fountain
Leonard F. Williamson
Federalsburg
Win
Maryland
Griffin
Greensboro
Herman H. Truitt
Ridgely
Ministers Plan County Wide Church Sunday Initiativ
Denton ministers invite county clergy to meet at Denton M E Church at 9 30 a m to organize Everybody Go to Church Sunday on October 14 the second Sunday of the month The interdenominational effort aims to boost moral work and benefit all churches in Caroline county Harry Cummings a noted Maryland colored leader and City Council member died recently after campaigning for Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Wyatt
Denton M. E. Church
Caroline County
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
Maryland
Harry 5. Cummings
Greensboro News Matters Focuses on Local Clerical and Social Events
Mrs Mollie P Bailey suffered a wrist sprain and a small shoulder fracture after a river crossing accident. Philadelphia resident Harry Blackburn returned home for a brief visit. Miss Alzira Downs, returning to Baltimore, trains as a nurse at Church Home and Infirmary. A party hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles R Rich celebrated their daughter Mabel. The Ladies Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs M E Newnam’s home for 1917 18.
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Mollie P. Bailey
Harry Blackburn
Philadelphia
Richard Blackburn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Alzira Downs
Baltimore
William B. Massey
Miss Downs
Church Home
Charles R. Rich
Mabel
Wesley Jarrell
Greensboro
Mary Adeline
O. Perry Simmons
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
M. E. Newnam
William Sipple
Noble
Wilmington
E. F. Seward
Cambridge
Clifford Burge
Margaret Reed
Margaret Bonham
Frank Hick
Elkton
North East
Henry L. Cohee
Christopher
Will Cannon
Wilmington Fair
Denton
Margaret
Sadie Bonham
J. W. Burge
Mabel Cohee
Laurel
Nina Christopher
Lola
C. E. Butler
G. W. Wooters
Alfred Kemp
Easton
Annabel Moore
F. R. Malone
Messrs
Clarence, Liston
Ralph Wheeler
Smyrna
George Mitchell
Cape Charles
Sam
Raymond Murphy
Lewis Murphy
George Stevenson
Carroll Pippin
Genevieve Dix
Walter Grayson
Harford Porter
Ridgely
Naomi Crowl
J. Allen Moore
F. P. Roe
Ocean City
Eugene Reading
New York
Dorothy Rawlings
Mary Jackson
Thomas Attix
Kenton
Bethlehem Sunday School Rally and Protracted Services
Bethlehem Sunday School will hold its annual rally Sunday afternoon September 23 with a good program planned Protracted services begin the same day in the evening Mr O W Messick returns home in Wilmington NC after visiting his brother A J Messick Camden NJ visitors Mr and Mrs Walter Parrott from Camden NJ have returned home after visiting his parents Mrs Hooper returns home after August visit Junior Aid meets at Mrs W E Pritchett September 76 Miss Mary Barrow from Walbrook visiting Cleota Messick A F Hubbard and family spent Sunday with friends at Claiborne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Sunday
O. W. Messick
A. J. Messick
Wilmington
N.C
Walter Parrott
Camden
N. J
J. H. Parrott
Hooper
Mabel Parrot
Baltimore
W. E. Pritchett
Mary Barrow
Walbrook
Cleota Messick
A. F. Hubbard
Claiborne
Preaching Service Set For Choptank M. E. Church
A preaching service is planned tomorrow at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at the Choptank Methodist Church. The local event invites residents to attend and share in fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choptank M. E
Orphans' Court Proceedings Presented for Estate Actions
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided in the Orphans Court on Tuesday. Many inventories appraisements distributions and administrations were approved including Elliott Satterfield Pritchett Closson Stutzman Imler Chance Whisler Wooters Sigler and Wright estates with bonds notices to creditors and appraisers. A hearing over Betsy A Wright’s answer to George K Wright’s bill resulted in sustained exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Liden, Moore and Covey
Lydia H. Elliott
John S. Elliott
Virgie Satterfield
Robert Jarrell, Jr
Frederick Satterfield
John Parris
Mary E. Thawley
Hannah Parris
Unity Filwanger
Addie Baynard
Willoughby Nowell
Guardian
Mary E. Maud Closson
William H. Closson
Bayard Nichols
Clellie E. Turner
Tilghman F.taylor
Clement Drake
Oliver T. Blades
Emma Stutzman
Brice A. Stutzman
George F. Stutzman
Solomon Longnecker
Eli A. Harrison
Tobias F. Imler
Sadie K. Imler
Nathan Brubecker
Samuel N. Wolf
Thomas W. Jones
William T. Temple
Martha Y. Ford
D. A
Rebecca T. Chance
Charles A. Whisler
Galen R. Whisler
John M. Wooters
Mary Fearns
Eliza J. Sigler
Fred R. Owens
William W. Seward
Jesse Wright
T. Alan Goldsborough
George K. Wright
Betsy A. Wright
Fletcher & Jones
Big Field Builder Sees Roads Rise Across States
Ira A. Dill a Caroline county builder with Detroit ties praises Maryland road improvements after attending a Road Builders of America banquet. He notes touring 80 000 miles last year and cites Albert Kahn and aviation training camps as examples of rapid construction shaping the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Ira A. Dill
Caroline County
Detroit
The
Journal
Road Builders of America
Maryland
Union
Albert Kahn
Detroit Journal
War Department
Miss Edgell Emerges as Photo-Play Star in Easton
The Easton Gazette profiles Miss Mildred Edgell formerly of Federalsburg as a Bard Avon Dramatic School graduate in Baltimore. She led class stage roles, performed in semi professional Baltimore theatres, and possesses superb dramatic endowments and advanced stagecraft training. Her future in photo-play acting looks promising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgell
Easton Gazette
Mildred Edgell
Federalsburg
Bard-Avon Dramatic School
Baltimore
Miss Edgell
Schools Start on Monday Countywide in Reading List of Vacancies
Public schools reopen Monday with many posts unfilled as the list shows numerous vacancies across districts including Goldsboro Marydel Bari L, Denton, Williston, Harmony, Choptank and Ridgely. The document notes one vacancy at two locations and names teachers awaiting assignments or replacements.
Rev William Collins spoke at Old Bethel Church Sunday
Federalsburg notes report Rev William Collins of Kansas City Mo visiting the Noble home near town preached at Old Bethel Church Sunday morning. Collins, a Caroline native, left the area at age eight and has served in many West churches including St Louis and Kansas City, and was a Presiding Elder in his Conference. Also news of Harry Hall fined for operating without license, Frampton & Son auto funeral car arrival, Thomas H. Chambers improving, Mildred Davis visiting from Wilmington, Blanche and Hannah Stowell at Virginia Beach, Rufus Poole family moving to a Cordova farm.
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Federalsburg
William Collins
Kansas City
G. E. Noble
Old Bethel Church
Mr. Collins
Caroline
Old Bethel
Noble
Milly Collins
M. E
St. Louis
Harry Hall
Dover
Del
Charles A. Noble
Hall
Thomas F. Cox
Denton
J. T. Frampton & Son
Auto
Bridgeton
N. J
Thomas H. Chambers
Cambridge Hospital
Mildred Davis
Wilmington
W. H. Davis
Blanche
Hannah Stowell
Virginia Beach
Rufus Poole
Cordova
Talbots and Queen Annes Democratic Tickets Named
A Talbot Tuesday ticket lists Edwin G. Dover for Senate H Wrightson Dawson Rob ert J Dawson W W Slaughter Sher iff Jesse A Delehay Henry P Turner Samuel J Sewell as County officers. In Queen Annes the ticket names D A Ryland Charles W Butler Fletcher Rolph for Clerk John M Norman for County Commissioner and W E Clough for Sheriff. Court officers prepare for the fall term starting October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot's
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Senate
Edwin G. Dover
House of Delegates
H. Wrightson Dawson
Robert J. Dawson
W. W. Slaughter
Jesse A. Delehay
Henry P. Turner
Samuel J. Sewell
Queen Anne's
D. A. Ryland
Charles W. Butler
Summer social notes from Termplaville area
Mrs Gurney Knotts hosted guests including Mrs W Jones and Mr How ard Jones from Sadlersville Mrs George Leeds of Edge Moor Del and Mrs Lee Davis of Washington D C The W C T U met at Mrs M E Moore s home Mr Samuel Faulkner of Carney s Point spent the weekend with his parents Summer visitors have largely returned Miss Virgie Sparks visits Miss Ruth Rittenhouse near Roe
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurney Knotts
W. Jones
Howard Jones
Sadlersville
George Leeds
Edge Moor
Del
Lee Davis
Washington, D. C
M. E.moore
Samuel Faulkner
Carney’s Point
Virgie Sparks
Ruth Rittenhouse
Roe
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Greenwood
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Cedar Grove
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