Register then vote in looming presidential campaign
The piece urges every citizen to register and vote, warning that high nonpartisan turnout risks minority results. It cites California secretary of state figures and notes two registration opportunities in Caroline County: October 2 and October 9, with revision day October 16. Transferring voters must update their precinct. Regardless of intent, register now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Secretary of State of
California
Caroline County
Editorial notes on Florida hurricane toll and relief calls
The editorial warns death tolls and property losses from the Florida hurricane far exceed initial figures with 2000 to 3000 expected fatalities and widespread destruction. It notes epidemics fears, insufficient northern aid, and urges stronger relief, plus calls for jetty extensions to protect Rehoboth Beach as storms ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Red Cross
Caroline County
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed by President Coolidge
President Coolidge designates October 7 as Fire Prevention Week citing preventable fires and heavy losses. He notes national annual fire costs around 500 million, with 1927 showing some gains due to prevention campaigns, yet much destruction remains preventable with ordinary care.
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Coolidge
Marylanders Are Long Lived in State Counties
A Maryland health report led by Dr. John Collinson shows half the six thousand-plus county deaths in the first half of the year were among those 65 and older, with notable shares in ages 46 to 64 and under 45. Rural areas accounted for most deaths, whites outnumbered colored, and heart disease was the leading cause.
Lunch Box Cuisine For School Days
A vintage lunch guidance note suggests celery and cheese sticks with a cream cheese and nut filling, lemon gelatin custard desserts, caramel junket for milk needs, and festive fruit additions. It also includes a lemon drop cookie recipe and instructions on proper preparation and chilling.
Good Food For Sound Thinkers Word Study
The Christian Science Monitor notes that op porte means no time or place favorable to executing a purpose. A favorable time and place depends on first having a clear purpose, tying language to practical decision making.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Local Leaders Meeting Plans and Grain Health Warnings
County Extension notes outline the semi annual meeting of 41 Caro line clubs to be held in the Home Demonstration Agent office on Saturday at 2 p m with reports on canning and club work plus talks on increasing interest and productive work. It then warns on grain loss from weevils treat grain with carbon bisulphide and details safe handling, storage, and fumigation. follows with smut controls in wheat using copper carbonate and a homemade wheat treating machine, plus cautions on inhalation risk and timing. It also notes hog cholera concerns in Caroline county urging sanitary precautions to farmers amid feed and serum shortages and reports hog cases in Federalsburg and Preston.
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Caroline
Canning
Mrs. Sullivan
Kathleen Moore
Sarah Williamson
Ruth Weshell
Maryland
I. K. Atherton
Middle West
Federalsburg
Preston
Epworth League meeting notices and local visits
Burrsville notes report the Epworth League at Wesley Church meeting in the old school house and outline October meeting at Henry Noble home. The column lists numerous residents visiting relatives and spending Sundays in nearby towns, with several travel mentions to Chester, Marcus Hook, Denton and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League of Wesley Church
Henry Noble
Alfred Baughley
Harry Porter
Rowlandsville
Clark Marshall
Caroline Charge
A. T
Ira A. Dill
Drexel Hill
Wesley M. E. Church
Warry Murphy
Andersontown
C. N. Fountain
Arthur Layton
Farmington
R. H. Stafford
Charlie Murphy
Penton
Houston Thawley
Charlie
Harold Hopkins
Marcus Hook
Charles Messick
Hickman
John Smith
Pennsylvania
Henry Caldwell
Washington College
Chestertown
Postoffice changes loom for Andersontown town
A 25 year old notice notes a Post Office Department proposal to abolish the Andersontown post office and create a rural free delivery route from Hobbs. Patrons oppose the plan, fearing impact on local mercantile business, with Andrewsontown a long standing trade point. The item also lists varied local happenings from weather swings to deaths and reorganizations.
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Postoffice Department
Andersontown
Hobbs
Baltimore
Caroline County
Law
Robert M. Anthony
Isaac L. Dukes
W. D. Uhler
Freddie Boy
Murphey
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Second Street
J. Frank Wright
Matthews
W. R. Wright
Samuel Lewis
Joppa
T. Fred Garey
Ernest Downes
Tuckahoe
Downes
Denton National Bank
J. MW. K. Shannahan
Denton
Messrs
T. L. Day
I. T. Saulsbury
E. I. Smith
S. S. Stane
J. C. Madara
H. N. Richards
J. Varry Temntons
Ridgely Athletic Association
Henry C
Preston
The
American Bridge Co
Pencoyd
India Williamson
Addie B. Welch
Williston
Enoch George
Maryland
Mary
Driggus
Lizzie Townsend
Queen Anne
Middle West
Southwest
Atlantic
Florida
Maine
Mercury
Nellie Nichols
James Nichols
Susan A. Thompson
Walter H. Thompson
Charles E. Shannahan
A West Pocket Essay On Teeth
I. K. Atherton humorously extols teeth and their odd uses while lampooning dental woes. The piece contrasts good and bad teeth and pokes fun at tooth paste ads, decayed teeth, and the pain relief of modern dentistry, ending with a quip that a dentist is a friend indeed.
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I. K. Atherton
Social notes of Newark and surrounding towns
A long list of local families from Newark Del ware Wilmington Phil adelphia and Ridgely visit each other over Sundays and weekends. The report includes multiple households visiting relatives and friends, church services announced for Sunday with Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 7, and various residents staying with kin through the week.
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George Davis
Newark
N. J
Harry Davis
Thomas McCarthy
Wilmington
George Leeds
George Kipe
Leon Walls
Newport
Del
Norman Wilson
Ridgely
Gurney Knotts
Bernard Sutterfield
Lemuel Walls
Little Son
Dudley Clough
Kate QO. Knotts
Hamilton
J. T. Carter
M. B. Kinnamon
Billy
Owen Purnell
Sadlersville
Jack Stout
Blossom Cooper
Philadelphia
N. I
Amos Wyatt
Wyland Seamons
Millington
J. Medford Starkey
Margaret Ilsley
Mary Knotts
Inmmnilton
Wright Robinson
Louise Sittig
Mary Katherine Knotts
Remembrance Verses for Grandfather B A Fribbitt
A family note honors grandfather B A Fribbitt who died September 13 1927 with September memory. Isabelle Cowgill Henderson Md and Daisy May Satterfield are also remembered with poems of faith and longing. Anna Pably is mourned by her mother and sister with lines of love and loss.
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B. A.fribbitt
Anna Pably
Resolutions of Respect for Mrs. Sarah Williams
The Ladies Aid Society of Denton Methodist Episcopal Church records its sorrow at the death of Mrs. Sarah Williams. The resolutions express regret, acknowledge divine providence, and order minutes updated, copies sent to relatives and the press, signed by Wattie H. Hegeman, Lonie T. Ramsdell, and Rebecca R. Sparklin.
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Ladies Aid Society
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
Sarah Williams
Choptank Club Sees Busy Rainy Meeting
Rainy day attendance at Mrs Hall s club was light yet the gathering was enjoyable with men slightly outnumbering women. The next all day meeting will be in the club room on October 3 with quilting and reed work to be done as part of a community exhibit.
Broadway Mystery Hit The Skull heads to Maryland Theatre
The Skull, Broadway’s mystery hit, opens at the Maryland Theatre Baltimore the week starting October 1. Producer Lew Cantor brings the same company and staging as New York and London, with Winifred Barry Sydney Riggs Allan Davis C W Van Voorhis Harry Nelson Reginald Carrington Chester Beecroft and Carola Parson in the cast under director Victor Morley.
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Broadway
Maryland Theatre
Baltimore
Lew Cantor
New York
London
Metropolitan
Greenwich
Conn
Winifred Barry
Sydney Riggs
Allan Davis
C. W. van Voorhis
Harry Nelson
Reginald Carrington
Chester Beecroft
Carola Parson
Victor Morley
Ridgely Community Notes Reflect Local Visits and Activities
A wide range of local social happenings are recorded in Ridgely. Families and friends travel between Ridgely and nearby towns including Philadelphia Newark Mer chantville and Seaford. The September Ladies Aid supper raised forty dollars and aid for hurricane victims is being canvassed.
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Ridgely
Wallace Clark
Hamilton Roe
Pennsylvania
Ed. Roe
Ladies Aid
John Swing
Maggie Durney
Charles Rhodes
Queen Anne
Charles Hobbs
Billy and
Dever
Cambridge
Charles Stevenson, Jr
Western Electric Company
Newark
N. J
Roy Walls
Betty
Wilmington
Julian Walls
I. E. Mason
G. L. Hardesty
Seaford
Harry Robinson
Mary
Marcus Hook
Robinson
William Harrison, Jr
Harrington
U. S. Matthews
William Sterling
Crisfield
T. C. Cahall
George Bullock
Federalsburg
Ed. Morris
Carlton Lane
Philadelphia
Ellen Hoffman
Easton Hospital
Emil Rosenast
Merchantville
Franklyn Stay
Revivalist Pastor Heads to Staunton Conference
Goldsboro noted Rev. C. R. Curtis left Monday for Staunton Virginia to attend the annual conference held there this week. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Swann and daughters Jean and June visited Mr. and Mrs. Noble Dhue on Sunday. Several residents attended Cow Marsh Baptist Church anniversary. Roy Brown of Philadelphia visited Mr. and Mrs. Noble Shively on Sunday. Mrs. John Sylvester and Mrs. Albert Saunders were in Ridgely Monday. Mrs. C. R. Curtis visits relatives in Baltimore.
Oysters Return With R Month Menu Options
Oysters return as the R months begin signaling availability for stewed steamed fried or raw servings. The notice highlights various preparation styles to suit diners preferences.
Indies of Bethlehem Oyster Supper Next Oct 4 and 5
The Indies of Bethlehem will hold an oyster supper in the Community House next Thursday and Friday evenings October 4 and 5. Oysters, chicken salad, fried chicken, ham, potato salad, candied sweet potatoes, pickles, Maryland biscuit and rolls will be served. Supper served at 5 o'clock. Price of supper, 50 cents.
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the Indies of
Bethlehem
Maryland
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Benjamin FE. Johnson
Post Office
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ESS
Alfred E. Smith
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
William Cabell Bruce
Baltimore City
Congress
T. Alan Goldsborough
Rehoboth
Delaware
Sev
Surf Avenue
County Extension News
Burrsville
Journal
Templeville
Earth
Jesus
Isabelle Cowgill
Henderson, Md
Daisy May Satterfield
Julia
Simon
Wattie H. Hegeman
Lonie T. Ramsdell
Rebecca R. Sparklin
Committee
Marydel
Thomas Pritchett
Pritchett
Selbyville
T. E. Pritchett
Raymond Shultie
John Stafford
George Long
Helen
Edna Walls
Carroll Ware
Edward Morris
Stanley Draper
Maud Hummer
Paul Smith
Delaware College
Marietta Heather
Navy
Centreville
J. M. Haymakser
J. Elmer Anthony
Jacob I. Griffith
Harvey L. Cooper
Fred R. Owens
T. Plin Fisher
Liber J. K. S
Court House
Mayan
Smith's Land
T. Pliny Fisher
James Temple
Assigneea
Orphans’ Court
William H. Hollis
Anid
Harry N. Hollis
Denton R. R
W. S. Rutter
Frank Deford
Henry Kern
M. Louise Dukes
Roland T. K. Garey Denton
S. Vander Meulen
Union Grove
Ralph Hubbard
Grove Cemetery
Denton-Preston Road
Jack and Jill
Dearborn
John Deere
Tamzie Fearins
Leonard Covey
Charles Harrison
Guernsey
Willard C. Todd
Delco
P. G. E. Motors
Roland Thomas
Garage Harmony
P. QO
Nisi
Calvert C. Merriken
Albert G. Saulabury
Anna O. Saulsbury
Circuit Court
Clayton Horsey
Auditor’s Order
Thomas J. Daffin, Jr
Lillie M. Daffin
Equity
T. Clayton Horsey
True Copa
Wilson M. Tylor
Easton, Md
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