Colored People Set a Wonderful Example at Taylor's Island
A historic wartime meeting at Jagior's Island church on the Eastern Shore drew many colored residents with white volunteers. Josias Kerr urged universal duty to support the war effort and the Red Cross, highlighting a poor woman who pledged to fund four monthly payments of a dollar, demonstrating patriotism in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Philip Skinner
Cambridge
Josias Leeds Kerr
Island
Red Cross
Gene — Ne
Taylor’s Island
Dorchester County Youth Drive Sets County Record
A man, woman, and child in Dorchester County helped raise subscriptions exceeding £5000, a remarkable total that could set a countywide precedent. Credit for the success goes to the Merry Concert band of Cambridge for performing patriotic and other selections yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester County
Cambridge
Taylor’s Island
Merry
Patriotic Picnic At Golden Hill June 13
A patriotic picnic at Golden Hill on Thursday June 13 at 3 50 p m will be hosted on the new store grounds. The Woman's Section of the Council of Defense leads the program with speeches on child welfare gardens and canning by county leaders and agents. Hooper's Island residents are invited and children under six may be weighed and measured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Hill
Council of Defense
William N. Andrews
Edgar A. Jones
C.E. Leathers
Hooper’s Island
The Opposite End of The World Play at St Thomas Hall
The popular play The Opposite End of The World will be staged Tuesday evening June 11 at St. Thomas Hall Bishop's Head. Cambridge speakers are expected and proceeds go to the Junior Red Cross. Admission 10c and 15c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Hall
Bishop’s Head
Cambridge
Red Cross
Fine Cattle Sold From Maryland Farm
John E. George of Sadlersville sold three Holstein cattle to Fred P. Jump near Queen Anne for 2900 dollars. One cow sold for 1700 dollars. the trio includes a three year old Wood crest strain cow with a 22 pound butter record at age two. Since December 10 1917 she produced 9400 pounds of milk and all give a bushel daily now. Jump praised for herd improvement as milk and butter prices justify higher stock quality at Golden Run Stock Farms Centreville MD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. George
Sadlersville
Fred P. Jump
Queen Anne
Jump
Maryland
Golden Run
Centreville
Farmers find steady gains in hostile job market
In each agricultural district some farmers succeed in holding their employer despite attractions of other industries. They typically hire married men and provide small comfortable houses. Clarence Ousley notes Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Notice to dog owners ends with a threat to shoot trespassing dogs at Hambrook Manor near Cambridge starting May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ousley
Hambrook Manor
Cambridge
C. M. Slagle
A.w
Secretary Daniels Urges Coal Early Ordering
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels urges the Fuel Administration to secure coal early to support navy shipbuilding and wartime needs. He emphasizes increased naval fuel use, expanding storage and reserves, and regular citizen participation to ensure steady supply through summer and fall.
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United States Fuel Administration
Non
Josephus Daniels
Navy
America
Atlantic Ocean
Secretary of the Navy
Garfield
Fuel Administration
War effort urged by Navy Secretary on conservation and supplies
In a message signed Josephus Daniels Secretary of the Navy, citizens are urged to actively help in conserving coal and war supplies and to support the successful conduct and early victory of the War. The appeal emphasizes loyal participation and national effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Potatoes for Home Use by City and Country Gardeners
Washington June 10. Specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture urge planting late potatoes in all regions. One bushel of seed potatos can plant 440 by 100 feet and feed a family of five through winter. They recommend using idle urban land for potato plots and supplying seed and fertilizer at cost through city authorities or large corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Deserter Shot by Guards at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Leonard Frice a 24 year old deserter from the National Army was shot and killed by guards at Aberdeen Proving Grounds after fleeing custody and ignoring halt orders. The incident followed a civilian arrest and a subsequent pursuit through the grounds ending with a fatal neck wound. The Centreville Observer notes the death amid a wider Red Cross feature on Ft. Oglethorpe pool use and nursing enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Frice
Churchville
Queen Anne’s County
National Army
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Price
Proving Grounds
Centreville
Military Red Cross appeals and wartime quips
A long list of wartime donations from individuals and families is followed by a Red Cross appeal for 25 000 more nurses for the American Army. A German shelling section prompts a grim WWI trench quip between two soldiers about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
War Bonds urged to hold until war end and malaria fight noted
Secretary McAdoo urges Liberty Bond holders to keep bonds through the war to support government credit and aid soldiers. The Red Cross Sanitary Corps fights Anopheles mosquitoes around southern camps, draining and oiling swamps and water barrels to protect troops and nearby visitors. Also several local sale notices list a Saxon runabout, a bay horse and delivery wagons for sale, plus a court order in Dorchester county approving property sales valued at 350 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Sanitary Corps
American
Red Cross
Anopheles
Farms for Private Sale on Easy Terms Before June Fifteenth
Six farms offered for sale on easy terms with possession available January first if sold by June fifteenth. Three farms lie along the Choptank River at Town Point near Cambridge with handsome buildings and well cultivated land. Two more farms near Chateau include the Arnie and Burley farms along the State road near Cambridge, plus the Bassett farm at Salem. Apply for price and terms and a good bargain.
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Cambridge
Earle W. Orem
Orem
Baltimore
Maryland
Washington
Fuel Administration
Lloyd
Ferdinand A. Meyer
Choptank River
Town Point
Chateau
Arnie
Burley
State Road
Bassett
Salem
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High St
Cambridge, Md
Webb & Webb Editors and Proprietors
Ealh
Vings
Service
Ade
Uncle Sam
Cket
Phillips Hardware Co
Davis
Building M
Thrif
Philli
S Hardware CO
Secretary Daniels
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga
American Red Cross
Otis Pinger
William Paine
Rose Paine
Emmett Palmer
Fred Robbins
Herman Robbins
J. J. Robbins
Charles Rumbley
T. W. Rue
John Ross
John Ruark
Russell Rue
Daniel Rue
Woodrow Rue
Daniel Rue, Jr
Carlton H. Rue
Anabelle Rue
Mamie Rosine
Catharine Rideout
Arthur Sabine
Ethel Seabreeze
Albert Smith
Will Sterling
Elemuel Stiles
David, Chalmers
Maria
Ruth Schroeder
Emma Ralph
Florence Stiles
Edgar Spedden
D. C. Smoot
Walter T. Stevens
James A. Slocum
S. M. Smith
Charlie A. Smith
C. F. Shorter
Gussie Simmons
Wesley Insley
Old Rubber
M. C. Richardson
John Thompson
Claude Thomas
Frank Thompson
W. G. Trego
Nathan Tarder
John Thomas
Carl Gray
Wrightson Thomas
Marion Taylor
William Trego
Chas. E. Todd
Hansel Travers
Herman B. Taylor
Talken
Bradford Vickers
James Wheatley
Ernest Willey
Reginald Wroten
Randolph Willey
Clara Willey
Wm. H. Wroten
Geo. W. Wroten
J. Alonzo Wrightson
Zora L. West
W. Winterling
Joe Worst
Geo. E. Willey
J. F. Willis
Wm. E. Willey
Clarence Waters
Edw. Wilson
Harley Wheatley
Lion Brand
Brown Cordova
Oxford
McCready
Sarmet Hese
Freeeene
Weil von
Cambridge Auto Co
E. M. Skinner & Bro
Nist
H. Hansel Tyler
Geo. W. Johnson
Sallie MM. Johnson
Chancery
Circuit Court
Court of Equity
William Ae Medford
William i “Medford
E. S. Phillips
J. RF. Willis & Son
FOX and Wichert
Lecompte
FOOT
Shars
D. B. LeCompte
Poplar St
Telephone
ST. Paul
Burgess & Company Incorporated
American Building
Baltimore, MD
Mary Lee
Dunn
Eastern Shore Trust Co
S. E. Stevens
Race Street
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