Town and Country Week in County Events
Weekly notes from the county cover oats harvests and hay yields, farm sales, and building work. Rev. William Reimer buys the Marley farm near Childs for 10000 dollars. Perryville school property to be sold July 21 for a new site. A horse and buggy are stolen at Fair Hill. festival nights feature Rising Sun Cornet Band. mild rain, heat, and a wind storm are reported across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Reynolds
John Sellers
Perryville
Harvey Sentman
Fair Hill
Junior League of Janes M. E. Church
Rising Sun
E.R. Raffington
East Main Street
Hunter’s Dam
Cecil County Medical Society Holds Summer Meeting
The Cecil County Medical Society will hold its summer meeting in Elkton on Thursday July 23. Topics include Incipient Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment and Tee and its Therapeutic Uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil County Medical Society
Elkton
Elkton Mass Meeting Opposes Court House Site
A Tuesday mass meeting in Elkton protested the proposed Court House site for the new building. It urged blocking the Court House Commission’s actions under the latest Legislature, noting the commission has chosen a North and High streets site and pressed for the first payment from County Commissioners. Protests will be circulated for signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Wilson
Court House
Elktonians
Mt. Pleasant M.E
Elkton
North
High Streets
Will of Samuel J. Brown Probate Casts Estate
The will filed in Elkton as Samuel J. Brown bequeaths to his wife Mary L. Brown life use of two dwellings on his Ninth district farm and maintenance. He leaves $100 to Mrs. John C. Oldham, $500 to Mrs. Anna C. Slicer, $100 to Charles S. Cameron, and the residue to son Norvel Brown. Date April 18, 1908. witnesses Wm. S. Evans and James F. Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Brown
Register of Wills
Elkton
Mary L. Brown
John C. Oldham
Anna C. Slicer
Charles S. Cameron
Norvel
Brown
Wm. S. Evans
James F. Evans
Marriages Reported Across Cecil County and Nearby Areas
Mr. Gilbert C. Cooling and Miss Flora Maslin wed July 6 in Elkton. Bush Everett Shimer and Jessie Loretta Farrand married in Elkton on July 9. Minnie Smithers Reed and J. Hugh Wright Caldwell tied the knot at the Reed residence in Chesapeake City with Rev. Eveland officiating. The bride wore Liberty satin and embroidered chiffon with orange blossom motifs. The couple left for a wedding tour after a reception. several local officials and educators served as ushers and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert C. Cooling
Cecil County High School
Elkton
Flora Maslin
Philadelphia
That City
Bush Everet Shimer
Rowlandville
Jessie Loretta Farrand
Richmond, Va
Elkton M. E. Parsonage
Dr. Barrett
John Matthew Reed
Chesapeake City
Minnie Smithers Reed
Theodore Grant Caldwell
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. Melville Arthur
Jacob Tome Institute
Wiliam Griffittt Jack
Liberty Grove
Edwin D. Graves
Marietta
Principals Appointed in Calvert and Surrounding Schools
Mr Walter Reeder newly appointed principal of Calvert Agricultural High School after graduating from Maryland Agricultural College. Miss Helen Clark named teacher at White Oak school in Ninth district to replace Miss Mearns Carhart. Miss Mary Anderson from Fair Hill School to assist Elkton High School Commercial Department. Miss Mamie Thornton, State Normal School graduate, chosen to replace Miss Effie Husselt at Pleasant Hill School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Reeder
Maryland Agricultural College
Calvert Agricultural High School
Maurice C. Reeder
Near Town
Helen Clark
White Oak School
Mearns Carhart
Mary Anderson
Fair Hill School
Cameron
Elkton High School
Mamie Thornton
Rising Sun Fire Improvement Meeting Set by Board
The Board of Commissioners of Rising Sun invites interested citizens to meet at their office on Monday evening July 20 at 8 o clock to discuss better fire protection measures. Attest W Louis Ryan, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant M. E
J. KE. Wayne
Sec’y
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Bel Air
McCall Ferry
Susquehanna River
Board of Commissioners of Rising Sun
Board OF Commissioners
Pioneer and Oxford Tennis Clash Ends With Mixed Wins
The Pioneer club hosted Oxford in a Friday series match on their court. Haines and McCullough played strong singles, Reynolds and McCommon dazzled in the second singles, and the Pioneer pair Reynolds Effing beat Stubbs Webster 6 4 6 2 in doubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Tennis Club
Haines
McCullough
Reynolds
McCommon
Pioneers
Oxford
Effing
Pioneer
Stubbs
Webster
Oxford Courts
Dates For Teachers Institutes Across Counties
The annual teachers institutes are scheduled with Cecil county at Elkton from October 26 to 30, Harford county at Bel Air from August 31 to September 4, and Kent county at Chestertown from September 7 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil County
Elkton
Harford County
Bel Air
Kent County
Chestertown
Silver medal from 1608 in Bel Air bailiff’s possession
Bailiff Jackson of Bel Air holds a silver medal three centuries old dated 1608. Issued by the Catholic Church during Pope Innocent XII's pontificate, it bears the inscription Ipse est pax nostra with a prominent miter and keys and other church emblems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Bel Air
Innocent XII
Deaths: Wmn M Way and Miss Alice Yocum
Womans M Way died at Richardsmere July 15 in her 85th year. Funeral at home tomorrow 9 AM with services and interment at Penn Hill at noon. Miss Alice Yocum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yocum, died Tuesday at Childs after a consumption illness. she was about 22 and a Elkton High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wmn. M. Way
Martha J. Moore
Richardsmere
Penn Hill
Alice Yocum
Joseph Yocum
Childs
Elkton High School
Mrs. Anna Anderson Dies at 53 in Nottingham Pa
Mrs Anna Millissia Anderson wife of Harry Anderson died Friday at her Nottingham Pennsylvania home after years with stomach cancer. She was 53, daughter of James H Boyd. Survived by husband four daughters and two sons. Funeral held Tuesday morning with interment at Oxford cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Millissia Anderson
Harry Anderson
Nottingham
James H. Boyd
Oxford Cemetery
Death of Rev W W Kimball Darlington rector at 51
Rev W W Kimball rector Grace Protestant Episcopal Church Darlington Harford county died suddenly of heart trouble at Clinton Ss Stafford home Monday while returning from Havre de Grace to Darlington. He was 51, served seven years at the church. Widow and two daughters survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Kimball
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Darlington
Harford County
Clinton C. Ss
Stafford
Havre de Grace
Mra Smith
Darlington Church
Death of Daniel Hawk at Cross Keys hotel Calvert
Daniel Hawk a respected resident of this section died suddenly around 11 45 last Friday night at the Cross Keys hotel Calvert. He had returned from Pleasant Hill with Cameron Carier after delivering a cream for a festival and collapsed while harnessing his horse. He was 63 and survived by a widow a son Thompson of Wilmington and two daughters Mrs Mary E Johnson and Miss Eugenia. Funeral services were held on Tuesday with interment at Rosebank cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hawk
Cross Keys
Calvert
Pleasant Hill
Cameron Carier
Thompson
Wilmington
Mary E
Mrs Stewart Kay died after illness in Morristown
Mrs Bessie Thompson Kay wife of Stewart Kay died Tuesday morning at her Morristown New Jersey home after several months illness from consumption She was 23 years old born July 21 1884 She taught in Cecil County public schools She left a husband a son several relatives and her father two sisters and two brothers The body was brought to Rising Sun and services held at Janes M E church with interment at Brookview cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
West Nottingham Presbyterian Church
Katherine Minster
Jacob J. Minster
Elkton
Bay View
Mechanics Band
Rising Sun Cornet
W. J. Arrants
Elk’ Neck
Perryville
J. Frank Frazer
Maryland Regiment
John A. Morgan
Glen Burnie
Rising Sun Coret Band
Joseph Pownall
Swarthmore
Albert L. Buffington
Carlton Kimble
Lena
Indiana
W. Gray
Esther
Newark
Howard Gray
Woodlawn
Janette Reynolds
Grampian
Cherry Street
Howard Yerkes
Nottingham
Triangle Club
Maryland Normal’School
E. D. Carhart
Zion
the Club
Emma Burton
Keedysville
Lillie Compton
Cumberland
Grace Deal
Hampstead
Myrtle Faltz
Baltimore
Maud Bahn
New Freedom
Mearns Carhart
Bessie Thompson Kay
Stewart Kay
Morristown
N. J
Clarence Thompson
Near Town
Cecil County
Rising Sun
Janes M. E. Church
Brookview Cemetery
Death of Kent County farmer found hanging in Maryland
William Williams a 64 year old Kent county farmer was found dead hanging from a tree along the Marydel Templeville road in Maryland. A deep head wound and brain blood clot were noted and a coroner's jury ruled the case a murder mystery with disputed evidences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Williams
Kent County
Delaware
Marydel
Templeville
Williams
Balloon causes fire on Derrickson farm near Greenwood Del
A toy balloon fell into a field and set fire to wheat on the Henry Derrickson farm near Greenwood Delaware, destroying several of the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Derrickson
Greenwood
Del
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Nathan Britton
Charlestown
Bi Jackson
Principio Furnace
William Reimer
Washington, D. C
Marley Farm
William Chapman
Principio
J. Harry Maxwell
John E. Weaver
Big Elk Creek
Lauront Anderson
Daniel Krates
Red Men’s Cornet Band
North East
Maryland
Bayside
Octoraro M. E. Church
Church Grove
Rising Sun Cornet Band
Port Deposit
Thomas A. Patton
Patton
Hopewell M. E. Church
J. Howard Gray
Epworth League
Asbury
Rehoboth Beach
Wiliam D. Abler
Caroline County
Nas
John Finger
Lancaster
Octoraro Junction
Edward Conway
Ella
Tolchester
Thomas Gale
Wm. Emory Thompson
Harry S. Carver
G. B. Barnett
William F. Coale
Earleville
Henry McAtee
Pylesville
John Smith
Smith
Helen Biles
Bridge Street
Susquehanna Tribe
I. O
Colora
G.C
EB. H. Worthington
G. S
T. C. Riley
G.S.S
Arie Jackson
G. Gr
E. E. Preston
G. P
C. H. Krauss
Sachem
J. R. Hamilton
Sr. S
C. D. Brown, Jr
H. S. Montgomery
Wash
J. M. Post
Elkton Appeal
Bro. Post
The
Joseph
Pogue
Atlantic City
B.A. Reynolds
William Michael
Dover, del
Edwin Haines
Arvilla Pyle
West Virginia
Florence Worthington
Miss. Marion Sheppard
New York
Mrs. Stewart Ward
Letta and
Ruth Books
Strawsburg, Pa
J.C
Hindmab
Main Street
Medical Society Meeting
Mastin
Shimer—Farrand
Reed
W. Louis Ryan
William M. Way
Henry Anderson
Mrs. Stewart Kay
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