Reorganization at Sylmar M E Sunday School and Local Notices
Sylmar M E Sunday school to be reorganized on Sunday the 16th. Rev Dryden may return as Leeds M P church pastor next conference year. Chesapeake City Odd Fellows mark 63rd lodge anniversary. Walter C Miller of Elkton seeks Cecil County Assistant Treasurer. Calvert Epworth League hosts ten cent St Patrick tea. Multiple church salary raises for Pastor William H Briggs. John W Miller sports new State Road Patrol cap. Eli T Reynolds adds front window to drug store. Supper for Sylmar M E church raises 30 dollars. James Watson becomes Pivot Bridge tender. Bert Spink injured at Havre de Grace. Charter granted to Rock Springs Old School Baptist Church. Cecil County to Kent County transfer in Scarborough v Keir case. Port Deposit mayoral succession prompts special election. Baraca Class entertainment planned with two plays and admission 25 cents. Miss Rachel Dawson reports 61.50 stolen at Barnes House. James H Evans injured by a horse while decToen. March weather turns from mild to snow squalls and cold spell. Local visits: Mrs Shaffer in Baltimore. Miss Twaddell in Devon. Miss Esther Cooney to Virginia. Miss Ruth Webster to Wilmington. Social dance and various engagements noted including engagements of Esther White to Reginald Simpers and Mary Amanda Andrew to Dr Daniel Bratton. Numerous local marriages reported with dates. Farm sales and shipping incidents noted. Ship blast in Baltimore harbor felt locally. Real estate sales in Harford County and carpeted church changes.
Wagon Shed Burned on Albert Ewing Farm
A wagon shed near Mt Pleasant on Albert Ewing's farm was destroyed by fire last Thursday. A traction engine sparked the blaze. a bucket brigade saved the barn and dwelling, but losses reach about 800 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ewing
Mt Pleasant
Circuit Court Adjourns In Will Contest And Other Cases
The court adjourned after a verdict for the defendant in the Logan will contest case. Mary Neal of Chesapeake City had an acquittal for charges from Elkton liveryman Taylor W. McKenney. National Bank of Oxford filed a claim against Eureka Fertilizer Co. with a judgment entry set at 2542.35, pending bankruptcy discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Y. Logan
Mary A. Logan
Joseph W. Lewis
Joseph R. Burns
Near Bay View
Taylor W. McKenney
Elkton
Mary Neal
Chesapeake City
National Bank of Oxford
Eureka Fertilizer Co
Government Contract For Water System at Gettysburg
The government awarded a water system contract for Gettysburg Battlefield to L. B. Jacobs of Newark Delaware. Installation will be ready by July for the 16th Anniversary celebration of the battle. The project covers multiple miles of pipe and four 50 000 gallon tanks to serve 60 000 to 75 000 people, with a National ceremony expected and over 50 000 soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
L. B. Jacobs
Newark
Del
Supreme Court affirms $5000 verdict in train injury case
The Supreme Court in Philadelphia on Monday sustained Jesse Watters’s $5,000 award against the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Co. Watters was injured after stepping from a Tolchester excursion train in Oxford yard on the return trip. McCoy's Spring Millinery opens March 14, 1913 with laces Hamburgs and floundings on display at Buffington's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Jesse Watters
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company
Watters
Central Division
Oxford Yard
Buffington’s
Rates Under Investigation In Havre de Grace
The Public Service Commission questioned Havre de Grace Electric Company over a 25 cent monthly meter rent and high power rates. Patrons seek a tiered rate schedule and 20 percent early payment discount, while the company cites a $1000 annual profit and potential rate increases to cover losses. The hearing spanned two sessions with no immediate conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Havre de Grace
James A. Harlow
Teasurer
The
Electric Company
Mrs Bridget Cain Dead at 78 Near Lombard
Mrs Bridget Cain wife of John P Cain of near Lombard died March 6 at age 78. She is survived by her husband three sons and a daughter. The funeral was held Saturday with interment at Elkton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget Cain
John P. Cain
Near
Lombard
Elkton
Frank E Morgan Dies After Long Illness in Philadelphia
Frank E. Morgan formerly of Port Deposit died Sunday afternoon after a long illness at his Philadelphia home. His wife and two daughters survive. Interment was held Wednesday at Hopewell M. E. cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Morgan
Port Deposit
Philadelphia
Hopewell M. E
Death of Mrs Harriet Coulson in Kensington Ohio
Mrs Harriet Coulson widow of William Holland Coulson died March 8 in Kensington Ohio at age 77. She was a daughter of James Johnson and Elizabeth Reed and mother of James W Coulson who died December 12, 1912. She belonged to the Presbyterian church since childhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Coulson
William Holland Coulson
Kensington
Ohio
James Johnson
Elizabeth Reed
The
Presbyterian Church
What is the real shamrock and why it varies
The article notes that no single plant is universally called shamrock across Ireland. Trifolium minus is often linked to St Patrick’s Day exports, while Frifoliun repens white clover is widely worn as shamrock. Wood sorrel oxalis also competes for the name, and botanists struggle to identify a definitive plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
England
Trainmen To Announce Causes Of Delay
The Passenger Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad issued orders requiring conductors to inform passengers of delays with cause and expected duration. Station agents will also relay the information to travelers awaiting delayed trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penylvania Railroad
West Nottingham Notices and Local News
West Nottingham highlights include a bake at West Nottingham chapel on Friday afternoon and evening March 14. Scarlet fever closes Cobra public school and the Academy with Harvey Gray and Edna Muldoon ill. George E. McCullough travels north, birthday greetings for Jacob Tarbert, and a busy social week with Aiken and Tosh families. McCullough suffers lumbago in Nottingham. transit nurses assist in Oxford. Street Riley takes the Moore property at Richardsmere. Fryer family guests over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Nottingham Chapel
Cobra Public School
Academy
Professor Wentzel
Harvey Gray
Edna Muldoon
Riley
Moore
Richardsmere
Norman Fryer
Wm. T. Fryer
Woodlawn and Nearby Visitors in Philadelphia and Local Notices
Community notes list visits by Joseph Tomlinson Mrs A C Gibson G W Poist Charles F Bryde Charles Wilkins and H H Keilholtz with a dislocated hip occurring again Susanna Jackson Clinton Jackson and the Churchman households with Rea Tyson families. Local events include entertaining dinners brides showers and embroidery club gatherings. The Public Service Commission cut tomato pulp rates to 7 cents per cart to multiple Maryland and Delaware towns and Baltimore shipments. Shellfish resources in Maryland urged for schooling along with a call for stronger advertising. Newark fire company orders a 9000 automobile fire engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Keilholtz
Susanna. Jackson
Clinton Jackson
Sam. Jackson
Blythedale
Samuel Churchman
Wm. Rea
Carroll Tyson
Leila Thompson
Charles Gibson
Buffington's Prominent Sale of Home Furnishings
The largest showing features bed room and parlor suits couches beddings dining room furniture floor coverings and rugs at Buffington's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffington’s
Roads and Schools Focus of Calvert Exchange Meeting
The Calvert Exchange of the Farmers Civil and Business Association met at Rosebank hall on March 6 with President W R Cameron in the chair. Elwood Balderston and W J Simmers joined committees on Public Schools and Co operative Selling, fertilizers prices were discussed, seed potatoes planned for carload shipments from Rising Sun, and road construction and school issues dominated the session. The next meeting is set for April 5 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert Exchange
Farmers’ Civil and Business Association
Rosebank Hall
W. R.cameron
Elwood Balderston
W. J. Simmers
Rising Sun
Wm. R. Cameron
S. G. England
Jos. T. Richards, Jr
Cecil County
Richards
King Drag
J. EB. Crothers
Public School Committee
Joseph McVey
McVey
Teachers’ Institute
J. P. Simpers
The Farmer's Side Letter to The Canners
A farmer writes to defend the farmers side against low canning prices. He recalls a February 22 vote to raise no corn for less than 12 dollars a ton and argues price cuts harm the farmer. He laments hard work, taxes, mortgage interest, and meager shares from consumer dollars. He condemns the canning and retail pricing that yields about thirty cents of every dollar to the farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coloral/Canning Co
Cobra Canning Co
Westminster farmers sign 1913 canning season contract
Farmers in Westminster district Carroll county Maryland arrange delivery to county canneries for the 1913 season at eleven dollars per ton. Kee directs bathroom fixtures at Buffington's offering plate glass mirrors glass shelf and parts. Age rey 7 a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Carroll County
Buffington’s
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Sylmar M. E
Dryden
Leeds M. P
Odd Fellows
Walter C. Miller
Calvert Epworth League
St.Patrick’s
C. W. McKinney
John W. Miller
State Road Commission
State
Eli T. Reynolds
Howard Brown
Sylmar
M. E. Church
James Watson
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Pivot Bridge
John Kirk
T. B. Symond
Maryland Agricultural College
J. B. Fassitt
William Harris
Montieth Peterson
Perryville
Bert Spink
Lancaster Court
Rock Springs Old School
M. G. Scarborough
Lawrence Keir
Cecil County Court
Kent County
Keir
David C. Armstrong
Baraca Bible Class
Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church
Rachel Dawson
Barnes House
James H. Evans
Near Town
Evans
Son H. P. Shaffer
Baltimore
Caroline M. Twaddell
Devon
Cecil. E. Ewing
Mrs. W. H. Michaels
Langhorne, Pa
Mrs
Edwin Haines
Esther Cooney
Virginia
Ruth Webster
Wilmington
Doris Chandler
Cape Charles
Jennie Gillespie
Grace A. Wilson
Maple Lawn
Alva H. Tyson
Baltimore Hospital
Esther White
Webster White
Calvert
Reginald Simpers
Amy Simpers
C. S. Pyle
F. H. Huffman
S. Wayne Reynolds
H. L. Worthington
Charles A. Andrew
Berkley
Haford County
Mary Amanda Andrew
Daniel Bratton
Clara Roberson
Jerry O. Murphy
William Fulton
Oakwood
Cora May Vander Veer
William Daniel Quattlebaum
Havre de Grace Baptist Church
New Berean Baptist Church
John C. McNamara
Edward Burke
George H. Pearce
Andora
William McAllister
Chesapeake City High School
H. C. Griffin
Harry R. Boulden & Son
William Gifford
M. E
Harford County
Judge Watters
Thomas’ Run
J. W. McCall
Martin Bros
Augustus Martin
Fallston
Upper X Roads
Little Britain Presbyterian Church
Little—Walker
Ethel E. Walker
John E. Little
Delena E. Groves
Wm. M. Howell
Elk. Neck
North East
M. E. Parsonage
J. P. Otis
Murphy—Fulton
Ethel M. Fulton
Rowlandville
Pleasant Grove
Buckworth—Spear
Lena Spear
James Spear
Bohemia Manor
Charles Buckworth
Second
S. M. Perry
Russell
Shivery
Florence Rebecca, Shivery
Cecil County Public Schools
Elwood T. Russell
G. T. Alderson
Rogers—Chapman
Florence Chapman
Chas. Chapman
Chrome
John L. Rogers
Tweedale
Sweet—Carlsen
August Carlsen
Edith A. Carlsen
Vincent M. Sweet
Darby, Pa
Annapolis
George S. Bell
McCoy's Spring Millinery
Harelet Coulson
the True Shamrock
Farm Journal
Walter C. Merry
Elktoy
Cecil Democrat
Lloyd Balderston
Colora
James Jones
Near North East
West Nottingham
George E. McCullough
Geo. H. Thompson
North Carolina
Jacob Tarbert
Miss Etta Tosh
Dep. McCullough
John Sebold
James Aiken
John Aiken
Andrew Aiken
Robert Aiken
Elsie
Helen Aiken
India Tosh
Ellen M. Tosh
Frank Way
Lottie Campbell
Mamie
Jessie Campbell
Guy Kirk
Miss Kirk
Aiken
Oxford
Nottingham
Woodlawn
Joseph Tomlinson
A.C. Gibson
G. W. Poist
Phila
Charles F. Bryde
Norwood
Charles Wilkins
M. L. Thompson
Osborn
Belcamp
Clayton
Sewell
Stepney
Swan Creek
van Bibber
Pennsylvania R. R
MD. & Pa
R. R
Swepson Earle
Shellfish Commission
Maryland
Mr. Earle
Fire Company of
United States Fire Apparatus Co
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