The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-02-27
The DAILY BANNER
Brief Local News
Grand Opera House tonight.

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| Mr.. Robert Ransone. who has been
| employed at Chester, Pa, has re-
turned to his home in this city
| Mrs. Wey Parks, of Baltimore, is
the guest of Misses Marian and Char
lotte Bramble, at their home on Nue
de L'Eau street, this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilghman C. Hub
bert have returned to their home at
Wilmington, Del, after visiting Mr.
Hubbert's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Til
gilman Hub West End avenue.
Mr.. Tt (. Kerr, Jr., has re-
turned to his nome in this city, after
receiving his honorable discharge
from the Navy. Mr. Kerr was sta
toned at the Navy Yard at Norfolk,
and held the position of store-keeper
Mr.. James A. Gilliss, formerly of
this city, died at his home in Balti-
more Thursday, February Goth, of
pneumonia. He is survived by his
wife and four children. He also
leaves mother, Mrs. M. NJ. Gilliss,
and one sister, Mrs. Frank Landlord.
Mrs. Walter Everngam, of FEEDER
alsburg, spent the past week as the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Wilmer
Boldly, of Wilmington, Del. Mrs.
Everngam and Mrs. Boldly were for
merly Misses Grace and Anna Perry,
| of this city
Tonight the big minstrel show,the
show that has been packing every
theatre on the Peninsula, the Hobbs
& Longendyke Minstrels. Hear the
: band concert in front OF the theatre
tonight. Get your seats early. A
few choice seats remain unsold.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. Sheridan McClees,
of Baltimore, are spending several
days as the guests of Mrs. McClees'
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H.
Sauerhoff, at their home on Mill st. |
They are just returning from Allan
| tic City, where DR.. McClees went to |
recuperate, following an attack of |
influenza.
Congressman Jesse D. Price, OF |
the First Maryland district, has made |
the following appointments to West |
Point Military Academy cadetships: |
Joseph w. Elliott, of Westover, and |
Joseph H. Livingston, of Salisbury.
Both are named as principals to take |
the entrance examinations to be held |
beginning on March 18th.
Private Chas. Edgar Foxwell, who
recently received his discharge from
the U. S. Military service, is carry
ing around with him a souvenir of
his army service in the shape of a
bullet, which entered the f1eshy part
of his hip and remained there about
three weeks. He was in tho hospital
at the time, but on account of the
number of cases more serious than |
his, the bullet was not extracted I'M
til the expiration of that period of
time.
Santa Anna, of Vienna, reports
that recently, while passing through
Salem, he was somewhat surprised
to see Old Sport down on his knees,
searching very carefully, apparently,
for something that he had lost, but
when he made some little inquiry,
he ascertained that he was looking
to find out if the dandelions had
comm enced to- come up, as he is an
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beverage this year as possible, think
ing it will partially take the place of
some things that have gone so high
as to be practically "out of sight"
Travellers returning from abroad
supplement and accentuate the seri
BUSINESS of conditions existing among
the people of many lands. The daily
press cables are full of heart-rend-
ing stories of distress-misery be-
yond description. Harry Pratt judi
son, president of the University of
Chicago, on his arrival in New York
a few days ago from tour of in
spection in the Near East. told of
scores of thousands of Syrian and
Armenian refugees who had marched
700 miles through storms and winds,
with nothing but scraps on their
backs" Turkish soldiers, he says,
have turned bandits, and there is no
peace and no safety. On the same
day another observer told of the
death during the war of 100000
children in two small Near East |
countries, whose population does not
exceed OO,OOO.-Red Gross Bulle-
tin.