The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-24

leaves are yet on the trees.
Salmon fishing at HOLLYWOOD is
popular and good catches are report
ed.
Havre de Grace now receives its
electric current from the Perry Point
plant.
Daylight saving ends Saturday.
night. Clocks are to be turned back
one hour at / A. M. Sunday, Oct. rs.
Alan d. Price, of Elkton, has gone
to Palm Beach, Florida, where ne
has accepted a position on news
peper.
A valuable driving horse belong
Ing to Harry Thompson was stolen
from his stable at Cecilton on the
might of October IL.
VI The scarcity of sugar is felt by
housewives, the price is IL cents,
but only two pounds at time, ano
sometimes not even that.
Charged with carrying concealed
weapon Warren Roy, colored, OF
Chester, was sentenced by Justice
Lewis to four monhs in the House OF
Correction.
October 27 will be observed as
Roosevelt Memorial Day IN all the
public schools of the State, according
to plans of the Roosevelt Memorial
Association.
Messrs. Vincent and Lee Janney,
of Lewisville, Pa, have purchased
the butchering business and prop
erty of John A. Tobin in North East
and taken possession.
While cleaning an electric meat
chopper Clarence B. Dean, proprietor
Of provision stores in E1kton ana
Newark, had the ends of two fingers
of his left hand cut off.
The West End Methodist Episcopal
Chapel in the town of Elkton, whlcn
was recently sold at public sale TO
Daniel Krauss, has been purchased
by the Latter Day Saints.
During the month of September
the receipts at the Office of the Auto
mobile Commissioner of Maryland
were $4S,445, as against $33,25O.5O
for the same month last year.
The work of concreting Bel Air
avenue in Aberdeen was completed
last week by the contractors, G. Il.
Abbott & Sons, making solid con-
crete laid road entirely through the
town.
Owing to i'll health of his wife,
ION. William Jennings Bryan mas
cen compelled to cancel his engage
Aent to deliver an address at Elkton
n month in the interest OF the
ools.
At a congregational meeting OF
Elkton Presbyterian church peti-
fion was addressed to the Synod ask
ing transfer from the Presbytery OF
New Castle to the Presbytery of Bal
timore.
The pupils of Calvert Agricultural
High School have arranged to issue
monthly periodical, to be known as
The Calvert Chronicle. The first
edition will be ready for distribution
October 81.
Neiper Edwards has purchased Tor
s4,5OO from Mrs. Isabelle Buckley
the double dwelling on South Queen
Street occupied by himself and
family and the family of Frank A.
Hambleton.
The automobile of Alonzo Fred
erick was stolen from his garage in
Havre de Grace one night last week
and taken to Laurel. Md, where 1t
was sold for $3.50. The car was
located and returned to its owner
who refused to prosecute.
A full grown buck deer, with ant
lers. has been seen by several of our
residents this week in the meadow OF
the Keilholtz farm, adjoining town
and in the woods at the head OF
Hunters dam. There is much specu-
Alation as to where the animal came
from, but no one knows.
After a delay of over two weeks,
occasioned by lack of sand, more OF
this material has been received by
the contractor and the mixer again
resumed operations on Monday, lay
ing concrete on West Main street,
beginning at Wilson avenue and
working toward Center Square.
Slow progress is being made, less
than one hundred feet day being
put down on Monday and Tuesday.
Better progress was made on We'd
! enesday, when over 160 feet Of con-
screte were laid. It is about 1000
vt from Wilson avenue to Center
Sduare, where the concrete roadway
being laid will connect with the COM
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