The daily banner., 1919-05-07


more, has returned to her home il
this city.
Mrs. Joseph Frey, wife of Capt
Joseph Frey, U. s. A, and little son
Sewell, arrived in Cambridge last
night. via Claiborne and Hurlock, tt
visit Mrs. Frey's father, Mr.. Sewel
M. Moore, at the Hotel Dixon.
The Eastern Shore Trust Company
advertises in this ssue that it viii
purchase Liberty Bonds of previous
issues at par and interest. Read the
advertisement and familiarize your
self with the plan.
| Mrs. w. Nicholas Williams very
kindly sent the Editor of this paper
a beautiful basket of ripe strawber-
ries this morning, these being the
first we have seen this season, except
ing some which were served out OF
the garden of the Editors wife yes
terday morning.
See Constance Talmadge. as a fas-
cinating young woman novelist, a
cook and buffers sweetheart, all
in one big comedy drama, in "A La
dies Name" at the Grand Opera
House tonight. The story was writ
ten by Cyril Harcourt, the author of
"a Pair of Silk Stockings"
United States Senator Harding, of
Ohio, who seems to be strong can
didate for the Republican nomlna-
tion for President, has just returned
to Washington, and brings the news
that he did not find a man of his
acquaintance who favored the Lea
que of Nations covenant. How very,
very exclusive the Senator from
Ohio must be.
Mr.. Edgar B. Simmons has pur-
James Dixon, Edward B. Hardcast1e
and others, the mercantile block
situated at the corner of Washing
ton and Dover streets, Easton, and
has sold five of the stores in same to
Mr.. F. A. Shannahan,' of Easton, re-
tanning the large frame store on
Washington street.
If there is one thing that the peo-
pie of every section of this county
should put forth an extra effort to
see it is the War Trophy Train,
which will be in Cambridge next FRI
day morning, May 9th, and will be
open for public inspection from 9 to
II o'clock. See some of the things
our boys went up against, and then
double your subscriptions to the Vic
tory Loan.
- A package containing two oranges
addressed to two of our bank offici-
ais, wa sreceived this week, but the
officers being suspicious of the pack
age, refused to- eat the oranges, and
handed them over to a lady employ
ed in the bank, who has a ravenous
appetite She devoured both oran-
ges, and is awaiting results. She is
willing to take chances on anything
good to eat.
Mr.. A. B. Robinson, of Church
Greek, last week shipped a six
weeks old calf to Baltimore, which
weighed in Baltimore, 1873 lbs, and
cleared him $28.45. The calf was
six weeks old the day it reached
Baltimore. being shipped from Mil
ton the day before. The calf's mo-
ther has been giving six quarts OF
milk daily in excess of what the calf
took, which is an abnormaIly heavy
yield of milk.
This evenings session OF the Con-
vention of the Woman's Auxiliary OF
the Diocese of Easton,r which is in
session in Christ Church, this city,
will be addressed by Bishop Hulse, OF
Cuba. After the service in the
church, the Ladies' Aid Society will
hold reception in the Parish House,
to which the visiting Auxiliary mem
bers and the congregation are cor
daily invited.
Captain Ivy L. Leonard left at this
Office this morning some ve:y unusu-
al oysters, they having been brou-
ght here from Virginia by Captain
Calvert Leonard. People of this Sec
tion are accustomed to young oysters
these are of the older kind. and
some of them measure over seven in.
ches in length, and are over six in
ches wide, weighing nearly foul
pounds; others are heavier still
They are on exhibition in our win.
kdow.
Our old friend. Policeman Shorter
doesn't say very much about his gar
den, but he is generally among the
first to deliver the goods. He has
had new peas this season out of his
garden, has potatoes as large as her
eggs, and his other vegetables art
looming along at about the same rate
Our old friend, Richardson, up OF
Academy street, is said to feel 81
badly about the strawberries, peas
potatoes, etc., that he is thinking O
/ raising nothing but chrysanthemum'
another year. Brother Bayly, too
has been doing much Work in hi
garden, working morning, noon ant
night, but so far his efforts have no
been crowned with success; his part
ners. Meekins and Bramble, will b.
along with finished products in tw'
or three weeks.
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