Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-07-27
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Friday and Saturday last to train them
for the contest at our Fair.
Jacob S. Best. of this county, has been
Granted an absolute divorce in the circuit
court here from Jamie R. Best, of Wash
in6top, on the ground of desertion.
The Rideley Brown Camp will meet in
the Court House, Rockville, on August 4th,
1929. for the election of officers and other
business.-E. L. Tschiffely, Commander.
Judge Peter has signed decree in the
circuit court here granting to Stephen H..
Dudley of this town, an absolute divorce
from Mrs. Alinda L. Quigley. of New York.
Samuel ]. Athey, of this county and
Washington, is the plaintiff in a suit for
an absolute divorce filed in the circuit
court here against Mrs. Marianne E. Athey,
of Buffalo, N. Y.
On the ground of desertion, Mrs. Mary E.
Painter. of Gaithersburg, has been granted
an absolute divorce by Judge E. c. Peter.
in the circuit court here. from Paul F..
Painter, of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Morgan, of this
town, have announced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Mary Lillian Morgan
to Mr.. Charles Chesley Allies. The we'd
ding will take place in September.
Mrs. Ella E. Edwards. wife Of Douglas
C. Edwards, of Halpine, died on Wednes-
day afternoon of last week in a Washing
ton hospital, aged 20 years. She is. sur
vived by her husband and five children.
Miss Amanda B. Griffith, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Julian Griffith. of Jamestown,
this county, died on Tuesday afternoon Of
last week in Baltimore hospital follow
ing an operation for an internal trouble.
She is survived by both parents, two sis
tiers and four brothers.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage in Washington on Saturday last
of Miss Anna E. Fawsett. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. H. Fawsett, of Travilah.
and MIR. John L. Rice. of Jamestown. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. A. F.
Anderson at the home of the minister.
Mrs. Gertrude Dorsey has sold 70 acres
of her farm on the Rockville-N orbeck pike
for 1920 per acre. 1t adjoins the rs acres
recently sold by Mrs. Dorsey to the Christ
Child Society of Washington. The name
of the purchaser has not been made pub
lie, but it is understood he will build at
once.
The Montgomery County Association of
Volunteer Firemen will meet in St. Mary's
Hall, Rockville, on Saturday, July 2Sth. at
8P M. Representatives from the volun-
teer departments will be present. Matters
of interest to the firemen and to the COM
munities in which they live will be dis
cussed. The public is cordially invited to
be present.
During the week of July 10Th eight
veterinarians from different parts of the
State were sent into Damascus S>.trict for
the purpose of testing dairy cattle for
tuberculosis. Twelve hundred and ninety
seven cattle were tested. of this number
146 were reactors 1t is believed that over
80 per cent of the cattle in that district
were tested.
Fire, caused by lightning, caused the
destruction last Sunday afternoon cf the
fine new barn on the farm of George C.
Darby, near Buck Lodge. Large quantities
of wheat and hay. number of farming i'm
plements and other things were destroyed.
and a valuable calf persisted in the flames.
The loss is placed at about $4,000, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
Over the Top of the World.-Uncle Sam
is building the greatest of all airships. He
plans to test it out by sending it for trip
to the north pole The story of this big
project is told in the magazine of The
Washington Star, Sunday, July 20. Read
the remarkable details of the scheme,
written by an expert. Order your copy of
next Sundays Washington Star from your
newsdealer today.
Friday evening" September 1917 were
selected as the dates for the annual chau-
tauqua to be held here under the auspices
of the Swarthmore Chautauqua Associa-
ton of Pennsylvania, and officers were
chosen as follows: President DR.. George
E. Lewis vice-president. Rev. P. Rowland
Wagner; secretary, Mrs. Vivian Bouic
treasurer. F. Bache Albert. The following
chairmen of committees were also named !:
Grounds. DR.. o. M. Linthicum; decorations.
Mrs. Emmett Dove and Mrs. Leonard l..
Nicholson; advertising. Frank H. Higgins.
The body of the unidentified white man
found floating in the Potomac river. near
Seneca, this county, has. by direction of
States Attorney Thomas L. Dawson, been
buried in the cemetery on the aims house
farm. The body was in such decom-
posed condition that DR.. George E. Lewis.
who made the examination, was unable
to say how the man met his death. 1t was
impossible to determine the age of the
man. His body had probably been in the
water for several weeks, 1t was clothed
inkhaki pants, white shirt and brown shoes.
and the pants were rolled up nearly to the
knees.
At present prices wheat could be advan-
taeeously fed to hogs, instead of corn,
according to reports from the State schools
OF agriculture of Missouri and Kansas.
With corn worth IS cents bushel. wheat
is worth $l10 when fed to hogs. L. A.
Weaver, head Of the Missouri Experiment
Station, said. THE Missouri Experiment
station has conducted two trials, where
ground wheat was compared with ground
corn, Mr.. Weaver said. "A summary of the
two years results shows that the hogs fed
wheat made more rapid gains than did
the hogs fed corn. 1t also required less
Grain to make gain"
A law enforcement meeting will be held