The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-09-07
TOWNsAND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs Of Recent Events Of
Interest to Our Readers
&OCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Al Teachers Institute was neiu
at EIkton Tuesday and "Wednesday
Of this week,
The new concrete road from Cal
vert to Zion was opened to trainc on
Thursday last.
The auto traffic through town on
sunday and Labor Day was almost q
sready stream in the afternoons.
The annual Cecil County Sunday
school convention will be held IN
Elkton Presbyterian church on Sep
tember 21.
The date for removing the tolls on
the Perryville- Havre de Grace bridge
has been changed from September
is to September 20.
Due to lack Of orders, the mill In
Elkton, owned by the Reach sport
ing Goods Company, OF Philadao mas
closed down for month.
Charged with stealing $500 from
MRS. Mollie Russell, OF North EAST
Clifford Gray, of Montgomery coun-
ty, has been committed to Elkton
jail.
HOOK Walker, pitcher OF the OK
ford, Pa, Susquehanna League
team, is being given a trial ON the
baltimore team, of the international
League.
The Electro Mechanical Co., OF
Baltimore, has been awarded the
contract for wiring the Perryvilie-
Hayre de Grace vehicular bridge at
a bid Of $13,500.
Harold S. Smith, of Rockville, was
elected last week, Commander OF the
American Legion Of Maryland, 70
succeed Wallace Williams, of Elk
tom, whose term expired.
The twenty-first annual conven-
tion of the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways. Association meets at Cape May,
N. u. at the Municipal Pier Auditor
ium, on September 5, s. and ..
During the absence of the family
robbers ransacked the home OF MIS-.
samuel Sturgeon, in North East,
Jewelry. toilet articles. clothing ana
other things were stolen. No clue
hasAbeen obtained of the guilty
~
The Bower farm, situated on the
Elkton road between Newark ana
lne Delaware Maryland state lne'
was sold at private sale last week to
robert Weimer; Apple Greek, onlo'
VINO will take possession In April,
ueyoting his time to poultry raising.
one Of our residents, noticing the
presidential name tags on numerous
passing autos Labor Day afternoon,
when traffic was running thick, out
of curiosity checked on them for
given time, his count showing 20
Hoover tags and 81 Smith tags,
most three to one.
William H. Dorsey, twenty-five
wears old, of Baltimore, while riding
freight car on the Baltimore ano
Ohio Railroad, fell OF while the
train was crossing the Susquehanna
river BRIDGE breaking his hip he
was taken to the Havre de Grace
hospital for treatment.
An alarm about seven O'Clock sun,
day morning broke UP many nap,
and called the Community Fire Com
many chemical truck to sthe Culleny
property, ON West Main street, where
bad chimney fire, in the portion Oh
the dwelling occupied by Richard
Mullen and family, required Dotn
kill SCOT and chemicals to extlngulsn.
No damage was done.
Two men and two women, enroute
from Washington to their homes ID
Philadelphia, met with a serious
accident near Harrisyille, about nve
o'clock, Sunday evening, when theil
car struck an abutmeRt OF small
bridge and upset All four were
more or less seriously injured, one
woman especially, but refused to &c
TO the hospital. They were taken
10 Elkton by Arthur Dinsmore,
where they took train for Phila'
delphia.x Their auto was badly
wrecked.
Between $50 and 800 members OF
the American Institute OF Chemical
Engineers visited Edgewood Arsenal
Thursday and inspected the various
departments engaged in research
and production of chemical warfare
equipment Included among the
visitors were several eminent British
aefs, who are making a.tour OF
United States.
g Hartford County Fair will open al
3el Air on october 9Th and extend 10
October 18th. The Fair GROUNDS
are being thoroughly cleaned, new
sheds under construction and mum
erous repairs being made to otner
buildings. Good racing cards are
being prepared with liberal purses.