Our enterprising young countyman Mr. Chas. E. Jones has purchased eight hundred acres of land in Morgan county, opposite Hancock. One hundred and fifty acres of it is good river bottom, and the remainder in timber, […]
DANIEL BAKER DEAD.Daniel Baker, of Baltimore, widely known as a churchman, philanthropist and leader in all good works, and a business man of the highest type, died early last Monday morning, following a protracted illness. He […]
BOYD’S AND VICINITY.Smallpox Discovered Among Laborers at Stone Quarries.Special Correspondence of the Evening Star. BOYD’S, Md. December 1, 1902. […] At the Standard Lime and Stone Company quarries at Bakerton west of Brunswick, there developed a […]
LIME-BURNING CASE. THE JUDGE DECIDES AGAINST ELDRED COMPANY. Important Step Toward Throwing Open to the Kilns the Most Practical and Valuable Process for Burning Lime. Parkersburg, W. Va., – January 3.– One of the most important […]
BIG FIRE AT BAKERTON CAUSES LOSS OF $15,000Sheds Around Twelve Big Limekilns of Standard Lime and Stone Co. Consumed Tuesday Night. Fire broke out between 2 and 3 o’clock Tuesday night at the plant of the […]