August 14, 2024

Superintendent Brett & Moore married.

Mr. Samuel W. Brett, superintendent of the Bakerton Lime Works, and Miss Fannie B. Moore, attractive daughter of County Commissioner T. B. Moore, were married at the residence of the bride’s parents, at Halltown in this […]
August 14, 2024

Jones, Contract with Baker & Bro.

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, […]
August 4, 2024

Daniel Baker Dead

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 […]
May 1, 2024

Smallpox Discovered Among Laborers at Bakerton quarries.

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 […]
May 1, 2024

Judge sides with Bakerton in Lime-Burning Case

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 […]