Harp Re-elected Supreme Representative in Maryland Knights of Pythias
R S Harp of Mountain City Lodge No 29 Knights of Pythias was re-elected Supreme Representative of Maryland lodges for a third term. Baltimore reported the election results at the 1915 convention with other officers named and plans for the Portland Oregon gathering in August.
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Reno
Harp
Mountain City
Knights of Pythias
Maryland
Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
George R. Johnson
Mt. Washington
John R. Hopwood
James M. Hendrix
Louis Reitz
Renos. Harp
Frederick
Hopwood
Supreme Lodge
Portland Oregon
Supreme
Broening
Mizpah Lodge
R. of P
Hotel Rennett
Walter R. Ritchie
Yes
St Valentines Day parties for children ideas and tips
The article outlines celebrating St Valentine s Day with children, suggesting simple or elaborate parties. It advises choosing between luncheon, tea, or supper, organizing 16 to 20 children to play games, and serving refreshments between 4 and 4 hour. It recommends heart decorations, paper Cupid invites, and heart badges for guests. Crepe paper table linen and napkins are proposed to avoid stains.
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Valentine
Worst Mangled, He Lives Atloona Miner Admitted After Locomotive Crash
Luigi Gabello 88 a miner from Indiana was admitted to Altoona Hospital after a locomotive struck him at Kittanning Point. He suffered a fractured skull jaw nose right arm crush chest leg lacerations and other injuries. Doctors amputated the right arm but he is said to be getting along and recovering.
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Altoona
Altoona Hospital
Luigi Gabello
Indiana
Kittanning Point
Here
Baltimore Debate Urges End to Prohibition Allegations
An audience at the Maryland Theatre heard Personal Liberty league speakers denounce prohibition as immoral and a threat to liberty. Chicago editor Charles A. Windle challenged Billy Sunday to a joint debate, offering $1,000 if he would participate.
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Personal Liberty League
Charles L. Schanberger
John H. Ferguson
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Windle
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William F. Cochran
Jefferson
Lincoln
Washington
Calvin
Luther
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Asbury
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Christ
Cana
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Mr. Sunday
Maryland Briefs Highlight City Visits and Local Changes
Trail-hitters from Philadelphia visited Baltimore sharing tales of redemption through Billy Sunday meetings. Governor Harrington backs higher traders licenses to boost state revenue. Plans for Le ball fantastique at Maryland Institute are set for March. A bond issue for new schools is urged in Cambridge. A rail collision near Elkton injures several. another near Newark, Del. Deaths include Samuel Patchett, 87, respected Easton resident, and Frederick Zehn, 96, Carroll County’s oldest. Dr. Howard A. Kelly spoke in Cambridge. Harry Webber leases Palace Theatre in Hagerstown. Charlies Pushnell named Cecil County forest game warden.
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Maryland Institute
Cambridge
Dorchester
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Barksdale Station
Elkton
New York
Barksdale
Newark
Del
Samuel Patchett
Easton
Howard A. Kelly
Harry Webber
Roanoke
Hagerstown
August Reisner
Charlies A. Pushnell
Near North East
Cecil County
Charles Bibleheiser
Principle Creek
Hartford County
J. W. Morris
Washington
Washington County
Elias Young
Frederick Zehn
Carrol County
John T. Zahn
Westminister
New Jitney Line Planned With $20,000 Capital
William B. Staley organizes a $20,000 corporation to run jitney buses linking Hagerstown Cumberland Hancock Boonsboro Frederick and Clearspring, expanding local transport options.
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Cumberland
William B. Staley
Hancock, Boonsboro
Frederick
Clearspring
Grave robbers rumaged Virginia Calhoun grave in Clarksburg
Deputy Sheriff Lace Wolfe and Sheriff Ross F. Stout’s bloodhounds failed to track ghouls who opened the cemetery grave of Mrs. Virginia Calhoun in Clarksburg. Rings were cut from fingers and the shroud torn. Trail considered too old. Rowlesburg residents speculate a buried fortune prompted the robbery.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Lace Wolfe
Ross F. Stout
Rowlesburg
Virginia Calhoun
Wolfe
Calhoun
Widow 75 Dies Sudden Heart Attack After Declaring Strength
In Altoona Pennsylvania on February 14 Mrs. Annie Buck a 75 year old widow told her daughter she felt as strong as 25. Moments later she collapsed and died from heart disease in a sudden fatal episode.
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Altoona
Annie Buck
Gertrude
Death of Maj. John Van Lear in Delaware
Maj. John Van Lear, 84, of Hagerstown, died yesterday at his son John Findlay Van Lear’s home in Wilmington Delaware. He was a Washington and Jefferson graduate, former Treasury official, longtime paymaster for the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, and a Civil War captain and brevet major who helped guard Lincoln’s body. His wife died recently after a bicycle accident in Hagerstown.
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John Findlay van Lear
Wilmington
Del
William and
Susan Graham van Lear
Williamsport
Washington and Jefferson College
Treasury Department
Washington
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
Col. Penrose
Lincoln
White House
Oldest Knight of Pythias Joseph Fry Dies at 105
Roanoke Virginia reports the death of Joseph Fry at age 105, the oldest Knight of Pythias in the United States and Roanoke's oldest citizen. He died Thursday night from infirmities of age, having previously lived in New York.
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Joseph Fry
Roanoke
Pythias
United States
Widow Ida Frey Killed by locomotive near Casselman
Mrs Ida Frey 47 widow of David Frey of Casselman died seconds after leaving her son when struck by a light engine. Mrs Etta Fromel was also hit and seriously injured. Witness Robert Frey, a local watchman, observed the accident near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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David Frey
Casselman
Etta Fromel
Robert Frey
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Reverend James M. Warden, longtime WV Methodist minister, dies
Clarksburg WV Feb 14 After a brief illness the Rev James M Warden one of the oldest ministers of the West Virginia Methodist Episcopal conference died Saturday at the home of a daughter Mrs E H Kelly at Buckhannon at the age of 84 He was once a presiding elder and also served as pastor of the First Church at Clarksburg
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W. Va
James M. Warden
West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Conference
E. H. Kelly
Buckhannon
Maryland Gains 62 528 Population Increase
Washington Feb 14 The Census Bureau estimates place the continental United States population above 101 million on January 1 1916 with a projected 102 017 312 by July 1 next. Maryland shows 1 357 374 people a rise of 62 528 since 1910, Virginia up 119 904 and West Virginia up 151 537.
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United States
Census Bureau
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United Stat
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Virginia
West Virginia
Loch Lynn Heights Considers $1000 Bond Issue for Sewer
The corporation of Loch Lynn Heights contemplates issuing bonds totaling $1,000 to complete the village sewer system. Bonds would be redeemable at $200 per year. The village already has a water system natural gas and a partial sewer system.
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Loch Lynn Heights
OYSTER NAVY CAPTAINS ARRESTED FOR OYSTER THEFT
Cambridge Md February 14 Captain Milbourne Woolford of the Maryland Oyster Navy arrested Captains L W Webster Robert L Webster E V Thomas and C W Ringgold of the bateaus Lady Eleanora Robert L Webster Thomas Clyde and Ringgold Bros on charges of taking oysters from Dad dy Dare Rock in Calvert county waters set aside for conservation. They were tried by a magistrate and sentenced to three months in the House of Correction but all appealed and gave bond for court.
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Maryland Oyster Navy
L. W
Robert L. Webster
E. V. Thomas
C. W. Ringgold
Lady Eleanora
Thomas Clyde
Ringgold Bros
Daddy Dare Rock
Calvert County
House of Correction
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