Bad road stirs the court's ire
In Md on February 15 Judge Keedy drew the grand jury's attention to a torn up Funkstown road, contracted to John B Wolf under State Roads Commission oversight. He warned public officials may be liable for malfeasance while noting the commission might not be subject to suit by individuals.
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Keedy
Jury
Funkstown
State Roads Commission
John B. Wolf
Hagerstown
Grand Jury
Court of
Apis
Aree
Gas Fails Claiming One in Death In Perryopolis
In Perryopolis a gas accident in a graf tified storeroom killed Albert Corey and left Nicholas George in serious condition. Owners George and A Farah slept in the store after recent robberies. last night gas from a stove likely extinguished by dropping pressure. Doctors said Corey died earlier. George seemed alive but weak.
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Connellsville
Perryepolis
Albert Corey
Nicholas George
George
A. Farah
Corey
Hagerstown Mayor Yet Silent on Goldsborough Plan
Dr J McPherson Scott Republican mayor of Hagerstown Md says he has no knowledge of former Governor Goldsboroughs Washington County visit for his Senate bid and is not considering candidacies. He focuses on the political situation and what is best for the county rather than individual races.
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Hagerstown
J McPherson Scott
Goldsborough
Washington County
Scott
United States
Esfed
Record Wild Turkey Weighs 34 Pounds in Md
A 34 pound wild turkey, claimed as the largest on record in the United States, was killed last season at the Woodmont Rod and Gun club near Hancock in Washington County Maryland. Henry P. Bridges club secretary spearheaded the hunt.
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Hagerstown
United States
Woodmont Rod and Gun Club
Hancock
Washington County
Henry P. Bridges
Moler Dies of Cancer in West Virginia Home
A. B. Moler, 47, died of cancer at his Bakerton area home near Harpers Ferry on February 15. He is survived by his wife and four daughters.
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A. B. Moler
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Bakerton
Sheriff Seizes Whisky and Beer Amid Quarry Strike
Blair County sheriff seized a carload of whisky and 500 barrels of beer under an injunction against the Pennsylvania Railroad and Adams Express. The liquor was for Blair Limestone quarry workers on strike, amid concerns laborers might misuse dynamite stored at the magazines. Judge M B Stephens granted the injunction after company officials warned liquor crazed laborers could endanger the works.
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Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Adams Express Company
Blair County
Blair
Blair Limestone Company
M. B. Stephens
Labor honors employer in memory of Augustus Polack
In Wheeling West Virginia February 15 organized labor completed a monument to Augustus Polack the only statue ever erected by labor to an employer of labor The eight thousand dollar fund was raised by labor unions The pedestal inscription notes Polack’s business life and actions were in sympathy with organized labor
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Union
Augustus Polack
Wheeling
W. Va
Organized Labor
United States
Threat to kill police chief traced to unsigned letter
In Wheeling on February 15 an unsigned letter was received by Chief of Police Thomas Leyland from a young girl who accuses her father of frequenting a local hotel speakeasy. The letter demands closure of the establishment and threatens to kill the chief, then her father and herself if not complied with.
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Wheeling
Thomas Leyland
Grip Claims Life of Nonagenarian in Hacker Valley
Webster Springs West Virginia February 15 Jessie Cowger aged 95 the oldest person in Hacker Valley district is dead from grip infection. The death underscores risks to elderly residents during winter illness.
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Grip
Webster Springs
W. Va
Jessie Cowger
Hacker Valley
Verdict in 20000 Dollar Suit Over Maryland Inn Exchange
A Baltimore federal court jury awarded damages of 20000 to J. Taliaferro Bridges and F. Wilber Bridges of Washington county Maryland against Elmer E. Fulmer executor of George S. Fulmer for alleged misrepresentations in a property swap involving the Maryland Inn at Hancock Maryland. The case noted the hotel faced liens and judgments beyond two mortgages disclosed in the deal.
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J. Taliaferro Bridges
F. Wilber Bridges
Washington County
Maryland
United States
Baltimore
Maryland Inn
Hancock, Md
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Elmer E. Fulmer
George S. Fulmer
DIPS IN ALLEY FROM COLD IN GRAFTON
The body of A. A. Davis, 49, was found in an alley on Railroad street in Grafton West Virginia yesterday morning, evidently sheltering from last night’s storm. Physicians attributed death to exposure.
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Grafton
W. Va
A. A. Davis
Railroad Street
Ban On Liquor Baggage In Kanawha Traction Route
Fred O. Blue, prohibition commissioner, prepared to seek a Wayne County injunction to stop the Kanawha Traction and Electric Co. from accepting passengers with toxicants labeled as personal baggage. The move would also apply to other lines entering the state, the official said.
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Wayne County
Kanawha Traction and Electric Company
Parkersburg
Marietta
Ohio
Maryland Briefs Cast of Local Mishaps and Civic Notes
Reports from Hagerstown to Baltimore detail accidents including a factory crush on George Webber’s foot and a Mrs Harsh injured by a lighted stove in Williamsport. A Taneytown mother burned by scalding water is noted, while election supervisors for Hagerstown are named. The Baltimore Museum of Art treasury stands at $9 895.45 as a building drive begins. Dr Frank J Goodnow joins as impartial arbiter for a firm dispute with Sunneborn Co. The Crisfield mayor and council power to set telephone rates is questioned by the Public Service Commission. Reverend Dr Samuel McComb addresses Federated Charities volunteers. A luncheon at Fourth Regiment Armory benefits the General Assembly fiscal committee. Anthony Milku Jones frozen to death near Westport. Judge Keedy notes road damage near Funkstown and calls for accountability. Chewsville records ten degrees below zero.
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Baltimore Museum of Art, Inc
McCoy Hall
Treasury
Frank J. Goodnow
Henry Sonneborn & Co
Baltimore
Crisfield
Public Service Commission
Samuel McComb
Volunteer Workers of the Federated Charities
Medical and Chirogical Building
Fourth Regiment
Harry C. Jones
General Assembly
Anthony Milku Jonies
South Paca Street
Westport
Keedy
Washington County Grand Jury
Funkstown
Chewsville
Washington County
Ex Confederacy veteran William G. Ruddle dies at 82
Elkins West Virginia February 15 William George Ruddle 82 a Confederate Army veteran died at Deer Run Pendleton County He served as second sergeant in Company F Sixty second Virginia Infantry Twelve former comrades attended the funeral led by Reverend C R Lacey He is survived by a widow and nine children
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Elkins
W. Va
William George Ruddle
Deer Run
Pendleton County
Ruddle
Sixty-second
Virginia Infantry
C. R. Lacey
Suffrage Organizer Named for West Virginia Campaign
Miss Mary B. Ames of Springfield Mass has been selected as state organizer for West Virginia equal suffrage efforts. She has begun work in Parkersburg and will continue in the area over the next two weeks. Ames is widely known as a suffragist.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Mary B. Ames
Springfield
Mass
West Virginia
Ames
Miss Esther Baldwin Dies at Goucher College
Baltimore February 15. Miss Esther Baldwin a freshman at Goucher College died after a weeklong illness. She is the daughter of Carnis E. Baldwin of Scranton Pa. Her sister Miss Eva Baldwin is a Goucher sophomore.
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Baltimore
Esther Baldwin
Goucher College
Carnis E. Baldwin
Scranton
Eva Baldwin
Goucher
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