Frostburg readers urged to attract Ford plant
A Frostburg reader urges the town board of trade to bid for one of Henry Ford’s planned 1916 assembling plants to boost employment. The letter notes Frostburg’s improving appearance and cites a Mittsburgh plant employing 200 men, urging local action to bring industry to the area.
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Twan
Henry Ford
Detroit
Mich
Prestburg Board of Trade
Mittsburgh
Board of Trade
Ford
Tri-Towns Capture Runaways From Prunt y Town Reform School
Chief Fred Seaber of Westernport reports the recapture of Howard Harmonson aged 16 and Wardry Pratt aged 17 who escaped from Prunty Town Reform School near Grafton. A school guard retrieved the youths and returned them to the institution.
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Fred Seaber
Westernport
Howard Harmison
Wardry Pratt
Pruntytown Refram
Grafton
Piedmont
Mary James
St. Joseph's Order
Philadelphia
Mother Bonaventure
Mollie Rogers
W. Va
J. Rogers
Funeral of W A Dawson and community notes in Keyser
The funeral of William Andrew Dawson, 22, was held at Grace M E Church with pallbearers Claude Iser Claude Reger Fred Ravenscroft Louie Long and Harry Carskadon. Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters held a banquet with Mellwee's Orchestra. Ella Margaret McElvey and Charles Morris Turner wed in Lonaconing and will reside in Richmond. Safety switch installed at Big Vein Hill. electric lights at C and P crossing. parcel post sale for Presbyterian church re care. Various local moves and visits noted including Kesner for medical care in Martinsburg and Mrs. Milhollard in Grafton.
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Don Patkin
John Fatkin
A. J. Cox
Frostburg
Carlos
Midlothian
Shaft
Benjamin Richardson
John Kelley
Charles Crimlow
George Tennant
John Muir
George Harvey
Allegany Cemetery
William Andrew Dawson
Grace M. E
Claude Iser
Claude Reger
Fred Ravenscroft
Louie Long
Harry Carskadon
William H. McKwee
Mr. Dawson
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
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Mellwee
D. A. Kesner
Martinsburg
J. K. Milhollard
Grafton
J. B. McCabe
McGinnis
Pittsburgh
Blanche Owens
Shepherdstown
Jack High
Andrew Miller
Romney
Viva Jones
Elk Garden
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Cumberland
Big Vein Hill
Lonaconing
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Tony Rank
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Joe Downey
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Elmer Kight
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Karl Kalbaugh
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Frank Niner
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Lima
Ohio
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Main Street
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Joe Lindauer
Otto Hohing & Sons
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Equitable
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Gail Kane
Plaza Theatre
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Isaac Fine
Natural Gas Co
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Philip Knots
Maryland Junk House
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Samuel Frederick Trenter
Keyser
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Bloomington
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Western
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Evans Opera House
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Roanoke
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Connor
William Robertson
Dr. R. Sloan
Alabama
Iness
Wm. FE. Bishop
Fletcher Conway
James Nichols
Charlestown
Maryland General Hospital
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Good Will Fire Co
Jacob Hafer
Frostburg Elominating & Manufacturing Co
Broadway
Frostburg, MD
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