Interest Lagging in Potomac Club Faces Sale of Ridgeley Property
The Potomac Club Board plans to sell all club property in Ridgeley West Virginia including the club house boat house tennis courts and grounds due to years of dwindling interest and financial losses. The grounds and buildings were once owned by Dr George H Carpenter and previously by the late Rodger Perry. A tennis tournament may be halted for two to three years unless a new owner keeps courts usable and rents them.
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Potomac Club
The
Ridgeley
W. Va
George H. Carpenter
Carpenter
Rodger Perry
On the Stage and Off at the Maryland Stock Theatre
The talented company, led by Lawrence Brooks beside Mr. Chatterdon, delivers strong versatile performances in Girl ns the Taxi and Kindling. George B and B Frothingham’s death is noted, remembered for long Robin Hood runs and his precise, inherited role knowledge.
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Lawrence Brooks
Mr. Chatterdon
John Stewart
Maryland
Snow Recital Delights City Hall Audience
Frederic Foster Snow recital in City Hall featured Miss Caroline Reuschlein with promising vocal talent from Mrs Reuschlein and a clever monologue by Miss Lucile Penn Hammond of Keyser. Pianist Eleanor Utt showed talent while songs by Mrs Poff Mrs Whiting Miss White and Mrs Hortor plus a Lyric quartet and Coleman solo enhanced the program.
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Frederic Foster Snow
City Hall
Caroline Reuschlein
Albert C Reuschlein
Lucile Penn Hammond
Keyser
W. Va
Eleanor Utt
Holmes
Charles Poff
F. Brooke Whiting
Anna Lee White
Leroy Hortor
William H. Coleman
White House to Christen Francis Sayre in Early Event
Washington January 30 reports the christening of Francis Sayre the three weeks old grandson of President Wilson will occur soon at the White House. The piece notes the mansion’s long history of such functions and recalls previous White House christenings including Mary Louise Adams and Mary Donelson with high officials in attendance.
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Washington, D. C
Francis Sayre
Wilson
White House
Executive Mansion
Mary Louise Adams
John Quincy Adams
Little Mary Donelson
Andrew Jackson
Houses of Congress
National Motor Boat Show Opens At Madison Square Garden
The 1915 National Motor Boat Show opens in Madison Square Garden for ten days. The exhibition features record numbers of pleasure craft engines and boats, with many novelties and a larger display than previous years as Americans stay domestic for the coming season.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Miss McAdoo Joins Lusitania Nursing Mission Abroad
New York on January 30 passengers list shows Miss McAdoo daughter of Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo sailing to Europe on the Lusitania. She plans to join a convalescent hospital at San Remo and travels with Colonel and Mrs. Edward M. House of Texas, close friends of her father.
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New York
Europe
Lusitania
Miss McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
San Remo
Edward M. House of Texas
Marriage Licenses Drawn In Everett And West Virginia
William Clark and Blanche Decker of Everett Pa. Herond Homan Mathias of Moorefield W Va and Ada Magdeline Garrett of McCauley W Va are issued licenses.
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William Clark
Blanche Decker
Everett, Pa
Herond Homan Mathias
Moorefield
W. Va
Ada Magdeline Garrett
McCauley
Turkey Dinner Special at Washington Lunch Room
Advertisement touts a special turkey course dinner for 50 at the Washington Lunch Room on Sunday. The offer promises a family dining option to avoid cooking with a focus on a festive meal.
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Washington
Illustrated talk and revival services at two churches
Rev W W Smith of Berea Ohio presents an illustrated talk The Modern Prodigal Son with 25 life size pulpit paintings at Grace M E Church tomorrow night There will be illustrated sacred songs Rev Frank A Killman preaches Sampson the Strongest Man Who Lost His Opportunity tomorrow at 11 Revival services begin tomorrow evening at Kingsley M E Church with Rev David G Pile continuing through the week Regular morning service also planned
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W. W. Smith
Berea
Ohio
Grace M. E
Frank A. Killman
Sampson
Kingsley M. E. Church
David G. Pile
Miss Gladys Harvey Guest of Friends at Terra Alta
Social items list Miss Gladys Harvey visiting Terra Alta with friends and notes several attendees at the funeral of Brakeman John F Bishop including Mrs Kate Bishop and others from Cumberland and Kingwood. Also mentions visitors from Pittsburg Berlin and Keyser with updates on local residents.
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Gladys Harvey
Terra Alta
Harry Ruppenthall
Geo, Ruppenthall
Berkley Springs
D. F. Tahaney
Rose Kady
Delia Hardy
Keyser
Pat Coyle
M. J. Fleming
P Burke
Hadley
Agnes Faherty
Steve Pendergast
Cumberland
Charles Stone
Arch Shaffer
Addie White
Kingwood
John F&. Bishop
L. B. Hendrix
Pittsburgha
Nellie Brady
Centre Street
Thurman Lyons
Baltimore Street
George Flannigan
Frank Jones
Price
Flannigan
Piedmont
W. Va
F. H. Ball
Berlin
J. H. Gessner
Waterloo
Iowa
Lonaconing
S J. Gall
Hiram J. Wells
Western Maryland Hospital
Edgar L. Flury
The
Belvedere Theatre
Ethel Ludwig
Baltimore
Jas T Carckadon
Mothe
Lydia McDonald
Hyndman
Marcella Connelly
Seymou Street
Emanuel Eversole
Plum Run
Hancock
Eversole
Arthur Sauders
Chri Himmler
Charles O’brien
Ronceverte
John Hamtin
Oldtown Road
Washington, D. C
Robert Carroll
Charles Crawtree
Boone Street
J. Paul George
Charlotte George
Frostburg
John Lamb
Southee Street
Covington
Winchester Star
All Sorts Of Sports Headlines From The Season
The piece surveys diverse athletes and events across boxing, football, hockey, golf and more. It notes Pop Geers aiming to break two minutes in horserace time and win over 116000 in a season, a Michigan jail term for unlawful fishing, and heavyweight boxing prospects including Jess Willard vs Jack Johnson.
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Pop” Geers
Petersburg Buys Fire Equipment
Petersburg West Virginia authorities closed the stalled water works project to acquire fire department gear. The Republic Rubber Company of Pittsburgh supplies 600 feet of hose two reels nozzles and spanners via traveling representative Chris Himmier.
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Petersburg
W. Va
Republic Rubber Company
Pittsburg
Chris Himmier
Baltimore Freemasons leader to attend Scottish Rite reunion
General Thomas J. Shryock, grand master of Maryland Freemasons and sovereign grand inspector general, will attend the Scottish Rite reunion on Monday. He will be accompanied by Warren Seipp, grand lecturer, with exercises starting at 3 p.m. The Winter Class will receive degrees up to the fourteenth.
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Thomas J. Shryock
Baltimore
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Maryland
Warren 8. Seipp
Property Transfers and Real Estate Deals Briefly Noted
Real Estate and Building Co transfers Maryland avenue property to Francis E Wigfield for $10. Hambird Lands and Improvement Co transfers Mary street lots to James H Read for $325. Harry Thompson transfers Barton property to Joseph T Thompson for $1. Austin A Wilson, attorney, transfers Maryland avenue property to Real Estate and Building Co for $1.
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Francis E. Wigfield
Maryland Avenue
Hambird Lands and Improvement Co
James H. Read
Mary Street
Harry Thompson
Joseph T. Thompson
Barton
Austin A. Wilson
Real Estate and Building Co
Long Service on the Bench in Virginia
Associate Justice John A. Buchanan of the Virginia supreme court of appeals retires after twenty years on the bench. His career spans the State legislature Congress and service on the state's highest tribunal, ending with his 1895 election to the court.
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Richmond
John A. Buchanan
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Congress
Buchanan
Supreme Court
Biographer Hester Hosford on Wilson’s greatest achievement
The article profiles Hester E. Hosford, authorized biographer of Woodrow Wilson, noting her works on Wilson and his career. It cites Hosford’s interview questions about Wilson’s peace policy and her view that the United States should show an incorruptible example of international relations for lasting global peace.
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Hester E. Hosford
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
United States
Woodrow Wilson’s Greatest Achievement to Date
The article highlights Wilson’s contributions to sound international policies as his supreme achievement to date. It notes the first test of his strength in this regard as forthcoming, indicating influence and leadership in shaping foreign policy.
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Woodrow
Fresh arrival Shad Row Shai iy Lobsters Smots
Advertisement notes a fresh arrival menu item Shad Row Shai iy of Lobsters and Smots served in a restaurant style. Mentions private table for ladies and a date Ja 30 14, with limited context and period tone.
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