Storm Floods City as Alfred Reid Clears Blocked Waterways
Terrifying thunderstorm drenched the city with three to four inches of rain before dawn. Alfred Reid cleared debris from the Potomac river flow, preventing major floods as water reached doorways of several buildings. Streets, yards, and basements flooded. cars stalled. trains delayed. two locomotives derailed on the Connellsville division of the Baltimore and Ohio.
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Alfred Reid
Potomac River
Reid
Didtown
Wincow Street
Subwayus
Baltimore
Lee Smallwood
Manklin
Washington
Baltimore Street
Liberty
Liberty Street
Post Office Plaza
Edward Gunning
Liberty Theatre
BR. H. White
Windsor Garage
Allen Brant
White
Ascension Street
Franklin Street
Paca Street
Lee
Paca
Frederick Perry
Perry
George Gentz
Talbot Peterman
John Long
Frederick Zink
Messrs. Hast and
Spiker
Connellsville
Baltimore and Ohio
Sand Patch
Hyndman
Royal Welsh Ladies Choir Headlines Week at Classy Chautauqua
The Royal Welsh Ladies Choir under Madam Hughes Thomas led the Chautauqua program to the largest audience of the week. Afternoon features included Musical Artists and humorous readings by Bessie George Webb and Nannie Webb Curtis. Tonight features George Wharton James, preceded by the Caveney musical troupe.
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Lincoln
Royal Welsh Ladies’ Choir
Madam Hughes Thomas
Bessie George Webb
Nannie Webb Curtis
Kings Castles
George Wharton James
California
Caveney
Musical Merry Makers
Mr. James
Gosing
the Jones
Denton C. Crow
Bland
Olos
Breweries Collect Kegs as Final Day Nears
Martinsburg West Virginia June 29 breweries from Cumberland and Hagerstown mobilize teams to recover kegs citywide for shipment or storage. Many kegs bear brewery marks making resale unlikely. Saloon stockpiles in cellars are being cleared to meet the midnight Tuesday deadline. Meanwhile the North Carolina Bar Association opens a three day session at a summer resort with leaders including Chief Justice Walter Clark and Rome G Brown among speakers.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Cumberland
Hagerstown
North Carolina Bar Association
George B. Elliott
Wilmington
G. L. Jones
Waynesville
Walter Clark
A. L. Brooks
Greensboro
Rome G. Brown
Minneapolis
Noth Cfo N. C
Train wreck halts Ohio excursion with delays
An excursion train yesterday in Ohio suffered a derailment near Grem Spring. The cars were taken to the wreck and passengers in trains No 55 and No 164 were held back due to the incident.
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Ohio
Grem Spring
Aynberland
Accient
Rare Confederate currency collection to be sold by United States Coin Company
New York collectors await a sale of rare Confederate currency and related notes. The collection includes what is claimed as the most complete array in years, with unpublished notes and coins. Highlights are a Montgomery dated May 22 1861 $100 note with one cent per day interest and indorsement by A G Guirot, a May 21 1861 $50 Montgomery note, and a Jefferson Davis bust $50 note in the second series. The owner cites fifteen years of searching and three known specimens of the era.
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New York
United States Coin Company
Montgomery
Ala
A. G. Guirot
United States
Louisiana
New Orleans
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
S. A
United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania hold record camp in Pittsburg
The annual camp in Pittsburg opens as the largest sportsmen gathering in the state. Delegates from local camps will discuss next year’s legislation on fish game forestry laws and bird protection. Outdoor contests include trap shooting bat casting fly casting and angling with sight seeing trips planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania
Prohibition Training School Opens Ahead of Utica Convention
Temperance workers in Utica New York began a prohibition training school this morning ahead of the state convention which starts July 1 and runs for three days. Music question box and addresses by leaders including National Chairman Hinshaw mark the event.
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Temperance Workers’ Convention
Utica
N. Y
Hinshaw
Allegany County Socialists Elect Delegates to State Convention
The Allegany county Socialists meeting at South Liberty Street HQ elected Ross V. Ayers as delegate and Walter R. Winslow as alternate to the Maryland State convention in Baltimore on July 5. W. Defenbaugh and C. W. Staub were chosen Congressional delegates. P. W. Defenbaugh, C. W. Staub and J. W. Lynn became county central committeemen.
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Allegany County
South Liberty Street
Ross V. Ayers
Walter R. Winslow
Baltimore
W. Defenbaugh
C. W. Staub
P. W. Defenbaugh
J. W. Lynn
Cumberland
O. E. Waller
Edward Harris
Socialist Party
Unconscious Fall on Street Injures Local Man
Albert Aberly aged 69 of South Lee Street collapsed on Green Street near Riverside Park Saturday evening and struck his head on a curb. He was cut above the right eye, knocked unconscious, treated by Dr. R. W. Trevaskis, then taken home.
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Albert Aberly
South Lee Street
Green Street
Riverside Park
R. W. Trevaskis
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Laing Avenue
Mnagement
Society the Meopathy
Jay and Mliaty
Breweries
Bar Association
Shingson
A. m
L. W. ‘Bullard
Cumberland’s
Neer
South
Flurshutz
H. U. F. Flurahutz & Son
North Centre Street
Faue
Kidary Persistenc
Kean
Federick Street
S. & H. Green
Idéa Icnics, Ercursiona O Traveling
Whe & Ankeney Ail
Borden
Lly
Tri-State Sanitary Wik Co.'s
Tri-State
Complia State
Annesin
H. T. Mullen
Louis Fen
Ctor
Chapel Nes
North Centre St. Beriand, Md
VIAVI
Enniston, Mer
Erial At
Edison
Edison Electric Ill
Union St
Edison Mazda Lamps
Norty
Nsultation F. GC
Bentre Street
Row. P. Telephone
Library of Oratory
Chauncy Depew
Venty- Vive Press
John Aerwpton & CO
Atte
Liberty Sts
Cumberland, Md
Olford Funeral Erector Elming
T. Uth
John Paul
Habigg
THERS
Habig & Stegmaier
THE
Agency For Service
Columbia July Records
Woodrow Wilson
Fords
Margaret
P. Jesse
Ship Lines
Fcumberland
Marylan
Acipal
Trans-Atlantic
Stea
AT. Maryland Restaurat
Fuport
Baltimore Stree
Windsor Hotel
P. O. Box
North
Price
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Thlman
WY National Bank Building
Vals State
Rosenbaum
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