Maryland Fire Prevention Campaign Calls Statewide Fight
Maryland officials urge all citizens to join the Fire Prevention Campaign starting October 1 to cut fire loss. The effort notes annual U.S. fire damage around 500 million dollars, borne by residents rather than insurers, and highlights economic waste from layoffs and business losses. Governor Ritchie and Mayor Broening lead the call with a state committee chaired by B. S. Mace and local vice chairs across Maryland towns.
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Maryland
United States
Citzens
San Francisco
Ritchie
Broening
B. S. Mace
National Railway Fire Prevention Association
Calvary’s Cross and the Gates of Heaven
A sobering exhortation on Calvary’s meaning. The Cross stands between earth and heaven, the ladder to God, offering liberty from sin and the worth of the soul. It argues that no other path suffices and that belonging to Christ makes believers eternally secure.
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Calvary
God
Micah
Jesus
Earth
Heaven
A Corner in Purple A Corner in Purple 1921
Flo and Joe, a struggling vaudeville pair, chase a Broadway breakoff a fixer named Tom Gillan. They seek purple stage trappings in Parktown with Gillan promising help, but he uses influence to stymie them. Joe improvises a plan, buying props and costumes ahead of time, culminating in a bold purple act and a triumphant turnaround.
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Flo
Joe Willams
Joe
Broadway
Berger
Parktown
Tom Gillian
Tom Guillan
Tom
The
Saxon
Tom Gillan
Ilo
Gillian
Jace
Tie
Leutenant
Joe Whams
Sid
One Body and Spirit in One Hope of Calling
A compact biblical quotation emphasizes unity in faith with Ephesian lines about one body one Spirit one Lord and one baptism. It notes grace given to each man according to Christ's gift, urging collective spiritual harmony and divine fatherhood over all.
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Christ
DECLARE QUOITS OLD GAME
A historic quarrels over quoits notes a 1960s match between Billy Hodson the England champion and Jimmy McLaren the U S champion. McLaren Newark New Jersey born Scotch by birth represented the Stars and Stripes. They played to a draw. The article muses on quoits origins and ties to ancient discus throwing and the statue The Discus Thrower by Myron.
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Billy Hodson
All England
Jimmy McLaren
United States
McLaren
Newark
N. J
Stars and Stripes
Myron
Taught by Mother Nature
A reflective essay compares human crowding at urban rush hours with animal navigation and plant defense. It notes ants rely on smell to map trails while caterpillars use light and gravity, and flowers like irises and primroses aggressively guard space by defensive leaf movements and smothering intruders.
Wonders of Sleep and the Renewal of the Body
The article explains sleep as a restorative process where blood pressure and nerve activity quiet, respiration slows, and bodily functions relax. It claims sleep refreshes mental faculties, cools heat, and renews every cell, leaving the body rejuvenated each morning.
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Nature
Prince of Wales tops prizes at English agricultural show
The prince of Wales won most prizes for Short horn cattle and Shropshire sheep at a recent England exhibition. He declared plans to ship some of these high quality farm aristocrats to his Alberta ranch in Canada, where a fine blooded herd already exists.
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Canada
Prince of Wales
England
Alberta
Patchwork Law Missing The Old Cloth
A biblical proverb from Mark 2 21 warns that new cloth on old garments worsens the tear, illustrating caution against mismatched approaches.
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Mark
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Bel Air
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Centreville
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Chesapeake City
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Cockeysville
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Federalsburg
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Frostburg
C. Harry Keller
Hagerstown
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Havre de Grace
Charles H. Stanley, Jr
Laurel Maryland
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Oakland
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Princess Anne
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Rockville
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Snow Hill
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Towson
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Williamsport
Maryland Association of Insurance Agents
Federation of Women’s Clubs
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Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
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Denton, Maryland
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Wasley Collegiate Institute
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Dover
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