Flood Waters Leave Toll of Ruin in Wake
Western Maryland and West Virginia reel from the Potomac flood deaths and widespread destruction. Six confirmed dead with many homeless, towns isolated, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal destroyed at Williamsport. Cumberland, Hancock, and surrounding areas suffer heavy damage as guards enforce curfews and looting penalties.
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Cumberland
Potomac
Maryland
West Virginia
National Guard
Piedmont
Washington
Potomac Valley
Hagerstown
Mil
Williamsport
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Potomac River Flood Recedes After Rising High
Flood waters along the Potomac again rose to threaten Brunswick Lander and Point of Rocks but caused no municipal damage. By Monday morning the crest subsided while the bridge area near Point of Rocks remained flooded. William Hammond evacuated his home as water surrounded the house then receded leaving it undamaged.
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Potomac
Brunswick, Lander
Point of Rocks
Virginia
Maryland
Potomac River
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Brunswick
Willam Hammond
Froods
Drunken Disorderly Convictions In Local Court
30 day term was imposed on Daisy Cheng and Edgar Brown both colored for be ing drunk and disorderly on the street by Justice Alban M Wood Monday night. Each fined $10 and offered 30 days jail as alternative. They chose jail. Officers Engebrecht and Bartgis made the arrests.
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Daisy Cheng
Edgar Brown
Alban M. Wood
Oficers Engebrecht and
Bartgis
Calvary M E Church closes conference year with record missions
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church closes its conference year with a missions total of 185 bringing the year’s giving to 5000 the largest ever. Rev Dr G Ellis Williams preached on My Irresponsibility and The Contrasts of Life. About 20 teams canvassed and the budget of 414000 was fully subscribed. The church plans passion week services and a Masonic choir program concludes the period.
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Calvary Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Roger G. Harley
Congressman Beers
Pennsylvania
Calvary Sunday School
G. Ellis Williams
Epworth League
Louise Schaeffer
Calvary Church
King's Daughter
Woman's Nome Missionary Society
Masonic Choir
Virginia Carty
Mary H. Tiller
Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School
January 1663 Street Football Match Among Apprentices
Pepys notes a brisk January 1663 street football game played by urban apprentices to stay warm. The brief entry highlights communal pastime in winter London's streets and the informal nature of the match.
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Pepys
Boy Thrown From Colt Breaks Leg on South Mountain Road
Claude Miller son of Mr and Mrs Charles Miller of Mt Ta bor was thrown from a colt on State road atop South Mountain and suffered a broken left leg between the knee and ankle. Starry Coblutz driving by in an auto rushed him to Dr R V Hauver Middletown for fracture adjustment.
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South Mountain
Claude Miller
Charles Miller
Mt. Tabor
Starry Coblutz
R. V. Hauver
Middletown
Brunswick Central Restaurant Sold to American Lunch and Dining
The Brunswick central restaurant owned by George Dialokton has been sold to the American Lunch and Dining Room Company. The new owners will run the business on modern up to date lines after April 1, 1928. See the for sale classified ad in The News for more results.
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B.newisk
Brunswick Central
George Dialokton
Brunswick
Brunswick jewelry store changes hands after 14 years
KF. E. Alder, Brunswick's pioneer jewelry store proprietor and confectioner, has sold his stock to J. Bue ward Moore of Knoxville. Moore will continue the business at the same location, maintaining the established state lines as set by the former owner.
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Jrunewick
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C. Canal
Busine
Hancock
Trancock
Tagerstown
Fovery
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington County
Potomac-Edison Power Company
Frederick County
Calvary M. E. Church
Greenawalt
Greenawalt’s Drug Store
Oxfords
All Saints Church
Court Square
John G. Mur
Ray
Douglass Hooff
Frederick Dahlia Gardens
Frederick
McCleery
Jewelry Store
North Market ST
P. O
Hinery
Kaiser
C. Thomas Kemp
New York
Irene Castle
Simone
Comedie Francaise
Paris
Jeanne Eagles
Ritz Grill
Scott Key
Patrick St
Wm. H. Moore
Prop
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, MD
S. W.straus & CO
Straus
Fifth Avenue
Mich. Ave
Jackson Blvd
Chicago
INGO
J. Scott Atkinson
East Second St
Frederick Maryland
Hambleton & Co
Baltimore
N. Market St
A. B. Collinus
Commercial State Bank
Frederick’s Friendly Growing Bank
Square Corner
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