Personal and Social Frederick and Vicinit Update
Pleasant paragraphs note residents and visitors in Frederick. Hon. and Mrs. Millon G Urner spend the day at Mt Airy. Charles L Stokes on business in Baltimore. Othe Keller in Baltimore on business. Dr Everett Waters of Corning visiting Miss Julia Krantz. Isaac Shipley and wife welcome a son. Cleo Krantz returns from Baltimore to Adamstown. William H Adam returns from Martinsburg on business. Mrs Richard Nairn of Belleville Ontario visits Frederick relatives. Lee Horsey guest of Allan MacSherry in Baltimore. Prof Luther Kuhlman visiting Henry A Hahn in East Patrick. Mrs Thomas Freeman Dixon and Sara visit Hernwood. Roberta Roelkey visits Nan Houck in East Church. Adolphus Ramsburg visiting parents on East Fourth. Mrs J William Donaldson and son William of Kansas City return from South Market. John C LaMotte and Carrie LaMotte visit Breck Shaw. they return. Robert Shaw of Washington and Lee University returns home. Dr Stewart P Dean of New Orleans visiting sister Mrs Hendrickson in Elm Street.
Camera enables rapid copying in government offices
Washington officials adopt photo copying to replace typing in land record work. The General Land Office notes a dramatic gain from 19 patents per day to as many as 209 after introducing the camera and sensitized paper. An electric motor feeds pages, exposes, develops, and dries sheets automatically.
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Washington
General Land Office
Callahan Warthen Pretty Wedding at St Anthony’s Church
A wedding followed a Wednesday ceremony at St Anthony’s Catholic Church in Eam mitsburg uniting Louis HM Callahan formerly of New York City and Miss Irene A Warthen of Mt St Mary’s. The rite was officiated by Rev G H Tragesser with a nuptial Mass. Attendants were Miss Emmiu Wachter and Mr Daniel J Callahan. The couple honeymooned in Atlantic City and plan to reside after April 15 1913.
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St. Anthony's Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Eammitsburg
Louis HM
Callahan
New York City
Irene A. Warthen
Mt. St. Mary's
G. H. Tragesser
Tragesser
Holeham
Pennsylvania Adopts Resolution Ratifying Direct Senate Election
Harrisburg April 3 Pennsylvania becomes the thirty fifth state to ratify the federal amendment for direct election of U S senators. The house approved 193 to 3 and the senate 41 to 0, with Senator McNichol absent. One more state is needed to reach three fourths. The measure sets that governors appoint vacancies until the next general election. If ratified, Pennsylvanians would elect a U S senator in fall 1914 to succeed Penrose.
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Senate
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
United States
House
McNichol
Philadelphia
Herbst
Penrose
Social World Reception Near Walkersville
A reception at Mrs. Samuel Lambert's home near Walkersville honored Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Lambert. Relatives and neighbors, including the Lobarts and Houcks, gathered for a cordial evening with a well supplied dining room. A later birthday surprise party for Mrs. George Young at Miss Fairy Belle Mebling's West South Street home featured games and music, followed by refreshments.
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Walkersville
Samuel Lambert
Wal Kersville
Charles E. Lambert
Lam‘bert
Edna
Naomi Lam‘ Bert
Norman, Larence
Ralph Y and
Paul Lambert
Roy Clem
Raymond Lambert
Houck
Harvey Houck
Ada Clem
Walskersville
Harry Lambert
Arthur
Clarence Lambert
Utica
Woodsboro
Alice Geasey
Lottie Snook
Elsie Geasey
Mountandale
New Pastor Burke Joins St. John's at Church Hill
Rev A H Burke and family move to Church Hill the county to lead St John s Lutheran charge serving two congregations at Church Hill and Wolfsville He comes from Woodensburg Maryland earning 500 yearly plus a parsonage He succeeds Rev W D Nichols who has gone to Collinsville Pennsylvania
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St. John's
A. H Burke
Church Hill
Mr. Burke
Wolfsville
Mr Burke
Woodensburg
W. D. Nichols
Collensville
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Frederick Citizen
A Frederick, Maryland resident Frank Bucker testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills improved his disordered kidneys. He describes painful secretions, backache, and sleepless nights before using the remedy procured at J W Hammer's Drug Store. He credits Doan's with restoring kidney function and praises the product again after previously giving praise.
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Doan
Frederick
Frank Bucker
Sixth
Frederick Md
Dean
J. W. Hammer's
Foster-Milturn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Jae
Philadelphia Graffers Sentenced for City Fraud Conspiracy
Henry Clay former director of public safety and John R Wig gins and Willard H Walls of the John R Wig gins company were sentenced in Philadelphia to pay 500 dollar fines and face prison terms of 18 months to two years each for conspiring to defraud the city. Judge C B Staples delivered the opinion with two other judges concurring, allowing bail renewals of 10000 dollars each. The defendants plan to appeal to the superior court, likely delaying execution for years.
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Philadelphia
Henry Clay
Public Safety
John R Wiggins
Willard H Walls
John R. Wiggins
Ted
C. B. Staples
Sulzberger
McMichael
Eastern
Staples
Sepremar Court
U. S. to Recognize China Statement Expected Soon
Secretary of State Bryan said a definite statement on the United States attitude toward the Republic of China will be issued in a day or two. White House expectations shifted as Bryan decided to wait. The notice will announce formal U.S. recognition of the Chinese government, likely before April 7 when the Chinese assembly meets to elect a president.
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Bryan
Washington
Republic of China
White House
United States
Place Radium in Man's Body to Fight Liver Cancer
In Philadelphia on April 3 Malcolm Watson received a silver tube containing twenty milligrams of radium worth about $2500. The device, inserted in a liver cancer at Methodist Hospital by Dr. G J Schwartz of Pittsburgh, is expected to gradually destroy the growth with local cocaine as the sole anesthesia.
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Philadelphia
Malcolm Watson
Methodist Hospital
G. J. Schwartz
Pittsburgh
Five Forts Fall to Montenegrins Near Scutari
Vienna dispatch reports Montenegrin forces capturing five Tarabosch forts and two more likely to fall soon as Scutari burns in several spots. bombardment reportedly stops while awaiting reinforcements.
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Vienna
Austria
Scutari
Tarabosch
Cettinje
Cardinals Attend Meeting On Catholic University Expansion
Three Cardinals Gibbons Farley and O'Connell joined archbishops in Washington as trustees of the Catholic university approved construction of several additional buildings. Archbishops Alan Heard reported on the war in the Taft g ten Organization society Advertise 1 in The News.
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Washington
Gibbons
Farley and O'Connell
Catholic University
Alan
Taft G Ten Ca
Embezzlement Warrants for Kolb and Miss Sturgis
Philadelphia report notes warrants issued by Magistrate McParland for Charles L. Kolb cashier of the Tertle National Bank and Niss Mary Y Sturgis a former stenographer to Ashmore president of Melbourne Mills. Kolb faces conspiring to cheat and defraud while Sturgis stands charged with embezzlement. Estimated funds involved range from 15000 to 20000. Ashmore ceded control due to his travel. Sturgis allegedly signed blanks and misused funds.
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Philadelphia
McParland
Charles L. Kolb
Tertle National Bank
Niss Mary 2 Y. Sturgis
Tierbert S. Ashmore
Melbourne Mills
Kolb
Ashmore
Bloodfield Duel Ends With Wounding of Handy Couple
In Wilmington on April 3 Parnell Handy twenty eight and his wife eleanor Handy fought with knives on Lafayette street known as bloodfield. They were separated after a bloody encounter. the wife was stabbed in the face leg and body while Handy suffered multiple wounds.
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Williington
Del
Lafayette Street
Unsinkable Olympic Sails From Southampton in New York Run
The Olympic, sister ship to the Titanic, sailed for New York with a notable passenger list aboard the White Star Line liner. Officials tout the vessel as practically unsinkable due to its double hull design. Eleanor Wilson and Secretary Daniels observed Atlantic fleet target practice at Cape Henry with cabinet officials and their spouses.
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Southampton
Eny
Ocean Express
Olympic
New York
White Star Line
Wilson
Norfolk
Eleanor Wilson
Daniels
Cape Henry
Patent Office Rules on Assignments and Options
Assistant Patent Commissioner Ten nant clarifies that an assignee of an entire patent application may prosecute to the exclusion of the inventor, while an option holder cannot be recognized. The text notes the old common law view of pigeons as pests, but now pigeons are protected property. A landowner may not shoot pigeons merely for their presence but may kill them if necessary to prevent crop damage.
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Tennant
Patent Office
Coughs and Consumption Remedies Featured
A historical notice touts Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds and obstinate coughs with claims of relief from the first dose. It mentions testimonials including a man named Ho Grown of Moecadine Slr and a Mrs. Dearre Mhar noting improvements after using the remedy.
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Hearstis
Bern
Fedae
Tohia
Mharinaer
Unique clock gadget claimed by railroad claims agent
Cr W Bean, an elab agent for Baltimore and Ohio, reportedly devised an attachment for safety first clocks in lines and shops. The device triggers a gemaphore at 10 and 4, signaling crews with green light, two whistle blows, and a bell. A curtain drops behind the pendulum displaying dangerous road symbols, suggesting risky practices for pilots.
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Cr. W. Bean
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ines
Fis
Aioe
MeEgan
Baltimore Motor Truck Co Site Fund Drives Progress
Collections proceed to buy a site for the Baltimore Motor Truck Co locating here. About half of the needed sum is subscribed and many merchants have yet to be seen. Leo Weinberg of Frederick will speak at Union Bridge on The Destructive Chord at St Paul’s Reform church Sunday evening April 20. Reverend Martin Schweitzer pastors.
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Baltimore Motor Truck Co
Union Bridge
Leo Weinberg
Frederick Bar
St Paul's Reformed Church
Martin W. Schweitzer
Pythian Castle Base Undergoes Cement and Granolithic Work
Workmen began plastering the base of the Pythian Castle this morning. A cement coat will be applied first, followed by a granolithic layer to give a granite-like appearance. The building’s steps have also been rebuilt in granolithic.
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Pythian Castle
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Millon G. Urner
Record Street
Mt. Airy
Charles L. Stokes
North Market Street
Baltimore
Edward S. Fachelbarger
West Church Street
Pattamore
Othe J Keller
Everett Waters
Corning
Julia Krantz
Adamstown
This County
Isaac Shipley
West Patrick Street
Cleo Krantz
William H. Adam
Martinsburg
W Va
Las
Richard Nairn
Bellesville
Ontario
James.Duck
Lee Horsey
Frederick County
Allan MacSherry
University Parkway
Luther Kuhlman
Gethsburg, Pa
Henry A Hahn
East Patrick Street
Thomas Freeman Dixon
Sara
West-Second -Street
Hernwood
Baltimore County
Roberta Roelkey
Taneytown
Nan Houck
East Church Street
Adolphus Ramsburg
Josiah A. Ramsburg
East Fourth Street
J. William Donaldson
William
Kansas City, Mo
John H Framer
South Market Street
John C. LaMotte
Carrie LaMotte
Manchester
Breck Shaw
Robert Shaw
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Stewart P. Dean
New Orleans
South
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Warthen
Elangagpvmlne
Soviers
Olga Wellington
George L. Wellington
Wellington
Cumberland
John kérraine—Oldham
Serretor
Joseph T. Oldham
Cleveland
Ohio
Peabody Conservatory
Oldham
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church
England
Agnes M. Miller
Charles A. Ruley
Gough Street
B . Rouley
New Market
Caroline Street Methodist Episcopal Church
C. Downs
Phila. Grafters
U. S
China
Princess Louise
Leopold
Adeline Cater
Prospect Avenue
Brooklyn
Margaret T Leath
Margaret
G. W. Egan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkshamn
Cons
McKinnon
St. W
Lydia ‘E. Pinkham
Far Ein Droulle
J. A. Williamson
North Market St
Chichester
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