Women of 81 recalls Civil War episode in Middletown
Mrs. Laura I. Cook born May 21 1841 recalls Civil War days in Middletown and surrounding towns. Her family displayed a Union flag leading to Confederate actions, including a notable incident with Nancy Crouse. Mrs. Cook recalls battles of South Mountain and Antietam, and discusses movie styles.
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Women of 81
Middletown
Laura I. Cook
Bartifa
South Market Street
Cook
Quincy, Il
Pittsburgh
Laura Crouse
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
Chancelloraville
Crouse
Riddle
Rroser
Frederick
Morter
Nancy Crouse
Miss Crouse
Russell
Mra. Crouse
Russeil
Mra. Cook
Easter in Fredericktown a Portrait of Spring and Memory
A nostalgic column fondly recalls Easter scenes in Fredericktown with blooming dresses and hats, crowded churches, and family gatherings. It notes Easter Monday festivities, local clubs fundraising, and memories of childhood, weddings, and town landmarks, ending with hopes for a new City Hotel.
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Fredericktown
Washington
Child Imprisoned In Syracuse Cellar For Two Months
Five year old boy imprisoned in the cellar of his Syracuse home for disobedience, police say. Emaciated and wounded, he was rescued by police and taken to a hospital. Parents Herbert Vernier and wife and six of their twelve children were ordered to report to police headquarters.
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Syracuse
Enneth Vernier
Geneviews Searles
Chldren's Society
Herbert Vernier
Meport
Mother's Day Observance Plan by American Legion Auxiliary
Indianapolis report on Mother's Day plans by the American Legion Auxiliary. Activities include a national ceremony at Arlington honoring the Unknown Soldier, church services, hospital concerts, and programs for orphans. Members urged to write or send flowers to their mothers.
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Indianapolis
Asofmerica
Pauline Curnick
Secretar
Arlington
Virginia
Legion of
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
American Legion Auxiliary
Mothers, Wives
Daughters of Legion
National Christian Conference for China to meet in Shanghai
Alms of the decennial National Christian Conference for China will be held in Shanghai May 2-11. Rev Paul Hutchinson announces speakers include Dr John R Mott and Dr Ralph A Ward. The conference aims to chart a ten year program for expanding church work in China.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
China
Shanghai
Paul Hutchinson
China Christian Advocate
Hig Buffalo
John R. Mott
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations
Ralph A. Ward
New York
Board of Foreign Missions
Hours Of Service In Sunday Schools And Churches Of This City
Sunday services announced for Evangelical Lutheran Trinity M. E. Grace Reformed First Baptist St. John's Catholic Church of the Brethren United Brethren Gospel Mission and more with times for worship, Sunday schools, and special events led by pastors and church leaders across the city.
Court Register of Mills Office Estate Letters Granted
April first entries list estate letters for multiple executors and guardians, inventories filed, debts due, and property transfers. Includes guardianship accounts for Union Bridge Banking and Trust Company, and numerous real estate and stock transactions across several estates. Marriage licenses recorded for William Groseclose and Mary Moss, Louis Haller and Inez Charles. Equity case filed for Charles D. King versus Josephine Ring.
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Orfmwé Court
Register OF Mills
Sitce
Central
Pyloaiah
Amos Urner
T. Kline
Ge. E. Easterday
Charle W. Ross, Jr
Sarah
Easterday
Josiah E. Willhide
John H. Bennett
Teresa J. Jamison
Joseph Hichtman
Othol Keller
Charles H. Derr
Guardian
Union Bridge Banking and Trust Company
Russell H. Gernand
Norma K. Haller
Geneva Haller
Raymond G. Ford
Henry C. Biser
William Mount
Alice S. Mount
Abraham Rosenour
John S. Mason
Josiah G. Messner
Margaret FE
Grove
G. Crampton
Carnahan
Williams
John L. Cline
Chas. R. Cline
Clara Lowenstein
Standard Oil Company
County
Thomas H. Mrers
Albert E. Lewis
Braddock Heights
Donald O. Nixon
Howard Marvin Jones
Brunswick
Roy W. Linton
Samuel B. Draper
Roy J. Rice
Joseph Marshall
William H. Groseclose
Ceres
Mary B. Moss
Leesburg
Louis V. Haller
Baltimore
Inez Charles
Hagerstown
Charles TD. King
Josephine F. Ring
Reno Sr. Harp
County Churches and Holiday Services In Area
In Greagerstown Rev P B Heimer leads St John s Reformed Church with Sunday school at 9 00 a m holy communion 10 30 a m and Easter service at 7 30 p m all welcome Utica Reformed Charge Rev Robert Lee Bair conducts services in Pleasant Hill at 10 30 a m with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and another at 1 30 p m Zion Reformed at Charlesville holds Joint Consistory next Sunday at 2 30 p m Church of God Rev L F Murray at Woodsboro offers Sunday school and Men s Bible at 10 00 a m with preaching at 7 30 p m.
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Evangelical Lutheran
G. Rupp
St. Timothy's Chapel
W. R. . Turner
The
Salvation Army
L. T. Shiflett
Wm. Burnell
Young People's Legion Meeting
Salvation Meeting
Quinn
Drummond
A. C. FE
Chaldean Lodge
Union
Greagerstown
P. BE. Heimer
St. John's Reformed Church
Schoel
Utica
Zion Reformed Church
Charlesville
Church of God
L. F. Murray
Woodsboro
Worker Blown to Pieces in Pennsylvania Explosion
Shamokin Pennsylvania April 22 Claude Dent a Pennsylvania Power and Light employee was blown to pieces when a stick of dynamite he carried exploded. Dent 46 father of eight children was walking along a road en route to blast rocks on a hillside when the blast occurred.
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Shamokin
Claude Dent
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Dent
Cuckoo Clock Ailed by a Mystery Cat in the Kitchen
In the Boston Transcript tone a columnist notes a strange cat in the kitchen causing the cuckoo clock to stay silent. The child narrator explains the bird fears the prowling feline, leaving the clock quiet and unseen.
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Bridget
Biddy
Boston Transcript
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Grace Reformed Church
Robert Delaplaine
Maryland
Griggy
G. & L. Baking Company
Annie
Mocking Bird
Junge
Sweet
Rev. Knott
Beckler
Victor
Storm & Shipley
Frederick, Md
Wapapre Radhye
Lety
May
Christian Conference For
Ington
Richard Walton Tully
Hawaiian Islands
City Opera J ‘House
Les
Luana
Tully
Ann Reader
Herbert Charles
Frederick Forrester
Ellen Mahar
Rose Watson
Frank L. Cooley
Jas. K. Appelbee
Joseph Robinson
Douglas Cosgrove
William G. Schmidt
Palestine
Byron A. Winebrenner
Odd Fellowship
Eli G. Haugh
Robert A. Bennett
Charles F. Seeger
Oscar B. Perkine
Charlee F. Seeger
Elmer Brown
Henry E. Cramer
Trinity M
A. Lee Barret
Epworth League
Margaret Shipley
Grace Reformed
C. Hoover
C. E
First Baptist
Bible School
Paxtor
St. John's Catholic
W. J. Kane
Church of the Brethren
J. Kurtz Miller
Unday School
Peking
United Brethren
Wu. R. Glen
Jr. C. BE
Remy
Gospel Mission
Patrick Street
Pranns School
Young People Society of Willing Workers
Meavening Service
Bing Ene Edward
Rice
Cla
Douglass Hoof
St. Barnabas
Fats
Will Tiare
East Second Street
Evening Service
Sanitary Laundry
East Patrick Street
Nicodemus Ice Cream Co
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