Monrovia Quilting Circle and Nearby Social Notes
County page records a quilting gathering at Mrs Husie McElfread with attendees including Ollie Lewis Betty Davia Mattie Watking Molly Gladhill Sadie Davis Bertie Burdette Rebecca Watkins Liasel Grace Watking and Edna Burdette. It notes visits by Maurice Watkins family and Annie Mckifrest, plus calls on S Y Broadburst and family and a Vernon Watkins group. Also mentions Ladies Aid meeting at the Watts home and Kate Watkins nursing for William Murphy. Other items cover residents visiting relatives, snakes found and killed, and local moves and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrovia
Meaml
Husie McElfread
Mesdames
Ollie Lewis
Betty Davia
Mattie Watking
Molly Gladhill
Sadie Davis
Bertie Burdette
Rebecca Watkins
Liasel Grace Watking
Edna Burdette
Maurice Watkins
Mary
Grace
Annie Mckifrest
Edward Burde
Ladies’ Aid
Eugene Watkins
Fimt
Husie McKifrest
John and
Lindsay
Bradley Watkins
Misa Kate Watkins
Baltimore
William Murphy
Glades Burgee
Wanda
Lizzie Cutsall
Howard Watkins
Monroe Beall
Local News Roundup From Taneytown April Visit And Appointments
April 24 Taneytown notes report visitors from Manheins and Littlestown and Philadelphia trips by auto. Mr John Zimmerman takes an office post with H H Allison. Mrs W F Clingan and others visited relatives. Metropolitan Glee Club entertained Odd Fellows at QOora House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneyioun
Lloyd Richercer
Manheins
Ouren Reid
Robert Eliot
Stevenson
Rutimore County
John Hornhberg
Littlestown
Charles A
John Forney
Philadelphia
John LB
Zimmerman
H. H. Allison
W. F. Clingan
John Smith
Frank Gise
York
Robert W. Clingan
Curtis Reid
Metropolitan Glee Club
Qoora House
Lock Lodge
Local Social Notes Highlight Easter Visits and Travel
Easter Sunday gatherings featured Mr John Hyler and family visiting residents, while Mt Pleasant visitors Mr and Mrs Walter Grabill and Kenneth spent time with the Greens. Thurmont and New Midway guests joined Mrs Miller Mrs Roy String. Frederick attendance marked a funeral for Mr Joseph Null. Rose Feaga from Washington spent the weekend at home. Buckeystown and Frederik hosts were noted among other brief visits and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
John Bohn
Waynesboro
Hays
Harry Wilson
Ernest Mullinix
Roscoe Thompson
Sarah Condon
John Thompson
Gurney Molesworth
John Norwood
Marvin
Locust Hill
Archia Runkles
Geo. Collins
Tarty Bingman
Ollye
Bertha Norwod
Baltimore
Ford Hood
Elsie
Gertrud
Clay
Ah Hood
Harvey Haines
Leonard
Frederick
Augustus Brashaar
Shirtey Bohn
John Hyler
Walter Grabill
Kenneth
Mt. Pleasant
W. H. Green
Miller
Thurmont
Roy String
New Midway
George Kroon
Clarence Shriner
Midgar Liday
Aml
Raymond English and Son
Win. Long
W. Loy
Joseph Null
Lime Kin
Daniel Mosherg
Mul Mra
Mosherg
Rose Feaga
Washington
Henry Baker
Ande
A. J. Cutsall
Buckeystown
John Darling
Creagerstown Social Notes and Easter Services
Creagerstown items record Mr and Mrs CE Long and others visiting Westminster and Walkersville. The Reformed Sunday school will present Easter service April 23 at 7 30 pm and Communion services are set for April 22. Local sickness includes grip with some families affected. A long travel note mentions Mr and Mrs MacCoun of Pittsburgh visiting Duvall in Court Square and sharing impressions of Frederick historic sites.
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Creagerstown
CE. Long and Foams
Nellie Long
Hull
Westminster
Jhlda Hofman
Walkersville
Reformed Sunday School
Bon
Kemptowst
Kemptow i
AL Oa Greenling
Dela Sypris
Grubbs
AL HL Green
Winifred Baker
Milb. Rize
City Picturerane
A. Ellicott Macccoun
Marceui
Dane
Nerney Alderdive
Wittsburgh
Samuel Grafton Duvall
Maccoun
Court Square
Barbara Fritedie
Juta Marlowe
Frederick
Mrs. Maccoun
Gaithersburg Fights Bond Issue For Water Works
Gaithersburg residents debate a $100000 bond vote to fund a water works and sewerage system under a 2nd Legislature chapter. Mayor A O W Walker faces opposition from Edene Porks and others citing tax burdens and initial costs, while supporters led by Frank Severance argue the plan spurs growth and modern utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaithersburg
Montgomery Ills
A. O W. Walker
Npain
Frank Severance
First National Bank of Gaithersburg
Tie
Deaths from alcoholism rise in Maryland after prohibition
Maryland death statistics from the State Health Department show a resurgence of acute alcoholism as a cause of death, rising four and a half times from 1920 to last year. The report also notes an increase in wood alcohol poisoning and cites factors such as "green" liquor and illicit distilling as contributing causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
State Health Department
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Life Insurance Company
Health Department
Mowrey Signs 22 Players For Chambersburg Maroons
Mowrey, former Hagerstown manager, will pilot the Chambersburg Maroons this season and has signed 22 players so far. Chambersburg protests league passes for subscribers, fearing unfairness similar to season tickets. Manager Mickey Corcoran of Hagerstown may join late this week. Martinsburg Baselift plans a bazaar to raise funds. Bert Weeden offered Charley Dyer a Hustlers contract. Dyer weighs options and Mowrey may prefer Hustlers. Charley Dyer, last year’s Hagerstown right fielder, is viewed as a valuable addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowrey
Mike Mowrey
Hagerstown
Chambersburg Maroons
Mike
Chambersburg
Berty Weeden
Hanover
Charley Dyert
Dysert
Charley
Six Months In Church Judge Sentences Two Men
In Brooklyn on April 25 magistrate Fish fined two men who argued during a church hour at a Sunday cafe. Squarins, a Methodist, and Harry Pearson, a self described Presbyterian, were ordered to attend church services every Sunday for six months with pastors to report back to the court on attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Presbyterian
New York
Macistrate Fish
Brooklyn
Squarins
Mm Methodist
Harry Pearson
Presbyterian Church
Ores
Drilling Halted By Oil Well After Deep Digging
The Annie Laurie Oil and Gas Company at Thormont stopped drilling after reaching over S00 feet amid symptoms of oil. Operations paused awaiting casings as residents in mountain counties show petrolmania fears. The weekend reporter noted many locals believed a petrol-related scum formed on the stream surface nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Laurie Oil Aiiil Gas Company
Thormont
Oil on land sparks farmer plans and local quips
The passage notes oily substance on land linked to John D. Rockefeller’s wealth. Farmers in the mountain country vow to drill if oil is found. A joke about two kinds of chickens leads to a quip that both poultry and humans are “laying for mankind.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Thurmont
Jones
Brown
Is Uric Acid Making You Ill
A vintage health ad outlines uric acid as a cause of weakness and back pain from excess meat intake. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy, citing neighbor endorsements and a testimonial about persistent backache and fatigue improving after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
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County News
Ces Aid Society
Peraday
Mobos
Nearweod
Vong
Taneytown
Exter
Annie Staub
Olivia
By Allman
Oliviap
LT la
G. N. Wilson
Mary Louise
Ten
Francis
Frederik
Tuekday
Carl Soper
Kemptown
State Board of Uralth
Severance
Fulks
Mickey” Corcoran
Staley
The
Martinsburg Baselift Association
Annie Laurie Oil Co
Main’s Circus
Everett True
Frederick Case
John A. Foreis
Madison Street
Doa Seynn
Dorothy Dodd
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Head To Foot Outfitters
Olapnica
Merhl
Moberly
East
Patrick ST
Helfenstein & Urner, Insurance
Worth Market Street
Mirus
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