Influx of Visitors At Courty Resort Braddock Heights
Braddock Heights August 8. The mountain resort is busy with guests, cottages full, hotel crowded, and a hosting season near record highs. Notable visitors include former Congressman Thomas Parran and Delegate Frank E Baker. Managers report large Sunday meals and ongoing pavilion entertainments with dancers and skaters.
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Braddock Heights
Clayton
Clayton Cottage
Opel
Eaton and
Eaton
Braddock
Thomas Parran
Calvert County
Parran
Republican Party
Frank E. Baker
Maryland
Aberdeen
Avalon Cottage
C. R. Merriman
Rudophh Yeatman
Washington, D. C
Herbert N. Harvey
Maurita Harvey
Dorothy Harvey
Ursula Betz
Fletcher Orpin
W. C. Henderson
W. C. Henderson, Jr
Seachrist
Moh. Price
F. 3. Holliger
Neice
M. Killman
L. H. Browning and Son
John Hart
Katherine Hart
Margaret Lavel
Chester A. Katherman
Washington
Fannie Berman
Baltimore
Theodore Morton
York
Silvia
J. H. Duchler
Lily
Pfeffer
Elimor
Melvin
Suyder
Francis Frizell
Ethel
Verdun Verdun Verdun battles and Somme air combat update
Berlin reports repulses at Thiaumont and in the Vaux Chapitre woods amid a vigorous Somme duel near Chaulnes. French fire checked Thiaumont, and German efforts in Vaux Chapitre were halted by French rifles and machine guns. Three German aircraft fell on the Somme front and two balloons were destroyed. Small Germán counterattacks east of Pozieres were repulsed as bombardment continued between the Ancre and Somme. Germans recaptured portions of trench lost near Pozieres according to a London briefing.
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London
Thiaumont
Vaux and Chaplitre Woods
Verdun
Paris
Somme
Chaulnes
Vaux- Chapitre Woods
Pozieres
London War Office
Ancre
Pozteres
Russians Report Fresh Successes in Galicia Front
Aug 8 Petrograd reports the Germans failed along the Stokhod in Volhynia while Russian forces gained ground along Sereth and Graberka rivers north of Brody. Strong positions were seized near Zvyjin Kostiniec and Reniuv as Teuton counter moves loom. In the Caucasus Russians push toward Kialkit near Erzinga but retreat near Mush after Turkish assaults. Near Bitlis czarist forces are pressed by Turks and Kurds but repelled.
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Galicia
Petrograd
Stokhod
Volhynia
Russian War Office
Sereth
Graberka
Brody
Zvyjin
Kostiniec
Reniuv
Teutons
von Hindenburg H
Caucasus
Erzingan
Kialkit
Mush
Bitlis
Inheritance tax plan raises top rate to ten percent
Washington August 8 Democrats on the senate finance committee agreed to raise inheritance tax to ten percent on estates over five million and lower rates at other thresholds. The changes could boost annual revenue by about 21 million to reach 72 million. Pressure grows to include income tax on earners as low as three thousand to two thousand, risking a Democratic split.
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Washington
Senate
House
Warm Weather Housekeeping Suggestions
Virginia Carter Lee offers summer kitchen tips for mountain or shore living. From quick fancy dishes to party ideas with water melon and lemonade, to shrimp salad and devilled clams, she provides practical ways to entertain and feed hungry families using simple, locally available ingredients and creative presentation.
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Virginia Carter Lee
Ashes in graves of 2 wives prompt probate caveat
James S Stocking of Washington Pennsylvania dies after instructing cremation and placing ashes in his two wives graves. He challenges his grandfather's will with a $250000 estate. The will splits thirds and four sevenths to grandchildren and Miss Dorothy Miller of Bellevue. Stocking formerly served in the general assembly and as a clerk of courts.
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Washington
James S., Stocking
James Stocking
Dorothy ‘Miller
Bellevue
Young Stocking
Stocking
General Assembly
E. F. Acheson
Washington Observer
Seven Hurt in Collision at Elsmere Junction
Reading Pennsylvania April 8 A head on crash occurred at Elsmere Junction on the Wilmington and Northern branch of the Reading railway between a freight and a passenger train. Both locomotives badly damaged and seven persons injured.
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Reading
Elsmere Junction
Wilmington and Northern
Reading Railway
Trolley Strike Near End In New York
A tentative agreement between New York Railways and the Carmen’s Union is approved by both sides. The plan allows the company to recognize the union, sets joint wage and hours committees with a target of August 20, and provides for arbitration if no agreement by August 29.
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New York
New York Railways Company
Carmen‘s Union
Maylor Mitchell
Theordore Rousseau
Italians Capture Positions and Huge Prisoner Toll in Serbia Region
Italian war office reports 3600 prisoners and large quantities of guns and munitions seized after strong Austrian positions fell in the Travenantes Saretor area. Italian artillery repelled assaults on Monte Zebro and Setice Comuni pisteau while holding most of HMM No. 5 on the lower Isonzo amid fierce counterattacks. In Reading, Elizabeth Sharp, 54, died of heart failure brought on by extreme heat while returning home.
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Rome
Travenantes
Sare Torrent
Gader
Tofana
War Office
Monte Zebro
Setice Comuni Pisteau
Isonzo
Gans
Reading
Ang
Elizabeth Sharp
Care Fer Cholera Worbes Ad For Remedy Endorsement
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a valued cure. It claims the product treated cholera and bowel troubles from infancy and gained the endorsement of Fair Haven residents including Mrs Sidney Simmons. The copy emphasizes widespread availability and exceptional merit.
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Wlc
Jonen
Buford
NLD
Chamberlain
Owas
Morbus
Sarrhora
Sidney Simmons
Fair Haven
N.Y
Mayor Orders Strikers Away as Trolleys Tense City
Harrisburg August 8 Mayor Meals warned J J Thorpe organizer of the trolleymen strike that leaving town would speed a settlement and vowed drastic action against any trouble during the planned demonstration. City and state officials seek talks with the traction company as jitneys without licenses face removal.
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Otfers
Maryland court allows Pike users to build around tollgate
Hagerstown Maryland August 8 Judge Martin L Keedy circuit court ruling beats the Hagerstown and Cearfors Turnpike company which had secured a spring injunction preventing construction of a cut-off road around a tollgate near Hagerstown. The plan extended from Broad Fording road to Salem avenue and the company plans to appeal to the Maryland court of appeals.
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Maryland Court
Tellgate
Hagerstown
Martin L. Keedy
Flood Victims Starving in Forkland Ala Aug 8
In South Greene county more than 10 starving flood victims eat sour green corn left by receding waters. Residents plead for aid from all sources but responses are delayed or inadequately structured. Bee stings motor driver: Eight hurt near aston Ohio as teen Rex Rosichan, 17, was stung in the eye, losing control of a car that overturned on the Springboro pike near Dayton.
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Forkland
Ala
Greene County
Aston
Rex Rosichan
Springboro Pike
Dayton
Rebels Pressed Near Juarez as Villa Forces Advance
Reports to General Gonzales describe Carrie troops flooding the hills near Santalayuca after leaving Juarez to join Villa. In a separate clash north of Maplint Durango, Lt Col Compah and a dozen privates died, outlaw casualties about eighteen as Trevino coordinates units toward the outlaw band.
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Paso
Tex
Carrie
Heala
Mariano Tamea
Juarez
Villa
Gonzales
Freguler
Santalayuca
Adieed
Hon
Maplint
Dureanko
Jacinto Trevino
Bi Nhuahia
Compah
Canyona
Trevino
Math Villa
Durango City
Trnder
Ramos
Eut
San Antonio
Paralyzing Epidemic Totals Espousing New York Cases
New York reports 145 new infantile paralysis cases and 44 deaths in the last 24 hours. Since the outbreak began 5 168 cases have occurred with 1 142 fatalities. Three new cases are noted in Jericho City. Trenton closes prison to visitors amid plague concerns as a precaution.
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New York
Health Department
Jeremy City
Trenton
N. J
President Wil son's notification deadline fixed for Sept 15
Washington Aug 8 President Wilson's formal notification of his nomination will not be deferred beyond September 15, regardless of congressional adjournment. The decision was made after talks at the White House conference with Vance McCormick chairman and Homer Cumming vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
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Wilson
Washington
White House
Vance McConnick
Homer Cumming
Clark 33 Yearn in House
Washington Aug 8 Republican Leader Mann recalled Speaker Clark’s thirty third anniversary in Congress as Republicans and Democrats cheered him for several minutes Clark teased he might not want another thirty years but would stay as long as possible
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Clark
House
Washington
Mann
Howe
Congress
Varnish Stain Prices in Multiple Colors
Vintage ad lists Jap Enamel Varnish Stains in colors Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak and Light Oak. Offers 13 pint cans for 12 cents each pint can 20 cents quart cans 35 cents all on sale per old newspaper page fragment.
Floor stain sale in multiple colors and packs
Readable ad fragment lists floor stain colors Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak and other hues. Mentions gallon cans priced at 1.33 and 5 lb packs Kalkomo and Maraseg Gold Water Paint with right prices. Local context suggests a hardware store promotion.
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