Odd Fellows Gathering at Pen-Mar Draws 10000 Attendees
Gather at Pen-Mar Good Representation From This City Will Be There to Mingle With the 10,000 That Are Expected To Attend The Program. The reunion of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will be held at Pen Mar tomorrow with speakers including Congressman George W. Norris and Ex-Governor Edwin M Warfield. The Wayne Band will perform and special trains are planned to handle large crowds. Local lodges have completed arrangements and many residents plan to attend, with some taking the special train from Westminster.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Baltimore
Pen-Mar
Fred. A. Groom
Mi Claus
Qud
Marland
Virginia
Pensylvania
West Wirpami
Columbia
Pen Mar
Pretty Mountain Resort
Monuney
Order
Odd Fellows
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Edwin M Warfield
Maryland
Blue Mountain House
Wayne Band
Waynesboro
Edwin Mc Warfield
Martin L. Beall
Fred, A. Groome
Executive Committee
Ken
Edwin Warfield
Wayne Hand
Canton
Washington
Basta
Westminster
Negotiations for Army Camp Land at Oakland or Mountain Lake Park
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the U S War Department discuss purchasing about 10 000 acres in Oakland Md or Mountain Lake Park Md for a permanent army camp. Industrial agent W W Wood has briefed officials and shown the site to army representatives. Status uncertain as Mr Wood is away and exact progress cannot be confirmed yesterday.
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Oakland
Mt. Lake Park
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United States War
Mountain Lake Park
W. W. Wood
Baltimore and Ohio
Wood
Baltimore
Finger Mashed at Ox Fibre Brush Works
Richard Moberly suffered a severe mash to the end of his left forefinger while at Ox Fibre Brush Works yesterday. He received prompt first aid and was sent home for rest.
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Ox Fibre Brush Works
Richard Moberly
Evans on Lee ticket backed for Comptroller as Poe unopposed
State factions met in Governor Crothers’ office to settle the ticket. William S Evans of Cecil chosen for Comptroller after Blair Lee supporters shift. no Attorney General candidate to face Edgar Allan Poe, who will run unopposed. Digges considered but deemed ineligible due to law practice lapse. Strans not a candidate again. Ryans named for Comptroller by Gov Crothers’ suggestion.
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Poe
Digges
Blair Lee
William S Evans
Cecil County
Edgar Allan Poe
Crothers
J. J. C .Talbott
Messrs
William Te Marbury
Lee
Maryland
W. Mitchell Digges
Charles County
House of Delegates
Bigsees
Iveses
Agmnst
Tiaae Lobe Strans
Strans
Ryans
Longtime State's Attorney Evang Dies After Public Service
Identified with politics for years, Mr Evang served three terms as State's Attorney. He attended West Nottingham Newark and Lafayette Colleges and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He is a board member of Springfield Insane Hospital at Sykesville and vice-president of the National Bank of Chesapeake City.
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Evang
West Nottingham
Newark
Lafayette Coleges
Springfield Insane Hospital
Sykesville
National Bank of
Chesapeake City
Public Cup Is Doomed Campaign in Maryland
A Maryland State Board of Health initiative plans to launch a campaign against the use of the public drinking cup. Officials call it a major disease transmission risk and urge prohibiting cups in trains stations schools offices buildings stores and on excursion boats while promoting sanitary fountains and penny paper cup alternatives.
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Maryland
State Board of Health
Department States
W. G. Rohrer
D.seagscn
Blight on Chestnut Trees Linked to Beetle
Langhorne resident Thomas Davy Candy claims a tiny black beetle, 1/16 inch long, causes blight in chestnut trees across the Middle and South Atlantic States. Eggs hatch into grubs that penetrate the inner bark, tracing paths that leave trees scorched looking. The Pennsylvania legislature has appropriated 275000 dollars to a governor appointed commission to study the disease and seek extermination methods.
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Thomas Davy Candy
Langhorne
Philadelphia
South Atlantic
John W Gates Dead a Leading Financier and Sports Patron
Paris reports the death of John W Gates at 51 0 this morning after a long career from a Tur ner Junction hardware store to a national industrial and wire magnate. He organized the Southern Wire company in 1880 and later formed Consolidated Steel and Wire, then American Steel and Wire, shaping American industry and turf patronage. Survived by his wife Debra Baker, son Charles G Gates, with family home in New York City.
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Paris
John W. Gates
Tovis
Godars Gros and
Reeves
Southern Wire Company
Gates
Mr. Gates
Turner Junction
Ill
St. Cnaries
Debra R. Baker
Charles G. Gates
New York City
St. Louis
Braddock, Pa
Consolidated Steel and Wire Company
Federal Steel Company
American Steel and Wire Company
Financier Gates Dies as Wall Street Speculator
Special Dispatch to The News from Paris reports the financier known for steel and oil interests and control of the Louisville and Nashville railroad has died. Funeral services are arranged for Saturday.
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United States Steel Corporation
Wall Street
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Paris
Gates
Hays Still at Large After Virginia Kidnapping Case
Frances Louise Hays remains in Fairfax County jail under guard after a wild Virginia chase with Edward Hays Martlett and Bud Snyder. Snyder posted bail. relatives seek Hays release but authorities have held her. She suffered a collapse after arrest, recovered, then worsened amid false Richmond pursuit reports. Bert rand Hays is missing. Richmond police suspect his presence in the city as they continue a search.
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Wirs. Hays
Fairfax County
Frances Louise Hays
Virginia
Edward Hays Martlett
Bud Snyder
Fairfax Courthouse
Richmond
Hays
Bertrand Hays
Tim
Frederick Market Prices in Frederick County Trade Ledger
Quotations furnished by Frederick County Farmers Exchange dated August 9, 1915 show Wheat No 2 Red at 86 cents per bushel, Shelled corn 75 to 80 cents, Rye 70 to 72 cents, Oats 58 to 60 cents, Barley 66 to 70 cents. Flour prices list Winter wheat 4.60 to 5.10, Spring wheat 5.26 to 5.70 per bushel. Cornmeal 1.60 to 1.70 per 100 lbs. Mill feeds Bran 26.50 per ton, Middlings 30.50 per ton. Red Dog 2.20 to 2.30 per sack, Dairy feed 23 to 26 per ton, Cotton Seed Meal 81 to 132 dollars per ton.
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Frederick County Farmére’ Exchange
Timothy
Ely
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Five States
Spet Tae
Phe Pv Stone
S. S. Columbia
New York
Mitchell
Cme
Anheuser-Busch
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
St. Louis, Mo
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