Negotiations for Army Camp Land at Oakland or Mountain Lake Park
Baltimore and Ohio industrial agent Mr Wood reports talks with the U S War Department over purchasing 10 000 acres for a permanent army camp. Officials have toured the Oakland and Mountain Lake Park sites while residents express interest and hope for a swift government acquisition.
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Mt. Lake Park
Balmore
Olio Radroud
United States Wae Department
Mountain Litke Park
Wow Wood
Baltimore and Ohio
Mountain Lake Park
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wood
Baltimore
Finger Mashed at Work injures left forefinger
At Ox Fibre Brush Works yesterday Richard Moberly badly mashed the end of his left forefinger while performing his duties. He received first aid and was sent home to recover.
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Ox Fibre
Richard Moberly
Evans on Lee Ticket Seeks Evans for Governor and Unopposed Poe
State Democratic talks center on William S. Evans of Cecil county for governor after Blair Lee allies back Evans. Edgar Allan Poe appears unopposed for attorney general as Digges is declared ineligible, with Governor Crothers and leaders pressuring for Evans.
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Poe
Digges
Friends
Blair Lee
William 5. Evans
Cecil County
Edgar Allan Poe
Crothers
J F Calhott
Messrs
William Marbury
William Cabell Bruce
W. Mitchell Digees
Senator Lee
Evans
Wr Poe
Lee
Progressive Democratic Association
Moe
Lawsver
Evans A lengthy lawyer and public official profile
Identified with politics for years he served three terms as State's Attorney. He attended West Nottingham Newark and Lafayette Colleges and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He serves on the Springfield Insane Hospital board at Sykesville and is vice president of the National Bank of Chesapeake City.
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Evans
West Nottingham
Newark
Lafayette
Springfield Insane Hospital
Sykesville
National Bank of
Chesapeake City
Public Drinking Cup Banned In Maryland Proposal
Maryland health officials consider banning the public drinking cup in stores schools parks and trains citing disease risk from tuberculosis typhoid fever diphtheria and other illnesses. The board will decide at its September meeting with proposals for penny paper cups and sanitary fountains as substitutes in public spaces.
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Maryland
WG Rohrer
Blight on Chestnut Trees Attributed to Boring Beetle
Langhorne resident Thomas Davy Candy identifies a one sixteenth inch black beetle as the main cause of chestnut tree blight in the Middle and South Atlantic States. Grubs hatch from eggs and bore under the bark, blight follows the bore path, and one tree studied showed extensive damage. Pennsylvania lawmakers allocated 275000 dollars for a Governor appointed commission to study the disease and seek eradication methods.
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Thomas Davy Candy
Langhorne
Philadelphia
Middle
South Atlantic
Candy
Pennsylvania
John W Gates Dies a Remarkable Financier and Sports Figure
John W Gates, prominent American financier and former hardware merchant turned barbed wire magnate, died this morning at age 60. He organized the Southern Wire company in 1880 and later built the Consolidated Steel and Wire and American Steel and Wire concerns, shaping industrial and turf patronage. He is survived by his wife Debra Baker and son Charles G Gates, with a home in New York City.
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Paris
John W. Gates
Charles
Gates
Southern Wire Company
Mr. Gates
Turner Junction
St. Chartes
Iil
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
Funeral for Mr Gates Scheduled Saturday in Paris
Special Dispatch to The News from Paris reports the funeral of Mr Gates, a prominent financier linked with United States Steel enterprises and major railway ventures including the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Arrangements are underway for the services.
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United States Steel Corporation
Wall Street
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Paris
Gates
Hays Still at Large Amid Kidnap Case Distress
Mrs Frances Louise Hays, confined in Fairfax County Jail after a Virginia kidnap episode with Edward Hays Hartlett and Bud Snyder, is seriously ill and described as a nervous wreck. Bud Snyder is out on bail. Hays is believed in Richmond, where police continue a citywide search for him. Bert rand Hays remains missing.
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Hays
Fairfax County
Frances Louise Hays
Virginia
Edward Hays Hartlett
Bud Snyder
Fairfax Courthouse
Richmond
Bertrand Hays
Frederick Market Prices August 9 1914 Frederick County
Market prices furnished by Frederick County Farmers' Exchange corrected August 9 1914 list Wheat No 2 Red at 86 cents bushel Corn shelled 76 to 80 cents Rye 70 to 75 cents bushel Barley 65 to 70 cents per bushel Winter Wheat flour 4 60 to 5 10 Spring Wheat 5 20 to 5 70 Cornmeal 1 60 to 1 76 per 100 pounds Feed 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 31 to 32 Seeds Timothy 6 to 6 50 per bushel Clover 8 to 10 per bushel Hay No 1 Timothy 23 to 25 No 2 Timothy 22 to 29 No 1 Mixed 21 to 23 No 2 Mixed 20 to 22 3 Clover 18 to 19 Straw Baled Wheat 6 to 8 Straw Baled Oats 6 to 8 Hay Not Eaten 26 to 22 per ton a Want a cook Advertise in The News
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Timothy
Gee
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