Nation's first large plant to extract gasoline from gas
The Standard Gas Company plans an $80 million facility at Gardex Kans to produce gasoline from natural gas. Construction will start after site prep lasting months, with grading, drainage, water and power, railway trackage, and buildings. Three large units include an oxygen plant and a hyped syndication plant, signaling a potential new era for the hydrocarbon industry. An anniversary party for Mr and Mrs Ari’s 10th wedding noted. Decker elected president of Potomac Edison Employees Association. Neikirk family reunion planned for Aug 22 at Hagerstown City Park. market prices listed for Wheat Barley Corn.
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Gardex Kans
On and Gas
Neikirk
Hagerstown
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Coluzons Of The News
Mt. Airy endured a fierce early fire threating total ruin, affecting the Mil l Messenger building and spreading to the bank, general store, Norwood’s, Bunkies, Luber’s shoemaker shop, and Whitmore’s, with rain dampening ceremonies at the Key monument unveiling. A horse team nearly ran away as Rev Stinespring restrained it, and a Tuscarora area tract of acres drew camping interest amid heavy noon rain.
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MT. Airy
Lewis and Whitmore
Mil i Messenger
Messive
Bank
Albert Jones and Co
A. H. Bunkies
L. B. Norwooth
Fritz Luber
Key Monument
North Market
C W Stinespring
Tuscarora
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News Aug 30 1923
Twenty years ago local items note 49 to 59 arrests during a repulse on a Blue Ridge race as John Marney launched an attack forcing the Blues under Lent Coil. Amos W. Woodcock is three miles into a National Guard summer camp maneuver. Brunswick faces an $11,032 cost to build an improved highway from Potoms street to Brunswick High School along Fourth Avenue. Mayors and Council hear engineer W Jarboe Grove. Juniors fire companies stage a water battle at Bentz street bridge. Harry Danner’s team defeats Frank Kennedy’s squad.
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Red
Coil
John Marney
Lent Coil
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Natonal Guard
Brunswick
Potomes Street
Brunswick High School
Fourth Avenue
W Jarboe Grove
Bentz Street Bridge
Harry Danner
Frank Kennedy
Dorothy Dix on middle aged women and self renewal
Dorothy Dix argues that women over middle age lose sight of themselves while focusing on family. She urges clubs, friendships, and self care to stay alive, regain partners, andFlavor conversation. The piece blends social advice with a note on enduring personal growth and resilience.
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Many
Johnnny
Sally
Jany
Best Syndicate. Inc
Washington Daybook comedy at House Rules hearing on Dewey Short
In the August Washington Daybook, Dewey Short delivers a lively performance before the House Rules Committee as Leo Alien leads hearings on the draft bill. Short’s dramatic rhetoric, comic timing, and vocal range are highlighted, with backstage notes on his political future and influence in Armed Services. A Greek tragedy letter from Greece follows, detailing hardship from Communists, arson, and aid pleas. The piece closes with local bid news for a Berkeley County swimming pool project with costs estimated between 20 000 and 2500 dollars.
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Tris Coffix
Washington
House Rules Committee
Dewey Short
Leo Alien
Rules Committee
Congress
Leo
Alten
Texas
Europe
Harness
Short
Philadelphia
Dewey
Gene Cox
Russia
Armed Services Committee
Walter Andrews
Martinsburg
WL Va
Berkeley County War Memorial Park
Campaign Outlook As Conventions End and Congress Wraps Up
Washington commentary weighs the post convention landscape with Truman framing rising living costs and Republicans highlighting Communist infiltration in the Democratic administration. The piece notes the anti Communist bloc built by figures like the American Legion and AFL while arguing price controls have fueled shortages and black markets, risking voter sentiment ahead of the election.
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Washington
Truman
Amercan
OPA
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
Consin
House of Representatives
American Legion
American Federation of Labor
Daughters of the American Revolution
Henry L Stimson
Hoover
Stimson
Taft
Mr. Wilson
Key Week At Playgrounds Honors Francis Scott Key
Frederick playgrounds dedicate the Key memorial to Francis Scott Key on the 50th anniversary of the Mt Olivet Cemetery statue. Activities include a storytelling contest at 220 Bit Olivet Cemetery, nursery rhymes, rhythm bands, sand box play, Kiddie Karnival, relay races, scavenger hunts, and a doll show judged by the Rotary Club at Baker Park and the Fairgrounds.
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Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Mt. Olvet Cemtery
Ety
Bit. Olivet
Shington Street
Tiny Tot Town
Nursery Rhythm
Mullinix Park
Fairgrounds
Harmony Field
Washington Street
Tiny Fot Town
Staley Park
Tod All Playground
Baker Park
Tiny Total
Seoncert
Baker Parleensters F
Rotary Club
Wal
C. Burr Artz Library
Mayor Misses Meeting With Young F Key Namesake
An apparent hoax or mix up led Mayor Lloyd C. Cutler to wait for a child named Francis Scott Key at Cy Hall after Mt. Olivet ceremonies, while photographers captured shots near the Key monument in the cemetery. Police noted the father’s long distance call claimed the meeting. the boy was said to live in Baltimore.
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Francis Scott Key
Lloyd C. Cutler
Cy Hall
Mt. Olivet
City Hall
Young Key
Baltimore
Anniversaries and Birthdays in America Today 1753 to 1945
A dense list of notable births and historic anniversaries including Edmund Randolph 1753 birthplace Virginia and early U S attorney general, Jay Cooke 1821 financier, Horace Fletcher 1849 author on nutrition, Missouri admission 1821, Smithsonian 1846, and World War II era milestones. Includes Today in History items, birthdays such as Norma Shearer, William Draper Jr, and William Hocking, plus a note that Howard Murphy won a 1959 Ford automobile prize at the Hyattstown Fire Department carnival.
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Edmund Randolph
Virginia
U. S
Wualigmsburg
William L .Yancey
Alabama
Warren County
William H. Fry
Philadelphia
Jay Cooke
Srance
Sandusky
Ohio
Philip S. Moxom
Cleveland
Boston
Springfield
Mass
Canada
Horace Fletcher
Lawrence
Robert Gray
Columbia
Tarry
Richard Smith
Missouri
Chicago
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Congress
U. S. Food Administration
Germany
Roosevelt- Churchill
Quebec
le Mans
Clay
William P. Odom
Westray Battle Boyce
Waes
Nail Sec
Rocky Mount N.C
Willam H. Draper, Jr
Army
New York
Norma Shearer
Screen Star
Montreal
Br. Paul Hutchinson
The
Christian Century
Madison N. 7
Wiliam Hocking
Harvard
Philosant
Douglas S Moore
Natl
Institute of Arts and Letters
Mey
Lawrence C Jarnes
Hiarry Richman
Cincinnat
Howard Murphy
Frederick
the Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department
Vocabulary notes from a language lesson excerpt
A compact summary of pronunciation tips and usage notes for common English words. It highlights misused phrases like herewith and revocable, spelling quirks such as plack versus plague tan, and lists synonyms for behavior and manners. The daily word focus is furtive meaning secret and stealthy with an example.
Hail and reunion notices from Maryland towns
A late afternoon hailstorm swept across a northern Frederick County strip into Carroll County near Woodsboro with unconfirmed reports of cattle loss at a Stoner farm. Severe lightning and a temperature drop followed. no widespread damage noted. The Bussard family reunion will occur August 15 at Braddock Heights with dinner at one large table and a program. Navy enlistment reported for Robert Holland Bare of Winchester Street under the high school graduate program, to serve three years and attend electrician's mate school after training at Great Lakes. Divers searched Cumberland dam for a drowned man, Frank Schultz of Confluence, after his boat accident near Sommerfield Bridge. An egg's yolk suspended by cords inside the shell is described.
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Burke Clan
William H Burke
LeRoy Mulinnix
Rosalie Mulinix
Rufus Baker
Shirley
Mulinix
Elsworth Mullinix
Kempessing
James Largest
J. Wiliam
Burke
Tanen Exmore
J. Wilhem
Percy Mary Amberger
LeRoy i
Woodsboro
Frederick County
Carroll County
Thurmont
William J. Stoner
Bussard
NAVY
Robert Holand Bare
U. S. Navy
Earl D. Gndersood
Bare
Winchester Street
Great Lakes
Social Situation Situation: You have been paid a compliment
Deny it politely and acknowledge the kindness with a gracious response. A simple and sincere "Thank you." conveys appreciation without overemphasis. Maintain calm, warm tone, and express gratitude for the compliment.
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Jesse Marshall
Nancy
Kathryn Welty
Nora Jane Deater
Emory Ramsburegh
Raymond, Mills
Kenneth Harris
Decker
Harry L Decker
Potomac Edison
Emplores’ Association
Dave Dorman
James M. Etchison
Robert M Campbell
Cumberland
Roland F. Bean
Front Royal
Coluzons of the News
Calumns
the News
Dorothy Dix
Dayton O
Tahedo United Electrical Workers
Univis Lers Co
Washington Daybook
Esplan
Athens
Greece
Alexandroupolis
Joreenings
Globe Lyndh
By David Lawrence
White House
Elizabeth Key Blunt
Silver Spring
Aamerizen
Culaen
Macn Lo UN
Post Office
Miss Slocum
Wats
ER Setae
Rec
U.S
Know
America
Youghbrogheny Dam
Ray F. Montague
Shultz
Sommerfield Bridge
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