Record Rain Floods Roads and Bridges Around Emmitsburg
Torrential rainfall in Emmitsburg caused flooding of bridges on the Emmitsburg Gettysburg and Emmitsburg Taneytown routes. Water undermined a 40 foot concrete bridge, traffic halted for hours, and drivers faced near drownings as Flat Run and other streams surged. The Monocacy rose, fences and chicken houses were washed away, and fields suffered while crews assessed damage.
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Emmitsburg
Heternoy TV
Aterick
Flat Run Creek
Gettysburg
Emmitsburg-Taneytown
Gettysburg Road
Baltimore
Camp Airy
Thurmont
Carth
David Martin
Taneytown Road Bridge
Gettysburg Road Bridge
Taneydown
Tom's Creek
Emris~burg
Friderick
Frederick
Em Mitsbure
Mongeacy
Ab Ceresville
Gettysboro Road
Lewistown
Carter
Avcton
23Th Diss
Dalrymple blasts double dealing in Prohibition Bureau exit
Washington reports Major Dalrymple as director reacts to alleged duplicity among associates. He charges the 1800 bureau staff with automatic telegram notices of severance were issued without his knowledge. He claims the move was part of a broader pattern of disloyal acts and criticizes government restructuring by Roosevelt.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Dalrymple Todas
Roosevelt
Dalrymple
San Francisco
Plane crash injures Jimmy Haizlip in Baviss
A fast speed plane piloted by Jimmy Haizlip crashed during a late afternoon landing at Baviss. He managed to extricate himself from the wreckage before witnesses as the damaged aircraft totaled the site. The report also notes unrelated financial figures from Searles Sale.
Shrinkage in Canada too
The crop reporting board of the Department of Agriculture forecast the second smallest corn crop since 1901 and the lowest wheat and oats production, with corn at about 2.272 billion bushels and total grains sharply down from last year due to drought and adverse weather. Winter wheat up from last month but below last year, spring wheat and durum figures given, oats forecast around 666.7 million bushels.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
Oay
Qomees
Corner Church
Frederick
Dominion forecasts drop in field crops due to heat
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics foresees Canadian field crops falling 50 percent below average this year as heat and drought take a heavy toll. An August 10 report cites Elatees to fifty percent below average yields across major provinces. The weather impact is expected to weigh on harvest prospects.
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Dominion Bureau of Mtatintica
Knights of Columbus appoint officers for John’s County chapter
In 1822 the grand knight L Farry Kennedy named officers for the John’s County Knights of Columbus including Rev Fr John J. Donian as chaplain and Ernest P. Kennedy as financial secretary. The record notes Wl Naus and B Lebhers in roles. A humorous aside mentions a sponge absorbing more water than hot water.
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L Farry Kennedy
John’s Counch
Knights of Columbus
John J. Donian
Ernest P. Kennedy
Naus B. Lebhers
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John F. Meehan, Jr
Charles D. Warfield
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Taneytown
Rapit
Pall St
Prohibition
Jimmy Haizlip
Searles
Gorge Searles
Daveville
Thurdeau
Glenn Trout
Uoneer
Raymond Lo Ke
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William Knode
Brunswick
Mae
Mire
Paegan
Mrs. Johns
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Evelyn Johs
Evie Joyner
Ann Courtney
Mes
Clair Reiter
Tory
Russel Bell
Michael
Qilo Kafer
Bevery Hiankel Amt
Ang
USS
BOS
Hendrickson
Mountain City
North Market St. Frederick
T@L
Simmons
Carty
C. C. Carty
Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Lizes
Boys’ Linen
Elastic Yop
Botteen Lima
Racks
Lucette and Mitsi School
Fisk Guarantee
U. S
U. S. Motor Oil
Fisk
Patrick St. Frederick, Md
H. L. Mills
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