Libertytown marker for Titanic victims highlights rich agricultural town
Libertytown, twelve miles north of Frederick, emerges as a historic hub with a 1739 survey, 246 building lots laid out in 1782, and a strong Civil War era footprint. The community built schools, churches, a local bank, and a noted copper mine, with a long civic life centered around St Peter’s, M P and M E churches, and a bustling town hall and post office.
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Libertytown
Frederick City
Duke's Woods
Duke
John Young
John Cochran
Sons of Liber
Harry T. Munshaur
Liberty District
the Howards
Dorseys
Upton Sheredine
Sellerses
John Wagner
the Hobbs
Hammonde
Gatthers
Coates
Crabsters
Scharff
Frederick County
Abram Crabster
Abram Jones Thos
Sappington
Henry Stevenson
David Foutz
John M. Daniel
Enoch Taylor
John Prinkman
John Ringlind
Freeerick
Wallace R. Beall
Dolly Hide Creek
Dolly Hide
Hide
Dolly
Liberty
Frederick-Liberty State
Father Malevne
Frederick
Richard Coale
James M. Coale
Samuel J. Kavanaugh
St. Peter's Church
Notre de Dame Academy
St. Peter’s Church
William A. Sites
Johnsville
Liberty Church
John D. Etzler
Albert Etzler
William Eisler
J. T
Albaugh
W. T. Sweadner
Calvin Metcalf
Lester Biddinger
O. M. Sweadner
Lts
Wallace Bell
Gussie Bell
Freda Elster
Celena Byers
W. T. Swendner
Ruth Rippeon
Lamora Bell
Duval Sneadner
Helen Curfman
Bell Norrig
J.T. G. Albaugh
M. P
M. E
Singanore
J. EB. Holt
Archie Fogle
M. E. Sanday
Frank BE. Hammaker
Leland Sneadner
M. F. Start
Raymond Capham
J. E. Holt
Archie T. Figie
People's Bank of Libertytown
James A. Sappington
B. F. Hammaker
Maurice F. Starr
M.scott Starr
Mary Myers
Tie Myers
Titanic Victims Marker Notifies Libertytown Ward Needs
The Libertytown community gathers around memorials and local leaders discuss improvements. Residents advocate a modern high school, electric lights, a paved link to Baltimore, and new industries such as an ice plant and shirt factory to provide employment.
Liberty town history notes heroes preachers and taverns
Libertytown’s early history highlights moved townsmen across taverns and trades. Figures include Jacob Kiler Samuel Merritt and pioneer schoolmasters Crosby Penn Elihu Rockwell. Early physicians Dr Sappington and Dr Dorsey. 1823 Lafayette Lodge, No 19 A F and A M, with General Anthony Kimmel among active members, last in Grand Lodge in 1831. Newspaper beginnings by Alfred Schley and later J. & L. Roderick. Turnpikes, roads, and old Indian trails shaped the town. Burial sites shifted from Lovers Rock to Fairmount Cemetery after 1870.
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Liberty
Jacob Kiler
Samuel Merritt
William Myers
Daniel Reese
Reynolds
Crosby Joseph Penn
Elihu H. Rockwell
Libertytown
Sappington
John Dorsey
Lafayette Lodge
Anthony Kimmel
Grand Lodge of Maryland
Alfred Schley
David Schley
Banner of Liberty
J. & L. Roderick
Alfred Schiey
Woodsboro
Cumberland
Baltimore
Frederick
Liberty and Frederick
Wales
Baxland
Woodshoro Road
John Wagner
John Young
Richard Coale
General Coale
Hic
James Roberts
Lideristown
St Peters Church push for road to Baltimore through Eldersburg
Community leaders urge improvements including a town water supply and fire protection. J M Sappington of People's Bank calls for boosters and electric lights while supporting Baltimore corridor via Unionville. Genevieve Gardner backs Libertytown incorporation and Roland Reginal Simpson promotes law abiding citizenship. F O Smith supports the Eldersburg route to Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Eldersburg
Unionville
J. M. Sappington
The
People’s Bank
Genevieve Gardner
Libertytown
Roland Reginal Simpson
F. O. Smith
Bees Baffle State Officials In Pleasantville
Health officials report buzzing honey bees near Pleasantville sidewalks enraging residents and stinging dogs to death. A department appeal to the attorney general seeks enforceable relief while no law clearly applies. In Freeland, miners quit work over berry prices dropping to ten cents a quart.
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Harrisburg
Pleasantville
State Department of Health
Freeland
Poconos
Anthracite Fields in Mood for Peace
Washington reports strong sentiment for a quick settlement of the coal strike in the anthracite region. Leaders Samuel Marriner and WJ Richards told President Harding that the public, operators, and miners seek reopening and a return to work after four months of disruption. They urged government action to secure a distinct solution for the anthracite case.
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Washington
Harding
Samuel D. Marriner
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
W. J. Richards
Philadelphia and Reading Coat and Iron Company
Mieness
Warriner
Richards
To Introduce China to Chop Susy
An American, Walter G. Waffen, reports there is only one hope in China for a drink translation in the native land. He notes that there has never been a chop suey meal in China from the viewpoint of American enthusiasts who savor the concoction, stating the claim with emphasis in The News.
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China
San Francico
Walter G. Waffen
Irregulars Driven From Cork In Night Battle
London reports say irregular forces evacuated Cork after a fierce night engagement. They destroyed key buildings, including the Cork Examiner and Cork Independent offices, and set fires elsewhere. National troops landed on the Kerry coast to seal gaps and pursue rebels toward the Mallow-Farmoy-Mitchelatown line.
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London
Cork
Victoria Hotel
Cork Examiner
Cork Independent
Daily
Kerry
Mallow-Farmoy-Mitchelatown
Dublin
Clonnel
Cahir
Dungarvan
Michael Colling
County Cork
Free State
West Pasage
Slain on road near bridge in Mor risville case
Philadelphia man W. C. Allen of Trenton was found dead on the Per valley bridge near Morrisville with a bullet wound to the heart. A ping pong style girl photo in his water case and John N. Matuza’s Philadelphia business card were found nearby. Police suspect robbery and murder.
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Philadelphia
Trenton
N. J
W. Cg, Allen
Per Valley Bridge
Wheat Shear Inn
Morrisville
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennnsylvania
Allen
John N. Matuza
Matura
Cigar
Poplar Street
North Second Street
Altay
Wages Rise and Secure Purchases Drive Business
A historical view argues wages in Britain and the United States trend upward across centuries and wars. It cites wage gains in British building trades and a 320 percent peak during World War I, later noting American building trades would rise about eighteen percent above 1913 levels. The piece links wage growth to living standards, purchasing power, and industrial stability, highlighting workers as the nation’s main buying public and urging wage acceptance by employers to curb unrest.
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Libertytown
Liberty
Samuel Baker
Piney Hill
Academy
North Street
Pierce Grabill
Liberty High School
Frank C. Norwood
Frederick
Wallace R. Beall
Walter R. Curfman
Rachel Albaugh
Rose T. Yingling
Regina Diller
Marion Repp
Gettysburg
England
Bureau of Labor Statistics
America
Davis
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Roy Sundrgilt
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Clinton Holtzople
Leo Smith
Roy Bardner
Howard Maynard
Lourdes
Ward Noonan
Roy Sundygill
Stanley Snndygill
Jesse Henson
Raymond Lease
U.S
R. H. Diller
A. T. Etzler
H. N. Munghaur
F. Loraine
F. B. Hammaker
Libertyton
Paris
St. Betera Church
Monocacy
Frederick Junction
Thomas Harris
Lover's Rock
Hine
Horsehead Rock
Fairmount
Lover's Rockbury
William Bunke
One Hundred and Fifteenth
U. S. Infantry
France
SRAT
St. Peter's
Ticeque
Liberty Town
Wattiner
C.S. Schermerhorn & Sox
N. Marre ST
Frederick, Md
U. A. Lough & Son
South Market St
Footer’s Dye Works
Agency
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Chas. Opel JR
Jesse H. Michael
South Mortet Studi
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