Woodlawn Camp Meeting Closes. Drowning at Elkton
The fortieth annual Woodlawn Camp meeting ended at Elkton. Bradfield Tyler, 18, of Elkton, drowned in the Susquehanna River. Other notes include a Baltimore mayor returning to office after vacation and a $4,400 July post office receipts in Hagerstown, with various local incidents and civic news across the state.
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Woodlawn
Elkton
Bradfield Tyler
Susquehanna River
Lucian B. Johnstone
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Baltimore
Preston
Hagerstown
Cr. H. Douglas
Cumberland
Blair Lee
J. Bads How
Trades Union Hall
The
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
Ammonia Plant Tragedy Kills One Injures Two in Delaware
In Wilmington on August 14 a two ton pipe frame collapsed in the Delaware Ice Company cooling room. Charles Kennedy 50 of Brandywine Street died trapped under the frame. Andrew Gercey and William Shay were overcome by fumes and are unconscious with severe internal injuries.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware Ice Company
Charles Kennedy
Brandywine Street
Andrew Gercey
William Shay
Kennedy
Gercey
Shay
Miner Dead and Two Rescued in Ashland Coal Cave-In
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on August 14 a three man cageway collapse at East Colliery Big Mine Run trapped miners for forty eight hours. John Dolan and Anthony Tamashitos were rescued alive. Peter Zemenskie died under fallen rock and Peter Verfe was also killed.
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Peter Verc Fe
Snyders celebrate sixtieth wedding anniversary in Five Points
Mr and Mrs John Snyder of Five Points Lebanon Pa marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary while in Mahanoy City Pa John Deryace died after heat prostration unloading stone SS Crissman aged 64 shot himself in his Johnstown Pa apartment over his drug store Yerkes Observatory Kansas scientist Barnard predicted Mars and Saturn conjunction August 16 Patterson destroyer declared fastest navy ship 32.2 knots built at Cramps Philadelphia Senate amend British French arbitration treaties over Taft wishes
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John Snyder
Five Points
Lebanon
Mahanoy City
John Deryace
Piind
S S. Crissman
Johnstown
B. EB. Barnard
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Patterson
Board of Naval Experts
Snowden Is
Cramps
Philadelphia
Taft
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Join High Commission
Senate
Watertown Arsenal
Boston
William Crozier
Ordnance
Washington
Leudenslager Funeral to Be Held in Paulsboro
Henry Clay Leudenslager representative from New Jersey's first district died Saturday. Funeral planned Wednesday in Paulsboro with aid from Internal Revenue official Isaac J. Moffett and House staffer William J. Brown who traveled to the town. A separate report from Billings describes Herman Claussen Sheridan county rancher charged with his wife’s murder and Augusta Bogler arrested as an accessory after the fact.
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Camfen
N. J
Henry Clay Leudenslager
Congress
New Jersey
Paulsboro
Internal Revenue
Isaac J. Moffett
William J. Brown
House of Representatives
Billings
Mont
Herman Claussen
Sheridan County
Sheridan
Wyo
Augusta Bogler
Claussen
Ytanch
Beating and Shooting Incident at Tocomoke Maryland
James L. Polk beat his wife and shot her sister Mrs James H. Lawrence of New York in Tocomoke. Polk reloaded after a second shot and hid in a swamp, later captured by Sheriff Dale and a posse. An accompanying testimonial touts Chamberlain's Tablets as highly effective for illness.
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Lord’s Day Alliance
Emory Grove
Baltimore County
First Hose Fire Company
Hagerstown
Harry Lawrence Nelson
New York
James L. Polk
Pocomoke
Polk
Princess Anne
Tocomoke
James H. Lawrence
Dale
Baseball Scores From Saturday and Sunday in the American League
Results show Athletics 6 over Boston 1 in Philadelphia. Detroit beat Chicago 8 to 2 in Detroit. Washington defeated New York 4 to 0. Cleveland won 2 to 1 over St Louis. In Sunday play St Louis beat Cleveland 7 to 1 and Cleveland won 7 to 2 in the second game. Chicago defeated Detroit 9 to 1. Standings list Athletics 69 37 651, Detroit 67 40 626, Chicago 52 43 495, New York 55 53 508, Cleveland 54 55 495, Boston 55 53 508, St Louis 33 74 308, Washington 44 14 407.
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Athletics
Boston
Battenes
Plank
Thomas
Killiday
Hall
Carrigan
Detroit
Chicago
Iatteriss — Scott
Walsh
Payne
Works
Lafitte
Sranage
Washington
New York
Fisher
Sweeney
Cashion
Street
Cleveland
St. Louis
Petty
Stephens
Gregg
Mitchell
W.L. PC
Ww. L. PC. Athletics
Clevelnd
Washin
N.york
St.Louis
National League Baseball Standings and Scores
National League results from New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago and Cincinnati show New York 3 Boston 0 and Brooklyn 8 Boston 6 in extra frames. Standings list Chicago 62 27 620 and Pittsburg 64 40 615 while St Louis 56 47 544 and Cincinnati 46 56 451 follow. Tristate League reports Harrisburg 8 York 6 and Reading 8 Altoona 2 with Reading leading at 58 27 682. An ad touts Chamberlains Liniment promising faster healing for injuries and muscle pains.
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Knetzer
Rucker
Erwin
Weaver
Mattern
Bariden
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Steel
Gibson
Keefe
Clark
Chicago
St. Louis
Cole
Archer
Steele
Golden
McAdams
Bliss
W. 1
W.L. PC
St.Louis
Pittsbrg
Cincinti
York
Philada
Harrisburg
Shaw
Mays
Werner
McGinley
Trenton
Wilmington
Girard
Kerr
Buscher
Therre
Johnstown
Tancaster
Barker
Hitchcock
Raub
Coveleskie
Rementer
Reading
Altoona
Northrop
Philbin
Welsher
Bentley
Broszle
WL. Pca
W.T. PC
Lancastr
Harrisg
Jonasin
Wilming
Train Heroism at Quincy Curve Saves Passengers
August 14 report from Bellefontaine notes Robert Cook of De Graff saved passengers aboard Four flyer No. 11 by signaling with a torn shirt after discovering a broken rail at the Quincy curve, a sharp bend on the Indianapolis division.
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Bellefontaine
Jushack
Robert Cook
de Graff
Quincy Curve
Quincey Curve
Indianapolis
Cook
Two Fine Pearls in One Shell in Bedford Indiana
Two pearls extracted from a single White River shell weigh thirty two grains the larger. Fleet Jackson a mussel dissector found the gems near his camp. A $900 offer was reported for the pair.
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Bedford
Ind
Aus
Fleet Jackson
White River
Frederick Market Prices corrected August 14 1911
Frederick County market quotes list grain prices including wheat No 2 Red at 8s Cron shelled corn 80c per bushel rye 70c to 75c oats 60c per bushel barley 5c to 70c per bushel flour winter wheat 174 to 420 spring wheat 360 to 510 cornmeal 1.60 to 1.70 per 100 lbs mill feed prices red dot 2.20 to 2.30 per sack dairy feed 23 to 26 per ton seeds timothy 7 to 9 per bushel clover 11 to 12 per bushel hay timothy 23 to 25 No 2 22 to 24 clover 18 to 19 straw baked wheat 6 to 3 etc.
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