Covered Bridge Replacement Near Emmitsburg Begins
Work starts today on replacing the old covered bridge over Tom's Creek south of Emmitsburg with a modern concrete structure to remove a one way bridge and danger spot on the Emmitsburg state road.
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Tom's Creek
Emmitsburg
B. F. Poffinberger
Myersville
W. F. Childs
Baltimore
Lisbon
St. Charles College
Howard County
Frederick
West Main Street
Pennsylvania State Line
Taneytown-Westminster
Childs
Maryland may seize Harper's Ferry bridge from owners
State Roads Commission chair John N Mackall leads push to take over the Harper's Ferry vehicular bridge with state share available for a $130000 purchase. Owners want the price, while Maryland and West Virginia face toll and sale pressures from the Pul gas Service Commission and local authorities.
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Harper’s Ferry
Harper's Ferry
John N. Mackall
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
West Virginia
Jefferson County
Frederick County
Marysland
Susquehanna
Potomac
Mickall
Pullag Service Commission of
Secu Declines Insignia on Key Bridge Tablets
Secretary Weeks says no authority to allow civilian groups to place memorial tablets on the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Potomac. The National Society Daughters of 1812 asked to install a bronze panel with the Star Spangled Banner verse, insignia, and a flag pole. Congress must authorize such actions. local DC funding complicates the decision.
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Weeks
Francis Scott Key
Potomac
Georgetown
War Department
National Society, United States Daughters of 1812
Samuel P. Davis
Little Rock
Ark
Order
Davis
Secretary of War
Congress
District of Columbia
Day Nurseries to Aid Mothers at Maryland County Fairs
State Health Department announces day nurseries at Maryland county fairs to care for children during fair hours. The health bus clinic on wheels, led by Dr J H Mason Knox Jr, travels the Eastern Shore with Hazel Wedgewood and aides, at Worcester County Fair in Pocomoke City this week. Plans include Salisbury Fair next, then other similar events forthcoming.
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Maryland
State Department
J. H. Mason Knox, Jr
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Hazel Wedgewood
Bureau
Louise MacConney
M. D. Rathman
Dove
Knox
Salisbury Fair
Mattingly Farm Sold to G Lester and Thomas
Mattingly Farm comprising 213 acres along State road three and a half miles south of Ruckerstown changes hands to G Lester and Thomas. The buyer acquires farm equipment live stock and intends to run a dairy operation with eight large ponds for gold fish. This purchase brings Mr Thomas’s holdings in the area to about 863 acres with immediate possession granted.
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Mattingly
W. N. Jollife
G. Lester
Thomas
State Road
Ruckerstown
Thomfis
Maryland National Guard unit tops range shooting honors
Three members of Company A First Regiment Maryland National Guard qualified as expert riflemen at Saunders Range during encampment. Five more in the same unit qualified as sharpshooters and 15 as marksmen. Sergeant Paul Musante led with 310, followed by Private Goodman G Will 299 and Lieut. Lewis V. Kreh 294. Other scores listed for the sharpshooters and marksmen show a strong showing for the company, which leads the regiment.
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Maryland National Guard
Saunders’ Range
National Guard
Paul Musante
Goodman G Will
Lewis V. Kreh
Theodor C. Kreh
Robert F. Ran Mick
Corp
John J. Shipley
Raymond S Wachter
Serst
Ignatius Kennedy
Mech
Paul FR Kolb
Ernest I
Sergi
Wm T. Kreh
B. Newman B. Dudrow
Mevin M. Clem
Harry E. Man
Robert T. Brncher
Harry R. Haines
Walter K. May
Melvin Seeger
Austin G. Staley
Irving V. Cannon
Walter H. Wills
Allen T. P. Eaves
Cook James F. Wollard
Conpany
Hatfield Resilient Wheel to Revolutionize Auto Tires
Local officers state honors may go to Company A. New Kind of Auto Wheel will show the Hatfield Resilient Wheel Thursday in Frederick and Walkersville. Production is planned in Baltimore with claims every car can fit the wheel, featuring a pneumatic tire beside the hub rather than at the rim. N R Hartshorn of Walkersville represents the company in Frederick County.
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Walkersville
Frederick County
Frederick
Silhouette Trends for Tailored Suits and Sports Costumes
The silhouette for the coming season remains straight like past years, with the exception of an increased use of circular flounces or ripple sides in designs.
Bright Jewels Sunday School Class Picnic
The Bright Jewels class of Calvary Methodist Episcopal held their annual picnic at the Derr farm north of the city on Wednesday afternoon. About 45 class members hiked to the grounds where baseball and other games were enjoyed followed by a sumptuous supper.
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Bright Jewels
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Derr
Evening outing leaves class pleased with the day
The passage notes the class returning from an outing in high spirits. It comments on fashion trends with long sleeves gaining favor and mentions fancy cuffs quaint puffs and slashings as fashionable details.
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Oscar Underwood
Alabama House of Representatives
Corporation
Key
Saunders Range
Greenawalt’s Drug Store
Second and Market Sts
Company A
News-Post
James Houck
Eli G. Haugh
Spencer E, Stup
C. Thomas
B. H. Dudrow
Dr. G. FP. Smith Hammond Clary
Casper E. Cline
E.H. McBride
Samuel C. Thomas
G. F. Smith
Hammond Clary
J. Windsor Williams
Edgar H. McBride R
J. Dutrow
Albert L. Bussard M
Michael
Charles T. Dudderar
Frank V. Staub
Maryland Theatre
W. LO. Fisher
Edith Stockton
Lois Kimball
Pathe
Neely Edwards
Ned
Bert Roach
Lester Cunko
Utica
Miller’s Grove
Lewistown
Grove
Yellow Springs
Eader’s
West Patrick St
Frank Everhart
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Ederick MD
the Bank OF Personal Service
Okie. Tral Rese System
McCleery’s Jewelry Store
North Market Street
Frederick, Md
Hoover
Mullinix & Bentz the Bug Store
Charles A. Ogle
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