Fifty Years Ago Loreal Items From the Columns Of The News
Market details from August 19 1897 show fresh produce prices cucumbers four cents a dozen corn five cents a dozen lima beans six cents a quart plums three to five cents a box damsons five cents a quart and blackberries one to two cents a quart. A handcuffed seleeo was found by laborers during excavations at Queenstown on the former county jail site. The Frederick Bay Ridge excursion train failed to reach Baltimore on time for the morning boat. about 265 Frederick travelers waited for the afternoon service. Miss Helen McSherry daughter of Dr A McSherry visits Irene Sappington at Liberty for a pleasure trip.
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Queenstown
Frederick
Baltimore
Bay Ridge
Helen McSherry
C. AicSherry
Mss
Irene Sappington
Liberty
Worthy moved to Apollo theater Martinsburg pianist
Charles Worthy, pianist and organist at the Opera House and Tvvoli theaters, has been transferred to the Apollo theater in Martinsburg. Three tennis courts in Baker Park will be ready today for public use from nine to dark. Sergeant Thomas Ki Filby is acting chief of police during Chief Walsh's illness. About one hundred fifty dairymen, mostly Washington shippers, learned of current Washington milk market conditions at a meeting at East Church street school, with speakers John McGill Jr., Frank S. Walkers, and Charles W. Holman.
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Charles Worthy
Opera House
T Voli
Apollo Theater
Martinsberg
Baker Park
Thomas Ki. Filby
Martin J. Walsh
Washingtom
Washington
East Church Street
John McGill, Jr
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Association
Frank S. Walkers
Charies W. Holman
National Federation of Cooperative Muk Associations
Unfaithful husbands and the weary wife
Dorothy Dix argues wives overreact when husbands stray but can win them back with charm. She advises avoiding hysteria, keeping home lively, and turning away from punitive tactics to restore affection, stressing common sense over jealousy.
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Piay
Pub. Financial Bureau
Union Bridge community notices and Sandburg lecture
Union Bridge residents share vacations and visits including Rev. Donald T McIntosh and Mrs McIntosh in Indiana. A Baltimore family visited Mrs. Thomas Gaither in Union Bridge, and the Harmons hosted relatives in Frederick. St James Lutheran Sunday school held its outing at Lehigh cement plant park near Union Bridge. Carl Sandburg is set to lecture at Hagerstown High School auditorium on November 19 under the Washington County Teachers Association.
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Union Bridge
Donald T McIntosh
Union Bridge Methodist Church
McIntosh
Indiana
Ray Gaither
Baltimore
Thomas Gaither
Baird Harmons
Frederick
Reginald Harmon
St. James
Oscar Strawsburg
Arnold Strawsburg
Westminster
W. George Skinner
Vickie Rebecca
San Francisco
Calif
Honolulu
Major Skinner
Ft Shafter
Hawaii
Betty Louw Brandenburg
John Beck
Nancy Dayhoff
Charlotte Roop
Marian Blackston
Linwood Brethren Church
Pinebrook
Stroudsburg
Pocono’! Mountains
Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
America
Abraham Lincoln
Hagerstown
Guditoriium
Washington County Teachers’ Association
Weather and River Conditions Report for Maryland Area
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation totals with August figures. high and low temperatures noted for yesterday and a year ago. sun set and rise times provided. Rivers status reports Monocacy and Potomac as very muddy near Point of Rocks in Maryland, affecting area conditions.
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Maryland
Point of Rocks
Truman calm England mood slow build on campaign
Washington Daybook notes a promotional push to polish Harry S Truman for the 148 campaign. White House aides guide his appearances and press briefings, aided by Clark Clifford and Charley Ross, with Bowles warning of potential leadership chaos ahead.
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Tess Coffin
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Democratic National Committee
Harry Truman
Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Clark Clifford
Grey
Charley Ross
Clifford
Ross
Hospital Building Fund District Leads in Subscriptions
Mrs. EL Dwight LeCain chairs Braddock efforts reporting $2,138 raised toward a $2,100 goal. Singapore volunteers under George P. VanEiff total $1,193. Libertytown led by Robert Diller reaches $3.45,70 of a $5,100 goal. Ballenger district co chair Harry M. Feaga announces $1,746 pledged.
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EL Dwight LeCain
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Braddock
Singapore
Birs
George P. VanEiff
Extreme Efi
Libertytown
Robert Diller
White Suit
Ballenger
Harry M. Feaga
Truman Faces Senate Clash Over Labor Board Independence
Washington observers say President Truman may seek Senate confirmation hurdles for the National Labor Relations Board by demanding the members state they do not accept presidential influence. The Humphrey case guides the issue, showing boards as independent bodies with limited removal. Congress delegates quasi legislative and judicial powers to the board, making executive interference unlikely.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
National Labor Relations Board
Burreau
Senate
White House
Ar. Truman
Mr. Truman
Humphrey
U. S
Supreme Court
William E. Humphrey
Federal Trades Commission
Roosevelt
Mr. Humphrey
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Taft-Garden
National Labor i Relations Board
Joint Congressional Labor Committee
Congressional Committee
Congressional
Pleasant and Zimmerman Families Visit Relatives Across Town
The notice lists multiple interlinked visits and stays with relatives. Mrs Welty Wastler and family are spending weeks with daughter Mrs Allen Cramer and family. Mr Greenberry Ecker’s condition remains the same as last week. A gathering at Mr Ec the past weekend included Howard White Gordon White Kenneth Harsher Rev Paul Kinsel Nellie Swope Rev North Ezra Ecker Knoxville Raymond Ecker and grandchildren Richard Patsy Arent. Baltimore visitors include Mr and Mrs C X Fuss and Herbert Haines Union Bridge. Mrs Oda B F Miss Jennie E Burner and their brother Dar win D Burner called on Mr and Mrs August Mona.
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Pleasant
Zimmerman
Welty Wastler
Allen Cramer
Greenberry Ecker
Howard White
Gordon White
Kenneth Harsher
Paul Kinsel
Nellie Swope
North
Freder Ezra Ecker
Knoxville
Raymond Ecker
Richard
Patsy Arent
Baltimore
Airs
C X Fuss
Herbert Haines
Union Bridge
Oda
Jennie E Burner
Darwin D Burner
August Mona
George
Paul
C. E. Boone
Washington
John Edson
Johnnie
Temple Hills
Afr
William Woerner
Adamstown
Mary
Katherine
Christy
H. Clinton Smith
Emory Carmack
Theodore Harley
Alice
Sandra
Frederick
Paul DeLauter
Miffintown
W. H. DeLauter
Doubs
Hattie O
Mark Grams
Lancaster
Samuel Grams
Grams
Locust Valley
Robert L. Oden
Olen Beachley
Clarence J. Klipp
Jacob Loveless
Diana
Paul Loveless
Burlington
N. C
Lewis S. Rice
Evelyn
Ethel
Mountaindale
William Sweeney
Ronnie
Jimmy
Thurmont
Harvey Rice
Wilbur
Austin Rice
Donald W. Rice
Judy
Sue
Delores Rice
Martha Lee Hammer
Melvin O. Rice
Glenn H. Fogle
Walkersville
Richard Rinehart
Rrs
Walter J. Rinehart
East Third Street
Camp
Theodore Roosevelt
Bay
Alden Fisher
Hot Springs
Esther Myers
Kay Frederick
George Crum
Barbara Ann Games
Taneytown Kiwanis Meets at Taney Inn
The Tanetown Kiwanis Club held its weekly meeting on Wednesday at the Taney Inn with president Samuel E Breth presiding. Edwards Reid led group singing, Mrs. Wallace Yingling accompanied, 23 members attended, and the underprivileged child committee chaired by Elwood Baumgardner organized the program.
Moore Open Annual Meet In Columbus
Moose members gather in Columbus for the Moore Open Annual Meet with sessions on nominating career officers and committee reports. Officials note high attendance with 23.4 expected tomorrow, and past governors register as delegates. Ray Yoke of Parkersburg becomes Supreme Governor succeeding Leo Ryan of Bedford. Northeastern Arizona reports a natural stone bridge from a petrified tree.
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Columbus
Marshall Field MY
The
Chicago Sun
Ray Yoke
Parkersburg
W. Va
of the World Order
Leo W. Ryan
Bedford
Argentina's Peron looms in Rio diplomacy
NEA correspondent notes distrust of Argentina under President Peron shapes delay of the Rio Inter-American Conference. While other nations back Chapultepec aims, Argentina's evasive pledges and late war declarations fuel skepticism. Watch how Argentina acts after the conference.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Brewwer-Hughes
Brazil
Rio
Juan T. Peron
Mexico City
Chapultepec
Argentina
United Nations
Japan
Germany
Peron
San Francisco
United States
U. S
Truman
Spruille Braden
George Messersmith
Braden
Messersmith
George Marsh
Norman Armour
James Bruce
Buenos Aires
Pampas
UNRRA
International Food and Agriculture Organization
Marshall
Elizabeth Eckhardt May to attend Hazen conference
Airs Elizabeth Eckhardt May, dean at Hood College, left Monday for a Hazen conference on student guidance in Warren Wilson Votetianal Junior College Swan nanoa N August 20 27. She will join morning discussions on higher education goals with broader Southern region participation.
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Elizabeth Eckhardt May
Hood College
Hazen
United States
Warren H. Wilson
Votetianal Junior College
Swannanoa
May
Frederick
Frank Scott
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Clarence W. Blethen
Mary Lou
Roy L. Mumford
Savannah
Freddie
Kuck
H. C. Boyer
Libertytown
Lansdale
Germantown
Wildwood
Ocean City
N. J
Rebecca Strine
Walkers
Social notes recount visits and gatherings across towns
Side Glances reports Mrs Oren Strine returning to Washington after vacation at Walkersville. Numerous visitors check in at Strine and other homes including Adamstown, Frederick, Baltimore, and Ocean City. A surprise birthday supper honors Mrs H Clinton Smith at Adamstown, with many relatives and friends attending.
New Maryland department to aid state building program
Maryland's Department of Public Improvements, small with six staff and a 33455 dollar budget, begins active role in the states 10 million dollar annual building program. Chief Engineer John Funk says the unit will expand staff next month and advise on projects, architecture, and engineering needs for state institutions.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Department of Public Improvements
John JB. Funk
East
Lexington Street
Funk
Board of Public Works Pan
Orready
American Institute of Architects
Joint Engineering Council
Taney
James A. Edmunds
T. Worth Jamison, Jr
Tthe A. IT. A
Henry P. Hopkins
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Frederchems Matenr
IGUST
Iun
CIO
AFL
Orasr
Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Middletown-Frederick
Rathway
the News
Dorothy Dix
Roark Bredford
Washington Daybook
Tenman
Party Frese
Artie
Chester Bowles
OPA
Gerald K. Smiths
Huey Longs
Father Coughlins
Wall Street
Rockies
Censanton
Colorado
Democratic Party
Johnny Carroll
Denver
Ed Johnson
State Department
Lovett
Jim Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Landis
Averill Harriman
Tal Landis
Farge
Globe Sind
SS Mark's Lutheran Church
Raimond Beadhle
Hume Ds
Russell Castle
David Specht
Raymond Beachley
Miss Beachley
Carlos Specht
Hume Davis
Barbara
Barbara Davis
Pauline Sheets
Italy
Leghorn
United States Army
Wiliam C Reid
Paul P. Reid
Braddock Heights
870Th Quartermaster Laundry Company
Hospital Building Fund District
David Lawrence
Roland Armafcost
Tausic
Edward Red
Big Pipe Creek Park
Hanover Kiwanis Club
Sheller Restaurant
Gettysburg
Mr. Pleasant
Taneytown
Arizona
Ludy Webster
Sixth Street
Louis Gibson
Dietz and Phillips
Johnson
Buckeystoun
Frederick Alemorial Hospital
United Rescuery
South Market Street Bridge
Kitty Keller
Lucille Barger
Ann Albaugh
Calvin Barger
Richard Sliger
Otho * pKelter
Michael Crum
Wilbur K. Hammake
West Second Street
Richmond
Olga Will
Air
Robert Cosby
Emmanuel Reformed
Will Oaks
Matthew Will
Hammaxer
Cari
M. Beckh
Charmian Road
Ideil Frye Dickerson
Mary Hankel
Derwood
Dorothy Halterman
Darnestown
Sidney Brake
Washington Grove
New York
Governor Chinton
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
W. C Cox
Brunswick
W. J. Cox
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
Stevens Hotel
B. J. Nuckols
Nuckols
Irene Cox
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