Western tour writer notes wheat and crops in west and California
George B Hoke of Frederick County reports on weather hurts to crops across the West from San Francisco to California and Colorado. He critiques overrating California while praising eastern prices, mentions wheat floods, overgrown fields, and scarce corn, then travels through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and on to Yosemite and beyond with notes on dairying, Japanese truck farms, and tourism during a cross country trip.
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George B. Hoke
Colorado
Denver
Moffat R. R
Mt. Corona
Rand Canyon
Los Angeles
New Mexico
Arizona
California
San Francisco
Yosemite Valley
Portland
Gentile
Glacier
National
Destruction at Frederick College Spurs Civic Pride Plan
A Frederick college faces vandalism by a small boy bent on destroying property. Windows globes and ornaments have been damaged, prompting an investigation and a call for stronger civic pride. College officials urge teachers homes churches and clubs to teach respect for communal property to build a model Frederick.
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Hood College
New
Andy
Frederick 2
Judge Corrects Mistake in Fire Insurance Case
A civ court fight over a burned quartz mill seeks the insurer’s payout. The judge admitted an error after a witness lied about the plaintiff’s confession, instructing jurors to disregard the remark and weigh evidence freely.
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Civ
Brown
Placing His Kicks and Quiet Remarks on Earth
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune item notes a speaker content with birthplace, but seeking practical changes. He laments tropical heat, cold drinkable frosts, and heavy iron and gold digging demands. The piece ends with a quip about Hokus-Closefist and Fokus-Yes in a judge’s joke.
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Gisa
Earth
Carping
Tropics
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Closefist
Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh Warning
Old advertisement warns against mercury in catarrh ointments and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. Claims internal action on mucous surfaces, lists price and pharmacist endorsements, and urges testimonials.
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F. J. Chenes & Co
Toledo
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Prica
United Brethren and Many Churches Sunday Schedule
A compact listing of Sunday services across multiple churches including United Brethren, All Saints, Evangelical Lutheran, Grace Reformed, Westchester churches, and others. Times cover Sunday School, morning services, sermons, and evening prayers with pastors and locations noted.
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United Brethren Church
BE. HW. Hummelsbaugh
Jr. E
All Saints’ Church
Douglass Ehooff
Hector
Ilfoly Coramunton
Evangelical Lutheran Church
G. Rupp
Grace Reformed Church
J. A. Dutaler
Church of the Brethren
Wia
D. Hylton
Troutville
Evangelical Reformed Church
Hearl L. G. Kieffer
Asa among Judah kings and a lesson on rest in God
A Sunday School lesson outlines Asa as one of the few righteous kings among Judah, contrasts his good early reign with later disobedience, and highlights faith, reliance on the Lord, and the call to steadfast worship. It discusses prayer, divine deliverance, and the peril of turning from God, plus a brief note on a curious toy in an Indian museum and a London report on an Arabic sinking.
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Jeroboam
Nebat
Israel
Judah
Asa
Abijah
Rehoboam
God
Matta
Heb ii
Jehoshaphat
Jesus
Asahn Azariah
Jehovah
Xsif
I John
Benjamin
Ephraim
Manasseh
Simeon
Syria
Hanani
Tippoo Sahib
Mysore
Seringapatam
Tippera Palace
Real estate listings near Winchester and Frederick area
Say you saw it ig The News. To modern Cottages Braddock Heights ne Urshabe building lots Braddock Helanta in 0-acre farm near Winchester Va pahree good producing farm near nieces Ne Seme bargains ig Frederick County farms. Modern dwellings in Frederick City. $26 610 an mortgage 1-3 per cent. Cabi at office. CRANER STAUFFER 48 Court 0
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Braddock
Heighta
Urshabe
Helanta
Winchester
Frederick County
Frederick City
Cabi
Craner
Stauffer
Court
Powder Explosions Injure Fifteen At Two Plants
Aug. 21 reports recount two powder explosions severely burning five men at Dupont Powder Mill No.1 Carney's Point and ten workers at Bethlehem Steel Reddington Fuse plant South Bethlehem. Injured were Evite Yoder Walter Buzby John Fitzgerald John Powell Max Singer Robert Ludner and five others hospitalized. None believed fatally hurt.
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Carney’s Point
N. 4
Bethlehem
Wilmington
Dupont Powder
Carney's Point
Pennsgrove
Dupont Company
Plant No. 1
Evite Yoder
Plant
Coatesville
Walter Buzby
Glassboro
N. J
John Fitzgerald
Philadelphia
John Powell
Camden
Max Singer
New York
Robert W. Ludner
Sunbury
Ten Hart
South Bethlehem
Reddington
Bethlehem Steel Company
British Advance At Straits Near Sulva Bay Report
The war office reports marked progress by British forces on the Gallipol peninsula in the Anafarta district near Sulva Bay. In the northern zone the left wing advanced in the plain of Anafarta while patrol and artillery actions occurred in the southern Dardanelles.
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Sulva Bay
Paris
Gallipol
Dardanelles
War Office
Anafarta
Berlin uneasy over Arabic sinking fears U S rift
Berlin reports turmoil after the Arabic sinks fears of a clash with Washington. Details are withheld by officials. A British submarine incident near the English coast saves four crew members. In Russia, Dutch gunboat rumors of separate peace with Germany circulate in the Duma lobby as talks stall.
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United States
London
Exchange
Berlin
Amsterdam
Foreign Office
Washington
Britieh
Tadeo
Fien
Russia
Prirocrad
Wim
Duma
Rasela
Germany
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