IDELIGHTS by Elsie White Haines
Local excerpts recount humorous flood era incidents in Rockville and Cedar Grove. A carp story near Sycamore Landing road amuses residents as a family improvises to catch fish without gear. Other notes mention insurance rate notices for young female drivers and a Woodsboro Lutheran church event titled Trip Around the World with numerous participants and country-themed stations.
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Rockville
Thomas Miles
Philip C. Watkins
Cedar Grove
Sycamore Landing Road
Seneva
Miles
Trescot Wa Xood
Delbert S. Null
Beard County Commissioners
Treacherous Floods After Diane Wrecks Eastern States
Describes Hurricane Diane’s devastating floods across six Eastern states. Notes record lives lost and property damage surpassing Carol and Edna combined. Warns that hurricane advisories failed to prepare the public for the unprecedented deluge and that reconstruction will begin under a sense of vigilance.
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Carol
Edna
Diane
Inez
Play and Work Presidents Balance Vacations and Duties
The article notes presidents mix leisure with duties due to the weight of office. It highlights Eisenhower as example, balancing digging and building with execution, aided by staff, press, and White House support. A separate dispatch from New York reports a $300000 gift to the Red Cross from the National Board of Fire Underwriters allies, for relief.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Trustan
Florida Keys
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
New York
The
Red Cross
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Fifty Years Ago in Frederick August 26 1905
Mary lands governor War Field visited Frederick en route to Middletown picnic where he would speak this afternoon staying overnight at Hotel Braddock. Auction of a brick dwelling on West Patrick Street sold for 340 dollars to Andrew Orrison. Alfred Zimmerman injured his right big toe with a pitchfork prong. Hotel Braddock expected to stay open after the Frederick fair with strong September bookings. Sheriff Williams of Montgomery and Deputy Sheriff Grimes searched Catoctin Mountain near Point of Rocks for an assault suspect from Germantown.
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Maryland
Warfield
Frederick
Great Middletown
Hotel Braddock
Walter Saunders
Court House
Reno S. Harp
West Patrick Street
Andrew Orrison
Mir
Alfred Zimmerman
Clinton Zimmerman
West Fourth Street
Williams
Montgomery County
Grimes
Catoctin Mountain
Point of Rocks
Washington
Germantown
Twenty Years Ago From The Calumas Of The News
Temperatures dropped to 47 degrees marking the coldest spell in three months. Charles J. Crowell, 68, a former railroad worker, died after a crash on Petersville road. Price Brothers hosted 122 guests for entertainment at the Fair Grounds. Abell Wolman of the State Board of Health will discuss Fredericksburg’s proposed sewer system at a public meeting. An intruder disrupted Sam W. Maples’s home on Supper College Terrace, prompting a fruitless search. John T. Quynn returned from Quebec as a winner in the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild coach building contest.
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Mercury
Petersville Road
Charles
J. Crowell
Frederik City Hospital
Price Brothers
East Church Street
Fairgrounds
Abell Wolman
State Board of Health
Frederick
College Park
Sam W. Maples
Quebec
Canada
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
Duke Snider Rides Boos After Dodgers Fall to Reds
Duke Snider blamed Brooklyn fans after a poor showing that included only one hit in two losses to the Cincinnati Reds. He called the crowd the worst in baseball and said the pennant should go elsewhere. He also noted the club would play seven games in Jersey City next year.
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Broorla
Brooklyn
Duke Snider
Dodgers
Stanes
Snider
Cincinnati Redlegs
Jersey City
Weddings Javows Lyley atias Creta
Myree Epley daughter of Mr and Mrs Mevin C Epley of Littestown and John Milton Jacobs son of Mr and Mrs Clair M Jacobs of Biglerville were married Saturday at 2 30 pm in St James Evangelical and Reformed Church Lualestown The double ring ceremony was led by Rev Ralph C Stoop with assist Rev William A Filsworth Jr The church was decorated with palms and white flowers The bride wore a white floral embossed taffeta gown with scalloped neckline long sleeves and a full floor length skirt She carried a white Testament with an orchid The couple planned to reside in the bride’s home at Lidlestown after a wedding trip to an unannounced destination Jacobs is a nursing student at Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing and will work for Dr Raymond P Sheely in Gettysburg He is a farmer and Biglerville High School graduate.
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Javows—Lyley Atias Creta
Myree Epley
Mevin C Eplex
Littestown
John Milton Jacobs
Clair M. Jacobs
Biglervile
St. James’ Evangelical and Reformed Church
Lualestown
Ralph C. Stoop
New Cumberland
William A. Filsworth Jr
St. James Church
Donald Lentz
Shirley Chilcote
Morrisburg
Lynville G. Seabrook
Hanover
Carol Ann Seabrooks
Pan
Lenyth
William C. + Jacobs
Biglerville
Lynvile 16
Seabrooks
Pit
Wilbur Keller
McKnightstown
John Heiser
Geltysburg
St. James’ Parish Hall
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Gettysburg
Arendisville
Fairfield
Baltimore
This City
Taneytown
Syracuse
N.Y
RFD
Lidlestown
Jacobs
Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing
Raymond P. Sheely
Biglerville High School
Word Study Lesson From W L Gordon Extols Vocabulary
English Lesson notes misused forms and pronunciations. Emphasizes daily word mastery with EXTOLMENT as today’s focus and a tip to raise vocabulary through repeated use.
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W. L. Gordon
Invitations Issued for Luncheon Honoring Eleanor Heston
Invitations issued for a luncheon on Wednesday September 7 at the Schnauffer home honoring Miss Eleanor Heston daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert N Heston who will marry Richard L Shipley son of Mr and Mrs E B Shipley on West Patrick Street. Other society notes include travel and visits by local families and a Welcome Wagon Club fundraiser for Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Eleanor Heston
Aliss
Diane Schnauffer
Herbert N. Heston
Richard L Shipley
E. B. Shipley
West Patrick Street
Miss Schnauffer
Ant
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Rockwell Terrace
Welcome Wagon Club
Memorial Hospital
Welcome Wagon
Gambrit Gymnasium
Hond College
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Elmer C. Ehler
Snyder's Hat Shop
J. A. Rowe
Ehler
W. D. Foster
H.W. Ash
R. N. Reid
J. Fisher
Cumberland Hikes Tax Rate to $1.50 for 1954-56
Cumberland's tax rate rises to $1.50 a 14 cent increase to fund a record levy of $1,595,690 for the 1954-56 fiscal year. Most of the rise funds wage boosts totaling 1 percent for city employees.
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Cumberland
Moscow Broadcast Omits Red Wrongs
Moscow's Tass service released a shortened report on Eisenhower's Philadelphia speech focusing on a world peace plea and omitting key lines on German unity and the fate of captive nations. The broadcast summarized the competition of two social systems without noting the specific cautions.
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London
Moscow
Vagio
Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Public Enemy No 1 Killed After 27 Years
India reports the death of notorious bandit Man Singh after a 27 year pursuit ending near Bind south of Agra. Police say his gang is responsible for at least 18 murders and numerous robberies and kidnappings, with a cost estimated at about two million dollars.
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New Delhi
India
Bread of Life by Rev A Par nel Bail
Ware faced temptation to shortcut for money in a tale of moral warnings. The piece recalls Charles Evans Hughes as a freshman and recounts his historian Pusey describing Hughes seeking funds through questionable work. A letter from Hughes’ father urged restraint, stressing that no permanent value lies in wealth.
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A. Parnell Bail Ware
Charles Evans Hughes
Wr Pusey
Jurdge Hughes
Cold War Tactics Highlight Communist North Africa Role
Washington columnist David Lawrence outlines how Communist money and propaganda fuel uprisings in Tunisia Morocco and Algeria. He argues NATO suffers as French troops pull from Africa and American bases face risks while Western unity weakens under a persistent cold war strategy.
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Morocco
Algiers
Algeria
Tunisia
Budapest
North African Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
NATO
Africa
United States
North Africa
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
America
Korea
Kremlin
Iacis
Questions and Answers from a 19th Century Herald Text
The clumsily transcribed page cites questions about William F Cody nicknamed Buffalo Bill and other era curios. It mentions Cody supplying buffalo meat to the Kansas Pacific forces in 1887 and killing thousands of buffalos, along with scattered trivia about Alaska, a village erased in a World War III fantasy, and a Bryan presidential candidacy.
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Wiliam F Cody
Constellation
Kansas Pacific Railroad
IR Montis
Cody
Maryland Hampshire Swine Sale Draws Buyers From Six States
Buyers from New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Maryland and North Carolina attended the 24th Maryland Hampshire Swine Breeders Association sale at the Fairgrounds. Top boat brought 240 dollars. top gift 190 dollars. Top ten averaged 168.30 with Bar ney of Clearville Pennsylvania consigned by Cedar Point Farm. Two top gilts bought by William Riggs of Centreville along with John Riggs. Four H and Future Farmers of America members received ten percent discounts on purchases totaling 131 dollars for 11 youths. Prof Malcolm Kerr judged the livestock. William Miller attended from the National Registry office.
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Maryland Hampshire Swine Breeders Association
Fairgrounds
Bere Culver
Centerville
Four-H Club
Future Farmers of America
Malcolm Kerr
University of Maryland
William Miller
National Registry Office
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Charles Lutz
Middletown
Howard Wachter
RFD 3
Frederick
Browning Will Probated In Frederick Estate To Daughter
Early this week Orphans Court probated the will of the late Fred A Browning of Frederick who died August 18 after a six month illness The will directs the apartment building and crowd at 50 Hamilton avenue to his daughter Gladys M Row with whom he lived until his death The remainder of the real and personal property goes to Myrtle E Carty Peggy Jean Cote and her children Nancy Cole Robert Cote John Hershberger Charles Hershberger Richard Boone Sandra Jean Hershberger Lynn Boone and Gilmore Carty with token sums The executrix named is Gladys Row Drawn January 22 and witnessed by Sherman P Bowers and George Z Best both of Frederick
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Orphans Court
Fred A. Browning
Frederick
Mr. Browning
Hamilton Avenue
Gladys M. Row
Swithy
Myrtle E. Cart
Mrs Cramer Returns Home After Surgery at Frederick Memorial
Among The Sick Mrs Charles Cramer, a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital, has returned to her Walkersville home and is doing satisfactorily. Piedmont League results list Lancaster 4 Lynchburg 3, Portsmouth 3 York 1, Newport News 4, Hagerstown 2am game postponed.
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Charles Cramer
O the Frederick Memorial Hospital
Walkersville
Associated Pri
Lancaster
Lynchburg
Portsmouth
York
Newport News
Hagersta
Cirfer
Family Day at Tiny Tot Town Craft Show
A toddlers craft day at the local recreational center featured readymade economical projects using paper macaroni and strawberry boxes. Winners included multiple children and families with categories such as telephones pendants vases and paper birds. the event culminated with a craft show picnic and games all sponsored by the Frederick Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women.
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Babes
Chains
Mary Frances Shanhan
Diane Schutten- Her
Sharon Brown
Tina Strobel
Becky Hahn
John Corsen
Freddie Cole
Tobi Cornish
Allen Lanarles
Macaroni
Linda Cibrewski
Nancy Cole
Diane Schuttenger
Allen Lanades
Sandra Perkins
Johnny WeCardal
Jo Ann Wachter
Allen Lapades
Cha Schuttinger
Barbara Cornish
Scott Bell
Debby Davis
Karen Brown
Becky Tahn
Becky Wahn
Gary Till
Frances Shannon
Gary Hill
Jane Peate
Diane Schutlenger
Tohi Cornish
Becky Hann
Frederick Chanter
National Council of Jewish Women
Luf's Stut TRY SLEEP Give me the chance for calm re- Pose
Fragmentary note discusses seeking sleep and calm moments in daily life. Mentions sleep as a superb remedy and a personal hope for rest when times are difficult. References to disturbance and taking a pill as a potential aid.
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AL Lufburrow
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Hyattstown
Dorsex Mo Nicholson
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Urner
Blue Ridge Summit
Barbara Ann Sprankle
C. E. Wells
College Avenue
St Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing
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St. Jon's Literary Institute
Edward D. Grove Jr
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Walkersville High School
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David Lawrence Washington
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