Vacation Memories Highlight Scenic Impressions At Homespun Trip
A feature recalling pleasant vacation scenes notes how travel sparks lasting memories of beauty, people, and recreation. Brunswick hosts its first night fair at EW Scheer Stadium with Martinez animal show, Water Show, and a horse display showcased by the Brunswick Potomac Rod and Gun Club and the M C A.
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Brunswick
EW. Scheer Stadium
Martinez
Warren Smith
Brunswick Potomac Rod and Gun Club
M.C. A
Local items from the News August 27 1898
Fifty years ago notes describe a barn and wagon shed fire near Adamstown destroying seven horses 1300 bushels of wheat corn hay oats and tools. A Middletown youth Ralph lost teeth and suffered cuts after a runaway horse incident. A grateful housekeeper smiles at a servant’s return after emancipation. Jacob Schmidt the famed wheelman rode 22 miles from Frederick to Woodshero and back in one hour seven minutes.
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the News
John C. Padgett
Adamstown
Ralph
Charles E. Main
Middletowns
Dar
Jacob Schmidt
Frederick
Woodshero
Twenty Years Ago Local Hems From The News Aug 27 1928
Work of constructing a new bridge to replace a covered bridge on the Fort road between and Petersville has been completed. It is ready for use. First step toward association elected first president, officers, treasurer Thomas Schaefer, sergeant at arms Henry A Engelbrecht. Dr and Mrs C E Werler returned from vacation. They visited Atlantic City Ursinus College and Virginia. A huge prehistoric tooth found on William H Renn farm near Adamstown. Measurements: six and a half by four by seven inches. weighs 3 pounds 13 ounces with six roots.
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Fort Road
Petersville
FFI
Tr Oficers
Thomas Schaefer
Henry A Engelbrecht
BRS
C. E Werler
Atlantic
N. J. Ursinus College
Virginia
William H. Renn
Adamstown
Dorothy Dix Advice on Divorce and Family Rescue
Dorothy Dix counsels a desperate young mother to seek Domestic Relations Court help for greater child support, consider foster care if needed, and build skills for independent work. She urges the mother to face reality, stop relying on relatives, and plan a self supporting future for three children.
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Dorothy Dix
Three Rules Govern VA Hospital Admission
Three rules govern admission to Veterans Administration hospitals says Samuel J. Weston officer in charge of the Frederick VA Office. Emergency cases receive top priority. Next are veterans with service connected ailments tied to war service or worsened by it. The third rule covers veterans with non service connected disabilities who may be hospitalized if beds are available and they cannot pay for treatment elsewhere. Training limited institutional on farm training is the stated purpose of raising crops or operating farms and agricultural facilities.
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Veterans Administration
Samuel J. Weston
Frederick VA
Weston
Mfr
Weston Sid
Death of Ziegfeld Follies beauty Helen Worthing in bed
The faded Ziegfeld Follies star Helen Worthing died in bed from natural causes at age 47. A former Louisville girl, she left Broadway for films after marrying Dr Eugenesen in Tijuana and later divorced. Her friend of 10 years, a Filipino, reported the death. Also noted is a Pennsylvania University convocation listing Dwight Collmus for an MBA and market prices for wheat barley corn.
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Wigeles
Helen Lee Worthing
Marx Pickford
Ameria
Louisville. Ky
Eugenesen
Los Angeles
Necra
Tijuana
Mex
Prophet of doom Dewey Anderson spurs price fear in Washington
Washington readers see economist Dewey Anderson, former TNEC head and current Public Affairs Institute figure, warn Congress that inflation will push prices up through 1948 and 1949. He predicts higher steel costs, food price firmness, and possible ERP cuts, while critics doubt early gloom. Also notes political maneuvering around Ed Crump and Estes Kefauver amid a tightening 1948 campaign.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Dewey Anderson
TNEC
National Economic Committee
Anderson
Capitol Hall
Joint Committee On the Economic Report
Dr. Andersen
Vermont
Ralph Flan’ Iders
Congress
Republica
Bob Nathan
New Deal
Baltimore milk price rise eyed September first
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers Inc announces a 40 cent per hundredweight milk price increase effective September 1 to curb loss of milk to Washington and Philadelphia markets. Dairies raise a cent and a half per quart, standard milk at 22 cents per quart. President R W Shermanine cites rising regional prices and competition forcing Baltimore adjustments.
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Baltimore
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers Inc
Dairies
R. W. Shermanine
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Today In Washington Why Soviet Leaders Clash With Truth
Washington August 27 Soviet government shown clumsy and un sportsmanlike after a propaganda dispute over a Russian teacher. Russia retaliates by closing two US consulates in New York and Moscow, undermining trust and exposing untruths. Public opinion and press coverage condemn the Kremlin while calls for frank truth and restraint grow. The Berlin blockade negotiations continue as Britain and France seek a path without war.
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Washington
Moscow
United States
Russia
New York
Europe
Hho
America
Hitler
Britain
France
Berlin
Rey
Today in History and Birthdays Featured in Anniversaries
Compiled notes list notable anniversaries and birthdays. Prominent figures include Sophia Smith founder of Smith College, Hannibal Hamlin, Emory Upton, Bernard Moses, Theodore Dreiser, and Charles Gates Dawes. Entries cover birthplaces, lifespans, and historic events from 1664 to 1959.
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Sophia Smith
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Hatfield
Sallie C. G. Law
Memphis
Paris Hill
Maine
Emory Upton
Batavia
Bernard Moses
University of California
Burlington
Conn
Theodore Dri R
Terre Haute
Ind
Picnic Dinner At Adamstown Farm Hosts From Two States
A Saturday picnic at Kanode farm in Adamstown drew guests from Washington and Maryland. Hostess Mrs Harry B Kanode and Mrs Raymond Renneberger planned the event with long tables of fried chicken and country ham. Reminiscences filled the afternoon as families and friends socialized and enjoyed accordion music by Mrs Harry Britt and son Jim.
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Kanade
Adamstown
Washington
Maryland
Famjl
Harry B. Kanode
Kanode
Raymond Renneberger
Harry Britt
Jim
Raymond C. Renneberger
Gladys Renneberger
Til
Milton Day
Jack Wilkenson
Frank Huseman
Charles Huseman
Pat Huseman
H. G. Palmer
Explosion at Elkton injures two workers at Columbia Manufacturing
Two men, George Jess of Elkton and Herbert Pugh of Elkton, sustained first and second degree burns in a powder mixing building blast at Columbia Manufacturing Company. Several others were treated for shock. some released from Union Hospital. The incident occurred August 26 in Elxton.
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Elxton
Columbia Manufacturing Company
Union Hospital
George Jess
Elkton
Herbert Pugh
Zikton
WEDDINGS IN FREDERICK AND CATONSVILLE CELEBRATIONS
Selner-Solar marriage in Baltimore with guests from New York Washington Delaware and Frederick Hawkins-Witter ceremony in Catonsville with outfits of aqua yellow and white flowers at the Presbyterian Church reception at the bride's home afterwards. Other weddings include Miss Martha Virginia Witter and Edward Carroll Hawkins at Catonsville Church and Miss Mary E. Weddle to Leonard A. Fogle at the Frederick Methodist parsonage with a reception and honeymoon on Skyline Drive and in Virginia. Hart-Fowler wed at First Baptist with attendance from Frederick and relatives. area rent director advises purchasers to check maximum rents under Housing and Rent Act before buying tenant-occupied housing.
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Selner
Solar
Maurice Sclar
Norton Market Street
Frances
William E. Selzer
Gertrude Selzer
Troy
N. Y
Julius Selzer
Baltimore
Israel T2bak
New York
Washington
Delaware
Frederick
Bertha
Betty Armiger
Western Maryland College
William Myers
Willis D. Witter, Jr
Robert L. Witter
Atlantic City
Armstrong J. McKinney
Walkersville
Robert J. Witter
Near Harmony Grove
John L. Shaw
John L. Shaw, Jr
Near Frederick
John C. Engle
Daniel J. Thomas
Barbara Thomas
Fogle
Mary E. Weddle
Baxter Weddle
Johnsville
Leonard A. Fogle
William and
Carrie Fogle
Thurmont
J. Franklin Haas
Joseph Gorley
Emmitsburg
Joseph J. Goriey
Alen Long
Woodsboro
Skyline
Virginia
Hart—Fowler
Lorene B. Fowler
Thomas E. Goodsman
William L. Hart
John B. Hart
Mary Hart
First Baptist
William C. Reval
John R. Newton
Edward C Winsigler
Counle
East Church Street
Walter R. ‘Heath
Area Rent Office
Jump-Shift Bidding Powers No Trump Game Demand
William E. McKennery explains point-count bidding for no trump contracts with jump shifts as game demands. He outlines hand counts for opening one or two no trump and for responding through overcalls, using examples to show when to bid two no trump or three no trump and how the play targets setting up club control.
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William E. McKennedy
America’s Card Authority
NEA
Fred L. Karpin
Parter
South
North
Gummy
East
Declarer
William E. McKenney
America
Card Authority
Barpin
Weather notes and a giant cucumber at the News-Post
The report records 24 hour precipitation, August totals and monthly normals, yesterday's high of 60 and low of 62, sun and moon times, river conditions, and includes a local sighting of a three pound cucumber displayed at the News-Post office. The cucumber measured 13 inches long and was grown by Peck Main Pee Wee Hill.
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Buckstowel Dam
Potomac
Knoxville
Peck Main
News- Post Office
Fashion Etiquette: Compliment Without Asking About Making
A social note advises complimenting a woman on her dress without probing about making it. It warns that most women who sew prefer to be recognized for their style rather than asked if they created the garment themselves.
Court News Marriage Licenses and Property Deeds
Court notices list marriage licenses for John W Brucher and Mary Knowles plus Edgar W Andrews and Flora Louise Sciss Rocky Ridge. Property transfers include Florence A Snook to Warren G Dorsey and Samuel Mi Kliop to Robert Pearce with ten dollar considerations. Point of Rocks plans for Mt Airy in Maryland State League playoffs at 2 PM EST Sunday.
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John W. Brucher
Mary
Know
Trent Edgar W. Andrews
Ingien
Harvey Gene Lare
Flora Louise Sciss
Rocky Ridge
Middletown
Martin F Strate
Saret W. Rkles
Florence A. Snook
Warren G. , Dorsey
Samuel Mi. Kliop
Sna Fe
Robert Pearce
Bennett County
W. Keefer Catsail
Dorothy E Misner
County
Sic
James L Parsons
Charles E. Hudson
Point of Rocks
Mt. Airyuisie
Maryland
Shaughier
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University of Pennsylvania
Dwight Collmus
College Place
University
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
Washington Daybook
Ed Crump
Tennessee
Crump
Carroll Reece
GOP
Reece
U. S
Estes Kefauver
Refauver
J. Parnell
Thomas
New Jersey
Drg
Globe
Sandy Crump
By David Lawrence
New Amsterdam
Long Island
Paris
Titusville
Edwin L. Drake
Theodore Roosevelt
U S
Rotterdam
Marne
Japan
WPB
Iaet
Union
Waill Street
Gremyk
Soday
Charles Gates Dawes
Chicago
Eugene G Grace
Bethlehim Steel
Goshen Noj
Melvin M Johnson, Jr
Boston
Lloyd C Douglas
Las Vegas
New
Columbia City
Martha Raye
Butte Mont
Stephen Early
Pullman Company
Lste
Roosevelt
Crozet
Wallace O. Fenn
University of Rochester
Federal Communications Commis- 3
Cumberland Broadcasting Co
Cumberl Mad
Ologist
Lanesboro
Roger Pryor
Bor
Asbury Park
N. J
George N Shuster
Hunter College
Lancaster
Charles Fehy
Dept of State
Rome
Cecil Forester
Horatio Hornblower
Cairn Eeypi
U.S
Pat
Cneitia
South West
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