City Board Debates Library Funds and Chlorine Plant
Hagerstown officials clash over a $109 library grant and a chlorine plant proposal. Alderman Phobus opposes public money for libraries, while city leaders weigh retaining the current purification setup and funding measures amid rail lighting talks and other agenda items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Robert B. Morse
Henry H. Abbott
Culler
Phebus
Abbott
J.D. Baker
John H. Grove
Henri L. G. Kieffer
The
Library Association
Grove
Smith
Fraley
Shoemaker
Phobus
Mr. Grove
Mr. Pachus
Margaret E. 3. Hood
Sixth Street
Altorner Smith
Schier
Stepa
Zieke
Sifer
Howe
Winners in the News Essay Competition Winners in the News
A list of essay contest winners by school and grade, detailing first and second prizes and multiple entrants. Names include Ralph Falconer Emmitsburg Frederick Thurmont and others, with ages from 9 to 18 and schools such as New Market Emmitsburg Brunswick Girls High Thurmont and Maryland School for the Deaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Falconer
New Market
Ethel Annan
Emmitsburg
Catherine Gardner
East Church Street
East Fourth Street
Donald Fraley
Brunswick High School
Brunswick L
News Essay Contest Winners Announced
Jacob Weinstein of the Maryland School for the Deaf won first prize in The News essay contest for Frederick city and county students. Ionathis Kennedy of Frederick Boys High and Charles D. Gillelan of Thurmont High placed second and third. Judges included Prof. John T. White Rev. Dr. Thomas Freeman Dixon and Miss Marjorie Emmons Harrisson. Prizes total fifty dollars with eight additional $1.00 awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Weinstein
Maryland School For the Deaf
Frederick
Ignatius Kennedy
Charles D. Gillelan
Thurmont High School
Emmitsburg
Bert
Grace A. Wills
Aed
North Market Street
C. Alonzo Rice
Thurmont
P. C
The
News
Frederick City
John T. White
Thomas Freeman Dixon
Marjorie Emmons Harrisson
Hood College
the News
Gist Blair
Silver Spring
Maryland
Young Weinstein
Eral
Weinstein
Baltimore
Ionathis Kennedy
Frederick Boys’ High High School
Urge Tax Extension and Revenue Estimates Spark House Debate
Washington reports Treasury estimates show 1916 receipts may drop by 51.5 million to cover disbursements including a 10 million postal deficit. The Ways and Means majority backs extending the law to December 31, 1914, projecting 6.8 million monthly. Fermented spirits and tobacco declines widen gaps. ordinary receipts for the year end June 30, 1914 are pegged at 272.0 million versus 253.7 million prior year, signaling further reductions. The bill returns to the House as leaders call members to attend a looming party fight, with Majority Leader Kitchin confident of enactment by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahington
Treasury
Kitchin
Crops Set New Record as 1915 Value Surges High
Washington reports 1915 harvests surpassing prior records with principal crops valued at 5,568,773,000. Higher grain prices fueled increased plantings, totaling about 486,570 square miles of acreage, larger than the combined areas of Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, and Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Switzerland
Millions flood Wilmington with $18 million Dupont dividend
Wilmington residents receive most of the $18,000,000 three-quarters of the payout goes to local stockholders. The thirty per cent dividend on the new common stock of E I Dupont de Nemours is described as the greatest distribution ever seen in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
The
Powder Company
Make Home Remedy for Bronchitis and Colds Advertised
An advertisement promotes Schiffmann's New Concentrated Expectorant as a home remedy for bronchitis asthma croup and whooping cough. It claims two ounces mixed with sugar and boiling water yields a full pint of cough medicine, guaranteed to relieve symptoms with a money back offer from Pearce's Modern Pharmacy and any city druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearce
Schiffmann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polley Conpiay
Calorwe
M'Chord
U. S
C. C
Birmingham
Lavalliers
James F. Doll
South Market Street
Frederick, Md
Central Trust Company
H. D. Baumgardner
N. Market Street
Market Street
Nor. Bentz
B. U. Crist
the Rogers
Rogers
Geps
and Thrift Club
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
W. H. Knock
S. Market
Jli
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