Notable Dates in U S History From 1879 to 1950
A concise timeline names key events: 1879 women win the right to practice before the Supreme Court. 1898 Maine explodes in Havana Harbor. 1917 Army recruitment drives urged by War Department. 1922 Permanent Court of International Justice begins in The Hague. 1933 Roosevelt and Chicago Mayor Cermak shot in Miami. 1944 Mount Cassino Abbey destruction. 1948 Eisenhower urges preparedness. 1950 Truman backs nationwide organized crime drive. Includes birthdays of Joseph Hergesheimer.
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Northern Pacific
United States Supreme Court
Congress
U. S
Maine
Havana Harbor
War Department
Hague
Permanent Court of International Justice
Roosevelt
Cermak
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Abbey of
Mount Cassino
Haly
Gen
Eisenhower
Trumian
Joseph Hergesheimer
Anniversaries mark founders, reformers and leaders in American history
Know America Today's Anniversaries lists Cyrus McCormick born in Rockbridge County Virginia and died in Chicago May 13 1884. Susan B Anthony born Adams Massachusetts and died Rochester New York March 13 1906. Silas Weir Mitchell born Philadelphia and died January 4 1914. Elihu Root born Clinton New York and died February 6 1937. John Barrymore born Philadelphia and died May 29 1942. James Forrestal born Beacon New York and died May 22 1949 by own action. Also notes Saint Louis founded by Pierre Laclede July 24 1764 as head of the Louisiana Fur Company. 1848 two thousand Mormons cross Mississippi on ice. near Duluth first ground movement in 1870.
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Cyrus Hall McCormick
Rockbridge County
Chicago
Susan B. Anthony
Adams
Mass
Rochester
Silas Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Elihu Root
New York
Clinton
N. Y
John Barrymore
James Forrestal
Defense
Beacon
St. Louis
Laclede
Louisiana Fur Company
Mississippi
Duluth
Obscure Birth Headlines Spur Local Notes
A jumble of biographical blurbs lists births and ages for notable figures from Philadelphia to Maine, including Dr. Donald K. David and Earl Blaik, alongside odd misspellings and stray phrases. A Haroscape feature promises focus and persistence while a Glade Valley Lions Club oyster roast at Hotel Frederick hosts seventy members with an auction and social to wrap the evening.
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Val
Glade Valley Lions Club
Frederick
Glenn Trout
Union Bridge Notes On Local Residents And Change
Union Bridge reports Mrs. Malcolm Rakestraw and infant Marian Grace back home from Maryland General hospital in Baltimore. Mrs. George H. Stocksdale remains homebound due to a foot injury. Francis W. Reese buys the Paul Eichman farm near Johnsville where he has been a tenant. Mrs. Marian Collins from Union Bridge was taken to Maryland University hospital in Baltimore.
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Union Bridge
Malcolm Rakestraw
Marian Grace
Maryland General Hospital
Baltimore
George H. Stocksdale
Francis W. Reese
Paul Eichman
Johnsville
Reese
Marian Collins
Mary Iland University Hospital
Balti
Butcher Prices Rise at Woodsboro Livestock Sale
In Woodsboro weekly auction of Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc. butcher saws brought up to 22.25 a hundred, with butcher heifers at 27.25 ewt and butcher cows 22.50 to 26 ewt. The report notes other market figures and category ranges for canners, cutters and bulls. Local attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Al Schafer and son visiting from Baltimore with Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Hess as part of weekend travels. Marty Fleming has returned to his Baltimore post after illness.
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Union Bridge
Company's
Marty Fleming
Baltimore City
al Schafer
Baltimore
User Bridge
L. C. Hess
Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc
Market Prices for Livestock and Poultry Reported
The notice lists livestock and poultry prices with ranges per head and per hundredweight. Included are stock heifers, stock bulls, dairy cows, calves, light and green calves, butcher hogs, heavy boars, feeding shoats, pigs, old chickens, and lard with varying ewt and cwt values, reflecting a live market snapshot.
Lewistown PTA Meeting Plans Holiday Program
The Lewistown School PTA will meet Friday at 7 30 p m The program includes readings and special music in observance of February holidays A playlet titled What Became of will be featured as part of the program.
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Lewistown
PTA
Community concert features local performers and social hour
The program, titled The False Teeth, will include Mrs Paul Buhrman and Mr and Mrs Charles Clem with Merkle Ramsburg as participants. Glen Rice will perform guitar numbers. Light refreshments will be served during a social hour in the school cafeteria.
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Paul Buhrman
Charles Clem
Merkle Ramsburg
Glen Rice
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Know
America
Mars Opticians
Market Street
Clorox
Leone
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Pe Eoe
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Donald K. David
Harvard
Busine Rehoel
Moscow
Ada
Charles Allen Mronas
Scott County
Abraty L. Sacher
Brandeis University
Waltes
Earl Blaik
West Daint
Detroit
Jimnce Phinnes Baxter
Ore
Willimes College
Portland
Esas
China
Taneytown, Maryland
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