Road improvements boost Monrovia area and state funds
The editor corrects figures on Shoemaker road costs from 1905 built by WM. J. Grove Lime Co detailing 38 875.48 received and arguing county gains from better roads. He notes underdrains, a reduced grade, 9000 yards of excavation, three concrete bridges, culverts, and a lasting impact including a bank and business growth in Monrovia and Mt Airy Ridgeville.
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Monrovia
WM. J. Grove Lime Co
Fitio
New Market
Kemptown
Big Hill
Algo
Ford
Mt. Airy
Ridgeville
James M. Mount
Carroll County
Frederick
Carroll Counties
Frederick County
Mt.’ Airy
Folgevillie
Improvements to follow a kooU road then anxious念
The letter from WM. J. GROVE of Lime Kiln Maryland dated February 17 1912 urges applying practical business methods to road construction. He emphasizes good material and modern methods to build a road at a reasonable cost.
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WM. J. Grove
Lime Kiln, Md
Revival at burial after child believed dead in Minnesota
In Duluth Minnesota a three year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Maeteltecher, was found alive as funeral services were about to begin. She had been prepared for burial after fainting in a bucket of water and not regaining consciousness. Neighbors noticed signs of life and moisture on the corpse. Life was restored by attendants, making this case one of the strangest suspensions of animation in the region.
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Duluth
Minn
Michael Maeteltecher
Jack Duck
Ani
Prauget
Xeetlan
Che Country
Legislature Subpoenaed In Maryland Warren Case
Maryland lawmakers are ordered to appear in Baltimore County Circuit Court for the Warren case before Judge Bond. Over a hundred witnesses have been subpoenaed as the Warren café dispute over a 1909 water board land contract unfolds, with public opinion pressing for contract abrogation.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Mad
Dalimore Court House
Bond
Warren
Warren Café
Baltimore Water Board
Warren Company
Aie
Former banker given five years for highway robbery
Fred H. Helmer, 44, once a wealthy bank director, was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to highway robbery. Judge Latchaw withheld sentence pending an investigation of Helmer's claim that hunger drove the crime. He admitted entering a fruit store on January 20 with an empty revolver to take change.
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Toledo
New York
False Teeth Kill Woman in Wyoming Choking Death
Mary Lord of Riverton dies after upper teeth, made by a dentist, slip down her throat while she sleeps and choke her. In Indiana, Pauline Carder, eight months old, dies after becoming hanged in her cradle bars, found by her mother.
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Lander, Wyo
Mary Lord
Riverton
Teree Hante
Pauline Carder
Paducah Marriage Certificates and Clerk’s Odd Aide
In Paducah the county clerk’s office distributes marriage certificates amid oddities in the filing notes. The article mentions clerks and aides, proposals discussed, and efforts to encourage applicants, including a named individual in a sensitive context.
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Paducah
Odly County
Jean
Lion Breaks Cage in Express Car Killings Near Meadville
In Dunkirk and Salamanca era trains an Erie line express messenger Wilson Bull and baggageman Thomas Kellam faced a mountain lion from a crate aboard between Meadville and Salamanca. The lion, bound for Buffalo from San Antonio, broke free to grab a chicken. Kellam shot and killed the animal after wrestling it by the crates and seizing a revolver.
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Dunkirk
N.Y
Wilson Bull
Erie
Thomas Kellam
Salamanca
Meadville
San Antonio
Tex
Kellam
Claudia Hains Weds Former Wife of Army Captain to Artist
Mil ton Massachusetts reports Claudia Hains, once jailed for shooting William Annis, now marries Rednard Bolles, an artist. The couple wed last Thursday amid renewed talk of past county tragedies and a faded public image.
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Milton
Mass
Mains
Hains
William Annis
Rednard Bolles
Philippines
Rolles
Arrested on Wife Murder Change in Knowlton
Joseph Gree was arrested in Mradia Pennsylvania on February 14 and accused of killing his wife Lomise Green with a shotgun at their Knowlton home after a quarrel. The shooting occurred at the scene.
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Mradia
Joseph Gree
Knowlton
Courtroom Quip Reveals Youthful Timidity in Age Question
A quippy exchange shows a shy response when the judge asks for the defendant's age. The reply suggests a youthful estimate about ten years old, highlighting a light moment in a formal proceeding.
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Ashy
McNamara dynamite suspect weighs less in prison report
Malcolm McLaren, Burns investigator, returns from San Quentin with word J. B. McNamara has lost weight while imprisoned and appears sicker, though the younger McNamara oddly looks healthier. Bullet in heart in Delmar and a Paris Eiffel Tower suicide are also noted in brief items.
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Dynamiter
Los Angeles
Malcolm McLaren
Burns
San Quentin
Prigog
James B. McMamara
McLaren
J. J. McNamara
Frederick Market Prices and Quotations for 1912
Frederick County prices for warmers exchange corrected February 19 1912 show shelled corn at 65 to 70 cents per bushel barley 65 to 70 cents per bushel rye 60 to 65 cents per bushel cornmeal 1.65 to 1.70 flour winter wheat 5.25 to 5.75 spring wheat 5.60 to 6.10 mill feed bran 31 per ton middlings 31 per ton dairy feed 27 per ton red dog 4 No 2 Timothy 25 to 26 No 1 mixed 25 to 26 No 2 mixed 24 to 25 clover 24 to 25 straw baled wheat 10 to 11 oats 11 to 12.
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Frederick County
Ivo
Timothy
Gypsey's Gift Promises Cure for Rheumatism Ailments
A candid testimonial ad claims Gypsey's Gift from the Read Drug & Chemical Co. of Baltimore, formulated by Dr. W L Merndon, can dissolve uric acid and banish rheumatic symptoms. Sold at 25 cents a bottle or one dollar hospital size. a police box is urged to begin treatment for better health. Also offers Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion and related troubles.
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Gypsey
Read “Drug & Chemical Co
Baltimore
W. L.merndon
Nowice
Fry
Good and Ready for You Now Store Ad Claim
An advertisement proclaims a wide stock of Miami made watches jewelry clocks cat glass umbrellas china dishes and silverware with the store promising the largest stock best goods and lowest prices to convince customers to visit.
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Aidi
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