Letters From Correspondents Telling of Local Happenings
A long list of community updates from RACEHAM and nearby towns recounts visits, moves, and family gatherings. Residents such as Rev and Mrs Young, Miss Bessie Crawford, and Mrs Georgie Strong are noted among numerous locals. Birthday surprises, travel plans, and hospital notes mix with social visits, church notices, and obituaries, painting a busy local life snapshot. Continuous names, places, and events reflect a period-typical intimate rural community column.
Local Social Notes Highlight Balt imore Visitors and Lovettsville Events
Middletown and Lovettsville communities share weekends of visits and gatherings. Baltimore visitors Miss India Kepler and Erma Detr spend time with relatives in both towns. box social at Lovettsville High School draws a good crowd. numerous locals entertain and visit in Frederick Washington Annapolis and Morrizonville with several engagements noted.
New Market Social Roundup Names Local Visitors
Mrs R L Sponselier and son George spent a day in Tramsville with Mrs George Wolfe. Roland Dorsey of Bartho jows visited his aunts the Misses Dorsey. Mrs Hannah Hoffman returned from a three week visit to Baltimore relatives. Mrs Charles Wiles and daughter Margaret of Brunswick stayed with Mr and Mrs George Burgess. Claggett W Dorsey of Rocky Ridge visited Monday and Tuesday. Albert Dorsey of Mt Airy came to town to see siblings. Charles Turnbull met the Misses Dorsey on Tuesday. Mrs Mathias Reed attended a funeral in New Brunswick N J for relative Mrs Peter Borden Adele Borden visiting Richmond and Virginia. Deputy Charles E Palmer bought a Studebaker. Mrs Lyon Wood visiting Baltimore and Annapolis. Mrs E L Grilies and Mrs Clarence Stevens went to Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raceham
Pittenger
J. Pittinger
William Cramer
Charles Boller
Jacob Martin
Compher
Alonzo Buhrman
Charles Miller
Harry Null
Mattie Colliflower
Julia
Bertie
Beulah Troxell
Beasie Warton
Belva Robinson
Hazel Zentz
Belva Colliflower
Blanche
Mac Creeger
Rev. Heubener
John T. Collistoner
Russell
Calvion
Charles Troxell
Otto Boller
John Cramer
Frederick City Hospital
P. O. 3 of America
William W. Witherow
North Girard
Charles
George Shoemaker
Hagerstown
Grace Reformed Church
Guy P. Bready
Co. O. Fuss and Son
Frances Grimes
Micott City
Calvin Clay
Martinsburg
Grafton Clay
Adr. Vronenburg
Jamsville
Wit Hteliigon
Margaret Hopkins
Lillian Boyden
Baltimore
New York Symphony
The
Lyric
Isabel Boyer
Mary A. Boyer
Henry Hoyer
Monrovia
Anna Schell
Mary Reinhart
Misa Fannie Wood
Rafael Zimmerman
Nat Dorsey
Misa Helen Mealey
Long
B. L. Grimes
A. McBride
J. L. Ogle
Creagerstown
W. B. Stambaugh
Henry Saylor
Union Bridge
Della Saylor
Lewis Sponseller
Frederick
George Mentzer
Nannie Shaw
Ida Riggs
PT. L. Feiser
Carman Campbell
Philadelphia
Ha Gannon
New York
Mabel McGullken
Baltmore
William Frazier
Taylorstown
A. H. Hedges
Sara Shannon
Lazel Wayble
Mary Kaetzel
Georgia Hood
Lavenin Flood
Otthe McDonald
Kathryn Keating
Josephine Schuh
Eugene Harrison
J. H. Moler
Annapolis
Jessie and
Mabel Cook
Sharpsburg
J .W. Drenner
Ethel Stickley
J. C. Null
Lovettsville
Ella Virts
Maggie Goodhart
Elmer Wening
C. Fr. Shumaier
Ollie Cooper
Guy Smith
Clara
Mary Boger
Clayton Cooper
George Baker
Morrizonville
J. D| Brown
Harry Cooper
C. A. Butts
Harrison Cooper
Lucy Fry
Carrie Wiliams
Washington
Roy Williams
Robert Grubb
Joseph L. Grubb
Harry Buttman
Eltie Wirts
L. W. Fry
Sallie Williams
J. J. Wire
Erma Cost
Brunswick
Lelia Beally
Claggett W. Dorsey
Rocky Ridge
Albert Dorsey
Mt. Airy
Charles Turnbull
Misses Dorsey
Tueso
Mathias Reed
New Brunswick
N. J
Peter Borden
Adele Borden
Richmond
Virginia
Charles E. Palmer
Studebaker
Lyon Wood
E. L. Grilies
Clarence Stevens
Feagaville church groups schedule services and meetings
The St. Luke's Lutheran Sunday school plans a Foreign Mission service on February 27 at 2 30 pm. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union holds its monthly meeting on February 24 at 2 30 pm in the Reformed church. Local residents visit relatives in Frederick Chestnut Grove and Washington with several families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feagaville
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Sarah Horine
W. W. Culler
Adamstown
J. C. Lambert
Chestnut Grove
Anna Derr
Willis Derr
Richard
Washington
Walter Feaga
Frederick
C. E. Feaga
John C. Derr
Monrovia
Point of Rocks Local Notes Rights and Moves
Mr Roland Bar tet, previously at the Hickwan lunch room in Washington Junction, has taken a job in Cumberland. Miss Nell Strafeese, a teacher here, is ill with grip. Mrs Emma Hobbs and Mrs Grace Hobbs of Sykesville Md spent the weekend in Cumberland Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrr
Clyde Ulte
Prederick Junction
Pickard Michael
Helen Taft
Washington, D. C
J. Bowie
Hanis
Joseph Thema
Atva
Hirtapan Walter
Washington
Chi Down
Waslington
Mery
Wan Lilly
Thos
Maraha
Point of Rocks
Roland Bartet
Hickwan Lunch -Oom
Washington Junction
Cumberland
Nell Strafeese
Emma
Grace Hobbs
Fof
Sykesville
Anuric Health Claim Ads from Dr Pierce Catalog
An advertisement urges insurance examiners to test urine and promote Dr. Pierce’s Anuric remedy for uric acid and kidney health. It claims Anuric dissolves uric acid, cleanses kidneys, improves heart valve clarity, and lowers blood pressure, targeting meat eaters and joint sufferers with a 50 cent package offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Jicéel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Anuric
Ince
Dr.Pierce
Lithia
Dr. Pierce
Jones Tesnant Peet
Washington's Birthday Exercises At Sigler's School
Myersville notes Washington's Birthday program at Sigler's school with R. J Ridgely as teacher. The program featured songs and recitations by Carroll Yankins, Clarence Rohtback, Menizer Sowers, Lee Butts, Emmett Rohrback, and others, including Be a Hero and The Great George Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sigler's School
R. J Ridgely
George Washington
Carroll Yankins
Clarence Rohtback
Menizer Sowers
Lee Butts
Emmett Rohrback
Pape's Diapepsin Relief for Indigestion in Five Minutes
An old advertisement promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless remedy for sour stomach, gas, belching, and undigested food. It claims a large case costs fifty cents and promises rapid relief within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Lwa
Local Residents Visit Relatives in Nearby Towns
Ma Arnold visits her mother Mrs. E M Arnold as Mr and Mrs Key Grubb spend Sunday at Mrs J W Everbarts. The Clatterbucks and Beatrice stay in Warrenton Virginia while Blanche Verry visits Wilmer Marshall in Hershboro. Various friends from Frederick Md Bruns wick Md Kearneysville W Va and Burkittsville Md spend time with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Mante Edwards
Mir
Wilbert Edwards
Johnnie Kieming
Frederick
eMr Ashton Frye
Jennie Demery
Hernan Payne
Jane Hunter
J. &. Derry
F. R. Webb
Brunswick
Maude Moore
Kearneysville
W.a
Pinex cough remedy promises quick relief and safety
An advertisement extols Pinex as a targeted cure for inflamed throat membranes and persistent coughs. It claims a pint of sugar syrup mixed with Pinex provides fast relief, loosens phlegm, and ends dry or loose coughs, touting Norway pine extract and a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. in Ft Wayne Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Wayne
Ind
Make at Home Cough Remedy With Schiffmanns Expectorant
An advertisement urges replacing costly old fashion cough tonics with Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant from Pearces Modern Pharmacy. Mix 2 ounces with sugar and boiling water to make a pint of cough remedy said to relieve bronchitis asthma croup hoarseness and whooping cough with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearce
Schiffmann
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Woodsboro
Louise Simpson
Huby Catshall
Irving Staley
Bessie Carter
Maynard Hudrear
Allen Zimmerman
Claude Eichelberger
Clara Douglass
John and
William Smith
Walkersville
G. B. Pumphrey
J. W. Brown
Cumerland
Brown
Mazie Vorhees
D. G. Moler
Marguerite Jenkins
G. N. Jenkins
New York Hill
Esther Utter
J. F. Baer
A. J. Catsail
James
Buckeystown
A. T. Brust
Lewis Barber
L. B. Feaga
L. E. Fears
John Plummer
Mary Mossberg
J. Catsail
Buckerstown
R. L. Shipler
George Mossberg
Margaret Cronenbure
Liamsville
John Sigler
Paul Minnick
David Young
America
Orpha Rehrback
Mary Young
Hathe Butts
Tin Splomdld
Virginia Webser
Dorrie Sowers
Marker
Bertha Minglele
Daisy Grams
Virginia Young
Dorothy Gaylor
Marysceheul
Isans
Middletown
Homer Stemsbure
India Kepler
Charles Stine
Mary Llurp
Stine
Stottlemeyer
Myersville
Mises Frances Routzalin
Florence Holter
Howard Riddiemoser
Braddock
Tabitha Beachley
Atherl Ahalt
May
Lena Pfiefer
Burkittsville, Md
Grace Derry
Jeanie Sackles
Bolivar
W. Va
Miller “Train
B. Evers
O. St
N. W
Room
Urner & Urner
Peoples Fire Insurance Co
Corner Court
Church Streets
Office Peoples Fire Insurance CO
Hahn
H. C. Lease
the Modern Lighting CO
N. Market St. Frederick
H. D. Baumgardner
James E. Doll
Frederick Gas and Electric Dept
Hagerstown and Frederick
East Patrick Street
Sentinel Gan
Merhl F
East
Patrick ST
Iuel
Sobers
Fredo
Erick
W. A. R. Bell
Berman Optical Co
N. Y
Peteter
W. Patuick Se
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