Purely Personal Notices Share Baltimore and Frederick Trips
A stream of local residents travel and visit relatives as many attend holidays elsewhere. Benjamin Rosenour Claude Wilhide Edward Mobley Edward Delaplaine Naomi Zellers Violet and Marguerite Smith Lillian Hershberger William Adam Raymond Miller Bessie Bligson Harold Kemp Raymond Toms Ruth Zimmerman Ralph Zimmerman Harry Zimmerman Ruth Wehler Katherine Wehler Paw and bravery dialogue referenced. Denmark literacy rate cited with Denmark surpassing the United States.
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Benjamin Rosenour
Baltimore
Claude Wilhide
Frederick
Edward S. Mobley
Weat Church Street
Wayneaboro
Edward S. Delaplaine
University of Maryland
Naomi Zellers
Z. E. Zimmerman
Pear
Clinton Grove
Washington
F. H. Hedges
Missea Violet
Marguerite Smith
Adamstown
Lillian Hershberger
William H. Adam
West Patrick Street
Martingeburg
W. Va
Hagerstown
Raymond R. Miller
North Market Street
Philadelphia
Rochester
New York
Bessie Bligson
Williams and
Shriver
South Market Street
Harold Kemp
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Raymond Toms
Kentucky
East Second Street
Ethel Dare
Buckeystown
Ruth Zimmerman
Emma Zimmerman
Boyds
Germantown
D. C
Roger B. Wood
U. S
J. E. R. Wood
T. B. Engle, Jr
Bougher, N. J
Henry Shrapnel and the pension saga of a famed inventor
The article recounts Henry Shrapnel’s struggle for recognition after his revolutionary gun mortar. It notes limited early funds for merit rewards, Surana’s 1906 use, and later validation by Wood of Waterloo. Government pension of £1,200 a year was granted for life, covering Shrapnel’s army inventions, including a recoil gun mounting. He died in 1842 at eighty.
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Boards of Ordnance
Sony
Meury
Surana
Sira Wood
Waterloo
Ft. Wood
la Taye Sainte
Hfe
Wounded Sailors and Community Habits Reflections
A Pearson's Weekly piece discusses wounded sailors on battleships receiving limited care before transfer to hospital ships, noting scarce safe spaces on ships and the effort to provide comfort. It also reflects on how communities form habits that shape character and stagnation, using rural life as a cautionary example.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Hades
Accommodating Him in Stage Exchange Dialogue
A brief excerpt shows two youths in a rehearsal style exchange about choosing roles. Maiden resists a difficult part while Youth pleads for an easier assignment, illustrating stage-franchise humor and performance dynamics.
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Tare
Ruinous Aqueduct Fail Noted by Crawford and Crabshaw
Crawford laments a ruinous failure while Crabshaw Vers. notes even the receivers failed to salvage the outcome. Puck provides the terse postscript.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
Puck
Scientific Farming: Fall Sown Oats Benefit Stock and Soil
Louis Coton promotes fall sown oats as winter grazing and a soil restorer in cotton and corn rotations. He details sowing windows from Oct 1 to late November, drilling vs broadcasting, soil preparation, and benefits of oats followed by soybeans velvet beans or cowpeas.
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Cotton
Louis Coton
Alfalfa a Soil Builder in Forage Crops
The article argues alfalfa, with higher nitrogen and phosphoric acid content per ton than clover, yields richer manure and adds nitrogen to soil. Its deep root system improves subsoil mineral use and drainage, supporting future higher yields and soil productivity. It advocates increasing alfalfa and clover acres while reducing timothy.
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D Farmers’ Library
Fires devastate Philadelphia Camden area causing heavy losses
A massive blaze in Philadelphia’s lumber yard and adjacent Camden riverfront structures destroyed the Charles Este Co yard and Kaighn avenue ferry house, with property losses over 1.2 million. Seventeen homes damaged, three parlor cars and twenty-one coaches lost, six people injured, while troops prepare to depart Colorado for Nebraska duties as weather hampers response.
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Philadelphia
Charles Este Co
Twen Heth
Glennon Avoange
Amd
Camden
Kaighn Avenue
Delaware River Ferry Company
Reading Railway Company
C. B. Coles Sons Company
Dialogue
Austrian Generals Retire in Vienna Under Emperor’s Acceptance
In Vienna on January 4, Emperor Francis Joseph accepted retirement requests from General Lihorics von Frank, commander of the Fifth Army, and Field Marshal Arther Rety. Both officers earned retirements following long service and highlighted by wartime postings in Seria Pims and Taskacy. The odd text includes garbled dialogue and quips about savings, attributed to the Washington Star.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph Hac
Lihorics von Frank, Comander
Fifth Army Force
Marchal Arther Rzybor Lh Rety
Seria
War tax proves big help for treasury deficit
Revenue from the war tax aids the treasury as December receipts show a marked fall in customs duties, offset by gains in ordinary internal revenue. Customs receipts dropped about 7 million compared with December 1913, while ordinary internal revenue rose nearly 5 million. Total December revenues reached 41.13 million versus 54.28 million a year earlier. Ordinary disbursements totaled 86.99 million with the treasury balance and cash assets reflecting year start figures.
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Treasure Department
Treasury
Mail delay claims life of mother awaiting New Year cards
Mrs. Pearl Drib bieblat, separated from her husband who has custody of their two children, died by her own action after New Year cards from her children were delayed. She had waited since Christmas for letters and greetings, and a chloroform bottle was found near her. New Year cards eventually arrived hours after her death.
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Ing
Pearl Dribbieblat
English Soldier Faces German Death Sentence Appeal
Lord Mayor Dedford of Lecay England appeals to The Hague through Henry Venisle for Private William Lonsdale of Leeds, an English soldier condemned by a German superior court martial to die for an offense that was initially ten years in prison. Citizens express distress and seek any means to save his life.
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Lecay
Eng
Dedford
Hague
Henry
Venisle
Behall
Wiliam Lonsdale
Sollier
Germany
Ling
Doeberitz
Lonsdale
Leeds
van D3
Deeds
Two Coast to Death on Coasting Tragedy in Pottsville
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on January 4 John Lileck son of a local hotelkeeper was run over and killed by Carl Raring driving a Pottsville auto after attempting to avoid the crash. Another fatality occurred when John Moorewod was crushed by a north Broad Mountain coasting accident. The report notes thirty five coasting accidents in Schwylinl county within a week, most serious and several likely to prove fatal.
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Goch
Pottsville
John Lileck
Wrockton
Carl Raring
Lileck
Raring
John Moorewod
Broad Mountain
Schwylinl County
Paris Banks Waive Moratorium In Early January
Paris banks decide to waive the moratorium from January 1 on accounts subject to check. Depositors may draw their full balances, with most institutions ending the holiday relief earlier than planned.
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Paris Banke
Paris
Make Your Own Cough Medicine to Reduce Household Expenses
A vintage advertisement promotes Schiffmann's Concentrated Expectorant as a cost efficient home remedy for coughs colds bronchitis croup and hoarseness. It claims no narcotics pure medicine and promises a money back guarantee through Pearre's Modern Pharmacy with a five guarantee.
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Schiffmann
Rik
Ron
Pearre
Fragmentary Society Snippet from Times-Seer Page
A fragmented passage describes light weight items and a lighthearted exchange about a daughter, a quad mate, and a Cheapatlel herd on one end. It mentions Mrs Crab Baw and Ottens oudvivet in a casual, domestic context with reference to Mikado.
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Cheapatlel
Vrsw Crawford
Crab Baw
Dr James Headache Powders Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr James' Headache Powders as instant relief for headaches and neuralgia. It urges readers to send someone to the drug store for a ten cent package, claiming pain ends in moments and a feeling of wellness returns.
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Dr. James
Jewelry Ad Stresses Customer Loyalty and Quality
A local jewelry shop proclaims enduring interest in customers, promising the same care after each sale as before. The notice highlights a broad range of jewelry and emphasizes lasting value and satisfaction in every transaction.
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Charles W. Zimmerman
Middletown
Ralph Zimmerman
Harry Zimmerman
H. Hubert Bowers
Harry W. Bowers
Clarke Place
Annapolis
St. John’s College
W. C. Flautt
Margaret Bennett
Dean W. Hendrickson
Parsons Newman
University of Virginia
L. Travis White
Katherine Wehler
C. E. Wehler
East Third Street
de Fremah Springs
Florida
Palmer College
Paw
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Denmark
United States
Henry Shrapnel
Princes of
Philadelphia Ledger
Alfalfa
Whitman and Glynn
American Press Association
Colorado
Twelth’ Cavalry
Louisburg
Boulder County
Colorado Coal Fielde
Fort Robinson
Neb
Pim
Lisson
Taskacy
Corntosaci
Washinton Star
U.S
Prince of
Zu Zu
National Biscuit Company
Santa Claus
Alec
Mondeo
Excelasion Sanitary Dairy
Sevenis
Koefer
C.frothes
F. Columbus Knott
Surecesor Te Resant & Kmett
Palace
S. A. Gregg
Frederten
James “E. Dole
South Market
Frederick, MD
Runkles & Mullinix
Lilly
Acme
Bunkles & Mullin Co
White Cross Mik
H.R. Flautt
City Opera House Shoe Store
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