Memorial Day page at Fair Grounds honors soldiers
A crowded hot day at the Fair grounds marked by parades and a reception for veterans and troops. Races and dances drew 5 000 spectators while speakers paid tribute to soldiers, sailors, and Red Cross workers from Frederick County who served in the war.
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Yesterrife
Germany
Patchen Bell
Jesse Schell
Nat Patrick Straet
H. J. G. Kieffer
Anna Ellis-Déxter
Glenn H
Worthington
EL O ' Munshower
George Edward ‘Smith
Urner
Eaiios
America
Red Cross
Deital
D. John Yarkey
Glenn H. Worthington
Frederick County
Apd
Heratt
Knights of Columbus entertain soldiers in Emmitsburg
Emmitsburg Knights of Columbus hosted a Soldiers’ Banquet with Civil War veterans, clergy, and townspeople in attendance. Toastmaster Louis H. Calla invited captains to share campaign memories, joined by pastors from several churches and Mayor J. Stewart Annan in greeting the guests.
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Avantiathy
Knights of
G¢dumbus
Poldjers
Abaontia USA
Ap Slokarale Ieee Pog Senna
Charles Rowe
Clay -Shuff
James Myers
Charles Rife
John Rosenstec
Luther Kugler
Charles Sharrer
Lewis Stoner
Father Hayden
Brute‘Council
Tragresser
St. Anthony's Church
Charles. Reinewald
Lutheran Church
Mr. Chase
Presbyterian Church
E. L. Higbee
The
Reformed Church
J. Stewart Annan
Emmitsburg
Hubby Wears Wedding Ring in Brazil Study
From Rio de Janeiro July 5 Brazilian women accept equality with men not via suffrage but through husbands wearing wedding rings as a symbol. A plain gold band mirrors the wife’s ring and is widely endorsed, with many women preferring this form of equality to voting rights.
Iron company cuts wages for puddling in Reading region
The Reading Iron Company posted notices at all plants except blast furnaces announcing a wage readjustment. Puddling rate drops to 10.56 a ton from the war labor board level. The 3,500 workers are asked to accept the cut to help the firm compete with other makers, as puddler wages set the standard for the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leading
Iron Company
War Labor Board
Reading Iron Company
Schuyli Vadley
Shells Shake Up Country in Maryland Blast
German shells exploded by heat at a Maryland field near Aberdeen on July 5 causing two blasts that rattled nearby communities. No injuries reported though windows shattered and a home was damaged. Officers noted the explosions were due to stalls in the field being exposed to hot sun.
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Maryland Field
Aberdeen
Perryman
Inather
Otho Johnson
Spartacana Riot in Dortmund Amid Prussia Revels
Riotous scenes broke out in Dortmund as Spar twelst unrest unfolded in Prussia. Government troops entered the town after shops were looted. A track event at the racecourse drew a crowded grandstand despite heat with soldiers treated to free ice cream and confections as a Bruns wick baseball game entertained attendees.
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Prussia
Amsterdam
Dortmund
Trrnssia
Ox Fibre Bush Company
Ithis ‘City
Branawick Club
Brunswick
Noah EB. Cramer
George R
City Board Deliberations on City Attorney and Codification
Special meeting of the Board of Aldermen considered placing work in the city attorney and a codification project with a $500 limit. The mayor was absent, and Alderman Zimmerman presided. Shipley and Lindsey sought a Globe-Wernicke filing system contract for the city attorney and city register, with about a month to install.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dtaven
Board ‘of Aldermen
T"gilmer Schley
Hey
Wauthington
Frederick
Schley
Thomas L. Zimmerman
Harry F. Shipley
Aubrey Lindsey
Globe-Wernicke
City Register
Shipley
Board of Aldermen
É City
Delaplaine
Iron King
Qverall Company
Baltimore
Fredarték
Haller
Alderman Zimmerman
Carroll Creek
Mantz
Building Committee
Willard-Dempsey Fight Ends Amid Brutal Rounds
The match description records a fierce three round exchange with Dempsey pressuring Willard, delivering repeated power punches to the chin and jaw. Willard endures swollen, bleeding face as the fighter staggers, fights back, and struggles to hear the bell amid a brutal exchange in the ring.
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Willard
Dempsey
Dempages
Filed
Jetta
Hayriches
Wilard
Wi Jara
Hha
Jusane Good-Optle
Elf
Ward
Thimpson
Jeff
Jonas
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Wien
Welcome Home
Albert Wy Condon
Geo Rdeany
Bais Iynfé
Denniss
Grace
Poweley
Ae Ieee
Victrola Jpy
K. OF
Courcl—tsi
Gyean
Brute
Hubby
Iron” Company
Unness
Charce
Queensbury Cules
Potomac
Telerhone
L &M
Va aWeite
Lenginen & Mertines
Rokers
Central Trust Company OF Maryland
G. O. Paxson
Central Hardware ~ CO
Arthur E. Levy
New City Hotel
Patrick ST
Panama
Milton
Christis
West Patrick Street
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