Frederick in 1861 diary notes Civil War troop movements
Entries from Jacob Engelbrecht diary covering 1819 to 1878 reveal Civil War era events in Frederick including May 1861 Palmetto Flag Boys departure for Harper's Ferry, Lincoln era appointments, Union volunteers forming units, the burning of the Harper’s Ferry Railroad bridge, and June 1861 troop arrivals from Rhode Island and Pennsylvania plus local officer resignations and confiscation actions.
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Jacob Engelbrecht
Bradley T Johnson
Frederick
Harper’s Ferry
W. Va
William D. Jenks
Lincoln
William Glessner
David CG. Winebrewer
G. Jacob Buckey
Joseph Groff
Thomas H Hicks
Francis Thomas
Maryland
Congress
Lancelr
Frederick Francis Thomas
Thomas
Harper's Ferry
Har ‘Pers Ferry
United States
Chambersburg
Washington City
Montgomery County
Potomac
Edward's Ferry
Leesburg
Johnson
Rhode Island Volunteers
Col. Burnside
Williamsport
Washington
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Hagerstown
Frederick Home
John C Hardt
William W. McLain
Willam G. Moran
William H. Slooper
James Hopwood
Dr Randall Wins Absolute Divorce in Circuit Court
Dr Arthur T Randall of Bethesda district Montgomery county a medical examiner with the United States Pension Bureau in Washington is granted an absolute divorce from Mrs Grace XII Randall who is said to reside in Baltimore The decree was signed by Judge Edward C Peter in the Circuit Court and the couple are separated by the ruling
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Edward C. Peter
Arthur T. Randall
Bethesda District
Montgomery County
United States Pension Bureau
Washington
Grace XII. Randall
Baltimore
Yellow Springs Band Concert Opens Summer Series
Weather looks favorable for the Yellow Springs band first summer concert in Frederick. On July 10 from 7:30 to 9 p m at the corner of Church and Court streets the 25 member group, arriving at 6 from the Thur nfont division, will perform from Independent Hall with chairs provided. Funds for eight weekly concerts are being raised. $137 75 received so far including a $2 gift from Miss Florence Trail.
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Yellow Springs
Church and
Court Streets
Frederick
People’s Insurance Co
Ht 18
Thurnfont
Hagerstown and Frederick
Independent Hall
Florence Trail
Arnica Salve Ad Promises Quick Heals for Burns Scrapes
An old ad claims Buchien's Arnica Salve treats burns cuts wounds and sores with ready to apply formula. J. L. Polanco Del Valle Texas advertises Buck lier Arnica Salve as best care and cites local pharmacies recommending the salve as a world leading remedy.
Frederick Delegates Meet Prominent Photo Players
Frederick delegates attend a New York motion picture convention hosted by the Screen Club with stars Alice Joyce Tom Moore John Bunny and Paul Pan where unsigned autographs are sought Meredith Staub son of FV Staub from Frederick joins in on Hudson Day Line voyage free of charge. They tour Palisades Eclair studios Moison Company sites at NYC and Coney Island with Kalem at Cliffside and a big Vitagraph studio visit at Flatbush followed by a ball and banquet for visitors.
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Frederick
New York
Sueport
Screen Club
Alice Joyce
Tom Moore
John Bunny
Paul Panver
Meredith Staub
Staub
George List
Stanmer
Washington Irving
Motion Pacture
Nudson
Steam Ship Company
List
Palisades
Eclair Studios
Moison Company
Coney Island
Kalem Company
Clifside
Flatbush
Vitagraph J Studio
Growing Alfalfa Praised As Best Crop For Farms
Prominent farmer A P Grout, longtime alfalfa grower and president of the Illinois Alfalfa Growers Association, declares alfalfa pays six percent interest on $1,000 per acre and nets far more per acre than corn or wheat-bran stock feed. Ohio alfalfa enthusiast Joseph E Wing says it can be grown on any farm. the movement, led by the International Harvester Company and Iowa State extension head P G Holden, aims to spread the crop nationwide with county meetings and farm-home demonstrations. Get The News for all the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
A. P. Grout
Tlinois Alfalfa Growers’ Association
United States
Joseph E Wing
Ohio
Wing
International Harvester Company
P. G. Holden
Iowa‘ State College
Ames
Iowa
Frederick Trust Company
Reno S. Warp
David Cramer
Walkersville
Albert W. Ecker
Woodsboro
State Bank
Repairing South Street to Start Monday
The Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Co. awarded Charles Klipp a contract to rebuild South Street, with work to begin Monday morning and take about 30 days to complete nearly a mile and a half of street. The railway will furnish materials. the city will be billed about 3,000 for stone. The company also plans to resurface Jefferson Boulevard at Braddock Heights, with gravel hauled from the Hagerstown Pike to the road after Good Roads approval.
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Hagerstown
Tie
Elty
Kupp
Jefferson ‘Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Kipp
Hagerstown Pike
Good Roads Commission
B. and O
Tollgate
Braddock
Work of Death: Miss Mary E Dawson Passes
Miss Mary E. Dawson daughter of the late James M. Dawson of Dawsonville and long a Montgomery county resident died last night at Ardmore Oklahoma after sev eral weeks of typhoid fever. Funeral services will be held at 4 30 p.m. Saturday at Monocacy Cemetery Beauseville. She was sister to Mrs Arthur Williams Miss Virginia O Dawson and D Mrs Albert J Lee of Los Angeles California.
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Mary FE. Dawson
Mary E. Dawson
James M. Dawson
Dawsonville
Montgomery County
David M. Dawson
Ardmore
Oklo
Monocacy Cemetery
Beauseville
Daw
Arthur Willams
Virginia O. Dawson
Kensington
Albert J. Lee
Los Angeles
Cal
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Greenawalt’s
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Frederick, MD
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HARP
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Claggett E Ramsburg
Walter B. Leatherman
Harry F. Shipley
D. Chester Kemp
Frederick City
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J. Stewart Annan
Emmitsburg
George W. Fawley
Jefferson
Walkersville, Maryland
South ST
Railway Company
C. H. Klipp
Call of the Angelus
Imp
Jane Farmley
Wm. Shay
Aguinaldo
Victor
Gertrude Robinson
James Kirkwood
H. R. Flautt
City Hall
Ana Deweler
AL Market St. Waederteh
J. A. Ramsburg
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