Local Notes From Loudoun And Vicinity Open Summer Events
Reports from Keswick to Frederick describe community news, church events, and social visits. Residents discuss whooping cough cases, crops, and scarcity fears while pastors announce sermons and forthcoming services. Visitors include Moss, Frank Behroeder, and Rev. Dr. Cort with plans for August installation.
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Loudoun County
Londown County
Virginia
Wolpsvilles
Bacday
Angus
Br. Dable
Woods —Moss
Frank Behroeder
Baltimore
Schroeder
A. N. Warrenfelts
George A. Smith
Cynthia Marker Apent
Frederick
Ralph Hoover
George Brottlemyer
Bagerstown
Des Stottlemyer
Hegerstown
Charles L Brottlemyer
W. J. Remaborg
J. Elmer Bittle
Turtle Creek
Nambera
Sadie Wolfe
Hagetztown
E. Easteriag
Ten Day Niagara Fails Excursion With Palace Cars
A guided two day trip to Niagara Falls with Buffalo Rochester and Watkins Glen departs from B and O Station Washington at 8 10 a m. Arrive Fall trip tickets and rates listed at Baltimore Station with Falkons Palace Cars and an experienced tourist agent. Details include multiple stops in Maryland West Virginia and Virginia and a noted benedictine connection.
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Niagara
Astigh
Buffalo
Rochester
Watkins’ Glen Thureday
Falkons Palace
B&o
Washington
Baltimore
W.va
Shenandoah
W. Va
O. Scull
Capturing Rodents in St Louis Headlines
The article surveys rat catching in St Louis detailing C. P. Johnson as a leading trapper, his methods, and rival old-time schemes. It notes hotels avoid traps, traps for 100 rats per night, and various humane and peculiar methods from phosphorescent bait to turpentine baths, with nostalgia for earlier, laborious days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Rama
C. P. Johnson
St Louis
Johnson
Henry Hein
Standford
Sam
St Louis Globe- Democrat
Scolding Women and the Spanish Main Explored in Period Pieces
A colonial-era essay recounts the historic scold punishment and its branks, noting its decline with social change. It then traces the term Spanish Main from nautical lore, examining its use and origins with references to Hakluyt and Dampier era sources. The piece discusses definitions, maps, and the earliest mentions in naval records.
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Caribbean Sea
Tosar
Vera Cruz
Gulf of
Brexico
Orinoco
Hakluyt
The
Indies
West Indies
James
Navy Records Society
Troxillo
Troxilio
Harduras
Macmillan
Ashanti War Echoes and Prempeh’s Enduring Legend
A London News review recounts the fourth Ashanti expedition and Prempeh I with stark detail. It notes executions, human sacrifices, and slave ritual as part of Ashanti rule, praising Major Baden-Powell for courageous reporting. It mentions plans for a Cape Coast Castle to Prah railway to improve interior trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Sur Chaugles McCarnhy
Lund Walter
Pear
Bell
Baden Powell
Ashanti
Premjeh
Prempeh
Maxwell
Kamassi
Major Batten-Powell
Wolseley
Aathor
Ronner
George Baden-Powell
Cape Coast Castle
Prah River
London News
Eccentric Will of a 18th Century Virtuoso Becomes Comic
A fragment from The Wader 1710 recounts Addison on five virtuosi who spent fortunes on natural rarities and curiosities. Wicholaa Gimcrack bequeaths to his wife a box of butterflies and shells, to daughter Fanny a crocodile egg and other oddities, to elder brother a horned scarab and a rat skin, and disinherits his son Jake for disrespect, with a tangle of bizarre legacies and spirits of Tand.
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Addison
Wicholaa Gimcrack
Fanny
Charles
Jake
Wills and Inheritance Tales From a Probate Lesson
An 8 person says last wills prove costly when not careful. A Penobscot county case shows a child omitted from a will receiving the share through state law, while another child inherits nothing, highlighting pitfalls in testament planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penobscot County
Hart
Lexinton Journal
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Goenty
Eyvest Cuamy
Christian Church
Frank Dudrow
Garmantown
Dutrow
Maggin Dudrow
Jessie Simmons
Dora Gardner
Royals Zisgier
Ernest Zeigler
Hyattstown
J. E. Burdette
John A. Belt
Gaithersburg
E. Anderson
Luther W. Welah
Independence
Missouri
Hyattatown
Wallace W. Walsh
Rockville
Asax Walsh
Frank Bisor
Bayage, MI
Gabillastille
Wao. G
H. Baker
East Berlin
John M. Birely
Altoona
Jacob Harbaugh
Qumzner
Ds. Cort
Waynesboro
Marthe Longwell
Gil- Jean
Cort
Monte
Dr. Cort
Natural Benactiier
Kets Gores
Givréaa Éient
Albert L Pearre
London
Wyoming
Grantor Postle
Counncon
Shu
Bankside
Platem
Radcliffe
Kurestenoo-Thames
Green Park
Hoserhae
Philadelphia
Frompet
Losden
Peper
Hood
Petite Pushalong
Gould's Nouvel
George J. Gould
Cich
Bar
Crete
Dial
Bedi
Mr. Gould
Leather Covenat
Atalanta
Mal Mason
Semmetore Otk Bus
New York Sun
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Boston Post
Tolsteke
Spain
Portugal
Dr. Deane
Deane
Boge
N.Y
Maryland
Charlotte Hall
Geo
TL Fears
A.M
Collece
Wiidawiy
Omaha
Notrmke
Levee Bros, Ltd
Hudeco & Harriece Bia
Ladies Oxford
LOY & Perry's
Chhdren
Fora Haute
America
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland, MD
B. Adams
W. Church St
Steiner Brok
North Market Street
A.J. Wilson & Son
Excelsior Stove House
Frederick, MD
Pozzoni
G. F. Smith Mfg. CO
Woudeboru, MD
Graphi
Deere WonsAoe
Gormany & Jeffery Manufacturing Co
Peerless
Rambler Bicycle
Kboord & Troken
Samped
Sour
Cormully & Jeffery-Mfc. Co
Rambler Agenta
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