Prominent Local Citizens Arrested in War Era Distress
Chronology notes arrests of Spencer C. Jones and others in Maryland Heights for telegraphing to the rebel army. Frederick County appropriates $35,000 as a bounty for volunteers at $100 each to meet Lincoln's requisition for 39,000 men. Hagan, Wool, Delaplaine and others named. judges Edward Trail and Jacob Engelbrecht listed. Over 1,000,000 under arms.
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Frederick County
Lincoln
A “Spencer
C. Jones
Maryland Heights
Baltimor
Bess
Hagan
Delaplaine
Ger Hoskins
Franc’ Stokes
Lewis M. Thomas
George R. Dennis
Edward Trail
Jacob’ Engelbrecht
Ennoch Brown Association to mark 150th anniversary
Rev. Dr. Cyrus Cort of Overlea MD arrived in Frederick for a visit to Cumberland Valley. He attended an Enoch Brown Association meeting in Greencastle PA where most members gathered except Judge D W Rowe who had died. Cort is president and Capt Robert T. Bova is secretary with Jacob H. Stoner as treasurer. The association, formed 29 years ago to honor the schoolhouse site and gravesite of Enoch Brown, planned a memorial at Fort McCord referencing Braddock's defeat and a massacre of pioneers in 1786 with related efforts and commemorations.
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Cyrus Cort
Franklin County
Enoch’ Brown
Mast Tagele
Suly
Ship tragedy recounts 1862 transport disaster
An 1862 transport carrying Burnside’s army from Newport News collided, killing many aboard. Of 279 passengers, 203 survived as the vessel ran aground and was struck by another ship. The article notes August 12, 1862 as the date of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vis
Burnside
Newport News
Naval officer recalls find in Hagerstown aid data
A fragments focused report notes a naval officer mentioning a find in Hagerstown. The text references a visit and a remark that the discovery was prised or valued, but the details are unclear due to OCR corruption. The readable elements point to a wartime or investigative context and a location in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sin¢É
Hagerstown
Naval Academy admits new fourth class members this spring
The Navy Department reports Loth and Ward are among the newly admitted fourth class to the Naval Academy this spring. Inville files suit for divorce from Reuben Newton Poole, a farmer, seeking alimony, counsel fees, and custody of their four minor children. Mrs Poole, a daughter of Columbus F. Purdum of Damascus, claims cruelty and says she was driven from home.
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Navy Department
Loth
Ward
Naval Academy
Ville
Reuben Newton
Poole
Real estate sale of 160 acre farm at Richls Mill
Real estate agent W. W. Jolliffe records a private sale of a 160 acre farm at Richls Mill from L. B. Wouse to M. Routzatin of near Middletown. The consideration was private.
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W. WN. Jolliffe
L. B. Wouse
Riehls Mill
Bur’ Mroutzatin
Middletown
How Bel'Air Embraces the Chautauquas
Residents back Chautauqua efforts as plans unfold for another week of programs. Boys and girls raise funds with ticket sales amid strong local interest. Organizers anticipate a lasting cultural feature enhancing city life and appealing to the community’s best aspirations.
Prominent Young Lawyer to Speak at Presbyterian Reunion
Henry Breckinridge of Lexington Kentucky will be the principal speaker at the Presbyterian reunion to be held at Pea Mar next Thursday July 31. He comes from a famous Presbyterian family and has shown early promise, though not yet thirty.
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Pea ‘Mar
Henry Breckinridge
Lexington
Kentucky
Presbyterian Church
Holy Communion at Grace Reformed Church Pleasant Hill
Holy Communion will be celebrated at Grace Reformed Church Pleasant Hill Sunday morning July 27. Rev A J Hermann is pastor. Also note a local youth incident where Dever Wilhelm Crimpy O Gonner and Edgar Strawburg from Union Bridge ran away to Ohio but were apprehended at Tingers Town Wednesday night.
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Grace Reformed Church
Pleasant Hil
A. J. Hermann
Dever Wilhelm
Crimpy O'Gonner
Edgar Strawburg
Bors
Union Bridge
Ohio
Tingerstown
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Enoch Brown
Greencastle
Fort McCord
Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Maryland
Virginia
Chdren
Guber
Savagi
Aland
Tims
Savage
Mullinix
Wall Park
Hev
Q. K
Greenawalt’s
Patrick Street
A.B. Hallock
THE
Frederick Trust
Comany
Frederick, MD
Frederick
Diana
Trust
Éhetle
Swill
Owill
Judes
Albert
Frede
Mater Cimpaiy
Gadse
Obenderfer
Ramsburg
Walter B. Leatherman
D. Chester Kemp
Frederick’ City
Ker
Gutshall
Woodsboro
Arewarr
Annan
Emmitsburg
George
W. Fawley
Jefferson
News OF the Churches
Great Northern
Avith
King Baggott
Aone
Bob. Leonard
Thanhouser
Reliance
Warner
Reel Alatinee
Griffin & Griffin
West Patrick St
City Hall Shoe
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Opinmetriet and
N. Market St
I. A. Ramsburg
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