Local Notes From Rocky Ridge and Vicinity Highlight Visits and Weather
Readable items record social visits from Mt. Tabor to Rocky Ridge, family appearances in Thurmont and Hagerstown, and a funeral at Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Rural roads suffer washouts from heavy rains, with culverts damaged. Mentions of residents traveling to Pen-Mar, and community events at Fair Hill and nearby towns. The column notes illnesses, church services, and a Farmers Reunion with Governor and Congressman in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Bregenser
Mt. Tabor
Howard
Rocky Ridge
Frank Valentine
Mt. Taba
Guy Bready
Charles Shaffer
Thurmont
Léy'’s
Amanda Hope
Harry Beitler
Near Lay’s
George Beitler
Kay
J A. Milter
Miley Edewater
Pen-Mar
Thuridgy Jast
Church Hill
Frederick Stockman
Aileen
J. E. Vietz
Jefferson
Lutheran Sunday School
Picaic
Symptoms of Rabies in Dogs According to Caspar Whitney
The article explains that mad dogs do not always shun water or foam at the mouth. Key signs include a sudden change to excitable or frisky behavior, difficulty swallowing, and especially sticky whitish saliva on the teeth. Eyes glare, red, with bouts of furious barking alternating with exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspar Whitney
New Fowl Discovery by Charles Harrie Electrifies Roosters
New York composer Charles K Harrie, summer resident in Central Islip, says he has devised a method to tenderize tough old roosters. After an electrified cock died on a live wire, Harrie cooked the fowl and claims it melted in his mouth. He has since built a device to render difficult hens tender as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles K. Harrie
New York
Central Islip
N. Y
Harriaays
Harris
Harri
Alarris
Modern John Gilpin Ride Recreated in Mass
John McCarthy, a telephone collector, rode a motorcycle from Great Barrington toward Canaan and beyond, reaching fifty miles before he could stop. He started with a push, hit speeds of forty miles per hour, and shouted for aid as the bike roared through towns ending in a crash near Housatonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilpin
Great Barrington
Mass
John McCarthy
McCarthy
Canaan
Conn
Housatonic
Fate & Stone
Ship struck by lightning recalled in old sea tales
In Washington Herald and Wilkes-Barre report a story recounts a steamship struck by lightning twice while at sea, its deck torn, a mast cut and the vessel later repaired by sawing ends and plugging planks. A separate item notes a drunken man found with four sticks of dynamite in Towanda, later jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Taint Aux Barguen
Cours
Ashe
Washington Herald
Wilkes-Barre
Palestriana
Towanda
Cleveland Estate Valued At 250000 In New Jersey
In Princeton New Jersey July 80 it was learned that the late Grover Cleveland left a personal and real estate valued at 250000 The will recently filed does not alter the estate value and no public notice of its extent has been issued.
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G. C
Hattie Miller
Russell Arnold
Ira Beatty
Frank Bowlus
George Pfeifer
Linzie Pfeifer
Brownsville
Milton Pfeifer
Woodsboro
Geo. McCleery
Frederick
Geo. Cutuhall
Misa Loia Dudderar
New Paris
J. D. Kilng
Pauline Gilbert
Rl, Alammond
Louise Keller
Buckeyatown
Misa Lucy Dodderar
Thurmont
Misa Beesie Carter
Libertytown
C. W. Dorcus
Elmer Holbranch
Lela
Mary Biddinger
Baltimore
Geo. Biddinger
Alvy Zimmerman
D. P. Zimmerman
Misa Edna Crouse
Union Ridge
Allie Hahn
Maud Grabill
Walkeraville
Catharine Miller
Effie Schaffer
Westminster
Robert Cash
W. 2. Smith
Misa Mary Cramer
Walkereville
Misa Mae Barrick
Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Frederick Market Prices July 30 1908 Frederick County Farmers Exchange
Quotations furnished by Frederick County Farmers Exchange list prices for grains and produce. No. 2 Red corn, 89 to 90 cents. No. 3 Red, 86 to 88 cents. yellow ear corn $4.80 per barrel. white ear corn $3.70 per barrel. yellow shelled 76 to 76.. white shelled 74 to 75 cents per bushel. Oats 40 to 60 cents per bushel. Timothy hay $11.00 to $12.00 per ton. clover hay $8.00 to $9.90. oat hay 80 to 810 dollars per ton. Winter wheat $4.50 to $5.00 per bushel. spring wheat $6.50 to $6.00. Buckwheat 3 to 4 cents per pound. Cotton seed meal around 2 cents. Potato prices listed as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
County Farmers' Exchange
Gounscren
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Fair
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