Meade Taken Command Of Army In County Gettsburg Link
June 28 1803 Gen George A Meade received War Department notification he would supersede Hooker as Army of the Potomac commander in chief. Meade’s morning visit at Buckeystown farm near Frederick set front to Gettysburg campaign and Civil War milestone. General Lee’s army moved toward Gettysburg and the battle’s bloodiest day followed.
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War Department
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Army of the Potomac
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theKinney Farm
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Washington
James A. Hardie
H. N. Hal Jeck
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Hooker
Hyndman
Robert E. Lee
Hagerstown
Susquehanna River
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Reynolds
Lewistown
Mechanicstown
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J. P. Cramer
Utica
Eleventh Corps
11Th Corps
Howard
Creagerstown
Twelfth
Ceresville
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Taneytown
Liberty
Johnsville
Union
Frizzleburg
Middleburg
Uniontown
New Windsor
Fifth Corps
Woodeboro
Lee
Town and County Notes Chronicle Visits and Local News
Taneytown and Yamaville report weekend visits to relatives in Bethesda Stevenson and Hagerstown and Philadelphia. Residents move between Maryland and Ohio and Philadelphia while Miss Alma Shriner plans a two month Pacific Coast trip. Yamaville hosts Children Day exercises with large turnout and a July 4 lawn fete planned by the M E Sunday school. Adamstown notes Miss Louisa Miller returns from Frederick after visiting Thelma Renn.
Dreco Herbal Remedy Promises Quick Relief Story
A traveling salesman touts Dreco as immediate relief for weakened stomachs, sluggish kidneys, and constipation. A Kentucky testimonial from J. E. Cattle describes relief from stomach pain, heartburn, and headaches after using Dreco, claiming improved digestion, sleep, and appetite. The ad credits Dreco with toning organs and cleansing poisons, distributed by Tearre's Modern Pharmacy.
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Dreco
Tearre
Frederick
Local Social Notes Amid West Virginia Trips and Visits
Miss Charlotte Moller spends time in West Virginia while Master Rawlings Poole returns after visiting his aunt Mrs Mary Mullendore of Trego. A four act comedy Miss Somebody Else will be staged in Kreigs Hall Thursday evening by town youths. Mrs Hattie Michael of Fredericks spends time with Mr W H Renn. Mr and Mrs Jessa O Hara Washington spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs W A O Hara. Miss Audrey Muilendore of Trego returns after a few days with Mr and Mr Hays Poole. Mrs Margaret Brown spends time in Brunswick. Miss Guelph Bready, operated on in Baltimore, returns improved. Mr and Mrs J R Lillard and children spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs W H Benn. A community cow rent at $1 a week to families with children is the church property by Sidk of the Road in Greensboro North Carolina. Proceeds go to buy more cows for a future community herd to supply milk for all children in the congregation.
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Charlotte Moller
West Virginia
Rawlings Poole
Mullendore
Trego
Kreigs Hall
Hattie Michael
Frederiek
W. H. Renn
Jessa O'Hara
Washington
W .A. O'Hara
Mias
Audrey Muilendore
Trego Hag
Hays Poole
Margaret Brown
Brunswick
Baltimore
J .R. Lillard
W. H. Benn
Greensboro
North Carolina
The Coconut Apostle of Kabaka Island
Engelhardt, an exiled Austrian dubbed the coconut apostle, owned Kabaka near New Guinea. He lived solely on coconuts, drink included, yet hosted generous dinners with varied food and fine wines. Despite his fixation, he did not push his diet on others and earned a sizable income from his plantation.
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New Guinea
Kabaka
Engelhardt
Philadelphia Ledger
Anglo-Saxon pioneer stock among mountain county residents
Among 3,000,000 people in the mountain counties of eight southern states, nine tenths are of Anglo-Saxon pioneer stock, representing the purest blood in America today.
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America
Free to Mothers Trial Box Offer for Comfort Powder
A Boston company offers a free trial box of Sykes Comfort Powder to a limited number of mothers of infants and children in town. The advertisement claims the powder heals and prevents chafing rashes inflammation and irritation with antiseptic ingredients and cites long use in New England and New York. Mothers are urged to send a postcard to The Comfort Powder Company at 142 Berkeley Street Boston Mass.
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New England
New York State
Berkeley Street
Boston
Mass
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Rueben Moxley
Lottie Hyatt
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Westminster
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Albany, N. Y
Central Trust Company
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