Mercury Falls in Coolest June Day as Storms Hit
A sharp 30 degree temperature drop from Sunday heat to Mondays 59 to 68 degree range marked a dramatic weather shift in Mercury Falls. Showers and cloudy weather may continue into midweek as residents donned heavier clothing. A church chimney at Calvary Methodist Episcopal was struck by lightning during Sunday’s storm, with damage awaiting further assessment and insurance noted.
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State Weather Bureau
Chapel of
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Stamps Stir Puerto Rico Airmail Issue Sparks Debate
In Puerto Rico on April 28 a local company issued seven crudely printed stamps for an airmail service. Critics call it a cooked private issue lacking official approval while supporters view it as interesting local airmail memorabilia. The stamps run from San Juan to Ponce Guanica and Mayaguez on Puerto Rico to St Croix.
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Acrovias Wacionales, Puerto Rico, Inc
Puerto Rico
New York
San Juan
Pones
Guanica
Mayigguez
St Croix
Stamps for Air Mail Route Designs and island imagery
The article describes air mail stamps for routes to Vieques Puerto Rico St Thomas Virgin Islands and the mainland United States. It lists designs 5c 25c 10c 75c 40c 1 and 15c with visuals of seaplanes maps and offshore views. The stamps bear the name Kofresi on cancellations and relate to postal history in Delaware and Philadelphia.
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St. Thomas
Virgin ‘Islands
Vieques
Puerto Rico
U. S
Air Post
Kofresi
Finland
Delaware
Chester
Philadelphia
Commemorative stamps span Finland and Mexico plans
Finland issues a 312-mark blue stamp for Delaware tercentenary featuring pioneer settlers and an Indian head. Mexico eyes an International City planning congress in Mexico City with stamps priced at 5, 10, 20 centavos and 1 peso for air mail.
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Gion
Finland
Korsholm
Vaasa
Aarnon Xarimo
Delaware
Mexico
Mexico City
Congress
Organizing Committee
Lightning strikes Calvary Church damaging brick and pipe
Rev Dr B W Meeks pastor of Calvary church recounts a lightning strike that opened a stone chimney area and tore a power pipe clamping, with potential for fire. He notes two strikes in recent years and estimates prior damage around 150 dollars as residents recall the storm. No one was at the church at the time.
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B. W. Meeks
Calvary Church
Meeks
Potomac Edison Company
Albino Robin Captures Photographer’s Eye In Cleveland
Naturalist Albert Dixon Simmons reports a rare albino robin photographed in Cleveland. The bird’s pink eyes arise from pigment loss, and Simmons guards the location to protect it from collectors. The study notes albinism is extremely uncommon in birds and that the parent tends the youngster as usual.
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Albert Dixon Simmons
Cleveland
Simmons
Emmitsburg Women Hold Season Final Meeting and Plans
The Emmitsburg Woman's Club met in the firemen's hall to close the season. They urged Commissioner Walter Rudy to address traffic problems and sent a letter to Burgess Thompson and the commissioners. Twenty members attended and an educational film was announced for fall.
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Emmitsburg
Walter R. Rudy
Burgess Thompson
College Park
Edwin Chrismer
Harry S. Boyle
Chrismer
Boyle
C. C. Springer
Roy Bollinger
John Jenkins
Roy Bolfinger
Harry Boxle
Ann Codors
George Boyster
Carrie Gillelan
Robert Gillelan
Charles Harner
E. L. Higbee
Levine
Viele
Richmond
Cumber‘land
Edgar ‘Hammond
C. B. Stone
Charlotte Stone
Louise Sappington
Libertytown
Harry 5. Boyle, Jr
Baltimore
Emma Moore
St Joseph’s College
Green Parrot
Helen R. Annan
Anna Ecken- Frodé
Picnic honors Miss Janet Keoughan at Over the Tea Cups Circle
Miss Janet Keoughan was the honored guest at a lawn picnic supper hosted by the Over the Tea Cups Sewing Circle on the lawn at the Misses Felix residence. She has been staying with Prof. B. J. Eckenrode and daughter Anna, plans to go to Boston then return to Mobile Alabama.
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Janet Keoughan
Felix
Keoughan
B. J. Eckenrode
Anna
Boston
Mass
Mobile
Alabama
Carroll County Fair Plans Four Day Program At Taneytown
The 1938 Carroll County Fair set for August 9 to 12 at Taneytown outlines a program with dynammeter horse pulling contests, 4-H events, horse shows, parades, bands, fireworks, and a public wedding. G Norman Hunter Jr of Westminster elected vice president at a recent fair board meeting.
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Taneytown
Carroll County
Board of Directors
the Fair Association
G. Norman Hunter, Jr
Westminster
Quiz prompts about history and civics
A set of three questions asks for a former Swat sultan and his new job, whether Gettysburg tipped the Civil War to the North, and the number of the recently adjourned Congress.
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Swat
Gettysburg
A Book A Day By Bruce Cation and Tutt Tales
A Book A Day reviews a new collection of Arthur Train Tutt stories featuring Mr. Ephraim Tutt. The piece highlights You're Another and Jefferson Was Right as standout tales with Old Man Tutt delivering courtroom justice. A Korea Korea marriage statistic is noted briefly at the end.
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Ephraim Tutt
Tutt
Arthur Train
Scribners
Tutuana
Mr. Train
Canada
Jefferson
Righ
Geo
Roosevelt Visiting At His Hyde Park Home
President Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park from Wilmington with about 100 unsigned bills awaiting action this week. He arrives at 6:20 p m and heads to the family estate, then plans a trip to New York for two speeches and a Swedish-related event upon return.
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Sweden
Gustaf Adolph
Wilmington
Del
Prince Bertil
Roosevelt
America
Hyde Park
Washington
New York
Royal visit to Gettysburg for Eternal Light dedication
The royal family will travel by train from Hyde Park to Gettysburg Pennsylvania on Sunday to attend the dedication ceremony of the eternal light on the famous battlefield. The events unfold Friday and Saturday at their residence before the journey.
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Royal Family
Hyde Park
Gettysburg
Girl Reserves Plan Straw Ride and Sale Meeting
Plans for a straw ride at Fishing Creek and a food sale will be discussed at a Girl Reserves meeting at two o'clock Friday afternoon in the MCA. Members and guests will meet at Frederick High School on Tuesday July 12 at 3 30 for the straw ride. Mary Jane Hartman, president, will preside.
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MCA
Frederick High School
Mary Jane Hartiman
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