Admirers bid high for Fritchie memorabilia
Barbara Fritchie memorabilia fetched over ten thousand at a Satur day auction at the fairgrounds building. Richard Kline paid 6700 for a walnut barometer to return to the Fritchie house on Patrick Street. Katherine Howard paid 2200 for a sampler from the hero’s home. A pine cupboard sold for 5000 and grass envelopes brought 12.50. A Mrs Fritchie grave postcard sold for 60. The auction was led by Tim Gordon for Howard H. Kelly II, a Fritchie descendant.
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Richard Kline
Barbara Fritchie
Patrick Street
Fairgrounds
Fritchie
Katherine Howard
Baltimore
White House counters Clinton accuser against account
White House officials questioned Kathleen Willey's credibility on morning talk shows and contrasted her TV statements with a 1996 meeting. President Clinton has sworn to his deposition denying Willey’s claim of sexual contact, while Willey said she described events before a Whitewater grand jury.
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Washington
White House Today
Clinton
Kathleen Willey
White House
Ann Lewis
Willey
National TV
Oval Office
Lewis
NBC
ABC
Ms. Lewis
Mrs. Willey
CBS
60 Minutes
Whitewater
United States
Fatal head-on crash on U S 15 near Mountville Road
Two drivers died in a Saturday head-on collision on U S 15 near Mountville Road. Paul Brandenburg 61 of Frederick and Jody Bodes 27 of Hagerstown were killed. Brandenburg’s truck burned. his wife Betty Jo 25 was critically injured and later listed as serious to critical. Police said Brandenburg crossed the center line. Bodes died instantly. Autopsy pending. Mary land State Police investigated the three hour highway closure.
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Adamstown
U.S. 15
Mountville Road
Maryland
Paul Edward Brandenburg
Mr Brandenburg
Old Annapolis Road
Frederick
Jody Weldon Bodes
Chestnut St
Hagerstown
Patrick Morris
Brandenburg
Bodes
Bran
Denburg
Betty Jo
Max Keyser
Carroll Manor Volunteer Fire Co
Washington County Hospital
Virginia
Grandmother and toddler found dead in upscale home
In Rockville Maryland, Montgomery County Police investigate a drowning and suspected self harm in an affluent neighborhood. The incident follows the sudden March death of retired Gen Benjamin Baker, husband of the deceased. The two and the child, Trez Baker, aged two, were at Mary Jane Baker’s Aster Boulevard residence. Police described the scene as tragic and puzzling while autopsy results are awaited.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
U.S. Air Force
Benjamin Baker
Bill Baker
Gaithersburg
Trez Amelia Baker
Mary Jane Baker
Aster Boulevard
MD 28
Derek Baliles
Rhea
Woman killed in Darnestown crash
A woman died early Saturday in Montgomery County when a 1981 Mercedes eastbound at high speed left the road, veered down an embankment, struck a boulder and a tree. Police described the vehicle as out of control at the time of impact.
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Darnestown
Here
Montgomery County
Diaries reveal 1800s daily life in Frederick County
The Frederick County Historical Society preserves diaries from local figures such as Catherine Markell, Jacob Engelbrecht, Margaret Hood, and Mary Worthington. They illuminate Civil War experiences, social life, and diary writing as a fading art, with entries spanning 1824 to 1892 and reflecting Southern sympathies, hospital visits, and community events.
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McLellan
Patrick Street
Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell
Historical Society of
Ercan County
East Church
Marie Washburn
The
Historical Society
Washburn
Markell
Frederick
Henry Schiey
Jacob Engelbrecht
Hood College
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Clark Johnson
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Basford Road
Susan C.nicol
Vanued
Terra Pro Raphlyf
Pee Sawace
Editoriais
Fregenck News Post
Frederick County
Krista Brick
Frederick County Historical Society
Mary Worthington
Star Sanglied Stories
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