Hidden Volume Reveals 1847 Mexican War Era News
William Delanter of Mt Pleasant owns a bound 1847 to 1949 volume of The Weekly Union from Washington. It features editorials on current events, Mexican War coverage, presidential votes, and crop prices, including Taylor’s rise and Maryland and Virginia returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Delanter
Mt. Pleasant
Perod
Weekly Union
Washington
Thomas Ritchie
Senate Chamber
Senate
Mexico
House of Representatives
Ritchie
Zachary Taylor
Maryland
Frederick County
Taylor
Lewis Cass
Michigan
Martin van Buren
Tayor
Cease
van Buren
Alexandria Gazette
Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Cumberland
Congressional Supplement
Congress
Pictorial Herald
New York
Delawter
Wiliam Barrick
Col Cosby Dies After Brief Illness in Washington
Col. Cosby, who directed planting of Washington’s Japanese cherry trees in Potomac Park 50 years ago, died Tuesday after a brief illness. He served as military aide to former President Taft when Tokyo offered the gift trees to Washington and was born in Baltimore, retiring from the Army in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Cosby
Washington
Spencer Cosby
Potomac Park
Cosby
William Howard Taft
Tokyo
Baltimore
Achievement Night Planned April 5 at East Frederick School
East Frederick School hosts Achievement Night on Thursday April 5 starting 7 30 p m in the multi purpose room. The program features a 54 child fifth and sixth grade chorus directed by Miss Faye Byerly, followed by a 21 member band directed by Sperry Storm. Students perform brass woodwind percussion and string pieces then exhibit PE skills and art projects under visiting teachers. Narrators include Carmen Brosius and others. A Wallops Island rocket segment and a NASA related talk conclude the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Frederick
Faye Byerly
Sperry Storm
David Crouse
David Cline
Terry Oland
William Pattick
Donald Vollmer
Dale Bannon
John Renn
Ernest Haines
Michael Goins
Carol Belli
Teresa Watkins
Nancy Crum
John Billy
Terry Collins
John Brittain
Sharon Kemp
William White
William Burdette
Franklin White
Brenda Cregger
Cheri Cregger
Dwight Morris
Mark Smith
Terry Carmack
Davy Furie
Julia Barnard
Doug
Carmen Brosius
Chester Bannon
David Brachey
John Ramey
Ronald Jessee
Jas Pratt
Toni Wilkins
Gloria
Wallops Island
Aaron Moss
Trudy
Michael Bowie
Sandra Ridenour
Cheri Creg
Ger
National Aeronautics and Ilson
Speec
Erapist
Space Administration
Ia. m
Wallopss
Margaret Kefauver
Earth
Steven
Natoma Young
Faye
Cheeks
Douglas Pratt
Martha Washington
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W. L. Gordon
le Sage
Gil Blas
Defoe
NASA
Leonard Berkowitz
Western Maryland College
Westminster
The
Erican Psychological Association
Biege
NAVY
Macshore
Parsons
Yisons
Pat Perkins
Forever Young
Gloria Swanson
Lovable
Glen Raven
Férsons
By Macshorel
T.V. Medic
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