Public Utilities Investigation Set by State Commission Chief
Charles Phelps Jr of the Public Service Commission outlines an inquiry into transportation and utility firms including steam railroads electric railways gas electricity and water. He urges careful fact gathering to balance public safety service quality and facility adequacy while awaiting governor approval of his lieutenant appointees.
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Fema
Charles + Phelps, Jr
Bublic Service Commission
Ayuiis
Crothers
Phelps
Commission
Public Utilities
Fortunes Left Not Claimed by Unknown Dead in New York
Public administrators in New York processed estates for unclaimed deaths, totaling $522,219 in cash value for two months of 191x. Notable cases include August Zelver with $21,41 and Carl and Alma Stilaner with $8,576, while many estates await rightful heirs or claimants amid missing addresses and kin.
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Hoes
Maunhatuay
August Zelver
New York
Francisco Geroaldo
Italy
Nicholas Horan
Carl
Alma Stilaner
Germany
Lizing
Michael Larkin
Mary L. Warner
John Netterfield
Robina Heath
England
Herman Burger
Amelia Gunlock
Pensions Give A New Start For London Paupers
A visitor recounts aged paupers discharged with old age pensions enabling freedom from workhouses. Stories describe years of confinement, loss of liberty, and small comforts as five shillings weekly pensions help former inmates begin life anew as free citizens of Great Britain.
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London
Great Britain
Asn
ZEMO skin care kit advertised for pimples and itching
An advertisement touts Zemo and Zemo Soap for tender face and neck skin and scalp conditions. It claims relief from soreness and itching and promotes the 18 pack of treatment. Sold by druggists everywhere including J A Williamson in Frederick on North Market Street.
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Frederick
J A. Williamson
North Market Street
Rexall Remedies Ad Uses Bold Promise For Hair Growth
An old advertisement touts Rexall 93 Hair Tome promising three large bottles at no cost if results are unsatisfactory. It claims proven success on nonbalding heads and notes limits where roots are dead or follicles glazed. The piece references Rexall stores and a Clarksbury building story nearby with architect Edward Kepner.
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Rexall
Williamson, North Winker Sucee
Stylish yet simple economical home design No 042
Simple yet stylish two story house features a combined multi fireplace chimney for the library kitchen and heating point saving about 120 dollars. Basements depth seven and a half feet. First story nine feet high second eight and a half. Finished with red oak and pine enamel floors. Cost 4800 exclusive of heating and plumbing. Width 36 feet depth 32 feet. Plans and specifications available from editor of Gas paper.
Delighful Pound Social At Umberger Residence
A social at Mr and Mrs Harry Umberger's Pearl street home drew about 65 to 70 guests. The evening featured games and a late supper, with attendees including numerous Umberger relatives and friends from Bartholows McKaig Bethel and Freder ick. A social note mentions local civic interest figures and a later-care event in Hagerstown with plans for a new club building.
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Harry Umberger
Pearl
Karry Umberger
Frank Mehler
Edgar Cromwell
Lewis Umberger
Clinton Bopst
Margaret Burke
Eliza Hooper
Margaret Umberger
Matte Roy
Maud Motier
Priscila Hope
Nelle Uinberger
Tamsville
Mesers
Arthun Boost
Wiliam S. Ray
Professor Pinkerton
Grover Carpenter
Guy Thomas
Bartholows
Clyde Smith
Harry Burke
Raymond Clay
Archie
Alva Cecil
New Market
Joshua Murphy
Bethel
Marshall Burrall
Ira Ras
Homer Young
Robert Dronenburg
Oscar O'lare
Percy Burke
John Dronenburg
Mehile O'Hara
Claude Dronenbute
Holdin Amberger
Jyumsville
Rufus Oden
Harry Keefer
Edgar Knit
Wiliam Green
Frederick
Ailton Crum
McVaig
Edward Hyatt
Austin Bell
Leonard Wachter
Russell Mohter
Ksimy Burrall
Rey Burke
Brown to retire from railways to farm life near Des Moines
W C Brown, president of the New York Central lines, announces plans to retire from rail and finance, to become a farmer and stock breeder on a 641 acre ranch near Des Moines, Iowa. He sees a full circle return to mother earth and a life of tangible achievement in farming. Mrs Brown supports his plan.
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W. C. Brown
New York Central
Luts
Des Monts
Iowa
Mr Brown
Airs Hiown
Baltimore Chapter to Honor Mrs McLean with DAR memorial book
Maryland Day observations highlight preparation of two new volumes for the Baltimore Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs M R Hodges reports progress on Unpublished Revolutionary Records of Maryland, honoring patriots from Charles County and listing counties established by date with dedications to chapter leaders and descendants.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Daughters of the American Revolution
M R. Hodges
Baltiimore
George Washington
Charles County
Society of the Daughters of the American Revoluton
Historical Society
James Gates Percival
Asignia
Charles Wesley Dasett
St. Marys County
Margaret Eleanor Marseill Beckett
Henrietta
Sewell Moree
Roberts
Margaret Elizabeth Roberts Hodges
Calvert County
Richard Roberts
Harford County
Walter B. Swindell
Pinkham’s Blood Purifier Praised by Lynn Reader
A reader from Washington Street in Lynn Massachusetts touts Pinkham’s Blood Purifier claiming three bottles raised weight by twenty pounds and left them feeling like a new person. The letter suggests spring fatigue and skin eruptions signal needing a reliable blood purifier to prevent worse health outcomes.
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Pinkham
Aanon Wirstow
Washington Street
Lynn
Mas
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicines Promoted as Best Quality
The advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company Lynn Massachusetts and its products Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Pinkham's Blood Purifier as the standard for women and the best in quality, asserting the company's reputation would not risk lower standards.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
In memoriam and memorial notes from Baltimore County groups
The item memorializes Mary Susan Nah Swift Ould and Marion J. Ould of Montgomery County and honors Mrs Charles Lanahan and the Snowden family in Prince Georges County. It proposes dedicating a Baltimore Chapter memorial and considering subscriptions for Mrs Donald McLean and others, noting past Maryland regent Hetty Harrison Maulsby Ritchie. It also includes miscellaneous commentary on pure food laws and a note about Chamberlain's Lini ment for rheumatism.
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Mary Susannah (Swift) Ould
Montgomery S County
Walter 2. Swit ‘Dell
Baltimore
Marion J .Ould
Montgomery County
Charles Lanahan
Prince Georges County
Snowdens
Charles County
Snowden
Baltimore County
Donald McLean
Maryand
Hetty Harrison Maulsby Ritchie
Maryland
Dust, March Winds Spark Pink Eye in New York
Health Department physicians say many pink eye cases this March stem from dry sweeping and blowing dust rather than infection. Officials note no infectious epidemic and stress no alarm, citing windy conditions and common irritation. President Taft reportedly had pink eye recently, illustrating dust spread beyond New York.
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New York
Health Department
Taft
Washington
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