Brunswick High School Plans for Hilltop Athletic Field
The county school board bought a block near Brunswick High School to create an athletic field. Local help will grade the site costing about $600, with Engineer Humm surveying levels and nearby streets to provide access. The plan includes a park like area for students and townspeople, a cleanup day, plantings, and a baseball game with Martinsburg High School.
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Brunswick High School
Fourth Avenue
County School Board
H. M. Jones
William CC. Humm
Brunswick
Humm
Martinsburg High School
Loudoun County
Roger X. Day
Frederick
Day
Fashion in Wedding Gowns Across Spring Styles
New York May 4 report notes spring weddings and daytime events drive dress trends. Describes silhouette choices from built out hips and farthingales to panniers, draped to create slender looks, with cautious critique of placement and proportion. A Fifth Avenue church wedding featured a bridal party entirely covered in silver embroidered tulle and crystal.
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Kate Greenaway
Fifth Avenue
Woman's Choral Society
New York
Fire Sweeps New York Pier Destruction At Dock
Fire swept the Delaware Lackawanna and Western pier at Twenty eighth street and North river in New York. About 190000 dollars worth of freight was destroyed as ore burned fiercely at 230 Velock before being brought under control. Visiting cards made of sheet iron were noted as one of Baron Krapp s special ties.
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New York Pier
New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
North River
Baron Krapp
Planting Seeds For May Gardens And Seed-Care Tips
May garden guidance covers clearing winter debris, removing weeds, deep soil prep, and soil conditioning with aged manure. It advises fine seeds like petunias require dust-like soil, shielding from rain and sun, and staggered sowing for reliability with repeated digging and careful seed placement.
Farmers Plowing as Spring Delays Corn Planting
In Frederick County farmers are plowing despite a late spring. Backward conditions slowed work, now fields show one to three plow teams turning sod. Corn planting will be later than normal, with outcomes tied to the season. The region relies on corn, yet little planting has occurred so far.
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Frederick County
Police Chiefs Elect Officers in Williamsport Session
The State Association of Police Chiefs met in Williamsport and elected officers. President J N Tillard of Altoona, Vice President Charles F Evans of Williamsport, Secretary Treasurer George W Harder of Williamsport, M C Turner of Altoona, and Manfred Narr of Philadelphia joined the executive committee. Philadelphia named 1917 convention city.
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State Association
Willamsport
Williamsport
State Association of Police Chiefs
J. N. Tillard
Altoona
Charles F. Evans
George W Harder
M. C. Turner
Manfred Narr
Philadelphia
Martial Law in Monongahela Valley Brings Street Closures
Pittsburgh reports martial law across the Monongahela valley with Braddock East Pittsburgh Wilmerding and Turtle Creek streets closed at eight o clock last night amid Westinghouse and U S Steel plant threats by strikers. Patrick Gilday chief of the state mediation bureau arranged a conference with Westinghouse President E M Slerr and the mediation committee for the strikers first break in their stonewall demeanor. Strikers expect military presence to prompt strikebreakers unless a settlement is reached.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela Valley
Braddock
East Pittsburgh
Wilmerding
Turtle Creek
Westinghouse Affiliated
United States Steel Corporation
Westinghouse
Patrick Gilday
State Bureau of
MI Mediation and Arbitration
E. M. Slerr
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Hand to Hand Fighting Dodd's Cavalrymen In Mexican Clash
Colonel George A Dodd's Seventh Cavalry attacked Villista bandits near Temochio in southwestern Chihuahua. In brutal fighting with knives in teeth and gunfire, troops held a mountain hollow against three sides for two hours. The Americans reported at least fifty bandits killed or wounded, with two soldiers dead and three wounded. A Mexican woman was wounded by the bandits.
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Dodd
United States Army
Mexico
Columbus
NX. M
George A Dodd
Villista
Temochio
Chihuahua
Seventh Cavalry
Promises Broken in Mountville Breach Suit Award
A Lancaster common pleas jury awarded Miss Alice E. Seitz 2600 damages in a breach of promise suit against Clayton D. Newcomer. He courted her for fifteen years then wed a widow. The May 4 decision reflects a substantial settlement in Mountville.
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Lancaster
Common Pleas Court
Alice E. Seitz
Mountville
Clayton D. Newcomer
Smallpox Closes Theatres And Salons In Wilmington
Wilmington boards shut all city theatres and fourteen saloons amid the smallpox scare. A scheduled game between the Anchor Giants of Philadelphia and Wilmington’s Atlantic League team is canceled. Du Pont Office building occupants are being vaccinated. Mayor Price calls for citizen cooperation to stamp out the epidemic and to clean houses cellars and yards and avoid crowds.
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Wilmington Board of Health
Wilmington
Del
Board of Health
Anchor Giants
Philadelphia
Wilmington Atlantic League
Dupont
Price
Colonel Mosby In Hospital At Over Eighty Three
Colonel John Mosby famed Confederate guerrilla leader from the Civil War is in a focal hospital. He is over eighty three years old and his condition is attributed more to old age than any specific ailment.
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Mosby
Washington
John §. Mosby
Atmospheric depth estimates in early aviation theory
The passage notes the earths atmosphere varies with height, suggesting a range from about 126 to 200 miles above the surface. It reflects early ideas on atmospheric layers and their extent for flight or meteorological discussion.
Feel Young Olive Tablets Ad Promoting Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel aid to prevent constipation from a few days of trouble. It claims the tablets open the bowels without pain, cost 10c or 20c per box, and are a vegetable olive oil remedy from The Olive Tablet Company Columbus.
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