County approves Westminster road via Liberty route
County Commissioners submit road plan to the State Roads Commission endorsing a 27 mile direct route from Frederick to Westminster via Liberty and Oak Orchard over Johnsville and Union Bridge. The state will build two miles from Libertytown this year, with full completion in four to five years, opening rich farming areas. Johnsville and Union Bridge residents favored the longer route.
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State Roads Commission
Westminster
Liberty
Oak Orchard
Johnsville
Union Bridge
Frederick
New Windsor
Vibertytown
Johneiile
Libertytown
Frederick County
Rain of Frogs On Delaware Night Car Ride
George Carter editor of the Wilmington Evening Journal and J Stoward Harper cadet mayor of the University of Delaware HHC T C recall driving from Newark to Still Pond when frogs rained on the road under heavy rain. Thousands filled the highway from Still Pond to Bohemia Bridge with flattened bodies along the way corroborated by other passengers. The second item notes a $17 000 000 Soldier Hospital bill advancing to the Senate after House passage.
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Sewark
George Carter
Wie Wilmington
J. Stoward Harper
Suif Wond
University of Delaware
Carter
Lie
Still Pond
Bohemia Bridge
H E Yohe May Be Named Farm Agent
A letter from Dr. J L B Symons of the University of Maryland Extension Service indicates H E Yohe will visit to discuss taking over as county agent after D P A Hauver’s resignation. Miss Anne Lighter has managed the office satisfactorily in the interim. Frances Gerber spoke at a Kemptown Community Club meeting, the Frederick County Farmers Association meets this afternoon to elect officers, and plans are discussed for future activities. Also, Pennsylvania asks for three oak trees for Donegal church planting at Donegal church in June if available.
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J. LB. Symons
Extension Service
University of Maryland
H. E. Yohe
A. Hauver
Yohe
Clauver
Sykesville
Hhe
Anne Lighter
Hauver
Symonis
Misa Frances Gerber
Kemptown Community Club
Gerber
Frederick County Farmers’ Association
Court House
Donegal Church
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Donegal Society of Marietta
Lancaster County
H. Burd Cassel
Marietta
Detour Bridge Stone Tells 1815 Origin of Old Full Mill
Mr Wm Cover of Keymar bought the Detour bridge site known as the Old Full Mill and dismantled the stone structure with a truck and cable, the rope breaking before the stones yielded. A stone bears 1815, likely the mill’s construction year, and the stone will be moved to Keymar for a house. Local social notes recap visits among residents in Detour and Doubs with church and Sunday gatherings noted.
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Detour
Wm. Cover
Keymar
T. Myerly
Detour Bridge
Cover
Buanlt
Key Mar
Ursa Diller
Baltimore
Anna Diller
CLEAR DALE AND DETOUR HAPPENINGS SNAPSHOT
Local notes list Sunday visits among families near Lit tlestown and Hampton, Shippensburg Normal student Minnie Byers home for weekend, and artists and residents visiting Cranberry and Uniontown areas. Road progress on State road from St Anthony's to Motters reported. residents plan提醒 to petition commissioners over unrepaired stretch from George Althoff shop to Hemlers lane amid poor condition.
Irish Truce Extended Beyond Monday to Wednesday
In Dublin the Dail Eireann adjourned briefly to Wednesday to allow peace committee members to attend the conference seeking unity between factions. The truce, due to expire Monday, is extended to Wednesday. A Washington message from Michael Collins urged Irish supporters to avoid aiding elements seeking to deny sovereign rights.
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Dai Eireann
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Collins
Washington
Michael Collins
First
Provisional Government
Friends of Ireland
Africa’s home brew bends drinkers backward says paper
Mrs Johnson reads a curious note claiming African liquor makes drinkers walk backward. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge recalls Gabe Gawkey drinking two horns of bone dry licker and later lying on the road, feet drawn up, singing a tune about garden stairs, as seen in the Kangas City Star.
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Kangas City
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Clara Carbaugh
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R. R Diller
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Harry Fringer
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Minnie Byers
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Oliver Hesson
Esther Bair
Fern Sullivan
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Frank Bohn
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Hazel
Mildred DeBerry
C. W. Hahn
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Mary Barry
Edward Shorb
Frederick City
Opera House
Edgar Kreitz
Hagerstown
George Althoff
Hemlers Lane
Coller
Cc. E. Coller
Helfenstein & Urner
Conkey’s
Conkey
Conkesy
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Fisherton Farms
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South Market Street
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Footer
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America
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Market Street
Yeas Et
Plantem
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Schermerhorn & Son
North Market St
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Dickerson
Guernsey
LaCrosse County
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Acctiogeer
A. M. Gachet
Perfection Electric
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Farmers’ Supply Company
Walkersville, Md
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