Weekend fires in Frederick County cause $20000 in damage
Two blazes near Frederick Friday and Saturday caused estimated losses of $20000. A house on U S 5 240-A owned by Lewis E Betson was destroyed. A blaze at the Harry Beans farm on Rocky Springs road damaged a 40 by 30 barn and spread to outbuildings. Investigations focus on possible arson aided by a railroad fusee cap found near the barn. Two Beans men suffered burns. one calf and three hogs perished. A defective oil stove blamed for the Betson fire.
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Battle County
Frederick
Independent Hose Co
Junior Engine Co
Evergreen Point
U. 5
Lewis E. Betson
Harry Beans
Rocky Springs
Indian Springs
Imo
Charles F Bell
Beans
Frederick Memoral Hospital
Independent County
Malin Wayne Beans
Rti Storer
Betson
Opossum Births Five Weigh In On Evergreen Point Scene
A photo by Nicholas Yinger at West Patrick Street shows a full grown opossum that has just given birth to five young ones tucked in its external pouch. Nearby notes compare the species’ bivonical trait to the kangaroo, platypus, shrew, and tree sloth, in a rural Maryland setting south of Evergreen Point on U 240A. Neighboring Betson family remodelling a four room log cabin near Frederick saw a fatal house fire after a fishing trip. Fire crews found the interior gutted and blamed an oil stove defect. Betson suspects insurance will not cover much of the loss. An entomologist offers boxelder bug control methods, recommending either spraying with chlordane DDT or removing female box elder trees to curb future infestations near homes. The bugs, nuisance insects that stain walls or furniture, feed on female box elder trees introduced to Maryland from the Midwest.
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Nicholas Yinger
West Patrick Street
Mr. Yinger
Evergreen Point
Betson
Frederick
Chesapeake Bay
Betson House
Bissell
Maryland
Do Boxelder Bugs Bother You Last Fall
College Park May 9 entomologists report many Maryland residents asked if boxelder bugs bothered them last fall or winter. Homeowners described thousands of bugs gathering on foundations and entering homes through gaps. Experts explain these bugs breed on female boxelder maple trees and overwinter in buildings or natural hideways after leaf drop.
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College Park
Yous
Maryland
T L Bissell
Bissell
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Davy Crockett
Woodaman
North Market ST
Penney
Loma’s
Loma
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