Walkerville brick yard resumes operation and more local notes
Bright items of local interest report the Walkerville brick yard reopens, Penn College Gettysburg invites attendance at commencement June 14 to 18, and a rash of small news items. Other notes cover cows attacking riders, banana shipments, a toy store sale in Austria, and the death of Old Tom the mail horse after 18 years on the Frederick line.
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Walkerville
Fecotty
Board of Trusteee of Pennsylvania College
Gettysburg
Noosa
Keely Institute
Cumberland
United States
England
Duzer Castle
Tyn
Elizabeth
Waplee
Sidney E. Madd
Lowndes
Wellington
Frederick
Ball Telephone Company Exchange
East Patrick Street
Tom
Middletown
Vailey Register
Lockjsw
Mrr
B. F. Groff
Mall
Mr. Groff
David Geoff
Charles
Charles Gross
Nathaniel Gross
Bronaboro
F. M Gallett
Next Week the Bass Will Suffer
A terse remark from Wei- krown Asherman today hints at anticipated difficulties next week for bass, suggesting forthcoming challenges for the fishery or market.
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Wei- -Krown Asherman
The Encampment Comes to Fredericktown This June
In May crowds enjoyed spring finery along boulevards as the encampment nears. The army went to church for Memorial Day, festivals form in town, and preparations for a railway ride near Charlie Hargelt’s farm rise. Decoration Day bells, local reminiscences, and June promises of weddings, graduations, and strawberries set a festive mood.
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Children of All Saints
Christina Associa- Honse
Patrick Street
Brother Rhoderick
Brother Caseell
Fredericktown
Baltimore
Charlie Hargelt
Batmum
Mechanica
Mechanices
Thers
Blore’s
Orphans' Court Filings and Estate Actions
Releases of Gav W Williard and Henny Schroyer filed releasing P W Shafer executor. Sami Nusbaum will admitted to probate. First and final accounts filed for Myra L Fimason as schmintatrarix of J C Simpson and for David E Chariton as administrator of Mary L Magruder. Inventories filed for Wm A Moore estate. Charles P Levy accounts filed for Van Bwearingen. Additional stocks and bonds added to G Joseph Doll estate. Wille Lee Brown bound as apprentice to James L Tes Jay you saw it in The Nows.
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Gav. W. Williard
Henny Schroyer
P. ‘W. Shafer
Sami. Nusbaum
Myra L. Fimason
Schmintatrarix
J.C. Simpson
Wm. A Moore
David E. Chariton
Mary L. Magruder
Cnns
P. Levy
van B. Bwearingen
Never Fails to Find Him Heirs Claim by Engineer Rager
Hr R A Rager, a famed city civil engineer, aided by finding heirs, recently located Holtz in Grand Rapids Michigan. Holtz, who left home years ago, was thought dead as letters unopened and marked not found or not in directory. The orphan court sought to distribute his uncle’s estate share, but Rager uncovered the long lost heir who proved identity and received the funds.
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Hr. R.A. Rager
Ctull
Samuel Bolts
Holtz
Holz
Hia
Bio
Orphana’ Court
Rager
Holt
Grand Haplds
Michigan
Morey
Closing exercises and local events across Maryland
News notes from Howard County to Worcester County report school closures and commencements at Kee-Mar College and Levine Hall Western Maryland College. The Potomac canoe season begins while Governor Lowndes adds assensors for Baltimore. Local elections and court actions are listed with multiple counties holding primaries and ongoing legal challenges.
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Howard County
Cambridge
Kee-Mar College
Hagerstown
Potomac
Lowndes
Baltimore City
Luther H. Gadd
Levine Hall
Western Maryland College
Stleatminster
W. C. Griffith
Middletown
Washington
Julia Bell Harbaugh
Horace Besley
Cumberland
Walter B. Clark
Charles Bailey
Aber
Ellicott City
Cecil
Dorchester
Worcester County
Gordon
Wicomico
Belar
Harford County
Allegany
Caroline
Charles
Frederick
Harford
Kent
Montgomery
Queen Anne’s
Somerset
St. Mary’s
Watbor
Randolph
Buxton
Galthersburg
Frey
Reptiles killed on public road near Middletown
The Middletown Register reports Howard A. Absit saw two large copper snakes along a roadside two miles southwest of town. He killed one, the other fled into a bank hole. He dug with a stick and shovel, uncovering two more, and killed them. Sizes noted as 3 feet and 2 feet.
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Soakee
Middletown Register
Tueday
Howard A. Absit
Currant Pie Preparation Method From Households
A brief cooking note explains selecting currants from stems, simmering in minimal water for five minutes, sweetening, and pouring hot into a crust before baking in the top crust until browned.
Washington excursion tickets for Young People Convention
The Fifteenth International Convention of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor in Washington D C is July 7 to 13 1896. Pennsylvania Railroad offers roundtrip excursion tickets with return by July 15 or extended to July 31 if deposited by July 14. Side trips include Baltimore Washington Gettysburg Richmond Petersburg Old Point Comfort Fredericksburg with varied roundtrip prices and return by late July. Also notices on bicycle lamps and shop advertising.
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Washington, D. C
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Washington
D. C
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Loclu
Baltimore
Gettysburg
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Richmond
Petersburg Snd
Old Point Comfort
Tetara
Frederickaburg
Theas
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Dan Steloer
Jay
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Dress Coods
Gloria
Baxter
GEO. A
Thomas J. Haller
Central Dry Goods House
Monon
HB. Debring
H. Heffner
Proprietors, Co, & P. Telephone OQ
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B. C. Quackenbush
Baltimore’ Pike
Bronewick
Dr. Pierce
Harman
Fieces Golden
Carty
Tate
East Patsick
Prederick
LS Kge Wies
Renner & Kemp
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Tes
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F.C. Renner
Hhis
New Midway
Frederick County
Oyster
Board of Public Works
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United Sta
Charles J. Faulkmer
West Virginia
George L. Vellezier
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