Frederick Man Seeks State Motorcycle Officer Post
Frederick police officer Jacob Quinn announces his candidacy for the State Motorcycle police position covering Frederick and Washington counties. The $1,500 yearly post, currently held by William Logan, involves enforcing motor vehicle laws and night lighting on highways. Quinn cites his traffic record and seeks support from influential figures, while noting potential competition from Washington county residents. A separate note reports a dance planned in Independent Hall next Tuesday with Braddock Heights orchestra.
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Frederick
Wiliam Logan
Washington
Jacob Quinn
Wilson
William Logan
Hagerstown
Goldsborough
Quinn
Logan
Frederick County
Washington County
Quin
Independent Hall
Braddock Heights
Wife, Caught, Kills Self in Shamokin with Companion’s Gun
Shamokin tale reports Mrs Josiah Simpson twenty six, shot herself after catching husband with Joseph Schmicker in their home. Coroner's jury returned death by own action. No arrest. Husband had returned from Philadelphia to find light and Schmicker with his wife. Schmicker is son of hotel owner Anthony Schmicker.
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Schmicker
Roosevelt to Speak at Reading Mass Meeting on Preparedness
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will visit Reading on Sunday to deliver an address titled Preparedness for War at Hippo drome theatre. The talk, arranged by Associated Organizations of Reading, comes after a committee confirmed the former president’s plans in New York.
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Telle
Reading
Theodore Roosevelt
Hippodrome Theatre
Associated Organizations of Reading
New York
Conspiracy to Remove New Sultan Reported in Cairo
Berlin reports from Constantinople say Eresi led a conspiracy within the Ottoman court to depose the sultan and end British influence. About forty courtiers were arrested, with twenty five executed already. The dispatch notes turmoil amid rumors of upheaval and foreign entanglements.
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Berlin
Constantinople
Cairo
Frederic City Hospital Board Notes October Activity
The Frederieyh City Hospital board met at the Nurses Home with 24 members present. October saw 95 patients treated. 67 admitted, 76 discharged, 19 remain, including 24 full pay, 49 part pay, and 31 free. Repairs included exterior painting, metal ceilings, porte cocheres, and added fire escapes. interior rooms were painted with repairs to walls and floors and a rear stairway added. The superintendent’s room was renovated and a private bath installed. two wings were raised, nine bed rooms, two wards, a diet kitchen, two baths, linen closets, and a laboratory prepared for furnishing.
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Frederieyh City Hospital
Nuresa
T. Bertram Hayward
Francis H. Markell
Edward PP Shuiner
Miss Neeis
Philadelphia
Funeral of Dr Custis Buried in Washington Cemetery
Funeral services were held for Dr J L Custis a noted Washington homeopathic physician who died last Thursday at his camp in the Thousand Islands. The funeral occurred at 912 Fifteenth Street NW with Rev Dr Roland Cotton Smith presiding. Interment followed at Rock Creek Cemetery under Masonic auspices. Resolutions of regret were adopted by the Phi Kappa Psi Alumni Association of which he was president.
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Thousand Islands
Washington
J. L. Gregg Custis
Misa Ritter
Frederick
Thouvand Islands
Fifteenth Street
Northwest
Roland Cotton Smith
St John’s Episcopal Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
Masonic Fraternity
Phi Kappa Psi Alumni Association
Custis
Death notices from Baltimore Frederick area obituaries
Death notices report Lewis Kemp of Washington Hospital dies aged about 70 with five children and several siblings. Funeral set for Thursday 11 AM at Greenmount chapel Baltimore. Also noted are the deaths of James Donata owner of Donald millinery in Frederick and David James of Mt. Pleasant. both funerals planned with local undertakers.
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Lewis Kemp
Lewis G. Kemp
Washington Hospital
Washington
Kemp
C. Thomas Kemp
Frederick
John H . Kemp
Iowa
G Ridgiey Kemp
Mississippi
BM Kemp
Chicago
Miss Mollie Kemp
Greenmount Chapel
Greenmount Cemetery
Baltimore
James Donald
James Donata
Gilmor Street
Donald
Donald Millinery
Corner Market
Church Streets
Amelia Yost
Radium Price Falls to 36000 Per Gram in U S Research
Pittsburgh Nov 10 Radium now costs 36000 a gram down from 120000 a gram due to latest technical research by the United States Bureau of Mines. Director Van H Manning, inspecting work at the Pittsburgh experimental station, announced the change after a year of study.
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Pittsburgh
United States Bureau of Mines
van H. Manning
Bureau
Taft Appointment Details From Washington Note
President Taft receives a key staffing reshuffle with General George W. Davis stepping down. Davis signed over command as Taft appoints a successor and centers attention on Red Cross interests amid party central committee discussions.
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Wilson
Taft
Davis
Ason Gop Ucel
Wiami. J
Central Committee
The
American Rep
Red Cross
George W. Davis
Turks Stow Up Munition Store in Constantinople
Nov 14 report of an official communication detailing Nesr Ana Faria firing on an enemy battery and blowing up an ammunition store near Buraal Tepen as part of ongoing artillery and rifle activity in the district and near Sedan Rabr.
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Constantinople
Nesr
Ana Faria
Weels
Buraal Tepen
Sedan
Rabr
Court Dismisses Case Amid Turmoil in Godley Shooting
In Godley a courtroom scene unfolded as a betrayer was shot during a key selection process. A single gunfire strike hit Godley in the neck, causing three witnesses to faint. The incident disrupted the proceedings and raised questions about security at the event.
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Godley
Arcucey
Alma Morgan
Earl Kitchener to India to quell revolt efforts
Earl Kitchener sails to India amid reports of unrest as British authorities act to prevent a revolt. High-level discussions focus on security, loyalty, and swift suppression of anti-colonial activity in key provinces.
Monotacy Club Banquet Opens Fall and Winter Work
The fourth annual Monotacy Club banquet of the Evangelical Reformed church will be held Friday at seven in the church parlors. Rev Spangler Kieffer of Hagerstown and Judge T J Williams of Baltimore will be guests of honor with Williams delivering the address. Guy K Molter chairs the event and acts as toastmaster. Other committee members include Francis J Newman and Aaron R Ander.
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Monotacy Club
Evangelical Reformed Church
Spangler Kieffer
Hagerstown
T. J. Williams
Baltimore
Maryland
Guy K Molter
Francis J. Newman
Aaron R. Andera
Delegates Gather for Reform Church Men’s Congress in Allentown
Local delegates head to Allentown Pennsylvania for the Reform Ed Church Men’s Congress running November 16 to 18. About 1500 attendees, 1000 lay members and 500 ministers, will hear from prominent U S church leaders on missions and broader church readership. Grace Reformed Church delegates unnamed. Evangelical Reformed Church group to depart Tuesday morning with Hotel Allen as HQ. Names listed include Rev Henri L G Kieffer Rev S Miller Rev I M Motter Dr Joseph H Apple L Elmer Keefer C Thomas Kemp Jesse D Kaufman Edward D Shriner R S J Dutrow Charles W Lough.
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Grace Reformed Church
Evangelical ‘Reformed ¢Thurch
Move for good roads in U S country wide
A historic report notes Maryland prominence in highway work as of January 1 1916. It details total miles of surfaced and all public roads in Maryland 2706 surfaced and 17025 total, state funds and joint funds spent in 1914, and ongoing state aid road construction and maintenance figures highlighting the scale of early 20th century road programs.
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Maryland
United States
Hundred-Year-Old Guernsey Herd Slaughtered in Illinois
In Lake County a $60,000 prize Guernsey herd owned by Mrs. Scott Durand was slaughtered after Sheriff Griffin, with a governor’s order, confined Durand and farm workers in the farmhouse. Durand, claiming an injunction protected her cattle, denounced the action as anarchic and spoke to a Chicago paper via telephone.
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Chicago
Scott Durand
Lake Forest
Sherif Griffin
Lake County
Prine
Mrs McAdoo Carries Ebony Cane On Street
Mrs William G McAdoo wife of the treasury secretary and president Wilson’s daughter appeared on a Washington street swinging an ebony cane with a crooked silver inlaid handle. She occasionally hooked it over her arm while promenading. The president’s fiancée Mrs Merman Galt hosted luncheon at the White House with Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs Bones.
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Washington
Willam A. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
Merman Galt
Danderine claims stunning hair with no dandruff
An advertisement promises immediate light fluffy hair free from dandruff after using Danderine or Dandeline. It touts scalp cleansing and root invigorating effects, claiming hair grows long strong and beautiful with visible new growth within weeks. A 25 cent bottle is offered at drug or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
Plea for Persimmon Proves its Worth Across Uses
The Department of Agriculture urges embracing the persimmon beyond hog feed, noting its value for bread, crumpets, griddle cakes, ice cream and fudge. It warns of waste from unripe fruit and frost myths, and recommends a half teaspoon of baking soda in heated pulp to prevent puckering, while ripe fruit may omit it.
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Department of Agriculture
South
Persimmon Belt
Hymeneas Hollis Henshaw wedding report in Berkeley County
Miss Elizabeth Henshaw daughter of F. C. Henshaw and Marion Hollis of Gerrardstown Md West Virginia wed Tuesday at the bride’s home in a Presbyterian ceremony led by Rev. Dr. F M Woods. Bridesmaid Frances Snodgrass Henshaw and best man Joseph Hollis attended. Also announced is the marriage of Miss Vivian Lindsay to Robert J. Vickers of Burkittsville conducted in Hagerstown by Rev. Dr. J William Ott.
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Hollis—Henshaw
Elizabeth Henshaw
F. C. Henshaw
Martinsburg
Marion Trammell Hollis
Gerrardstown
Berkeley County
W. Va
F. M. Woods
Presbyterian Church
Frances Snodgrass Henshaw
Joseph Hollis
Frederick
Vickers—Lindsay
Dah Vivian Lindsay
Samuel W. Lindsay, Jr
Burkittsville
Robert J. Vickers
Hagerstown
J. William Ott
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Attorney George A. and Edward Delaplaine Move Law Offices
Notice states GEO R DENNIS has removed his offices from 120 West Church Street to 11 Court Street. Edward & Delaplaine have established at 117 Court Street, consolidating with the former Franklin B. Smith offices.
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No. 120
West Church Street
No. 11
Court Street
Ocr
Edward &. Delaplaine
Han
George Ae
Epe
Peeing
Franklin B. Smith
Septhdewinin
Rochambeau Fire Extinguished as Ship Sails to Bordeaux
Captain Ju ham reports Rochambeau's reserve coal bunker fire extinguished after leaving port. The French liner with 633 people aboard proceeds to Bordeaux with 421 passengers and 230 crew. No cause given for the fire. officials unclear if incendiary or spontaneous.
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Gaye
Bordeaux
New York
Rochambeau
Juham
Jubam
Mutiny Spreads Through Bulgarian Army Across Cities
A telegram from Bucharest reports a broad mutiny in the Bulgarian army with outbreaks in Bielogradchik Philipolo, Nice? and Varna. A battalion at Bielogradchik refused deployment, was disarmed, and many soldiers were executed. Officers and soldiers are reportedly shot in several locations.
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Gulgaria
Paris
Bucharest
Bielogradchik
Philipolis
Kustendil
Varna
Wrecked Oil Ship Mama Sinks Off Kirkwall
The American oil tank steamship Mama, wrecked on the Skerries, was washed off and then sank in deep water after hulls were pierced. Tug efforts to save her failed as she disappeared below the waves near Kirkwall, Scotland, on November 10.
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Kirkwall
Scotland
Mama
Skerries
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief
Relief comes instantly with a dose every two hours for three doses to end grippe misery and break up a severe cold. It opens clogged air passages, stops discharge, relieves headache feverishness and sore throat. Costs 25 cents at any drug store and is advertised as the only genuine remedy.
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Pape
Enjoy Life Cleanse Your Liver and Bowels Tonight
A vintage ad promoting Cascarets as a gentle liver and bowel cleanser. It claims to banish bilious symptoms like dizziness coated tongue offensive breath and sour stomach, promising wakeful, fit feelings. It stresses Cascarets do not gripe or sicken like salts or calomel and are safe for children.
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Mt. Pleasant
Silver Hill Chapel
Putman and Barton
Walkersville
Earl Kitchener
India
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Geo. R. Dennis
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