Hennery Burns and 400 Prize Chickens Die in Blaze
Fire destroyed a chicken house at 103 East Eighth Street early today killing nearly 400 prize birds including Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns. The loss is about 1200 dollars with partial insurance. Three companies responded along with the Junior Fire Company steamer. origin of the fire undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Rubie Landis
East Eighth Street
Mr. Landis
Rhode Island
Landis
Knights of Pythias Membership Drive Planned at Mountain City Lodge
At a Mountain City Lodge No. 29 Knights of Pythias meeting Grand Chancellor Wm. A. Kline and Grand Master of Finance Harry R. Johnson outlined a new membership drive. A survey committee led by Isaac G. Waltz and others will meet Thursday evening to launch efforts aimed at making the lodge the largest in the order, following a successful drive two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Wm. A. Kline
Harry R. Johnson
Finance
Grand Domain of
Maryland
Isaac G. Waltz
Reno Ss. Harp
J Murray Cronenburg
B. W. van Fossen
L. L. Carpenter
Milton E. Akers
David Steiner
Wiliam Steiner
George E. Mobley
Sherman P. Bowers
Markwood D. Harp
Elmer Remsburg
Austin M. Kline
S. L. Welty
Harry R. Saunders
Kline
Johnson
Reno S. Harp
J. Murray Cronenburg
Isaac G. Waitz
Investment rails strengthen amid trading amid market lull
In New York the stock market opened with bear traders covering earlier positions limited by scarce float causing one to two point moves in many issues. Investment railroad stocks rose on August earnings while other industrials stayed weak and the market held in a narrow range as call money opened at 31 percent. In Maryland a Rockville Pike incident led to a $50 fine for Samuel A. Greer for tar spraying on a merchant’s car, judged guilty in Rockville police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Merrit L. Cecil
Barnesville
Montgomery County
Rockville Pike
Bethesda
Samuel A. Greer
State Roads Commission
Cecil
Unen
Rockville
Rigzes
Geen
Criminal Trials Schedule and Damages Case in Montgomery County
The report outlines criminal cases to be heard midweek and the week ahead in Montgomery County. It notes a $5,000 damage suit by Mary Agnes Layne of Washington against Hortense Hunter of Rockville, tried before Judge Worthington with a jury. Case lists include liquor selling, assault, larceny, gaming, and other charges, with multiple attorneys named for various defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Agnes Layne
Washington
Hortense Hunter
Rockville
Montgomery County
Worthington
Wedneday
Edward Grayson
Brohison-Bennett
Frank Fraley
Bennett
John L. Thompson
Harp
Joseph Blair
Wood-James
Ernest M. Chaney
Buckey
Paul Minnick
Kuestrin Rebels Taken and Disarmed
About 400 insurrection participants at Kuestrin were captured and disarmed. One rebel was killed and several wounded. government forces suffered no losses. Troops were ordered to Knestrin as reinforcements and returned to their stations.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Kuestrin
Knestrin
French courts deny injunction to Gould
Paris October 2 The French courts refused to grant a temporary injunction sought by Frank J Gould to restrain his former wife Edith Welly Gould from using the Gould name on theatrical posters and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Frank J. Gould
Edith Welly Gould
Gould
Coolidge to Confer on Taxation Problem
Washington reports President Coolidge may hold conferences with treasury officials and Ways and Means committee members to decide if tax revision should be taken up in the upcoming Congress session. The White House says he has not decided and has no official views yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
White House
Baltimore and Ohio Places 50,000 Tons Rails Order
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces placing orders for 50,000 tons of steel rails to be delivered in 1924 at an approximate cost of 2,100,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Grand Officer Dead in Salisbury Red Men Chief Marion Tyndall
Marion E Tyndall of Salisbury, past Great Sachem of the Great Council of Red Men of Maryland, died at his home. His funeral was held Saturday. Tyndall was a well known Red Moon figure who often visited Red Men lodge in Frederick and the county during his tenure as Great Sachem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion E Tyndall
Salisbury
Brightwell gets 30 days in jail
William R. Brightwell was found guilty of operating a car with a revoked license and sentenced to 30 days in jail. He appealed and posted a $1,000 bond. police testified Brightwell drove last Tuesday, corroborated by witnesses. The court noted positive, emphatic evidence from officers and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Brightwell
Brightwell
Thomas M. Filby
Charles A. Six
Foliceman
H. McLaughlin
Six
Chief Filby
Harry A. Grove
Portage Grove
Pittsburgh
Justice Brust
Harry
Grove
Holiday
Frank Holiday
Wille
H Doreev
Etehisan
Albert Smith Necra
Alton
Bernett
ZR-3 To Be Used For Two Day Mail Service To London
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett announced the ZR-3, under construction in Germany, will enter mail service between New York and London on a two day schedule once completed. He noted the ZR-1’s next long flight will run from Lakehurst to Panama and back via Cuba. The ZR-1 arrived over St. Louis at dawn and left for Lakehurst after a brief stop.
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London
New York
Lakehurst
N. J
Panama
Cuba
St. Louis
Careys in Glen Wilton and a church land sale in Maryland
Mrs Lucy Carey of Glen Wilton Va injured in a Sunday auto crash near Mt St Marys College is at Gettysburg Hospital with a fractured skull at age 71 Physicians fear for her recovery Meanwhile the old Dunkard church property on the Antietam Battlefield near Sharpsburg along the Sharpsburg Pike is proposed for sale with proceeds to go to the Mumma heirs per a Washington County bill filed by Omer T Kaylor The church would revert to Mumma heirs if the land ceases being used for worship Also a note from France mentions that Ducelling gains popularity though it is illegal and police tolerate it if not publicized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Carey
Glen Wilton
Mt. St. Mary's College
May Self
Dunkard Charch
Antietam Brattlefield
Sharpsburg Pike
Sharpsburg
Samuel Mumma Omer T Kaylor
Washington County
Samuel Mumma
Fire Prevention Week Plans Outlined by Chamber of Commerce
Plans perfected by the local Chamber of Commerce for Fire Prevention Week from October 7 to October 13 include a moving picture, Written in Letters of Fire, to be shown October 12 at the Francis Scott Key Motel ballroom. The program involves school authorities and a local committee: Ernest Helfenstein Sr, Sam W. Maples, O. C. Warehime, W. W. Doub, and George W. Morton. The nationwide observance aims to cut fire losses, with last year’s US fire damage at 521 million dollars. eight months of 1923 exceed the prior year. The National Chamber leads the drive, targeting better protection of schools, hospitals, mercantile centers, and enhanced fire prevention education, with a national contest and prizes for 1923.
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Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key
Ernest Helfenstein
Sam W. Maples
O. C. Warehime
W. W. Doub
George W. Morton
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
National Chamber
Publc
Chambers of Commerce
Eich Organization
Seventy prisoners in county jail report Oklahoma count
The September jail census by Sheriff James A. Jones records 67 prisoners under his supervision, including 45 white and 2 colored. The peak was 31 confined on Sept 8, with daily counts listed. charges range from larceny to embezzlement and assault. Thirty-eight prisoners were discharged or moved by month end, while 11 faced corporation law violations. Polls closed in four counties as Walton impeachment election kicks off with armed policing and arrests in Grove.
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Sherif James A. Jones
Waa
Jones
Bryan
Harper
Cimarron
Johnson
Jefferson
Walton
County Election Board
New York Interests Eye Government Passenger Fleet
New York shipping interests pressed the Shipping Board at its weekly meeting to consider buying at least part of the government's passenger fleet. Active negotiations are under way though terms have not yet been submitted. The report notes ongoing talks and the potential purchase as interests seek to expand private ownership of government vessels.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York
Shipping Board
Security police disbanded by French authorities
Duesseldorf Oct 2 The security police force here, blamed for last Sunday's riot in which nearly a score were killed and more than 40 injured, has been decreed out of existence by occupier authorities. French headquarters announced the dissolution today.
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Preag
Duesseldorf
Church rededicated at Jefferson in joint services
St Pauls Lutheran in Jefferson was rededicated Sunday with Dr Weveldies of Washington presiding on the morning service focusing on My Church. Dr John Bowers of Catonseile preached on Purpose of Attending Church. Friends from Washington and nearby towns joined the service and a recital by Roy Alexander Mac Michael of St Johns Episcopal Hagerstown is planned Thursday night. Noah E B Cramer and Son sold a city residence to Dr Philemon S Lansdale and wife for November 1 possession.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Jefferson
Weveldies
Washington
Maryland
John Bowers
Catonseile
Onearby
Noah EB
Cramer and Son
Charles
East Second Street
Philemon
Lansdale
Cromwell Kessler Jr Accepts Post at Fidelity Deposit and Trust
Cromwell Kessler Jr son of Mr and Mrs Cromwell Kessler of Adams town has accepted a position with Fidelity Deposit and Trust Co of Baltimore. The announcement notes the family background and the career move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell Kessler, Jr
Cromwell Kessler
Adamstown
The
Fidelity Deposit and Trust Co
Bylimore
Hood College Receives New Blue and Grey Bus
The Far Motor Company delivered Hood College’s new bus built for Star Motor Company with Hoover Company body in York, PA. It seats 30, features blue and grey colors, heater, three dome lights, emergency rear door, and right-hand entry. Scheduled trips will aid students living in Seminary and on East Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Far Motor Company
Star Motor Company
Hoover Company
York
Designa
Apple
East Church Street
Fanith Street
United Fire Engine Company
Vast Explosion Triggers Fire in Bulgarian City
A Sofia telegram reports a violent explosion at Vratza followed by an intense fire consuming around two hundred buildings. Assistance from Sofia is arriving as fire crews work to control the blaze. Cause unknown. initial material damage deemed most significant with casualties not yet confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sofia
Vratza
Wheat Export Corporation Proposed to Aid Farmers
Washington October 2 1921 President Coolidge and cabinet consider a plan for a privately organized but government financed wheat export corporation under the War Finance Corporation to aid wheat farmers in the Northwest and West.
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Associated Press
Washington
Conlidge
War Finance Corporation
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Harry Hahn
Lewis
Daniel Wright
Henry Hanes
Walterary
Albert Crawford
Jennie L. Myers
Clarence L. Ridgeway
Merriman
Becraft
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Wood-James-Harp
Ari Cramer
John ¥. Bradshaw
Bennett-Lewis
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Miral
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
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Germany
Ita
Walter S Ward
Ward
Clarence Peters
Trea
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