Big Meetings Enliven Frederick County Campaign
Frederick county politics heat up as Republicans and Democrats plan Thursday and Friday rallies while United Duty Forces hold nightly meetings across the county. The independent vote looms large, with both major parties eager to win. Prohibition fights rise in intensity as accusations fly and sober caution remains the goal for wets and drys alike. Sloan's Liniment ad promotes quick neuralgia relief and general musculoskeletal comfort.
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United Dty
Frederick County
Prohibition
Frederick County girls canned 160 jars of fruit this summer
Fourteen prize winners from local merchants include Helen Wiles of Jansonville Pauline Hendrickson of Urbana Gladys Hemp Jefferson and Mamie Out. The group plans a prize trip with a day in Baltimore followed by visits to Annapolis Washington and other stops, as part of county fair activities.
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Frederick County
Helen Wiles
Jansonville
Pauline Hendrickson
Urbana
Gladys
Pauline Hemp Jefferson
Mamie
Baltin
Anna
Washington
Ruth Darner
Charlot
MacDaniels
Madeline Cronenburg
Maryland
Baltimorepolis
Eighteen Miners Die in Roden Mine Disaster at Marvel
Marvel Ala Oct 24 Eighteen men perished in a Roden coal mine explosion. Six of the dead were colored. Sixteen bodies were recovered with George Holloway surviving by escaping through a pump house. W F Lowrey and miner Pervis remained inside as rescue attempts failed. Officials attribute gas buildup though the mine had been deemed free of gas. The dead were badly burned and mangled, hurled against walls and timbers. In Bloomsburg Pa a separate cave in in Mt Pleasant Township uncovered the body of John Moe Casuin age forty five of Mordansville. He had begun loading sand when buried. George Henrie of Millville found the hand protruding from sand. News Help Want Adv. will bring results.
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Marvel
Ala
Roden
W. F. Lowrey
Pervis
George Holloway
Themen
Bloomsburg
George Henrie
Millville
Mt. Pleasant Township
Columbia County
John Moe Casuin
Mordansville
Ballplayer to Get Medal for WWI Bomb Tossing Bravery
Bill O Hara once a star left fielder for the Toronto team and a scout for the New York club has been recommended for the military cross for bravery and skill in throwing bombs for the British army on the Somme. He was known in the International League for strong accurate throws and often stopped runners with long quick tosses from the outfield. Now a lieutenant in a Canadian regiment, he hurls bombs instead of baseballs.
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Boston
Bill O’lara
Toronto
New York
Somme
O'Hara
Tost
Two Workmen Die in Quarry Dynamite Blast Near Harrisburg
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania on October 24 Franz Wonderly thirty six from Highspire and Ross Smeltzer fifty two from Bressler were instantly killed when dynamite exploded in a quarry. William Martz of Bressler was severely burned. The blast followed a drill strike on a charge that had failed to detonate earlier.
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Harrisburg
Franz Wonderly
Vn Highspire
Ross Smeltzer
Bressler
William Martz
Wilson confident of re election as campaign nears end
Long Branch X October 24 President Wilson is serenely confident he will be reelected. He will deliver two more speeches in Long Branch and make three trips before election day. Tomorrow he goes to Cincinnati for a speech, then on to Buffalo and New York City. He plans an address in Long Branch on November 4 and is expected to receive the returns at Shadow Lawn.
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Long Branch
X. 1
Wilson
Cincinnati
Woodrow Wilson
Buffalo
New York City
Shadow Lawn
Pennsylvanias Wheat and Corn Crops Estimated
Harrisburg Pa Oct 24 Pennsylvania crop summary from the state department of agriculture shows wheat at 25 070 500 bushels down from 24 928 000 last year rye 4 495 400 oats 32 571 000 buckwheat 4 200 000 down from 5 540 000 in 1915 and corn at 47 500 000 bushels.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Sixteen Miners Saved From Fire at Susquehanna Coal
Sixteen workers trapped behind a wall of fire at the Iyt- He colliery in Mineraville, Pa, were rescued after nightlong efforts by rescue crews. Eight inhaled gas but are expected to recover. cause of the blaze in the gangway remains unknown and is to be extinguished by morning.
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Rescue Corps
Mineraville
Iyt- He
Susquehanna Coal. Company
Flour Prices Jump in Minneapolis Market
Flour prices rose as bulls push wheat and overseas demand. fancy patents climbed to 9.55, four dollars? No. first clears 7.90, increases 0.30, second clears 5.00 up 0.50, and four-in-one barrel price rise noted with barrels up 0.50.
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Minneapolis
Priest Be tain Dies In Prayer In Georgia
Father Betain, vicar general of the Savannah diocese, a 49 year Roman Catholic priest, was found dead kneeling in prayer at Sharon Georgia where he served. Born in France, the Savannah diocese covers all of Georgia.
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Atlanta
Father Betain
Vigat
Pine Tar Remedy for Winter Cough Promoted
An old advertisement touts a pine tar remedy for sore throat and cough. It claims quick relief from throat irritation and feverish symptoms, describing a pine forest aroma and antiseptic properties. The copy urges purchase from a local druggist.
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Saur
Frightened to Death on Lightship After Struggle
In Newport Alabama a man named Gustav Ljupgail, newly hired as assistant keeper at Hrenton's Reef lightship, panicked during rough seas and attempted to jump overboard. Crew restrained him in a makeshift straightjacket until he died Saturday. Dr. Luis McLane Tiffany, emeritus Maryland medicine professor, died of heart disease at his Mount Custis home aged seventy two. Cleveland reports a population of 777,600.
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Newport
Jenches
Gustav Ljupgail
Hrenton
Reet
Luis McLane Tiffany
Baltimore
University of Maryland
Mount Custis
Accomac
County
Knife Only Cancer Cure
Philadelphia reports during the seventh annual Clinical Congress of Surgery that cancer is most curable when caught early and removed by operation. Surgeons warn against unproved cures like radium or X-rays and urge timely diagnosis and surgical excision to prevent the spread of a malignant growth.
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Philadelphia
Philadelpha
Ita
Tipple and five barges burn near Brownsville
Fire destroyed the tipple electric plant and five coal barges at West Brownsville belonging to Diamond Coal & Coke company, causing an estimated loss of 125000 dollars. Nearby miners houses were saved as firemen from neighboring towns demolished several buildings in the flame path. The company had suffered a prior loss five weeks earlier when its tipple at the Husted mine burned.
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Brownsville
Tpple
Diamond Coal & Coke Company
Husted
Judge fixes value of baby's eyes at $26000
San Francisco judge Frank J. Murasky awarded $26000 to the parents of one year old Mary Rubio also called Amalia Razzuoli in a superior court ruling. The case claimed the midwife failed to care for the infant's eyes at birth, leaving the child sightless.
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San Francisco
Frank J. Murasky
Superior Court
Mary Rubio
Amalia Razzuoli
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