Synod In Session Adopts Missions Report And Elects Trustees
The semi centennial Synod of the Potomac meets in the Evangelical Reformed Church with officers and committees elected. Trustees for five years include J. Travers Thomas. seminary and college posts assigned to several pastors and lay leaders. The Elders Committee backs Prohibition and urges enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act as Rev W L Mudge addresses attendees.
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Synod of
W. Sherman Kerschner
Committee On Missions
Synod
J. Travers Thomas
Theological Seminary
Daniel A. Stickell
Mercersburg College
H.C. Heckerman
J. W. Wetzel
Henri L. G. Kieffer
D. D
Catawba College
John W. Peeler
C. M. Rowe
John L. Gerber
G. A. Fisher
A. Corricher
Hood College
A. 8. DeChant
Scott R. Wagner
Board of Education
Teer
BH. Deatrick
Aaron M. Gluck
Paul D. Yoder
Edward 0. Keen
Hoffman Orphanage
Lindaman
O. D. Gilbert
Cry Law Enforcement
Elders’ Co-operative Committee
Messenger
W. L. Mudge
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania Federation of Churches
Federation
Synod of the Potomac
Temperance Commission
Commission On Temperanee
Temperance
United States
Congress
Nuns Save 70 Children From Disastrous Fire
In Pittsburgh the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy convent fire endangered a school. 15 nuns led 70 girls aged eight to 17 to safety. Two children were later found missing, then rescued. Convent damage totaled about 500000 with furnishings and paintings estimated at over 200000.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Academy of Our Lady of Mercy
Mt. Mercy
David Lloyd ‘George
J T Hicks Shot in Neck by Day Agents
A man identifying as J T Hicks of Frederick Maryland was shot in the neck by prohibition agents near Sale's Gap West Virginia after a gun battle with bootleggers. Officers reported two gun battles, seized 140 gallons of liquor and four jails, with multiple arrests including Geo Hanks and Jack Craft of McDowell County. The St Lawrence River discharge rate is noted as 1 000 000 cubic feet per second.
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J.T. Hicks
Frederick
Sale’s Gap
West ‘Virginia
Princeton
W. Va
Hale’s Gap
J. T. Hicks
Maryland
Geo. Hanks
Clay Hanks
Jack Craft
Walter Bandy
McDowell County
George Hanks
Hicks
West Third Street
Prohibition Pledge From Synod Supports Enforcement
The Potomac Synod of the Reformed church pledges support to federal state and local officials enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act. It urges classes and congregations to act so all members enlist in the effort to free America from strong drink. Signed by William Fe Lampe and W Sherman Kerschner.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Church of Jesus Christ
Potomac Synod
the Reformed Church
United States
America
William FE. Lampe
Sherman Kerschner
Explosion Damages Hagerstown Home Injures Housekeeper
An explosion of a box of dynamite used for sewer work shattered the McHenry house on West Fifth Street, Hagerstown, injuring Daisy Bennett the housekeeper. The adjacent Baker residence was also badly damaged and windows and walls were torn in nearby homes. Authorities investigate the accidental ignition blamed on a dropped match near the stored explosives.
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William McHenry
Hagerstown
Henry McHenry
West Fifth Street
Melenry
McHenry
Daisy Bennett
Jenny Baker
Hart Angle
Washington County
Baker
Dirigible Shenandoah to Pass Over Maryland Town
Fredericktonians may view the Shenandoah ZR 1 as it sails over this region on Saturday on its route to the Shenandoah Valley. The Leviathan of the air is to pass Hagerstown early Saturday morning prompting local interest and a telegram request from Chamber of Commerce secretary W T Gaver to Lakehurst commanding officer.
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Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah
W. T. Gaver
Frederick
Lakehurst
N. O
Consolidation of Potomac Public Service discussed at meeting
A noon special meeting of the Potomac Public Service Company board at the Francis Scott Key Hotel considered consolidating the Potomac Public Service and Cumberland plants. Attendees included M. F. Riley president of P P S Co Judge Voorhis and Messrs Figng and Ross of American Water Works Company. Two bone harpoons found under peat in East Yorkshire England are dated 10 000 to 12 000 B.
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Potomac Public Service Company
Francis Scott Key
M. F. Riley
Judge Voorhis
Messrs. Fingg and Ross
Americcn Waterworks Company
Cumberland
East Yorkshire
Eng
Large Communist Marches Spark Berlin Unrest Tonight
Berlin reports large bands of communists marching toward the capital with police cordons around Lichtemberger district. Authorities fear serious trouble tonight as crowds and clashes erupt in the city.
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Berlin
Associated Press
London
Ctrcus
Lichtemberger
Rhineland
Coblenz
Germany
Andernach
Archweiller
Coblens
Wiesbaden
Bonn
Rudesheim
Speaker stops attack on the Klan interrupts address in Richmond
Gray Gilmer an Oklahoma City attorney was halted during his address before the International Association of Fire Engineers in Richmond Virginia and his talk was stricken after he launched a critical attack on the Ku Klux Klan as Governor Walton of Oklahoma was called a tyrant. In Oklahoma City a clash saw a dozen or more House members assault Representative Callahan and eject him for denouncing the Klan led by W N Jewett grand dragon of the Oklahoma Realm.
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Richmond
Gray Gilmer
Oklahoma City
International Association of Fire Engineers
Ku Klux Klan
Govern Walton
Oklahoma
W. Ringer
Okla
House
Callahan
WN. C. Jewett
Holstein sale draws bidders from four states
Freder ick County Holstein Association held a consignment sale at Culler's stable on South Market street. J. Homer Remsburg managed the event, with E. T. Mercer as auctioneer and Harry M. Cramer as clerk. Sixty head sold, total just over $6,000, bull calves to 142.60, young cows to 360, top cow price 360, top buyer Fred Slyder paid 300 for a cow from Harry Swomley, Antietam Farms bought 360 for Charles Wertheimer consign.
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Frederick County Holstein Association
J. Homer Remsburg
Culler
South Market Street
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
E. T. Mercer
Harry M. Cramer
Fred Slyder
New Freedom
Harry Swomley
Frederick
Antietam Farms
Sharpsburg
Charles Wertheimer
A.©. McCardell
Miss Gerhard to Speak at Lutheran Sunday School
Miss Mary Gerhard returned missionary from Japan will speak at 7:20 this evening in the Lutheran Sunday school building. A Hood College graduate she has spent 10 years in Japanese mission work and her address will address the recent earthquake-induced damage in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gerhard
Mary Gerhard
Japan
Lutheran Sunday School
Hood College
Three Blocks For Hallowe en Frolic
Frederick Lions Club announces North Market Street three blocks from Third to Patrick will be closed for Halloween celebration for children. Mayor Juller supports the event and prizes in gold will be awarded for best costumes.
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North Market Street
Patrick
Frederick
Lions Club
Juller
Cltb
Memorial design committee meets over monument payment
The Frederick County Memorial Association design committee will meet Friday at 8 pm at the YMCA to discuss paying another installment on the $15 000 monument. The base has arrived in Frederick and sculptor Morett says the bronze figure and name plates are ready. No unveiling is likely on Armistice Day. Judge Worthington says the title to the graveyard site must be cleared and urges timely payments from pledgers to cover the remaining shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Hisvettia
Glenn B. Worthington
Worthington
New England Christmas Trees Banned From Maryland Trade
Maryland imposes a quarantine on evergreen trees from New England states to curb gypsy moth spread. State Horticultural Department cites infestation risk and aims to prevent re shipments of trees. Despite strict rules, officials predict no Christmas tree shortage. Magnolia note appears as unrelated closing line.
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Santa Claus
New England
Maryland
Ritchie
State Horticultural Department
Maine
Vermont
New Trampshire
Massachuchusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Ernest W. Cory
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Cory
Carry
United States
Coolidge And Lloyd George Meet To Dine In Washington
David Lloyd George arrives in Washington to consult with American officials on European affairs and reconstruction. He is greeted by crowds at Union Station and the British Embassy, then meets President Coolidge at the White House for a luncheon after a brief rest.
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Associated Prosa
Washington
David Lloyd George
Great Briain
Europe
Union Station
Lloyd George
Hughes
State Department
White House
Coolidge
State crops show mixed acreage and rising prices in USDA report
The U S Department of Agriculture notes acreage and production shifts across crops in the state with overall prices higher than last year. Wheat acreage about 637000. forecast 10472000 bushels. corn may reach 23780000. hay and sweet potatoes decline. fruit output up despite some drops in potatoes and other staples. Prices for most commodities edged up slightly since 1922.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Prices Sag Steadily as 24 Stocks Hit New Lows in New York
In New York on Oct 25 prices sagged with copper and rail shares driving selling on the short side of the market. Dividend paying railroad stocks fell while many industrials lost one to three points. Twenty four stocks including ten ropers touched new lows for the year though tobacco shares and preferred issues rose to year highs. Call money opened at 4 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Capital A
Call Money
Whiskey raid hits Clark distillery warehouse
A Cumberland report says 15 barrels of whiskey were seized during a raid on the James Clark distillery warehouses two miles west of the city. Guard William Bone was injured, and 15 to 20 raiders wearing masks carried out the theft with a $1,000 reward offered for arrests. In York, Pa, nine men accused of robbing the New Hellam Distilling Co warehouse were acquitted by a jury, Judge N N Warner condemning the verdict as astonishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bone
Judge Excoriates
York
New Hellam Distilling Co
N. N. Warner
Frederick Chosen as 1021 Convention City for U D C
Frederick was named the 1021 convention site for the Maryland branch of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The state convention meets at Hotel Emerson in Tallimore with plans to convene in November next year. Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyler of New York attended as the first president general to live north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Officers elected include President Mrs. Gittings and multiple vice presidents, secretaries, treasurer, state editor, registrar, historian, and directors.
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Frederick
Maryland
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Emerson
Tallimore
Livingston Rowe Schuyler
New York
Society
Mason-Dixon Line
Schuyler
Jed Gittings
Gittings
E. H. Bush
Mae Roglery
Jones Hoyle
Winfield Peters
Forney Young
Franklin Canb
Jackson Brandt
Preston Power
Charles N. Boulden
Roy McCardell
Crosses
Sally Washington Maupin
deLashmutt
John Jones
J. D. Iglehart
Joseph Branham
Mary Jones
Children of the Confederacy
Ernest Darby
Steamship Masonite Run Aground Near Cape Canaveral
The steamship Masonite ran aground off Cape Canaveral last night and anchored offshore this morning. A coast guard cutter stood by and would convoy the vessel northward. The ship had sailed from Key West to Boston on Sunday.
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Associated Press
Key West
Fin
Cape Canaveral
Capes
Coast Guard
Mascotie
Boston
Uncompleted Battleships At Navy Yard Sell Bids
The Navy Yard has bids ranging from 35000 for the unfinished Constitution to about 600000 for all six ships. The Associated Press notes several metal scrap firms submitted offers to scrap the vessels under the armament limitations treaty. In New York a separate item reports Congobura Company declaring a 300 percent stock dividend, increasing common shares to 1,000,000 with 40,000 treasury.
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Associated
Treas
Washington
Highteen
Navy Yards
Philadelphia
Phe
Iresa
New York
Congobura Company, Inc
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Havas
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Holstein Sale
Hallowe’en Frolic
James Clark Place
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