Blue Ridge season closes amid fans and finances
The 1920 Blue Ridge Baseball League season ends with Frederick fans loyal despite a late slump. Financial notes vary by town with Hagerstown, Waynesboro, Martinsburg, Hanover, and Chambersburg facing deficits or tight budgets. Attendance in Frederick exceeded expectations as clubs eye a 1923 opener, while some players who shone this year are hoped to return.
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Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Baseball League
Frederick
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Hanover
Chambersburg
Acarlier
Ming
When will Pennsylvania Railroad build new station
Inquiring readers debate the timing of a new Frederick station as locals give cautious, divergent views. Some say only if the present structure burns or is wrecked, others doubt any timetable exists. A broader reflection follows on postwar recovery, work, and the value of a hopeful public spirit.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Frederick
Jane
Miiawere
Marion FP
Moberly
Court Crier
C. Newton
Trundle
William
Herwig
Masonic Temple
Holden S. Felton
David Lipps
Twenty Years Ago In Frederick Local Items
Twenty years ago today in Frederick a Scott Schley Auxiliary Red Cross held a city hall meeting to outline relief for Galveston sufferers. Work began on a new brick building on Easy Patrick Street to add to Union Manufacturing plant. Water reserves were six feet deep, per Water Superintendent Danner. Edward L. Bowlus was appointed biology chair at Mt Union College Alliance Ohio. A large race meet occurred at Athletic Park by Frederick Bicycle Club. United Drill Association gave a public exhibition. Fraternal Building Loan and Investment Association of Baltimore announced plans to open a West Patrick street branch.
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Scott Schley
National Red Cross
Galveston
Easy Patrick Street
Union Manufacturing Company
Edward L. Bowlus
Middletown
Mt Union College
Alliance
Ohio
Athletic Park
Frederick Bicycle Club
United Drill Association
West Patrick Street
Fraternal Building, Loan, and Investment Association
Batimore
Married in Brunswick as license came in December
John E. Hammond and Gladys Connor of Brunswick were pronounced husband and wife yesterday morning by Rev. Charles W. Hess of Bethany Lutheran Church after their license arrived in December. The groom works for the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
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John E. Hammond
Frederick
Gladys Connor
Brunswick
Charles W. Hess
Bethany Lutheran Church
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
McEnerney Cushwa wedding in Williamsport
Miss Christe Ann Cushwa daughter of Mr and Mrs David Cushwa Williamsport and Dr Charles Harold McEnerney Washington DC wed at St Augustine Catholic Church Williamsport in a war romance era ceremony. Rev Father Harrington presided. Maid of honor Catherine Cushwa. bridesmaids from Chicago Ansonia Washington Boston and Baltimore. groomsmen including Cushwa brothers and Dr John Shugrue. Reception at the bride’s home followed by a Canada honeymoon and plans to reside in Washington after. Local attendees listed.
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Cathering
Cushwa
Mise Thelman. Smith
Chicago
Elizabeth M. Maher
Ansonia
Conn
Mary E. Dugan
Washington
Hazel Upton
Boston
Willam i. Fitzsimmons
Baltimore
Canada
Bara Houck
Ir. Mra
C. Z. Staley
Misses Gora
Izabeth Staley
Criss
Virginia Packard
Washington County
Hagerstown
C. A. Castle
Rockwell Terrace
Richard Potta
Dunlop
Myers and Sons
Esme and
Teo
Mra
William Miister
Wave
Charles Town
Mary Baer
Misa Maggie Gittinger
Mias
Bettie Clockey
Giltinger
East Fourth Street
Leatherman
Rim Street
Sebring
Fla
Charles Sifford
Mary Z. Sifford
Prederick
Hixerstown
Bonds
Lee McCardell
University of Virginia
Braddock Heights
James Owen Wrightson
East Church Street
Dickinson College
Calisle
Charles P. Lavy
West Third Street
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Margaret Mitchell
Elm Street
West Baden Springs
Indiana
Martha Snow
Cohasset
Masecohusetts
Richard Ross
Clarke Place
Cornelia Ross
Ocean, City
Charles N. ‘Trundle
Eugene
Akron
Ohio
Myrtle Allen
Cuyahoga
Falls
C. Newton Trundle
Feagavile
Sterley L. Myers
Din Avenue
John Marshal
Purely Personal Notices From Washington County
Purely personal items list a string of residents and visitors in Hagerstown and nearby towns. Individuals and families travel for studies, visits, or relocations with several heading to Frederick, Hanover, Rockwell Terrace, and Florida, while others return from Baltimore and Ocean City. The Dutch government experiments with wooden soled echoes for its soldiers.
Enrollment at Hood College tops four hundred in opening year
Hood College begins its 28th year as enrollment surpasses 400 with about 220 boarding students and more day students. Dr Joseph Apple assumes direct charge, opening exercises led by Apple and Prof Hoke delivers the address. The Hood Seminary is suspended to repurpose space for Music and Arts.
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Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Browing
Joseph TH. Apple
Reformal Church Forward Movement
Department of Education
Hood Seminary
Derst Church
Esreet
Wil
Department of Music, Art and Expression
Taxpayers Up To 5.6 Million Incomes Tax Update
The bureau of internal revenue releases figures showing over 5.6 million firms and individuals are paying income taxes this year. About 3 million taxpayers have already paid, with 4.9 million paying on incomes of $5,060 or less and only around 600,000 unpaid. Half of the 700,000 listed as excess have paid the first two installments. Nearly 35,000 corporations used returns, but only 65,000 paid in full. The third installment is due September 15.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Jfa
Ithe
Williams
Prohibition Enforcement Bill Hinted For Extra Session
Anti-Saloon League headquarters committee moved to back an enforcement bill offering a brief measure directing state police to prevent manufacture or sale of intoxicants. It would counter Attorney General Armstrong’s ruling and seek Governor Ritchin’s signature, though he favored ignoring unrelated suffrage matters.
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Anti-Saloon League
League
Armstrong
Ritchin
Dreco advertised aid for digestion and nerves in Frederick
An elderly Frederick resident testifies that Dreco, a root and herb remedy, improved his wife’s long illness from gastritis and constipation. He notes her bowels move regularly, nerves calm, and sleep return after using the product sold by Modern Pharmacy in Frederick. The ad links constipation to headaches and fatigue and touts Dreco as a prompt aid for elimination and general health.
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Costuobus Sand
Park Ave
Frederick
Sumday
Paarrety
Alabama lynching near Dartford shocks residents
Reported in Montgomery, Maw Sept. Male Windham a white man was lynched near Dartford over alleged remarks to a white woman. The incident underscores racial tensions in the area and prompts calls for calm and investigation by authorities.
Fined For Feeding Bird Grain in Weary County
A fragmentary note from the Lot'sville Courier Journal quotes a quirky exchange about feeding grain and rainy day savings. The garbled text references a person named Astley and a humorous misquoted dialogue about salaries and umbrellas, typical of old newspaper humor material.
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Umbrella Bradness
Lot'sville Courier Journal
Spencer Kellogg Tasteless Castor Oil Advertises Pure
Scientists at Spencer Kellogg & Sons claim to have perfected a tasteless castor oil process without changing strength or purity. The advertisement touts 100 percent pure castor oil with no altered taste and urges insistence on Kellogg’s Tasteless Castor Oil in labeled laboratory bottles in three sizes: 1c, 35c, and 65c.
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Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc
Keihoge
Notices of Jacob L Crum estate deceased Frederick County
Notice to all claimants against the estate of Jacob L Crum late of Frederick County deceased. Claims must be proved by March 18, 1921 or be barred by law. Debts owed to the estate should be paid promptly. Executed by executors I L Crum and E Crum on August 8, 1990.
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Orphans’ Court
Frederick County
Jacob L. Crum
Crum
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Weepai
Fathers of the Republic
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Danner
Wagoner—Reiler
Charles L. Wagoner
Bertha Str Xefler
Spring Milla
United Brethren Varsonaige
Partor
J. T. Tummoelbaugh
Maltbie Babcock
Netherlands
HOOD
Hoke
Boston Polle
Aries Thesday
Dreco
Uereford
Wabert Delaval Astley
Notre Dame
Frederion
WAT. Bank
Rederick County
Sean
North Market Street
Bloomfield
Maryland
O'Possumtown
Spout Spring Pike
Frederick City
George Angleberger
Aed
Frederick Comunty
Tuscarora Creek
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Office of the Register of Wil
Lewis Angleberger
J. Smith
William EF. Darner
EADY
J. A. Whitneid ‘Company
Armen
Megane
S .Wyngm «Co
Elmira
N.Y
Patrick Stregn
Thomas II
Haller
Cramers Palace of Music
Iman
Ona
Dérawat
Cook
Franklin Institute
Rocheater
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Raniot St
Sal
MT. Clevet
Odk
N. Market St
Fourth Street
Glimore KE. Flautt
Third St
Sevral
Adamstown
Vie
Leo Simmons
Déotarre
West
Varrick St
Fistures
Core News-Post
Market St
North Bentz St
Care News-Post
Patrick Street
E. H. McBride
Braddock
Care News
P.O
Modern Improvementa
Miles
East Church &T
Belk
Care News-Poat
Montgomery County
State Road
R. R. Station
J. Lee Simmons
Henry Eckenrode
Thurmont
S. C
James
E. Yoll
South Market St
Walkereville
Kim
Buckeystown
Charles B. Fout
Eet Ae Gt
New Market
J. E. Kinsey
Sara
Gabl Dee
Denver
Royal Society
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