Post Office Receptacles to Replace Side Door Deliveries
National Post Office edict aims to curb carrier calls at side entrances by installing private mail receptacles at homes. Regulation to take effect within 60 days, with emphasis on safe door slots or boxes for efficient service and fewer missed deliveries.
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Frederick
National Post Office Department
William C. Birely
Daniel C. Roper
A’l Houeca
Post Office Department
Postoffice Department
Mine Gases Kill Two In Gratz Lead Mine Disaster
In Gratz Henrys county Kentucky on September 15 ten men were overcome by poisonous gases in the Gratz Lead mine. Two workers died and a laborer fainted while trying to help. The mine was nearly abandoned and conditions were described as dangerous for followed efforts to rescue.
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New Castle
Thi Gratz
Gratz
Henrs County
Troope to All Allies in France Front
Colombo report says Certon Will send troope to the front in France. The British government accepted an offer of assistance and Ceyion will pay the expenses.
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Ceyion
Colombo
Ceylon
Certon
France
Ceyionil
U. S. Asks Brazil to Explain Rover Dollar Papers Refusal
Washington, Sept. 18 The United States demanded Brazil explain its refusal to issue clearance papers for the steamship Rover Dollar at Rio de Janeiro. The dispute centers on diplomatic and legal grounds affecting transatlantic trade and flag protection.
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Brazil
Washington
Rites
Rio Janeiro
Apartment not big enough to turn around in
Mr Groucher laments a tiny apartment while agent Fily says the unit is not for turning around. The Washington Star quotes the exchange about letting apartments and ball rooms. Separately, nearly 1,000,000 women in the United States work as farmers or farm laborers.
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Mr. Groucher
Fily
Washington Star
United States
Aisne Battle Report on Unabated Frontline Assaults
Military bulletin describes French and British forces under heavy German pressure along the Aisne Meuse front. Reports indicate German offensive on the right, center less strong, and Allied attempts to pierce the line with crossings at Rheims and near Verdun. Movements favor German stake on flank while V. Kluk, Buelow group reposition.
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Etain
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Lorraine
Vosges
Olsne
Meuse
Germens
Rheims
Paris
Von
War Office
M. Millerand
Aiene
von Kink
von Kluk
von Buelow
Noyoa
Liege Not Evacuated German Hold City Says Correspondent
London report from Maastricht via Amsterdam quotes a Reuters correspondent that Liege has not been evacuated by German troops and the city remains calm with residents allowed on streets until 9 p.m. German regiments and artillery, including forty guns, moved toward northern France after Tuesday’s siege. Another Reuters dispatch from Ostend notes German troops reoccupying Termonde then withdrawing amid fighting in Lottegem Alost and Haelbert East Flanders. Amsterdam says Britain France Russia and Germany will exchange prisoner lists.
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Liege
France
Termonde
Reuter Telegram Company
Ostend
Lottegem
Alost
Haelbert
East Flanders
Warburgs shuffle railroad directorship in Baltimore line
New York Sept 18 Felix M Warburg elected a director of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to succeed his brother Paul M Warburg who resigns to join the federal reserve board.
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New York
Felix M. Warburg
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Balmore & Ohio Railroad
Paul M. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Frederick Board of Trade to Meet at YMCA Auditorium
Brief items note Ashing on the Monocacy yielding 11 base over two days and Wallo Oehing near the Monocacy with Charles Abroecht Edward Schell Clarence Dixon and William H. Kreb landing bass carp and large turtle. The group also discusses a new Northern Central Railroad Terminal and a better Buckeystown to Montgomery road at the quarterly Frederick Board of Trade meeting this evening at 8.00 in the YMCA auditorium to begin winter plans. members urged to attend.
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Austin
Wallo Oehing
Charles Abroecht
Edward Schell
Clarence Dixon
William H. Kreb
Northern Central Railroad
Buckeystown
Montgomery County Inc
Frederick Board of Trade
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Missionary Society Meets at Mrs Radclit Home
The Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church held its regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon at Mrs James M Radclit on East Second street. Mrs L E Mullinix presided with Miss Edith Radcliff as secretary. Only routine business was transacted and society affairs discussed.
160 Acre Farm Sold Near Bartholows Ridgely Farm
Grayson H. Staley sold the Ridgely farm containing 160 acres near Bartholows in New Market District to Jesse W. Kelly of Buckestown Md. Kelly, a Buckstown resident, will occupy the property next April. The sale was brokered for George G. Thomas with Grayson H. Staley as the agent.
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Grayson H. Staley
George G. Thomas
Bartholows
Jesse W. Kelly
Buckestown
Ridgely Farm
New Market District
Mr. Kelly
Hood College Conservatory to Resume Piano Classes
The Piano Normal Department of the Conversatory of Music at Hood College will resume Friday October 2 at 4 p m. Miss Virginia Carty will be in her studio on the second floor to enroll new and existing students from 4 to 5 o'clock. Many students are enrolling today.
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Conversatory of Music of
Hood College
Virginia Carty
Conservatory
Farm Sale Near Braddock Announced by Ramsburg
Mr Samuel C Ramsburg announces the sale of his farm near Braddock to Mr M Luther Mahoney. The sale was conducted through Grayson H Mercer a real estate and insurance agent. How is your Rheumatism Get guaranteed Remedy Risona Rheams tina Meller HARNER S DRUG STORE. Advertisement.
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Samuel C. Ramsburg
Braddock
M. Luther Mahoney
Grayson H Mercer
Risona Rheamstina Meller, Harner’s Drug Store
Fear of Thunder Inspires Lichtenberg Thought Experiment
A London Chronicle excerpt cites Gottingen's dysentery crisis as a contrast to fear of lightning. Lichtenberg, the eighteenth century physicist artist and science writer, mused on how public panic would shift if disease loomed like a dark cloud and thunderclaps struck victims.
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Ochy Delat
Gottingen
Perons
Wibtolng
London Chronicle
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