Harrington Budget Reform and Maryland Conservation Drive
Governor Harrington drives budget reform after 1916 success, cutting waste and abolishing continuing appropriations. He creates the State Conservation Commission, enlarges fisheries work, improves the State College of Agriculture, and trims costs across departments. The program aims to stabilize finances and expand Chesapeake Bay resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Goodnow
Johns Hopkins University
General Assembly
Harrington
Board of Estimates
John E. George
State Roads Commission
State Conservation Commission
Shellfish Commission
Chesapeake Bay
The
Conservation Commission
Commission
Chesapeake
Frederick County
State College of Agriculture
Bonehead
State Board of Agriculture
Samuel M. Shoemaker
Law Department
Immigration Department
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertised Cure for Back Pain
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache and kidney problems. A Cambridge resident, Mrs. C. H. Christopher, praises quick relief after one box and notes she bought it at Bradshaw's Pharmacy. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
C. H. Christopher
West End Ave
Cambridge
Bradshaw’s
Christopher
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Battles at Camp Merritt Leave Injuries Rumor Says
Reports say two Negro soldiers were killed and eight others injured in a clash with white troops at Camp Merritt New Jersey. Word notes a fight began between a Negro trooper and a white sergeant with military police called in after shots were fired. No official details yet released pending full statement. Nearby Washington reports contracts for thirty three wooden cargo vessels and three harbor tugs were awarded, with eighteen ships built by Universal Shipbuilding in Houston and others on the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Merritt
N. SD
Cans Authori Gating
Wicerslave
S Are Invest
Saptry
Sveral
Thir Stary
Washington
Shipping Board
Universal Shipbuilding Company
Houston
Tex
Pacific Coast Yards
Lemon juice freckle and tan lotion from lemons and Orchard White
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint of complexion lotion. Grocers have lemons and drug stores supply three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage daily to fade freckles and sun damage and lighten skin. Harmless.
Notice to Operators on Shirt Work Prices
Notice announces advance in price for plain shirts due to high living costs. Mrs. Elsie McGrath seeks operators at all parts of work, requests operators to sew at home, with work delivered and called for. Advertisement dated August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie McGrath
Ice Delivery Notice and Water Conservation Appeal
Cambridge Ice Co announces double price for direct ice house deliveries under 50 pounds starting Monday August 12. Retail wagons unaffected. Dorchester Water Co urges ratepayers to conserve water, stop street sprinklers after 8 pm, false sharing of sprinkler use must end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ice House
Board of
Campridge Ice CO
Dorchester Water CO
For Sale Dorchester Fair Season Tickets On Sale Now
Season tickets for the Dorchester County Fair are on sale at Eastern Shore Trust Company Geo. W. Meekins Confectionery Store Cooper Wrights Barber Shop and E Lee LeCompte Shoe Shop Price 149. 81111. BER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester County Fair
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Geo. W. Meekins’ Confectionery
Cooper & Wright
E. Lee LeCompte
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Phillips Hardware CO
Cambridge, Md
Race St
Jas. A. Slocum
United States Co
Kodak
J. A. Tschantre Sons
Jewelers
Optometrists
Elmer Cannon
H. P. Palmer
Cambridge Amusement Co
W. Irving Mace
Locust Street
J. H. Waller
Gay St
L. K. Warren
People’s Bank
C. E. Finley
W. H. Spedden
Hughlett St
William F. Applegarth
Harvey H. Conway
East Brooklyn Box Co
East Brooklyn
A. A
Edgar G. Collins
Cherry Street
Washington, D. C
T. Langston Insley
LeRoy L. Wallace
Law
Fletcher & Jones, Attorneys
A.w
Lloyd Webster
Spring St
J. Watson Thompson
Justice of the Peace
Notary Public
Mary Lee R. Dunn
Eastern Shore Trust Co
Gov. Harrington
State Board of Prison Control
Ment
Educational Survey Commission
Bureau of Labor and Statistics
Baltimore American
Cambridge AuTo Co
Chas. W. Purnell
Optician Cambridge
United States
Treasury
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Cambridge, Maryland
Cambridge Monumental
Edgar B. Simmons
Chevrolet Automobiles
Mace
Telephone
ST. Paul
Burgess & Company
American Building
Baltimore, MD
Eyo
Ulaa Asta
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