Burhans Watches Hagerstown Dial Phone With McKeldin
In a historic televised act the Hagerstown dial telephone system replaced the old manual network after 32 million feet of wire and four million dollars of work. Mayor Burhans spoke with Gov. McKeldin as cameras captured the moment, praising the new system while officials confirmed final tests and post conversion work continuing in the city and county.
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Maryland
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
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Washington” County, Board of Education
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How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
Advice on using FASTEETH powder to secure dentures with an alkaline non acidic formula. Claims the powder helps teeth stay in place during eating and speaking without taste or paste residue. Mentions odor control and availability at a counter.
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Calis Swamp Dial System Briefly Here
Hagerstonians made 416000 telephone calls yesterday from 9 am to 5 pm on the new dial system. High volume and user unfamiliarity slowed dial tone during peaks. Three main causes cited by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company officials were delays before dialing, dialing before tone, and slow dialing up to two minutes between digits. Some users confused the letter O with the numeral 0, tying up equipment longer than normal.
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Death by own action ruled in man death
In Cumberland Maryland the death of George L Langford 63 found off a woods road was ruled death by own action by Dr H V Deming Allegany County medical examiner Langford’s shotgun lay across his body muzzle to head He was last seen hunting October 21 his wife Margaret 47 died days later of an illness in a Frostburg hospital The report notes dialing issues and phone delays during a system conversion but centers on the fatal discovery and official ruling.
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Land grant origins trace to Duke of York in Sullivan County
Fragmentary excerpt notes that Sullivan County's beginnings date to around 1650 under Charles II who despised kin and granted land to his favored brother the Duke of York, indicating early colonial land distribution.
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