Rev Harry B Hull ordained to gospel ministry
Rev Harry B Hull licentiate of the Maryland Synod was ordained to the gospel ministry of the United Lutheran Church at St Pauls Cumberland. He is son of Mr and Mrs David Franklin Hull of Clearspring and was ordained by Rev H T Bowersox with assistants Rev H Hall Sharp and Rev Edward Heinze. He graduates from Gettysburg College and Theological Seminary and has done supply work in Western Maryland. He recently received a call to Hooversville Pa and will be installed December 31 by Rev W E Sunday of the Allegheny Synod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Hull
Maayland Synod
United “Lutheran Church
St Paul’s Lutheran Church
Cumberland
Hull
David Franklin-Hull
Clearspring
H. T. ‘Bowersox
Cumberland Church
J. Edward Harms
Maryland Synod
Bowersox
H. Hall Sharp
St. Luke’s
Edoward P. Heinze
St. John’s ‘Church
Hall
Gettysburg College
Theological ‘Seminary
Gettysburg
Evangelical Synod of Maryland
Lansdowne
Firemen Election Leads to Oyster Supper in Williamsport
Following the annual election of officers by the Volunteer Fire Company of Williamsport last night, members enjoyed an oyster supper at the Community House. About a hundred firemen attended as Richard G. Hawken was named president and Warren M. Seymour became foreman, with officers including Richard G. Hoffman, Charles W. Lizer, Leroy Castle, and other committee and pipeman roles. One new member was elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteer Fire Company
Williamsport
Richard G. Hawken
Richard G. Hoffman
Charles W. Lizer
Leroy Castle
Warren Seymour
Wrong charge noted in arraignment of Cage and Redmond
Earl Cage and Thomas Redmond, arraigned with other prisoners before Judge Wagaman and paroled, were charged with receiving clothing alleged to have been stolen rather than for stealing chickens. Also referenced is a note about turkeys for Christmas and a local phone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cage
Thomas Redmond
Wagaman
New Political Group Formed By Democrats in Maryland
Maryland Democrats form the Progressive Democratic League to oppose self serving factions and name candidates deemed of unimpeachable integrity. Organizers include Herbert OConor Robert Carman Clarence Miles George Dofferbert Leonard Weinberg and W Earle Withgott with executives McSherry Burke Bernard Roberts and Douglas Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Progressive Democratic League
Herbert R. O’conor
Robert R. Carman
United States
Clarence W. Miles
George Dofferbert
House of Delegates
Leonard Weinberg
W. Earle Withgott
Talbott County
Carman
Miles
Weinberg
Withgott
W. Clinton McSherry
Edward H. Burke
Fuller Bernard
Clarence M. ‘Roberts
Douglas H. Gordon
St. John’s College
Tax Office Extends Hours Through Noon and New Year
County treasurer John G. Bower announced the office in the courthouse will stay open during the noon hour beginning tomorrow and continue until January 1. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. including Saturdays. Delinquent taxpayers are reminded that after January 1 interest will accrue at 2.5 percent for county taxes and 2 percent for state taxes to encourage interim payment.
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John G. Bower
Death notices and obituaries from Cumberland area
Deaths Raymond Buzzard 58 of Hancock dies at home. survived by sister Mrs J W Hedrick and brothers Joseph and Simeon and mother Mrs J W Buzzard. William Albert Newcomer dies at home aged about. survived by sisters Miss Annie M and Miss Emma B Newcomer, sister in law Mrs F Q Newcomer and nephew Edwin B Newcomer. Funeral from home Wednesday at 2 36 p m conducted by Elder G W Lawrence with interment at Lutheran Cemetery Leitersburg. Infant Constance Crouse six weeks old dies at 42 Mitchell avenue. cradle roll member of First Baptist Church. Funeral Tuesday at 4 p m from home, interment Jose Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Buzzard
Hancock
J. W. Hedrick
Grand Avenue
Cumberland
Joseph
Pittsburgh
Simeon
Gassaway
W. Va
J. W. Buzzard
William Albert Newcomer
North Mulberry Street
David
Barbara A. Newcomer
Washington County
Ste
Annie M
Emma
Newcomer
F. QO. Newcomer
Edwin B. Newcomer
Frederick
G. W. Lawrence
E. L. Hanson
Leitersburg
Constance Crouse
Woodrow Crouse
Mitchel
First Baptist Church
Mitchell Avenue
Paul Wallington
Jose Hill Cemetery
Card of Thanks and Funeral Acknowledgments
Card of thanks expresses gratitude from Mrs. Ollie M. Repp for kindness during illness and death of their son, flowers, and transportation help. Also mentions Christmas trees with several hundred to choose from at B. and QO passenger station and advertisement for Shipp's Fish Met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie M. Repp
Shipp
Pocahontas Rally And Dance In Hagerstown Dec 27
A rally of the Degree of Pocahontas by the Councils of Hagerstown Frederick and Brunswick will be held at the Masonic Temple auditorium in Hagerstown on Wednesday night December 27 at 7 30 o clock. About one hundred candidates will be adopted. Visiting members from Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland are expected. W W P Wachter Great Incoherent will deliver an address. The rally will be followed by a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Frederick
Brunswick
Masonic Temple
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
P. Wachter
Great Incohenée
Extradition Refused by Courts in Insull Case
Extradition efforts against Samuel Insull were halted as courts refuse the move while he remains abroad. Indicted in Paris in 1932 for embezzlement, he fled to Italy then Athens as U S authorities pursued. London report notes British visa rules would apply if his passport is reinstated. His estate Pigents Farm near Theale sits ready for his use.
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Insull
Paris
Italy
Athens
State Department
Washington
Greece
London
Samuel Insull
United States
Pincent
Theale
Obey
Ober
Flowers Bloom in Fort Simcoe Winter Field Notes
Salt and pepper flowers the earliest wild blooms appear in Fort Simcoe Washington on December 19. Butter cups and other flowers are coming up. Holly wreaths and loose holly plentiful. Shipp's Fish Mkt advertises by phone 2470.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Simcoe
Wash
Shipp
State Fruit Growers Plan for Meeting
Final plans are under way for Maryland fruit growers annual meeting under the Maryland State Horticultural Society. The event runs January 2 to 4, 1924 at the Horticultural Building University of Maryland College Park. Topics include insect and disease control world markets financing production and cost reduction. The program features displays including five fruit washing machines and a fruit display. G S S L Carpenter of this city presides and will deliver the opening address. Carpenter is local manager of American Fruit Growers Inc which owns orchards around Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fruit Growers of Maryland
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Horticultural Building
University of Maryland, College Park
Maryland
Perfect Limbs Show Advances In Artificial Limbs
About 147000 Americans use artificial limbs with industry reports saying devices are refined enough that wearers forget their disability. A seamless aluminum alloy limb was demonstrated. Of 3000 workers in the field, 2000 wear artificial limbs. Railroads seek loans from Public Works admin for steel rails and equipment repairs. Winds Central asks 10000000 for six months of 1934 and Wabash requests 1489803 to buy 10000 tons of steel rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Association of Limb Manufacturers
Washington
Winds Central Railroad
The
Wabash Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Works Administration
Hingis Central
Wabash
Christmas Program At First Brethren Church
The Christian Endeavor Society held a Christmas program titled The Birth of Our King with 61 attendees. Participants included Kemp Krezler Virgene Coleman Olive Myers Lloyd Moser Katherine Adams Rev. F. G. Coleman and Fred Entler. Entler spoke on Milestones and Coleman on What Christmas Means to a Christian. A pageant The Bethlehem Inn will be presented at 7 34 oclock next Sunday in the church auditorium.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Brethren Church
King
Kemp Krelzer
Virgene Coleman
Olive Myers
Lloyd Moser
Katherine Adams
F. G. Coleman
Fred Entler
Luther League of Maryland
Hagerstown Peace Club
Rey
Coleman
Mr. En
Bombs explode in Havana as violence surges in Cuba
Seven bombs exploded in Havana through the night injuring four people, amid a wave of political unrest sparked by a decree requiring 50 percent native employment. Police note a Spaniard among the injured. several protests and arrests followed the labor flareups.
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Havana
Lindberghs Reach Charleston on Ocean Flight
The Lindberghs taxied along the Cooper River aboard their seaplane after a stopover with the coast guard boat. They saluted from the Naval Reservation, aiming for a five hour leg to finish their five months journey as they head toward Christmas with the baby. Charleston marked the midway point of their Miami to New York flight, a stop not previously announced. A light mist lingered over the harbor but did not hinder visibility as the seaplane lifted for the next leg north.
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Cooper River
Coast Guard
Naval Reservation
Hunting License Revenue Increases in Maryland
E Lee Lecompte reports Maryland game department license revenue rose in the year ending September 30. A total of 64 885 licenses issued generated 114 455 05 dollars, up from 63 519 licenses and 111 040 50 dollars last year. Arrests for game and fish violations rose to 491 from 462, with fines totaling 4 180 75 and 4 507 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
E. Lee Lecompte
State Game Department
Christmas greeting from prisoner to detectives
Detec tive George Ryder and Ray Archer once arrested Johnny Myers now inmate 64109 in Ohio penitentiary. Myers sends a Christmas note recalling five years since their meeting and hopes to pass them on the street soon without ducking into an alley to settle a debt.
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Columbus
George Ryder
Ray Archer
Johnny Myers
Ohio
Johnny
Washington County Civil Works Quota At 1338 Men At Work
Washington county reports 1338 men employed on Civil Works projects under the Civil Works Administration. Four city school projects and Antietam Battlefield work also underway. Administrator Harry Greenstein toured Maryland projects, praising supervision and practicality. Additional 35 men work at Antietam under Clarence Nett. Restoration efforts at Dunkard Church pending approval.
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Washington County
Civil Works Administration Board
Antietam Battlefield
Harry Greenstein
Civil Works
Maryland
Clarence Nett
National Cemetery
Antietam
War Department
Dunkard
Philadelphia
Woodland Way
Broadway-Wayside School
Harth
Broadway
Howard Street
Washington Street
Coarspring
Boonsboro
Smithsburg
Cascade
Williamsport
Baltimore
Washington County Welfare Board
City Taxpayers Notice on 1935 Taxes and Interest
City taxpayers are reminded that all 1935 city taxes due by January 1, 1934, will accrue 6 percent interest from September 1, 1933. Office is open Saturday evenings in December from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. to receive tax and sewer payments. Chase Fry, Adv. Tax Collector and Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Chase. Fry Adv
Unusual Wisconsin baby born with two teeth in 24 hours
Mr and Mrs Harold Dent of Madison announce the birth of an unusual child born Friday night who reportedly grew two teeth by Saturday night. Doctors call the appearance of a tooth within 24 hours after birth very rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Harold Dent
Madjigan
Physiciana
Hagerstown Garden Club Christmas Wreath Sale at Potomac Street
Hagerstown Garden Club advertises a Christmas wreath sale with all sizes and decorations from 10c up at 47 N Potomac Street on Thursday December 21. The listing appears with other Chicago grain market quotations by Stein Broa and Boyce from the McComas-Armstrong Building.
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Stein Broa
Boyce
McComas-Armstrong Building
Hagerstown
Maryland trial cites secret cancer salve deaths in New Jersey
In Rockville Maryland the state pressed its case that the secret cancer cure salve by Dr. Harry Street of Washington and Dr. Sherwood Ferris of Chevy Chase caused Mrs. Cora Britton of May's Landing New Jersey to die. The manslaughter trial opened yesterday with testimony from doctors and a nurse. the defense contends pneumonia and other ailments were at fault and plans to call former patients to support the salve's past outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Cora Britton
May’s Landing
N. J
Harry Street
Washington
Sherwood Ferris
Chevy Chase
State of Maryland
Oreskovic Sues Sons Over Stolen Goods and Vagrancy
Mrs. Mary Oreskovic told the district attorney her sons Steve and John allegedly took items from her home to fund spending, including the electric motor from her washing machine. Warrants for vagrancy were granted. Also listed: turkeys for sale in Ads.
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Milwaukee
Psi
Mary Oreskovic
Steve
John
Oreskovic
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MR. Hull
Lutheran Church
L. Moore
Beck’s Restaurant
Arcade Dining Room
H. L. Mills
W. Baltimore St
Mayflower Cab
New League
TAX Office
Bower
Roosevelt
el Camino Real
Sophie Kosuh
Bill Baker
Ojai
Calif
Associated Press
Roxy Restaurant
Zsa Frederick St
Mete
Fleigh Motor & Tire Co
Gak Hill
Ira Fahrney
Mgr
Tom Cross
College Park
Cuba
Ead
Best
K. T. Hager Cor
Church & Prospect
Woodland Hill
Turkey
Chicandi
D Ramacciotti
Iplans Air
South America
E. A. Guggenheim
Phoenix
Ariz
Russell Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
FBDAY
Stein Bros & Boyce
McConea-Armatrong
Amer. T. & T
Amer. Wat
Anaconda
Atchison
Beth. Steel Aim
Chrysler Boy
Consol
Ofverese
Crown Ck. & St
DuPont Taceress
Cme
Goodyear
Gentral
North Amer
Penna
R. Ropss
Radio
Este
Ltd
Steel
United Aircraft
Union Pacific
West‘house Elec
Union
West
Texas Corp
Warner Bros
Chicago Grain Market
Center St
Roy WW
Forsythe
Ady
Miller
Telephone
Tlours
Harlem
la Lams
Jersey
Elmer Kratz
E. Franklin St
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