Marsh Turnpike sale offer before county board rattled
Representatives of the Marsh Turnpike Company asked the county commissioners to buy the four mile road for 5000 dollars. The proposal was laid on the table. Local theatre listings note coming features at the Colonial Theatre including Tyrant Fear and The Marriage Ring with Enid Bennett and George Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Turnpike Company
Board of County Commissioners
Dorothy Dalton
Enid Bennett
George Walsh
Colonial Theatre
Fire at Cost home sparks smoke in cellar
A fire broke out in the cellar of N. Bruce Cost's house at 12 East Avenue while the occupants, Mr and Mrs Cost, slept and were partly overcome by smoke. Nearby items note historical figures and local events, including a Chicago mayoral interview and fair profits, with various local home reports and notable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Bruce Cost
East Avenue
Veteran Confederate rider laid to rest in Shepherdstown
Aged 63 he served with distinction as a Confederate veteran and never parried. Burial planned in Shepherdstown his birthplace in 1846. After 33 years on the road, an automobile owned by Mrs J W Harvey of Lee NH still gives satisfactory service capable of 30 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdstown
J. W. Harvey
Lee, N. H
Bumsteads Worm Syrup Angel of Mercy Claim
A vintage ad proclaims Bumsteads Worm Syrup as an angel of mercy for children. It stresses following directions, notes Breton Ey scarcity and high cost, offers steam full dose, and advertises 60 cent buttons with ambiguous claims from a Philadelphia doctor or firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel of Mercy
A. D
Philadelphis
Christmas Program and local notices at Broadfording
Broadfording December items note church Christmas programs at Church of the Brethren December 25, Church of God December 23, and Broadfording school December 21. Public invited. November daily attendees listed. some absences. Local visits and family news from Broadfording, Spickler, Welsh Run, and Fairplay areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadfording
Church of the Brethren
Church of God
Catherine Hastings
Helen Angle
Betty Mae Gallion
Irene Gallion
Mary Gallion
Helen Sprankle
Paul Sprankle
Preston Barnhart
Ralph Hastings
Local Social Notices and Grain Prices Reported
A fragment lists several local residents including Mr and Mrs Russell Carbaugh and children and other neighbors. Baltimore market notes show No 2 red winter wheat at 8734 for spot and Dec and 1814 for Jan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Carbaugh
Bernard Barnhart
Virginia
Martha
Preston
Arthur Myers
J. C. Snyder
Richard Snyder
Charlotte Clopper
Ruth
Julia Higgens
Clayton Holtzman, Jr
Roger Mowen
Helen Angle
Jacob Ankeney
Raymond Miller
Lester Gossard
George Bowers
Baltimore
Local Quotations Prices Paid Farmers Note Wheat to Corn and Potatoes
Prices paid to farmers for wheat corn eggs butter and meats show varied per bushel and pound values. Quotations include Wheat 80 cents, Corn new 80 cents, Eggs butter and country bacon with assorted ranges, Irish potatoes price per bushel, onions and sweet potatoes, walnuts and other items listed with unit prices.
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Dr. Rowland
Baltimore and
Locust Streets
E. A. Firey
Rockville High School
Annapolis
Home Furniture Co
BUY Arma Stores Coffee
J. F. Funk
The
Daily Mail
Chicago
Harrison
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Hagerstown Fair Association
Pat Rollins
Carlisle
John G. Bower
Charles L. Downs
Williamsport
Cornell
Jacob Wheaton
Bethel Street
Jim Douglas
Washington County
Cushwa
Eres
Pittsburgh
Psr
Bumsteads Worm Syrup
Louise Bloyer
Louise Gallion
Kenneth Bloyer
B. F. Eakle
John Bloyer
Frank Bloyer
Spickler
Charlotte Bloyer
Edward Pike
Fairplay. Co. V. McKinna
S. A. Bowers
Ida Angle
Tilman Fiery
John Sinsell
Emery Angie
Emery Angle
John Witmer
Welsh Run
BY Oscar Hitt
Doc
Peters
U.S
Patent Office
Stanley
ED Wargler
Lee
CHINE
Po Ma
Ams
Chicago Market Company
Ayers Bros
Steffey Co
Building Coal Supplies
Popeye
Wuaile
Mrs Green
Yam
Igoner
Lloweis
E. C. Segar
Scorchy Smith
John C. Terry
BRICK
Bradford
Me Hee Manco
Manco
Yonder
Amarlu v
Circle Bar
William Ritt
and Clarence Gray
Thymu
SOS
Peru
Bobby Thatcher
Elsie
George Storm
Bobby
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