Social and Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits and Health
Social editor notices include engagements and births, with numerous local residents visiting Washington and Baltimore. Updates cover illnesses, recoveries, births at 6414 West Franklin Street, a five hundred card party hosted by Mrs Findlay Gossard, and marriage licenses for James W Armstrong Thelma Snyder Jesse W Johnston Ethel J Willetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay Gossard
Chestnut Street
Raleigh H. Gossard
Washington
James W. Armstrong
Mercersburg
Thelma Snyder
MacConnellsburg
Jesse W. Johnston
Rawson
W. Va
Ethel J. Willetts
Charles Town
Bronchiline Emulsion Promises Instant Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Bronchiline Emulsion as instantly relieving a cough with one swallow. It guarantees money back if relief isn’t complete after using up to half a bottle, claiming no narcotics and gentle on the stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canuffyean
Round Trips Price Listing and Notation
A compact fare table or price note shows round trip amounts including 2.95 symbols and related fractions or decimals. The fragment lists multiple figures such as 1.10 2.95 0.95 and 2.40 in a terse catalog style.
Old Folks Concert Marks St Mark’s Church Anniversary
The Pastor's Aid Society of St Mark's Lutheran church hosts an Old Folks Concert in the church social room on Tuesday evening at eight. The event begins the society's forty third anniversary with vintage costumes, one act plays and old songs in period settings. A silver offering at the door aids the church debt fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastor's Aid Society
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Banquet of Class Held at Zion Reformed Church
The Build er’s Bible Class of Zion Reformed Church held a Sunday evening banquet in the church Sunday schoolroom. Sixty guests attended, including members, husbands, and friends. Partners drew dinner assignments and the paired couples performed with speeches and a song. Guests included Rev. Dr. Scott R. Wagner, Omer T. Kaylor, A. K. Coffman, and many local couples and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Reformed Church
James Mobley
James Schuster
Phil Becher
John Dunn
Scott R. Wagner
Omer T. Kaylor
John Howard
Victor C. Stine
A. KK. Coffman
George Hoffman
Aldine Lakin
Geary Porter
J. 5
Hade
Keller Garver
Henry Wolfe
H. B. Fahrney
Ralph Johnson
Charles Noel, Jr
D. B. Calloway
Robert Mumper
Norman Kurzenknabe
Lee Staley
Robert Conrad
M. D. Moore
George Wade
John Wagner
W. T. Bander
Mary Andrews
Virginia Crouse
Virginia Andrews
Schaff
Ruth Hagerman
Gus Martin
G. B. McC. Wolfe
Religious Drama Tournament Begins in Washington County
The first Washington County In ter-Church religious drama tournament started with folders sent to schools. The folders outline entrance rules and information. Harold Snively presides over the Youth Council, with Mrs Laughlin and Mrs Myers as councilor and tournament chair, seeking to boost church drama in education and worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Hagerstown
Youth Council of
Harold Snively
J. R. Laughlin
Orville H. Myers
Birthday Turkey Dinner for Mrs. Joseph Ridenour
Mr and Mrs Frank Coss hosted a Sunday turkey dinner at 137 South Locust Street in honor of Mrs Joseph Ridenours birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Joseph Ridenour Mrs Lewis Myers Mrs Lillian Grossnickel Mr and Mrs William Routzahn Miss Evelyn Grossnickel Richard Coss and Alice Rosella Coss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Coss
South Locust Street
Joseph Ridenour
Lewis Myers
Lillian Grossnickel
William Routzahn
Evelyn Grossnickel
Richard Coss
Alice Rosella Coss
Notable local and national notes from 1920s page
Highlights include the triennial session of the Independent Order of Foresters in Baltimore with Harry Shafer and Titus Mentzer, film listings starring Farnum Brockwell and Griffith, WWI casualty updates on Clarence E. Miller, county roads labor talk by the Washington County Agricultural Society, Shuman selling a cake bakery, a new City Park entrance plan, Emory L. Coblentz re elected, and Nebraska ratifying prohibition with John Barleycorn to be dead January 16, 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Shafer
High Court of Maryland
Independent Order of Foresters
Order
Baltimore
Titus Mentzer
D. Paul Russell
Western Maryland Lodge of Pythians
A. N. Shuman
J. G Sommers
Marinsburg
Shuman
Virginia
Emory L. Coblentz
H. and Jr. Railway
Nebraska
John Barleycorn
Boonsboro council names tax collector and sets rate
Boonsboro Town Council named Daniel Cline tax collector and fixed the tax rate at 37 cents per $100, eight cents less than the previous year. In related items Henry Webber left for St. Louis to join a major piano and organ maker. Capt J H Grimm completed 36 years with the railroad without a serious accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonsboro
Daniel Cline
Henry Webber
St. Louis
Harry G. Maugans
A. B. Barnhart and Company
Wyndman
Abraham Corbett
Tinion Ghaple
Corbett
J. H. Grimm
Captain Scovell to Act Here in Shakespeare Program
Captain Ben Scovell, English actor and veteran of the legitimate stage, will present a Shakespearean program Friday at 2 o clock in the Hagerstown High School auditorium. He will depict scenes from The Merchant of Venice Richard II the downfall of Wolsey in Henry VIII and a scene from Julius Caesar. He is the son of the Very Reverend Frank Scovell, dean of Salisbury cathedral in England. Scovell graduated from Harvard in 5 majoring in English and the drama. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Scovell
Hagerstown High School
Wolsey
Julius Caesar
Frank Scovell
Salisbury Cathedral
England
Capt. Scovell
Harvard
Miss Matheson to Speak in County
Miss Lily Grace Matheson, field secretary of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will deliver several addresses in the county next week. She speaks in Keedysville on Wednesday and Boonsboro on Thursday, with a county youth institute January 26 at 2 30 in the First Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Grace Matheson
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Keedysville
Boonsboro
Miss Matheson
First Christian Church
Shrine election and dance in Hagerstown tonight
The Hagerstown Shrine Club Ali Ghan Temple will hold its annual meeting and officer election in the Masonic Temple this evening at 8. Jerry Harp's orchestra will play for a 9 to 12 o'clock dance with entertainment and refreshments. Charles L. Mobley is president for a successful year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown Shrine Club
Ali Ghan Temple
Masonic Temple
Jerry Harp
Charles L. Mobley
Alsatia Club to Stage Optimistic Oscar
Rex D. Gaver was named chairman of a committee to stage a three act play at the Masonic Temple on February 20 and 21. Mrs. W. C. Vedder directs with a reading rehearsal tonight. The cast is being assembled for Optimistic Oscar by Charles George, a notable local production. Otterbein Guild held a mission study at St. Pauls A B Church with 38 members attending the Open Gate to Prayer book discussion led by Mrs. Gratton Mason. An intermission lunch followed and debates on society topics occurred among the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alsatia Club, Inc
Rex D. Gaver
Masonic Temple
Scoop
Nis
Alsatia Club
W. C. Vedder
Hagerstown
Otterbein Guild of
St. Paul's
A. B. Church
Gratton Mason
Blood Circulation And Tonic Claims Highlighted
An advertisement touts blood circulation as essential for health and beauty. It links red blood cell health and oxygen delivery to skin tone and energy, promoting 5.5.5 and S.S.S tonics as dietary aids and noting availability in two bottle sizes from The 8.8.8. Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
We Women by Betty Brainerd advice column
A reader asks whether to leave a troubled home and another worries about an engagement. Betty Brainerd advises staying with family, fostering affection, and avoiding harsh judgments, then suggests awaiting word from a fiance and offers reassurance about illness or communication delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Brainerd
Ube
Mather
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Evening Mail
The
Daily Mail
Society
R. F. Bell
Maryland Avenue
Hattie Munson
H. S. Munson
Karl Kerr
Sterling and
Margaret Ann
Clarendon
Alexander Bennett
East North Street
Alice Bennett
Port Chester
N. Y
Alva Duckworth
Oldtown
Harry F. Rohrer
West Howard Street
J. R. Booth and Son
L. Walters
Beverly Ma
Funkstown Pike
Washington County Hospital
R. C. Cleyidence
Joseph C. Byron
South Prospect Street
Mrs. Virginius Gayle
Pittsburgh
Mrs
Raymond L. Henderson
Leicester Kent
Trinity Church
Shepherdstown
Harry T. Lichlider
Armistead S. Lucas
Walter Byron Steki
Kent
Episcopal Church
Alaska
Mountain
North Carolina
B. D. Conn
Ethel Brenner
Nathan Brenner
New York City
Julia Flohr
McDowell Avenue
Mary Stockslager
Funkstown
Charles Earley
Fotomae Street
Grace Snyder
Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg
Chester C. Hyler
West
Franklin Street
Blue Ridge
Frederick
Cumberland
Uniontown
Harrisburg
Winchester
Martinsburg
Westminster and In
Blue Ridge Depot
Alexander Hotel
Jerome
J. W. Rohrer
AW. Salin
St. Phone
KAY Jewelry CO
A W. Washington
M.J. Brougher
Christ
Jesus Christ
Franklin Thomas
America
Conrad Funeral Home
Richard M. Conrad
Talepshane Clear
SPE
Pope’s Beauty Shop
N. Locust St
Meyers & Berkson, Inc
W. Franklin St
Maxine Restaurant
Washington St
L. & B. Hat Shop
Women’s Hats
East
BON Ton
Sind
Moskin’s
Potomac St
William Farnum
Clarence E. Miller
Enman- Miller
Summit Avenue
France
Miller
Washington County Agricultural Society
State Association
Marshall Field
Chicago
Wm. Randolph Hearst
Eugene Spessard
Smithsburg
Cavetown
Lodge of Eagles
Arthur L. Towson
E. P. Cahill
Hancock
Maryland Horticultural Society
Cutiura
W. D. Elston
Fairview Cottage
Asheville
N.C
Aime
Gticura
Geanddie
Taloum Se
Potter Drag & Chemical Corp
Malén
Mase
Scovell
Ben Sos
Oscar
Charles George
Kiwanis Club
Miriam Everts
WE Women
Iandlady
Betty Brainerds
Madison Ave
Montes
Cauffman
Brown's
Ward
PENN
Bradford
S. Jonathan St
Montgomery Ward
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