Surviving Maryland Civil War units and veterans noted
The piece recalls Maj Randolph Barton a Confederate veteran and Virginia gentleman, and Capt William L Ritter of Reisterstown as the last surviving commander of a Maryland unit on either side. It highlights the Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers Home at Pikesville with 25 veterans and notes Lamar Hollyday will lead the Home next month after serving at Bay View Asylum. Details recount Second Maryland Confederate Battalion casualties, Captain Bill Murray’s death, and other Maryland figures including Clapham Murray, Corporal Bill Wheatley, and James R Wheeler. The account mentions Johnston's surrender and the First Maryland Cavalry’s actions at Appomattox and in North Carolina.
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Randolph Barton
Virginia
William L. Ritter
Reisterstown
Maryland
Ritter
Pikesville
Lamar Hollyday
Bayview Asylum
First
Appomattox
Johnston
North Carolina
Little
Shortage Found at Baltimore Subtreasury
A $32,000 shortage in the Baltimore Subtreasury funds was discovered by United States Treasury officials during a check of a $20,000,000 transfer made January 12 to 14. The loss was detected on January 13 and reported January 14 to Assistant Treasurer Robert G. Hilton and the Secretary of the Treasury.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Quick relief for rheumatism bottle offer
Five cents a day for a short time to rid yourself of rheumatism with Rheuma. Get a bottle today from D. Cc. Aughinbaugh & Son on a money back plan.
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D. Cc. Aughinbaugh & Son
Experienced Vegg at Belmont County Jail Safe Crack
S' Clairsville March 1 Sheriff Lynch and deputies seized a safe in Lansing during a raid on a resort seeking evidence of liquor law violations. Mike Kusie owner refused to open the safe, claiming he forgot the combination. Officers took the safe to the county jail awaiting a willing safe cracker to determine alcohol storage.
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International News
S‘ Clairsville
Sherif Rich
T. Lynch
Belmont County
Lynch
Lansing
Mike Kusie
Kusic
Outwits Bandits by Teen in Chicago Saloon Heist
Helen Grygienc, 15, fled as four bandits entered a Chicago saloon in search of $20,000 kept to cash payroll. She screamed and frightened the attackers, then copied their auto license number, leading to the bandits’ arrest and jailing.
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Helen Grygienc
K. Grygienc
Chicago
Women Voters League Calls For Meeting
The National League of Women Voters announces its second annual convention set for April 11-16 in Cleveland Ohio. Growth prompted the slogan a delegate from every Congressional District and the board plans an evening focused on presidents' right with state chairmen sharing effective methods to grow the organization and promote an intelligent electorate.
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Washington
National League of Women Voters
Cleveland
Ohio
George Gelhorn
St. Louis
Wll
Maud Wood Park
Wholesale prices drop five and three fourths percent in February
Washington reports February shows a continued decline in wholesale prices with a total drop of 38.5 percent from May 1920 peaks. Food and building materials each fall about 7 percent for the month, while farm products ease 5.25 percent and clothing about 4.34 percent.
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Washington
The
Bulletin
Smallpox Case Reported in Brunswick Town
Smallpox has appeared in Brunswick. Vernon Taylor, a railroad man living there, fell ill yesterday and was quarantined after a visit to Dr. R. B. Norment, district health officer.
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Brunswick
Vernon Taylor
R. B. Norment
Oklahoma Congresswoman Slams Blue Laws In Washington
Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, the second woman elected to Congress, told a correspondent she resents blue law agitation. From her House office she condemned efforts to legislate morals, calling for awakened personal conscience and more religion.
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Washington
Alice ‘Robertson
Oklahoma
Congress
St. Patrick's Day
Costello Post
Muskogee
House
Special Sale at Conrad's Phonograph Store
Furniture and piano polish advertised with a 50 cent bottle for 30 cents and 25 more for 15 cents while it lasts. Hurry, it won’t be here long at No. 7 East Washington Street. Daily Mail promotes persuasive advertising.
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Conrad's Phonograph
East
Washington St
Mother's dream ends as boy dies in auto crash
A year-old Clarence Krick son of Mrs. James Levan died from injuries after stepping into the path of a car on Liberty Boulevard in Allentown. Returning from a dandelion hunt with his sister Ruth the tragedy follows his mother's earlier remarriage and a reappearance of her former husband who allegedly tried to kidnap the children. In Martinsburg a workman digging a sewer hole damaged a main line, silencing about 800 telephones until the line is restored.
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Allentown
Clarence Krick
James Levan
Ruth
Snoch Arden
Martinsburg
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company
Romney Power Company seeks river dam to power Romney area
Cumberland March 18 application will be made to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia by the Romney Power Company to erect a 1 dam across the South Branch of the Potomac river at the property of William B. Stump. The project aims to manufacture electricity by water power for Romney residents and will transfer the electric department of the Farmers' Exchange to Romney Power Company, operating it independently of the mill and store.
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Cumberland
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Romney Power Company
Potomac River
Wikiliam B
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