Postcard from 1911 travels to 1922 Bayonne police chief
A Flemington Nova Scotia post card mailed January 1 1911 reached Bayonne New Jersey Lieutenant Saul Katcher only May 16 1922. The note reports the arrival of an Abeby heifer on the Flemington farm his father bought and asks him to name the calf. The card’s long journey spanned four presidencies a world war and Prohibition.
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Bayonne
N. J
Flemington
N.S
Saul Katcher
N.J
Mate
Katcher
Abeby Heifer
Lieut
Mor- Vich
Fleming
Bayonnne
Marines to Pass Through Hagerstown on Gettysburg Maneuvers
Four thousand marines marching from Quantico Virginia to Gettysburg plan to pass through Hagerstown around early July. They may spend a night at the Fairgrounds and rehearse three day battle reenactments using modern weapons during the Gettysburg maneuvers.
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Gettysburg
Hagerstown
Quantico
Fairgrounds
Dry officers seize N W RoR dining car in Roanoke
Roanoke May 19 Prohibition officers seized the Norfolk and Western railroad dining car on passenger train No 15 at Slee Field West Virginia and arrested the crew according to information from the railway company. No cause for the seizure or arrests is given in the report.
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Roanoke
Sluefield
Indigestion Relief Claim From Ohio Firm Official
Arthur L. Reeves secretary of the Austinburg Fuel and Light Company Ohio states he suffered from acute indigestion for over two years. After using Dr Orths Stomach Remedy and a second package he has been free from attacks for seven months and can eat freely. The advertisement promotes the remedy for 76 cents at Wareham Strite Co op Drug Co and other druggists.
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Arthur L. Reeves
Austinburg Fuel & Light Company
Ohio
Dr. Orth
Wareham & Strite
Co-Operative Drug Co
H. W. Eakle
H. R. Rudy
Orth Laboratory CO
East
Liverpool
Camp Cookery: Easy Camp Stove Meals For Hungry Campers
An article on camp cooking explains using a folding camp stove for baking and roasting, with a first supper suggestion of broiled frankfurters with hashed brown potatoes. It describes prep tools, potato browning, horseradish pairing, and makeshift biscuits called Burry-up biscuits, plus tips for simplifying camp meals for long trips.
One Misty Morning in the Gray Mist
A misty morning frames Sylvia's quiet life as a mysterious old man in faded clothes arrives asking directions to Fenwick Place. He performs magic to cheer her, but the scene reveals a masquerade by Uncle Newton with a magician’s false whiskers, weaving fantasy and loneliness in a small town moment.
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Sylvia
Lizette
Newton
Fenwick Place
Sylvie
Uncle Nawton
Prisoners Use Make Shift Still In County Jail
Cass Tarver the county jailer stopped a free for all among prisoners when intoxicated men caused a riot. A search uncovered a home made still valued under one dollar, built from two disinfectant cans linked by copper coil. The mash used scraps from meals to produce alcohol.
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Cass Tarver
Plant Juice touted after Louisville man’s recovery tale
Henry W. Terry of New Albany Indiana describes severe stomach ulcers and three months bedridden. After using Plant Juice he reports restored appetite and strength, endorsing it to others. Mentions retailers in Hagerstown and a bizarre jail fuel detail about charcoal in a sock and jailed prisoners making mash.
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Henry W. Thrry
Hagerstown
D. O. Aughinbaugh &. Son's
West Washington
Atreda
Knotsley's
Silk nightgowns trimmed with lace and embroidery
Eagerly laundered Italian silk nightgowns now feature profuse lace and embroidery. Also advertised are electric fans from Bailey Electric Co.
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Eloectric
Bailey Electric CO
Convention urges Harding to appoint Gov Harding
Atlantic City May 19 Ad dresses by George R James of Memphis and Stanwood Menken president of the National Security League New York closed the twenty seventh annual convention officers elected and a resolution requested President Harding to appoint Gov W T G Harding of the Fourth Federal Reserve Bank district. Farmer and Merchants Bank of Saltsbury president Dr Darocel A Graham chosen and Rowland Thames first vice president Alex Armstrong elected vice president. It notes a trend to embroider full names on handkerchiefs rather than monograms.
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Atlantic City
George R. James
Mem‘phity
Stanwood Menken
National Security League of New York
Harding
W. T. G. Harding
Firth Federal, Reserve Bank District
Ence
Darocel A. Graham
Farmers and Merchants
Bank of Saltsbury
Rowland Thames
National
Bank of Baltimore
Alex. Armstrong
First National
Bank of Hagerstown
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Heifer
Russia
Oxford
Newark Shoe Stores Co
United States
Potomac Street
Newark
Skipper
Peggy Hull
J. T. Kinley
Ter
Peggy
RTS
Daily Mail
NUMOR
Associated Ed
Joni Hu Milltay
Moora
Sala
Rly
State Banker's
Autlantic City
Lavallde
Potomac Avenue
H. H. Harman
Court Place
Kimberley
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