Wives And Children Of Miners Face Eviction In West Virginia
International News Service reports wide scale eviction of 800 women and children from tent colonies in Mingo County West Virginia. Federal court injunction targets tent camps linked to the 1920 miners strike, forcing families to abandon squalid homes as tuberculosis and poverty spread. Union organizers warn aid may halt if relief is blocked.
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Robert Starr
Thornburg
International News Service
Williamson
West Virginia
Mingo County
Mingo
United Minor Workers
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Deaths of William G. Smith and Ruth Ella Dorman
William G. Smith 83 retired farmer dies at daughter Julia Clagegett’s home near Clearspring after a long illness. Survived by three sons C Jesse J B Smith G Howard Smith. funeral Monday at 10 at the house and Catholic Church in Clearspring. interment St Paul’s Cemetery. pallbearers named. Ruth Ella Dorman dies at White Hill Pa aged 23 months from cerebral meningitis. funeral held Monday at 4 pm.
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William G. Smith
Julia Clagegett
Clearspring
Mr. Smith
C. Jesse
J. B. Smith
G. Howard Smith
Ashton
Father Rinehart
St. Paul's Cemetery
Smith
Will
John C. Downs
Elwood McLaughlin
Allen A. Nasbit
Charles Zimmerman
Walter Mills
Richard Cushna
Ruth Ella
Arion
Edythe Dorman
White Hill
Town Eyes Air Route Across County
Washington reports one of two towns in the county Williamsport or Hancock likely to host a night landing field on a new coast to coast aerial route. Congress recently approved a 1.9 million dollar Post Office appropriation to begin the program with a broader push by War Navy and Shipping Board and White House backing. An Army plane surveyed Williamsport and Hancock on the tentative corridor, with Cumberland already chosen for a site.
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Washington
Williamsport
Hancock
House
War
Navy
Post Office
Shipping Board
White House
United States
Army
Henderson
Cumberland
Will Sponsor Kiwanis Club at Frederick
Hagerstown Kiwanis proposes to sponsor a chapter in Frederick after visits by C. Walter Baker and local leaders. If formed, the Frederick club may be sponsored by Hagerstown. Also notes a postponed real estate sale and a May 19 dance at Odd Fellows Hall with orchestra and round dance set to begin at 8 PM.
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Kiwanis Club
Frederick
Hagerstown
C. Walter Baker
The
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Hagerstown Grocery Company Ad Promotes Private Lessons
Local distributors engage in an advertisement offering private lessons from 1 to 9 p.m. daily. The promotion claims guaranteed learning outcomes and promises instruction across varied topics, highlighting ongoing opportunities for customers to improve skills.
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Hagerstown Grocery Company
Local Distributors Engagement Cigars
Maryland Citizens Military Training Camps canvass begun
Maryland cities and towns will be canvassed for the Citizens Military Training Camps to be held at Camp Meade and elsewhere in the Third Corps Area starting July 27. The War Department will refund railroad fare and cover medical exams and inoculations, with no camp expenses to enrollees.
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Maryland
Camp Meade
Third Corps
Corps
T Hie
Pennsylvania
War Department
Congress
Market prices in Hagerstown may 19 flour and grains list
Market bulletin lists grain and feed values in Hagerstown on May 19 with prices per barrel or per bushel for flour oats screenings shelled corn rye cracked corn soft bran middlings and meal types. Beef scraps and corn oats and barley prices also noted alongside wheat and other feeds.
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Hagerstown
Dee
How to Be Free Skin Nerves and Itching Explained
A vintage ad explains skin nerves reacting to itching and irritation from eczema and burns. It promotes Noxzema Skin Cream as immediate relief that soothes itching and pain, with a demonstrator at the store all day Saturday to prove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy
Rexall Pharmacy
Produce Boom Hits Baltimore Bay as Steamers Arrive
May Day report shows record volumes of fresh vegetables and strawberries arriving from Virginia and the Eastern Shore. Light Street wharves overflow with cargo while labor and truck shortages delay movement. Old Bay Line and Atlantic Railway add steamers to Virginia routes amid their busiest season.
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Baltimore
Virginia
Baltimore, Chesapeake and, Atlantic Railway
Rappahannock
Bay Line
Decorative wrought iron candlesticks suit Italian influence rooms
The item notes that wrought iron candlesticks are highly decorative and most effective in spaces where Italian influence dominates, suggesting stylistic compatibility with that aesthetic.
Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Ad Summary
An advertisement highlights Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York with a 1910 photo describing his Golden Medical Discovery. It touts blood purification tonics for pimples stomach digestion and vitality, claims no alcohol and root extracts, and invites readers to write for advice or obtain tablets or liquid at druggists.
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Pierce
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
Greenwalt's Community Market marks 30th anniversary
Today celebrations honor Greenwalt's Community Market at 41 South Potomac Street opening May 19, 1919. The store expanded from a meat market to a full grocery department with fresh vegetables and canned goods.
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Iit
Greenwalt’s
South Potomac Street
Ita
Builders seek permits for new city structures
Lester L Myers plans a two story frame building at 1087 Spruce street. Mrs Salle Spigler seeks a building at 114 South Foundry street and John D Sowers aims for a single frame house on Howard street. All white costumes are fashionable with bright hats and scarlet hues noted.
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Lester L. Myers
Spruce Street
Salle Spigler
Foundry Street
John D. Sowers
Howard Street
Electric Sweepers Bailey Electric Co Card of Thanks
Card of thanks from Cleggett D Lowry Emmert M Lowry and Lowry Produce & Commission Co expresses gratitude to ministers neighbors friends and merchants for sympathy during illness and death of wife and mother including flowers sending cars and pallbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleggett D. Lowry
Emmert M. Lowry
Lowry Produce & Commission Co
Adv
Man Rearrested Held in 500 Dollar Bail
Beecher Culessford was rearrested in Williamsport by Sheriff Kline and Deputy Hawbaker and jailed by Justice Tice in default of $500. He faces charges for assaulting John Upperman last Saturday night. Upperman was struck on the head and taken to the hospital for X rays to assess possible skull fracture.
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Beecher
Culessford
John Upperman
Williamsport
Kline
Hawbaker
Justice Tice
Upperman
Kidneys and Bladder Health Claim Herbal Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Careys PRESCRIPTION NO 777 a herbal tonic to flush kidneys and steady bladder function. It claims uric acid causes most ailments and urges water intake to keep kidneys lean and active, promising rapid detox and relief after meals.
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Dr. Carey
Rudy
Homer W, Wakle
Central
Drug Store
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