Plans to Restore Fort Hager Estate and City Park Area
The May Maryland History Notes reports post war plans to restore the original stockade and moat around Fort Hager, a site built by Hagerstown's founder now owned by the Washington County Historical Society. It also notes a city effort to convert jointly bought acreage near City Park into a children’s recreational area. The Maryland Historical Society seeks city directories for Hagerstown and other Maryland locales, plus older Baltimore and local editions.
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Fort Hager
Hagerstown
Washington County Historical Society
Maryland Historical Society
Maryland History Notes
City Park
Maryland
Baltimore
Workers To Plan Fifth Bond Drive
Washington county workers and committee representatives meet at Nicodemus National Bank on Friday June 2 at 7 30 p m to plan the Fifth War Loan Drive. John D Hollyday county drive chairman says the county quota will be announced at the meeting as details of the drive are discussed. The event features participation from manufacturers merchants theatres banks and other groups. The drive runs through July with certain bonds counting in June and July if sales go through the Federal Reserve Bank. Maryland statewide quota is 228 6 million with Baltimore City at 196 5 million and Baltimore E bond quota 32 885 thousand. Allegany county quota set at 3 million.
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Washlington
Nicodemus National Bank
John D. Hollyday
Washington County
W Hollyday
Federal Reserve Bank
Maryland
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Allegany County
Automobile Stolen From North Potomac Street
Charles Draper of Clearspring Rt. 1 reported an automobile stolen from the 300 block North Potomac street early Sunday morning.
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Charles Draper
Clearspring
Rt. 1
North
Potomac Street
Bamboo pipelines carry salt brine in old Chinese mines
Bamboo pipelines winding across Tse Liu Ching hills deliver brine from salt wells to refineries. Unlike metal lines, these bamboo conveyors are repaired by wrapping fresh bamboo strips by Chinese workmen. The mines and wells, 2,690 years old, yield about one fourth of China’s salt production.
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Tse Liu Ching
China
Old Age Insurance Offer Targets 70 to 90 Year Ol
The National Protective Insurance Co offers a new old age accident policy for men and women aged 70 to 90. It provides hospital and general coverage with maximum benefits up to 4 000 and rising to 6 000, plus 200 monthly for hospital care and strong compensation for fractures and dislocations. The annual cost is 3 65, or one cent a day, and a free 10 day policy is offered after sending name age and address. 30 days insurance added free when 3 65 is sent.
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National Protective Insurance Co
Pickwick Bldg
Kansas City
Mrs Gunter Fatally Injured In Cumberland Car Crash
Mrs Annie Wehner Gunter 76 widow of William R Gunter and mother of William A Gunter a former State Senator was fatally injured when a parked car at Cumberland Country Club rolled down a slope struck a tree near Evitts Creek. Her son drove her to the club and returned to find the car missing and learned of the accident. The car allegedly shifted gears and veered into the embankment tearing down a pine and narrowly missing golfers before a head-on crash. Born in Frostburg she was daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Wehner. Surviving besides her son here are another son David E Gunter of Guntertown Garrett county and sister Mrs Katie Ruppert of Baltimore. Five grandchildren also survive.
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Cumberland
Annie Wehner Gunter
William R. Gunter
William A. Gunter
Cumberland Country Club
Gunter
Evitts Creek
Frostburg
George
Elizabeth Wehner
David E. Gunter
Guntertown
Garrett County
Katie Ruppert
Baltimore
Mapleville Letters and WASP film feature at Henry’s Theatre
Mapleville notes include multiple local visitors and visits by residents to Boonsboro Hagerstown and Locust Grove with names such as Nellie Yessler and the Cunningham family. A film page at Henry's Theatre highlights Loretta Young star of Ladies Courageous scoring 80 of 100 on a nickel plane target device as Lois Collier watches and Miss Young recalls meeting her late plane.
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Mapleville
Nellie Yessler
San Mar
Wm. Cunningham
Frederick Siponen
Hagerstown
Charles Keadie
Denis Stifer
Locust Grove
John Slifer
Edgar Green
Boonsboro
Walter Gross
Dickie
Carmel
Harry Schatt
Garland Greene
Harry Cross
Yeaden
Roy Martz
Willie Martz
Lena
Howard Griffith
Margaret Griffith
Mamie Moser
Ira Stine
Harvey Stine
Loretta Young
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Walter Wanger
Ladies Courageous
Henry’s Theatre
Miss Young
Lois Collier
Jill
Washington
Highfield Passenger Service Discontinued on Sunday
Baltimore May 29 The Western Maryland Railway Company will discontinue passenger and express service at its Highfield station in Washington county as of Sunday the Public Service Commission announced The company notified the Commission that the notice of discontinuance was filed and approved by the agency
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway Company
Highfield
Washington County
Public Service Commission
Continuance Notice at Highfield Station Highlights Service
A continuance was posted at the station as required by law and that mail and freight service would be continued at Highfield. The filing confirms ongoing operations and compliance with regulatory requirements.
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Highfield
Promenade by the Forty and Eight at Armory
About 106 Forty and Eight voyageurs from Maryland District of Columbia Pennsylvania West Virginia and Virginia attended the promenade visiting Antietam battlefield Newton D Baker General Hospital Martinsburg American Legion post and Williamsport. A reception at Hotel Alexander welcomed Chef de Chemin de Fer Oscar Lamp of California. Dinner served to 280 including officers. two hours of entertainment followed and a class of 17 men joined. The Navajo hairbrush note appears as an unrelated fragment.
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Antietam
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
Ap Astate
National
Lamp
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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