Old Waterway Revived by Revenue Prospects
Trustees of the idle Chesapeake and Ohio Canal report funds from water power revenues will cover maintenance and allow resumption of operations if Georges Creek or other cargo sources justify it. Flood damage was repaired, but prolonged dry periods and coal strikes slowed use. plans include preserving the canal and possibly linking it as a national scenic highway from Washington to Cumberland.
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Herbert R. Preston
Nature
Potomac
Shenandoah
Preston
Georges Creek
Georgetown
District of Columbia
William Fr. Coulphin
Cumberland
Washington
Rumor of William Stilley Case Delay and Sermon Series
Rumors circulated that the warrant against William Stil(e)y, a fight promoter, would be withdrawn but the trial was postponed again by Justice O. W. Middlekauy due to attorney absence and state superseding city ordinance issues. Meanwhile Dr Walter Byron Stell opens a series of sermons on the Lord's Prayer with Beatitudes discussions drawing large congregations.
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Wiliam 1. S
Btnley
Ghopnell
Middlekauy
Stiley
A. S. Mason
Mayer Chartes J. Bowman
Kew
Ely
Doe
Walter Byron Stell
Stehl
Hetel
British coal strike ends amid hopeful return to work
London reports a delegate conference urged no final settlement yet another talks session but the seven month disruption is viewed as mostly over with miners expected to resume work next week. The scene shifts to New York where Sarah Butler blasts sensational publicity as a handicap for women in American public life urging press to normalize women in politics.
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London
New York
Sarah Butler
Rossad Ferguson
Europe
Miss Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Red Cross Weekend Drive Seeks Renewals and New Members
Red Cross Week end drive is on today and tomorrow. The local chapter asks former members to renew for another year and others to join at headquarters. Donors are urged to give now due to heavy national disaster drains. Members are asked to display Red Cross in windows or storefronts.
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Red Cross
Hanukkah Observed by Hagerstown Jews Beginning Nov 8
Orthodox and reform Jews of Hagerstown begin eight days of Hanukkah celebrations on November 8. The festival, called the feast of lights, will be observed by synagogues sisterhoods and brotherhoods as well as religious school children.
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Hagerstown
Market Days Adjusted for Thanksgiving Week
Market Inspector Hush Garver announced that market days next week will be held on Wednesday and Saturday due to Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. The change shifts the regular schedule to accommodate shoppers and vendors.
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Hush Garver
Dry Democrats Back McAdoo as 1928 Candidate
New York Nov 2 192? Dry Democrats from the west and south plan to nominate William Gibbs McAdoo for president in 1928. Edwin Meredith predicts a dry photorim will bar Governor Smith of New York, a Smith ally, from contention. Meredith says the convention will be dominated by progressives and that McAdoo is the strongest rallying point for those backing prohibition and farm relief.
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New York
Willian Gibbs McAdoo
Edwin ‘J T. Meredith
Wilson
AL Smith
al. Meredith
New York World
Smith
Meredith
Roday
Mar. Mcade
Birayy
MeAdoo
Madman barricades house with mother shielding him
Florence, D. C. November 20. Harold Wheeler, 30, after shooting Sheriff Henry G. Gamble of Williamsburg County, barricaded himself in a Kingstree area house using his mother as a shield. Wheeler, released six months ago from the state insane asylum, had previously disrupted four Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains. Bloodhounds tracked his family. he reemerged and fired a shotgun at close range, slinking into the woods before returning to seal himself in the dwelling.
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Florence
D. C
Kingstree
Harold Wheeler
Henry G. Gamble
Williamsburg County
Wheeler
Atlantic Coast Line
State Insane Asylum
Lake City
Wheeler Iat
Bentz Named to Game Conference
Governor Ritchie appoints Frank L. Bentz of Hagerstown as Maryland representative on the committee for the thirteenth National Game Conference to be held December 6 and 7 at the Hotel Pennsylvania New York. Other committee members include Swepson Marle BE Le Compte Percy T Blogg Pembroke M Womble Clemson Brown and Bert Howard.
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Ritchie
Frank L. Bentz
Hagerstown
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Mr. Bentz
Swepson Marle
BE. Lee LeCompte
Percy T. Blogg
Pembroke M. Womble
Clemson Brown
Bert Howard
Cider Replaces Winter Water In Cumberland Valley Cisterns
Rural residents fill cisterns with cider as winter water supplies dwindle. A bumper apple crop and freezing temperatures push harvest, with cider selling at about one cent per gallon while spring water costs five cents.
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Cumberland Valley
Western Maryland Earnings Climb Despite Yearly Decline
Western Maryland Railway reports continued gains over last year with profits estimated for the week ending November 1. Yearly totals show substantial growth, reaching a high point while noting fluctuations in weekly earnings and overall revenue through November.
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Maryland
Oyeporh
Souqmel
Ais
Search ruins of steamer Mantilla causes eight of 16 feared dead
In Sparrows Point near Baltimore the Norwegian tanker Mantilla blew up in dry dock. Capt. Nils Danielsen reports 12 of 35 crew dead, four unidentified bodies among others recovered. Ariel Peterson of Baltimore identified. About 20 of 40 injured at hospitals with some expected to recover. Cause cited as accidental ignition of oil gas in a fuel tank. many workers burned as flames swept decks.
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Baltimore
Navy
Sparrows Point
Nils Danielsen
Ariel Peterson
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Lars Larsen
Boy and girl hurt in bike accident with delivery truck
Jacob Beard twelve and Hilda Ernst, both students from Broadway School, were riding home on Wayside avenue when Shipp's delivery truck struck their bicycle. Beard suffered chest pain and possible internal injuries with no broken bones found. Ernst sustained cuts and bruises. Exact cause unclear though the collision seemed unavoidable.
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Jacob Beard
Jacob A. Beard
Hamilton Boulevard
Hilda T Ernst
William Ernst
Wayside Avenue
Shipp
Young Beard
Ernst
Broadway
Storms ease as ships seek word from overdue vessels
Storms that battered Lake Michigan and Lake Superior relax easing fears for overdue ships. Milwaukee harbor received two coal carriers, Hill and Bic Gerald, after a fierce battle with winds and waves. Nine vessels remain unheard from as crews brace for improved seas.
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Wis
Lake Aichigan
Superior
the Hill
Bic Gerald
Milwaukee Harbor
Storn
Nere
Weekly Weather Forecast with Uncertain Snow Chances
The forecast notes considerable rondiness with a probable chance of occasional main snow showers and a temperate air implying cooler conditions. Most of the work ahead centers on preparing for variable winter weather and potential snow events.
Leaps To Death From Monument
Henry Anderson, an inmate at the Soldiers Home, killed himself at the Washington Monument by crawling through the top shaft grate and leaping more than 500 feet to the pavement below despite extra precautions.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Henry Anderson
Man Admits Double Life in Bond Scam
Earl A. Pivan 28, a Denver advertising man, confessed to running a five month double life as head of a brokerage selling forged Denver municipal waterworks bonds totaling 760,000. He staged his persona with a wig and mustache, opened large eastern accounts, and traded 240,000 in bonds for cash or good securities. Arrest followed bank and brokerage reports. authorities expect recovery of securities. Funkhouser brothers post bond after assault charge connected to Dr A Leo Franklin case.
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Denver
Colo
Earl A. Pivan
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Denver Municipal
Pivan
C. A. Coe
Coe & Co
Foster Cline
Roy Nelson
Crimson Narrowly Beats Sewanee 2-0 in SEC Clash
Alazaimna secured a tight win over Sewanee in a Southern Conference showdown, the Crimson escaping with a 2-0 victory thanks to a late safety to prevent a tie. The decisive moment came as Ny Hesepra nearly changed the scoreboard with a risky play.
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Alazaimna
Sewanee
Crimson
Youths Nabbed Stealing Coal From Freight Cars
West End detectives arrested four youths aged 18 to 13 for pilfering coal from railroad yards. They found over three tons on the ground and said nightly losses reached up to five tons sold at 25 cents a sack. Names Fraker Ebersole Houser Jones. arraignments set for tonight and Monday.
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West End
Western Maryland
Fraker
Ebersole
Houser
Jones
J. Scott Bower
Yourtee
Charge Parents Shirking Duties Spark Court Cases
Justice Guy K. Motter of Frederick presides over cases where parents neglect domestic duties that should be resolved at home. The courthouse docket shows many youths and families facing municipal and juvenile court action due to lax parental obligations.
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Guy K. Motter
Frederick
Parvata
Stevens Claims Alibi On Birthday Day of Murder Trial
On his birthday Henry Stevens testified he was at his Lavalette home over fifty miles away on Sept. 14 1922. He said he spent morning downtown fished in afternoon and evening with his wife in New York. He denied near Brunswick in New Brunswick and disputed a trooper's fishing pier claim as false.
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Associated Presse
Court House
Somerville
N. J
Henry Stevens
Eleanor R. Mills
Lavalette
New York
Stevens
New Brunswick
Mary Demarest
Anoa Hoag
Henry L. Dickman
Florida
Two Dead In Mine Blast In Jerome Arizona
An explosion at United Verde Copper mine on the 160 foot level killed two men and wounded two others who were not seriously injured. A massive blast of blasting powder in a nearby chamber failed to explode, initially thought to have wrecked the mine. отдельный человек повествует о bear hunt и thumb amputated заметка.
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Jerome
Ariz
United Verde
Forst
Queen Marie Makes Brief Tour Through Shenandoah Valley
Queen Marie led a swift train journey through the Shenandoah Valley toward New York on the last leg of her American tour. The party rode by car via Martinsburg and Winchester, seeking reassurance after recent distress over news from home. The traveler will stay at the Tuxedo home of Charles E. Mitchell before sailing on the Berengaria later in the month.
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W. Va
Queen Marie
New York
Shenandont Valley
Martinsburg
Winchester
Marie
Serbia
Bucharest
Jong i
Mario
Tuxedo
N. Y
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
Princess Means
Prince Nicolas
Cincinnati
da Feinnati
Du‘trolt
Cloveland
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