Maryland brides happier than western spouses in Census data
Census Bureau figures show Maryland brides are three times as likely to stay married as Far West couples and twice as likely as Far South partners, with divorce to wedding ratios of 1 to 15.30 in Maryland versus 1 to 4.99 in the Far West. The data also note rising divorce rates in New England and the Middle West while marriage figures fall.
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Maryland
Far West
Far South
Middle West
the Census Bureau
Washington
New England
Divorce Rate Reported in Grain Belt Aligns With Marriages
The grain belt data show a divorce for every five marriages, about 4.9. Six years earlier in 1916 the rate was one divorce per 5.02 marriages, indicating a stable pattern across the period.
Farmer Is Killed By His Own Tractor
SYKESVILLE Md Sept 5 A tractor unexpectedly went into reverse gear and ran over Milton D Dorsey a 30 year old farmer and World War veteran on his mothers farm here Dorsey was behind the tractor attaching a disconnected barrow when the machine moved crushing him The body was found with the tractor against a tree engine still running onlookers reported the fatal accident.
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Sykesville
Milton D. Dorsey
Dorsey
Hanover Society to Hold 39th Agricultural Show
The thirty-ninth annual Hanover Agricultural Society exhibition opens Tuesday. Applications to enter are higher than last year, says manager James T. Huston. Poultry displays are unusually large with 15 Hanover fanciers entering birds.
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Hanover Society
The
Hanover Agricultural Society
James T. Huston
Hanover
Varnished Surfaces Cleaners Warning
Strong soaps and alkalis should never be used on painted or varnished surfaces. They remove both the finish and the dirt, risking damage to the surface.
Hunt Robbers Who Made Big Whisky Haul
State police and Federal agents hunt five alleged whiskey pirates and four tracks with 40 barrels of anti-Volstead liquid taken from the Guckenheimer distillery No. 8 at Butler Junction near Freeport. The whiskey valued at 60,000 dollars. Nine trespassers were fined 21 dollars and costs in local police court.
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International Ews Service
Pittsburgh
Guckenheimer
Butler Junction
Freeport
Federal Revenue
Cumberland Valley
Justice Bitner
Plant Juice touted for catarrh relief and ear ringing
Mrs Jesse Cumpston of Toledo recounts that Plant Juice cured her husband’s catarrh and ringing in the ears after three years of hearing loss. She notes improved appetite and digestion. The remedy is sold in Hagerstown at Aughbaugh & Son's and Knolsey's Pharmacy.
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Jesse Cumpston
Milroy Avenue
Todelo
Ohio
Hagerstown
AughInbaugh & Son
West
Washington
Hylan Recovery Plans For Rest At Atlantic City
Saratoga Springs report says Mayor John F. Hylan of New York has improved in 48 hours and his family plans a long rest at Atlantic City soon after October 1.
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Hylan
International News Service
Saratoga Springs
John F. Hylan
New York
Atlantic City
Edgewood Sunday School Tours Fairney Memorial Home
About 150 Edgewood Sunday school members from near New Windsor Maryland visited Fairney Memorial Home yesterday. They brought picnic dinners for residents and themselves and served ice cream. After dinner a Sunday school program and preaching service followed. School Union Suits Boe Beard's.
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San-Mar
Edgewood Sunday School
New Windsor
Maryland
Fairney Memorial Home
Local prices and grain quotes from Hagerstown fair
Hagerstown dated Sept. 17 lists prices paid to farmers by C. M. Horst for wheat at 95 cents, oats per bushel and corn per bushel, with retail prices for flour, oats, corn, cracked corn, corn chop, bran middlings and dairy goods. The report names Union Grain and Schumacher Seed with various figures.
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Hagerstown
C. M. Horst
Perex Eeene
Schumacher
Union Grain
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By McManus
Bec
Zere
Itszs Ey Ie
Fearone Bewies, Inc
Sehool
Beard's
Emela
D. C
Y ‘ E C. N. Dennis
West Washington Street
Royal Elec
S. Potomac St
CeeRe
A. Gates
Eby’s Meat Market
East Washington Street
Clifford A. Spessard
Mer
Barcelona
Paris
Lyons
Husband
School Union Suits, Boe. “Beard’s
Leennee
Emmert
Washington St
Barber Supply
W. Antietam St
Wholesale and Retail
He Royal Woolen Mills Coy
Tailora
Miller’s Sagerstowne
Hamilton
Illinois
W. H. Mowen
S. Jonathan Bt
R.& V- Knight
Barr Motor.co
W. M. Depot
Connefs Garage
Ralston
Fair Store
Aeste
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Rome
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