Route to Point Lookout Road Trip Highlights Historic Cemetery
A 83.2 mile Washington to Point Lookout run via Leonardtown St Marys and Scotland covers a gravel and sand last two miles through scrub pine forest. Pathfinders visit two Confederate monuments and the 80 foot granite grave monument at Point Lookout with 429 known and one unknown dead. The journey, weathered by a cloudburst, proves the route scenic and historically rich.
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Paint Lookout
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Leonardtown
St Marys
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Chesapeake Bay
Point Lookout
Maryland
United States
Jedlea
Faint Lookout
Thrae
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St. Marys
John Lisburn
White House
St Inigoes
Ridge
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Cross Bridge
Mechanickville
Helen F. O
Church
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Lovexville
Academy Gate
Small Gray Church
Triangle
Fork
Park Hall
ST. Migoel
Pasa
O—Ridge
P.O
ST. Inigo
Loveville
Helen P. O
Mechanicsville
Charlotte Hall
Hughesville
Bryantown
Waldorf. Cross Railroad
Clinton
Reds Corners
Silver Hill
Good Hope
Anacostia
Anacostia River
Eleventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
B Street
Capital Grounds
Capitol
Garfield
First Street
Peace Monument
Monument
Washington Post
Confesses wrecking Scenic Limited wreck near Springville Utah
Harry G. Honts of Lehighton Pennsylvania surrendered to Utah police and admitted wrecking the Scenic Limited on the Denver and Rio Grande near Springville last Monday. He said he placed angle iron under the train to avenge a freight-crew ejectment and noted a prior Nevada prison term. He also claimed time in a government hospital for the insane in Washington.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
Harry G. Honts
Lehighton
Denver and Rio Grande
Springville
Hentz
Nevada
Government Hospital For
United States Marine Corps
Paroled man confesses murder of benefactress
Murphysboro August 7 Joe Deberry colored under arrest at Harrisburg for the murder of Mrs. J. H. Martin has confessed the crime per a sheriff's statement. Deberry had been paroled from the State reformatory at Pontiac at Mrs. Martins instance. Her husband was surety and he was given work in the Martin household.
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Murphysboro
Joe Deberry
Harrisburg
J. H. Martin
Deberry
State Reformatory
Pontiac
Federal official denies power squadron link harms motorboat owners
A. J. Tyrer of the Bureau of Navigation disputed reports that United States Power Squadron members can search outside their craft or gain special privileges. He described the group as voluntary for emergencies, with membership requiring navigation exams. The arrangement aims to ease inspection work nationwide, with penalties for delinquents and local branches evolving.
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United States Power Squadron
United States Bureau of Navigation
A. J. Tyrer
Inspection Service
Bureau Off Navigation
Power Squadron
British Want Powerboats For Anti-Submarine Effort
Dispatches from Washington state report Britain has ordered 500 quick powerboats from the United States to patrol ocean lanes against German submarines. Inventor James B. Herreshoff Jr of Richmond Hill, N Y, proposed a similar plan, and the boats will be armed and capable of 60 mph. Lengths range from 60 feet, with light drafts to evade torpedoes. They may also convoy ammunition ships and merchantmen, offering cost efficiency versus battleships.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington State
Long Island
James B. Herreshoff, Jr
North Beech Street
Richmond Hil
Wireless Saved Millions for Germany in 1914
London August 4 1914 a wireless message proclaimed for neutral ports and 2000 miles range saving German mercantile marine according to Godfray Yannes Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company He claimed the Hamburg American liner Vaterland alone justified the $10 million spent on the stations.
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London
England
Germany
Godfray Yannes
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd
Vaterland
Nation of mechanics born from owning two million cars
The article notes a surge in American car ownership turning citizens into amateur mechanics. It cites millions of vehicles in 48 states, rapid output of automobiles for war and leisure, and widespread tinkering among farmers and urban buyers. Kansas and Iowa show strong registration growth, while California and New York remain leaders in totals.
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New York
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Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
Europe
States
United States
Kansas
Canada
Missouri
Tts
St. Louis
Kansas City
Iowa
Golden State of California
Charley Chaplin
Hawkeye Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Illinoia
Ohio
California
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wisconslo
Maarten Maartens Dead in Zeil Helland at Age 86
London reports the death of novelist Maarten Maartens on Wednesday in Zeil Helland. Born August 15 1864 in Hollen, he wrote in English and Dutch, with God's Fool among his popular works. He lectured in law at Utracht University in 1863 and held honorary degrees from several universities including Pennsylvania. He visited the U.S. in 1907 to speak at the national arbitration and peace congress in New York.
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London
J. MW. van der Poorten-Schwartz
Maarten-Maartens
God's
Utracht University
University of Pannsylvania
United States
National Arbitration and Peace Congress
New York
Canal tolls rise. July yields largest total since opening
Panama Canal tolls for July reached 573 265 dollars, the highest since operation began, surpassing March's 560 784. Year to date earnings show a 24 833 dollar excess, totaling 4 943 883. Operating expenses amounted to 4 122 560, not counting interest, depreciation, sinking fund, or about 80 000 dollars deducted for government vessel use.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Rattlesnake Strikes Man in Lap in Pomona Hills
Don Scott rode to tend stock when a huge rattler leaped into his lap in Live Oak Canyon. He killed the reptile after a struggle, but bites left his leg green to the hip and he nearly fainted before reaching a doctor in Claremont.
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Pomona
Don Scott
Live Oak Canyon
Mr. Scott
Claremont
Canyon
Destroyer Ericsson Delivered to Government in Philadelphia
The torpedo boat destroyer Ericsson built by New York Shipbuilding Company was delivered to the government at the Philadelphia navy yard. The 300 foot vessel has 17000 horsepower engines and reached 2 knots on trial. After commissioning she will go to Newport, R. I. for further tests and trials.
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Missouri
Kanene
California
New York State
Los Angeles
America
Climateria
Cafeteraa
San Francisco
Ford
Henry
Philadelphia
Ericsson
New York Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Torpedo Boat Station
Newport
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American schooner Laura C. Anderson seized by British cruiser
Philadelphia reports the capture of the American schooner Laura C. Anderson by a British cruiser at Gibraltar. The ship had sailed from Newport News on June 23 bound for Melilla Morocco with a cargo of bituminous coal under unknown terms.
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Philadelphia
Laura C. Anderson
Gibraltar
Newport News
Melilla
Morocco
APD Cummins & Co
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Croan Bridge
Point Lookout, Maryland
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Wireless
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Quaker City
Making Nation of Mechanics
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Big Rattlesnake
Destroyer Ericsson
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