Maryland Penitentiary Warden cites rising costs of supplies
Baltimore and Danville dispatches reveal Warden John F Leonard of the Maryland Penitentiary says all purchases, from carpet tacks to clothing, rise with the high cost of living and are bought in large quantities. Feeding prisoners now costs 211 cents per man daily, up from 12% cents pre war. In Danville, Virginia, docketed cases show many men with concealed weapons, fines imposed and a railway detective ending arrests near Schoolfield.
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Centenarian Martha Curry Celebrates 100th Birthday in Baltimore
Mrs Martha E Curry aged 100 marked her anniversary at the Aged Women's Home in Baltimore where she has resided 35 years She remains alert and healthy reading without glasses In reminiscences she recalls a Maryland farm life Ic cream and cake were served by the home staff The same day in Fredericksburg Virginia a portrait and tablet presentation to Orange is planned for Thursday at 11am at the Orange courthouse
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Murder by Moonshiners After Raid in West Virginia
Deputy Will Farley of the State prohibition department was shot and killed in bed at his home near Charleston following a raid on a still at Hoover Creek. Three moonshiners broke in and fired as Farley slept. Deputy G Johnson fired back but the assailants escaped. A posse pursued the moonshiners toward the Kentucky border.
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Prohibition
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Kentucky
Blind husband saves wife as fire burns 74 year old
In Baltimore Mia Ruth Ginnomonn 74 sustained severe burns when trash flames ignited her clothing and she died at Mercy Hospital. Her 84 year old husband John Ginnomonn tried to save her and was only lightly burned. The civil war veteran aided his wife until paramedics arrived. A separate notice reports the Washington marriage of Bessie Crosthwait Crosthwait to Fred Jennings of Washington connected with the Southern Railway.
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Strikes Girl Wife Fin e d In Three Room Dispute
William Rosenberger a 67 year old Baltimore bridegroom faced magistrate Kohleder after striking his 11 year old bride Elsie Rosen berger over a demand for a three room suite with a bath. He claimed two rooms sufficed and she spent money on ice cream. She testified jealousy over a guest at their July 31 wedding. He was fined five dollars on each of three counts.
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Rohieder
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Missing Boy Herman Thurlow Sought After War Pension
A Baltimore teen Herman Thurlow, 16, missing since December, is believed to have enlisted in the US Navy after leaving work December 21 1918. An uncle in Germany left him $15000 after dying in the war. police seek him, last seen at Hampton Roads drill grounds. He may be using an assumed name.
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