Pen Mar Reformed Reunion Draws Large Crowd
More than 3,000 attendees gathered at Pen Mar Park for a Western Maryland Moonlight excursion and a Reformed Church reunion program. Rev. C J Musser spoke on The Passion for Completeness, followed by hymns, quartets, and prayers led by Rev. Carl Witmer and Rev. Deckant.
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Pen Mar
Park Westengp
Reformed Church Committee
America the Beautiful
Grace Reformed Church of
D. D
Carl Witmer
Waynesboro
All College
Welltown Road Condemned After Court View
The Welltown turnpike was viewed yesterday by Circuit Court appointees and deemed in bad condition. Managers must repair the highway and resume toll collection by October 1, after which it will be viewed again.
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Welltown
Circuit Court
Kun escapes from a train near border frontier station
A Breslau dispatch reports Bela Kun and other Hungarian communists being transported from Vienna to Russia via Germany escaped from a train near Odenbers on the Silesian Czech border. The incident occurred as the frontiers were policed and the escape was confirmed today.
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Bela. Kun
Vienna
Russia
Germany
Odenbers
Breslau
Berliner Zeitung
Coal Oil Stove Ignites In North Kent Street House
A coal oil stove ignition on North Kent street sparked a brief fire alarm around 2 PM. Firemen arrived minutes after the alarm and put out the flames with chemicals. no damage occurred. Miss Neilie Cleveland has returned to Washington after visiting her mother and sisters here.
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North Kent Street
Neilie Cleveland
Washington
Free TB Clinic Open to All in Red Cross Drive
Red Cross announces free tuberculosis clinic to save lives by early detection. Clinic schedule lists locations in Brucetown Gore Stephens City Winchester and county schoolhouses plus Winchester district nurse office for examinations, with emphasis on influenza recovery patients and those with prior pneumonia or bronchitis. Victor Bowles of Dallas visiting Clarke county connections.
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Red Cross
Linic
Brucetown
White Mall
Gore
Gainsboro
Stephens — City
Stephens Ity
Triday
Winchester
Victor Bowles
Dallas
Pex
Wilkes W. Bowles
Clarke County
Scott Grant
Fireman Struck Ill During Train Duty At Strasburg Junction
Frank Rover a fireman on a Baltimore and Ohio local freight became ill with acute indigestion yesterday at Strasburg Junction. His engine was moved to this city by Mr Royce of Winchester who is reported to be improving.
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Itr
Frank Rover
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Strasburg Junction
Royce
Winchester
Remarkable meteor observed over York to St Valery in 1919
Observers report a brilliant tril liant meteor on October 21 1919 spanning about 385 miles from a point northeast of York England to southwest of St Valery France at roughly 33 miles per second and an altitude near twenty four miles.
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Ms.cor
York
England
St. Valery
France
Scientific American
War era tea turns plan to aid Captain Anstruther’s sister
Anne schemes to keep Captain Anstruther’s sister Helen happy during a month’s visit by enlisting Colonel Kent’s help at tea. The plan hinges on social maneuvering and a past kindness that haunts Anne as she seeks to balance duty, desire, and reputation amid officers and romance.
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Anthers
Helen
Drears
Anne
Tom Anstruthers
Anstruther
Aefavor
Colonel Kent
Tom
Phires
Origin and use of the Horn Book in early schools
The horn book, invented in the mid 15th century, served as a basic school primer. It featured print letters and syllables on parchment beneath a horn plate to resist moisture, with a debate on foot square versus square foot area in geometry.
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Orgin
Proper Food for Parrot in Captivity
Parrots in the wild eat seeds and fruit and should receive similar foods in captivity. Feed sunflower seed hemp seed nutted yellow corn stale bread soaked in water occasional apple or banana roasted peanuts dry crackers plus plenty of water and gravel kept in the cage. The parrot’s cage is hung and cleaned daily.
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Hong & Chawd
Flag tramplers sent to prison in Bermuda incident
A Bermuda consular report states the flag tramplers from the United States were heavily fined and sentenced to imprisonment. The incident, tied to July 4 celebrations, involved sailors who trampled the flag and drew the attention of the State Department. The report notes officers warned of penalties and ongoing inquiries.
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Ington
Bermuda
Amer. Vaish
Allies to Aid German People Agreement Reaches Reparations Plan
Allied governments including Great Britain France Italy Japan Belgium and Portugal sign an accord in which they agree to assist Germany in floating towns to meet internal needs and to aid in promptly discharging debts to the allies. The pact also provides for distribution of indemnities from Austria Hungary and Bulgaria and settles reparation questions.
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Belgium
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Portugal
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Seismic Disturbances Quiet City On July 17
The Associated Press reports four earthquakes of varying intensity rattled Los Angeles yesterday. The tremors, the last one after six, disrupted daily life but the city returned to a near normal look by nightfall.
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Los Angeles
Fire in Miss Haymaker’s apartment extinguished quickly
A blaze around 10 this morning in Miss Haymaker’s second floor apartment in the Jones' Brothers and A. G. Swanson building on South Main Street was put out before any damage occurred. The fire is said to have started in some rags.
Small Farm for Sale Under 1912 Trust Deed
Public auction to sell a small farm in Winchester Virginia under a deed of trust dated August 21 1912 and recorded deeds in Broderick County. The sale is at twelve o'clock noon in front of the county courthouse.
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Broderick County
Maward Jefferson
Jefferson
Edward Jefferson
Winchester
Virginia
Land sale notice for 36 acres near Winchester Frederick Co
Twenty seven acres of land about three miles east of Winchester is offered with a dwelling, stables, corn house and smokehouse. Five acres are in apples and peaches. Fifteen acres in chestnut oak and white oak timber. One third cash due day of sale, two thirds secured by bonds due in one and two years. Title by deed of trust and fire insurance policy. R Gray Williams, Trustee. T-14-4w
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City of
Winchester
Frederick County
Philip Shearer
Byrne
Ale
R. Gray Williams
Incomplete Long Island Property Listing Notes
Fragmentary 1807 record describes a Delaware or Jericho Turnpike property near Jamaica Great Plains with buildings orchards gardens meadows and water features. The text also mentions Turks and debt seizure exemptions relating to a person named Turckien Dektor and a home exemption.
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Long Island
Ngaroe
Jamaica
Great Plains
Jericho
Littl Plains
Rocky Hill
Turckien Dektor
Usiawiht
Turkey
Wan
Norfolk & Western Schedule in effect May 30 1920
Norfolk and Western announces timetable changes effective May 30 1920. The notice lists departures and connections for Berryville and nearby lines, naming W Berryville as a stop on adjusted routes. Service adjustments reflect wartime rebuilds and carrier optimization.
Suffered Intense Pain Relies on Remedy
Mrs Celesta McVicker of Macon Missouri recounts a severe illness while visiting relatives in Michigan. She says Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhea Remedy relieved the pain after one dose and further doses completed the cure.
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Michigan
Morbus
Celesta McVicker
Macon
Chamberlain
Legyn
Toni
Amber Beads and Old England Wedding Customs
Text reflects on amber beads as a superstition tied to motherhood and marriage. It notes the common use of amber necklaces in past English customs, the pleasant scent released when heated, and hints at a mother gifting amber on a daughter’s wedding eve.
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England
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