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James Rada, Jr. Note: Newspaper excerpts are as they appeared in their respective issues. November 1924, 100 Years Ago Annual Apple Show Is Held At Thurmont Located in the heart of the county apple belt, Thurmont’s third annual exhibition held recently in Thurmont, under the supervision of the Citizens Saving Bank, a branch of the…
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James Rada, Jr. Note: Newspaper excerpts are as they appeared in their respective issues. October 1924, 100 Years Ago Annual Convention of Pythian Sisters The fourth annual convention of Pythian Sisters of District No. 2, of Maryland, was held in Thurmont Monday afternoon and night with 82 delegates present from the six temples comprising the…
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James Rada, Jr. Note: Newspaper excerpts are as they appeared in their respective issues. September 1924, 100 Years Ago Dentist Leaves For Africa For Big Game Hunt The dream of every hunter, from the boy who takes pot shots at squirrels to the man who hunts moose and bear, will soon be realized by Dr.…
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James Rada, Jr. Note: Newspaper excerpts are as they appeared in their respective issues. August 1924, 100 Years Ago Union Mfg. Co. Picnic Planned Former employes as well as those now on the payroll are invited to participate in thesecond annual picnic of the Union Manufacturing Company, this city, which will be held inWillow Grove…
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July 1924, 100 Years Ago Thurmont To Have Big 4th Celebration One of the largest Fourth of July celebrations ever held in Thurmont will take place Friday. An elaborate program which includes a parade, a baseball game, etc., has been prepared by the Civic League of Thurmont which is in charge of the demonstration. The…
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June 1924, 100 Years Ago Deserted On Her Wedding Day, Says James R. Lowery, about 45 years old, formerly of Point of Rocks, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by County Constable Charles W. Smith, charged with desertion and nonsupport. He will be given a hearing in police court this evening at 7:30 o’clock. Lowery recently married…
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May 1924, 100 Years Ago Thurmont Light Plant Cleared $38.01 in Year That the financial condition of Thurmont is sound and on a firm basis is shown by the following statement of receipts and expenditures including the condition of the corporation finances and the municipal electric light system. The corporation statement is for the fiscal…
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by James Rada, Jr. March 1924, 100 Years Ago County Gains In Battle With Storm Damage Frederick county today gained ground in recovering from the effects of the disastrous storm which swept this section the first of the week. Although this section is still isolated, communication in being slowly established. …The telephone and telegraph services…
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by James Rada, Jr. February 1924, 100 Years Ago Collided With Policeman Miss Clara Landers, of Thurmont, who is spending the winter in Brooklyn with her sister, Mrs. R. J. Royer, met with a serious accident last Wednesday. She was walking rather fast to attend a session of “lip reading” school, when she collided with…
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by James Rada, Jr. January 1924, 100 Years Ago Injured When Auto Hits Phone Pole Miss Mary Nagle, of Thurmont, who suffered a fractured collar bone and a severe cut in her right hip last Monday morning, when the automobile in which she was riding left the road and struck a telephone pole along the…
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by James Rada, Jr. December 1923, 100 Years Ago Infant Drowns in Creek Near Home The funeral of Charles Hewitt, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hewitt, of Thurmont, who was drowned Saturday afternoon when he fell into a small stream near his home, will be held this afternoon. The child, who was aged…
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by James Rada, Jr. November 1923, 100 Years Ago Thurmont Conference The second of the series of conferences being held by the Frederick County C. E. Union will be held tonight at Thurmont, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. Following will be the program: Hymn, invocation; “Christian Endeavor, the Church’s Tool Chest,” Rev. Wm. R. Glen, Frederick;…
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by James Rada, Jr. October 1923, 100 Years Ago New Lunch Room Henry Weiss, proprietor of the New Thurmont Hotel, has secured the rooms in the Osler Building at Thurmont, formerly occupied by Wisotzkey Bros., in which, he will open a lunch room. He will still continue in the hotel business at the New Thurmont…
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By James Rada, Jr. September 1923, 100 Years Ago Penna. Youth Killed In County Auto Crash George Shell, the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shell, Williamsport, Pa., was killed in an automobile accident at Franklinville, Md., on the Frederick Road, about three miles south of Emmitsburg, at about 6 o’clock, Tuesday evening. Young…
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by James Rada, Jr. August 1923, 100 Years Ago County League Race Grows Exciting The defeat of the hitherto unbeaten Thurmont ball club Intensifies the interest in the Frederick County League race. True, it gives the league leaders hut one defeat while Woodsboro and Mt. Airy, runners-up the pennant race, have each dropped two games.…
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by James Rada, Jr. July 1923, 100 Years Ago Wreck Near Thurmont All traffic on the Western Maryland Railroad between Hagerstown and Baltimore was at a standstill Monday afternoon, when 14 loaded freight cars were derailed and half a mile of track torn up a short distance from Thurmont. The cause of the wreck was…
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by James Rada, Jr. June 1923, 100 Years Ago Fishing For Time Richard and Isaac Garrish of Williamsport, Md., according to reports from that time, fished up 17 gold watches from the Potomac River last Thursday. The brothers spend much time fishing and maintain a fishing camp below the bridge and it was while they…
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by James Rada, Jr May 1923, 100 Years Ago Boys’ Pig Club Formed A boys’ pig club, the fifth in the county, was organized at Lewistown Tuesday night with the following officers: President, Conrad Graybill; vice-president, Russell Henry; secretary, George Palmer; local leader, Merle Ramsburg. Six members were enrolled and two others who could not…
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by James Rada, Jr. Note: Newspaper excerpts are as they appeared in their respective issues. April 1923, 100 Years Ago The Lock Unlocked Nearly 2000 keys were brought into Sam Long’s store and tried in the lock on Easter Monday, but the key that unlocked the lock and secured the furniture was not presented until…
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by James Rada, Jr. March 1923, 100 Years Ago Chloroform Destroyed About 1000 cans of chloroform, seized by Federal agents because it was below standard, were destroyed Saturday by deputies from the office of W. W. Stockman, United States Marshal. The chloroform was said to be valued at approximately $10,000. The cans were taken to…
