Rumor mill and political infighting shake Maryland
A Montgomery County hay rumor reveals a mix of miscommunication and missing deliveries from Southern States Cooperative as E B Lepford slips orders and a canceled plan surfaces. The piece shifts to Maryland politics, exposing Republican League accusations against McKeldin Tait and Nice, with prompts for investigations into payroll padding and tax deductions.
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Blanchard Randall
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Galen Tait
Deeley Nice
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Charles Pohlman
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Slats Diary entry recounts town life in Denton
Oliver Warren records a week in Nelson Brill’s town and family notes. Entries describe Nelson’s pride, a wife willing to pay for minutes with him, a Poor House visit, a new preacher’s handshake with Ant Emmy, a planned movie outing, cake sharing at kite flying, a printing dispute over a school play headline, and a suspicious old age ad. Subscribe to The Denton Journal.
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