Savings Passbooks Sought by Grooks
James E. Baum of the American Bankers Association Protective Department urges vigilance to guard savings passbooks and blank checks from crooks. He notes forged withdrawals rely on these instruments and recommends alarms and wider use of state police protection to cut bank holdups, citing lower robbery rates with police presence.
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James E. Baum
American Bankers Association
Mr. Baum
Baum
Far West
American Bankers Association Protective Department
Immense U S Directories Highlight Big Book Volumes
A Boston Post figure notes 3100 directory issues totaling 43 million copies yearly would form a 82,000 page book eleven feet thick if combined. Upkeep needs 10 million printing changes annually and 60,000 tons of paper. Chesapeake and Potomac area would yield 700 thousand lines on 6000 pages per directory set with 1,400 tons of paper used.
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Boston Post
United States
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Home made bread the most satisfying and economical food
Homemade bread tops the world for taste and value. The article urges mothers to bake at home for nutritious meals, sharing a nut bread recipe using self rising flour and simple steps to mix, bake, and serve.
Artie faces a wedding plot and a stubborn heart
Artie frets over marrying Mamie while Miller teases him about commitment as they discuss the Connelly wedding plan. The pair joke about rivals and the nerve required to stand up at the ceremony, revealing Artie’s fear of public failure and his stubborn pride.
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Enmith
Mamie
Miner
Artie
Royce
Paris
Munster
Connelly
Florence
Mame
Tls
Tommy Bradshaw
Mountain whimsy and legal notices across regions
A quirky note from Newcastle, England reports a £10 fine for failing to notify authorities about a car color change. Elsewhere in the region a list mentions scientists and professionals linked to mountain exploration and cattle adoptions, with playful references to alpine feats and local notoriety.
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Newcastle
England
Weenie
Writer's Witty Play on Names of Flowers
Detroit Free Press cites W B Trites in praise of Susan Ertz and humor linking flower names to disease terms. The piece quotes a readerly joke about gardens and blooms with pestilence puns.
Fashionable spring patterns for women's frocks
Spring prints showcase two frocks with distinct patterns. The left features a fine polka dot fabric with shirring fronts and an uneven hem. The right presents a small floral print with delicate pastels and a short sleeve trend. Pattern numbers 4969 and 5093, sizes 14 to 42 or 46, priced 56 and 45 cents respectively.
Auction Sale Of 150 Acre Farm In Caroline County Maryland
By power of sale in a 1919 mortgage, W Hamilton Spedden and others defaulted. Calvin Trice, assignee, will sell at public auction at the Denton court house door between 3 and 4 pm for the Jesse Hubbard Farm known as Out Range, 150 acres, east of Preston Harmony road. Terms include one third cash day of sale, balance at ratification or within twelve months, other cash option with interest from sale, 1930 taxes and other taxes to be paid. Note adds that after conveyances by mortgagors, sale proceeds will be distributed accordingly and sale is at request of interested parties due to estate distribution of Samuel E LeCompte.
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Artie
Miller
Mame
Connelly
W. Hamilton Spedden
Emma C. Spedden
Jacob H. Waller
Maggie M. Waller
William H. McConnell
Jennie F. McConnell
Caroline County
Maryland
Calvin Trice
Court House
Denton
State of
Carolineounty
Preston
Harmony
Jesse Hubbard
Samuel E. LeCompte
Daniel W. Marshall
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
Grooks
U. S
Grace VI All Gray
George Ade
Stiller
Maunie
Tui
Wilson
Mamiel
Parr
Roscoe
Tam
Gos
Joe
Felix 2
Tyndall
Lister
Jessie Swpden
Ad Byron
Alps
W. B. Trites
Phiadelphia
Susan Ertz
June Austen
Detroit Free Press
R.C. Jackson
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler
Greensboro
C. W. Wieneke
Norwalk
Newport
Cal
Wesley Collegate Institute
Clarence A, Short
Dover, Delaware
EH. J. Wright
Denton, Md
Tor
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
W. Calvin Trice
Cambridge, Maryland
James Temple
Ernest G. Cooper
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