Templeville postmaster appointment fills vacancy
John W. Davis named postmaster at Templeville succeeding the late David T. Rickards. Community notes report deaths, weddings, school openings, and local events including a state baseball title game triumph for Frederick over Princess Anne 2 to 1 with seven games remaining if needed.
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Grace Elmira Passwaters
Andersontown
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Princess Anne
Walls Farm
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James B. Todd
Bethlehem
France
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Denton Baseball Club
Brick Hotel
Charles B. Mowbray
Argonne
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W. A. Mowbray
Baltimore Corner
Sadie Crouse
Whiteley
Mary Pleasanton
Greensboro
Bessie Edwards
Burrsville
Mary Lee
Margaret
Loreen Hubbard
Rehoboth Beach
Elizabth
Jesse Reed
Lewis Adams
Mary Moore
Virginia Adams
Ruth Hubbard
Helen Towers
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What is 41 billion bucks in plain talk
A locality columnist ridicules federal spending, tracing 41 billion dollars in one-dollar bills to 142 Earth orbits and a 30-foot wide carpet, illustrating the scale of Congress outlays and urging voters to question their representatives. The piece weaves humor with fiscal critique and references taxes and public spending.
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One Year’s Expense and Congress In Session Lament
A letter sample laments government spending, noting that next year will add a further 25,000 miles of “greenbacks.” The writer, JO SERRA, remarks that Congress is not in session this year, blaming ongoing misery on political costs and dog-days.
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Tasa
Mississippi River
Pennsylvania
New England
Swift & Company
United States
Vision and initiative turn abandoned lands into profit
A Canton Illinois farmer, Byron Somers, bought 600 acres of strip mine land in 1938 for 5 an acre. He sowed sweet clover and later airplane seeded a grass legume mix. The land now yields grass for cattle, holds water in valleys, and has earned a net profit of 7 per acre yearly. Similar lands rise in value nationwide.
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Swift & Company
Illinois
Byron Somers
Canton
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