Armory Improvements to Start in March at Maryland City Armory
The Maryland State Armory in the city will undergo extensive enlargements starting on or about March 1 after contract award. Plans include a new head on the west end facing Baker Park, elimination of the current stage, a wide double stair entry, added rooms for National Guard use, and possibly a roof garden atop the new wing. Architect Robert L. Harris of Baltimore leads the project with bids due February 27. completion aimed by August 15 with $25 daily liquidated damages for delays.
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State Armory
Miliary Department
State of
Mairland
Baker Park
Bentz Street
West End
National Guard
Robert L. Harris
Baltimore
Central Trust Building
Milton A. Reckord
Padjutanr General
Maryland
Uni
Taneytown Seeks Road Improvement Project
The Automobile Club of Taneytown, 110 members strong, launches a push to pave the Littlestown to Taneytown road. A booster meeting February 21 at the Taneytown theater invites Hanover delegates to support the project. The impassable road currently forces travelers 23 miles via Westminster. paving would create a nine mile direct route and shorten trips to Frederick and Washington. The endeavor honors a historic route once traveled by George Washington. County Commissioners and State Roads Chairman Mackall are invited.
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Pavi Ag
Littlestown
Taneytown
Automobile Club of
Tanestown
Hanover
Frederick
Washington
Club
Tanertown
State Roads
Mackall
Mellon's Son-in-Law to Learn Bank Business
David K. E. Bruce, son-in-law of Secretary Mellon, begins training in banking with Bankers Trust Company. He recently left Wall Street to pursue a banking career and had served as consul in Rome at a salary of 2,500 dollars yearly. His wife had returned to America months earlier.
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Mellon
New York
Rome
Express Charge Paid by Officer on Valentine Day Mystery
A police officer paid 7 cents for an express delivery on a package received at Police Headquarters. The box, allegedly marked 37a, prompted questions about how it reached New York before being shipped back to Frederick. An officer opened the parcel with help, noting a model policeman's image in the contents. The case raises how the package arrived in New York before being sent back by express.
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Fr. Forse
Civil case hearings resume Thursday in local court
The present court session will restart civil hearings Thursday morning after two cases were postponed due to an attorney's illness and litigants' absence. A grand jury aims to finish by Saturday or Monday, with 46 civil cases remaining and 14 dated for hearing this session.
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Sherman P. Bowers
Hrgeia Tce
Coal Com
Williatt M. Storm
Trore- Surnstein Co
Berkewich
Bowers
Weinbere-Rosenstock
Weager
Frederick Motor Co
Herger
Sinn-Brewo
DeGrange
Heazer
Sinn
Mondar
Strube
S. Schildtrecht
DeLauter
Weinberzerg
Taylor
Bowerz
Werniz
Siruhe Dela Bucker
Hare
Chas
S. Baker
Coblentz-Mitler
James
Brown
D. E. Leathermer
M DeLanter
Jeretal
Asquith Dies After Long Public Service at 75
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Herbert Henry Asquith former British prime minister from 1908 to 1916, died at age 75 in Sutton Courtenay England after pulmonary complications. He led during the outbreak of World War I and remained a steady, scholar statesman through war and peace, before retirement in 1926.
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Sutton, Courtenay
England
Earl of Oxford
Asquith
Herbert H. Asquith
Great Britain
Nat
Liberal Party
Carter
Herbert Heary
Ve Street
Lloyd George
Squith
Asyn
London
Oxford
Carzon
Asqz
Ath
Eti
Valentine Party at Honderick Musle by Hag Orchestra
A Valentine party fundraiser with a Hag Orchestra performed by attendees and listed guests including Dorothy Schieldknecht Rath Grove Virginia Baer Thelma Hovermale Anns Bell Estelle Chesley Jane Strawsberger Margaret Van Fossen Rosealleine Hoffman Mrs Charles T Butcher Myrtle Pearse Nellie Mullinix Edna Kefauver Ruth Atkinson Edith Winpigler Dorothy Strawsberger Evelyn Keyser Elizabeth Abrecht Catherine Ibert Anna Albaugh Frances Yinger Beatrice Cronise Margaret Paxson Beatrice Watkins William H Bartgis Jona F Kuhe Russell L Michael Harwood Watson John R Brady John H Best Frank Griffin ES McClintic Lincoln D Engelbrecht Charles T Butcher Jr John Phillip Engelbrecht Richard F Kline William Wachter Walter Kilne Dorsey Shipley Edward Farnesworth Stewart H Brown Sydnor Bensnett W Franklin Cramer H Clifford Gilbert Kenneth DeVilbiss E Bernard Davis George Bennett John Young Charles Shewbridge Austin Eyrthy Ralph W Marsh
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Honderick
Musle
Hag Orchestra
Ris
Dorothy Schieldknecht
Rath Grove
Virginia Baer
Thelma Hovermale
Anns Bell
Estelle Chesley
Jane Strawsberger
Margaret van Fossen
Rosealleine Hoffman
Charles T. Butcher
Myrtle Pearse
Nellie Mullinix
Edna Kefauver
Ruth Atkinson
Edith Winpi
John Phillip Engelbrecht
Richard F. Kline
William Wachter
Walter Kilne
Dorsey Shipley
Edward Farnesworth
Stewart H. Brown
Sydnor Bensnett
W. Franklin Cramer
H. Clifford Gilbert
Kenneth DeVilbiss
E. Bernard Davis
George Bennett
John Young
Charles Shewbridge
Austin Eyrthy
Ralph W. Marsh
Plane crash kills Wright Field post surgeon in Ohio
Captain Thomas H. Miller, post surgeon at Wright Field, was killed and Captain Edward Langitin, chief engineer at the airport, seriously injured when the plane they rode in fell just outside Fairfield, Ohio, early this morning. The incident occurred amid other crime and World War era notes reported from Dayton to New York.
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Dayton
Thomas H. Miller
Wright Field
Edward Langitin
Fairfeld
Battleship Maine Blown Up 30 Yrs Ago
A damaged wartime item recounts the 1898 explosion of the Maine and subsequent commemorations. The piece notes wreaths and memorial rites at a naval base and related ceremonies in Fors Myer with veterans groups and officials from the Spanish American War era.
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Maine
Fors Myer
Estenta
Robbins
Rafael R. Alunaga
Machada
Auth
John
Deal at Home In Plea of Speaker at Rotary Luncheon
Washington editor Roe Fulkerson told Frederick Rotary Club members that where money is earned one should spend it to benefit the community. He likened a service club to a motion picture, with each member projecting personality to support civic improvement and irrigation driven progress. He urged citizens to back local business, honor country and community, and believe that “as a man thinks, so is he.”
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Roe Fulkerson
Washington
Kiwanis Magazine
Frederick
Fulkerson
Kiwanis
Rotarians
Arizona
Devert
Mr. Fulkerson
Ro Ames Hendrickson
Exgis Childs
Frederick_ Zian
H. L. G. Kieffer
Rotary
C. G. Warfeld
Atkerson
Mr. Fatkerson
Warfield
David C. Winebrenner
Ord
R. E. Town
W. T. Delaplaine
David Johnson
Ocean City
Farm relief bill advances in Senate with revolving fund plan
The revised McNary-Haugen farm relief measure was ordered favorably reported by the Senate Agriculture Committee after two hours of debate. The bill retains the equalization fee and creates a revolving fund of 250 million dollars to issue loans at ten percent interest to support cooperative marketing associations during emergencies. The move signals return of the farm program to Senate consideration, despite opposition from President Coolidge on the earlier veto.
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Washington
Senate Agric
Senate
Coolidge Tin
Court News Equity and Divorce Actions Include Multiple Names
Court records list equity cases for kKeneat H. Peareil versus Lillie E. Pearreil with absolute divorce claims. Numerous divorce bills are filed for absolute divorce including Gladys L. Young versus Richard F. Young and other couples across Maryland and neighboring states. Property deeds and trustees transfers with small county sums are noted among the docket entries.
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Equity
kKeneat
H. Peareil
Lillie E. Pearreil
J. K. de Lanter
Plaintif
Gladys L. Young
Richard F
Id. Young
Harp
Rimiatif
Catal
Norman H. Stone
Nettie Tearht
Frederick
Paul Franking Clark
Petersville
Thelma Wigton
Brunswick
Marila L. Stine
Mildred TE. Rice
Jefferson
Harry K. Bleck
Mae G. Lockwood
Philadelphia
Robert Bruce Heck
Ayla
Mary Frabies Stevens
Woolrich
Harry F. Baily
Mabel J. Wood
Newville
Charles A. Brady
Berwyn
Fern Elizabeth Cockrell
Rockville
Jules F. Wellens
Mar, Montague
New York City
John 5. Poole
Washington
Gladys M. Southern
High Point
N.C
Floyd H. Myers
Myeratille
Hazel M. Michael
Frank H. House
Josephine K. Sappington
Liberty
Joseph C. Zombro
Helen E. Sponselier
Bolivar
W Va
Charles William Miller
Helen Augusta Fraley
Thormont
Federalsburg Stores Fire Tops $75,000 Loss
Cambridge Maryland February 15 AP two Federalsburg business district stores Long and Short department store and American Stores grocery burned with losses over seventy five thousand dollars fire companies fought the flames and helped check spread to adjacent buildings.
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Cambridge
Federalsburg
American Stores Company
Former Thurmont Mayor Daniel Rouzer Dead at 74
Former Thurmont mayor Daniel R. Rouzer died Tuesday at age 74. He served as mayor from 1921 to 1923 and had earlier worked in tanneries and owned a dry goods and groceries business. He is survived by several children, a sister, and a brother. Funeral services were scheduled at his late home with interment in the U B Cemetery Thurmont.
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Daniel R. Rouzer
Thurmont
Wayneabors
Gertrede
Stoner
Thurmondy
Jessie Mathews
Emolisburg
Mix Elisabeth Martin
Harrisburg
Robert L. Router
Bugleraville
U. B
M. L. Creager & Son
Undertakers
Anniversary Banquet for Mountain City Council of Liberty
Mountain City Council No 12 Sons and Daughters of Liberty held its anniversary banquet after a regular meeting. William H. Comfort welcomed guests, with State Councilor Nan G. Duffy and other state officers delivering remarks on the order’s work and future efforts. The event featured an elaborate banquet, a Grace J. Burdette led committee, and 165 attendees including visitors and members.
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Mountain City
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Wiliam H. Comfort
Nan GC. Duffy
Salisbury
Maryland
H. M. Albaugh
Florence Unger
Hagerstown
Annaa Shearer
Baltimore
Ruth H. Whitmore
Walkersville
Lloyd E. Sakers
John H. Sakers
G. W. G. Unger
Hangerstown
Edward M. Bader
Grace J. Burdette
Daisy Main
Tempie Stoner
William N. Carr
Howard M. Albaugh
Harvey Tucker
Investigation of Coal Strike Probed by Senate Committee
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved a Johnson resolution to probe the bituminous coal situation in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. It calls for field hearings and a possible sub committee study and also investigates alleged conspiracies by railroads to halt operations.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Finlay
Johnson
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virinia
Baltimore and Olde
New York
Cclcal
Senaor Reed
Republican
Senate
Coal and Iron
Mrs Tyson Hosts Delightful Tea for Social Season
Mrs. Robert Tyson hosted a large afternoon tea at her Church Street home from four o clock with about 100 invitations issued to guests from Frederick Baltimore and Washington. Colorful decorations featuring pale blues greens and pinks set a festive scene as guests wore elegant gowns and social aides assisted throughout the event. The gathering was described as one of the season’s outstanding social occasions and will be followed by bridge entertaining at Mrs Tyson’s home.
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Robert Tyson
Mage Church Street
Frederick
Baltimore
Npa
Washington
Tyson
Red Breen
Tyan
Georgette
Bleam FP. Croft
Charis B. Mann, Jr
Arts. Croft
Mann
P. S. Lansdale
E. Town
George McComas Co
A. B. Collmas
McComas
Collmas
Lansdale
Town
Rose Googette
Coli
Bridge
Hema
Mra. Tysoa
Not Guilty Plea In Murder Case From Baltimore
Joseph R Wagner pleads not guilty to murder indictments in the killing of Mrs Haddock and her husband Joseph E as prosecutors seek a first degree verdict in a high profile case. Prospective jurors faced scruples questions about capital punishment as the trial proceeds. A separate item notes a U S air mail plane crash near Pittsburgh with the pilot injured after an emergency landing.
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Baltimore
Joosph R. Wagner
Mra. Ads
States Attorneya
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Lawrence A. White
Gordon Strom
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George A. Dean
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