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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1924

Page

6

Plans for Cork Judging Contest in Frederick County

Tentative plans were set at a Wednesday meeting of Frederick County agricultural teachers and Superintendent G Lloyd Palmer for the first annual vocational boys corn judging contest. March 4 is targeted. Seven county schools with agricultural courses will participate, split into vocational and pre vocational classes. Teams of five will be formed after school eliminations, with all agricultural students allowed to observe. The event, under the Frederick County Board of Education, will be held at Frederick High School Auditorium with a leading extension service speaker and a feature lecture for students.

Frederick County G. Lloyd Palmer Frederick Middletown Thurmont Nminitsburg Liberty Walkersville New Market Frederick High School State Extension Service University of Maryland Mr. Dalmer HH. M. McDonald Frederick High H. Schoemaker Middletown High School LC. Burns Thurnont Estmitsburg Silberty

Frederick Y M C A Drives March Fund Campaign

All signs point to success of the drive for funds for the Frederick Y M C A opening the first week in March. Citizens praise the board for calling on the public to clear debt and provide an improvement fund. With debts removed and funds raised the Y can extend its work and promise progressive results in community service. A meeting of interested parties is set for Friday evening to form the organization and announce canvass leadership.

Frederick Y

Scouting Fleet Arrival Sees Stride Aboard Wyoming

Raymond Ed Stride, son of Mr and Mrs John N G Stride of this city, serves on the Flagship Wyoming as the scouting fleet arrives in Culebra V S for winter maneuvers. The fleet plans to return to the United States in June.

Raymond Ed. Stride John NG. Stride Culebra V. S Stride Wyoming United States

Zaza at City Opera House Tonight

Gloria Swanson stars in Zaza at the City Opera House this evening praised for her striking performance and the film’s charm. Also shown at the Empire is Growing Better and Hot Shots, with Fanwood Five to play the Silent Cadets on Feb 23 in Frederick. Old-Time Moving recounts residents Horace Fogle and family relocating near Frederick.

Opera House Zaza Gloria Swanson Paramount City Opera House Gloria France Horace Fogle Frederick Dublin Roscoe Willism Cramer Daniel Waller Claude Forge

Underworld Nights excerpt shows mob life and prison past

A narrator recounts a rise through the mob after East Side roots, noting a brother nicknamed Crazy Slasher and a wife who left. He describes early crime, sentences, and a jail stay, plus a friend Johnny Spanish shaping his look and connections as the mob era unfolds.

Johnny Spanish Johnny Crazy

Gang-Tionary: Slang of the City’s Underworld

A compact glossary defining gang terms used by city criminals. Leaders and higher-ups are labeled as big guis while a strike worker is called a bloat. Cakles refers to narcotic users. Nailings occur when caught. A reformatory is called college on the hill. Well-dresser is a petty thief who lures girls to movies and steals their coats.

College On the Hill

Studebaker Reaches Heights With 72 Year Tradition Drive

The Studebaker story shows lasting growth with 145000 buyers spending over 200 million, highlighting a 72 year tradition of leadership from horse drawn carriages to motor cars. The piece stresses super service as the path to leadership, with modern plants and costly equipment built to produce top quality cars.

Studebaker

Studebaker Marks Show Why Buyers Flock to 1918 Cars

A historic Studebaker sales pitch details over 200 million last year in demand for 150,000 cars annually, with 50 million invested in new plants and equipment, including drop forge and body facilities. It notes 30,000 inspections per car, 125 researchers, 500,000 tests yearly, and 9 lines of model prices, urging readers to compare advantages before buying a high-grade car.

Studebaker Studebakers Bureau of Research and Experiment

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