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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1929
Page
5
Arthur W. Machen chair of the Tax Revision Commission outlines issues in the fiscal year structure for counties and state ties with emphasis on deadlines and discounts. He warns current tax laws require trained lawyers to interpret statutory language.
Urbana and surrounding towns report the second Hold Fast Carry On program meeting at the Dudderars home on February 13. PTA hosted a George Washington birthday event with songs recitations and a Box Social. Various local groups note visits moves improvements and religious services, plus a planned Buckeystown willard memorial event and a Rockville hotel project update. George Kemp injured in a fall at the State Armory.
Market prices listed for wheat and corn, livestock categories including hogs and hogs weights, box products values, with figures such as 326, 31.99, 9, 430 160, and weights 120 130 lbs for hogs and 100 120 lbs for sows. The text presents a rough wholesale pricing snapshot from a historical market page.
Rodney Dutcher recounts William Tyler Page’s memories of the 1885 Cleveland inauguration delayed by a Senate filibuster. The piece notes crowd size on Pennsylvania Avenue, heavy militia presence, and clerks like Page who joined the page corps as a boy in Frederick, Maryland. It also mentions the Grant pension bill and the chaotic adjournment before Harrison’s era.
State motor vehicle owners watch a pending General Assembly bill for re registering drivers. If enacted, licenses issued before June 1 1928 would be void after November 30 1929 with an eight month window to complete re registration and a $1 fee. Brunswick bond issue of 20000 dollars passed the House. indecent actions with children under 14 proposes penalties.
In Baltimore on February 21 AP reports the cross examination of George E. Wehrs, a State Roads foreman, in the Turbitt E. Bush trial. Payroll items faced scrutiny for padding amid charges of theft forging and false pretenses involving over 20000 dollars. Wehrs disputed some entries while recognizing others as not matching actual employees.
Fragmentary text notes a teachers gathering at Frederick with school personnel and a superintendent involved. The incomplete lines mention a meeting, several attendees, and a high school context, but details are obscured.
Fragmented local announcements list a door beauty product at Williamson's Drug Store and a regular dance at Belts Park. A public sale is scheduled for March 13 1929 by auctioneer C G Hoopes and clerk D W Shook for Walter G Clem Bethel with livestock and farming implements. A birthday social at the Presbyterian church is planned on February 23 1923.
In sad remembrance of your husband and father James William Mfiffler who departed this life a year ago February 22 1928. The message recalls a family’s grief and faith with prayers memories and a farewell on the day of death. The poem expresses how they miss him and how no one can replace him with lines from loved ones and grandchildren.
Advertisements show Frederick Junk Company offering court-side notices and fur buys. Listing for raw furs wanted and high prices, with contact at Chapel Alley near 3rd and 4th, and a Frederick Sma Loan Co loan mention. Includes odd capitalization and garbled OCR fragments but preserves entities and addresses.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a jumble of names and titles with no coherent event or context. No identifiable persons, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes are clearly readable for a meaningful summary.
The notice lists funeral services and real estate offerings in Montgomery County and nearby areas. Included are comfort to the bereaved, dignified funeral conduct, and moderately priced options. Also advertised are modern homes, seed, and property listings in Walkersity and nearby towns.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference names and places with distorted words. Contents are unreadable enough to hinder reliable interpretation or event extraction.
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