Ready for Census of Farms Starts in Maryland
Baltimore January 4 authorities prepare a 100 question Farm Census for Maryland and Delaware. Prof Amon Burgee in charge will supervise enumerators who will visit every farm of three acres or more and count garden products worth over 250 dollars. The questionnaire covers crops livestock mortgages housing and labor with detailed sections and dollar values. An inexpensive auto tractor conversion is noted as a related farming innovation.
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Baltimore
Maryland
United States Department of Commerce
Amon Burgee
Frederick
Fort McHenry
Prof
Burgee
Baltimore City
Masons unveil regalia worn by first woman grand master
Mrs Seton Challen installed as grand master of the only women’s Masonic fraternity at St Ermin’s Westminster. The regalia shown is a replica of the attire worn by the Duke of Connaught as grand master of England.
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Seton Challen
St. Ermin’s
Westminster
England
Duke of Conighee
Afternoon Costumes Split Into Two Distinct Styles
Paris fashion notes describe two elegance schools for daytime wear. Traditionalists prefer the formal silk afternoon dress while modernists favor simple wool or silk looks continuing to the cocktail hour. The article highlights slim skirts, varied trimmings, and a high neck decollete with back veiling for visual interest.
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Paris
Maryland and U S Wheat Seedings Rise While Pig Crop Drops
Maryland winter wheat seeding for 1935 is forecast at 403000 acres up 2 percent from 1934, with U S levels about 6 percent higher than 1933. Maryland rye sowing stands near 10000 acres as average condition, while pigs saved this fall total 90000 with a 6.4 pig per litter average. The national fall pig crop falls 48 percent from 1933 with spring sowings about 17 percent lower. An Egyptian squadron of 10 military biplanes has joined the air force for photography reconnaissance light bombing and machine gunning.
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College Park
Maryland
United States
Great Plains States
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Post Office Department
Open Pair Championship Won by Rau and Lochridge
John Rau and Charles Lochridge won the Open Pair Championship in New York. The pair, noted for constructive bidding, emphasized low bids and mutual inference before danger, and used selective jump bids as a basis for further action. The article discusses their style and a hand played by Ray from the South position with a club lead and a potential squeeze.
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McHenney
American Bridge League
New York
John Rau
Charles Lochridge
Ray
West
Rau
Safety play in six spades to guard against diamond distribution
In a six spades contract West opens hearts king. South must choose a safety play to guard diamonds. The article analyzes a line where declarer ducks diamonds and later uses spade and club plays to squeeze East, ensuring the contract despite potential alternate openings.
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South
West
Declarer
East
Restful Colonial Cottage With Charming Exterior Features
The cottage emphasizes a restful look with long roof lines and three grouped windows. Interior notes include a vestibule, dining room refinements, wallpapered bedrooms, washable color schemes, and a rubber bathroom floor. Possibilities for attic expansion, 100 foot lot preference, and brick veneer option discussed.
Community notes from Clagettsville and nearby towns
Residents visit relatives and attend gatherings across Clagettsville Libertytown and Henderson's Corner during Christmas and New Year. Local families named Moxley Watkins Perkinson and others are mentioned with visits, dinners, and hosted events. A note warns a loose valve plug may cause fuel flow issues and suggests tightening or replacing the gasket.
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William H. Koontz
Frederick
W. H. Perkins
H. W. Moxley
A. H. Bowers
Robert Young
Libertytown
Vertle Watkins
W. H. Perkinson
Roger Burdette
W. H. Parkinson
Emory Manley
Browningsville
Willie C. Moxley
Spencer Jones
Albert Hargett
Ernie Moxley
Verlie Watkins
Monroe Watkins
Lewisdale
John Hing
Betty Jean
Henderson's Corner
L. B. Easton
John Elworthy
Airy
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Rules Masons
Paillasson
Patou
Champs
AK Solution
Peery
Einstein
Albert Einstein
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Pitsburgh
Clagettsville
Markell & Ford
Carroll St
Christmas Club
C. E. Cline & Son Ambulance and Funeral Service
South Market St
Frederick, Md
General Auto Repairing
Seiberling Tires
GLOBE
Melvin M. Engle
Quaker City
North Market Street
Pearre’s Modern Pharmacy
Drug & Prescription Service
Lehigh
GEO. S. Rodock & Son
Penna
R. B
McCleery
Jewelry Store
North Market ST
Haines’ Stock Market
Irvin Paul
Indiana
Harry Cohen
Frederick, Maryland
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