Taxpayers press road repairs and state tax concerns
A Frederic County letter by SER MONTAGUE DIFS discusses flood threats from the Mississippi and calls for storage basins. It also argues taxpayers may use a tax strike to push road improvements and critiques rising corporate taxes, urging balance between public spending and economy.
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Urbana
Sticks
Ghiavery
The
Potomac
Moison Company
St Friday
Medeling
Frederick
Highway Planning Commission
Fragmented OCR quotes on peace and politics in era
A garbled OCR passage records varied quotes about peace and war from multiple figures. It cites E W Murland, Helen McCormick, Dr Millie Royden, and others discussing peace, Europe, and political ambitions amid garbled attributions.
Daily English Lesson on Pronunciation and Usage
The page presents a language tips segment focused on correcting pronunciation mistakes and spelling. It introduces the word peremptory with a definition and a Bacon quote, and offers guidance on expanding vocabulary through repeating a word in use.
Hood College Graduate Leads Female Lead in Brother Rat
Mise Marie Crown, Hood College 1932 graduate, earns rapid rise to top stage role in Brother Rat. The show opens in Butler, New York on February 1 then moves to Chicago. She previously starred in Boy Meets Girl, performing in Talismore and Washington during the Christmas season before closing in Pittsburgh January 10.
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Mise Marie Crown
Hood College
Brother Rat
Butlaro
N.Y
Chicana
Talismore
Washington
Pittsburgh
Day seeks absolute divorce and child custody in Rockville
Mrs Mamie E Day of Boyds files in the Circuit Court at Rockville for an absolute divorce from Roland B Day who is believed to be temporarily residing in Benn New. She also requests custody of their only child Mary Elizabeth 22 months old. The couple married at Clarksburg November 5 1927.
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Stlcstor
Mamie E. Day
Boyds
Rockville
Roland B. Day
Benn
New
Mary Elizabeth
Clarksburg
County officers settle 300 road supervisors for another year
Frederick county records show the Board of County Commissioners reappointing the 300 road supervisors for Urbana and New Market leading with 20 each. Other notes include land sales near Shooks town, a 1720 woodland purchase, and local obituaries.
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Mie
Urbana
New Market
Bdavid O. Moberly
Moberly
Baltimore
Sein J. Wolfe
Shookstown
C. G. Helfenstein
Doll and Albaugh
Leesburg Debts Shrink as Water Bonds Retired
Leesburg Virginia reports progress in cutting water works debt. Since September 1, 1925, six thousand dollars in bonds have been retired, with two retirements in the last thirty days. A remaining thirteen thousand four hundred dollars of water bond indebtedness is slated for future payments under the town’s fiscal policy.
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Leesburg
Dr Powell Addresses Hood College Vespers
Rev Noble C Powell of Emanuel Episcopal Church Baltimore spoke at Hood College vesper service in Brodbeck Hall. He urged that Christianity faces a glorious opportunity today amid disillusionment and material focus, calling for truth-seeking people to seek God through Christ. Music was directed by Henry T Wade.
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Noble C. Powell
Emanuel Episcopal Church of
Christ
Powell
God
Henry T. Wade
Muse
Department of
Music
Jail Commitments In Leesburg Rise From Prior Year
Sheriff E S Adrian reports 263 jail commitments in Leesburg for HG period, with 119 town offenders and 144 county. Totals exceed 193 by 1 and 1935 by 2. liquor law violations account for 191 cases, with 14 not convicted. A beaver uses a split malt on its hind toe as comb and toothpick.
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Eugene S. Adrian
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Moere
Today in History and Birthdays Highlight Notable Figures
A recap of anniversaries and birthdays including Sir Walter Scott and Bertha Tapper, with dates for James Murdoch, George Pickett, Antonio Scatti, Edith Wharton, William Bullitt, Homer Bone, and Emil Ludwig. Also notes historical events from Shay’s Rebellion to a 1936 Spanish Communist strike and a 1924 travel milestone.
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Burn
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New York City
House of the Name
England
James E Murdoch
Philadelphia
George E. Pickett
Richmond
Norfolk
Bertha F. Tapper
Boston
New York
Norway
Charles Curtis
Topeka
Kansas
United States
North Topeka
Antonio Scatti
Metropolitan Opera
Italy
Hirthatays
Edith Wharton
France
William C. Bullitt
Penna
Homer T. Bone
Washington
Franklin
Ind
Clintonb. Eilenberger
Stroudsburg
Penn
William Every Leonard
University of Wisconsin
Plainfield
N. J
Matthew Woll
Luxemburg
James S. MecLester
Birmingham
Ala
Tuscaloosa
Tia
Emil Ludwig
Switzerland
Ellery Queen New Detective Tale Among Mixed Reviews
Bruce Catton reviews Ellery Queen's The Door Between as over elaborate and inconsistent, calling it one of Queen’s worst despite an ingenious setup. He also notes Carroll John Daly's The Emperor of Evil as burlesque with dramatic flair and Jonathan Stage's The Dogs Do Bark as a muddled imitation English town mystery.
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Ellery Queen
Stokes
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Mr. Queen
Carroll John Daly
New York
Jonathan Stage
Crime Club
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Bible Thought and Moral Duty In Ecclesiastes
The fragment discusses themes from Ecclesiastes and Lacordaire, highlighting fearing God and keeping commandments as the grand purpose of life. It mentions ideas about God, the soul, liberty, responsibility, and immortality, alongside a stray note on furniture beetles and their life cycle.
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God
New York Scene Skits Nightlife and Arts Buzz
In New York a witty column surveys nightlife from jewel heists to tea shops and film critics. It notes the Trans Atlantic Fliers Club at Hotel Gotham, tea aficionado Augustus Lydford, and patrons like Edwin Milton Boyle and Ethel Barrymore. It also highlights Lucille Browning’s rise at the Metropolitan Opera, plus coverage of Broadway critics awards and a London venture by Ted Peckham.
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George Ross
New York
Hotel
Gotham
Atlantic
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Europe
Dirigt- Lie
Manhattan
Old Augustus Lydford
Augustus
Willam Faversham
Lydford
Edwin Milton
Boyle
Laurette Taylor
Ethel Barrymore
Lucille Browning
Metropolitan Opera
London
Random House
George Jean Nathan
Mr. Nathan
Ted Peckham
Guide
Peckham
Tle
Transfusion progress in modern medicine and history
Dr Morris Fishbein surveys blood transfusion, its purpose after hemorrhage and infection, and the evolution from early fatal attempts to safe modern methods. He notes donor testing, evolving techniques, and the shift to syringe and needle transfer with mechanical devices aiding flow.
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London
Aeoder
Prace Henriv
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