Welcome plan to test city's pipeline for trouble
Frederick leaders announce immediate testing of the city pipeline from the storage reservoir to Frederick to locate stoppage or leakage. Mayor Culler and Aldermen approve hiring Whitman Reynardt and Smith to conduct tests, with Pittsburgh firm to perform further testing if needed. Residents in uneven-flow areas urged to watch for results.
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Frederick
Culler
Whitman, Reynardt
Smith
Pittsburgh
Hagerstown
Frederick's
Bouin Carroll Street
Property Owners Urged to Repair Frederick Sidewalks
A Frederick resident urges brick pavement owners to maintain sidewalks in front of homes and shops. He notes past neglect, progress with concrete paving downtown, and dangers from loose bricks especially after rain, recounting a Baltimore visitor who fractured a wrist.
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Frederick
Walter
Baltimore
Loans Near $100000 Highlight Local Finance Co Growth
The Community Finance Co. reports $99,767.49 in loans after about a year and a half of operation, up from $30,669.81 on June 30, 1925, with assets at $102,272.23 and capital of $41,600. Undivided profits and surplus total $3,207.82, with a 6 percent annual dividend. Haylands and pastures in Maryland show poor to fair conditions as of July 1 per John S. Dennee, with hay production down from last season and acreage down nearly five percent due to dry cool weather. clover is a near failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Finance Co
Maryland
John S. Dennee
Release sought in post office robbery case at Lantz
Habeas corpus hearings in Worthington court seek Wilbur Willard 22, held on charges connected to the Lantz post office and store robbery with about $500 missing. Charles Hull remanded on $1,000 bail. Willard arrested in Toledo, facing federal liquor charges and local investigations.
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Willard
Emmitsburg
Toledo
Charles Hull
Navy salvage aims to cut losses in Lake Denmark blast
Dover New Jersey July 14 AP Rear Admiral C C Bloch navy ordnance chief inspected wrecked buildings at the Lake Denmark arsenal where salvage operations begin to reduce material losses. Amid ongoing explosions at Building No 18 the death toll stands at 21 with others missing. He said securing remaining explosives is first priority before planning salvage use and storage needs depend on Congress approved contracts.
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Dover
N. J
Howe
Navy Department
Lake Denmark Arsenal
C. C. Bloch
Navy Ordnance Chief
Congress
Andrews to Confer With British Thursday
Brigadier General Lincoln C. Andrews heads to London for a round table at the foreign office with British officials to discuss how to curb Atlantic bootlegging. The mission aims to learn administrative steps Britain can take to hinder liquor smuggling into the United States.
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London
Lincoln C. Andrews
America
Foreign Office
General Andrews
British Foreign Office
Board of Trade, Admiralty
Customs Department
Colonial Office
Twilight Park hotel blaze leaves twelve dead
In Tannersville Catskill summit Twilight Son hotel burned early today trapping about 55 guests. A night watchman and staff tried to wake occupants but exit routes failed and many jumped from windows. Sixteen guests plus seven employees unaccounted for. Fire origin traced to or near the kitchen. firefighters from Haines Falls and Tannersville could not save the building.
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Tannersville
Twilight Son
Catski Mountain
Haines Falla
Twilight Park
Development of new city park plans advance after architect visit
R Brooke Maxwell, Baltimore landscape architect, visits Frederick to advance plans for a new municipal park. The site already hosts a popular playground, including a recently installed whirlpool. Proposals include a concrete swimming pool in the west end and a band stand in the east, with Memorial Ground near completion and Zentz's Mill demolition shaping future improvements.
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R. Brooke Maxwell
Baltimore
Zentz
Maxwell
Frederick
Governor Ritchie Visits Ill Baltimore Teacher at Thurmont
Governor Albert C. Ritchie called on John S. Kelly a Democratic teacher from Baltimore who is recovering at Miss Mabel Freez's cottage in Thurmont. The party included State Senator William Curran and Justice John T. Tormallen. They lunched with Miss Freeze and returned to Baltimore. Dr. Frederick Vinup of Johns Hopkins says short walks and car rides aid Kelly’s recovery. Friends from Baltimore and across the state visited, including John J Mahon, Guibert A Dailey, Walter Graham, Judge Eugene O Dunne, Judge T Bayard Williams, Justice Edward M Staylor, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Ritchie
John S
Frank) Kelly
Baltimore
Mr. Kelly
John J Mahon
Guibert A Dailey
Walter Graham
Eugene O’dunne
John M. Polhaus
T. Bayard Williams
Evanglist Abduction Case Probed in McPherson Incident
Los Angeles officials investigate the abduction claim of Aimee Semple McPherson regarding Kenneth G. Ormiston, a former Temple radio operator who vanished days after reports that McPherson drowned at Ocean Park. A Times report ties Ormiston to a telegram to evangelist Minnie Kennedy saying McPherson was safe.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Temple
McPherson
Ocean Park
Way
Los Angeles Times Today
Orminton
Sunday School Enrollment Totals for Frederick County
Frederick County reports 22 761 total Sunday school enrollments across 125 reporting Protestant schools. The tally includes 2 103 officers and teachers, 17 758 scholars, 1 028 053 attending combined, 11 178 average attendance, and 84 cradle rolls with 2 002 members. Christ Reformed Middletown and First Baptist Frederick named honor schools. Delegates total 88 with 51 schools represented.
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Frederick County
Vie
Christ Reformed
Middletown
First Baptist
Frederick
Rural church work shown at Potomac Synod conference
Pictures depict rural church work in Nebraska and Kansas and will be shown at Brodbeck Hall at 7 45 tonight as part of the Home Missions Night of the Potomac Synod Summer Conference now meeting at Hood College. The event opens with a sung service at 6 45 and features Rev Dr Scott R Wagner of Sta gerstown as principal speaker.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Brodbeck Hall
Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church
Hood College
Coblentz Hall
Scott R. Wagner
Sfagerstown
F. R. Casselman
Winchester
Joseph
A. V. Casselman
Bagdad
Casselman
Frederick
Hearing Tonight On Disturbing The Peace Arrests On West Sixth Street
John Tinton his wife Tilly Linton and Roger Six were arrested on West Sixth Street by Officers Bartels and Nogle. Police Court hearing set for this evening before Justice Sherman P. Bowers following charges filed by Mrs. John Hartsock. May You Baw It in The News.
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John Tinton
Tilly Linton
Roger Six
Waeat Sixth Street
Allen Bartels
George Nogle
John Hartsock
Sherman P. Bowers
Law and Order League Expands in Frederick County
Frederick County Law and Order League holds meetings in Calvary Methodist Episcopal church Brunswick and Johnsville to organize districts. The body plans mass meetings and quizzing candidates on enforcing laws including prohibition while promoting dry candidates for governor and U.S. senator.
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Frederick County
Brunswick
Johnsville
John
Blue Ridge College
New Windsor
Law and Order League
Hanford Boye New Market
League
Reoue
United States
Frederick Pand
Half of Smyrna Still in Ruins After Fighting
Richard Dutrow, son of Mr and Mrs T L J Dutrow, resigned from International College Smyrna due to health, after arriving from America. He had taught three years, sailed August 12 1925, left Smyrna June 1. He is recovering at Clarke Place home.
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Richard Dutrow
J. Dutrow
International College
Smyrna
Asia Minor
America
Clarke Place
United States
Durraw
Princeton University
Board of Foreign Missions
Congregationalist Church
New York
Coolidge Sign Error Reverses Final Wild Bill Signing
President Coolidge signed the wrong measure at session end due to a clerk mix up. Senate bills rushed through that day included House resolution 10,440 for Indian affairs funding, but 10,504 for a Shiloh monument was signed instead, as William Tyler Page works to straighten the mess.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
William Tyler Page
House
Senate
India
Longworth
Dawes
Shiloh
Murder Trial Broadcast Planned From Mexico
William Silver announced a plan to broadcast the murder trial from Tia Juana. Mexican authorities give consent and an English translation will air. The four members of the Percet family died by self harm after a troubled trip to Baja California.
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San Thego
Cal Daly
Tia Juana
Thomas Percet
Tio
Wiliam Silver
Abely
Petect
Pia Jonna
Construction of Bridge Start
The Development and Construction Company of Baltimore began work on a 60 foot concrete bridge over Ballenger Creek on the Buckeystown pike to replace the old wooden covered bridge. Demolition and new span construction are to be finished this summer leaving only one wooden bridge on state roads in Frederick County.
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Ballenger Creek
Buckeystown Pike
Development and Construction Company
Baltimore
Frederick County
Catoctin Creek
Harpers Farmy Road
Jefferson and
Peersville
Rockville-Gaithesburg
Washington Suburban Sanitary Department
Gaithersburg
George Town
Rockville
District of Columbia
M. J Grove Lime Company
Henderson’s Corner
Frederick
Frederick Junction
Georgetown Pike
Galthersburg
Washington
Birthday planning for American Legion Auxiliary party
A special meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary set plans for a birthday party at Wayside Inn on Tuesday July 27. Officers and committees were assigned tasks for refreshments decorations invitations and programs. The Auxiliary numbers five years old with about 180 members and three state officers among its leadership. Six delegates are slated for the State convention in Annapolis.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Francia Scott Key
At & O'Clock
Wayside Inn
Laggett Hamsburg Sill
Chitles
Tinel
J. Athaugh
Hoffman
Ansillare
Geopee Kirely
Houck Ia
Ramsburg
Avablliry
Annapolis
Police seek help to solve murder in Boston
Boston police urged newspapers to aid in identifying a young woman found murdered in Mattapan. A blue sedan driver near the cemetery wall is being sought, along with makers of a cardboard box and a human bag used in the dismemberment. Dr Timothy Leary, the medical examiner, says the operation was performed by a skilled person.
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Boston
Chy Margur
Mattapan
Timothy Leary
Whittemore To Hang August 13
Maryland execution case centers on Richard Reese Whittemore who killed a guard and faces hanging under Maryland law. Governor Ritchie may stay the sentence as Mrs. Margaret Whittemore campaigns for clemency with over 2000 signatures aiming to influence the governor. The date set is August 15 with the Gallows at the penitentiary under Warden Brady supervision.
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Baltimore
Albert C. Kruehle
Richard Reese Whittemore
Maryland
Margaret Whittemore
Wolttemoore
Robert H. Tottman
Marty Hind
Reese
Court of Appeals
Wolteemore
Au Eeeus
Mana
Brady
Whittemore
Marrland
Ninte
David C. Winebrenner
Rotary Club Names Committees for Year at Frederick
The Frederick Rotary Club announced its annual committees led by President Ignatius Bjorlee during a Wednesday noon meeting. Members toured the Yang P. Telephone Company exchange after adjournment and received group explanations of plant operations.
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Ignatius Bjorlee
Frederick
James A Long
Almmerman
A. E. Fisher
George Ross
Harry Carty
Paul J. Payor
J. Dutrow
Montz Besant
W. N. Jolliffe
George McCleery
T. B. Hayward
Sr. Lewis
Willan Doty
Emory Coblentz
Weary T. Wade
Ames Hendrickson
W. W. Doub
A. B. Colimus
Harry Leicherz
Charles Met. Mathias
John Theaker
Sam Maples
Frank Dertzbaugh
Glenn McGregor
Jon AL Markell
William A. Riddell
FH Gambrill Ltd
A. Sehmid
Charles Shank
Glenn Garher
A Wo Nicodemus
Worthington
Rotary Education Committee
Guy K Motter
IW. I. G
Robert L. Warfield
George B. McCleery
T.T. Zimmerman
Bjorlee
Childs
Dertzbaugh
Mr Warfield
Thomas B. Hayward
Glenn Garber
Ro Amés Hendrickson
Dr. HE
G Kleffer
B. Dwight McCain
AW. Sicodamus
Eling Bo Ramsburg
Hood College
Hagerstown Club
Hotel Braddock
Baltmore Club
Navy Band of
Washington, D. C
Scott Denies He Fired Fatal Shot in Maurer Case
Chicago July 14 AP Robert R. Scott brother of Russell Beatt on death row testified he did not fire the shot that killed Joseph Maurer during a City Hall pharmacy robbery. He refused to answer key questions citing concern for himself and his brother, ending his testimony before noon.
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Chicago
Robert R. Scott
Russell T. Beatt
Joseph Maurer
Robert
Coupsel
Wm. N. Gemmill
Gemmill
Scott
Judge Gemmill
City Hall
Phar
Macy
Maurer
Scott Brothers
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Community Finance Company
Wilbur Willard
Lant
NAVY
Andrews
James Leo Jenking
Frederick City Hospital
Radere
Thore
Eppler
Board of Supervisors of
Elocth
George Lewis Eppler
Republica
Cumberland
Kelly
Thurmont
Greater London
Association
Reformed Church Missionary Conference
dActive
Turke
Richard C. Dutrow
Bill
Mexico
Rotary
Phone Co
MEET
Edt Bludlo
Elf
Wan
Regen’ Ick
Edmonston
Guesta
Harry Ortigan
Frederick W. BP. Murray
Land
Ohio
Samuel Frowart
Astonvilles
J. Boinerest
Merwe
Miewspar
Nhohiy
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