Frederick to Install Large Gas Generating Set
Potomac Public Service Company plans a six foot gas generating set at the Frederick gas plant to produce about 4 000 cubic feet per day. The $29 000 to $50 600 project includes a 100 000 cubic foot gas holder and new feeder connections. Ground breaks next week with operation targeted by June 1.
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Potomac Public Service Company
Thomas W. Peters
Peters
Frederick
East Church street
Tea imports show shift from green to black and oolong varieties
The Associated Press reports Americans increasingly favor black and oolong tea over green tea. In 1922, 7,395,221 pounds of tea were examined at ports with 1,324,162 pounds, or 18.5 percent, graded as ced bride examiners. Eastern ports show higher gains while western and central ports decline.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Union
India
eair
wentral
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
China
United
Five In Family Shot By Paroled Convict One Dead
Nashville dispatch reports Lewis Douglas a paroled convict shot multiple members of the Haston family at their home three miles from Spencer Tennessee. Sam Haston brother of Ernest Hinston secretary of State was among victims he and others were with Mrs Haston who died. A posse pursued the alleged shooter after the attack.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Sam Haston
Ernest Hinston
George Haston
B.D. Shappero
Tuwllus Trogden
boying
Waston place
Hastony
Spencer, Tenn
Lewis Douglas
Preliminary hearing set for McCarthy in Frederick robbery case
Andrew McCarthy faces a preliminary hearing tomorrow before Commissioner J Frank Supplée in Baltimore on a Federal conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act tied to the Horsey distillery raid at Burkitsville. Bail was set at 2 000 dollars in Baltimore and 4 000 in Frederick. he is represented by Alban M Wood and William H Lawrence.
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Andrew McCarthr
Burkitsville
J. Frank
Baltimore
McCarthy
Alban M. Wood
Frederick
William H. Lawrence
baik
United States
Supplee
Alimony Rules and Tax Treatment in 1922
The text explains alimony amounts are not taxable income for recipients in 1922 and may be deducted from the payer’s income. Breach of promise settlements may be taxable to the recipient, while defamation damages are non taxable. It notes union dues as business expenses and mentions exceptions for personal injury or compensation acts. Free advisory help is available in Baltimore and nearby offices.
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Bureau of ternal Revenue
Bureau
tomas
Collector of Internal Revenue
Baltimore
Hacermstown
Ant
Stock Market Slows After Mixed New York Session
In New York the stock market showed muted activity as specialists faced large realizing sales and adjustments in quoted values. Call money opened at 4 percent while gains in the equipment group were quickly reversed. about 760 new drug stores have opened in New York State over the last two years.
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Associated Press
New York
New York State
Autocar Truck Damages Tank and Fence at West Paterson
An Autocar truck backing into the air yard beside J. Panui Delgher’s shop toppled a 2A gasoline tank and tore part of a wire fence. The vehicle strained the tank base and became stuck, hindering yard access as workers attempted to free it.
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Washington
J. Panui Delgher
West Pat
rick sire
Fox Trotting Set New Length Record in Ayr Dance Run
Scot couple CHE Haughton and Miss Edie Cojé danced continuously for 15 hours 25 minutes at Ayr to extend the non stop record by 49 minutes. Report notes repeated performances by Vet couples and ongoing music interruptions as the pair sought distance records in London and Scotland.
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Associated Press
London
Scotland
cradicj
the
Hillas
CHE Haughton
Edie Cojé
Ayr
Glasgow
Spring Wins The Weather Battle As Winter Falters
March precipitation reaches 1.25 inches while Spring nears with warm spells and forecasted fair days. Snow lingers with five inches on the ground and a likely last heavy snowfall before March 21 as officials predict little change in temperatures.
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ol Winter
wer
Frederick county
Souvenir Quid Story Tangles With Smack In Eyes
A fragmentary notice reports a strange episode involving a tobacco quid and a slap to the eye. The text suggests a debate over whether a stenographer dropped a quid from her pocketbook or if the matter arose from a mishap during a tense moment at Braddock Craner // Jefferson Boulevard area, with property in Brad dock Heights sold to Irene A. Pentz of New York City.
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usa
Saie
Braddock Craner
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Irene A. Pentz
New York city
Heights
Five Hotel Store Rooms Under Construction At Key Hotel
Workers shape storerooms at the Frances Scott Key Hotel with progress slowed by delays. Four rooms remain largely unfinished with two in the annex and two in the new building. The corner storeroom at West Patricks and Court streets, for Berkeley Ward’s laborers’ establishment, may open next week while other rooms await completion. Front of the hostelry will improve once rooms are finished and occupied by Garber's Modern Bakery Frank M K Schmidt and by two fur nishing shops in the annex.
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Francis Scott Key Hotel
West Patricks and
Court streets
Berkeley Ward
Garber's Modern Bakery
Frank MK. Schmidt
W C T U Homes For Women And Children
A survey shows the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union operates more than one hundred properties across the United States for women and children's welfare. Homes for girls exist in fourteen states, with centers in California and Illinois. The piece notes Frances E Willard and Odette To Sing in a related event and mentions the Bureau of Standards studying atmospheric effects on glass bottles.
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Chicago
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
United States
inmona
iain summer
lezapart
chase
sali
Anna A.don
carreo
Frances FLio
Receivers Named For Steel Company In Which Public Invested
Federal court appointed receivers for the EBI Steel enterprises believed to involve about 22 million dollars from the public. The board of control will audit stock sales and business for the past two years to determine how much public money went to merchandising and commissions.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
New York
EBI Steel enterprises
L. R. Steel
National T and Tinsel Manufacturing Company
Manitowoc
Wis
John R. Hagel
Wiliam W. Beltley
Charles Bennett Smith
Gwo
T. R. Steel
Steel Company
Leonard B. Steel
L. F. Steel Incorporated
L. A. Steel Service Corporation
United States
Canada
State Awards Oil Road Contracts Under $70,000
The State Roads Commission will award five oiling contracts today totaling $70,493.52. Atlantic Refining Company wins four contracts covering multiple counties in Maryland and Virginia, with a combined price around $65,198.97. The Earie Lansdale Company secures a separate contract for Prince Georges and Montgomery counties at $5,294.55.
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macedom
State Roads Commission
Julie N. Mackall
bishways
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Ceci
Queen Annes
Talbet
Somerset
Wicomico
Worcester
Howard
Frederick
Paris Assembly Grants Ismet Broad Negotiating Powers
The Paris based Paris dispatch reports the Grand National Assembly at Angora endorsing Ismet Pasa’s authority to negotiate peace terms with the Allied powers. The assembly backed Lausanne conclusions and conveyed notes to the powers outlining Turkish positions on financial, economic, and security terms. A separate brief notes a small fire at a residence on Irving Shuftien Street, quickly controlled. Chemists in Japan report a new colloidal fuel that could replace coal and oil, promising high heat and compact storage for shipping use.
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Assopeied
Paris
Angora
Ismet
Lausanne
Isopet ix
Japan
Abandons Plan to Move Negro Miners to the Ruhr
New York reports Dougherty a detective agency member said he abandoned a plan to transport African American miners to the Ruhr via the steamship Majestie. He claimed news of limited acceptance by workers and rising resistance halted the operation.
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RUHR
Associated Press
New York
Hary
Dougherty
Franco
Dousherty
Majestie Fes
terdarch
negro “mess
jJebs
Gen O Ry an Retained as Counsel for Senate Committee
Major General John O Ry an of New York who commanded the Twenty seventh Division in France has been retained as counsel for the special Senate committee investigating air fairs in the Veterans Bureau. Markwood D Harp sells brick home at 733 East Seventh Street to Liam H Newcomer with possession April 1. Poultry expert H W Rice of the University Maryland Extension Service arrives in Frederick for rural study with County Agent John McGill Jr. Edison aged 76 still works 16 hours daily.
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Frederick county
iPridar
Samuel H. North
Frederick
soco ool
North
ueetling
Pon‘ley
Penier
Associated P
Washinston
March
John ¥. O'Ryan
News
Seventh St
Markwood D. Harp
East Seventh street
Liam H. Newcomer
Edward 3. Rice
H. W. Rice
Univer i Marland Extension Service
Frederick Wednex
Rice
John McGill, Jr
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M’CARTHY
Recklinghausen
be hng
Internal Revenue Bureau
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