Anniversaries and historic events noted in brief
Highlights include 1865 Seward meeting Lincoln at City Point, 1867 Alaska Purchase treaty signed for 7.2 million, 1909 Queensboro Bridge opening, 1946 Allied troops arrest suspected Nazis in Germany, 1951 US pledge to UN for Congo operations. Noted birth 1824 of Confederate general Samuel Bell Maxey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
City Point
Lincoln
William Seward
Edouard de Stoeck
Alaska
United States
Queensboro
New York City
Germany
U.S
Congo
Samuel Bell Maxey
Tompkinsville
Kentucky
Maxey
West Pont
Fragmented obituary notes and birthday mentions from an old paper
An OCR fragment lists Confederate General Maxey’s death in 1895 and notes on 1883 sculptor Jo Davidson born in New York City famed for WWI era busts including Wilson and Pershing. It mentions Davidson’s La Follette bust in Washington rotunda, then several birthday notes: Leland Stanford Buckmaster, Stuart Henan Hockenbury, Frankie Laine, and Van Vechten Shaffer, with brief biographical hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Steele
Poison Springs
Maxey
Jo Davidson
New York City
Woodrow Wilson
General Pershing
Robert M. la Follette
Capitol
Washington, D.C
Davidson
France
Leland Stanford Buckmaster
United Rubber Workers Union of America
Geneva
Indiana
Stuart Henan Hockenbury
American Hotels Corp
Newburgh
New York
Frankie Laine
Chicago
van Vechten Shaffer
Frederick man charged after 1953 car collision
Donald Lawrence Rippeon, 25, of RFD 5 Frederick, was charged with failure to obey an automatic traffic control device after his 1953 Chevrolet collided with a southbound 1951 Chevrolet pickup driven by Atlee George Huffer at the intersection of South Carroll and East South streets at 4 29 p m. Damage was estimated at 150 to Rippeon’s car and 300 to Huffer’s truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lawrence Rippeon
RFD 5
Frederick
South Carroll
East South Streets
Paul Mossburg
Rippeon
South Street
Atlee George Huffer
RFD 1
Carroll Street
Homes Ransacked Towson Burglars Steal Clothing Jewelry
Two suburban Towson families reported their homes were ransacked during the night with burglars taking clothing and jewelry. No injuries reported and no suspects named in the AP dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Towson
Thief Steals Jewelry and Mink Coats in Valued Heist
Police report detailing a break in at the home of Mr and Mrs William Pugh on Dulaney Valley Road. Losses include a 2000 dollar diamond ring a 500 dollar mink store and a 700 dollar mink coat plus jewelry. A separate note references British tea shop chain Lyons bringing back waitresses after wartime self service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pugh
Dulaney Valley Road
Thomas F. Wieczorek
London
Britain
Lyons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Know
America
John Deere
Gladhill Tractor Mart
E. Patrick St
Dar Rapids Guaranty Bank and, Trust Co
Cedar Rapids
Town
Baltimore Union Stock Yards
Baltimore Livestock Exchange
Cooper Commission
Brunswick St. So
Wilkens Ava
Baltimore, WI
Can Cederick
North Court St
Towson Sakrete
Sakrete
Maryland
New Central
Campbell Products
Flintkote Co
Campbell
Ade
Briggs
Pimento
Watkins-Burdette Motor CO
East Fourth ST. Frederick, Maryland
Lot East
Fourth Sts
West Potomac Street
Brunswick
Charm
Jaycees
Frederick Armory
Cme
Roper
Mame At
East Patrick Street
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