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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1913
Page
3
Citizens, business leaders and officials accuse the police of failing to curb a wave of robberies. The mayor and state’s attorney promise action, urging plainclothes detectives. Residents urge rapid deployment of undercover officers as confidence in local law enforcement wanes.
A fragmentary personal notice records a brother in Baltimore who returns from a visit to Baltimore and Atlantic City. It mentions Mrs Laura Cook of South Market Street and Mrs Benjamin Moffett with child, plus relatives in Pittsburgh and Bellevue now visiting Mr and Mrs Hout at 108 East Sixth Street in the city.
Mayor approves a shift from primary elections to nominating aldermanic candidates by convention to better represent four precincts. A committee led by John Francis Smith oversees primaries and convention logistics, with Joseph Eisenhauer, Jacob H. Schmidt, George Wiener, and James A. Jones on the panel.
The second annual scholastic typewriting contest of Une county was won by the Boys High School team coached by Austin Himes. Competing teams and individuals from Middletown High School also earned top places. The first and second place awards included a gold medal and a pennant, to be presented at Commencement exercises.
A fragmented notice lists pupils and staff, including Walters, Elbert Hickman, Chas. Marie Suoats, May Bowers, Cornelia Hickman, Garton Hardy, Arnold Hightman, Howard Isher, Ruth French, LeRoy Hightman, Boyd Fisher, Eva Bastard, Nellie Eliott. It notes garbage and other street refuse in Minneapolis is burned to generate current for 200 arc street lamps.
The secretary of the Barbara Fritchie Memorial Association clarifies the fund tally. The total now in hand is 536.78, consisting only of interest. the earlier 514.54 figure omitted the 22.24 subject to ceer, yielding the corrected total of 536.78. In other notes, Germany’s agriculture remains peasant driven with four fifths of land tilled by peasants on up to 247 acres, while small holdings rise due to breaking up estates.
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