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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1922
Page
9
Detectives continue probing a Monrovia Bank robbery with valuables checked and receipts issued. A security tied to deposit owners was found, a Pennsylvania car and two strangers remain key clues, and officials deem the thieves as professionals.
A second suspect, Earl Kaufman, was arrested in Hagerstown on charges of involvement in the theft of Dr. B. O Thomas’s Ford sedan Sunday night. Officer Eicholtz traced the fugitive to Berryville, Virginia, where Donald Hammersla was also arrested and later released on cash bail. The car was recovered in Berryville after being taken from in front of Dr. Thomas’s office at about 10 30 p.m. Sunday.
Baseball results from Philadelphia Detroit New York St Louis Washington Chicago and others with player batteries names and scores. Standings show New York Detroit St Louis Washington Chicago Boston and Cleveland with win loss records. note a high French Guiana stamp auction price referenced and French tax impact.
Middletown high school hosted a music memory contest in the Reformed Church chapel with twenty six participants. Miss Rush Remsberg won first prize a gold medal and Lewis Twenty earned second a gold pin. 23 others received certificates. A drill of Walter Camp Daily Dozen Exercises featured 30 girls. Edna Lighter organized the program. Prof Thomas Gibson praised Middletown as first in the state for such events. Judges included Leslie N. Coblentz Homer Remsberg Carl Rhoderick Mary Routzahn and Elva Shafer. Prizes were donated by the high school alumni.
Washington, May 20. The war is over and gold notes return to circulation. Banks issue bright yellow gold certificates once absent since 1914 while Federal Reserve notes remain common. Old prewar money returns in steady retirements as the new yellow backed notes reassure merchants and housewives. A Detroit decorator files for bankruptcy. many tenants had expected it.
Washington reports the Bureau of Mines says fuller distillation of refinery vapors could add 420 million gallons of gasoline annually. Dow estimates 50,00400 gallons were recovered in 1921 and full adoption nationwide could yield 120 million extra gallons. Preventive steps urged as lighter crude oils rise in use.
A Kansas City Star snippet quotes a dialogue about trust and marriage to Sack, noting skepticism over his past deeds. The fragment elevates tensions between commitment and caution in a domestic matter. No broader context is provided.
Chicago and Philadelphia truss specialist F H Seeley will be in Frederick at the City Hotel on May 25 only. He reports the Spermatic Shield offers instantaneous rupture relief and opening in ten days, claims superiority over prior methods, and cites awards from England and Spain. Seeley has U.S. government documentation for inspection and offers demonstrations.
Oliver Z Coblentz of Middle Town and Maurice Coblentz of Town Md list ten head under federal supervision at Fair Oaks Farm and Locust Level Dairy Co Frederick Md. Items include young cows yearlings and 2 year old heifers bred to top bulls. notable dams yield over 24 7 day butter and calves aged 8 to 16 months. Other high breeding stock from Treated dams feature 20 23 and 24 pound seven day butter records.
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