Doctor Blazer on Stand in Murder Trial for Daughter
Old fashioned country physician Dr. Harold E. Blazer testifies in his murder trial, describing his daughter Hazel as a helpless invalid weighing about 30 to 34 pounds with severe deformities. He recalls days leading to the crime, mentions spells and numbness, and denies drug use or memory of the slashing. The defense faces questions over memory loss and the prosecution questions possible feigned insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
Col
Harold E. Blazer
Hazel
Cmld
Dillonvale
Dr. Blazer
Stone
Spangler
H. H. Aldredge
Blazer
Department Drive Declares War on Christmas Mistletoe
The Department of Agriculture launches a campaign to exterminate mistletoe, labeling it a dangerous forest pest. Officials say no objection to kissing, but aim to rid the forests of the plant within ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Hood College Campaign Activities Stir in Worcester
Hood workers meet in the Hood College Building to plan the November 13 opening of the Endowment Fund Campaign. Officials announce rapid telegraphic progress reports, a Hood College Glee Club broadcast from WCAP, and Hood College Day spread across 183 churches in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Winchester Hall
News and Post
Hood College Glee Club
WCAP
Washington
I Aity
Auto fines drop across counties under Baughman report
Week of fines under Commissioner Baughman shows 385 total across magistrates desks. Frederick magistrates issued 45 dollars. Liberty five. Middletown ten. New Market 323. Ridgeville absent. Walter Wallace's license revoked for operating while intoxicated. Fines named for specific drivers: Frederick Charlies Denby Jr 25 dollars for speeding. Donald N O'Brien 20 for wrong registration. Libertytown Wilbur W Baker 5. Middletown Russell C Chrane 10 for reckless driving. New Market Catherine I Scott 25 for speeding. State fines total 3095 with 1622 counties and 1473 Baltimore city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baughman
Frederick
Liberty
Middletown
New Market
Ridgeville
Walter Wallace
Charlies Denby Jr
Donald N. O'Brien
Libertytown
Wilbur W. Baker
Russell C. Chrane
Catherine I. Scott
Baltimore City
Woman editor Emma Abbott Gage dies in Washington
Emma Abbott Gage, renowned Marsland woman editor and former Annapolis Capital managing editor, died at Waller Reed Hospital in Washington on Sunday. Born in Annapolis, she was daughter of Judge William Martin Abbott and Frances Virginia Abbott, attended Western Maryland College, and led Annapolis Grammar School before joining her father’s paper. She was widow of Dr. Atos L. Gage and survived by her mother two brothers and a sister. Funeral held at St Anne's Episcopal church in Annapolis on Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Abbott Gage
Marsland
Waller Reed Hospital
Washington
Annapolis
William Martin Abbott
Frances Virginia Abbott
Western Maryland College
Annapolis Grammar School
Annapolis Capital
Atos L. Gage
Baltimore
Col
James ©. Abbott
U.S A
Plans to restore Bavarian king abandoned
Berlin reports plans to place former Crown Prince Raupprecht on the Bavarian throne have been shelved as unsuitable for a coup. The Frankfurter Zeitung cites an obscure authority, saying the moment is not ripe for an attempt. Hood College W C A day students enjoyed a Halloween party in the dormitory common room. Katherine Trundle organized the event with orange and black decor, fortune telling, and various seasonal refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Raupprecht
Frankfurter Zeitung
Hood Day
Hood College Young Women's Christian Association
College Day
W.C. A
Katherine Trundle
Olive Wagner
Hallowe'en
Europeans Prepare January Protest Against Prohibition
William Pussyfoot Johnson says a European backed attack on the American Prohibition law will be staged in Washington on January 16. European distillers and brewers, aided by Belgium, France, and Czecho-Slovakia liquor interests, fund and lead the campaign through the International Society for the Liberty to Make Alcohol in Every Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William
Pussyfoot
Europe
Belgium
France
Czecho-Slovakia
The
Internationaler Verein Zur Hebyng der Freien Alcohol Erzeugumg
International Society For the Liberty To
Deserted by Father Noel Goes on Trial
Noel W. Noel, a college student and confessed slayer of Raymond Pierce and six year old Muay Daly, faces trial for his life abandoned by his father Dix W. Noel, a New York attorney, and defended by William Wachenfeld. The defense pursued insanity while Noel had escaped from Overbrook Asylum and was declared sane after a lengthy hearing before Judge Edwin Caffrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soeryse Wee E
Bison W. Noel
Raymond Pierce
Neuto
Muay Daly
Montclair
Tris
Dix W. Noel
New York
William Wachenfeld
Noel
Pierce
Essex County Hospital
Overbrook
Daly
Merritt Lane
Noel i
Edwin Caffrey
Mitchell Says Naval Officer Sought To Have Lansdowne's Widow Tell Falsehood
Mitchell accuses a naval officer of seeking to compel Lansdowne’s widow to lie. An auto collision on a wet Jefferson Pike near Peagaville injured Mr and Mrs E H Wine of Washington. The Wines were en route from Harrisonburg to Washington when their car struck a Brunswick taxi carrying Megoulas Rau and Megoulas. Mrs Wine suffered a compound fracture of the left leg. Mr Wine was bruised from shattered windshield. The Brunswick men aided at the scene and Mrs Wine improved by morning at Frederick City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E H. Wine
HI Wine
Washington
Jefferson Pike
Peagaville
Wine
Brunswick
Jacob Moler
Bank of Brunswick
George Megoulay
George Taylor
Feagaville
Haynes
Branawick
Wine Auto
Megoulas
First Aid Demonstration at Y M C A Tonight
Captain William Kieb arrives in Frederick to lead a public first aid and life saving demonstration at Hood College and the Y M C A. The event, under Red Cross auspices, draws local firemen and business groups with further talks at the Y M C A and at Hood College. A swimming exhibition and youth sessions precede the main meeting, continuing through Thursday with more events in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Kieb
Frederick
Red Cross
Hood College
Riwains Club
Kieh
Kieb
Hazerstown
Dee Ganes
Cotton Futures Fall 100 Points In Broad Market Drop
New York Nov. 9 AP reports market weakness spread as cotton futures fell by 100 points prompting liquidation of speculative holdings to protect contracts. Despite a bank reserve deficit, call money rate held at 4 percent aiding a late rally across markets.
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New York
Jury panel set for Rhinelander suit in New York
White Plains N Y Nov 9 Eleven jurors were chosen in the first hour for the Supreme Court trial of Leon Kip Rhinelander versus Mrs Alice Featrice Rhinelander over alleged misrepresentation of her face before their marriage The case centers on an annulment suit filed by Rhinelander seeking a dissolution of the marriage on grounds of fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
Supreme Court
Leon Kip Rhinelander
Alice Featrice Jones Rhinelander
Reading for Homes Encouraged by Local Officials
Probation Officer Miss Louise Nelson and assistants urge the community to help persons under care by providing homes or workable arrangements as cold weather arrives. In recent weeks several children have found homes, including a 9 year old boy seeking schooling. A nearby family requests someone to read the Bible to them and share church aspirations, as parents cannot read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Nelson
Attending Conference Delegates to Women Inter-Collegiate Assoc
Hazel Lucas presenting Frances Good secretary of Hood College student government sails Wed Nov 11 to Wellesley Mass for the Women Inter-Collegiate Association meeting from Nov 12 to 14. The purpose is to discuss student government problems with general and small group sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Lucas
Frances Good
Student Government
Hood College
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Mass
Women Inter-Collegiate Association
Freezing Temperatures Grip City After Sunny Morning
A sharp temperature drop followed a clear morning with sun. After a Sunday high of 61 degrees, the mercury fell to 32 overnight and hovered near 36 this morning. Forecasters expect continued cool weather with a chance of fair skies and warmer by Friday.
Final hunting season opens in Frederick County
About 2 000 sportsmen expected to tramp through fields and woods on opening day Tuesday to hunt rabbits and other game. More than 2 400 licenses issued to date, with four clerks kept busy at the clerk of the court’s office. Officials predict a brisk opening day as game is reported plentiful after a long layoff, with Tuesday likely to see the most hunters in one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Bells Ten Ring and Whistles Blown on Armistice Day Parade
Bells toll and whistles blow at eleven on Armistice Day as Frederick plans a large parade to honor the 1918 armistice. Flags will line main streets and homes as businesses close at noon. The parade forms at 2:45 PM with veterans, fire apparatus, and schoolchildren invited to participate, followed by an Armory dance in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil
Frederick
Alton Y. Bennett
Legionnaires
Anderstood
Pythian Campaign Plans for 50 New Members
The Knights of Pythias drive announces final preparations starting Monday November 16 to recruit 50 new members. Frederick S Attwood a blind optometrist of the Supreme Lodge will speak to the Lions Club Thursday at noon and again at night on Riding the Goat in the Pythian Castle. He arrives Thursday from Minneapolis and stays until Friday morning before moving to Illinois for a Happiness lecture. Prof George Edward Smith will sing Thursday evening with a chorus directed by Markwood D Garp and an in attendance orchestra. Refreshments follow Attwood s lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Frederick
Attwood
Supreme Lodge
Liong Club
Pythian Castle
Fredericks
Minneapolis
Sinois
George Edward Smith
Markwood D. Garp
Ill and recovering residents in Frederick area report
AMONG THE SICK Mrs Arthur Potts of this city remains ill. Mr Chas Wm Shipley of Waynesboro Pa was operated on at Frederick City Hospital and is recovering. Mrs S Elmer Brown of West Third Street was patient at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore for two weeks, returned home improved. Ai G Currie Weddle, contractor, was suddenly taken ill at home in Thurmont and operated on. he is progressing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Potts
Chas. Wm Shipley
Waynesboro
Frederick City Hospital
S Elmer Brown
West Third Street
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
G . Currie Weddle
Big Home
Thurmont
Weddle
Canvassing to Find Unlicensed Frederick Dogs
A city canvass led by William Hopwood of the Board of County Commissioners aims to count licensed and unlicensed dogs. He will visit homes to issue licenses on the spot, enforcing the county dog license law. Revenue from licenses funds damages to stock from stray dogs, including sheep and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hopwood
Board of County Commissioners
Frederick
Madepal
Hopwood
Hopmwood
Former Lieutenant Governor Cooper appeal heard in Richmond
The Circuit Court of Appeals heard the appeal of former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor William B. Cooper from an eighteen months sentence for misapplication of funds at the Commercial Bank of Wilmington. The plaintiff contends he had no knowledge of wrongdoing related to E. L. Sanderson's note, which credited $12,903 to Thomas Z. Cooper, the defendant's brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
William B. Cooper
North Carolina
Commercial Bank of Wilmington
N. C
Circuit Court of Appeals
Gar
E. L. Sanderson
Thomas Z. Cooper
Dodgers Acquire Maranville at Waiver Price
New York AP reports Walter Rabbits Marancillo, veteran Chicago National Shortstop and Calistera manager last season, has been claimed by Brooklyn for the waiver price of 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodgers
Maranville
New York
Walter
Rabbits Marancillo
Chicago National
Brooklyn
High Army and Navy Officers Accuse Falsification Before Congress
Col. Mitchell through his counsel Frank Reid accuses military air service officials of criminal negligence and false testimony to Congress. He cites Shenamlozh’s fatal Western trip, Lansdowne’s widow, the PN-9 No 1 Hawaiian flight, demotion for truth telling, hazards to aviators, and alleged foreign foothold near the Panama Canal reducing air protection for Hawaii and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Mitchall
Frank Reid
Shenamlozh
Zachary
Lansdowne
Army
Navy
Congress
Col. Mitchell
Pahama Canal
Harwaii
Philippines
Art Club Trip to Washington Highlights Centennial Exhibit
Twenty two members of the Brod erick Art Club toured Washington on Saturday visiting the Corcoran Art Gallery for the Centennial of the National Academy of Design and the U A R building. They traveled by a Blue Ridge Transportation Co bus, arriving about 10:30 AM to view a fine art exhibit opening Oct 17. The exhibit moves to New York December 1 through January 3, 1926. Attendees listed include Florence Doub, Joseph H Apple, Henry H Abbott, and others. Separately Dr Harry York spoke at YWCA Brodbeck Hall on why people attend religious meetings and praying as a source of courage and inspiration. Blanche Newman led the service with a musical program and Frances Good at the organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broderick Art Club
Washington
Corcoran Art Gallery
National Academy “Ok Design
Anthony Wayne- Cooke
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Frederick
Blue Ridge Transportation? Company
Art Gallery
Gound Central’ Art Gallery
New York City
Academy of Design
R. E. Town
Florence Doub
Joseph H. Apple
Henry H. Abbott
Hammond Clary
Florence Eigenbrode
Samuel G. Duvall
Marion K. Green
John D. Heath Tickson
Mollie Harmington
0. R. McIntyre
H.R. Besant
Edith Miller
Grayson Palmer
Kata Ramsburg
Richard Ross
Grace Sheeleigh
Helen Smith
McCleery
Robert E. Dela Plaine
William T. Delaplaine
Thomas Zimmerman
Harry ©. York
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Lcs
Blanche Newman
Dubois
Ofertoire
Evening Star
Wagner
Frances Good
Warrant Issued for Burkittville Driver in Fatal Hit and Run
A warrant was issued for Elme Peart of Burkittville for driving the car that struck Wies Kate Loat in Washington. Loat died from injuries after the incident. Peart faces charges of failure to report a serious accident within 24 hours and later claimed the woman appeared uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elme
Peart
Burkittville
Wies
Kate Loat
Washington
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HOOD
Pat
America
Pussyfoot” Johnson
Mitchell
Wreck
Jefferson
William Kieb
Centennial Memorial United Brethren Church
G. K. Little
Little
Children’s Aid, Society
Mercury
Mer
Court House
Pythian
Laite
Ching
ART Club
Saturda
Ies
Boreoran
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