Noted Henry Boyle Column of Oddities and Reflections
A Boyle column blends vignettes from New York life with light social observations. It notes a child fearing global annihilation after a dream about air escaping Earth, a Greenwich Village joke about fitting in, and portraits of John Hersey and John Daly. It previews December worries about vest disposal and a quip about American students favoring recess.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Greenwich
Vilage
Manhattan
First Avenue
Thass
John Hersey
John Daly
Korea
Matt Ridgway
Loyalty Earns Cash Value At Detroit Packing House
The oldest Detroit packing house and workers agreed to nine weeks of unpaid work if needed. Facing rising meat prices and government ceilings, management acknowledged the hardship. In a three week delay, workers received pay, the firm recouped finances, and loyalty was rewarded with prompt payment.
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Detroit
Frank
Tabor
Regional Trends in the United States Economy Highlight Shifts
A Department of Commerce report titled Regional Trends argues that wealth redistribution is narrowing gaps among regions. It notes faster growth in poorer areas through capital investment shifts, with rising per capita taxes in previously less prosperous regions. The piece also reflects on thanksgiving as a season of gratitude beyond a single day, honoring enduring dreams and collective strength.
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Department of Commerce
United States
Department
Letters to the Editor on Optimist Week success
Frederick Md November letters praise Optimist Week and The News-Post for coverage. Charles Fe Ritchie thanks the paper and is made an honorary club member while inviting staff to future events. Repudiation Day speaker Samuel H. Rosenstock cited. correction issued by DAR office. Market prices for Wheat Barley and Corn appear in fragment.
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the News
Frederick
Charles Fe, Ritchie
Optimist Week
Frederick, Md
Benjamin EB. Rosenstock
D.A.R
Court House
Samuel H. Rosenstock
Saint Joseph College Charity Fair in Emmitsburg
The Association of the Children of Mary sponsors a charity fair at Cordier Hall on December 1 from 2 PM to 9 PM to aid the poor at Christmas. A note on agriculture mentions the potato cyst nematode as a difficult pest confined to limited American areas but present in Europe.
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Emmitsburg
Saint Joseph College
Association of the Children of Mary
Cordier Hall
Amerie
Long Island
Europe
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago on November 20 1901 the newspaper reports eggs were scarce and rising to 25 cents a dozen with prices possibly reaching 35 cents before Christmas. The Board of County Commissioners awarded a $14050 contract to build an iron and steel bridge over the Monocacy at Crists ford. A barn burned on the George W Manahan farm at Sabillasville destroying cattle hay feed and implements. Charles E Houck moved his Harness Store to South Market Street opposite Citizens National Bank. William M Zimmerman of West Fourth Street hunted eight rabbits and six partridges.
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Frederick
Board OF County Commissioners
Crist’s Ford
Urbana
Buckeystown
Thomas Dougherty
George W. Manahan
Sabillasville
Charles E. Houck
East Patrick Street
South Market Street
Citizens National Bank
William M. Zimmerman
West Fourth Street
Twenty Years Ago Hems From The News Columns
Twenty years ago on November 20 1931 the News reported a fire destroying four frame barns hog pen and chicken house on Mrs J W Culler s farm near Church Hall saved by Hose Company crew The Montgomery County Commissioners approved fourteen ornamental lighting standards for Rockville courthouse square from Frederick Tron and Steel Co at 34 40 each Liberty Street remained dark as the community fund for lights was exhausted Baltimore Mayor Howard Jackson to give main address at Frederick Elks annual memorial service on December 8
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Wr. J. Culler
Martin Harshman
Church Hall
Montgomery County Commissioners
Court House Square
Rockville
Frederick Tron and Steel Company
Liberty Lowy
Howard Jackson
Baltimore
The
Frederick Elks
Dear Miss Dix Seeks Homesickness Cure and Social Dilemmas
A reader from London asks if homesickness and high living costs pass and Miss Dix advises embracing window box gardening, using English ties via the English Speaking Union, and making the most of American life for her daughter. She also critiques an early morning social schedule, suggesting a morning paper and a quiet walk, and tackles nightmares by seeking professional help after addressing obvious causes.
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Miss Dix
London
England
America
Maureen
Nota
Sophie P
Bell Syndicate
Miss Salyers Wins County Speech Prize in Democracy Contest
Barbara Salyers of Camp Detrick, Frederick High School, won the county I speak for Democracy prize among 80 contestants in three county schools, judged by Dr. Raymond Helm, Dr. Wayne Neely, and Melvin Derr from a radio recording. A state judge will compare with other counties on December 1 in Hagerstown.
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Barbara Salyers
Camp Detrick
Frederick High School
Frederick
Mary Grams
Middletown High School
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Wayne C. Neely
Melvin H. Derr
Hagerstown
Jaycees
Wayside Radio Service
William §. Hood
Dorsey Shipley
Storm and
Hughes Echoes in 1924 Speech for Modern Political Guard
A Washington analysis notes Democratic speakers could cite Charles Evans Hughes's 1924 remarks after the Teapot Dome scandals to defend integrity and urge action against corruption. The piece compares 1924 Republican triumphs and 2024 politics, urging parallel measures by Truman and Coolidge-era prosecutions.
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Washington
Truman
David Lawrence
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Hughes
Merle J. Pusey
Washington Post
Supreme Court
Jo Hows
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding
Pusey
Coolidge
Mother Faces Trial Dec 12 in Rockville
Grace Olivia Bryan of Monrovia 33, mother of three, charged with the shotgun murder of her husband Lloyd Vernon Byrans, a plumber, at his home on Qetcher Hi. She pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Montgomery Circuit Court. Indictments include five men for cattle rustling and James William Oden on assault with intent to murder two Rockville brothers.
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Rockville
Grace Olivia Bryan
Monrovia
Lioyd Vernon Byrans
Bryan
Montgomery
James William Oden
Connecticut Ave
Chevy Chase
Curtis L. Harris
Harry F. Harris
Q Oden
Victor E. Baldwin
Chapin St. Nw
Robert L. Hambleton
Todd Pl
John M. Dupont
15Th St. Ne
A. Harding Paul
Germantown
Frederick County
James Kegley
Adamstown
Jackson Faulkner
Westminster
Kegley
Faulkner
Takoma Park Man Shot In Urbana Accident
A Takoma Park plasterer, 41, was seriously wounded in an accidental shotgun blast during a rabbit hunt in Urbana near Frederick. Eugene German, of 6912 New Hampshire Avenue, was treated at Washington Sanitarium with buckshot in the right hip and elbow. He hunted with neighbor Carl B. Royce and Royce’s son James Leon Royce.
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Washington, D. C
Takoma Park
Urbana
Frederick
Washington Sanitarium
Eugene German
New Hampshire Avenue
German
Carl B. Royce
Royce
James Leon Royce
Daily Bread and News Ticker Summary
A collection of brief items covers faith reflections on God from childhood, a Woodsboro jackrabbit shot on Crum farm, polio vaccine optimism in Charleston, Eisenhower support formed in Trenton, Glenn McCarthy pursuing oil rights in Paris, a fatal tractor-trailer crash in Stafford, Abdullah divorcing and departing Dallas with his new fiancée dancer Samia Gamal.
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Abdullah
Dallas
Sheppard W
Abdullah) King
Egypt
Samia Gamal
Lufs Stuff and the Call to Worthy Goals
A fragment reflecting on pursuing noble aims over sordid ones. It cautions that selfish or poor goals bring disaster, urging steadfast striving and belief in meaningful rewards. References to Lufburrow and a cautionary moral frame per the source’s archaic tone.
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N. A. Lufburrow
Questions and Answers on 1909-S Lincoln Penny Designer
The initials V D B stand for Victor D Brenner designer of the coin. Conquistadores were leaders in the Spanish conquest of America including those who conquered Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
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Victor D. Brenner
America
Hoes
Mexico
Peru
Hanover Bride Weds Pic. James Morrow In Reformed Church
NOVEMBER BRIDE Miss Helen Elaine Everhart of Hanover and Frederick area wed Pic. James MacGill Morrow of Ephrata in Emmanuel Reformed Church Hanover at 3 30 p m The double ring ceremony featured Mrs Charles D Keller and Mrs Harry D Biffle as honor attendants with bridesmaids Gladys Heidler Vivian Heidler and Patricia Orris The groom, educated at Penn State and UPenn programs, serves in the Army Airborne Division at Camp Breckinridge Ky The reception followed at the Hotel Richard McAllister in Hanover
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Wart
Frederick
Brothers
Charles D. Keller
Balmore
Harry D. Biffle
Yorss
Sea Island
Eichelberger
Hanover
Thompson's Business College
York
Radi
Helen Hart
Krala High School
Penn State
Columbia Institute of Radio Broadcasting
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Television School
Penn State College
Army Airborne Division
Camp Breech Iridge
Helen Elaine Everhart
George A. Everhart
Mr. Everhart
Pic
James MacGill Morrow
Leslie M. Morrow
Ephrata
Nevin E. Smith
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Baltimore
Gladys Heidler
Boston
Mass
Vivian Heidler
Patricia Orris
Inatrons of Honor
Donald Morrow
W. Parke Everhart
G. Max Ever
Wedding of Marie Callas Mars and Robert S Jones
A wedding at Trinity Methodist Church Saturday at 11 am united Marie Callas Mars of Hagerstown with Robert S Jones, son of Mrs Archer C Jones. Rev L Gene Stewart officiated a simple ring ceremony witnessed by immediate families and several relatives from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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William Callas
Baltimore
Gregory Callas
Johnstown
Michael Callas
Waynesboro
Max Main
John Crafton
Washington
John Callas
Frederick
George Mars
College Conference Night At Frederick High School
Frederick County pupils and parents are invited to a college conference night at Frederick High School on Wednesday December 5. Dr Floyd G Cromwell Maryland Education official will speak on Are You College Material and Herbert N Heston Hood College official will discuss How to Choose a College. A marriage license was issued in Hagerstown clerk's office for Elmer W Rhodes Jr Boonsboro and Lana C Bowers 18 Middletown.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
Floyd G Cromwell
Maryland Department of Education
Herbert N. Heston
Hood College
Hagerstown
Elmer W. Rhodes
Boonsboro
Lana C. Bowers
Middletown
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T, Webster
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Woodsboro
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S. C
Basil G.connor
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
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Texas
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Red Sea
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John R. Woody
Iron Bull Run
Shaphe
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Ethel Beall
Damascus
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Bobby
Bonnie
City
J. B. Neill
Robert
Wayne
Silver Spring
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Wade Beall
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Terry
Shelly
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William Beyer
Nancy
Arlington
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