Maryland Officials Face Audit Fallout From Defalcation Probe
A state audit into the Maryland Treasury reveals suspected embezzlement totaling about 176 138 77 from Oct 1 1920 to Mar 31 1925, with calls for reforms and stricter hiring to restore public trust and morale in state offices. The report notes possible collusion among several employees, potential political influence in staffing, and urges careful oversight moving forward.
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Kolds Commission
Peeie
Maryland
Shally
Sheriigus
Apy
Prac Tces
State Department
Bern
Maciek
Issac
Ve Runes
Decrypting a Word Hints Puzzle From The Inst Page
A scrambled letter puzzle appears on the Inst page where readers must form a complete word by changing one letter at a time without rearranging letters. Slang and abbreviations do not count, and the solution is printed on the first page.
Daily Lessons In English From W L Gordon Ominous Word Study
Daily Lessons In English by W L Gordon presents usage notes on ominous and related terms. The piece warns about misuses like likely to die and guarded language, includes pronunciation tips, and encourages vocabulary growth by mastering one word at a time with example sentences and synonyms.
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W. L. Gordon
Birthday Regret Reflections From Aged Observer
A reflective note from A Lupburrow on growing older. The narrator marks another birthday and the swift passage of years, describing memory, regret, and the sense that time accelerates. The piece conveys a personal meditation on aging and the elusive notion of youth.
Vanity and ignorance echo in a pair of quotes
A compact note compiling two aphorisms. The first attributes mercy to those who observe lying vanities, echoing a Jonah-inspired warning about vanity. The second links vanity to ignorance, attributed to Ross, highlighting the link between emptiness of pursuits and lack of understanding.
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Jonah
Ross
Twenty Years Ago Today In Frederick Columns
Twenty years ago in Frederick the News columns note funeral director Thomas P. Rice receiving a handsome black pallbearer for a service in Ohio. The piece mentions Myers O3Ty James and a Montgomery county connection, with a prize list including Miss Sarah Swanson and Miss Ruth Fletcher and a Gold Dust Twins act by Wilson Beker.
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Frederick
Thomas P. Rice
Arts and Breed
Niamvaduyns
Comesma
Ohio
Tames
Romeo Aover
Saran Sw
Ruth Fleer
Gold Dust Twins
Wilson Beker
Ining Biser
Tarshed
The
Muse
Today In History and Anniversaries Highlights
A fragmented hoje-like column notes a total lunar eclipse visible in the morning with events in California Florida and Illinois including expositions and county fairs. It lists historical anniversaries from 1780 to 1843 and births and deaths of figures such as Napoleon and Vanderbilt with brief biographical notes and a Mary-like moral reflection.
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Oroville
Calif
Canadian Association of Exhibitors
Morrow
Marion County Fair Association
Ocala
Fla
State Poultry Association
Jackson Hie
Robert
Livingston
Washington
New York City
Middlebrook
N. J
Henry Wheaton
Dor
My Kemble
London
Napoleon
Russia
Notre Dame University
Carnelius Vanderbilt
Staten Island
John H. Morgan
Ohio
Calunvaus
Custer
Washita River
Church of the Brethren urges cooperation with state in faith
In a Sunday address at the Church of the Brethren the speaker urged resistance to a union of church and state while advocating cooperation between church and state in all matters. The talk cited biblical phrases and stressed collective cooperation across sources and forms.
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Tatous
Caesar
Leo Weinberg
Church of the Brethren
OBrien Arrested at Sister's Home in Franklin Street
OBrien who escaped from Springfield hospital in Sykesville was captured Monday afternoon at his sister Mrs Tinney's Franklin street home and jailed for a hearing. Deputy Sheriff William Steiner traced him after a weeklong search, confronting him in the front room then recapturing him in the yard. Reports say he attacked his wife Ada OBrien near Reels Mills, prompting the hospital escape and ensuing manhunt.
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Im Obrien
Springfield
Sykesville
Ada O'Brien
Reels Mills
Tinney
Franklin Street
Sherif William Stein
O'Brien
Steiner
Jaz
Reel's Mills
Sykesbaal Hospital
William C. Roderick
Fragmented Text on Religion and State Church Relation
The excerpt discusses the danger of turning religious sermons into mere funeral rites and warns against state coercion in faith. It advocates an open forum for topics, rejects clerical coercion, and emphasizes individual conscience in religious matters without district or state supremacy.
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Weberg
Ives
Armiene
From Wall Street to a Football Field in One Line
The piece contrasts a culture of finance with a sports figure, depicting a footballer training before breakfast while the market and its stresses loom. It notes rising wealth, a wave of new millionaires, impending rule changes at the Exchange, and the pressure on traders and firms as seats and power shift.
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Leven
Sam
Sunday accident victims show steady recovery near Middletown
Two Hood College students among eight injured when a Chrysler roadster left a hill road and plunged down a 65 foot embankment. Victims improving. Dorothy Raine of Philadelphia and Mary Moore of Charles Town among those treated. Others discharged or awaiting word from owners and hospitals.
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Voung
Hood College
Middletown
Allen C. Lanyon
Baltimore
Dorothy Raine
Philadelphia
Mark Benson
L. Franklin
Theodore Myers
Mary Moore
Charles Town
Werkmer
Ralph Trove
Clara Smith
Gearzeiaenne
Lee Morean
Ormain
John Linton
Fla
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