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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1920
Page
10
A 1919 tax study shows Americans spent about 22.7 billion on luxuries with cosmetics and perfumes costing over 750 million and furs near 200 million. Cigarettes and cigars consumed 800 million and 520 million respectively, while cars and phonographs drew large sums.
Maryland Department of the American Legion reports incomplete wartime soldier records. Some men listed as dead or missing are reclassified after new information or tips from relatives and “biddles.” The government delays finalizing records while a possible survival remains. A verse about New Market high school and local finances follows, reflecting community needs alongside wartime data.
Reported theft involves 100 cases of whiskey valued at 6300 and staged by outside actors along a district road near the capital. Rangers and armed assailants disrupted the transport as authorities recovered the liquor and investigated the scheme linked to a former Maryland official.
Local notes list beat plate awards and entrants including Chas N Reeder from McPherson receiving 50 cents and $1 prizes, with multiple competitors such as Gray, Paradise, Vandivar, Hubbard Nonsuch and others earning 60 cents to $2 per plate. Payouts feature second places and firsts across performers like Reeder, Burdette, and Norman Reeder, reflecting a crowded event with varied sums reported in cents to dollars.
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