Arrest of Gypsy Band Sparks City Action at Fair Grounds
Police seize a caravan of about 20 gypsies led by Ster Sterson Green Stevenson and Pete Tako after camping near Frederick Fair Grounds. Three men remanded to jail. fines paid for release as band members travel with licenses from Maryland New York and Illinois. Noise and tension mark the arrest scene with onlookers and a Sacco Vanzetti reference arising during brief detention.
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Bere
Larzeau
Carl George Negiaubsey
Sherman Bowers
Cusia
Fmleu
Rede
Felice
Bettween City Hall
Old Empire Theater
Ster Sterson
Green Stevenson
Pete Tako
Maryland
New York
Sinois
Ema
Frederick
Bartgis
Boston
Grpsses
Women’s clubs outline work for year at federation meeting
Committees and activities for the coming year were discussed at a Federation of Rural Women’s Clubs meeting in the County Home Demonstration Agent Miss Melz Pearson’s office. The gathering announced a meeting of educational chairmen from each club Friday at 7 p.m. in the Court House to discuss school issues and the local educational situation. Also covered were the Fair program, fall and winter club schedules, and note of honor for Better Home Week observance. Katherine Bater, assistant, was mentioned as joining local women’s clubs from New York.
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Federation of Rural Women’s Clubs
Ion
Melz Pearson
G. Lierd Palmer
Procekt
Freatmen
Jigs Pear Gon
Katherine Bater
Louniy
Fal Concert of Season or Thursday
The final concert in the series will be sold to Bassett Pate Thunday. Mrs. Joseps T. Pylea will be the vocal soloist with Mrs. Maud Waters Ditumar directing the program. Baker Park concerts draw merchants and local interest, with Ireland’s Pride and Vagabond King among selections and Baker Mus from Paust Gounld.
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Basser Pate Thunday
Joseps T. Pylea
Vocal
Autois
Maud Waters
Ditumar
Directus
Iautcaeeire
H. Haier
Aupée
Ireland
Sebiter
Paust Gounld
City to Host Luther League Convention Next Labor Day
Frederick will host the Mary Isod Synodical Luther League convention likely over Labor Day, expected to draw about 150 attendees. Samuel J. Ransom presented the invitation on behalf of the local Luther League, with church approval, and officials from Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church led the closing sessions. Approximately 180 delegates and visitors attended meetings, and 334 were present at a Monday banquet. Frederick has never hosted the gathering before.
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Mary- Isod Synodical Luther League
Frederick
Ransom
Church Council
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Baltimore
Virgil Coxb
Middletown
State League
E. Bernard Davis
William £. Smith
Paul Brindie
Washington
Atstic W. Howard
Triple Execution Set for Friday in Washington County
Sheriff and two deputies will escort Ross Simmons Swann and associated defendants to the state penitentiary for a quadriple execution scheduled for Friday September 9. The Washington County court confirmed the cases, with venue changes noted, and tickets for admission sold sparsely as officials plan to depart Thursday evening for the prison.
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Iain
Tisferigg
Asd
Ukte Dbs
Lo Wenitentlry
Ross
Mex
Lillian Mokifresh
Jidyana Sima
Eudward I. Cerpwater
Washington
Charles County
Man Missing Since August Remains Unfound Despite Search
A man who left his home on August 18 to take a tract to Frederick for repair returned home in the evening on Tuesday as the nationwide search involved multiple cities. Relatives told deputies he would not reveal his reason for disappearing and no trace of him has been found along the route through Baltimore and Conowingo.
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Teiog
Aes
Wcw
Deterville
Pesaran
Young
Remmbarle
Ussuwtngo
Bkert
Roderikk
Dle
Frederick
Baltimore
Conowingo
Bay
George E. Mehaite
B. W. Makaffie
West Patrick Street
Ben
Avale Ins
Frederick Fair Plans Grow at Great Frederick Fair
Frederick city and county residents look to the sixth annual Great Frederick Fair set for October 18 19 20 and 21 with grounds expanded by nearly 10 acres. Improvements include new eastern grounds work on trolley tracks gate changes and new grandstand offerings. Oliver C. Warehime reports early premium lists and preparations underway with many out of town concessionaires already reserving space. Officers of the Agricultural Society for 1927 include President Eugene A. Grote Vice President John T. Best Secretary O C Warehime Treasurer Guy K. Motter and several board members and committees listed.
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Frederick
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Oliver C. Warehime
Warehime
The
Agricultural Society
Eugene A. Grote
John T. Best
O. C. Warekime
Guy K. Motter
P. Merle Hitcshew
David Cramer
Walkersville
Lee Ranneberger
R. VY. Smith
Eucene A. Grove
Lime
Kila
Johan T. Gest
Ty. C. H. Cobley
John W. Mumm
Abram. Hemp
Jederson
Leonard C. Bar- Tick
Woodsboro
Princeton Puckey
H. M.cramer
J. Harri Te
Tees
Smhi
Dr. R. Sm
Barrick
Lés
Lec
Abram Hemp
Riteshew
J. T. Best
Tess Cramer
C. Warebine
Monocacy Battlefield Letters Reveal Civil War Debate
Letters from The War of the Rebellion volumes discuss markers at the Monocacy battlefield and defense plans. Grant Halleck Meade and others debate holding Washington and Baltimore, with reports of enemy advances near Monocacy and Frederick.
Old Glory Flight and Road Sign Dangers Highlighted
Fragmented report describes air support vessels Old Glory and Royal Windsor taking off and colliding near a road junction. It notes injuries, vehicle types, and missing signage at Wormen’s Mill guiding motorists toward Gettysburg and Walkerstown roads, plus later dispatches about trans Atlantic flight delays and route changes.
Mysterious Slaying of Waltio re Woman Near Loch Raven
Made ling Zorrbach a 26 year old advertising agency worker and bowling champion was found shot in her automobile near Loch Raven Baltimore County. Two patrolmen moved the body to a undertaking place as William S. Sheiler reported seeing the car on Loch Raven road at ten. The longest baseball game on record lasted 26 innings between Boston and Brooklyn on May 1, 1920.
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Joseph Kats
Loch Raven Dam
William S. Sheiler
Loch Raven
Boston
Brooklyn
Battle Dispatches From Monocacy and Washington
General Meade receives alarm reports from Washington with word Wallace is defeated at Monocacy Bridge. Ord is sent to command Baltimore defenses and press manhunt to keep Lee’s forces split. Messages reference McDowell’s era and Union troop movements near Harper’s Ferry.
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Meade
Washington
Wallace
Monocacy Bridge
Ricketts
Ord
Baltimore
Wright
Nineteenth Corps
Hunter
Harper's Ferry
Lee
Grant
Miss Conley Hosts Elegant House Party at Guilford
Miss Martha Conley entertained at her parents home Guilford Dr and Mrs Charles H Conley then hosted a prestigious gathering at Catoctin Country Club on Wednesday night. Guests included Miss Ethel Barrymore Colt of New York Mary Walsh Elizabeth McNairy Chevy Chase and Mary Conner. Helen Abell Conner plans return to Frederick Sunday.
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Martha Conley
Charlies H. Conley
Guilford
Catoctin Country Club
Chevy Chasel
Mary Conlex
Misa Helen Abell Conner
Market Strength Signals New Highs In War Time
The market rose as shares traded at higher levels amid war time uncertainty with an estimated 3.4 million shares changing hands. Investors pushed prices to new highs while leaders lagged, showing broad gains though some issues remained volatile.
Old Glory SOS Feared After Atlantic Flight Lost
Distress calls from the Fokker monoplane Old Glory bound from Old Orchard to Rome trigger a full sea search. Cunard liner Transylvania and others race toward the signal amid hopeful reports of the plane’s collapsible boat and calmer Atlantic weather.
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New York
Davd W. Bone
Cunard-Agebor
Transylvania
Associated Press
Bone
California
Old Glory
Rome
New Foundland
Lapland
Carmania
S. Carmania
G. M.T
Great Circle
Picerd
Old Orchard
Radio Corporation of America
Past President's Button Presented by Rotary Club
Presentation of a past president's button to Frederick Rotary Club's immediate past president Ignatius Bjorlee by T. Bo Hayward at a meeting in Annapolis with President William F. Childs Jr. and Dr. B C Kefanver speaking on Crippled Children Work.
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Bjasiee
Bjaslee
de. Kefanver
International League For Crim
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Efor
Indea
Nam
Aneer
Fregerns Conmiy
Keiaiver
Rotary Club
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