Receivers Sought for Hagerstown Furniture Co
Clarence H. Baker and Daisy S. Harper, executors of Solomon Baker, filed a bill in court seeking receivers for the Hagerstown Furniture Company. The petition, via Daniel W. Doub, alleges debts over 5000 to the estate, a $16,687.14 bank judgment, and that the firm has assets adequate to meet obligations but cannot continue without funds, asking receivers to operate the plant under court direction.
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Hagerstown Furniture Company
Clarence H. Baker
Daisy S. Harper
Solomon Baker
Daniel W. Doub
First National Bank
Hagerstown
Burns' Man Taken to Testify in Jury Tampering Probe
Catchim, once assistant manager at Burns' Detective Agency Washington, is brought to Washington to testify before the grand jury in the Fall Sinclair oil conspiracy trial. He was arrested in Navy uniform at Hampton Roads, Virginia, where plans allegedly included shipment to Haiti. The court ordered defendants to show cause by December 14 why receivers should not be appointed.
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Douglas Syuvey Catchim
Burns’ Detective Agency
Washington
Sinclair Oil
Catchim
Hampton Roads
Haiti
Franklin L. Dodge
Cincinnati
Dodge
Secret Service
George Remus
Remus
Railroad Brakeman Seriously Injured at Charles Town
A Baltimore and Ohio brakeman named Jean Lloyd of Brunswick fell beneath a train near Charles Town yesterday. He suffered leg injuries requiring amputation after surgery. coworkers pulled him from under the wheels and he was taken to Charles Town Hospital. His condition later improved following the operation.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Charles Town
Jean Lloyd
Brunswick
Lloyd
Meadows Held for Robbery Near Four Locks
Jim Meadows was committed to jail after a February Grand Jury finding on charges of robbing C. W. Hart’s home near Four Locks. The Hart house yielded clothing jewelry and meat valued above sixty dollars. Martinsburg, Franklin County authorities pursue additional charges over stolen chickens and a truckload sale in Greencastle, with Meadows a long-time suspect in regional larcenies.
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Jim Meadows
C. W. Hart
Four Locks
Meadows
Hart
Martinsburg
Franklin County
Greencastle
Maryland
Holstein Daisy Ormsby II Becomes U S Butter Champion
Daisy Angie Ormsby II a 7 year old Holstein cow bred in Wisconsin has set a U S butter production record producing 33 140 pounds of milk and 1 607 78 pounds of butter in 365 days Also a world record for total butter fat over three lactations She surpasses May Walker Ollie Homestead the former champ now 13 years old and sold for 4000 dollars Daisy is owned by a Lakefield farmer Clarkston Michigan bred by John Erickson of Waupaca Wisconsin.
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Waupaca
Wis
Daisy Angie Ormsby II
Lakefield
Clarkston, Mich
Wisconsin
United States
Agriculture Department
John Erickson
Pieter Tje Ormsby
Daisy Aaggla Ormsby
May Walker
Ollie Homestead
Guaranty Company Receivers Named in Maryland
Baltimore December 2 Judge Robert F Stanton in Circuit Court placed the Guaranty Company of Maryland in the hands of a receiver with officers agreeing the firm was hopelessly insolvent Liabilities totaled about 3 7 million assets 2 05 million with 50 000 in assets unrealizable Two stockholders sought the receivership stating the company could not meet its obligations
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Baltimore
Guaranty Company of
Maryland
Robert F. Stanton
Marine flier to take off today
Miami Florida December 2 Major H Brainard commander of the US Marine air forces will tonight set 6 o clock tomorrow for the take off of a trimotored Fokker monoplane for a non stop flight to Managua Nicaragua The flight resembles earlier trans ocean tests and aims to deliver the plane to Marines in Nicaragua for duty there
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Miami
Fla
H. Brainard
United States Marine Air Forces
O’daza
Managua
Nicaragua
Atlantic
Pacific
Dallas Traveler Wins Texas Biscuit Baking Championship
W. P. Sullivan of Dallas and his wife studied biscuit recipes after unsatisfactory meals on the road. He won the Texas biscuit baking championship at the state fair. In Indiana a city council banned killing mad dogs, treating them as lunatics and ordering them sent to asylums.
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W. P. Sullivan
Dallas
Tex
Mr. Sullivan
Texas
India
Indictments Returned Against Blake and Collins in Larceny Case
Baltimore December 2 Grand jury returned indictments charging Frank B Blake and James F Collins former Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company employee with larceny totaling 8 983 06 and 6 858 35 respectively.
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Baltimore
Frank B. Blake
Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company
Philadelph ia Interstate Dairy Council to hold meetings
Miss Lora Amos of the Philadelphia Interstate Dairy Council will visit Hagerstown next Tuesday to arrange county nutrition meetings and discuss dairy program plans with local organizers.
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Lora Amos
Philadelphia Interstate Dairy Council
Hagerstown
Alaskan Waters See Almost Five Hundred Whales Taken
Nearly 500 whales were taken in Alaskan waters last year, highlighting ongoing commercial hunting and wildlife management debates. Officials cite quotas and enforcement challenges as fishermen report catches, while conservation groups press for stricter protections.
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Alaskan
Companionate union views from a 16 year old evangelist
Pittsburg dec 3 a 16 year old evangelist Miss Aldine Utley opposes companionate marriage. She warns the world would grow selfish if such unions exist and criticizes modern flapper culture. Her revival tours reach audiences of 8000 to 10000 as she promotes old fashioned virtues.
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Pittsburg
Aldine Utley
Josephine Haldeene Julius
Aubrey Roselle
Girard
Lindsey
Utley
Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry
Helen Jones
California
Aldine
Young preacher gains calling after revival in school years
The text traces a girl who began preaching in seventh grade after attending a revival led by Miss Aimee Semple McPherson. She pursued continued studies with Miss Jones assisting and keeps the Bible as her chief delight alongside Dickens and Shakespeare.
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Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
Flood Threat Looms as Weather Rears Elongated Menace
Albany reports rapidly receding western flood waters while the eastern district faces a potential combination of snow and heavy rains. If weather persists, cold conditions and floods could worsen, keeping state officials wary tonight.
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Albany
New York State
Christmas Gift That Keeps On Giving Refrigerator
A Servol electric refrigerator offered for sale by The Potomac Edison Co. at 66 East Washington Street Ally.
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Potomac Edison CO
East Washington Bt
Ally
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Saum’s
Washington Street
Hoffman
Style Shop
N. Potomac St
Guaranty Company
Echanics Loan & Savings Bank
Beauty Shoppe
Wastington &T
Herald-Mail Press
Jonathan Street
Hagerstown, Md
Uldine
Fresno
Uldine Utley
the Peoples Store
Arcadia
Nixon
Academy Quality Foods
Brown
Bobby
Somerset
Pennsylvania
ROE L Cofan
State Banking Dept
Commercial Service and Credit Co
Edgar C. Jones
Arcade
Christmas Club
the Christmas Club
Banks of
Hagerstown Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Nicodemus National Bank
Maryland Surety & Trust Company
West End
Boonsboro
Saltersburg
Mauganaville
Salvation Army Home
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