Governor studies reform of state auditing system
Governor Ritchie, responding to a grand jury report on thefts in the State Roads Commission, begins a study of the state auditing system. He aims to draft a reorganization plan but requires legislative aid and does not yet outline concrete steps. The report notes high costs and questions the need for outside auditing firms.
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Baltimore
Grand Jury
State Roads Commission
Ritchie
Nen Uty
Ich
Train wreck kills engineer and fireman near Belleville
A locomotives overturned after sideswiping a freight train near Belleville Illinois Central passenger train late last night. Engineer and fireman were killed. Baggagemen and messengers in the forward cars shaken but unharmed. The wreck occurred within 100 feet of the station.
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Belleville
Illinois Central
Second Accomplice Of Hex Doctor On Trial
York prosecutors wrap up the witchcraft trial as Wilbert G Hess the final defendant presents his defense. Earlier, John H Brymier and 14 year old Juan Curry were found guilty of murder in the case tied to Nelson D Reymerer known as Hex doctor. The commonwealth rested its case, and justice moved swiftly toward punishing the two convicted accomplices.
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York
York County
Wilbert G. Hess
Nelson D. Réymerer
The
Commonwealth
Hess
John H. Brymier
Juan Curry
Red tennis balls aim to boost game visibility
New York reports on red tennis balls introduced to improve visibility in bright sun. The idea mirrors prior yellow golf balls, but typically winning players favor white balls, making the shift notable for casual and serious players alike.
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New York
Famine Looms in Town Where Big War Started
Sarajevo reports famine amid crop failures and bread made from hay and husks in the city linked to a war began by an assassination. In Detroit, Grace I. Wood is arraigned for assault with intent to kill her husband Ralph A. Wood, with co-accused Taylor Piece and William Thompson held on $50,000 bonds for January 21 examination.
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Sarajevo
Jugoslavia
Detroit
Grace I. Wood
Taylor Piece
William Thompson
Bingg Party at LO OF Temple by Royal Neighbors
Public invited to a Bingg Party hosted by the Royal Neighbors of America on Wednesday January 16 in the LO OF Temple. Admission is 2 cents. Proceeds support local charitable work.
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Royal Neighbors of America
LO. O. F. Temple
Eames
Deaths and funeral notices from Washington County
A series of death notices and obituaries from Washington County detail the passing of Mrs. Rhyanna Wade at her son's home in Prego aged 74, and tributes for Ernest Keller infant, Mrs. Bertha Spickler, Mrs. Annie Mowery, Elizabeth Tritsch, David Snyder, Margaret Bragunier, Margaret Bragunier, and Olivia Crouse. The items cover survivors, church affiliations, funeral arrangements, and interment details across Keedysville Funkstown and Hagerstown areas.
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Rhyanna Wade
Elmer
Prego
Locust Grove
Emory W
Elmer L
William T
Trego
Cleveland H
Bentonville
Harry W
Montana
Bertha
Leslie
Merydel
Nannie Montgomery
Daisy Jamison
Sarah Bowers
Sophia Clipp
Chapman
Erdman
Ernest Jr
Ernest Keller
West
Washington Street
Samuel Lindsay
C. M. Suter and Sons
Rest Haven Cemetery
Bertha May Spickler
Elmer G. Spickler
Clarendon Avenue
Grace United Brethren Church
Helen Miler
Albert
Samuel Creager
Baltimore
Edward Williams
Leah
Frederick R
William R
Reuben
Funkstown
G. R. Rider
Broadfording
Annie Elizabeth Mowery
Jacob Summers
East Catherine Street
Chambersburg
St Paul's A. B
J. D. Summers
Lillie F. Lashiey
Hagerstown
J. G. Mowvery
Sarah Frick
Carlisle
St. Paul’s TU. B. Church
Shettle
Plummer
Rose Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth S. Tritsch
Mennonite
Maugansville
Lutheran Church
Charles M
Roy F
Chas. M. Tritsch
Western Pike
G. L. Remsburg
Free Bay Site Offered to Presidents by Maryland Oyster Family
Talbot county oysterman William H H Valliant and his son Joseph offer rent-free Chesapeake Bay homes for Presidents to find recreation and rest. The letters to President Coolidge and President-elect Hoover describe properties at Benoni's Point or Blue Haven Gunning Club on the Croptank and Tred Avon rivers in Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Baltimore
Philips Lee Goldsborough
United States
William HH. Valliant
Talbot County
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Benoni's Point
Blue Haven Gunning Club
Interstate Commerce Commission Leaves Peach Rate Decision Intact
Washington January 12 The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to disturb its recent order on Georgia peaches, requiring railroads to charge peach rates from Georgia and the Carolinas to northern territories at 47 percent of first class freight rates. The ruling also altered loading weights, prompting Georgia peach growers to seek reconsideration of the decision.
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Washington
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carolinas
Revision of Old Tariffs Stirs House Hearings Planned
House leaders plan mid April assembly to push farm relief and tariff reform before mid summer to affect 1928 crops. Hearings on tariff revision are underway for the Ways and Means committee to be seated March 5, with Democrats in both chambers advocating a broad tariff rewrite. Ruth gets new hat. A Maryland license plate from 1929 is found. An elderly Carroll County resident, aged 89, dies after four years at a home. funeral set for Uniontown church. Mrs Joseph L Grove's funeral planned for 2 pm at Union Chapel Corbett street.
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Hoover
Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
Carroll County
Uniontown
Taneytown
Joseph L. Grove
Corbett Street
Union Chapel
In Memoriam Effie M Levi and Roy W Bowers
In memory of Effie M Levi who departed this life two years ago today. The verses express longing and a promise of reunion beyond life. Also remembered Roy W Bowers who died January 15, 1927, with lines from his wife and children praying for solace and a future heavenly reunion.
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Effie M. Levi
Roy W. Bowers
Green Castle Library Election and Local Community Notes
At Greencastle Circulating Library annual meeting officers were elected for the year. Henry Staley had his house wired for electricity. Armour Lindsey leased the Clingan property and will move to a new home. Frank Stull was hospitalized with pneumonia. A birthday dinner honored Zack Hussong for his 60th. A girls club, the G W G Club, formed by five high school girls with officers named. Police Chief Staley recovered from illness. A suspected attempted robbery of Trimmer’s department store occurred between 9 and 11. J. Funk Martin’s relatives visited S. P. Whitmore in Waynesboro. Dr C M Strickler is seriously ill with flu. C Beckner will move showroom operations to North Carlisle Street on Feb 1. A correction noted about a Chevrolet trip to Detroit. David Bender, previously paroled, was re-paroled to his brother’s custody after parole violation.
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Grebencastle
Greencastle
Mary Kreps
Carrie Rhodes
T. H. Gilland
Harry Gillan
Charles B. Carl
Ira Strite
Robert Keepers
Cyrus Omwake
Bruce Hawbaker
Norman Sellers
Madelin Shaw
Elsie Grimes
George White
Emily Collier
Zack Hussong
Hussong
G. W. G. Club
Hazel Brewbaker
Nellie Fitz
Helen Smith
Phyllis Grove
Dorothy Burkholder
Staley
Trimmer’s
J. Funk Martin
J. W. Ebbert
Nancy
S. P. Whitmore
Warnesboro
C. M. Strickler
C.¥. Beckner
Chrysler
Heisman
Center Square
Carlsle Street
Robert Bittner
Harry Hollinger
William McLaughlin
Detroit
J. W. Hoffman
Waynesboro
David Bender
H. W. Bender
Davison
Sale of brick house and two lots on private terms
Charles F. Strole & Company report the sale of a modern six room brick house at 2534 North Mulberry Street for Daniel W. Doub to Clayton W. Reese. Also two lots on South Boulevard sold for Joseph M. De Lauder to M. C. Morris on private terms.
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Charles F. Strole & Company
North Mulberry Street
Daniel W. Doub
Clayton W. Reese
South Boulevard
Joseph M. Delauder
M. C. Morris
Everly House Offers Daily Home Cooked Meals
The Everly House at 69 West Franklin Street serves lunch from 11 30 to 1 30 and supper from 3 15 to 6 30. Sunday chicken dinner runs noon to two with advance orders encouraged.
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Everly House
W. Pranklin St
Four Birger Gang Members Receive Life Terms Plus 114 Years
Four former Birger gang members in southern Illinois were sentenced to life terms plus 114 years each for murder. They will be eligible for parole in 58 years and must spend five days annually in solitary confinement starting from the anniversary of the crime. Art Newman and Leslie Simpson are pictured among the defendants.
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Birger
Ilinois
Art Newman
Leslie Simpson
Six Days In Exchange Seventh He'll Preach
NEW YORK January 12 The Rev Chester Apy 24 will preach on the seventh day while trading in securities six days a week He is a part time minister of the Church of the Second Advent In Brooklyn he bought a Stock Exchange membership for 560000 after rising from messenger boy in eight years He studies theology and believes the Exchange houses 1100 of the most honest and ethical men in the world with legitimate speculation and investment unchristian is not in his view
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New York
Chester Apy
Church of the Second Advent
Brooklyn
The
Stock Exchange
Messenger Boy
Reapportionment Bill Passes House in 1930 Session
Washington January 12 House approves reapportionment bill for 1930. Arkansas January 12 a road house operator is shot by a farmer after a girl testified he supplied liquor to school children.
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Washington
Jan
House
Camden
Ark
Iquor
New Orleans Couple’s Execution Stopped Yet Again
The scheduled January execution of Ada Bonner Le houef and Dr. Thomas F. Dreher for the murder of Le houef’s husband was postponed by the Supreme Court to allow a 15 day appeal. Chief Justice Charles A. O'Neill issued a writ, denying a sanity hearing, while the court’s majority had upheld the conviction.
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New Orleans
Ada Bonner Lehouef
Thomas F. Dreher
Supreme Court
Charles A. O'Neill
Sharkey Agrees To Florida Fight For Feb 27
New York report confirms heavyweight bout between Stribling and Sharkey will take place February 27 at Miami Beach. Jack Sharkey agreed to terms after a conference in Boston, relayed by Jack Dempsey.
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New York
Queen Mary Illness Reported In London
Physicians tending King George added Queen Mary as a royal patient in London. The queen is said to suffer from catarrh like many others. She did not take her usual drive yesterday, but officials deem her condition not serious.
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London
George
Queen Mary
We Don't Have Those Kind Of Venuses Here
New York report dated January 12 describes Cecil Heaton failing to see a tipping Venus in the United States. He labels a London Venus as a rippling ravishing woman with a long neck no chin abbreviated nose three cherries for a mouth large eyes and heavy paint, noting a bird-like appearance.
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New York
Cecil Heaton
Venus
London
Church Service at Reform Church of Mt Maria Sunday
A church service is scheduled at the Reform Church of Mt Maria this Sunday at 7 pm. The notice also lists Seva Wise Stealey Studio offering violin lessons at 704 Guilford Ave.
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The
Reformed Church of
Mt. Maria
Seva Wise Stealey
Guilford Ave
Adv
Wall Street Opens in Decline on Heavy Weekend Profit Taking
New York January 12 heavy weekend profit taking and renewed credit uneasiness sent prices lower in a brief stock market session. Poor operations begun yesterday failed to sustain today as traders dumped stocks bought for quick turns. Losses of one to seven points appeared across the two broadest issues with few specialties showing strength.
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New York
Executed As They Played Mah Jong
Telegram from Mukden reports Yane Yu-Ting former chief of staff and Chang Yin-Huai former Minister of communications were executed while playing Mah-Jong at Governor Chang Hsuei-Liang's home. On arrival the governor feigned medical treatment as armed soldiers entered and killed them.
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Tokyo
Mukdei
Manchuria
Yane Yu-Ting
Chang Yin-Huai
Chang Hsuei-Liang
Annullment Sought Over Bride Age Deception In NY
New York on January 12 reports Irving Cole seeks an annulment claiming his bride misrepresented her age asserting she was 5 years old rather than 27, based on an old photo showing hair style. Also notes Walworth county prosecutor Chas Williams killed himself in Wisconsin. Poincare secures confidence vote 317 to 258 in Paris.
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New York
Irving Cole
Elkhorn
Wis
Chas. Williams
Walworth County
Self
Paris
Poincara
Unclear fragment hints at coded percentages and July reference
Fragment shows a string of numbers and percentages with a July reference but no identifiable people organizations places or events. The text appears to be a garbled OCR segment lacking coherent reportage or context.
Joint Installation Planned by Middletown Grange Leaders
A team from the Middletown Grange will install the officers-elect of Leitersburg and Smithsburg Granges in a joint ceremony at Smithsburg on Wednesday evening January 16. The event begins at 7 30 and marks the first joint installation by the two Granges, with a large crowd expected.
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Middletown
Leitersburg
Smithsburg
Back Taxes To Be Collected By Law
Delinquent taxpayers face levies on unpaid 1923 1926 taxes after authorization by Tax Collector Keller B Bell and State Auditor Entils. Five properties were levied yesterday with more planned. sale pending if not paid this month.
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Keller B. Bell
Entils
Bell
Pork and Sauerkraut Dinner at Hag Camp 1
Hag Camp No 1 and W O W invite the public to a pork and sauerkraut dinner on Saturday January 12. Dinner served 11 am to 1 pm with supper at 8 pm. Location is the We Building. Tickets are 35 cents in advance.
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W. C. We
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Washington County Hospital
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