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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, August 22, 1919, FINAL EDITION, Page 7, Image 7Image provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DCPersistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1919-08-22/ed-1/seq-7/n |
HYATTSVILLE
NEWS[1]
HTATTSVILLE, Aug. 22. The first annual county-wide picnic of
the farmers of Prince George's county, held yesterday at the Government experiment
farm of the Bureau of Animal Industry, near Beltsville, Md., was attended by
several hundred persons. It was held in a grove surrounding the Administration
building, under the auspices of the Prince George's county community council, George
W. Waters, of Laurel, chairman.
Preceding
the speaking, the Pomona County Grange. Prof, Frank B. Bomberger, president,
met and discussed the county road law. Plans were made to obtain a law during
the 1920 .session of the legislature, which would follow closely the Caroline
county road law. Resolutions were adopted calling upon the county commissioners
for a rigid enforcement of the provisions of the law requiring the licensing of all dogs.
The
committee recently appointed to secure a decision upon the legality of the
circuit court's action in granting a license for horse racing at Bowie. Prince
George's county, was warmly congratulated, especially its counsel. Jackson H.
Ralston and Frank M. Stephen, for .securing a decision from the court of
appeals which temporarily stops betting.[2]
Dr. S.
S. Buckley. State veterinarian, gave a demonstration in cutting pork for house
use. In the absence of President Waters. Prof. Thomas B Symons. chairman of the
agricultural committee of the council, presided.
Addresses
were made by B. Jackson Black, master Maryland State Grange; Oliver Wilson, master National Grange; W. J. Russell. United
States Department of Agriculture; Circuit Judge Fillmore Beall, of Prince George's:
T. Atkerson. representative of the National Grange in Washington, and Prof.
Bomberger,
[in
other news] Martin Edward Brady, keeper of the county iail here, died Wednesday
night in a Washington hospital, where he was taken that afternoon. He was about
sixty years old, and had never married. At one time he lived at Bowie, Prince
George's county, and was prominent in Republican politics.
Prices that Prove We Undersell Markets[3]
Sirloin Steak, lb 23c
Roast Beef, lb 25c
Pork Chops, lb 35c
Country Table Butter.
.54c
Large Can Tomatoes. l21/2
c
12-lb. Sack Flour 75c
M Becker, 1918 7th Street N. W.
[1] The
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[2] So Prince George's County comes full circle
when it comes to gambling
[3] c
equals cents
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