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From: "John W. Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 12-21
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 06:44:07 -0500
On December 21, 1874, William Gideon Baker, Jr., who
founded the financial house of Baker, Watts in 1900, was
born in Buckeystown. He died in Baltimore County on
December 27, 1948.
On December 21, 1881, the elopement of Mrs. John Devilbiss
and A. M. Geisbert, both of Creagerstown, was reported in
Frederick's newspapers. Mrs. Devilbiss abandoned her
husband and children on December 2.
On December 21, 1938, a contract was awarded to Calvin
Ownes, of Bethesda, for the construction of a new Frederick
High School for a contract price of $369,000.
If anyone can add information to these History Moments
or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day,
please contact me privately.
John W. Ashbury
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Walkersville, MD 21793
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