Sunday, August 8, 2021

Time Machine: 1921, 1938, 1881, 1998, 2005.

May, 1921

Worcester Democrat

Footnotes:
Barney Oldfield was a pioneer automobile racer and the first man to drive a car at 60 mph on a circular track. (Wikipedia)

State Police Force

When a crime wave struck Maryland after World War I, the need for statewide enforcement of criminal law became critical. The Governor, the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles came up for a plan for a State Police Force under the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Former servicemen were recruited and the first training camp was conducted early in 1921. By 1922, the force of motorcycle deputies had statewide jurisdiction over criminal cases through deputization by the county sheriffs. The force was supported by a plainclothes investigative department and was known as the State Police Force.  (Maryland State Police website)


May, 1938

Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)


March, 1881
(excerpt)

Democratic Messenger

May, 1998


Somerset Herald


March, 2005




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