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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1922
Page
6
H Freed of Bethel recounts a Monday night shooting in Frederick in which two assailants fired at him, wounding his scalp with a bullet that struck the top of his head and another that lodged in a door facing. He kept two bullets as evidence and noted a third round left in the air as he moved between two aligned houses on his property.
William Burkhart of Point of Rocks was freed from custody on a writ of habeas corpus after the court ruled the evidence insufficient. Charges had been filed by a Rutherford girl. He had earlier been jailed for failure to post bail, brought before the court by attorney Alban M. Wood.
Women representing 72 judges in Maryland gathered for the Rebekah State Assembly in Baltimore for two days. The assembly conferred the Rebekah Assembly degree on 55 past noble grands and many candidates during the Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge event. New officers were installed at a morning business session and a lodge reunion is planned tonight.
Articles of incorporation reveal a men and women’s retail firm formed by Jacob H. Schmidt Grayson B. Haller Arthur Stern Arthur McCanner J Earl Derr J Harry Brandenburg and Richard Dutrow. The Young Men’s Shop Frederick’s Best Store for Men and Women will occupy the Byerly building North Market street with 50 000 capital and a two floor 9 department layout.
A wartime prison escape tale outlines Adams planning to flee from the prison roof two weeks before. Guards thwarted cash plans. a chapel window break led to a fall injuring Walter Carroll. Five inmates then used a ventilator shaft escape, while the warden cleared staff of blame and denied external conspiracies, amid rumors of a nationwide bank robbery gang tied to the escape.
Obituaries for Mrs. Daniel F. Baker and Mrs. Bessie King Schilling record ages, survivors, and funeral details at St John’s Church and a brother’s home. Kings’ Daughters meet includes 30 members and social time. Passover observed from April 12 with Hebrew services. Local notices cover a drunk arrest, an appendicitis operation, a weekend visit, and a burglar alarm circuit fault triggering police dispatch.
A traveler posing as a national weekly writer befriended jail officials and examined John Mitchell's case, claiming to investigate the crime wave and alibi matter. He toured Frederick and Sandy Spring with attorneys, claiming to report Mitchell innocent and planned to illustrate his article with photographs. The State Board of Prison Control will pursue further inquiry as to outside contacts related to the escape plot. Also, West York fire company approved buying an American La France engine for 12500 dollars, to be delivered after sixty working days.
Local ads advertise Cramer's 100 Per Cent American Restaurant and Palace of Sweets Candy Kitchen in Frederick. It promotes a 25c business lunch, 50c dinner, $1 chicken dinner, and 60c per pound Fannie May candies with daily fresh stock and music by Storm’s Orchestra. Also notices millinery display by Mrs. Kefauver and various classifieds including job offers and fabric sales.
Automobile readers warned to carry Auto Policy through Potts and Griffin at 27 Court Street Frederick Maryland. Notices include Sunday School social event April 8, a 1922 debt reminder from Frederick County Dental Association, car for hire, Republican City Committee meeting April 6, and various local sale, business moves, and classifieds.
In this Adams County listing CRAMER & STAUFFER advertise 2 acres with house and stable at Baker's Valley a 78 acre farm on the pike near Monrovia and a 28 acre farm near Braddock Streets among other modern homes building lots and farms including 14 acres with buildings in Adamstown and a 56 acre farm near Lewistown with prices noted for several properties.
Real estate ad lists numerous farms and properties for sale in Frederick area Maryland. Properties range from 8 acres with a 7 room house to 140 acres with good farm buildings. Locations include New Midway Woodsboro Woodsboro Lewistown and New London with varied outbuildings and improvements.
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