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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1911
Page
3
Mr John Snyder of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company has created an automatic call system for Baltimore at the local office. A tape records dots and dashes on a moving reel while an electrical engine runs the spool. When a Baltimore call comes in the operator attaches the device to the line and awaits an answer.
The Boys' Temperance Association held a regular meeting led by president Albert Moser. Edgar K Moore gave a talk stressing right foundations for youth, daring bravery, and cleaning the stain on the American flag seen near the recruiting office. The meeting closed with blessings and plans to meet again April 21.
Mr James H Davis of West Patrick Street suffered a severe foot mash at work yesterday when a cart spindle broke, striking his foot at the Maryland Drug and Supply Company works.
A Brooklyn man describes overcoming daily heart palpitations by quitting coffee and using Postum after boiling it properly for 15 to 20 minutes. He notes Postum is palatable, invigorating, and does not cause harmful stimulation, with palpitations vanishing except when he drinks regular coffee away from home.
Practical household hints cover cooking, cleaning, and maintenance. Tips include avoiding salt in milk porridge, polishing brass with lemon rinds, turpentine for shelves, avoiding sunlit mirrors, dusting books to prevent moth damage, renewing furniture with olive oil and vinegar, gilded china care, damp sweeping with gasoline, hard putty removal with heat, salt in waste pipes, milk bottle cleanup with a nutpick, olive oil preservation in bottles, tinware cleaning with soda, quick baked potatoes, and a Boonsboro town hall ordinance vote for May 8 at Red Men's Hall site.
South Frederick and several societies held meetings with programs of recitations essays and debates. The South Frederick Literary Society favored a manual training course, while Boiss Let Nile Clover Leaf Junior and Juvenile groups conducted regular sessions with multiple speakers and judged debates on education and life preparation. The events showcased a period chorus of orations and readings among local youth.
The column surveys weather, moving day, and a housing split between small inexpensive homes and costly modern ones. It argues for a purer milk ordinance, modest prices, and civic clubs, praising local groups like the YMCA and WC T U, and noting community developments from abattoir work to spring term starts at the Woman's College.
A newspaper notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It claims it purifies blood and mucous surfaces, promises a $100 reward if it fails to cure, and directs readers to send for testimonials. It cautions about constipation and urges purchase through local druggists.
The Adamstown High School society met yesterday at noon with President Raymond Kred presiding. After roll call and minutes, a program featured songs and recitations by Geneeh Thomas Jessie Dik tay Edna Whitter Rhugéla Zimmerman and Myrle Br as speakers and impromptu talks. The debate on compulsory education ended 3 to 1 in favor of affirmative and the group adjourned to meet April 14.
The Cumberland Civic Playground Committee plans three new playgrounds for children in Cumberland to be equipped and opened at the High School West Side Pennsylvania area in South Cumberland and Goat Street in North Cumberland. School authorities will cooperate with the club committee. Maynard McBride, son of Mr and Mrs Millard McBride, near Fenville, was elected president of the Y M C A Maryland Age College for 1912 and will receive a trip to Amherst Colleges Amherst Massachusetts for the Master holidays.
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