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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1922
Page
5
The Daily News announces its policy requiring real names for letters and opinions submitted for publication and states free notices of advertising must be written and mailed to the office. The paper credits Associated Press dispatches and notes editorial authority and submission rules.
A 1928 report laments petting parties among youths, noting easygoing manners and girls who appear cheap. It warns parents to steer children toward wholesome aims, praising self restraint and ambition in sports, studies, and business while condemning premarital flirtation.
Maryland roads will soon offer free camping areas inviting motorists to spend nights by the wayside. The camps, set aside along rural routes, promise restful views and the charms of open air, teaching travelers to enjoy simple pleasures without cost.
In the Bartonian Society declamation contest at Red Men's Hall Brunswick Miss Exeixra Jones won first place for Seveliern by Roth Tarkington. Hazel Lone took second with Flaretie TM by Thad ert Service and Katarin Keller earned third with Foe's Tell Telefeart. Other contestants included Martha Terre Margaret Hoan Liaise Meximous Adele Flock and Dorothy Lueae.
Readers suggest game starts from 4:00 to 5:00 p m with daylight saving opinions. Hartman favors 4 00 Kennedy backs 4 30 Gardner prefers 5 00 Collins wants 2 36 and Howard supports current 3 30 start.
A fragment collection from a Maryland newspaper features light vignettes. It includes a humorous overheard exchange by a grocery, a poem about spring, a long note on a moviegoer, a reference to a grand jury reconvened over a murder, and assorted comic paragraphs about daily life and small town folks.
Dublin April 8 members of the Irish Republican Army gathered overnight to seize the Dublin telephone exchange but withdrew after seeing guards. Police replaced troops. Five hundred thousand gallons of Belfast wine and whisky were destroyed in the bonded stores of the customs house, causing about 10 million dollars in revenue loss. An extremist faction denied recognizing the Belfast boycott’s abolition and warned the boycott remained in force. Eamonn de Valera spoke at Dun Laoghaire about Mexican politics in Ireland under the Anglo Irish treaty and urged removal of the treaty to enable a stable government with Dail Eireann in control.
Depositors feared a stock market scandal at the National Bank of Chesapeake City sparked a run with several hundred people. Bank officials secured Elkton Banking and Trust Company involvement to guarantee funds though the institution had a capital of 25 000 dollars and undivided profits of 23 000. The bank had been in business fifteen years.
Mrs Hoyle asks if they have moved. Mrs Doyle says no. They clash over features with Mrs Doyle wanting a kitchenette while her husband insists on a cigarette pride. New York Sun.
Frederick's April 1902 column notes Mrs. F F Smith hears from son Charles in Europe. Monocacy Valley Kennels dogs win prizes at a Baltimore dog show. Ray Anderson sails from San Francisco for the Philippines. Governor Smith proclaims a special session on April 16. An electric firearm is fitted to Frederic County Telegraph exchange front of a local engine house. Arthur McKenna Claude and John Thomas lead a planning committee for a Kline's Hall dance. Adamstown area music by Frederick Select Orchestra. Workers tear out spartians in Fox Building store room on West Patrick Street to fit a pen cot care.
In The Pirates Cave Joe Taylor and friends share Uncle Ned's tales from Hillsdale and the West Indies. They explain buccaneers from Tortuga to Blackbeard’s Tower in St Thomas and how these pirates haunted Caribbean routes to find gold and spice. The piece ends with a teaser for more pirate lore.
Miss Maud A Ritchie an 18 year old telephone operator shot her father George A Ritchie a butcher after saying he abused her mother. He was taken to hospital with two bullet wounds and was reported in serious condition. She admitted the shooting and police quoted him saying I shot myself. Mrs Ritchie supported her daughter story.
At the Atlantic City Fashion Show mannequins wore heavy silk hose with their owner names stitched on the stockings. The display drew attention as stockings bore personalized labels along inner and outer edges, signaling a new fad expected to catch on during the coming summer season.
In Trenton on April 8 a flapper revolt erupts in the state house. Maxwell G. Rockhill, head of the parole division, leads the anti revolutionists and vows to restore order. The first act shows a stenographer wearing red dangling earrings beneath bobbed hair as a test of the regime.
On April 8 dates span events from Ponce de Leon landing near St Augustine in 1513? to Henry Clay duel in 1826 and Lee Grant negotiations in 1865. Linotype patent granted in 1898, income tax ruling unconstitutional in 1895, and Austria severs U S diplomatic relations in 1917. A tourist quip and a native jab finish this calendar of notable moments.
Prompt orders were issued to inform all girls to focus on typing rather than personal appearance. Powder and rouge were discouraged, hair styles and knee length skirts deemed inappropriate. A separate item notes a child scalding death in Reading, Edward Albrecht, age 4, who toppled a boiling water receptacle at home after climbing onto a chair near the stove.
The text defines that members of the House of Delegates are elected by qualified voters in the counties and Baltimore city legislative districts to serve two years from the day of their election, per Section 6, Article 3 of Maryland's Constitution.
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