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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1928
Page
4
A compact printer’s note outlines publication details for The Bally News Frederick Maryland. It cites daily afternoon run except Sundays, address, and printing company. It asserts Associated Press rights and requires real names for letters. It warns against defamatory content and calls for corrections on error.
A 1928 Freder Frederick resolution urges residents to shop locally to boost merchants, circulation, and employment. It argues mail order and out of town buying harm the community, noting future dividends if everyone vows to buy at home by December 31, 1928. The piece emphasizes pride in local commerce and personal responsibility.
The Inquiring Reporter asks public figures whether Marines should stay in Nicaragua. Pr J Harry Trardenburg supports retention to supervise elections while Ernest Lipps George Fe Grove Ralph Burdette and J Paul Delihey oppose or question the aware situation and clarity of quo.
Letter explains Maryland 1927 law refunds motor fuel tax to buyers using fuel for agricultural tractors, stationary engines, or other nonpublic highway uses. Requires proof via original invoices and vouchers to Comptroller within a set filing period.
Street manners and chewing gum in public are addressed with clipped answers. A well bred person shows civic pride by placing rubbish in receptacles and never strew it on the streets. The piece mirrors period etiquette guidance and contrasts polite behavior with careless street habits.
Fragmentary poem hints at contrasts with an alligator and a flea as symbols. Odd lines describe the creature action and a narrator tone notes aversion to both extremes. The text shows garbled wording and stray letters, suggesting an OCR mess from a longer verse.
Washington legislators push for an investigation into Salt Creek field leases in Wyoming. The resolution asks the Senate lands committee to determine lease validity from the late Democratic administration and ongoing Republican era and whether cases could be cancelled. Senators Roberts and Robinson debate early start on assignment amid partisan tension.
Notices the words contain all letters exch and par fe wix. One solution is on the last page.
The page explains how to play the den of letter golf by changing one word at a time to reach a target in a fixed number of strokes. It requires complete common words for each step and forbids changing the letter order. An example ladder from COW to HEW is illustrated.
Lesson focuses on word usage and pronunciation noting common errors. It promotes expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily and defines tremendous as a strong fear or terror with examples.
The marriage of Alfie B Tumphrey and Monard Chambers occurred on April 16, 1920. The ceremony was performed by Ter Paul Shettle, with Tumphrey family ties and Chambers employed at a railway company.
Washington reports a Senate floor clash over Al Smith’s Democratic presidential bid. Senator Fein accuses Smith backers of pushing for an investigations spree to probe expenditures and calls for broader inquiry. Names from Hoover to Creasy are cited amid sharp partisan exchanges and denials.
In Frederick on April 29, 1905 the Evangelical Reformed Church elected H. Milton Kefauver and RS. J. Dutton as elders and Charles F Knoa and Charles Zeigler as deacons. The congregation approved selling a strip of land from Trinity chapel’s lot to Henry Williams and David Lowenstein for 28.00. Arthur B. Rager returns from Baltimore after attending Grand Lodge sessions as a King David Lodge representative. White Eagles baseball club forms with lineup including W Biers, Spon seller, S Hahn, E Elston, HL Butler, and others. Marion Dyer visits York, Va before returning home.
Edgar Fox son of Charles Fox of North Market Street recovers after injuries from a Wednesday fire at his father's business. He was burned while attempting to extinguish the blaze and was treated at Frederick County Hospital.
In Quleage on April 19 a strong wind toppled an old brick wall at a school yard killing two boys and injuring four seriously. Parents rushed to the scene as teachers and police recovered bodies and began investigations amid conflicting statements.
A Junkers monoplane remains stranded at Greenly stand in the Strait of Belle Isle after the North Atlantic crossing from east to west. Major Janes Fitzmauriece and crew await a relief plane from Detroit with spares to repair the Tremen damaged on landing. Once parts arrive, repairs could take two days and the Bremen is expected to depart for New York by midweek.
1775 General Putnam arrived at Concord after a long ride. 1812 Vice President George Clinton died in Washington. 1838 First Galveston Texas lot sale. 1841 Detroit funeral for President Harris. 187 Joseph Paul DeBreul founder of the Society of St Sulpice died. 1883 Australian Joint Stock Bank failed for 60 million. 1901 Betrothal of Grand Duke Nicholas to Princess Axix announced. 1898 McKinley signed a Spain ultimatum note. Birthdays: Claude Champion de Crespigny Louis Mann John F Hylan James D Phelan Charles H Brand. Today Charles Dickens gave his farewell reading in America.
Dr. Morris Fishbein explains heart function and blood flow. The heart’s contractions push blood into the lungs and body, with valves preventing backflow. Pulse rates vary with age and conditions, and the piece notes historic events tied to the same date.
The will of Mrs. Emma Melhorn of McSherrystown Pa provides a bequest of 250 dollars to the Tressler Orphans Home in Loysville and 250 dollars to the Home and Foreign Missionary Society.
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