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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1928
Page
4
Public notice details newsroom policy and contact instructions for letters and corrections. It explains submission requirements and emphasizes requirement of real names for letters and adverts. It also notes rate and mailing information for the newspaper.
SATURDAY APRIL 21 1928 urges readers to wear the thinking cap in all tasks. The piece argues thinking reduces misery saves time and money and improves careers and relationships. It extols thought as essential to American progress and urges everyone to think always.
A note on tasteful conduct at social events advises keeping personal topics private and avoiding gossip. It counsels a low voice, quiet demeanor, and soft laughter as marks of refinement in a cultured woman, contrasting with boisterous talk and loud laughter.
Inquiring Reporter asks five random farmers if better times lie ahead. County Agent Henry ShoeMaker says conditions are improving as postwar adjustments ease. James Gambrilg JT notes higher prices and hopeful outlook. E Charles Renn says farmer success depends on the man, not the times. Lee Ranneberger doubts prospects despite good wheat prices. Spencer E Stup wishes for improvement but sees little immediate prospect.
Letter to Tax News argues education funding is excessive while mud roads remain neglected. Writer notes Frederick county seeks 42 090 for a new school, bonds already totaling 285 000, and annual school costs approaching 500 000 with high interest. Calls for tax equalization and wiser use of funds to fix roads and maintain transport, criticizes lobby influence.
The Utica Reformed charge elected Elder J A Snook as vice president and named Dr E D Neighbours and Mr Saco as delegates to Maryland Classis. Retired pastor M Hench resigned. W C T U officers were elected with Miss J M Keller as president and Mrs May Markell as vice president. The text records various church and community roles, meetings, and notes from Frederick and nearby areas.
Dr E C Kevarven outlines a health margin concept linking physical reserve to longevity. He warns against neglect and urges yearly health checkups, personal standards, and balanced living to prevent heart and kidney disease and extend productive years.
The article emphasizes the heart as a vital, constant beating organ and warns that fatigue, lack of air, and rheumatic disease can harm it. It notes heart disease as a leading risk and urges recognition of early signs to prevent serious outcomes.
Masons of the city and county invited to a Masonic Temple entertainment on Monday evening with Rev. Levit Wagner delivering an address on Temple Building. Music by the Masonic Choir conducted by Prof. Amare T. Wade. Social hour with refreshments to follow in the foyer hall.
Frederick notes a busy week with Will Rogers in Hagerstown, D A R events in Baltimore, opera in Washington, and a Taft talk at Hood College. Local school term wrap ups, Apple Blossom plans, and new real estate chatter color the town. Foreshadows Sadie Thompson and Rose Marie film revivals as next week’s draws.
A fragmented note discusses a maxim about doing things well and worth. It then reports that Thomas K Conrad of Chevy Chase was elected president of the Montgomery Medical Society at a spring meeting at the Won tre Club in Rockyville with Hack as president and J Broschart named vice president. Sweet secretary and treasury are mentioned with Dr James Minkswers and Dr Conrad cited.
Key dates include 1755 Quito earthquake near destruction, 1836 Sam Houston victory in San Jacinto, 1861 Robert E Lee assumes command, 1893 Sing Sing escape. Births feature Princess Elizabeth of York and notable figures like Sir William Furse and Adolf Lorenz. Today marks events from labor charters to Imperial promotions and shopping campaigns.
W J Gordon discusses common word misuse and pronunciation. Today's word is impoverish meaning to make poor or reduce wealth, illustrated by a phrase about an impoverished age and guidance to expand vocabulary by mastering one word daily.
The Y M C A campaign conducted in Hagerstown in April 1916 raised about $5,000 toward a $6,000 goal for a computer. Rev. Charles D. Shaffer of the city gave several addresses.
The piece explains letter golf rules changing one letter at a time to transform words with complete common usage words. It notes Mrs Nina Bang former Danish Minister of Education and Denmark's only female cabinet member, and mentions a Norwegian salute on Ibsen's birth centenary with 20 guns fired from fortresses.
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