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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1938
Page
2
A garbled copyright style policy notice appears from a historic Frederick Maryland newspaper. It references corrections upon notification and the requirement of real names with consent for publication. It notes postal filing as second class mail.
A 1938 article notes sociology and economics texts move from academia to the public. Mass interest grows in Washington and European affairs with government and private research repackaged into pamphlets selling for a dime. Foundations fund concise laterals like This Question of Relief and Why Women Work, reshaping American reading habits.
The piece argues that revival depends on capital owners and employers taking normal business risks. When obstacles appear, firms cut plans and workers go idle, while high taxes or threats to profits deter investment. It calls for reducing perceived risks to encourage capital spending and hiring, noting past shocks as context and recalling frontier history.
The passage reflects on Thoreau and a remark about making peace with God. It contrasts a positive, life‑affirming approach to divine relation with a negative, patchwork view, noting Jesus taught few negative commands and urged simple acts of peace and virtue even at life’s end.
A compact guidance piece teaching proper pronouncing and spelling habits. Highlights include plural verb agreement with kinfolk, the word entree mispronunciation, and the daily aim to expand vocabulary by mastering one word. Today's entry defines Pretension as a self asserted claim or affectation.
A letter from Mrs. R. A. Biser of Sandigan Route 5 urges the State Roads Commission and residents to recall the past promise of a hard surface for the Shookstown High Knob road. The note is dated April 23.
Quote from I Corinthians 16 14 urges every action be done with charity. A Quarles saying follows praising an open hand and a closed mouth as pleasing to God. This item conveys moral counsel in a concise devotional style.
From the April 5 1888 column, Frederick notes social zest with lawn tennis clubs forming and fairgrounds scenes. A 19 year old son of George H Hickman fell 35 feet from a derrick, unconscious with injuries not yet determined. The Neighbors Social Club hosted season closing dances at Dr and Mrs home near town with about thirty couples attending.
Local items note Liberty Loan meeting at the Opera House with war pictures and a band. Maryland legislators discuss land records authority. a bill sets approximate prices for eight property lots. A fire destroys the Farmers Conservative Milk and Produce Company store and mill at West Falls near Mount Airy two days before a receiver's sale. Governors Harrington, Urner, and Worthington named to League to Enforce Peace meeting in Philadelphia.
Rev Paster presided with Sunday school and church services as 278 men attended the combined events including 77 visitors. The Red Division had 80 men and Blue Division 91. total school attendance reached 770 with offerings for missions and the Pragmatic Test of Christianity sermon and choir selections noted.
The poem describes a derelict house in disrepair with groans and squeaks. It laments peeling paint, a crying roof, needed varnish, plumbing overhaul, a lawn with clover, collapsing walls, and weak cellar braces. It ends noting if the house is ten years old no story is needed by Lupburrow.
A Lutheran Mothers' League gathering is scheduled for 30 this evening in the parsonage. Mrs. Glen Garber chairs the meeting with topic Home Duties for Boys and Girls. A social hour will follow. Mrs. Graver and LI. Michael lead the organization.
The column lists numerous individuals under medical care or recently hospitalized. Miss Mac Moser and others are transported to various homes or hospitals for rheumatic fever and related conditions. Several men and women are reported recovering, undergoing operations, or awaiting treatment at Frederick City Hospital, Johns Hopkins, and local infirmaries.
The wedding of Aliss Arnabel C Kline daughter of Mr and Mrs C William Kline and Str Alvin S and Mrs Charl ie Saturds bride is noted with details of education and location In Washington D C after a honeymoon in Omaha The couple will reside in Washington where Mr Stevenson works for the U S Employes Compensation Commission An engagement is announced for Catherine Douglas Barnsley to Weather Troxell of Franklin Pa son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Ion Troxell The couple plan to wed June 16 at Emory Methodist Episcopal Church Oakdale Md
Miss Mary Rockwell of Brunswick and Hood College senior plans to read a mathematics paper titled A Study of Two Henestuial Equations on Tuesday at 7 PM in Administration Room 9. Kathryn Sands of Easton will present Foundations of Geometry focusing on Non-Euclidean Geometries. Phoebe Land of Hamburg will present The Character of Cicero as Seen Through His Letters on Tuesday at 4 43 PM in Room 67. Eleven seniors have honors papers, with others read later.
A biography of Barnato, the South African diamond magnate who rose from London ghetto roots to wealth and power across Kimberly and Johannesburg. The account ties his fortunes to Cecil Rhodes, detailing boom and bust, risky gambles, and a dramatic alliance that defined colonial policy and global markets before his perilous end at age 44.
Ashes of Jonas Sauble who died April 11 in San Francisco were sent by parcel post to a Union Bridge funeral home. Sauble, son of John and Sarah Sauble of Pipe Creek, had been away for over fifty years. His ashes are to be buried in Pipe Creek cemetery.
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines sleeping sickness after measles and other infections, detailing onset, symptoms like stupor and delirium, slow recovery, potential nervous damage, and lack of specific cure. Emphasizes supportive care, feeding via nasal tube, nutrition blends, fever and rest management, and the importance of skilled nursing for prolonged illness. A separate social item describes a bridge party hosted by Mrs Willard H Markey in Rockwell Terrace for Mrs John Henry Bland with prizes and guests.
A newspaper card reviews etiquette for bridesmaids and gifts. It asks how many bridesmaids are typical, whether sisters serve as maid or matron of honor, if a bride should consider attendants, and whether inviting distant friends is in good taste. It also covers where gifts are sent and what a groom’s guest should wear.
A collection of historical anniversaries and births with notes on figures from Cromwell to Marconi and others. Includes a brief horoscope remark about a disciplined, justice‑minded leader type and a copyright query.
A fragment from a word–choice puzzle asks which option correctly completes sentences. It features questions on pronoun references, adjective order, and comparatives, with a note that answers appear on the last page.
George Tucker recalls life in the Roosevelt Hotel windows at Madison and Sixth like a column on hotel denizens. He describes vivid scenes of guests, including Cantor and Billy Ross, canaries and a white cat, a moving office and the lure of new digs.
Commentary on gender roles and modernity cites Lillian Gish urging gentleness for women as bands of reaction form. A mistaken detainment involves Sovis ambassador Xander Troyanovski. A street view of a Carmen billboard reshapes opera notions. A Kansas trip for 21 children hints at leisure shifts. The Mississippi deposits 406,250,000 tons of eroded material into the Gulf annually.
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