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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1911
Page
3
Letters from correspondents recount small town events in St Marys and surrounding areas. Residents attend games, church services and social gatherings while noting illnesses, visits, and travels. a burglary at Sloan and Sloan in Ocean, Allegany county is reported.
Notes of news from Maryland yesterday and today report the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order Odd Fellows to be held in Williamsport. A Patriotic Order Song of America camp is planned at Ruths-bure tomorrow with 50 charter members. A fire on Baltimore Street, Hagerstown, damages Mrs Emma Bakers clothing. Fifty-one members join St Pauls Methodist Episcopal church in Hagerstown. Notre Dame Order of Sisters opens a new parochial school at Bel Air in Judge Norrigs residence. The Tolchester area reports daily fish shipments to Philadelphia and Baltimore. Harold Rumberger hooks a large fish at Weltys Mail and is rescued. The Baltimore Board of Police Commissioners corruption case closes its defense. trial resumes May 4 with Patrolmen Dick and O Donnel as final witnesses.
A lively social at Mr and Mrs Wm Cramer near Creagerstown featured a large guest list including Mr and Mrs George Leather Mr and Mrs Rogs Rumsburg Mr and Mrs Russel Long Mr and Mrs Frank Stevens and many others. Music was provided by Eichelberger's string band in the home’s entertainment of the evening.
The Maryland State rifle range at Glen Burnie will operate from May 1 to October 21 under Col. Charles D. Gaither. The schedule lists summer practice for multiple Maryland National Guard units, with annual state matches set for July 31 to August 5 and a-state team to national competitions pending expert qualifications.
A study of 14 major American churches on Sunday April 9 shows about 6,200 men attended among 19,000 worshippers. The churches report 17,500 member households, suggesting male attendance exceeds prior estimates and challenges claims that Protestant men no longer attend Sunday worship.
The Chicago School Board launches a plan to create a distinctive national song. Dr J B McFaliich and Ella Flagg Young supervise a contest offering a prize. every one of the city’s 700000 school children will contribute one cent toward the prize. The rule bans war songs.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known remedy for catarrh, claiming internal action to purify blood and surface relief. It offers a $100 reward for proof of failure and cites testimonials from users, listing Duchoney & Co, Philadelphia, as makers.
Episcopal clergy and laymen gathered in Washington to inaugurate the twenty-ninth Church Congress. Bishop John G. Murray opened with a communion address at St John’s Church, followed by a White House reception with President Taft. Nearly 210 clergymen attended as sessions planned on prayer book revisions and women’s suffrage impacts on church institutions.
A Munich Criminal Court punished a beer hall tenant with six weeks in jail and a $750 fine for selling beers with frothy stems and seidels that hid true measures. Waiters received shorter sentences. The case followed public outrage over deceptive serving practices at the giant beer house.
The Philadelphia Inquirer describes moving picture tricks where inanimate objects act with intelligence. Photographs show clothes self-dressing and boots lacing, with eyelet steps formed by successive frames. Trick effects include a dummy simulating a falling man and a living actor's movements recorded to create seamless sequences.
Mount St. Mary's pitcher Engle fanned 13 and allowed only one hit as the Mountaineers run their win streak to six with a 12–0 victory over Hamilton. The offense collected 12 hits, Kelly driving in four, while Engle walked two and faced 29 batters. Mount St. Mary's meets Hamilton again today in ideal baseball weather.
Middletown High School defeated Brunswick High School 3 to 2 in a pitchers battle. Meadors of Brunswick pitched a no hit bid, but errors in the Brunswick field gave Middletown all their runs. Dean of Middletown pitched well, especially in the ninth inning to close it out.
State boards will report to the Cabinet at a May 5 meeting in the Union Trust Building Baltimore. Each department, led by the Governor’s selections, will present a year’s work and recommendations for efficiency.
Mrs. Caroline Stauffer sues John a Stauer in Lake County Superior Court Hammond Indiana alleging incompatibility after he buys groceries without olives and other preferred items. She seeks divorce and half of his estate valued at twelve thousand dollars. He counters with a parallel divorce action in Elkhart County.
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