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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1913
Page
6
The piece surveys hotel culture and guest expectations, noting city hotel pricing, tipping norms, and social friction between luxury and budget accommodations. It discusses the shift toward summer residences, the social duties of landlords, and the aim to balance sociability with comfort for visitors in Frederick.
Frederick mourns the loss of Mr. McClintock Young a respected citizen whose inventions advanced industry. Irish roots shaped a restless mind from age twelve when he built a steam fire engine. His rake for reapers aided McCormick harvesters and inspired later self binders. His match and brush machines transformed multiple industries keeping costs low. A modest civic volunteer he aided community uplift without fanfare.
A weary traveller faces flimsy hotel life as hastily built rooms fail to hold fire back until engines arrive. Food is no better than at a dollar a car boarding house, underscoring poor quality and security.
A historic critique notes rising drownings from summer water activity as many youths learn to swim and take to boats with little skill. It urges fathers to teach children swimming to avert tragedies and preserve family time and safety.
The Manchester Union reports on Dr Wade Brown of the University of North Carolina claiming the mosquito transfers a colored poison called hematin that the malaria germ generates in the blood. He and other researchers are experimenting on animals to develop an antidote or improved treatment, potentially reducing quinine reliance.
The report notes malaria history and advances against various diseases. It urges continued drainage of malaria districts and widespread use of mosquito nets in areas where stentopheres is known to abound, seeing ultimate success as probable.
A poem excerpt reflects on aging care workers and the pain of losing those they tended. The speaker contrasts nurses and siblings, noting that the deepest loss is not comforts but the absence of purpose and the joy of being needed. Annie W. Young discusses unfulfilled need and longing.
The brief item reports three marriages in York Pa and surrounding areas this morning and a separate incident involving seven year old Lewis Twenty of Yellow Springs who was struck by lightning at a house in which he stayed. The child survived but remains bedbound as recovery continues with improving eye condition.
The Frederick Gas and Electric Co. which furnishes electric current for Braddock and Middletown residences has set a new minimum charge of one dollar per month, effective August 1. Previously Braddock minimum was two dollars and Middletown was one dollar fifty cents.
Old Frederick notes from August 2 1893 recount local incidents. A wagon sank in mud at Brengle farm near Monocacy river injuring a horse. Fire destroyed six frame stables and ice houses on South Market Street. The Cemetery Company brick stable suffered $81 damage and other losses mounted to about $1 000 in ice houses and stables. A wheat car on the Frederick Elevator siding derailed and damaged equipment of the R and O Railway. William Hauer and Mrs Baer sustained minor injuries.
The community gears up for a Junior Chautauqua next week with a big tent planned and 175 tickets pledged. Miss Elizabeth Jackson leads the program with daily sessions from 9 to 12, games, stories, and a Saturday play by boys and girls to be presented. Guarantors reported 209 season tickets unsold, while 70 plus sales could add Miss Jackson’s assistant.
The funeral for McClintock Young who died yesterday at his Court street home will begin at 10:30 Monday morning. Rev. William Walker of All Saints Episcopal Church will officiate. Ox Fibre Brush Works will close the factory to allow employees to attend in a body. Masonic rites will be observed. M. L. Etchison Funeral Director. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
A water pipe burst along DeGrange Street at Derr's alley, drenching the road and extending a noticeable wet area for some distance, drawing local attention.
An advertisement asserts deafness is incurable by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It blames inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh for most cases, promising $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hairs Ear Catarrh Cure and urging readers to send for free circulars.
Several residents are ill at home including Misa Rachel McNalley at 248 East third street and L. M. Stone in Hast Chureb reat. Jay Leen shows slight improvement while RR Miller of the Opera House Orchestra suffers an abscessed tooth. Nellie Llunicben has recovered enough to return home on Hust Patrick street. Albert W. Bell picked a half bushel of peaches from his yard on West Patrick street, averaging a half pound each.
Stock quotations provided by Motter Bros and Co cover the latest daily listings in New York markets. Key movers, prices, and openings reflect a volatile trading day as several blue chips show gains while others retreat. Investors monitor shifts in industrials and utilities amid broad market activity.
Public sale to be held six miles east of Frederick on August 22 1913 at 3 20 a m. Includes heads of horses and colts cattle hogs sheep dogs and a full line of wagons implements harness kitchen furniture and household goods. Terms credit six months for sums over 10 with note and security. cash for 10 and under. no removal until settlement. Total value listed around 160000.
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