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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1920
Page
5
Frederick readers recall store courtesy and warn of overexertion in sports. The piece notes merchants pride in showing goods without pressuring buyers and stresses prudent limits for young athletes’ training to protect heart and kidneys.
Chambersburg Pennsylvania gas company cites rising railroad wages as a reason for a new rate schedule to take effect September 1 if approved by the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission. The plan raises prices on gas based on consumption tiers from 5,000 to over 25,000 feet with net rates shown.
Under the Kensington Branch of Montgomery County American Red Cross a conference on child health for ages six months to six years will be held this afternoon in Kensington. Dr William L Lewis will lead with other physicians and county nurse Miss McDonald present. Children will be weighed, measured, and throat and nasal exams conducted.
Frederick residents answer a set of ten questions in an editor’s note exercise. Merril F. Mobarty is quoted on his life in Frederick, his youth, occupation, and views on improving the city with better housing and environment for working people. The feature promises tomorrow’s entries from Willan H. Stormhiana.
In a social note a double wedding reception was held at Spencey Stil’s home in Monrovia on July 30 for Grace Spurrier and Clarke Spurrier and their spouses. A large list of relatives and friends attended, presenting gifts. Another reception was hosted by George W Spurrier at Plain No 4 in Emmitsburg. The Emmitsburg Community Show 1951 plans a larger second annual show in early October as farmers and merchants prepare exhibits.
The annual gathering drew most attendees from the Maryland School for the Deaf in Baltimore. Plans outlined for Frederick county band day with 13 bands expected to parade and perform at the Fair Grounds on August 8. Williart S. Miter CoA) received 2,500 pounds of anthracite coal. Ridgeville Hotel sold by C A Smith to Mercer Bros. Frederick Conclave No 73 Order of Heptasophs chartered a car to visit South Mountain Conclave in Middletown. Dr John S Fulton, secretary of the State Board of Health, stated Frederick water is free from typhoid germs.
Purely personal notices list neighbors and relatives visiting in Maryland and nearby states, including John Cramer on West Patrick Street and numerous others traveling to Washington, Baltimore, Atlantic City, and Philadelphia. The column also mentions Odd Fellows events at Pen-Mar with speakers and bands, and a plan to build an apartment on Court and Second Streets after a deed transfer.
In Brunswick the People's Party ticket led by Edward Shafer won the mayoral race and carried wards two and three, while Dr Levin West and his Citizens ticket won in the first ward. Shafer also gained the council seat in the second ward, with narrow margins across wards three and two and a close contest in the first ward. An ongoing fight over a Justice of the Peace appointment for Brunswick was noted, amid campaign rhetoric of vindication and political maneuvering. The paper also reports a motorcycle race in Dodge City won by Jn Davis on a Harley Davidson, and local notes on eye surgery, a Sunday school picnic, fruit market prices, and a fire at Zentz Mill with insurance coverage details.
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