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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1923
Page
4
A Madrid dispatch notes a visitor was reprimanded for kissing his wife at a hotel door under a policeman’s gaze. The law reportedly bans kissing any woman in the streets, with or without consent, though the offender received only a reprimand. The piece jokes about Spain’s supposed Puritanism and warns lovers to beware of “kissing” laws.
A former Princeton student who spent ten years as a hermit on a Chesapeake Bay island returns to society. The column blends reflections on solitude as mental cultivation with assorted quips and marginal observations about politics, currency, screens, and dating, framed as light musings.
A devotional line emphasizes submission to God, asking guidance by the Spirit toward upright living and alignments with divine will as expressed in Psalm language. The text centers on spiritual obedience and guidance rather than earthly achievements.
In a community Q and A, residents from North Market street Mount Airy Rockwell Terrace West Third street and Eas Third discuss plans for August picnics. Elizabeth Johnson says she attends any worthwhile event with dancing. Ruth Gartrell plans Mt Airy Fair. Elias Ramsburgh would attend if work permits. P Windsor Peters expects to travel and miss picnics. Kenneth Haller doubts attendance.
A jumble of quips and news items notes August heat and Prohibition talk in England versus America. Snippets mention bathing girls in Los Angeles, a college graduate offered cash for fight, beer smugglers in Detroit, a crowing rooster necking incident, and wary weather on timber and golf jokes.
Today marks St Dominic festival roots and Britain’s WWI anniversary nine years since entry. Indiana observes Oliver Morton birth centennial. Sault Ste Marie hosts 300th Lake Superior voyage anniversary. Coast Guard centennial and Kentucky primaries loom with Cantrill Barkley gubernatorial clash.
Braley taunts hunger and despair in a humorous ballad about looming ruin and a craving for dinner. The speaker laments thin purse, gray skies, and wasted idols, then clings to the hope that a steak and fried potatoes might restore luck and mood. An envoy and closing note frame the satirical ode.
The horoscope notes evil omens for Saturday August 4 1923 with malefic planetary aspects. It cautions mental hypersensitivity and external influence on thoughts, urges extreme caution in business and employment, and predicts possible personal and financial difficulties for Leo birthdates and rash behavior in those born on this day.
A heartfelt obituary and tribute note mourns President Warren G Harding. The author urges sympathy for the bereaved Frederick family and reflects on sudden death and national sorrow. The piece references rain in July and August, a funeral cortege to Washington, and hymns at midnight, urging unity in grief.
The guidance emphasizes placing pictures where viewers can admire them without straining. Medium and large artworks should be hung so the top aligns with the eye level of a standing person, while smaller pieces may be positioned lower, particularly opposite seating.
C Mason Hoffman of Valley Baking Co in Middletown sold out to Henry Sheffer of Benevola Washington county. Sheffer assumed control Wednesday after nine years with Kline flour mills at Benevola.
Frederick musician H. Les Hanshew signed contracts to be trap drummer with the Gus Sun American Minstrels for a fifth road season. The troupe opens in Toledo, Ohio and tours to the Pacific Coast then returns via Mexico and the South.
The Maryland Guernsey Breeders Association schedules an August 15 sale at the Fair Grounds during the farm fair. Ten bulls and ten heifers or cows will be auctioned. President Tom Mel of Sparkspl Mad led a recent Frederick visit with County Agent Jin McGill and Trivarnd W Simmons to promote the event.
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