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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
6
Public call for federal action as prices rise with wages up in many trades. Opinion blames increased costs rather than profiteering, warns against exaggeration, and urges real remedies. The piece contrasts past lavish homes with today’s demand for small, efficient houses and democratic living.
Social page notes a reception given by Mr and Mrs Charles Harshman near New Market in honor of son Harry Herbert Harahan and his wife after their honeymoon in Philadelphia and Baltimore. A large list of attendees includes Harshman, Ausherman, Utz, Burriler, Burrite, Thomas, Rice, Dodd, Nusbaum, Burrier, and Whitmore family members among others. A reunion at Blue Ridge Summit, Pa, followed with additional Frederick and Baltimore guests attending.
Local notes list several residents traveling or visiting. Gerald Rosenour and Jacob Rosenstock return from Atlantic City while Mr. and Mrs. Crothery and family finish a week there. Others, including Miss Abby McCardelt and Miss Lillie Poole, visit Braddock Heights Walkeraville Harmony Grove and Baltimore for August plans. Sergeant Clyde H. Fogle arrives from overseas and is stationed at Camp Merritt Neo Rev.
A collection of humorous exchanges on living costs and frugality from 1920s newspaper quips. The dialogue riffs on income, nickel allowances, and the idea of money losing value while seeming to vanish faster, with bemused relatives debating waste and thrift.
Twenty years ago in Frederick two riders Briss and Ramsburg headed to Baltimore for Colosseum races while waterworks chief Danner linked Fishing Creek to the Tuscarora main boosting reservoir capacity to 9.9 million gallons. Multlinix and Milburn left for Mountain Lake Park, and the August American Monthly notes a Frederick D A Re chapter meeting written by Miriam Gray El chelbérger.
A series of marriage announcements from Frederick details weddings of Sallye L. Dorsey to John T. Ridgely Jr at her home in Havsard County, and Edith M. Pilgrim to Harvey W. Rice in Martinsburg. Additional ceremonies include Millard L. Broadhurst to Amey Duvall in Frederick, Raymond B. Pettingall to Nannie B. Wisner in Walkersville, Floyd L. Harris to Mattie Strothers in Neersville, and Harry M. Fellers to Mildred Cornelius in Brunswick. Ceremonies were conducted by local ministers with brief receptions and bridal trips planned to nearby cities. couples will reside in Bethesda, Martinsburg, or Brunswick as noted.
Achury Lever of Lexington South Carolina resigns from Congress after 18 years to join President Wilson’s Farm Loan Board. The Lever Food Control Act empowers action against food hoarders and profiteers, with enforcement by U.S. attorneys under the unfair practices clause. Lever, born 1876 near Springhill, educated at Newberry College and Georgetown, taught and served as private secretary before election to the state legislature and finally Congress.
Roy E. Baker seeks absolute divorce from Hattie K. Baker with attorney Reno 8s. Mable May Robinson files for absolute divorce from James H. Robinson, represented by Samuel A. Lewix. Charles M. Whipp petitions for absolute divorce from Ethel A. Whipp, with Leo Weinberg as attorney. Leo Weinberg announces a divorce granted. Angeline By Saper, via Leo Weinberg, granted absolute divorce from James Williang Soper with custody of their minor son. Woodsboro resident. defendant resides in Ohio.
An advertisement urges fat individuals to sleep with windows open and breathe deeply to lose weight. It claims indoor air worsens obesity, promotes Tassco tablets from Pearce's Modern Pharmacy, and promises improved digestion energy and lighter steps with short courses. The tone mimics health fad rhetoric.
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