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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
6
Historical notice describes The Daily News and The Semi-Weekly News published in Frederick Maryland. It details ownership including J E Birley and Geo Birley with officers Ben Delaplaine and Will Foot, and mentions mailing rates and postal classification.
FRIDAY AUGUST 8 1913 TO SUBSCRIBERS. Subscribers to The Frederick News who do not receive their paper regularly will confer a favor by reporting the game to this office as we are doing everything within our power to make the service perfect. The News can be found on sale at New City Hotel Buckey's Cigar Store S. Market St Central Restaurant F. K. Schmidt's Cigar Store West Patrick Street Arlington Hotel At Braddock Heights Zimmerman Bros Grocery Store McCardell's Store Hotel Braddock
Society dances long into the night as the traditional frozen dainties give way to eggs and toast and coffee. Reportedly a lavish New York dance served buckwheat cakes and sausage as revelers lingered, while the performers seek novelty in dietary regimens.
A fragmentary jokey exchange from a Chicago Record-Herald piece mocks niggling bargains and social norms. The dialogue features quips about a fine new automobile and keeping it going at half price, plus a bridge game boast and a remark that a woman should earn her own living.
The snippet captures a knee deep banter among characters and readers, with lines about nervous affection shaving a beard and a joke about flirting. May references a character named Jack and Mabel, Fay and May, and a handling of pins on a waist. The Florida Times Union attribution appears at the end.
A Detroit Free Press poem stresses choosing duty over selfish cheerfulness. The speaker trusts faith and action, endorsing perseverance, steadiness, and courage when misfortune or obstacles arise. It contrasts cheerful affect with grave resolve and resolve to fight with Grim determination.
Virginia Minghini, daughter of J Bates Minghini of Martinsburg West Virginia, was assaulted by a white man near the Standard Lime and Stone Company quarry. Within an hour four posses pursued suspects in Williamsport Front Royal and Harper’s Ferry. two held for exam in Martinsburg, others en route. Also noted: a branch of the Just Government League organized at Sykesville with Mrs R T Foster presiding and Miss Sprecher elected chairwoman. George Hoffman, son of the police chief, fell from a scaffold at Frederick Trust Company construction, injuring his shoulder but not seriously. Medical care by Dr W M Smith.
From the Frederick columns of The News Angist in 1892: Frederick City Packing Company shipped corn for the season. Four hundred seventy-two excursionists left with Ride men for Bay Ridge. Catholic graveyard burned by spark from a locomotive. Ex-Judge John T. Loxe died at New Market aged 10. George Lambert awarded contract to build pumping station on Little Tuscarora for 3274.
Local society notes list numerous visits and greetings as residents and guests travel among Frederick, Harrisburg, Hagerstown, Adams town and surrounding towns. Names include Mige Clara Potts, Miss Carrie Cox, Mr. Ernest Yalfleugh, Miss Blanche Frost, Capt. Wit Frost, Mr. Henry J. Hagan, Mrs. Fred Ordeman, Miss Anna A. Glabaugh, Misses Mary and Dorothy Friese, Mrs. G. W. Donaldson, Miss Catherine Ross, Master Geo J. Ross Jr, Louise Snelover, and many others with crossings to Cape May, Walkersville, Union Bridge, and Washington area homes.
A druggist promotes Dr Howard's specific at 40 cents a pack with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. Dr Pearce notes past medicines' shortcomings but reports selling hundreds of bottles with no refunds. The ad touts relief for headache poor digestion constipation and bloating and calls it a popular dinner pill in fashion periodicals.
Middletown High School will drop the commercial department and keep the agriculture program after a board decision based on state aid limits. Dr A A Lamar vows to challenge the action, seeking an investigation and promising further agitation.
The Blue Mountain Hotel site, destroyed by fire early Monday, will be rebuilt. Construction should begin once ruins are cleared and aim to open next summer. The new hotel may be built by current stockholders or a new company, with Harry C. Bond and John J. Gibbons planning to lease the finished structure.
The report lists latest sales prices and corrections through noon by Motter Bros. & Co. Bankers and Brokers. Items include various preferred and consols such as Cotton Duck, Gas, Power, Seaboard Air Line issues, United Railways, Maryland trusts, Houston Oil, Western Maryland, and Central Fairmont Coal. Prices reflect diverse securities across railways, oil, trusts, and municipal issues with dated entries from August 8, 1912.
Market notes show limited readable data with numbers and codes. Key details are unclear due to OCR noise. The fragment hints at Chicago grain activity but lacks identifiable entities, events, prices, or dates for a reliable summary.
Stock quotations are provided by Motter Bros Co. for the day. The report lists current prices and movements of shares trading on the New York Exchange, reflecting market activity and investor sentiment.
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