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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
6
The piece comments on the Federal Trade Commission report linking food price surges to speculation and hoarding. It urges government action against speculators, predicts wide arrests, and calls for severe penalties for profiteers slamming packers and others resisting scrutiny.
Voice of the Press surveys venturesome marriages and predictable failures in divorce courts, noting May and December pairings often ending in disputes. It contrasts youth’s happiness with aging and adventure, then shifts to Income Tax Prosperity from the New York World, detailing 1917 tax returns, distributions by income, and which groups bear the tax burden.
J E Halleigh, former high school principal in Northern Luzon, Philippines, has returned to his Liberty area home after three years teaching in Philippine schools. He reports varied schooling conditions, influenza and smallpox epidemics, and urges caution with water and mosquitoes before expressing happiness to be back home.
Government awards war citations to employers who promised to re-employ all workers who left for military service. The document allows display of the United States shield on the firm service flag and is endorsed by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and Arthur Woods. The Board of Trade may compile and issue the list of compliant firms.
AR o and Mrs Vanter Issler have usurped from Savage Howard county where they have been visiting. Miss Margaret E Simpson left this morning for Fredericksburg Va where she will spend the remainder of her vacation. Mr and Mrs Harry Flautt and daughter Miss Virginis are spending their vacation at Pen Mar Pa and are registered at the Imperial Hotel. Mr and Mrs Albert Bungs of Baltimore and Mr and Mrs Charles Brookey of Frederick were guests at the home of Mr and Mrs George N English Thurmont. Mr and Mrs R C Waters and children of Blakely Ga are visiting Mrs Waters uncle Mr Benjamin F Reich and Mrs Reich South Market Street. Miss Grace Burgeo of Park Hall near Frederick is visiting Miss Rachel Thomas Washington. Mrs Aaron KR Anders and laughter Miss Nancy Anders are visiting Mrs William Hobbs Union Bridge Md. Miss Anna Margaret Diffendal returned to her home on East Second Street after an extended visit among relatives in Virginia. Miss Caroline Wildman of Washington DC is visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Wildman on East Second Street. Mia Richard Dorsey and nephew Robert Hammond have returned from a visit to Howard county. Miss Etta Cramer who has been spending the summer in Wilkersville is visiting Miss Nan Houck on East Church Street. Misses Anna and Mary Helfenstein of Clark Place have returned home after ten days visit to Ocean City Md.
Miss Harriet Elizabeth White of Braddock Heights wed Karl Russell Ament at Chalmers Presbyterian Church in Guelph Ontario. The ceremony was conducted by Rev George Litt le. Miss White, a Hood College graduate with a BA earned June 7, will reside in Brussels with her husband.
Reformed Sunday schools plan their fifteenth annual reunion at Braddock Heights with a concert from 1:30 to 1:50 PM followed by minister addresses and special music. A children's program at 3:30 features multiple schools and church groups from Adamstown Middletown and Wolfman Orphanage with offerings, solos, and recitations concluding with prayers and benediction. In a separate note, Mary Chain of East Patrick Street was fined for disturbing the peace, and marriage licenses were issued for Hayes G Meisting and Pearl Muay Housel.
Twenty years ago in Frederick the Free and Easy social club hosted Mrs Q S Beckley for a golden birthday celebration. About 250 guests attended at the Armory pavilion with vocal and guitar solos, a cakewalk, and dances. Attendees included Mrs Rebecca Wallis, Miss Katie Dutrow, and others, with trips noted to Capon Springs Va for mountain breezes.
In circuit court yesterday Rau bid $22,000 for the Grove estate of Charles D. and Clara V. Grove, surpassing Wertheimer's $21,000. The 100 acre farm near the Brad dock road was initially advertised to Wertheimer at $182 per acre. Court judge Hammon Urner directed new offers to protect heirs.
A fragment from a Frederick news item describes Ross Smith evading capture after an escape from the jail with Horace Johnson. He was seen in the city in company with his wife near Patrick Street, engaging with locals who recognized him but did not alert police. Authorities later searched but he reportedly slipped away and returned to Frederick. Also notes a St Timothy Sunday School picnic at Braddock Heights with transport from Schleysville and Hagerstown lines. Breckinridge Shaw and family vacationing in Manchester Virginia. Plus a 1886 notary declaration for Frank J Cheney regarding a cough medicine patent claim.
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE. MANWELL TOURING car new and owned, cheap to operate. Phone Braddock 167. FOR SALE. ONE BUICK TOURING CAR cheap to quick buyer Roy Miller Phone 840 22. FOR SALE. ONE-TON FORD TRUCK in first class condition. Apply 621 N Market St. FOR SALE. BUICK ROADSTER big six, inquire 1411 care of The News Post 934.
Frederick County water bank officials and legal figures include Mayor Gilmer Schlebey and City Attorney Edward Delaplaine as listed in a municipal document.
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