Schools reopen amid funding dispute and busy county outlook
The Daily News notes plans to reopen public schools in September amid unresolved funding between the board and county commissioners. It warns that cutting the term from nine to eight months would hamper public education and urges a full term. It also comments on President Wilson’s extensive correspondence and the value of a typewriter for writers and businesspeople.
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Ev Joe
Wilson
Lansing
Ison
Noth
Typing and solitude spur modern business efficiency
A fragmented Frederick County newspaper note mixes thoughts on stenographers versus secretaries, typewriters, and education with wartime updates on German advances, local street improvements, county picnics and elections. It mentions J Plavius, St Swithin, & Co saving Frederick the cost of a storage reservoir, and ends with remarks on a winning game and canned corn.
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J. Plavius, St. Swithin, & Co
Frederick
The Great Highway Poem Reflections
A poetic meditation on a river valley and a highway where beauty resides for all travellers. The speaker questions whether others sense the daybreak wonder and contrasts their fleeting passage with the personal singing heart. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Winterless Summer Fears Echo From Past Weather Notes
The Ohio State Journal voices worry that 1916 may lack a proper summer, citing 1816 as a precedent with frost and snow in June and July. It warns that wartime explosions could plunge next summer to 40 below and urges universal disarmament. A New York World note adds that German victory in Poland strains army redeployments to the west.
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Ohio State Journal
New England
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lkely
German campaign strategy in Russia and its risks
The text argues that a victorious German army in Russia would still suffer severe fatigue and need time to recover. It warns that without early success against Russian forces, Germany and its adversaries would gain time to rest and reorganize, citing the Russo-Japanese War as a cautionary parallel with extended front lines and exhausted forces.
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Engleh
Germany
Satery Guivance
Russia
Manchuria
Liaoyang
Mukden
Voter Pleads For Strong Men In Legislature
A reader praises Mr. Etchsen and Ki ehnon for reducing taxes and cutting inefficient offices, urging voters to elect capable lawmakers. The letter argues for streamlined government, lower spending, and constructive legislation to put the county on a business footing. An English inventor patents an electric light illuminating an automobile step.
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Kiehnon
Moss-Bank
Etchsen
Senate
E’ehtsen
Air County
Twenty Years Ago Today in Frederick News Briefs
Items from The News August 14 1825 include a Frederick apple tree bearing eighteen apples, Bass fishing on the Potomac remains strong, Middletown’s oldest resident Mr Eno Douh at 87, a fire destroying four straw stacks on Wr Shafer’s farm near the Jefferson road, and a boy named Mrohn Rameburg knocked down by a horse on West Patrick street driven by Sagroue Culler.
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Frederick
Middletown
Eno. Douh
Wr Shafer Fargett
Jefferson Road
Mrohn Rameburg
West Patrick Street
Sagroue
Special Deposits Offer High Liberal Interest
A bank advertises special deposits with a liberal rate of interest. The notice highlights attractive yields to attract savers and emphasizes secure handling of funds. The ad targets customers seeking enhanced returns on fixed-term investments.
Battlefields described in Pallimore and Ohio Railroad booklet
The booklet outlines Civil War battlefields on or near railroad lines with illustrations of Washington’s headquarters in Winchester and Valley Forge, Meade and Lee at Gettysburg, Cedar Creek and Martinsburg battles, and the Lost Cause high water mark monument. It also mentions John Brown’s Harper’s Ferry plan, the Barbara Fritchie incident route, and the Key monument in Frederick.
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Winchester
Valley Forge
General Meade
General Lee
Gettysburg
Stonewall Jackson
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Shenandoah Valley
Cedar Creek
Geneval Sheridan
Martinsburg
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Patrick Street
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