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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1938
Page
2
An old notice states that The Daily News will correct any erroneous reflection on persons or corporations in its columns and invites readers to contact the editor. It notes postal service filing in Fredrick, Maryland, as a second class matter.
A satirical column argues against a long range weather planning policy proposed by Prof. Wigglesworth, mocking centralized federal control and the idea of storing summer heat for winter. It rails against homogenized harmony and praises pluralism, individual freedom, and open-minded discussion, ending with a defense of disagreement as guide to truth.
A compact note on common misuse and pronunciation tips for English learners. It explains correct forms such as we shall be in time for the party and train was on time, and features guidance on amenable spelling and stress. The card highlights synonyms for troublesome and a rule about using a word three times.
A compact religious note cites II Thessalonians 3 3 about God stablishing and preserving believers from evil. It includes a quoted emphasis and an Aeschylus attribution about freedom from evil thoughts as a divine gift.
In a letter to the editor V E Blank urges voters in Frederick County to support candidates who will improve the road network. He complains of uneven progress from macadamized to mud roads on New Design and Ballenger Creek Road, questions gas tax use, cites winter access issues, and criticizes county officials for road delays from WPA projects.
A word puzzle presents shuffled phrases and parenthetical hints like Beelzebub and Tibet to build a true statement. Other lines include Emus and palanquins with scattered clues, then theater and literature names such as Hutchinson Sothern Milne, and finally Buckingh am Palace and Paris with terse notes.
Local items from The News dated Aug 10, 1886 report Commodore Winfield Scott Schley ill at his Newport residence, Judge McSherry enforcing Montgomery county local option law severely, and Basil Nelson former soldier in Mexican and Civil wars dying at Singarore home after years of invalid status.
The 1918 Frederick News notes relief efforts for Belgian babies and Polish Turkish Jews. 700 forge me not sprays sold for Belgian aid. Leo Weinberg and David Lowenstein to lead a Polish and Turkish relief fund under Henry Mor genthau. A local war song praises a "Scrappy Jap." A resident seeks tax deduction for Red Cross levy, sparking debate. Hotel Braddock hosts an Admiral, a General, and a foreign ambassador during a heat wave.
An essay urges viewers to exercise sight toward distance to relieve eye strain from urban confinement. It links clear vision with broad perspective, arguing religion suffers from narrow focus and benefits from a sense of distance and horizon.
Charles T. Stutt directs the Yellow Springs band in Baker Park with the First Regiment Band Maryland National Guard providing rest of the program. The Thursday program features Sousa Semper Fidelis and The Star Spangled Banner, plus marches waltzes and popular numbers by King Fillmore Jewets and Schumann in a varied concert.
Bruce Catton reviews Virginia Bird Martin's Bed and Board, praising its honest, unpretentious look at a long married couple. The novel avoids sensational love triangles, showing two middle class partners drifting through boredom and quarreling, then discovering a lasting bond built on decency, affection, and years together.
A Baltimore laborer named Palton, employed at 2809 Forest Park Avenue, wrote The News Tuesday hoping to locate his sister, Kittie Peniton, whom he has not seen for 45 years. He requests contact through the newspaper.
The article warns picnickers to keep foods clean and cold, avoid cross contamination, and wash hands before handling food. It stresses pure water, proper waste disposal, fly control, and using clean containers, napkins, and waxed paper to prevent stomach distress and food spoilage in hot weather.
The snippet cites varied quotes from Cordell Hull Eddie Cantor Fronser Ripere and Dewey aide and mentions Mrs La Vesta Streafer in San Francisco about transplanting a deceased mother's eye to a minister.
Aug 10 at High Knob saw Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Mox tley Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Perkinson and daughter Winnie Jean Mr. Jacob S. Young Mrs. Louise Sel bs Miss Vertie Watkins and Miss Fannie Mabel Young attend. Harvey W. Moxley and nephew W. H. Perkinston of this place joined Maryland Master Plumbers outing at Brendel's Manor Park near Ellicott City. Willie C. Moxley family and Donald Moxley spent Sunday at Gien Echo. Patsy Barbara Perkinson visited Frederick with grandparents W. H. Koontz. Dorothy Butcher visited Baltimore with Leona Thompson.
The sixth annual Oland Craver families reunion gathered more than 300 people from Montgomery Frederick Howard and Baltimore counties and from Martinsburg West Virginia and Washington DC. Lunch was served at noon followed by an afternoon program of hymns recitations readings and songs by the youth. Mrs Minnerick of Baltimore gave an address. Ralph Hett was elected president Willard Harvey vice president and Nellie Craver secretary. The group voted to meet again next year at Cooksville on the first Sunday in August.
The Needle Art Club enjoyed a Monday evening gathering at the summer home of Mr and Mrs Emory Nusz in Rock Hall Lodge. Nine members and five guests attended with games and a picnic supper. Mrs Nusz and Mrs Wilbur Seeger received an attendance award from Mrs Scholl Hersperger for perfect attendance since the club’s 1936 formation. First fall meeting set for October 4.
Emil Ludwig Roosevelt a study in Fortune and Power sits among new titles at St Burr Art Library. Frances Parkinson Keyes Parts Unknown and Gwen Bristow The Handsome Road join novels. Clara Steeholm James I of England and Kathleen Norris Heartbroken Melody appear with Early American Glass by Rhea Mansfield Knittle. Rehearsal by Miriam A Franklin and The Voices of the Cathedral by Sartell Prentice expand non fiction. New children's books include Lucy Fitch Perkins The Japanese Twins and Heidi Grows Up by Charles Tritten.
The Luther League of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Lovettsville Virginia held a parish outing at Brad Dock Heights on Friday evening with a weiner roast. Attendees included Rev and Mrs A F Tobitz Misses Nina Hickman Elizabeth Frye Lillian Boyer Catherine Sendbower Mary Elizabeth Smith Mary Monroe Jackie Broan Evelyn Baker Evelyn Wright Mr and Mrs H D Beslly Russell Hickman Junior Smith Bernard Williams Lewis Sherman Frye L P Hickman Ernest Hickman Addison Everhart Richard Hickman Reginald Sandbower George Leo and James Reed Crawford Pesler William George and Williard of Burkitsville. An aerial survey crew in Nebraska reported grasshoppers at 20000 feet and at 11600 feet they captured a huge fly over one inch long.
A short, motivational verse by N. A. Lufburrow stresses that good business remains possible if confidence is restored. It urges quick action by the government to improve the economy and foster wider improvements.
A manners Q and A compiled by NEA Service tests etiquette for dining. It reviews coughing at table, leaving spoons in sherbet, drinking with soup spoons, using dessert spoons for soup, and proper soup spoon use on a soup plate. It also covers how to handle a tentative invitation with a late phone excuse versus a made up reason.
A compilation of anniversaries and birth dates featuring Edmund Randolph and other notable figures, with notes on death dates and historic events such as the 1821 Missouri statehood admission, 1846 Smithsonian creation, and 1933 NRA contract rulings. Includes today’s listed birthdays like Herbert Hoover and Norma Shearer.
The reading notes a stubborn yet persevering disposition that clings to tasks and remains undistracted, likely rising from obscurity to prominence through steady effort and vindictive resolve, with a focus on whatever matter is undertaken.
In Evansville Indiana on August 10 AP reported Mesker zoo workers faced a cash food shortage for a Monkey-faced Owl. A bright idea placed the owl in the elk barn already overrun with mice and rats. The owl fattened up while rodent numbers dwindled.
New York column offers quirky observations on restaurant fare and cocktails priced around 60 to 75 cents, Broadway activity with only ten plays, hints about Peter Pan casting, Shaw anecdotes, a restaurant staff tale on a rude performer, and Gregory Taylor keeping a goat and lamb for lawn care at his island home.
A surprise birthday celebration was held Monday evening for Mrs. William FE Buxton of Long Corner hosted by her children and friends. Attendees included Dr. C L Dawson and Mrs Dawson, Elmer Fleming and wife, Arthur Hawkins and wife, Clifton Mullinix and wife, George Scheel and wife, Herman Snyder and wife, Gillie Mullinix and wife, Waldon Day and wife, Thomas DeGrange and wife, Aubrey Fleming and wife, Swood Remsberg and wife, Nomman Moxley and wife, William Buxton and wife, Mrs. Percy Kelly, Mrs. Jinnie Warthen, Mrs. Eva Anglesbee, William Mullinix, Louise Mullinix, Virginia Mullinix, Margaret Remsberg, Loreaine Remsberg, Eileen Remsberg, Mil dred Fleming, Master Lacy De Grange, Herman Snyder Jr. and Donald Fleming.
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