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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
3
Martinsburg to oppose team in two games as league season opens. Plans for next year discussed as canceled event fades. Frederick, Hagerstown, Martinsburg in Healthy Manly Friendship league with Manager Jack and a fresh morning Buds greeting.
Tri City League standings show Hagerstown Martinsburg and Frederick in contention with a busy schedule. Yesterday’s rain canceled games, but upcoming doubleheaders and new players, including Zirkle and Brady, promise stronger lineups. League aims to expand to Cumberland and other towns with possible salary increases to attract talent.
Postmaster W C Birely reports changes in money order charges with a uniform 1 percent fee on the highest amount. The new schedule consolidates 14 fees into 10 subparts and applies to foreign post offices including Great Britain, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Also notes return of doctors Tonkin and Oates from Europe amid war zone travel concerns. warnings against mercury-containing catarrh remedies. ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Wall's Family Pilla.
Congressman David J. Lewis of Maryland has drafted a bill to form within the Department of Commerce a bureau of marine insurance. The director would be paid 5000 a year and the bureau would regulate the insurance of vessels and cargoes with broad regulatory power. The measure reflects concerns heightened by the European war and aims to provide federal supervision of marine risks.
J H Coleman of E T Clymonts Co brokers Pittsburgh announce the South Mountain Fruit Growers' Association has reorganized at Hagerstown and signed a contract to market the peach crop there. The association shipped its first carload of peaches yesterday from Smithsburg. Also mentions Chamberlain's Tablets as stomach aid with testimonials and local dealer ads.
A reader describes going to a game with friends and waiting for a thrilling moment. They hear a familiar umpire call ball and strike and watch the score. Frustration grows as the crowd debates what comes next, ending with a vow to never attend again.
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