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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1926
Page
4
The Daily News Frederick Maryland publishes notices and dispatches from the Associated Press. Readers must provide real names for letters or opinions, and free notices resembling advertising must be mailed to the office. no phone submissions.
In colleges prizes honor quiet workers who tackle unwanted tasks. These students persist, do jobs to the best of their ability, gain experience daily, and over time stand out. Their example teaches community and business ambition to strive for achievement.
Olive Roberts Barton probes the lure of New York for a couple trained in writing and law. They gain income but face new expenses and social pressures, questioning whether urban freedom outweighs old neighbors and culture. The piece contrasts city loneliness with refined life in small towns and cites a Frederick daily editorial on Sunday baseball issues.
Citizens share views on Wittemnere's potential hanging. E A Grumbine says indications were against him. Charles Be Willard, John Abrecht, and R B Wiles express varying expectations. Officer Reverdy Dronenburg notes predicted execution from the start.
The debate compares Hagerstown and Frederick on how they handle a persistent law breach. The piece weighs costs and public regard, asking which city follows the smarter path to balance dollars and respect.
A review of anniversaries and notable birthdays with events dating from 1805 to 1925 and notable figures born on this date. Includes Dr Ashbel Smith, Col Isaac Sherwood, a Wagner festival opening, rail links Western Hy Tope Turkey, Potsdam funeral, Norway Sweden vote, 1906 Brownsville riot, 1924 floods in China, and achievements of Mustapha Kemal Pasha.
An editorial style reflection on money use contrasting thrift with waste. It notes the consequences of saving versus squandering earnings and points to Friday the Thirteenth as a caution. Mentions execution in Baltimore of Richard Reese Whittemore, aviations meeting in Dubendorff, and Jack Dempsey in Indianapolis court.
In Geneva a monument to Woodrow Wilson on Wilson Avenue near the lake reflects on Wilson’s League of Nations role and Americas mixed reception. The author notes Swiss peasants, labor patterns, and contrasts with American abundance highlighting perspective from a 1925 Geneva visit.
A muddled literary fragment shows a man wooing a woman beside a river. He promises devotion and money yet repeats loan requests. The scene ends with social discomfort as his persistence fails and he remains alone on the bank.
Fragmentary OCR text references an angel and a play or mastery scene, lacking clear names, dates, or locations. The readable parts indicate a discussion of a quick mastery or solution achieved in about a half hour, but the source is too damaged for concrete facts or identifiable entities.
Fragmentary text discusses a law and command to observe all written in it. It references making provisions and a call to heed the law, suggesting a moral or religious exhortation.
Twenty years ago today in Frederick a series of local events and people are recalled including figures such as Chief and commissioners Willard Markes and others. The fragmentary item hints at community memory and civic matters though details are unclear.
Dr. KE Kefauver records numerous July births in Frederick County listing parents, addresses, and associated family names. The long list names many couples, with locations such as Frederick Thurmont Libertytown Walkersville and others, reflecting a detailed county birth record. The report also notes May and June births reported later, and totals of birth certificates received.
Miss Flossie Harr of Indian Springs visits Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Marker near Middletown. Dr. and Mrs. E. I. Schmid and Jack Cecil leave for a Wilmington and Atlantic City vacation. Miss Anna Catherine Hull visits Mrs. David Bratt Baker on Gibson Island. Miss Sue Owings of Howard county visits Miss Marr Motter. Esther Coblentz Ruth Reinecke and Margaret Roderick with Marshall L. Etchison sail from Boulogne to America. D. Thomas Ordeman returns from his mother’s home in West Third Street to College Park. Catherine Miller and Katherine Catshall of Woodsboro trip to Albany Troy and Edson River country with John Miller near Philadelphia. Eleanor Abbott spends time with Mrs. J. Marshall Miller. Edith and Virginia Miller in New York City. Frank Younking of the First National Bank Hagerstown vacationing two weeks with his father Romer Younkins near Middletown.
Theatre News Empire reports Tom Moore and Edith Roberts co star in On Thin Lee a crack drama at Maryland theatre tonight Also scheduled are a two reel comedy Pathe News with Larry Lemon featuring The Girl in The Limousine and Ben Turpin in Three Foolish Weeks plus a news reel
Smithsonian Insists on notes about sharks and a small item from Hanahan shows a specimen that is sooty black and about 24 inches long. The report mentions a head, a peal shine, and a peculiar description of a creature associated with the sea region.
East Fourth Street news carrier Chas E Troxell is confined to his home suffering from poison ivy contracted while camping. A free employment agency for motion picture extras in Hollywood has placed 1837 extras in six months, earning millions in wages.
A lighthearted verse notes how children cause wear and tear in a family's new car. It playfully describes Little Willie and Sister Sue dirtying seats with candy and mud, prompting parents to face higher upkeep and depreciation. The piece blends humor with a caution about family use of a new vehicle.
Dr Huey S Cummins Surgeon General warns of severe burns from celluloid sun visors on hot days. The National Safety Council reports people burn when lighting pipes or cigarettes near inflammable eye shades. Advises nonflammable alternatives for workers and caution for children around bonfires.
The Union Chapel Sunday School near Libertytown held its third annual outing August 11 in Shriners woods along the Monocacy. Men defeated the Young Men 15 to 8 in a Bible class baseball game while children enjoyed events and prizes. A lunch was served at Nogona as a long list of attendees, including many families, socialized and attended the event.
A spontaneous combustion fire at James D. King’s farm two miles west of Germantown in Montgomery County destroyed barns and storage, with 4390 bushels of wheat and hay burned. Furniture saved amid insurance coverage. firemen and neighbors fought the blaze but could not stop it. The incident is described as the largest in the area in recent years.
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