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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1911
Page
3
Local notes from Creagerstown describe visits among Hagerstown, Baltimore, Frederick and Waynesboro residents. Guests attended church activities, picnics, festivals, and a State Grange fair in Taneytown. Various families, travel by auto, illness updates, and upcoming services round out the social recap.
Mrs John Rohrer of Hagerstown is in serious condition after a burglar entered her room and beat her as she tried to rise from the bed. Her 12 year old son William awakened and alerted neighbors while the intruder fled out the rear door. a watch belonging to the boy was the only item taken.
Gardeners can extend the harvest by sowing turnips in August in cornfields for late fall use. Onion sets, spinach, and peas provide late crops with protection on cold nights. Beans and radishes offer easy second crops, while careful water use from household waste water can boost early celery, beets, and radishes without creating a damp yard.
An east side peddler of crockery cried his wares while a broken horse pulled a dilapidated wagon. A grinder with a wheeled lathe announced his presence by horn, spurring the horse to charge. The horse halted at Grand street and the cavalry spirit faded as the owner reclaimed it. Advertsing besets success.
Lier A. Knutson, a Tacoma Building laborer, recounts his terrifying fall from the fifth to the basement after an elevator shaft mishap. He describes losing hold, tumbling past floors, a long free fall, and a final, painful landing. Despite the ordeal, he finds humor in his escape and reflects on past sins with no time to repent during the fall.
The Morris Iron Company expands its lighting and trolley pole production for worldwide orders, excluding Europe. Unsolicited requests from Guayaquil Ecuador and Brazil. shipments also reach Argentina, Capetown, Zanzibar, China, and Japan. Company employs 2386 workers. expansion to cast semi steel planned in about three months. Frederick Railroad switch to be completed in about two weeks.
Witness describes panic as beams gave way and he fell to the floor below. He recalls his mind focused on self preservation the moment he realized he was descending, believing any distraction could have ended worse.
Anarchy in current fashion provokes critics who call for artist control. A forthcoming exhibit in November will showcase six hundred dolls, half a yard tall, each dressed in original artist designs. Professional dressmakers are excluded and the aim is tasteful, ornamental attire without extravagance.
News of the churches reports that there will be no prayer meeting at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South tomorrow evening due to the pastor’s absence.
Washington hosts three top moving picture firms racing for ideal vantage points across the Capitol grounds. One Chicago operator, Thomas Persons, secured a roof view of the Capitol and sought views of Commerce and Labor, while attempts to film Admiral Togo’s Washington progress circulated. Elliott Woods denies access without consent from Speaker Clark and Vice President Sherman.
The piece surveys laughter from a humorist and Sir Charles Bell, defining it as a diaphragm convulsion with a vocal surge and facial expression. It notes some individuals never laugh, citing William Jr and historical figures Queen Mary I, John Knox, Robespierre, Moltke, and the iron duke, who rarely smiled.
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