Frederick City Keeps Three Year Tax Rate At 1.10
At a regular meeting Aldermen set the next year's tax rate at 1.10 per hundred, identical to the previous three years, to address outstanding debts and move toward cash basis. City to pursue about 25,000 in back taxes with payment window before legal collection. Garbage contract awarded to TD Atlee Haines for three years at 9,870, with Wirts previously handling at 5,845. Streets to be flushed to curb diseases. financial statements to be reviewed. bids for new bond issue to be opened Friday. special meeting announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
A. Haines
Atlee Hainea
North Bentz
Street
Eugene Wirts
Edwin Freed
John Esterly
Charles Fagan
William H. Freed
B. Eugene Wirts
Aubrey A. Nicodemus
Thoilderman Charlene TT
Lewis
Claims Committee
J. Henry Schmidt
H. C. Roberts Electric Supply Company Oc
Antozone Chemical Co
Marken & Blelfeld
R. D. Wood & Co
Board of Aldermen
Commercial State Bank
Wm. C. Robinson & Son Co
Crane Company
Aickers En ‘ Albaugh & Harrington
H. P. Shipley
G. O. Paxson & Co
M. Green
Steiner Bros
Dansberger Printery
Wm. B. Dana Co
General Electric Co
Social notes highlight visits and travel in Frederick area
A long list of Frederick residents and guests details brief trips and relatives visits across Baltimore Litheticown Youngstown and Philadelphia. Names include Mr David Lowenstein Mrs Zimmerman Mrs Stull Miss Young and Miss Cramer among others while several parties travel to Atlantic City Baltimore and Braddock Heights reflecting a busy social season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lowenstein
Baltimore
Charles H. Baughman
Second Street
Buena Vista
Anstry F. Zimmerman
West All Saints’ Street
Measra
Sheridan Blentlinger
Murray Wachter
Litthestown
Carlton Stull
Misa Stella
George Stull
West
Church Street
Stewart PL
New Orleans
J. Roger Fisher
News Business Office
Youngstown
Ohio
Daniel Seeger
Earl
St. Louis
Thin City
F.C. Knott
East Church Street
East Patrick Street
Adele Coneles
Helen McKewen
G. Jacob Buckey
South Market Street
Charlen Spellman
Hazerstown
E. W. Edmunds
Allee
Lauree Hoover
Washington, D. C
Mro
Mra
Miss Young
America
Mr. Burke
York
Faithbanks Company
Philadelphia
Frederick
Pheresa Trail
Charleston
W. Va
Margaret Shamons
North Market Treet
Waynesboro
Micwes Halen
Edna Roothey
Minnie Brachey
Pearl
Blanche Atkinson
East Third Street
Lancaster and
Littestown
Louise Swartz
Stanley Swartz
West Fourth Street
Pen-Mar
DE. Kefanver
Nort Market Street
New York City
Kefanver
Katherine R. Cramer
Pine Orchard
Conn
Richard Rising
Great Barrington
C. R. Stimpson
Beulah Simpson
Yellow Springs
Elmer Murray
Washington
Roscoe Murray
Mary Atkinson
Port Deposit
Hummelbaugh
West Patrick Street
Hin Trdber
Chambersburg
Lena Derr
Fengaville
Lena
Edmunds
Margaret Pyung
Etchison
Braddock Heights
Dr King’s New Discovery Ends Hacking Cough
A vintage medical ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for hacking coughs. It claims soothing pine balsam and tar heal irritated air passages, soothe raw spots, and prevent body rigors, promoting natural healing and improved respiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Machine at Commercial State Bank Automates Deposits
The Commercial State Bank announced installation of a Burroughs Adding and Subtracting Machine to prepare depositor statements. It mechanically handles entry of deposits and checks, with overdraft detection, reducing labor in a Fredericksburg area bank and marking the first such device in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial State Bank
Burroughs
Frederick
Tully
Two Boys and a Career Lesson From Industry
A tale shows two college bound youths with modest start letters to a large shipbuilding firm. One becomes a sorter scrap iron, rises to department head in two years, while the other seeks any clerkship and remains far behind. The piece contrasts merit and opportunity with a moral on career growth.
State Troops Face Imaginary Foe In Make Believe Battle
Eagle Pass Texas August 17 The First Maryland Regiment with Majors Riley and Markey fought a make believe battle against an imaginary enemy along with the Fourth and Fifth Regiments They dug trenches and attacked as a brigade in a mock combat that produced a morale lift Meanwhile Sergeant Richard P McCardell says Company G will depart Cumberland on September 31 with guardsmen to be relieved by other national guards in a scheduled transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Texas
Majora Riley
Record
Markey
Maryland
Oll
Gaither
Company A
Storm
Kreh
Frederick
Cumberland
Richard P. McCardell
Maryland Regiment
Engle Pass
Tim
Uncertain Fragments on Cumberland Times Editor
Fragmentary OCR notes recall a Cumberland Times editor and references to a Mr McCarden and a brother Hey RicCur dull, mentioning border service and a prominent charter. Details are unclear but point to editorial staff and local newspaper context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Border Service
McCarden
Wue
Hey RicCurdull
Charter and New Paper
Te Cumberland ‘Times
Price of Books Ascends Amid Paper Cost Surges
A New York World dispatch reports publishers and retailers have raised prices on most books. Books previously 50 cents to 1 dollar now rise 10 cents. 1 to 2 dollar titles increase 25 cents. Higher prices reflect 50 to 100 percent increases in paper leather cloth and ink over the past year. Publishers warn further 10 to 20 percent hikes may come, hoping the European war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Concensus
Europe
Approval of Bridge Erection by Washington County Board
The Board of Commissioners yesterday approved plans for a bridge to be erected by the W. M. Ry. along the Blue Mountain route from the Blue Mountain house. They will notify offenders blocking the Weverton to Harper's Ferry road and issue warrants if the obstruction continues. Citizens along the road haul poles to the railroad and store them beside the path. residents complain the road is often impassable. Several road bills were passed, and a 1915 statistic notes United States coke production at 41,581,150 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Washington County
W. M. Ry
Blue Mountain Bouse
Weverton
Harper's Ferry
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. Atlee Haines
Kansas City Journal
Rita Lowell
Chicago
Dartmouth
Luxury
Tmrem
Houston
Ronth
Tatrice
Frederick County
Ascend
Washington County Commissioners
United States
the Central Trust Company
Frederick Gas & Electric Co
East Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
Lehr Pianos
Cramer's Palace OF Music
James E. Doll
Oftician
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