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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
5
The notice from The Daily News Frederick Md outlines rules for letter submissions and writings. It states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication and requires writers’ names for quoted statements. Free notices must be written and mailed to the office. telephone notices will not be accepted.
A Frederick News editorial extols the United States as a unified nation with vast geography and shared culture. It urges readers to value national harmony, exchange newspapers with distant states, and consider problems from a broad national perspective to promote the public welfare.
Miss Lucy Plummer of New Market presents historical documents arguing William Plummer helped establish part of New Market. She cites 1792 papers and land records from Frederick County, listing tracts and rents and referencing an original page in Liber W. R. Folio 464 and 465.
A quoted fragment from Maryland's Constitution asserts the comptroller of the treasury grants, with law prescribed recusations, warrants for state money and countersigns checks drawn by the treasurer upon state banks. It outlines transfer forms of stock or debt evidence, stating such actions are invalid without countersignature.
In a reader poll respondents propose causes for rising murders in Frederick County. Kenneth Haller links bootleg liquor, Al Stine cites national unrest, Benjamin Knodle doubts booze alone, while Ross Myers and Harry Sherald express uncertainty about the factors.
Ten years of Agriculture Department tests by Dr. Frederick V. Coville reveal freezing aids temperate climate plants. The studies show winter dormancy starts before cold, and only after complete dormancy can spring growth resume. In one test blueberry stems outside thrived after freezing while indoor parts stayed dormant.
An exploration party led by Capt Angus Buchanan, with one Englishman and one Scot, under Vader Rothschild auspices, pushes into central Sahara to collect birds animals and plants and seek traces of ancient civilizations while filming local life. The camel caravan travels north of Nigeria with limited communications after leaving Agades, risking long gaps in news.
Twenty years ago today a cornstalk with potatoes attached was sent to the News office. A local athletic club formed with fifty charter members after a speech by Dr Edward Nelson. Democrat primaries named delegates for county convention meeting in Frederick. J Elmore Waltman resigns seat on county board. Prof Robert Emmett Roelke to perform with trained dogs at Inwood Fair Martingburg West Virginia.
A county section lists visits and travels of residents and relatives. Miss Margaret Wagner of Catonayville visits grandparents Mr and Mrs H C Trundle. Gertrud Lilly of McSherrystown visits Mrs Q S Albsugh. Francis Sappington of Baltimore spends weekend with parents. Mrs Albert Boyer and Baltimore children visit Edgar Hammond and others. Mrs Harry Boyle of Emmitsburg returns after pleasant visit. Violet Beall spends weekend with friends in Sameville. Evelyn DeSheilds of Baltimore visits Bessie Carter. Mrs C F Buelling and children return to Washington DC after time with her mother Mrs J J Hitselberger. Miss Helen Sappington, Baltimore trained nurse, visits parents. Edith Carter of Baltimore spends week with Regina Diller. Mary Myers in Baltimore. James F Hitselberger returns to Washington after vacation with grandmother Mrs J Hitselberger. Mollie Carter of Baltimore spends week with Mrs M F Starr. Mable Wilhide returns to Thurmont from visit with aunt Mrs Wallace Beall. Sidney Trundle family of Takoma Park visit H C Trundle. J J Hitselberger Jr of Rockwood PA visits mother. Mrs Frank Fritz of Mt Airy spends Sunday with brother Rippeon, Ruth Rippeon accompanies her. Martha Sneadner visits niece Mrs Gertrude Lease of Johnsville. Bayard Grabil and family visiting in Baltimore. Dr T HR Myers spending time. Mrs Theresa Hitselberger visits Mrs Wm Ramsburg at Braddock Heights.
August reports from Taneytown and Bartholows list a flurry of relatives and friends visiting kin across Pennsylvania and Maryland. Dozens of names appear visiting family in Littlestown York Philadelphia Baltimore and Frederick with weekend trips and host gatherings noted.
The Old Home Town column by Stanley Bigheart presents a teen era snapshot from 1922, a light weekly feature in a small town newspaper. It captures local youth activities and whimsical observations with period tone and community spirit.
Squee Mather plays the uke and leads the group in a humorous cowboy song. The tale traces how camp songs evolve as cowboys sing old verses, add new lines, and pass tunes along. Fans discuss classic pieces from Oh bury me not on the prairie to Zebra Dun and Jesse James, noting Texas origins and frontier humor.
Mr Ernest Snyder bought Frank Burk's property and James Wright of Plane No 4 bought the property where Snyder resides and will move this fall. Louis Molesworth spent Saturday in Baltimore. Mrs Harry Mount helping her husband pack tobacco was struck on the head by a falling joist and cut badly. Monroe Rice of Baltimore was here Sunday.
A fragment from a 1. National N. newspaper hints at a dispute involving Ike Lark and a sister described as having “kick coming.” The text references Green Castia and a copyright note, suggesting a clipped or damaged historical item with limited readable facts.
Graceham notes list visitors and relatives from Waynesboro Emmitsburg Baltimore Sabillasville Thurmont and Hagerstown. Names include Miss Kate Hoover Mr Wm Colliflower Mrs Amerine Miss Williard Mr and Mrs Jacob Freeze and others as they plan moves and gatherings with family members.
In Baltimore on August 17 the Colliflower family and others are listed. Due to the pastor's illness there will be no preaching on Sunday morning August 20. The Willing Workers of St Matthews Lutheran plan a festival on August 19. Several locals, including Charles Lambert, Renn family, Plunkard, Easterday, Coran, Whipp, Lines, and Thomas families, are noted visiting, returning, or spending time with relatives.
Miss Lillian Anderson Hersperger daughter of Mrs William Hersperger of Buckerstown and Dr Grant Eben Ward son of Professor and Mrs F D Ward of Sullivan Ohio were married at the bride’s home Wednesday August 16 at 7 pm Rev Raymond Wilhelm of the Reformed church performed the ceremony After a Western trip the couple will reside at 1601 Entow Place Baltimore Dr Ward a Johns Hopkins Medical School graduate class of 1921 is on staff at the Howard A Kelly Hospital
On August 17 events include Lovelace becoming royal governor of New York in 1668 and early mentions of New England history recaps in 1721. The Civil War era notes reference Fort Sumter destruction and a 1862 Leo Frank incident. Wartime entries cite 1915 mob actions and 1918 indictments connected to war profiteering with the era’s military strength noted.
Dorothy, an dreamy student labeled odd by her family, learns during dinner a visiting professor is present but that she is almost completely deaf from a prior illness. Her parents discuss her condition with the guest as Dorothy sits mute, haunted by misunderstanding and sorrow.
A Syracuse Herald blurb recalls old English wedding customs where the groom gave a monetary purse with a ring. The ring signified the wife’s entrusted property along with household seals and iron siege rings. The piece notes the left hand vein to the heart belief and jokes that vacations just change mosquitoes.
The article discusses resilience in farming as growers rely on diversified crops so a partial failure in one yield does not threaten overall stability. It emphasizes risk management through varied cultivation and steady production across multiple crops.
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