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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1913
Page
6
The Frederick News announces subscription rates for daily and semi weekly editions, mailing options, club incentives, and payment terms. It lists circulation details, telegraph and office services, and reporting contact points with local distribution outlets and locations in Frederick Maryland.
Frederick County opens its first summer school for teachers with high enrollment. The program emphasizes practical classroom training over traditional lectures and gains strong support from teachers and county authorities seeking to improve instruction.
The 79th convention of apple shippers in Cleveland Ohio emphasized scientific methods for cultivating and harvesting apples. Attendees discussed careful harvesting to prevent bruising and emphasized cultivation practices to improve fruit quality and yield.
Farmers increasingly treat orchards as real crops. Seeding and soil work improve yield while spraying, cultivation, and careful packing become common after a Cleveland meeting. Apple production rises across states, signaling a growing national asset.
The Philadelphia Press warns that wood is a poor electrical conductor but still risky under trees during storms. People seeking shelter beneath branches may face fatal shocks, with guidance to remain indoors or seek building shelter and, if trapped outside, endure the weather calmly rather than rushing to trees.
A snippet from Chicago News notes Higgins asking about Whit wire in literature and his lively imagination while Wiggins says he excels, now missing excuses for married men. A small boy buys five five cent cigars from a druggist, who jokes that the boy’s father smokes if five cent cigars.
Readers ponder topics from entering a mall to a circus plan and weigh in on brides eleven times. The note questions readers about naming candidates, water meters, a diary, and plans for Fauntleroy Anger as vacation winds down.
Mr. DeWitt Hackett a machinist at Buckeystown Brick Works suffered a serious ankle injury after a clay car jumped the track. He rode to the shed to the clay bank and leaped to avoid being crushed. Initial thoughts called it a sprain but X rays at Frederick revealed a more serious fracture. he was taken to Frederick City Hospital for treatment and is improving.
The funeral of Wilbur Arnold son of Mr and Mrs Millard Arnold of Burkittsville was held yesterday at 3 pm with Rev W O Sykes officiating. Pallbearers were Lloyd Kepler Ira Beady Charles Beelke Elmer Compher Ralph Huffer and George Pfeiffer. Burial was at Union cemetery Burkittsville. Remains were sent from Hagerstown yesterday morning. Undertaker was J R Roeltke of Burkittsville. Arnold died in Chicago while on vacation.
Frederick column notes dated August 18 1894 report tomato prices rising at market due to short supply amid heat. Bailiffs for petit and grand juries named Johan E Grumbine and Charles Z Poole. Aldermen grant Agricultural Society permission to lay a water main to the Fair Grounds and discuss Northwestern Addition grading and water mains. Major Jenning states North Market pump is a time arte and orders the handle removed.
Italian immigrant Tony Milogieno aged about 183 cars of age was injured yesterday at Frederick Junction when he fell between two freight cars. He suffered a badly mashed foot and was taken to Frederick City Hospital, then moved to Montevue to recover. He said he was trying to “beat” his way to Pittsburgh when the accident occurred. He is expected to leave soon.
Funeral services conducted at the late residence on East Patrick Street by Rev J Ringer for Mrs Rachel Vo Fout with pallbearers Harvey R Lease John Wisner Bartholomew Bonanabel Lewis W Mehrling Jesse Kaufman and Mr House Interment in Mu Olivet cemetery Caris Funeral Director Asst Instructor at Business College William Lo Schaefer has accepted a position as assistant instructor in bookkeeping at Baltimore Business College Baltimore Md He will take up duties after a summer course and a short vacation in Frederick
Jacob Hardt was appointed dog catcher to enforce a new ordinance targeting untagged and unmuzzled dogs. The mayor aims to remove dogs at large, paying $2 for each killed, with $1 redeemable by owners. the context follows a rat terrier attack that injured two-year-old William Mackley.
Frederick hosts a reunion planning session for the 1910 class of the local Boys High School. Members from Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cumberland, and other places are listed. A banquet is likely, with discussions at the MLC A this evening and hopes for a first reunion. Firemen aiming for engineer roles may attend a special air brake course arranged by the Western Mainland Railway.
A man suffered a violent fall on the sidewalk near the Square Corner last evening around 7 o clock after an epileptic attack. He struck his chin on the pavement and received attention from Dr Harrer.
In a local business note Georges EO Willer has retired the Toons TF South Market Street opposite the Boand O Depot and opened a sonorial parlor.
Motter Bros. & Co. Bankers and Brokers report corrected stock prices up to noon on August 18, 1912. Listings include Cotton Duck, Seaboard Air Line stocks, Houston Oil, United Ry funding, Western Maryland Istes, and various rail and banking entities with reported prices and percent figures.
Frederick County National Bank in Frederick Maryland reports its condition as of August 9 1912. The document lists assets liabilities capital and miscellaneous financial details as required by banking regulations of the era.
Quotations from Matter Mros & Co accompany a humorous exchange about cuff and collar button troubles. A vacuum cleaner remark ties the quip to the office item joke style common in financial pages of the era.
Financial notice advertises ground rents first mortgages and 5 percent bonds backed by a $7,000,000 company. It promotes fee simple first mortgages in Baltimore and local areas, plus Western Farm Illinois loans at five percent for five years. The seller invites inquiries at Suite Four Rederic Puthan Castle Maryland with supporting facts and figures.
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