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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes report assorted wartime items including Moroccan attackers near Saguedia, a Spanish convoy attack, and references to German and Hungarian figures. Many names and places appear garbled, obscuring clear attribution or sequence of events.
In Mount Grein Pennsylvania a local Brethren camp meeting body passes resolutions to curb immodest dress at Lake Conewago bathing benches. All persons over ten must wear long garments buttoned to two inches below the knee, covering with stockinette. Congressman Aaron S Kreider of Annuilly chairs the association.
Summary of Saturday results across leagues with scattered team matchups. St Louis hosted Chicago and Detroit faced New York, while Cleveland played Boston and other ties emerged amid varied lineups and batter performances.
Fragmented notes recount Saturday NL results with scattered team names. Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, New York, Boston and St Louis appear amid garbled lineups and partial scores, leaving an incomplete snapshot of standings and outcomes.
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania on August 18 a woman mixed and let dough rise in a bicycle towed oven while neighbors Drove in and out. The scene drew curious townsfolk as the motorcar era clashed with a traditional baking ritual.
The article lists varied percent hikes in living costs across multiple cities including Portland Maine Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Jacksonville Mobile Houston Seattle Los Angeles Chicago Detroit Cleveland and Chicago, showing clothing price increases exceeding other items. It notes housing, lighting and fuel costs as contributors and points to overall trend of higher expenses.
United States District Attorney John J. Kinnane seized hundreds of thousands of pounds of butter and eggs from the Detroit Retiring Company plant under the Lower Food Control Act. The action targets rye and dairy stocks held for several owners, with an ongoing wave of similar seizures planned. The total value runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars, involving Box River Batter, Brown company, and others. The stock was to be put on the market as part of enforcement efforts.
A motor train in the Filbert mine triggered a 40 ton rock fall, killing three miners near Wisontown, Abert, and Continental. Frank Moser, 28, James Jortin, 18, and William Festige, 19, died instantly. Rescue digging lasted four hours to reach the men.
A brief exchange notes that guide would show one of the robbers strongholds in the area, but the tourist declines saying they have fixed up a place at a hotel already. The item captures a London Tit-Wits style quip about crime and lodging.
London reports that twelve ladies in waiting led by the Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Eve Dugdale protested the king’s small stipend for court dress and expenses. The queen opposed immediate resignations and ordered an inquiry while granting a 10 percent increase to allowances, funded from the royal purse.
A Kane Pa laundress job inquiry raises questions about whether the employer has a driver or chauffeur. The incident includes misheard details about the worker’s origin and a heated questioning about premises and Chinese presence. The thread suggests confusion over who may be on site and the applicant’s claimed purpose.
A fragmented report details a local incident involving a sportsman named Rhine at a creek near Mousesbiota. It notes an attempt by a resident to reach a destination twenty miles away and describes his travel from the south, ending with unspecific consequences and unclear outcomes.
Prices at the Ik-Keepers market stalls caused unrest as millinery costs surged in Travers France. Police intervened to halt the reprisal actions against shop owners amid tensions over consumer price enforcement and a controversial 500 ferds demand.
The sixth and seventh issues of the Board of Trade Journal tally car licenses in England at 11,701, a figure deemed a fair estimate of cars in use across the country.
Pretty Bula, age 3, leapt from her car at Krupp crossing on the Reading road in Lansdale Pennsylvania as a northbound extra train approached. She heard the warning gong saw a watchman and chose the ditch rather than follow the road. The crash pinned her but she escaped serious injury.
Spain adheres to League of Nations and signed a doveauth to join the movement of actions in the Versates treaty. Chile plans electrification of 60 miles of railroad between Valparaiso and Santiago as part of regional development.
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