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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
4
The Frederick News outlines subscription prices and mailing options. Rates start at one cent per address with four month and annual plans. mail delivery available to any United States address. Printing services offered at competitive prices, plus local newspaper distribution details and contact points.
The sinking of the British steam ship Arabic by a German submarine tests the United States and Germany over armed passenger ship rights. President Wilson’s note warned against repeated violations of neutral rights, while Germany shows determination to press submarine warfare despite U S objections. The issue is clearly drawn as the nation seeks peace yet will defend its neutral rights amid a volatile crisis.
An old Frederick County column discusses tramps as a degraded social form and gypsy tribes as distinct, educated groups with reformist potential. It notes public hostility to wandering communities, reports on three deteriorating state bridges, a local student winning an agricultural college scholarship, and the closure of the Kline grocery on North Market Street.
Supt G Llord Malmer requests that pupils who finished seventh grade and will not enter high school this year report to their respective schools on Monday and Tuesday September 6 and 7 to allow principals to make proper assignments before school teams begin on Wednesday September.
Mr and Mrs Lines Offutt of Bethesda district Montgomery counts were injured Thursday morning when their auto, driven toward Mr Offutt, collided with a heavy rattie track three miles east of Rockville on the Washington Rockville Pike. Eight Months for Vagrancy. John Benson, arrested by Constable Miller on a charge of vagrancy, was sent to the House of Correction for eight months by Magistrate Andere. Benson was caught begging near the B and O station, Rev Dr and Mr Marion Z Kline Altoona Pa are on a trip to Frederick traveling from the White Mountains brought here by the illness of Tr Kline's sister Miss Clara Kline.
A reader praises retrenchment efforts by H Dorsey Etchison in Frederick County and commends The Baltimore Sun for exposing state spending. The writer argues for electing a forceful, reform minded delegation to the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates and credits Etchison with public-spirited budgeting ideas. The letter urges party unity to nominate Etchison for the Maryland Senate.
O W Stratton secretary of Washington D C A visited Washington yesterday and praised the Frederick building. He is staying at Braddock Heights and recently returned from Silver Bay. Seattle Priest Here Rev John McHugh of St Josephs Church Seattle is guest of Rev W J Kane at St Johns rectory. Father Karr joined him on his West tour.
Deed records show transfer of property in Rosemont from W. B. L and Carrie D. B. James, his wife, to Teresa Irene Zeigler for eight hundred pounds. The transaction details list heirs and the involved parties in the conveyance.
Local items from The News column dated August recounts Frederick events twenty years back. Arrangements for Frederick Fair are under way, while officials and workers like Harry Keefer and Inter State Telephone Co men are noted. A turtle captured weigh two pounds, and accidents include a child injured wreathing a companion, plus a wagon incident near William Anderson’s farm.
Frederick men aged 18 to 45 may enroll for a one week military training at Saunders Range in Maryland’s State Military Instruction Camp opening September 25. Cost about 12 dollars covers equipment and meals. recruitment begins Monday with plans modeled on Plattsburg. Local officers and instructors headed by Capt. G Arthur Hadsell and Lt. Waddell will oversee training and winter instruction plans.
A brief notice advertising special deposits offers a liberal rate of interest to attract customers. The item emphasizes competitive returns and safety, aiming to draw savers to place funds with the institution.
Samuel Rea president of the Pennsylvania Railroad underwent an operation at Polyelynic Hospital. The result is satisfactory and he rests comfortably. He has been in the hospital since August 7 and his ailment is described as not critical. Washington reports Marines land at St Marc Haiti to take control of the town. An attempted opposing sale is noted. Gerson Rosenour receives new Chandler automobile, a six cylinder seven passenger showy machine.
Entrance tests for the Johns Hopkins University engineering program are scheduled for September 1 in McCoy Hall. Scholarships are awarded by the engineering department based on merits, with several ten or more Wyant scholarships available. Candidates must apply through the university under Mars dager and are advised to check dates for September 10 and other exam locations.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Howard's dyspepsia remedy and Dr Pearce's cheaper offer. It claims regular price 50 cents, sale price 25 cents, promising relief of constipation and dyspepsia with sixty doses. It asserts savings for families and cites Pearce's belief in the medicine's efficacy and reliability.
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