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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
6
Fragmentary notice from The Daily News mentions a building project and a manufacturing company. Other readable bits reference controlled access and a local focus, with unclear specifics. The text is garbled but hints at a street paving or construction context and a credited printing firm.
A 1920 discussion notes Alaska's vast timber reserves could ease wartime paper scarcity, with Tongass and Chugach forests offering pulpable spruce and fir. It warns the depreciated dollar harms thrift, calls for price cuts by profitable firms, and urges policies to revive supply and stabilize wages.
An Inquiring Reporter panel in Frederick County collects views on women's suffrage. Bank clerk F. Ross Myers sees gradual turnout growth after initial apathy. Payne of C and P Telephone notes few desire to vote. A salesman doubts policy integrity. women may defer to husbands. SAPPINGTON praises rights. STULL predicts most ladies stay away.
Wordy weather reduced attendance at the opening day of the Eighteenth Annual Partners Fair Flora Show and Tournament at Willwood Park near Mt Airy. The parade and Taylostown band brightened proceedings amid light crowds while judges prepare livestock ribbons and booths await the daytime crowd. Proceedings include coronation and dancing pavilion events with Michael Walsh and Roger Day delivering addresses as knights crowned for prizes and honors.
A delightful gathering was held last evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Evin Hartman in honor of their daughters Grace and Moscalleene. Attendees included Raymond Starr John Young Sparry Storm Gordon Spurrier George Paxson Jerald Isbell Franela Vekstein Max Everhart Roy Richards Carl Iahn Henry Schuoler Robert Eisenhauer Charles Butcher Donald Rice Oliver Keefer Lincoln Englebrecht Addison Malcom Hoffman Hedor Kreh Grace Rosealeene Hoffman Anna Cutler Thelma Cutler Lenore Hemmond Ethan Kurtz Thelma Rickards Erma Stunne Catherine Goodman Gladys Baar Genevieve Koogle Ethel Bents Dorothy Kints Charlotte Roy Sarath Staley Alice Staley Mr and Mrs Lloyd Culler Mr and Mrs William Staley Mr and Mrs William Stultz and daughter Miriam Mrs Raymond Loy Mrs Addison Hofman Mrs Addie Kreh.
Potts and Grien sold to Edward Birtcherd, of Southern Virginia, the 42 acre Beachley property just north of Frederick adjoining the city limits. The farm features a modern 12 room brick house and essential outbuildings, long home of the late Judge John C Motter. Beachley owned the property since 1916. Birtcherd will stay in Virginia until January 1922 before moving with his family to Frederick.
Prof. George Edward Smith sang a solo at the Re formed reunion near Latrobe Pa. A straw ride honored Miss Emma Hartlett of York by her friends. The Myersville Junior Christian Endeavor plans a picnic at Brad dock Heights tomorrow. Mrs. Henry Hahn and Miss Clara Zimmerman report cactus gigantea in bloom at Fast Patrick street homes.
Maryland officials dispute Washington census figures showing high state government costs in 1919. Governor Ritchie and State Roads chief John H Mackall warn the data misrepresents Maryland due to highway and waterway costs and 1910 baselines, urging official figures for comment. Revenue and tax projections for 1920 suggest little change in per capita costs despite overall cost increases.
Purely personal notes list frequent visits and trips among Freder ick residents and friends. Mr and Mrs Joseph Clifton and Mr and Mrs William Johns of Johnstown Pa return from visiting Roy Cutsail at Frederick Junction. Other entries mention Alexander K Anderson visiting his parents in Frederick after four years in Charlottesville and work with Dail Overland Company, plus visits by Elizabeth Cahill and Miss Charlotte Motter, and others traveling to Washington Tokyo and Japan via various clubs and churches.
William O. Keller longtime Buckeystown businessman and head of Keller Lime Company died at 5 40 PM after a brief illness of general septicaemia He was 50 born February 23 1870 in Buckeystown and married Elizabeth Grace Getzendaner in 1901 He leaves a daughter Elizabeth Grace a son William O Keller Jr several nieces and nephews and two brothers Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 PM from his home with Curry Funeral Director in charge He was active in Columbia Lodge No 68 A I and A M and Frederick Lodge.
A farmer may soon glimpse an army plane overhead bearing insignia from World War I era units. The piece discusses civilian identifications, the wartime symbols painted on aircraft, and public curiosity about which squadron flew over battles like the Argonne.
Plan to build a sea schooling vessel for Bradford youths to study while at sea. Socialists push a six to twelve month voyage, with the ship moored at Bradford docks or sailing ferries during vacations, aiming to cover costs by cargo revenue and boarding.
A New York woman Mrs Earl Monger spotted an overturned rowboat while using a telescope for fun. She guided rescuers to the drifting boat near Parkway Beach. Lifesavers towed four boys aged twelve to fifteen to shore, exhausted and unconscious.
David Kes singer from Hagerstown says he gained 65 pounds after a year of soft food and credits Dreco with restoring his strength appetite and sleep. He and his wife report relief from dyspepsia constipation and nervousness and urge readers to try the remedy as summer approaches. Pearse's Modern Pharmacy Frederick advertises the medicine.
British wool and worsted workers plan to contract out of the national unemployment insurance bill by creating a separate scheme. In the northern wool textile area about 200000 youths and women over sixteen would be covered with employer contributions and a state top up. An estimated extra benefit fund of 501,980 dollars is anticipated beyond state provisions.
The article extols a new automatic phonograph described as highly ingenious. It can play any record in sequence, insert intervals from ten seconds to thirty minutes, repeat when desired, and stop at a preset point. When shared, an arm retrieves records from the rack and centers them on the turntable.
An antiseptic powder, Allen's Foot-Taso, is advertised to make shoes feel more comfortable and extend wear. Sprinkled in shoes and foot baths, it eases tight or new footwear. women can even wear one size smaller. Sold widely.
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