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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
4
Fashion shops preview fall hats and suits as summer ends with a focus on garnet velvet, painted trim, and flat effect silhouettes. Designers expect Gainsborough shapes with ostrich plumes and Tom OShanter crowns to lead, while city visitors showcase more ornate styles in windows.
E K Smith secretary of the B and O Railroad Y M C A Brunswick bought the property on the east side of Seventh Avenue near Park Avenue from Mrs Florence Weaning of Cleveland Ohio through IH M Jones real estate and insurance agent. The six room dwelling is an investment. Also reports about American fishing schooners seized by British patrol boats off Iceland and the Eureka quake with two shocks but no damage.
An old advertisement cites a distinguished physician warning that kidneys cause premature decay from toxins like uric acid. It promotes Anuric tablets, discovered by Dr. Pierre of Buffalo, claiming to flush uric acid, relieve backache and rheumatic pains, and help readers live to 100 by daily hot water and morning sips of Anuric.
London reports Bulgarian troops probing the Struma valley while no major fighting occurs on the Macedonian front. Doiran front observations note two battalions near Dautu repelled by allied forces. Bulgarian gains stretch into Greek soil as 300000 Bulgarians and 100000 Austro Hungarian and German troops operate under German officers amid heat and rugged terrain. Romania’s entry could push Greece to abandon neutrality.
Negotiations for a coalition cabinet in Copenhagen failed as left and conservative parties rejected radical and Socialist demands. They pressed for immediate sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States and seven cabinet seats. Premier Zable said elections are unavoidable and a coalition ministry is impossible. The Sandething is expected to reject the treaty today, delaying the sale until autumn.
London explains the recent travel order to Ireland is not directed at Irish Americans but at keeping individuals who may disturb peace from entering. The rule targets persons who are not British subjects or who arrive from overseas, with each case decided on its merits. The government asserts no class of foreigners is affected and naturalized Americans visiting their former home are not hindered.
Harrisburg August 24 announcement from the adjutant general that a field bakery of sixty-one men will form four sections under a captain. Major Frank I Mueller likely to command. Each section led by a sergeant with three in Philadelphia and one in Pittsburgh locations. Capacity 240 loaves daily, 6000 loaves per action.
Camp Ord Eagle Pass Texas August 19. A powerful Gulf storm drenched tents and supplies but spared Company A from major loss while others suffered extensive damage. Captain Manshower’s unit retained all tents. Major Markey and Lt Storm lost tents but kept men safe. The regiment faced a harrowing night with drenched gear, drifting offices, and a dawn cleanup as soldiers recounted the event and prepared to resume duties.
Aug 24 Allentown Pa. A farmer James H Stillman aged 63 of Aquaghisola was learning to operate a new touring car bought last Saturday with his son in the vehicle. The car failed to respond, ran down a two foot bank and overturned pinning Stillman beneath it. His 17 year old son survived.
Chicago, Aug. 24. A warehouse fire and explosion at a Standard Oil company site killed foreman A. B. Young and seriously injured eight firemen. Dozens of others sustained minor injuries as the blaze, fueled by 38 000 rations of gasoline and kerosene, caused extensive damage estimated between 59 000 and 75 000 dollars before being controlled at four o'clock.
War induced paper shortages shrink scratch tablets and related school items in Frederick. Big tablets, pencil supplies, and other paper products become scarce or pricier, while penny pencils remain available though some may be uns sharpened. Prices rise overall as state pencils fall out of demand in local schools. Meanwhile Chicago’s LaSalle street buzzes as bees sting workers after a case carrying the insects is dropped.
A car load of food and clothing was shipped to the Mud River valley after advices showed more than ten families in destitute circumstances due to the recent flood in Charleston West Virginia on August 24.
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