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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1914
Page
5
The Daily News lists key dates from American history, including Mary Washington's death in 1780 and Francis Bret Harte's 1889 note, with brief mentions of Confederate attacks under A P Hill in 1804. It also notes Mary Kyle Dallas's 1807 death and an astronomy segment with evening and morning stars and visible planets.
Local Mountain City Mills records show wheat at parity with one dollar, fulfilling farmers' wartime hope. Market notes state last year’s price was 89 cents with a larger crop this season. Sugar remains eight cents per pound locally, seven cents in Baltimore as price investigations widen.
Plenty of picnics this month as residents plan outings and boosts roll in Brunswick will host Boosters Week with community pride. East Church street extended has been repainted. Fairview Sunday school plans a Saturday picnic near McKaig. The Rockville Fair starts this week and Frederick Fair promises to be the biggest and best.
Mr Edward J. Winebrewer remains bedbound on South Market Street due to illness. Miss Genevieve Smith daughter of Capt and Mrs Clement F Smith improves after an operation at City Hospital and hopes to return home in about a week. Reno S Harp a Frederick lawyer and banker has been named chief marshal for Frederick county Star Spangled Banner Centennid Home Coming Week parade on September 11. Mr Warp is busy selecting his aids.
Mr and Mrs August Meier arrive in Frederick from Baltimore after fleeing Germany with the Normand liner. They uttered Never again will I cross the pond, recounting wartime ordeals in Germany. Other locals report relatives abroad seeking homeward passage and updates from Paris and London amid ongoing upheaval.
Fragments recount crowded cabins with four per room and one dressing at a time. Night heat reached eighty degrees, forcing many to sleep on the deck. The narrator and others express relief upon spotting the lights of New York.
Early morning collision on Montevue Pike in Frederick injured no one. Thurmont Car No 168 of the Haeretown and Frederick Stairway Co struck the milk wagon of Ed ward C Krantz at a crossing near former Sheriff Grimes residence. Motorman Frank Heffner and conductor W C Bennett aided by observer Park Loy, while Henry Krantz escaped harm. horse fled home.
Columbia Lodge No 58 members to meet at Masonic Temple at 9 15 a m Aug 26 to attend the funeral of Brother Charles Steiner later a member of St Johns Lodge No 15 Dayton Ohio Funeral from B and O Station Interment Mt Olivet All Lynch Lodge members and other Master Masons invited Also Jacques de Molay Commandery No 4 to assemble at Masonic Temple 9 15 am Aug 26 for Steiner funeral Dayton Ohio By order of C W C Birely Generalissimo and FP B Sappington Recorder September records Edison Blue Amberol Records on sale at Shipley's Temple of Fancy Fighting Files and Dirt is our business Blue Ribbon Grocery For Sale Cheap Show cases counters shelving scales etc Dixon's Cash Market 3 discount on August taxes 2 in September By order of City Register Notice All persons discontinue sprinkling streets water for sprinkling gardens fountains and pavement washes due to water scarcity Violators subject to fine or imprisonment Mayor Lewis H Fraley Attention Eagles Frederick Aerie No 1067 special meeting Aug 25 at 8 pm Members urged to attend Chas R Hoffman W P Attest Ernest M Fox Secy Barbara Fritchie Soda or Scott Key Sundae 5 cents at H L Ebert's Nov Annual Tournament Mt Pleasant woods near Frederick Aug 26 1914 riding at 10 am dancing all day and addresses by prominent speakers Yellow Springs Band in attendance Scott Key Sundae 5 cents at H L No 15 August 15 offices over Commercial State Bank Frederick Md
A Frederick area real estate and insurance firm promotes 71 acre and 46 acre farms near Buckeystown and near Braddock, with modern buildings and improvements. It offers money to loan on mortgages, rental properties, and merchandise like typewriters, plus Western Maryland ads for town promotional goods and new fashions.
Miss Hatton in East Chuck street transcribes a letter from Mrs Alfred Belt and family touring Europe. written August 10 in Genoa it describes delays at Stresa and the stalled Hamburg America line payments. they seek help from the Baltimore connection Mr Kirwan at the Consulate to cash a cheque and fund return home amidst war induced chaos.
A Business Men's Lunch advertised as up-to-date served daily at No 20 North Market Street Old Glory Cafe Barthlow and Keyser invite patrons to try Barbara Fritchie Soda or Ebert's Soda Fountain J E Waltman relocated temporarily to Central Trust Co Building contact Pt Phone 755-K
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