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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
6
The item lists subscription rates for city and mail delivery, with prices per month and year, office location at High Street opposite People’s National Bank, and telephone numbers 688 and 171. It notes where newspapers can be purchased and that items are solicited from county areas by mail or post office. The date is Friday, August 25, 1916.
Fragmented questions and claims about deaths, disease causes, and public health statements. Mentions heart disease pneumonia and tuberculosis, sunlight sanitation, wages, and a female fly laying 120 eggs.
The article urges mothers and school officials to thoroughly clean school premises before opening day. It stresses hot water washing, woodwork scrubbing, drying, and sanitary grounds and outhouses. It condemns dirty latters and wall caricatures, calling for women and local clubs to ensure proper cleaning before students return.
The passage urges community work on school grounds to inspire pride and improve upkeep. It advocates cutting weeds removing stumps and rocks and elevating school property. The authors call for at least two women on every school board and plan to push this idea in the next school officer elections in Pennsylvania.
Poem recounts a family trip abroad turned homeward amid WWI dangers and bombardment. Narrator recalls selling belongings and traveling by cattle train, returning to Liberty ships and New York skyline. The piece praises patriotism and the pull of home as sirens of war loom.
A miscellany noting electricity usage in London from 1894 to 1914 plus a string of humorous excerpts and quips from various papers. Items include a statistic on electrical energy, exchanges about kissing, a Sunday school joke, a cartoon caption, and light political banter about Mexico as an issue. Names of papers appear as sources for each witticism.
Four boxers of Doan's Kidney Pills relieved rheumatic twinges after twenty years of stiffness in hands arms and shoulders. Lippe of 370 West Patrick Street Frederick endorses the kidney remedy priced at 50 cents at all dealers. Poster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY markets the product.
Twenty years ago in Frederick reports include a traction engine incident near Harkitts ville where three colored men were scalded by a blown cylinder head. A six trolley on the Frederick Midlothian Electric Railway ran away from the mountain top, speeding toward Middletown after brakes failed. A temperance convention met at the Woodsboro Lutheran church with Mrs Mary Haslup presiding. delegates from across the state reported. The runaway car was cleared and service resumed on schedule.
A long list of relatives and friends from Washington D C Pittsburg Pa Carlisle Pa Pittsburgh West Virginia and Ohio visit Middletown and its area. Names include Rev Frank Main Mrs Mary J Toms Mrs Tabitha Beachley and many others as they travel by car train and motor to attend local gatherings and see relatives.
A formal reception and state ball for Governor Harrington and Mrs. Harrington, hosted by Frank Hargett, is planned at the Braddock Hotel with elaborate lighting, Maryland flag decor, and a grand march. Guest list includes Secretary Simmons, Adjt. Gen. Warfield, Baltimore officials, and many prominent Maryland figures. The Governor’s party will stay over Sunday for services and local tours.
Closing Braddock Pleasure Club season features six dances with large attendance. Notable attendees include Edna Carter Louise Lowe Jane McElhenny May Lindsay Elizabeth Apple Catherine Cook Cora Staley Beatrice Trall Margaret Sellers Ruth Coblentz and many male guests led by John Markell Joe Griffin Meredith Staub and others. A separate Watermelon party honors guests at the Storm residence on South Market Street with families and friends in attendance.
Marriage notices report Bernie B Harman of Uniontown Carroll county and Carrie E Brown of Johnsaville wed by Elder Jesse R Klebh at his Johnsville home on Tuesday August 22 at 8 pm They were unaccompanied They will reside on a 4 farm near Uniontown Also invitations issued for Jane Louise Keller to Prof John Calvin Dietz on September 14 at Buckeystown Methodist Church They will reside after October 14 at 132 Hemenway Street Boston Mass Reaver Rigle couple Harry E Reaver near Mt Airy and Margaret A Rigle of Key Mar wed at Unionville M E parsonage last Friday by Rev D A Foard
Mr. William Raimond Slemmer of McCardell, Inc. has recovered from illness and is able to be out.
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