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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1914
Page
2
The School Board reports adding a clerk to handle office matters and implementing supervision by the Intermediate and primary supervisors to improve schools. They aim to raise the commercial course passing average and require graduates to show strong English writing and punctuation.
The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of Grace Reformed Church met at Misq Eli Zeat Hermann’s home on Went South street. Mrs. D P Buckey led the program with devotional exercises and a reading of How Johnnie Gaye. Mrs Elmer Dixon spoke on a West trip and Ablione Kan Bas missionary work. Rev Amnzler presided, Mrs Allan Lampe reported on Mt Gretna Missionary Conference, refreshments followed, pastor offered prayer. Taxes Now Being Collected in Hagerstown
Argent de Lion Commandery Knights Templar and ladies of Charles Town Massachusetts arrive in Gettysburg on Tuesday September 8 at about 4 45 p m. They travel by special train from Betuna Vista Springs Hotel where they will spend Monday.
Mt Pleasant tournament and event day postponed due to weather. Officials say the activities will be held tomorrow or postponed to the next fall day, depending on conditions.
Court records reveal a dispute over land once owned by George Cramer and Sons and Samuel L Lilly. Cramer secured a $367 judgment using Lilly’s lot, later sold through deeds not recorded promptly, risking title validity under state recording laws and creditor notices.
A heated session before Justice Anders heard William A Siers charged with assaulting his wife as Mrs Siers and her daughter described alleged cruelty by both sides. The judge warned Siers that a repeat offense would bring immediate 30 day imprisonment and ordered the stepdaughter to leave the residence. The session also covered a free-for-all fight with fines and a not guilty verdict for Isaac Shipley on a similar assault charge.
The Orphans Court held a hearing in a dispute over the transmission of James to the Circuit Court regarding the caveat to the will of Annie V. Groshon. Attorneys Reich Newman Urner for the executor Harry Carty and Brown Welnterg for the caveaters argued the case. The court reserved its decision.
County officials weigh paying LeGore for roads and bridge improvements as the legislature backed a special act authorizing the project. LeGore argues the county must compensate him and cites engineers’ estimates while detailing years of work and legal conditions. He says the improvements should be paid at a fair value and notes support from both major parties.
The Maryland General Assembly approves a law empowering Frederick County to build or condemn a stone arch bridge across the Monocacy River at Stump's Hill near Iron Stone Ridge. It allows purchase or lease of the bridge and roadbeds, with funding by county borrowing and annual tax levies to pay interest. The act grants condemnation power if purchase fails and requires impersonal jurors for proceedings.
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