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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1922
Page
5
The Daily News in Frederick Maryland states its association with The Associated Press and printing rights. It notes writer real names may be required for statements and opinions and that free notices of advertising must be mailed to the office. Entry details show second class mail status in Frederick, Maryland.
A 1922 discussion on popularity among students urges joining activities to earn friends and leadership. It contrasts superficial charm with lasting bonds built through common causes in college, church, or athletics. Also notes postponed Sunshine class entertainment due to weather and reports several tragic accidental deaths and a joke about a government wine taster.
Local poll of barber trade and residents on bobbed hair shows mixed views. Buckingham supports growing popularity among women. Heck and Berst disagree, noting widespread adoption in Ohio. Delphy calls it foolish while Gibney says it looks terrible.
The American Legion state convention in Ocean City Md adjourned with Frederick as next meeting site in August 1923. Arthur Renauf Baltimore was elected state commander succeeding Amos W Woodcock. Miriam Apple was chosen state historian and Leslie N Coblentz named to the state executive committee.
Twenty years ago today in Frederick the city saw Paul Clarke Willard elected as clerk at Cluties National Bank and begin his duties under brother Arthur D Willard. Brenner's Superb Orchestras won a contract to play at the City Opera House led by William Fisher. A pantomime and carnival featuring the coronation of Happy Hook nomed M Katz venJammer staged at Athletic Park tonight. Independent Hose Company conference committee includes Dr Edward Nelson chair, William A Simmons, Jacob Rohrback, George W Salter, and George Wallace. Postmaster DeGrange named Victor A Staley for an additional local letter carrier post authorized by the Post Office Department.
A historical report portrays Maryland as in open rebellion to Prohibition with weak enforcement, many bootleggers and a political system that tolerates or profits from liquor operations. It notes 16 distilleries and Maryland housing a twelfth of all bonded spirits in the United States as authorities struggle to apply the Volstead Act.
The City Opera House offers Is Matrimony a Failure starring Lila Lee and T Roy Barnes this afternoon and tonight. Additional screenings include Pola Negri in Eyes of 2 Mummy Tuesday Rex Ingram’s Turn to the Right Wednesday with Alice Terry and Jack Mulhall, Dorothy Dalton in The Woman Who Walked Alone Thursday, The Beauty Shop with Raymond Hitchcock Friday, Her Night of Nights Saturday with Marie Prevost and the second chapter of White Eagle. The Star shows Tracked to Earth with Frank Mayo Virginia Valli Harold Goodwin Buck Conners and the comedy Double Crossed featuring Ford Sterling today.
Mrs. Garnet Thatcher shares twenty five years of palmistry study in ten lessons detailing hand lines and mounts. She explains how the life and head lines reflect temperament, ambition, caution, imagination, and potential talents linked to Jupiter, Luna, Mercury, and other mounts.
Carlo nicknamed the Count due to aristocratic appearance and pride, a thin boy living at the Morton place with a secret troubled mother. Neighbors grow to dislike his aloof manners until Billy Gordon learns the family struggles. Carlo’s dinners become a shared secret and Billy brings him home.
A police court session will hear how a colored woman used a butcher knife in a debt with a blind colored man after a Saturday altercation on Five and One-Half street. Ernest Christian was wounded as Hallie Tyler and others were arrested, while two other women and a man named Linwood Proctor await hearings on related charges.
A compact chronology of events tied to August dates in American history. Highlights include battles, rail milestones, disasters, admissions to the American Bar Association, legislation, governors, oil strikes, military actions, quarantine notices, and prisoner counts through various years up to 1918. Entity names include Long Island, Reading system, Metropolitan Opera House, New Jersey, William Livingston, Titusville, Maumas aes Junction, Stonewall Jackson, New York Harbor, cholera quarantine, and 103,600 German prisoners.
Campaign for Farm Bureau members proceeds in Frederick counts unit with 472 enrolled. canvassers tour Catoctin Creagers and nearby districts today as half the territory has been covered and efforts aim for 1000 members before Te Comente season.
County commissioners shall be elected on the general ticket of each county by qualified voters on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1867 and on the same day every second year thereafter. Their number compensation powers and duties shall be as prescribed by law.
A campaign effort details districts to be canvassed tomorrow with aim to complete canvassing in this county by Saturday. Next week teams will move into Anne Arundel Talbot and Caroline counties. The piece ends with a quip about Uncle Sam and old ships needing a laundry.
A note warns against guessing jetter weight to determine postage, saying such guessing leads to postage dues, delaying mail and dissatisfying business customers. The guidance emphasizes accurate weight assessment to ensure timely delivery and customer satisfaction.
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