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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1916
Page
7
A pamphlet titled Wills Deacenta and Distribution of Property outlines Maryland law on wills codicils and estates. Sherman P. Bowers prepared and copyrighted the work, detailing who may make wills, witnesses required, and how executors or administrators handle estates, debts, dower, and costs under various scenarios.
Ellis D. Frigar of Boothwyn Delaware County Pa confessed to shooting Edward Boland of Falls of Schuylkill as Boland and companions approached him at Nell drive Fairmount Park He said he feared a hold up and shot Boland to protect a young woman his fiancée Amanda Sykes He was held without bail at Central Station pending coroner hearing.
Harrisburg August 29 William Walker colored was shot and killed by Cornelius Shephard after an argument at the Waltonville quarries near here Following the shooting Shephard asked Joseph Ulrich a Hummelstown garage owner to send a car to a designated point saying he wanted to reach the rail road station at Hummelstown Ulrich learned of the murder and drove Shephard to a justice of the peace office instead of the station He is now jailed here
Berlin says Russian troops attacked in Volhynia near Lutsk but were repulsed. The war office also notes Archduke Charles Francis Front north of the Dniester was under attack and a temporary enemy advance near Delejow was erased by a counterattack. Russian forces north of Kukul and Starawlp eana height in the Carpathians were repulsed.
Two bandits in a small car robbed a Standard Oil collecting wagon on Reckner road near Dearborn, grabbing about 4000 dollars. Driver J Isbell was assaulted, and a witness found him near a tree. County officers and detectives pressed the investigation as the bandits fled.
The BRDHIVE newspaper presents a brief notice style item, reflecting a local community update with compact wording and period voice. It notes a factual action and a time frame relevant to readers.
Former Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, 73, longtime public service figure, is gravely ill at his Pennsylvania Mills home near Schwenksville. Doctors cite araemic poisoning. his condition showed a late-night decline but alternative signs of improvement by morning as family gathers.
The Pacific Mainliner Ecuador sailed from San Francisco on its first trip to the Far East with 6000 tons of freight and passengers. The battleship Oregon and the quarantine ship Argonaut escorted the liner through the Golden Gate, marking the port’s first navy escorted commercial voyage. The Ecuador, one of three Pacific Mail vessels, may lead to three more large liners.
Secretary Lansing and Eliseo Arredondo meeting in Portsmouth New Hampshire to set the border commission rendezvous amid border troubles. An advertisement claims a twenty five cent package of Chamberlains Tablets cured indigestion after twenty five years of suffering for Jul Groblen of Houston Texas.
Billy Sunday addressed a crowd in Ocean Grove New Jersey vowing to oppose a so called hell dinged plan by fashionably named clergymen and other religious leaders. He urged church members to back his effort and warned of a militant campaign while waves of thunder rumbled outside and 502 attendees moved toward the aisle in response.
Paris reports another German attempt to recapture Fleury on the Verdun front was frustrated by the French war office. Germans attacked with vigor but were repulsed with hand grenades. Somme frontline weather remains bad with rain and fog. Berlin notes British and French assaults near the River Somme failed, aided by German counterattacks. Chicago freight handlers strike threatens a rail shipment tie up. Union dues payment is at issue.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery as a pleasant syrup for coughs and colds. It promises years of proven effectiveness and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied, urging readers to buy a bottle and keep leftovers for future colds.
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