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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1916
Page
5
The entry recalls Solyman the Magnificent’s death born 1405 1842 end of the second Battle of Bull Run 1914 German bombs Paris and northward advance sixty miles 1815 German capture Lipsk near Grodno Volhynia push toward Lutsk Astronomical notes include Betelgeuse rising at midnight and planets Venus Mercury Mars Jupiter returning sunrise.
Reports warn of a nationwide railroad strike on Monday September 4 affecting 1000 to 1500 Brunswick workers and hundreds more in transfer sheds with no trains running. Brotherhood orders reach Brunswick officials as Frederick residents fear homebound delays and railroads prepare to substitute engines crews and supplies.
New advertisements list bankrupt sale notices and rental offerings including Jas Angel trustee for rent at 629 N Bentz St and 291 FE Church St. Also for sale and sale notices from Bowers Lumber Co and others with various addresses and entities such as Glassen Lost at 405 W South Bt and Reynolds Greater Shows.
Mrs Ida M Hill of Shepherdstown West Virginia died at Frederick City Hospital after a period of illness. She was a Shepherd College graduate and an active Presbyterian, widow of D Frank Hill. Funeral will be held in Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church at 3 PM with interment in the church cemetery. pallbearers named. James A McGuigan Thurmont carpenter died Monday at age 72 in Thurmont. Survived by wife and two daughters. Funeral 4:30 PM at his home with services by Rev Walde myer. burial in U B cemetery Thurmont.
The funeral of Richard J. Starr will be Thursday at 2 PM from his home 419 North Bend Street with interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Infant Joseph E Rutherford was buried yesterday at his parents’ home near Point of Rocks with interment at St Paul’s Cemetery. M Retchison of Jefferson supervised arrangements. Mrs Harriet Jackson’s funeral, held yesterday afternoon near Mt. Pleasant, was led by Rev J H Dutton and Rev Mr Long, with pallbearers named. Interment followed at the church cemetery.
Frederick merchants embrace the Sperry and Hutchison Company S and H trading stamp plan. William B Lyon district agent says arrangement includes 14 local dealers and a large Maryland rollout with over 4000 premium items. Stamps earned on cash purchases and pasted in a stamp book.
News notes from Braddock and nearby areas report William H Summers critically ill at home. Lizzle Noose and Mary Bageant are recovering at their residences. Emma Addison expects steady improvement after adenoids operation at City Hospital. Clara Blackston and Raymond Lanham show partial recoveries and ongoing typhoid treatment respectively. A new barn near Colesville, Montgomery county burned with contents including wheat hay and tools in a lightning strike, losses estimated at 3000 dollars.
Public sale events continue at M F Geesey estate Walkeraville with household goods and stock to be sold through afternoon and evening. Professor Haskell lectures on soil science at the Y M C A Auditorium with related farm questions and crochet sales and tax notices accompany the notices.
More than 11 000 pupils in Frederick city and county face rigid enforcement of compulsory attendance law as the county prepares for a new school year. White schools start Monday. colored schools open Sept 4 under a system with Bruner as colored supervisor. Assistant notes include expectant high enrollments, a teachers institute, and fines for DUI offender Lester W Toms.
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals including Ramaburg, William G. Baker, Co M, M. Thomas, D. Be, Kefauver, J. D. Baker, Thos H. Haller with unclear context. No clear event, date, or location provided to specify a news item or outcome.
The 32nd Big Annual Picnic unfolds September 2 1916 at Wachter's Grove Mountaindale along the H F Railway. Programs begin 9 a m with speeches by Rev J B Eddins and others. two Frederick bands perform and a combined concert runs 1 2 p m. Reduced rail fares plus refreshments sold by local vendors are arranged. End with a wartime farm talk by Professor Haskell at the M C A Auditorium.
We urge you to visit our annual Blanket Sale and save money by buying now. Blankets have been secured at a low cost and special prices will be offered.
A list shows 38 inch Dress Gingham at 12 1-2 cents per yard and Devonshire Cloth for boys suits at 20 cents per yard. Drop stitch hose for children at one cent per pair and Thomason Glove Attting corset at one dollar. Parasols priced cheaply with various item notes and mentions of ill unclear items like llxewoaters at 4.59 dollars.
Real estate offers include 1 acre farm near Frederick with 14 room dwelling, barn and outbuildings. 128 acre farm near Lewistown with brick slate dwelling and bank barn. additional small farm nearby. Fire insurance and mortgage services offered by J M N Clarf? Manager at 10 W Patrick Street.
John D Hendrickson announces a clearance sale with deep cuts on present season suits at half price and upcoming stock arriving by Saturday. Featured are dual tone fabrics, Mohair Ulsters, Palm Beach busts, tub skirts and children dresses at drastically reduced prices. The ad emphasizes cool weather demand and urges early purchases.
Potts and Griffin own 22 acres with four in meadow land. The improved property features a T room brick house, modern conveniences, a good barn, henneries, wagon shed, and corn house. A complete attractive rural home site.
Eugene H. Albaugh offers 118 acres near Woodsboro, 127 acres near Frederick, 131 acres near Mt Pleasant with water and outbuildings, plus 7 to 80 acre tracts near Detour Pike Creagerstown Martinsburg and Montgomery county. Many are well improved with crops and water in house. Also mint of city property and Remington Typewriter agent at 7M Market St. Phone 745.
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