Traffic Problems In Frederick Street Layout Debate
Frederick traffic woes center on Market and Patrick streets with scarce parallel routes. Proposals to make North Court, Middle Alley and Chapel Alley one way may shift congestion to main arteries. Critics warn first block North Court and Market Street cannot handle more cars and urge comprehensive survey by a traffic expert.
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Labor Day Reflections on Labor Problems and Employment
The piece discusses Labor Day’s original purpose to honor workers and spark debate on labor issues. It highlights regular employment as the key objective, noting depressions that cause unemployment, loss of homes, strained education, and hindered opportunities for youth, urging measures to prevent future downturns and boost confidence in work and business.
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Letters To The Editor Amazed By Dr Stough Speech
Readers reacted with astonishment at Dr Stoughs claim about Churchill in Greece and Tito. The letter argues Churchill helped block communist advance in Greece though misjudged Tito, praising US and British support for independence and warning of Balkan Soviet influence.
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Water quality sparks city planning debate in Frederick
A reader urges better water supply for a small city near mountain streams and questions the adequacy of a storage tank. The letter notes New York water standards but contrasts with Chicago, stressing pure water as essential and calling for improved infrastructure.
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Immensity and Whaling Factories Extend Vast North Seas
Reading notes discuss word usage and pronunciation with examples and quotes. It notes Norway's whaling season closing in April, producing nearly twice as much whale and sperm oil as last season, and mentions three new floating factories under construction to support fleets.
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Opening Merrymakers draws large audience at City Opera House
August 30 1897 report notes an unusually large crowd at the City Opera House for The Merrymakers opening bill organized by Frank B. Rhodes, manager. Details include Mrs J A Thompson of Baltimore visiting East Church Street after a bicycle mishap injuring head and body, and stage hand WM Hopwood severing a hand injury during curtain operation. Bakers warn of potential one cent bread price rise due to higher wheat and flour costs.
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Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News Column
Governor Ritchie and about 20 socials with the State Roads Commission and 30 guests visited Washington and Frederick counties on a tour of inspection led by William J. Grove of the M J Grovene Company. Charles H Conley Jr has returned from Montana to Guilford Frederick. John W Grove declines to seek another term as Frederick County Supervisor of Elections due to salary cut. An automobile accident near Thurmont faults accelerator causing the car to overturn injuring two people.
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What qualities to seek in a wife say Dorothy Dix
A letter from 20 returning servicemen urges focusing on homely traits over looks. Seek an easy to live with partner with stable nerves, a good sense of humor, and brains. She should share in work, value marriage as a career, and contribute as an equal partner in life and home.
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Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass D C World Unity Through the Churches
The article argues that postwar church unity is essential for recovery and cites World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches and World Council of Churches sending delegations to Europe. It highlights successful fundraising for European Christian rehabilitation and warns atheistic communism as a global threat, urging a thriving Christian world.
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Safety tips for a child and an electric fan
A living room scene warns against keeping a child near a running fan and advises turning it off if it cannot be kept out of reach. It also notes weekly airfreighter trips to Europe from America able to handle large door shipments up to 14 900 pounds and livestock.
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Washington Daybook explodes over UK policy
TRIS COFFIN reports Washington battles over Britain and Palestine. Truman cabinet and party figures clash on Greece policy and a possible UN trusteeship for Palestine, amid internal Democratic feuding and turnover at the White House and Capitol.
Saturday Chat By THE GIRL ABOUT TOWN
A busy Frederick county weekend preview features Labor Day events and local plans. Highlights include theater finales, Braddock Heights amusements closing, Timonium and Frederick fairs, back-to-school preparations, and civic projects like airport master planning and water system upgrades. Local officials weigh retirement benefits and jail inmate work, while protests, insurance rate changes, and public mood mix with lighter notes on music and social life.
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Gertrude Lawrence
Organized Labor
Paint Makes A Room Shine And Look Bright
A short promotional note extols paint's impact on rooms, praising how well applied color enhances cleanliness brightness and appeal. It argues painting is worthwhile, noting effort and cost, and attributes the sentiment to N. A. Lufburrow.
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Additional Churches Buckeystown Charge Ad Refs
Buckeystown Charge led by Rev E A Sexsmith with services at Buckeystown 6 15 am school 10 30 am morning worship and 7 00 pm evening worship titled A Glorious Church Christ Feeds A Multinere Lime Kiln 1 30 pm church school and worship The Garden Of Life at Lime Kiln
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Pelley and Chandler Implicated in Government Case
A fragment mentions D. Pelley and convicted traitor Douglas Chandler in connection with the government case. The note references copyright details and a Globe publication line, signaling archival source material without full context.
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Odds And Ends From 1870 Work Life And Banter
Excerpts recount a merchant era with seven to eight hour days and Saturday late close, strict rule on conduct and tithing, weekly courting time for men, and scripture readings after work. The piece mixes social mores, humor, and historical notes alongside a note on Hindus lecture in Hagerstown and a modern hobby story about Mrs Carroll Cooper turning plastic jewelry into a business.
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Reporters Quiz On U S War Anxiety And Hopeful Daring
Six local residents and visitors share mixed views on a possible another war within a year or two. Opinions range from fear to denial with one hopeful note that the United States could weather a future conflict.
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Question And Answer Q Civil War Open Sea Fight
The only open sea Civil War fight was between the USS Bearsage and the Confederate ship Alabama outside Cherbourg France. The engagement lasted one hour and two minutes. The trivia also asks about bonds and British Consols and names an American wife of Rudyard Kipling.
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