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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1959
Page
4
Dorothy Rae reports that women influence men’s clothing choices as designers and manufacturers note men fear shopping. Stanley Goldman says wives push variety, better fit, and current styles, and a man typically buys seven eighths of a suit yearly, so he should heed his spouse’s guidance.
A reminiscence outlines Grandma’s hard but orderly daily routine. She cooked, sewed, tended a large family, and relied on two relatives for support while denying modern conveniences. Her resilience shows through the lack of modern amenities and steadfast care for kin.
CHICAGO AP states the 1 top national advertisers spent 2 billion dollars in 1958, a 4.6 percent rise from 1957. General Motors led with 1.72 billion, followed by Procter & Gamble 136 million, General Foods 96 million, Lever Bros 88 million, and Ford Motor Co just under 88 million.
Reported bid and asked prices from Alex Brown and Sons. Market notes show firms and securities traded with current dividend rates and recent activity. Names and items include Frederick Gas Potomac Elson and Potomac Hotel alongside several agricultural and national companies relevant to the exchange.
August 31 1939 column notes petty crime at a Grounds Democrats event hosted by the Onion Club in honor of Governor Albert C Ritchie birthday. Albert Gilson president Farmers and Mechanics National Bank celebrated a birthday with a gathering. A straw stack fire destroyed George L Chaneys barn near New Market with about 5000 dollars in loss. Mr and Mrs F R Myers of East Church street vacationing at Atlantic City staying at Chalfont Haddon Hall.
The report blends weather for many U S cities with AP Business News on state tax changes and deficits in 1959. Khrushchev touts seven year plan gains while U S states face deficits despite higher revenues.
Mrs Grayson Snyder and her mother in law found Chit Bird a year old robin raised from a nest on McKaig road. They suspect a snake or cat, though no feathers were found. The bird was tame, ate berries and worms, and vanished after August 23.
Fifty Years Ago Of The News for August 21 1999 notes GEORGE PEABODY EUSTIS once at Prospect Hall near Freder HOR and a smallpox convalescent from New York. The City Opera House season opened with Fluffy Ra presented by Miss Florence Gear and a large company. AIR RENO HARP served as master for the banquet at a temple in conjunction with a Maryland Grand Lodge visit. Special trade as Pa at Bu YEARS AGG.
Miss Gloria Jean Wood wed Norman Thomas Condon Jr in Urbana Wesley Chapel. Donald L Droneburg was found guilty of assault on his sister in law at North Market store. another man, William Garrett Jr, was acquitted of shooting through a camp door. Magistrate Byron W Thompson presided and several trials were scheduled.
Sen George Smathers proposes a six week recess starting next Friday to clear unfinished business in labor legislation and other stalemates. He cites Eisenhower vetoes and the Chicago lake diversion bill as pending issues. Khrushchev’s visit begins Sept 15, with Bl B Johnson urging members to stay home to meet constituents.
Gloria Miller, 15, of Chambersburg, Pa., died at Harrisburg State Hospital after a three year coma from a rare central nervous system degenerative disease. Doctors said there is no cure.
Stocks showed a selective advance as steel and motor shares supported early gains. Trading was moderately active in New York with the Nasdaq and Dow components reacting to industry strength.
In a defense of Eisenhower’s Western Europe tour, David Lawrence argues the president embodies peace and fosters trust among free peoples. The piece highlights France Britain and West Germany while urging tact on Algerian and NATO issues to maintain unity and independence.
Mrs. Joseph L. Reeder 67 died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a 12 hour illness. Survived by husband Edward L. Reeder and daughter Mrs Adolph Farulis, plus seven siblings and one grandchild. Funeral at 11 AM Tuesday from 206 East Church Street with interment Mount Olive Cemetery. M R Etchison and Son directing. Mrs. Norman Turner 66 of Emmitsburg RD died Friday, mother of Mrs. Robert Tiedmann. Survived by husband two sons seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren three brothers and two sisters. Funeral today at Friends Creek Church of God burial in church cemetery.
Chicago physicians Rachmiel Levine and Sidney Cohen warn fever must be watered and fed, not starved, and that dangerous fevers 103 and higher strain the heart and CNS. They note age and persistence affect seriousness, with children reacting more severely than older people.
Funeral services were held for Arthur Hayes Cromwell of Adamtown at 11 a.m. Saturday at 106 East Church street with Rev. E William Hail officiating. Interment followed in Mount Olivet cemetery. Also, funeral services for Walter H Heffner of 230 West Church street were conducted at Gladhill funeral home in Middletown at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Albert Burkhardt presided. Nephews served as pallbearers. Interment was in the Lutheran Cemetery. A third service for William J Kefauver of Middletown was held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Gladhill funeral home with Rev. George Kuinefelter officiating. Pallbearers included Drew Shafer and others. interment was in the Reformed Cemetery.
Six years at Wat kins Acres in a historic region precede Mr. and Mrs. Ieeland G. Stecker moving from Chicago to Sacramento California to settle near their son Frank who served at Fort Detrick. Ralph L. Smith and Catherine Boyer announce the birth of their first child Ralph William at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Isabelle Zimmerman returns home from Camp Wohelo in South Casco Maine after summering there. Emily Apple Payne and Zimmerman toured the New England coast then Cape Cod before returning home. Jack T. Quinn and family move from 401 Fairview to 403 Magnolia Avenue.
Charles L. Michael of Myersville Route 2 fractured his right foot when a leg rolled onto it. A cast was applied at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown and he was discharged. Dr. Raphael Lemkin, 58, who coined genocide, was linked to Duke University and Princeton.
Moses Ginsberg, 85, builder and shipowner, died Sunday in Greenwich. He was a prominent local figure with a long career in construction and maritime ventures. He is survived by relatives and was active in several community organizations.
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