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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1914
Page
4
The Frederick News asks subscribers who do not receive their paper regularly to report it to the office. The paper lists multiple distribution points in Frederick including New City Hotel and several cigar stores and restaurants, plus Braddock Heights locations.
The piece argues that many will call for aid this winter due to a disrupted economy. It urges efficient use of charitable resources, urges clothing donations be targeted, and advocates a central town committee to assess and distribute funds and supplies, mirroring Frederick’s model to distinguish Deserving cases from others. It stresses systematic aid over scattered, haphazard giving.
With just over three weeks to Christmas the annual call to shop early is issued by Frederick merchants. They report elaborate preparations and large, varied stocks offering quality, choice, and reasonable prices matching or exceeding those in larger cities. Residents are urged to patronize local merchants who strive to meet holiday demands.
The notice urges the public to shop early and in Frederick to boost general business and benefit the community. It ends with a humorous hope that Santa Claus will avoid quarantine due to foot-and-mouth disease, reflecting seasonal cheer and local economic support.
Representatives from four institutions to form the Intercity basketball and baseball leagues meet at the YMCA to set the season schedule. Five basketball teams expected with All Stars organized yesterday. Participants include C. K. Harris and H. G. Benson from the YMCA, John Markey, Sydney Stabler, and others from Maryland School for the Deaf and Boys' High School.
The Martinsburg M A team will play the strong Alpha Quint of Waynesboro Pennsylvania on the falters floor Saturday evening. Manager Harris announced the club will play December 10 and 16 against Catholic University in Washington. A Brunswick bowling match and a new male chorus are planned with Mrs Mary Steckel Burek aiding.
In last night’s YMCA bowling, the Giants won two and tied one with the Highlanders while the Cubs beat the Red Sox two matches. Lineups included Giants Rhodes and R Smith, Highlanders Rice and Hedges, Cubs Hud son Mercer Webb, Red Sox Anders Hersperger Nicodemus. Also noted are upcoming matchups for Tip Tops and Senators, Cubs and Terrapins. Mr. Eli B. Adams of New Market, recently ill, visited The News Office. EXECUTRIX NOTICE: Let tere testamentary on Frederick A. Michael estate in Frederick County. Claims must be filed by June 3, 1915. debtors to pay promptly. J. Michael Alice, Nov 3, 16, 17, 24.
Frederick columns recount a minor shooting in Yellow Springs injuring J H Benner, a city aldermen vote to extend Carroll street to the South Park Villa site, Mt Olivet cemetery reports 18 interments in November, prices for eggs and butter noted, Mayor Flemar planned to seek reelection with Woodward as a potential Republican nomination.
The new war tax law took effect just after noon today. Residents face initial adjustment issues as provisions go into force. By 1 pm only four instruments had been recorded at the clerk’s office, a drop from recent days. A dispute over stamping instruments awaits a decision by Internal Revenue Collector Bloom when he visits Frederick.
Miss Kate Dyer of East Fourth street is sick. Master Edward Daniela Storm of South Market street fell and broke his arm last week and is recovering. Capt. Elmer F. Munshower is confined to the house and unable to go out today, suffering from a threatening illness described as tonsilitis.
Mrs. Howard Stoner of Wilmington visited Mrs. Amos Siegrist on East Third street yesterday. Miss Virginia Carty returned from a Glenwood party in Howard County and Philadelphia visitors left for Baltimore today. The Strine family hosted Sunday guests from Frederick and Westminster. William Zimmerman and party toured in his car to Westminster. Bowers and Hungerford, from Marshall Hall, visited Clarke Place and returned to St John’s College Annapolis.
A testimonial from WlU Mafer of Atlanta Georgia extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. He claims his son suffered bladder kidney trouble until the remedy was taken, curing him and his family. The letter, witnessed by E O Williams notary, asks promoters to sell widely.
An advertisement urges readers to send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer and Co for a sample bottle and a booklet about kidneys and bladder. It claims the sample will convince anyone and notes the regular bottle sizes available at drug stores.
Local business groups and manufacturers protest the discontinuance of the early B and O mail train. Ox Fibre Brush Company and Union Manufacturing Company leaders urge restoration, citing morning mail crucial for same day orders and market fairness. Board of Trade to meet at the M C A to discuss train and mail service. banks report later clearing house times shifting to 10:30 daily, 9:20 Monday.
Williamson's drug store on North Market Street is dressed for the holidays with festive decorations and colored lights behind the soda fountain. The shop displays its complete line of Christmas novelties to attract shoppers during the season.
Washington December 1 Secretary Daniels approves an order forbidding naval apprentices at the Newport training school to sing It’s a Long Long Way to Tipperary. He says the act aligns with President Wilson’s neutrality. The song is not an official British national anthem, so its use in the navy is deemed inappropriate.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the mothers favorite medicine for children with coughs or colds. It claims superior effectiveness and urges purchase from local dealers. The garbled copy mentions names and distributors but emphasizes relief and availability.
Fragmentary OCR notice mentions indigestion, a remedy, and personal names but lacks coherent details or proper context to form a clear summary. The readable elements point to a medical ad or testimonial style language with unclear dates or places.
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