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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1914
Page
5
A local ad note announces a promotion at Six Gifts store featuring A G Quynn & Co. giving away $100 in prizes. The fragment hints at a savings or gift sale with a stated cash giveaway. The item lacks clear dates or full names due to OCR damage.
The News announces three enlarged Christmas editions on December 12 19 and 23 with special features. Advertisers are asked to submit ad copy early in the week to fit the next Saturday issue.
William Richard Hargett died yesterday at Montevue Hospital at 1 PM from paralysis at 75 years 1 month 5 days He worked 44 years at Tyson Fertilizer and was a longtime Indepen dent Hose Company member Survived by two sons and four grandchildren Funeral at 2 PM tomorrow from his son William H Hargett 11 Wisner Street service at home burial Mt Olivet Cemetery C C Carty in charge An infant Mary Lillian Kennedy died Saturday morning at home 40 East Sixth Street Funeral Saturday at 5 PM at Theon with Rev John Collins officiating Interment St John Cemetery Funeral director F Schroger
Fr Francis D Roel presided at the Roman Catholic wedding of HYMEMAL and Miss Irene Marganey of Gainesville Texas on Wednesday morning November 25. The church was adorned for the occasion and the couple will reside in Dallas. The groom, well known locally, is connected to several relatives. Mrs Bright and Miss Annie Fablon of Sunbury Pa. attended as quiet witnesses. Earlier the Evangelical Reform parsonage union on Saturday featured Rev Henri L Geffer officiating a separate wedding ceremony.
The funeral of Lucy Smith, a colored widow, died in Mt Pleasant from pneumonia aged 52, held today at Silver Hill church with burial in the churchyard. Undertaker Thomas Rice. Clarence B Offerd, eight, son of Edward Offerd, died at Buckeystown yesterday, funeral tomorrow at 11 in Buckeystown church, burial in Hope Hill cemetery, Jamas P. Rice undertaker.
An advertisement endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy The Mothers Favorite as effective for children with colds It features a testimonial by Mrs Verne Shafer Vandergrift PA praising its help and recommending others try it Sold by all dealers and promoted in period paper style.
Baltimore Sun readers support December 15 as Self Denial Day to curb luxuries and donate saved money to Baltimore’s unemployed poor. The News considers applying the plan locally in Frederick with praise from Rev Fr William J Kane and hopes for fundraising success to ease winter distress for the worthy poor.
The first winter snowfall reached Frederick County with Highland reporting a inch depth ground and heavy tree branches bending from ice. New Market Mt Airy Braddock Middletown saw mixed snow and rain with several places recording about one to one and a half inches.
Cards issued for a fancy dress ball by Mr and Mrs Tomas B Hayward of Harmony Grove in the Company A armory on Friday evening December 25 Christmas night. The dance is expected to be one of the most novel social events of its kind in Frederick.
David O'Brien lost four fingers on his left hand while sawing shingles at his home near Urbana on Saturday. Dr. B C Perry transported him to Frederick City Hospital for treatment. The saw mill is owned by Emanuel C Fink.
Members of the Senior Class of the Boys' High School return home today after an annual trip to Washington. They attended the noon session and enjoyed reserved gallery seats for Congress.
The Sunday school bazar at the Presbyterian church on West Second Street runs Thursday and Friday December 10 and 11 with cake candy and art goods. A country store offers household articles and a Christmas tree with penny sale items. Mullinix’s Carpet Store advertises the Xmas Bug Sale and cheap silk portieres. Oysters are featured at the Cramer Hotel. The Burger Studio offers photographs and portraits. Art Club Christmas Sales run December 4 to 12. Fire and guard notices urge meetings and roster updates.
A public dance is announced for Friday evening December 11 at Gilbert's Hall Walkersville Md with dancing at 2 30 during intermission a demonstration of the latest dances. Also offers for Xmas decorations including well berried holly cape immortelle oak magnolia wreaths and various plants from C Hermann & Son. Also notice to pay your gas or electric bill by the 14th to save. Includes ads for homemade sauerkraut mince meat and fruit cake supplies at Mrs James Biggs 7 West Fifth Street and grocery Plue Ribbon Grocery.
A coroner jury viewed the well formed white infant body found in a box at Galther’s slate quarry near Unionville and Union Bridge. An autopsy was performed, and the jury will hear the medical report tomorrow at 2 o'clock.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh. It claims internal use reaches blood and mucous surfaces and promises $100 to anyone not cured. The pitch cites testimonials and lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as suppliers with Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
A county wide farm list offers 110 farms by size from 3 to 350 acres with town properties and a promise to source additional parcels. A Frederick drug store advertises complete stock and prompt service. A clothing store promotes heavy discounts, new fur and holiday apparel with free alterations and assorted accessories. Real estate listings include investment plots, single and two family houses, business properties, and quick loans. Several properties are offered for sale including a three-story brick building on West Second Street with a large lot and barn potential for a quick sale.
Potts and Griffin offer fire insurance through excellent companies. We welcome your share of this business and invite you to visit our office at 27 Court St. Money to loan on mortgages. Office with F. G. Thomas & Son at 20 West Patrick St.
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