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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
6
The column warns that aggressive advertising in metropolitan newspapers tempts people with modest means into risky, partly developed investment schemes. It notes many such pitches promise extraordinary profits but lack guaranteed payoffs, contrasting with safer local opportunities like bonds or mortgages.
A local discussion notes the difficulty of finding regular labor for young America as families rely on boys for odd jobs on farms and in towns. Parents fear wasted time and high expectations while teachers cite low pay and irregular work limiting youth employment opportunities.
The piece argues boys deserve wages around 28 cents an hour amid rising prices. It stresses independence through enterprise, warns against excessive sports, and urges parents to enforce disciplined routines. It concludes that establishing reliable work habits now leads to better pay later.
A playful verse by Kate Upson Clark laments the printer’s removal of the comma. The speaker pleads for the beloved punctuation to return, arguing it guides readers and clarifies meaning in sentences.
The New York World urges moderate measures instead of drastic steps to curb food piracy. It argues that speculators profit from fictitious shortages, control distribution, and manipulate prices, demanding Congress create a publicity committee to illuminate stock and price data and restrain a growing food tyranny.
A collage of old clippings touching on social changes, feuds in Kentucky, an executor handling a Ben Walker dispute, a Detroit wife’s routine, and quips on marriage ceremony manners. Also includes dubious medical ads and patent remedy pitches.
A string of social items lists residents and visitors around Frederick including Mrs Ira Ray on South Market street visiting her father Mr Wy Firestone near Harmony Grove, George J. Wolfe of Washington at his father's bedside, Ralph Wachter on South Market visiting Baltimore relatives, Abraham Jacobson on a New York trip, Grayson Crumbaugh on North Bentz with sister Parina Felser near Woodsboro, and other locals such as Thelon Mull, James Mull, Samuel Riges in Frederick, Harry I. Kimmey in Westminster visiting Amos Urner, Katherine R. Cramer on Record Street returning from Baltimore and DC, Margaret Ford visiting Sarah Poor in Baltimore, James Cramer hunting in Montgomery County, Mrs W. Clinton McSherry in Shamokin, Arthur T. Kreh on business from Washington DC, hunters near Urbana missing rabbits and catching a skunk, Jane Detrick visiting Baltimore, Antoinette Markell visiting Miss Gertrude Lee in Maryland Tract, George List of Baltimore weekending in Frederick, and Isaac Albaugh from Spencerville Ohio visiting relatives. plus 24 years since a local relative last visited and various siblings and friends named.
A morning ceremony at 40 o clock at 1 West Third street united Margaret E R Hoff man and Harvey J Finnagan with Rev Charles A Shilke officiating. The bride wore satin and zeorgett crepe with hand embroidery, carrying white carnations. Guests included Rev and Mrs Chas Shiik and many Flanagin families. The couple left for a Southern trip after rice showers. Out of town attendees listed among relatives and friends.
Local items from The News dated December 14, 1846 note bright prospects for the Washington and Gettysburg road and prices in the area. Weather and crops show unusual conditions. industry and trades report progress. Chief Judge James M. Sherry, of the Court of Appeals, was mostly absent from the beach area, with fifteen days recorded absent over twenty years.
The court finished civil and criminal appeals. A jury convicted James Dorney Robinson of resisting arrest, with Judge Worthington fining him 15 plus costs and sentencing him to 30 days in jail for nonpayment. Other appeals involved speeding, not guilty verdicts, and reversals awarding restitution. Separate notes mention Hood Seminary holiday leave and a Roys High School reunion banquet planned for New Year’s Eve.
The article discusses a new chemical discovery named Ct mnatomen marketed as a cure in a freezone clinic. It claims to relieve pain without irritation and reports dramatic, though unverified, health benefits.
In Lucketts the crash of a car driven by K P Thompson left him with a broken wrist and several ribs after hitting a tree. Nearby, the community mourns Philip Shry killed by a falling tree. Funeral services were held at his home with interment in Union cemetery Leesburg. Jacob and George Hefner of Indiana visited nearby. Mrs J W Holbrant dies, Amos Thomas Jr injured in a wreck, Rodney Collier slowly recovers from a broken arm. In Foxville the Luther League society is being organized by local youth.
The largest local hog slaughtering of the region occurred Tuesday at Mr and Mrs B Hilton home with twenty hogs butchered. Attendees and helpers included Mesdames Eliza Smith Gertie Poole Frances Brown Vivian Hilton Lilie Hilton and others. Emmitsburg reports J Stewart Annan Annan Horner and Dr D E Stone left for the Dealers Convention at Willys Overland Toledo. Estelle Codori visiting Johnstown.
An article by L. H. Smith argues widespread auto-intoxication from toxins in the intestines causes fatigue headaches and brain fog. It recommends Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and anure compounds to cleanse kidneys and bladder and to reduce poisonous accumulations with hot water and plentiful fluids.
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