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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
5
The notices report deaths of Margarets and others with service details. Included are survivors, funeral times, chapel and cemetery locations, and interment plans. Additional lines mention a death at 104 North Bentz Street and funeral directors M R Etebison and Sen.
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Elen Simmons was held at her Mullinix Apartments home at 26 North Market Street with Rev. Dr. Charles E Webler officiating. Interment followed at Olivet Cemetery. Relatives listed include Reginald Wachter Thomas Wachter and others. The infant Ethelinda M Van Fossen, daughter of Eldred W and Elsbeth C Van Fossett, was laid to rest at East Church Street with Rev. Charis D Shafer officiating. Interment at Oliver Cemetery. Mrs. George Yostimore to be laid to rest next Wednesday at 1 O clock in Mount Olivet Chapel.
Mr Harry Nixdorf of this city has returned from a trip through the Valley of.
A woman identified as Miss King from Woodmont Montgomery county, confined since 1925 for manslaughter, was pardoned by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie on Christmas Eve and will live at the Prisoners' Secret, Montgomery county. Dr E E Dudding said she will be released to a new name after about a month of confinement in the penitentiary.
Market prices show hogs at 200-250 lbs around 8 1 93 per cwt with drops and gains across tiers. Broilers and spring chickens list lower quotes, while other poultry items drift amid market shifts.
Retirement-aged Capitol guide Captain B. J. Cady reflects on guiding 20 tours daily to visitors from around the world. He recalls presidents lie in state, changing eras from horse and buggy to automobile, and how tourists’ questions have evolved with access to information. He notes guides earn only tips and share in bus-driven business, with women often asking sharper questions.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a young man, 22, halted from a legal career, pondering family fortunes and a possible marriage proposal as memories of Warr and Tolvde surface.
A local notice asks for the owner of a borrowed umbrella used on Armistice Day between Fifth and Sixth Streets. The friend who loaned it should notify Mrs. Claggett Ramsburge so the item can be returned. A phone number and address are provided for contact.
A collage of local ads dates December 1928 events and sales. Stores including Martin's Furniture Kemp's Thomas Kemp Schmidts Beckley's and Mary Jane Shop offer furniture dresses cigars and gifts with specials and holiday promotions. Public notices announce a Braddock Grange Hall supper and a public sale at 218 E Third St on December 25 with household items and furniture.
A jumble of local business notices and holiday sales items appears. The page lists Christmastime offerings from mills, orchards, canaries, turkeys, geese, ducks, and fish markets along with rental notices and legal ads. Names like McCain Orchard Co and Mrs. Dixon appear alongside street addresses and phone numbers.
An election is announced to elect Directors for the Citizens National Bank of Frederick Maryland for the ensuing term. The meeting is set between 10 am and 12 m on the eighth day of January 1929 at the bank house on the second street.
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