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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1914
Page
10
Shoppers in Frederick rush to buy mistletoe as Christmas season opens with cold weather and snow. Merchants report brisk sales across toys, clothing, candies, fruits, nuts, and tobacco while farmers and families visit town to celebrate.
A concerted effort across communities seeks to assure Frederick’s poor and unfortunate population enjoys a joyful Christmas this year. Organizers stress resolve on all sides to provide aid and bring happiness to those in need during the holiday season.
Alderman Elmer Phebus gathered the names of Civic Club petition signers from the Wednesday night meeting and interviewed several signers. He believes some prominent city men opposed a storage reservoir bond and that the public should vote on whether to issue bonds to fund the project.
The Y M C A five outpaced Maryland School for the Deaf 27 to 7 in intercity league action. Castle led Maryland School scoring with five baskets. Indoor baseball saw the Collegians defeat Company A 18 to 2 as Smith held Smith’s curve steady and Yinger yielded ten hits.
At a Palestine Encampment No 20 I O O F meeting last night officers were elected for the ensuing term. Chief Patriarch Frank B Ridgely, high priest Charles E Miller, senior warden Jacob L Engelbrecht, junior warden Francis Gaither, recording scribe Charles F Seeger, financial scribe Robert A Bennett, treasurer Franklin N Shipley, marshal William H Shipley.
D P Smith of Lime Kiln, Pa, was advised by the secretary of the Great Philadelphia Poultry Show that he won first, second, third and fourth prizes for 3 C Black Minorca eggs exhibited there. His winnings earned the total prize money in that class and also two fine robins.
Postmaster Birely and eight clerks plus eight carriers brace for Christmas parcel post surge in Frederick. New wagon will run streets two to three days before Christmas to ease congestion. mail volume rising daily with more parcel post. Last year’s Christmas finish set a local record with all letters and packages out by noon. this year expected heavier flow. Dogs cannot be shipped by parcel post, per Postmaster Birely.
The past week at the local Weather Bureau station logged three snow events and a deep cold spell. Highs reached as low as 21 degrees the December maximum, with a record low of 4 degrees early Friday morning. Precipitation included snow melt, totaling measurable amounts on multiple days.
A crowded market scene notes a big Thursday Christmas market with talk of dealers wary in wintry weather. Butter jumps to 32 cents a pound from 30, greens and trees abound, wreaths sell in cents, and various produce prices listed for eggs poultry produce vegetables fruit and nuts as shoppers count down to Christmas. The Scribe wishes readers a joyous season.
The 94th anniversary of the Young Men's Bible Society of Frederick County will be held at Evangelical Lutheran Church on Sunday evening January 31 at 7 o'clock. The date was moved from January 17 at the request of the Ministerial Association.
Frederick reports fair sale of Christmas seals by local association. Robert Powell executive secretary of the Maryland Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis urges broader activity to buy seals. He warns tuberculosis kills more than 209,000 yearly and notes Baltimore sales are weaker. A post office booth and a young ladies committee operate daily in Frederick to sell the stickers.
Rev. F. F. Neel and family returned from Virginia to report progress on the $100,000 Washington and Lee University gymnasium in Lexington. Neel had studied at W and L before entering the ministry. The trip noted a January temperature of one degree above zero, cooler than Frederick, Maryland, despite Lexington's southern location.
A German naval airship carries a searchlight rated at 40,000 candlepower that will illuminate the sea surface from a flight of 6,000 feet, offering a powerful new aid in patrols and reconnaissance.
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