Christmas programs close Frederick county schools early
Christmas programs filled Frederick county schools this afternoon as teachers attend a county meeting at the Girls High School to exchange ideas. Colored schools stay open for the meeting while others close for vacation until Monday January 4. Programs featured recitations, music, and trees. supervisors and teachers outlined midyear exams and term restarts.
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Frederick County
Desia
G. Lloyd Palmer
F. V. Harshman
Elia V. Ereig
Joseph D. Baker
Ralph Browning
White Literary Society
White Eliterary Society
Reading
Hazel Wiles
Rebecca Gittinger
Lena Maggio
Virginia Cline
Elizabeth Michael
Hattie Martz
Helen Beall
Louise Haller
Hazel Shadel
Ivaigen
Etolee Lipps
Journal
Joanna Best
eBlizabeth Apple
Lorraine Wweerner
Pauline Seeger
Dorothy Homer
Naomi Shook
Katherine Herars
Ruth Grove
Alcott Literary Society
Mary Zimmerman
Folpevie
Recitam
Ruby Cline
Kathar,Lamar
Dorothy Belt
Adelaide Hormne
Carolyn Wildman
Grace DejeXendmoutt
Lillian Culler
Charlotte Stockman
Irma Bradshaw
Daphne Kepler
Florence Schroeder
Miriam Ramsburg
Martha Kemp
Yelub
Church Street School
Ruth Toms
Bethlehem
Mary Elizabeth
Ing
Man fasts thirteen days finds health okay on light diet
Frederick Man States He Could Have Endured Longer But Eased Fast to Eat Christmas Treats. Tobacconist T Strasberger recounts thirteen days without nourishment except water, noting improved rheumatism and overall health after fasting. He walked daily, ate little when resuming meals, and plans to eat light during holidays. Former graduates attended a meeting led by G Hunter Bowers.
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Frederick Man
Mr. Strasberger
Mr. Strasberiger
Community Christmas Tree Lighting and Address Event
Frederick to host second Community Christmas tree celebration with 6 pm steeple chimes and Mayor Fraley lighting the star followed by trumpets and a children's chorus. Charles F. Linthicum to address the Empire theatre crowd on Sunday December 27 on chivalry. Postoffice announces exam lists for Walkersville postmaster between January 10 and 30.
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Lewis H. Fraley
Frederick
W. F. Zeigler
Charles F. Linthicum
Charlotte
N. C
Empire Theatre
St. John’s Council
Knights of Columbus
Linthicum
International Harvester Company
Aarge
Shot at Dance in Fight Over Girl in Hagerstown
Harvey Smith, at a Saturday dance at Ms. C Gross home, became involved in a dispute with a young man over a young woman both wished to escort home. A shot was fired in the vicinity, injuring no one clearly. Further details unclear.
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Harvey Smith
Ms. C. Gross
Hagerstown
Wheat Prices Hold Steady At 1.16 In Frederick
Wheat traded at 1.16 per bushel in Frederick today as markets showed no change. The stable price reflects steady demand and supply conditions in the local grain market.
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Frederick
Infant Deaths and Almanac Mention in Maryland Items
Infant John Lootz dies at two in the morning at his parents home near Woodsboro, funeral tomorrow at two, burial Mt. Hope. Sharetts and Powell funeral directors. Charles William Main infant son of Mr and Mrs Main dies at home near Mt Airy on Friday December 18 1914 aged 5 days. Officer Thomas Filby shows an 1829 Gruber Almanac at The News office, preserved well and noting old type style and events. Almanac issued in 53rd year of American Independence. Court dates in Maryland noted for February and August. Western Shore Court of Appeals sat in Annapolis in June and July. Distances between towns listed. Christmas 1829 fell on Friday, same as 25 years later.
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John Lootz
Talbot Looth
Woodsboro
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Sharetts and
Powell
Charles Wiliam Main
W. Main
Mt. Airy
Thomas Filby
Maryland
Frederick
Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Frederick County
Patee
C. Frank Koontz
Charles &. Koontz
Court House
Frederick City
Mary A
Jonathan A. Getzendanner
George Hammer
Maurice Himes
Daniel Slanshew
John Butcher
West Patrick Street
Greenbury Font
Gard Street
Misses Yost
Roger Quynn
John Millard
Albert
Brown
Jacob
Rohrback
John L, Dutrow
dDech
Christmas Mail Rush Causes Post Office Delays
The Post Office faced heavy Christmas mail, with a baggage wagon needed to haul the load to the office. Workers reported long lines for parcel post as eight o'clock mail was processed in just over an hour by Clerk Irving Biser.
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Irving 8. Biser
Local exhibitor displays Florida citrus samples in store window
R S J Dutrow of Honer shows oranges and grapefruit in his store window. The fruit came from Mr. George W. Crum’s orange grove in Ocklawaha Florida. Clusters hold six to eight fruit and are praised for beauty and presentation. Friends in the city have received samples as well.
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R. S. J. Dutrow
Honer
George W. Crum
Ocklawaha
Florida
Meetings Postponed For Christmas Season
Several local groups delay monthly meetings to January due to Christmas preparations. Frederick County Historical Society will hold a New Year program early January. Frederick City Hospital Guild—scheduled for Thursday—will meet Wednesday evening next and observe Christmas season.
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Frederick County Historical Society
Frederick
Postmasters’ Salaries Not Cut in Congress Reorg Plan
Aspirants for county postmaster positions will learn that a plan to reduce postmaster salaries has failed. The proposal was dropped in Congress after two days of heated debate among leaders as part of several post office department reorganization plans.
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Postoffice Department
Walkersville
Frederick County
Congress
Geveral
Post Office Department
Gleaners Chapter Plans Fifty Christmas Baskets
All Saints Episcopal Church Gleaners chapter will distribute about fifty Christmas baskets as part of the longtime parish custom to spread good cheer to many parishioners and neighbors.
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Gleaners Chapter
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Won Large Turkey at Miller’s Parlor Auction
A large wickey was auctioned at Charles W. Miller on North Market Street last night and won by Robert H. Thomas.
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Charles W. Miller
North Market Street
Robert H. Thomas
Kaiser Has 1 994 000 Men In German Prisoner Report
Paris reports from German prisoners detail Kaiser’s front as 1 994 000 troops across multiple armies. Grand Duke Albrecht’s West Flanders force includes 12 000 marines and five reserve corps totaling 200 000. Crown Prince Rupprecht’s and others field about 320 000, 240 000, and more, with landwehr brigades and various active and reserve corps across Ypres to the Meuse and Argonne sectors. The Metz area center command under von Strantz accounts for 169 060. An unnamed border force near the Moselle–Swiss boundary numbers about 140 000 with ten kandwehr brigades.
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Paris
Kaiser's Legions
North Sea
Ypres
West Flanders
Grand Duke
Albrecht of Wuerttenberg
Bapaume
France
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Ole
von Buelow
Olse
Alsne
Hoye
Laon
von Kluk
Rheima
von Heeringen
von Haussen
Landwehr
Rheims
Argonne
General von Einem
Landweh
Meuse
Earned First Dollar Here
Henry Wineberg, once of Frederick, described his first earnings in old Frederick as an errand boy making 76 cents weekly. The article notes he became Hagerstown’s renowned “Jiner,” member of 10 fraternal groups and recalls a baptism in sponging water. Oscar Dorsey, found guilty of farm a farmer’s murder near Highland, was sentenced to life in Maryland Penitentiary by Judge Forsythe after overruling the motion for a new trial.
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Hagerstown Globe
Henry Weinberg
Frederick
Henry Wineberg
Hagerstown
Jiner
Old Frederick
Mr. Weinberg
Oscar Dorsey
Highland
Maryland
William H. Forsythe
Dorsey
Property Deeded to Woodcock and Wife in County Real Estate
H K Delauter and J S Newman trustees deed real estate in the county to William J Woodcock and his wife for 920 dollars. Eyler the ex city dog catcher appears as Santa on streets for American Rescue Workers this morning collecting funds. McCleerys Jewelry joins dry goods stores in closure on Saturday after Christmas. Water tedium noted due to fur drying time.
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H. K. Delauter
J. S. Newman
William J. Woodcock
McCleery’s Jewelry
Dance of the Ogure and Kamachenu in Malabar Harvest Ritual
In Malabar a long standing ritual features a weird Ogure figure representing Kamachenu the sacred cow. A small boy carries the effigy as drummers and masked performers dance and sing. Offerings of money, paddy or rice flow to dancers who please the cow’s cult to ensure blessings and prosperity. Washington news notes efforts to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment and introduce Jim Crow car provisions in DC.
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Godavari
Matabar
Kamachenu
Malabar
Wide World Magazine
Washington
Vardaman
Senate
District of Columbia
Tonsiline relief for sore throat and mouth in ads
An old advertisement promotes Tonsiline as a remedy for sore throat and sore mouth. It emphasizes cleaning the throat and mouth, claims to ease discomfort, and urges keeping the product on hand in a hospital size option priced at 1.00 with druggists carrying it.
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Fapprederisk
Maryland Girls’ Club
Ra Street
Peasram
Mary Bussard
Anna Beats
Ruth Grimes
Reba Dutrow
Elsie Beall
Catherine Fngle
Bertha Jones
Washington Street School
Washington Street
Ida Keefer
Mary Butcher
Sly
Santa Claus
Roy King
Florence Strook
Lawrence Keith
Carl Brown
Sheridan Anderson
Lola Bell
Wise Man
Frank Celsbert
William Hamilton
Ana Chorus
Roy Yinger
School
Hazel Gelser
Ruth Luttow
Christmas Postman
Frederick Schroeder
Margaret Duttow
Mary Duttow
Catherine Derr
Ralph Brust
Joseph Springer
Elmer Donsberrer
Ralph Fout
Ralph Cramer
Frank Six
Herman Kaeller
Harry
Hilla Easterday
Helen ‘Fisher
Ai Roar
Frances Keefer
J. G. Michael
North Market St. School
Alvida DeLashmutt
Angel Chorus
Frank Carter
Dorothy Grove
Houston Halter
Richard Ramsburg
Jack Ceciland
Meredith Painter
John Henry Best
Cheater Tucker
Katherine Trundle
Carlton Baumgardner
Carroll Roulette
Margaret Frank
Thelma Watkins
Idella
Gearinger
Gertrude Filby
William Stauffer
Frank Witter
Miss Ott
Hail Lee Ott
Christ
Hansel and Graete
B. T. Strasberger
G. Hunter Bowers
Hon. C. F. Linthicum
Gruber
P. C
Turkey
Bartholomay
Apollo Beer Brewery
W. H. Shipley Frederick
MD. C.F
Kaiser
McCleery
Ings Department
James E. Doll
Xmas Jewelry
South Market Street
Trustees
Thurmont
Sanford L. Shaffer
FINE
Howard County Farm
Sykesvile Station
New State Road
Arthur Percy Forsyth
Sykesville
Carroll Co
BykesVille
Bilicott City
Dedidimon
Fimon
Jonen
Rote Wien
Lst
Meuier
Jeneaie
Cramer & Stauffer
Johnsville
Cramer & Sta
Court Street
C. E. Compher
Frederick Junction
Frankin Tystitute
New
Rochester
Ovrealopaas
Woodsboro Savings Bank
Benjamin W. Saxten
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