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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
4
A Grange speaker argues four years of farming can equal four years of Latin study for mental development and language skill. He notes farming as an experimental school improving English, logic, and understanding of conditions, urging careful method and original conclusions. Department of Agriculture figures show wheat acreage shifts this season and past year’s harvest, underscoring farming’s value.
County reports indicate farmers have planted more wheat aiming for strong prices next year. Current winter outlook suggests wheat prices may stay high through this winter and into the following year. Frederick market price stands at 1.16 dollars, with confidence that the high water mark is not yet reached. Southern farmers shift to wheat due to cotton market softness, easing fears of wheat overproduction while cotton excess remains.
Edna Valentine Trapnell writes in the Outlook urging scrutiny of war costs borne by mothers and wives, questioning leaders who wage conflict without giving back human life. In Hagerstown, workers pump water from a cellar after a sewer break, refreezing due to thaw.
Twentieth century Frederick column notes changes in the Board of Charities and Correction with Joshua J. Oil replacing a Republican member Daniel Z Padgett. Other items report Hicks Glessner and W H Fichelberger bagging 48 birds and 3 rabbits near Sugar Loaf, Granville Lindsay resigning to join Franklin Savings Bank, Roy McCardell promoted to teller at Frederick County Bank, and a B& O train collision injuring no one seriously at a crossing near Shookstown.
Lewis C. Ogle a Creagerstown resident and county commissioner aide died at Montevue Hospital about 9 am while heading the annual hog butchering. A Paralysis of the heart caused his sudden collapse after arrival. he was 49. He left a wife and daughter Beulah, with brothers William Bruce, Allen G., Robert L., and Harvey B. Ogle. Funeral plans pending.
Charles E. Saylor former Frederick county Register of Wills dies at 68 in Fremont North Carolina. News received by relatives states he was a Republican leader, burial details unavailable. Survived by two sons Charles and Ray, two daughters Mrs George Stick and Mrs Vernon Rhoads, and siblings Emory Washington Saylor and Mrs Stewart Brandenburg.
The ad describes a liver complaint as causing mental unhappiness and dullness, urging readers to keep the liver active with Dr. King’s New Life Pill and claiming to ease constipation and purify the blood. It also promotes Rucklen's Amica Salve for piles.
George Bartgis of Yellow Springs arrested for kissing four girls and held on bail for a further hearing. Pearl Stone, age 12, to testify in Justice Posey’s court. A package on North Market Street eyed as possibly a crepe or shroud. Several arrests and dismissals follow for disorderly conduct and support. Mayors seek funds to acquire land for a new Hagerstown post office addition, with $30,000 cited and Treasury confirmation pending.
Mrs A T Webster of Frederick R R No 5 says Doan's Kidney Pills helped her family with backache after obtaining them at J W Harner's Drug Store. She recommends the remedy highly and confirms earlier praise from years ago. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Props Buffalo NY.
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