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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1923
Page
4
Editorial note from the Frederic Md Daily News explains submission rules for letters opinions and advertising notices, requiring real names with statements and mailed, not phone, notices. It emphasizes author authority and post office registration as a first class matter.
A newspaper item recalls New York police medals for 74 officers amid praise for brave work. It notes rising Christmas giving and debates poverty reports, praising charity as a yearly duty while cautioning about overgeneralized claims. It ends with quips on aging and domestic life and a remark about ten dollar bills’ poor staying power.
The horoscope warns Saturn weakly affecting the day with introspection and possible low mood for the aged and middle aged. It foresees real estate slumps in early new year values and disquieting Congress problems. A prominent public death and planetary alignments suggest caution.
Local reactions to the hiring of Armstrong as Frederick baseball club manager praise his experience and connections. Citizens like Dr Charles F Goodell and Charles Cramer say he will attract players and improve standing, while others note his long big league background and track record. The report cites bids in Chicago and predicts a strong season ahead.
A lighthearted essay on holiday gift giving and social quirks. It lampoons absent friends, cheap presents, mistletoe shaping behavior, and the absurdities of Christmas consumption. It notes Red Cross Seals and Santa’s role in wallets and desires.
Tell Binkley cites a forty year discussion of the tariff and the public’s slow awareness. He recalls a past where oranges cost five cents in groceries and ten cents on the Cleveland Division of the New York Central Lines.
Berton Braley's poem portrays a rough bar scene during Prohibition. Bad Eye Bill confronts the soda clerk, demanding hooch while arguing that prohibition ruins the land. A fight erupts as the bartender and patrons clash, ending with Bill humbled by the soda clerk's mild beer and the club’s atmosphere. Leslie Ryberson BRaley.
A compact track blends devotional quotes from Acts and Psalms with a fashion aside on silk and satin fabrics. It notes Ottoman silk and heavy satin swathed with fur as popular, alongside fur wraps, reflecting era-tinted hobbyist culture and pious sentiment in one brief excerpt.
Local items from The News December 22 1903 note G Wesley Kindley on East Clare street goes to Clarksville Tennessee for holidays Miss Mabel Kinney visiting there will return with her father Columbia Lodge officers elected for ensuing year Gray son EB Bowers W M Ira L Miller 8 W Richard Potts J W Adolphus Fearhake secretary Gacharias treasurer John A Lynch declines re election Finish on Muriet street opens Three story brick houses on East Church street sold to Samuel Th Thomas for 5650 for Woman's College Santa Claus letters from Frederick residents featuring young Charles Waller and siblings Marion and Charles Palliy
A sweep of evening and daytime programs across WEAF WGY WRC WJZ WOR KYW WBZ KOKA and more features acts from The Chiclet Quartette to Walter Hassler and Vincent Lopez. Listings include concerts recitals stories and children's segments with times scattered through the day and night.
This column lists 1914 first issue of the American Weekly Mercury in Philadelphia. 1798 birth of George W. Crawford. 1864 Sherman captures Savannah and seizes 35 000 bales of cotton. 1879 Roberts defeats Afghans at Sherpur. 1880 death of George Eliot. 1915 UK House of Commons boosts army to 4 million. 1917 Canada liquor import ban. 1920 Asama eruption with hundreds dead. Also notes birthdays of Kellogg Colby Read Reece, and events: first day of winter and longest day south of equator, centennial birth of Charles J. Loos.
Public sale of 25 acres near Walkersville Frederick County Maryland at the court house door in Frederick City on Thursday December 27 1923 at 3 o clock a m. The property includes a large two and one half story mansion house frame barn outbuildings and wells. Deposit 1000 cash balance April 1 1924. By LeRoy McMaster DD Princeton Buckey attorney. Auctioneer William H Darner. Also a separate notice for sale of personal property on Leith farm December 27 1982 at 10 am listing six horses including four mares.
A reader criticizes inappropriate attire seen on a traveler and a woman in an evening dress at Al Pullman. The note urges practical travel clothing in plain dark shades and questions the social fit of formalwear in transit.
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