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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1915
Page
7
The piece recalls Christmas through Frederick Place, praising peace, prosperity, and community effort. It notes coal shortages, ice for summer, cheerful streets, weddings, and entertainments while urging celebrations and charity. The author bids a hopeful 1915 with plans for monuments and infrastructure.
Col Noble Harwood Creager U S A retired died suddenly in Orlando Florida on Thursday His boyhood was near Mount Pleasant He fought for the Union in the Civil War and later served in the Spanish American War He leaves a widow a son William Pitcher Creager of Ridgewood New Jersey and two grandchildren Col Creager's home was Portland Maine where the family had wintered in Florida
Potts and Griffin report a first quarter 1915 sale of property at 115 Fast Seventh Street, Brengle estate owned by G Elmer Brengle, to John T Cecil who currently farms and will move to the city to occupy it in the spring. The notice lists residents Roy L Lewis 21 of near Foxville Maggie B Horne 22 of near Foxville George F Schrum 21 and Nancy R Miller 19 of Spring Grove Pa Harry C Martin 57 divorced and Blanche Meriquet 26 widow of Charlestown W Va.
Frederick markets report prices for flour and grains including wheat at near term, corn both new and old, shelled corn, oats, and mixed feeds. Corn and oat feed, middlings, dairy feed, hay timothy and mined hay are listed with price ranges per ton or bushel. Potatoes are quoted 55 to 65 cents per bushel.
Lancaster Pa Jan 2 Justice J Hay Brown took the oath as chief justice before Judge Charles E Landis. He succeeds D Newlin Fell whose term expired. Brown has served on the court since Jan 1 1899. Girls Kill Four Pronged Buck Beliefance Pa Jan 2 county girls Diana Mar Zilla Siater killed a deer. They skinned and dressed it near their home. The buck had four prongs and weighed 168 pounds. Easton Md Ledger Sold Easton Md Jan 2 Henry E Bateman a young lawyer bought the Easton Ledger an independent Democratic paper to be run on the same lines.
In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch excerpt, a dialogue plays on clothes and cost with a pun about two suits a dress suit and a lawsuit. The piece pivots to a quotation from Plato on the origin of wars as wealth pursuit and a fragmentary note from a Berbard.
Frederick residents again testify to relief from kidney pain backache and abnormal secretions after using Dean's Kidney Pills. Joba J Brown of 213 West Patrick Street Frederick reports lasting improvement after purchasing at J W Harner's Drug Store and sharing the remedy. Price five cents. Foster Milburn Co props Buffalo N Y advertisement.
In Philadelphia Mrs Lydia Rheinholder twenty four of 247 North Lawrence street fatally burned her five year old son Raymond and herself as poverty and domestic strife drove a desperate act. Raymond died at St Christopher's hospital while the mother lies dying at Episcopal hospital. Husband Anthony Rheinholder slept nearby unaware until a neighbor’s screams alerted responders. Police hold the mother without bail awaiting investigation. She claimed she was tired of life and blamed no one but herself as eight weeks of unemployment worsened their prospects.
President Wilson tentatively selected three members for the federal trade commission. Joseph D B Davies Edward N Hurley and George Foster Peabody, all Democrats, would form the initial trio. Two more members remain to be chosen and could be Republicans or Progressives to satisfy party balance.
London reports the foreign office is opening talks with France and Russia on how to respond to President Wilson’s protest over British warships interfering with American merchant ships. M Sas sanam and M Delcasse expected to send replies within forty eight hours. Latin American diplomats see this as a move to reaffirm neutral rights and anticipate further exchanges before a final solution.
New York governor Charles Seymour Whitman, a Republican, was inaugurated amid civic ceremonies and a military display. In his inaugural address he warned that lawlessness and moral decadence threaten American communities, urging legislative action to curb crime and protect justice.
Washington January 2 New Year greetings arrive at the White House from monarchs and leaders including King Albert of Belgium King George V of England King Gustaf of Sweden King Haakon of Norway and German ambassador Count Bernstorff. Messages express goodwill and American affection.
Washington, January 2. John Schnitzer and his brother Lazarus attacked at a New Year gathering for failing to receive invitations. John Swift was beaten to death in his yard. Michael Schnitzer assaulted a guest, Charles King, gravely injuring him as authorities pursue the fugitives. Local and state officers join the hunt.
A Daily Mail correspondent in Berlin reports German readers welcome the US protest to Britain over American commerce and speculate on a possible crisis between the United States and Germany. German papers think the American government has set a stand hard to retreat from.
President Wilson pressed the electric button to open the San Diego Exposition at midnight Pacific time. New Year in Washington was quiet due to mourning for Mrs. Wilson and many customs were omitted amid wartime conditions. Allies renew Dardanelles attack as Anglo French fleet pressures Turkish defenders at the straits. residents flee Constantinople amid fears of a waterway passage.
Cairo dispatch reports that refugees from Jaffa say Djemal Pasha, commander of an army of 50,900 Turks, who arrived at Jerusalem last Friday, was assassinated in his headquarters.
Store emphasizes ongoing value of items sold, stressing continued attention to buyers after transactions. It highlights commitment to service and maintaining customer trust through post sale care.
Vintage ad lists varnish stain in cherry, mahogany, walnut, dark oak and light oak. Twelve pint cans priced at 12 cents each, pint cans at 20 cents, start cans at 35 cents. Includes misspelled product names and promotional phrasing.
Floor stain offered in Cherry Maudgary Walnut Dark Oak and Light Oak. Gallon cans cost 1.28 dollars with 1.2 gallon packages at 35 cents. Floor varnish and Waxine Floor Oil advertised at competitive right prices.
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