Mary Jane Reflects on Events of the Week in Frederick
Mary Jane writes of 1916 New Year hopes in Frederick tracing post holiday recuperation, local shop conditions, school resumes, and society activities. She notes Lent’s late start, auctions for a Schley memorial, cantatas, revival efforts, and plans for spring weddings while urging home shopping and town progress.
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Daughters of Confederacy
Free Library
Cupid
Old
Kentucky
Community Tree Club
Lutheran Sunday School
Middletown
Agricultural Society
Mt. Olivet
Schley
Frederick
Taft Serves as Godfather at Taft Grandson’s Christening
Ex-President Taft acted as godfather at the christening in Cincinnati for his grandson William Howard Taft the 34th, aged six months, son of Robert Taft. The ceremony highlights a family milestone in Cincinnati with Taft’s public presence noted.
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Mr. Taft
N. Cincinnat
Taft
William Howard Taft
Robert Taf
Literary Societies A B and C Debates Dominate January 7 14
The Belles Lettres Literary Society divisions A B C resumed after Christmas with recitations essays debates and reports. Notable events include the Farm Demonstrator debate with unanimous affirmatives in A and two to one in C, plus a junior election and juvenile and white society meetings with multiple readings and debates.
Alcott Literary Society Holds Regular Meeting
LEE S OVERMAN NC Senator Io Chair man of Committee on Rules. After the election the society adjourned to meet on January 14. The C division of the Alcott Literary Society met Friday January 7 at the usual hour. Minutes were read and approved. Programs included Viola Fox, Joanna Best, Elizabeth Herwig, Eloise Lipps, Dorothy Homer. Katharine Tyson gave a favorable critique.
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Belles Lettres Literary Society
Tuvall Schell
Wilbur Kolb
Brown
Ralph Culler
Herbert Gilbert
Charles Elder
Harry Korrel
Frederic County
Geo. Grove
Paul Michael
Lawson King
Robert Nicodemus
Louis Fleischman
Louis Henck
Allen Smith
Harold Harshman
Walkersville
Roy McK. Harris
William R. Quynh
Harry S. Hench
John Hershberger
Harry B. Shaw
Juvenile Literary Society
Augustua Yaste
Martin Urner
Hermanoclast
John H. Grove, Jr
Austin Hoffman
Carl Strangman
Elisa Ramsburg
David Aldridge
Frank Rothenhoefer
White Society
Girls’ High School
Mary Bussard
Alice Kline
E- Harris
Alice Carter
Dorothy Worthington
Edith Wiles
Alcott
The
Alcott Literary Society
Viola Fox
Joanna Best
Elizabeth Herwig
Eloise Lipps
Dorothy Homer
Katharine Tyson
Chief to Face Russians in Debatable Czernowitz Front
London reports a fierce Russian offensive around Czernowitz, with strong attacks along the Styr line and Austro-German counteroffensives to regain ground. Paris notes the strategic importance of the line. von Mackensen leads forces opposing Russia, while fighting between the Pruth and Bessarabian frontier eases. The Russians claim gains at Tcharkysk and threaten Kovel if advances continue.
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London
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Styr
Kovel
Pennsylvania banks and trust companies gain resources in 1915
The 498 state chartered banks trust companies and savings institutions in Pennsylvania posted resources of 1,371,233,193.12 on November 1 1915, a gain of 92,593,242.34 from 1914. Deposits rose across most classes except state government, led by trust deposits up about 61 million and savings funds increasing similarly.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Banking
William H. Smith
Teuton Losses Reach 7 Million Allies Deaths
London report cites exchange Telegraph despatch from Zurich via Neuville Gazette showing total teuton ally losses to date at about 7,000,000 killed wounded and missing. German 3,700,000. Austrians 3,196,000. Turks and Bulgarians 600,000.
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Germany
London
Zurich
Neuville
Bulgarians, 600,000; Killed and Permanently Crippled, Germanys
Maryland commission urges farm plan for habitual drunkards
In Haxerstown Maryland on January 8 a state inquiry recommends using 1600 acres for treatment of habitual drunkards. The report was prepared by a commission appointed by Governor Goldsborough. Charles R. Securimi served as chair.
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Haxerstown
Maryland
Goldsborough
Charles R. Securim Ihairman
Robbers Steal $1,000,000 in Stamps from Revenue Office
The thieves forced the vault door of the collector of internal revenue, stealing internal revenue stamps and cash totaling up to $1,000,000 in value. Lt. Lynch and police investigated, noting negotiable stamps were targeted while unnegotiable stamps remained.
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Paw
Myun
Internal Revenue
Collector of
Lynch
Stuaut
Minneapolis
Colored Y. M. C. A. Burned in Atlantic City Fire
Firefighters rescued twelve men and three women from the four story frame Y M C A on Arctic avenue as winds whipped the cold air. The blaze destroyed the building from top to bottom, leaving only the shell after a two hour battle. Loss pegged at ten thousand dollars.
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Atlantic City
Colored Young Men's Christian Association
Arctic Avenue
Lfnols
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George Webster
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