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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
2
Severe cold and heavy snow grip Frederick as sleighs clutter Market Street. lowest temperature hits 11 degrees. Trains delayed, sidewalks treacherous, and charity workers report rising destitution. forecasters predict more snow and extended cold.
A notice outlines diverse short courses at Marsland Agricultural College including soils manures crops poultry husbandry horticulture farm machinery and engines carpentry blacksmithing pipe fitting farm live stock feeding dairy veterinary science and domestic science. Prominent outside lecturers will assist, with board costing $5 per week, and applications accepted via RW Silvester, President Maryland Agricultural College College Park.
Fragmented OCR text recounts a lighthouse captain and war hero, with scattered phrases about healing, cures, and personal trials. Mentions Pearre's Pharmacy and a patient named Hanna Sarrou, but details are unclear.
A town full of visitors and locals on business or visiting relatives. Mr S Lewis Métter is in Baltimore on business, Mr Prank Fames returns from Virginia to Dayton, Mr Melvin Ramesburg visits relatives in the city, and many others are seen traveling between Baltimore, Frederick, Union Bridge, and surrounding areas for work or study.
Union services of Presbyterian Southern Methodist and Grace Reformed churches mark a Week of Prayer. Rev Thomas Freeman Dixon opened at the Presbyterian church with Rev E L McKean speaking on foreign missions. Sermon outlined Christian reasons for supporting missions and prayer. Tonight the Southern Methodist church hosts Home Missions with Rev Dr Thomas Freeman Dixon. Tomorrow Grace Reformed hosts Home and School themes as final service before next Sunday’s holy communion.
Mr and Mrs George W Hours of 0 Dutch Street announce the birth of a fine boy weighing 10 pounds. Col Vernon President. Vernon of Baltimore was elected president of Cole's Cavalry Maryland Volunteer Veteran Association at the meeting. Reunion planned at Harpers Farm on September 2.
Special report from Princeton notes Prof John Hibben named to succeed Woodrow Wilson as university president. The appointment follows Wilson's resignation to become New Jersey's governor. Hibben, Princeton graduate and professor, teaches logic and philosophy.
Washington Jan 11 The special committee probed United States Steel Corporation with Andrew Carnegie on the stand most of the day. He offered little information, entertained the committee, and spoke on current topics. He continued testimony this morning, outlining his steel career to 1901 and arguing more progress could be made under partnership than corporation.
Four young men in the city form the Dollaray Club to save one dollar daily and, by early December, plan to present savings as a tip to Ene land Pied Fredericks, a City Hotel clerk born in England who leads the effort. He has drawn Gilbert brothers and Mr Young of the City Hotel barbershop into the venture, with aims of a pleasant month in England and a display of a Dartmouth Colege building picture in the lobby of the building.
The News reports over a million copies circulated in the past year, with weekly average above 20 000. Daily and semi weekly editions show steady growth, aided by reader expansion near Frederick. The paper predicts a busy period as circulation continues rising through 1992.
Health officer reports 39 county deaths 31 births in December with typhoid fever lone infectious case in county. City figures include 26 white 16 male 13 female, listing main causes such as pneumonia heart disease tuberculosis apoplexy and infant outcomes. Brunswick district shows six deaths and four births with two typhoid fever cases.
Poems selected for January use in Freder ick public schools and include classic verses such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Windy Nights. The compilation, supervised by Ella Vv Es, aims to foster a year of gladness, effort, and growth with gentle moral tones and child friendly imagery.
An expert notes steel failures occur early in service. A bar or plate lasting a year is nearly durable. Repeated bending, termed panting, tests steel most. it is tumultuous in youth, trustworthy in middle age and beyond reproach in old age.
An old Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets advertisement touts relief from indigestion with a full money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It highlights ingredients Bismuth-Subnitrate and Pepsin, plus carminatives, claiming strong digestive support and urging readers to buy at The Rexall Store on Williamson Street in Frederick.
Daniel A. Bowlus and wife deed real estate in the county to Joi L. Herbst for $200. Busan Stewart and husband transfer real estate in the city to B Eugene Wirts for $200. Edgar L. Abner slipped on ice on North Market Street yesterday injuring his back.
Testimony from Emory Shiffer and Emery Shifflett of Elkton Va praise Bear's Emulsion for children and adults. They claim it cures coughs, improves appetite, and strengthens the run-down system. The product costs one dollar a bottle or six for five dollars, sold by Pearce's Modern Pharmacy in Frederick Md.
Classified notices show items for sale including a Remington typewriter bargain and a soda fountain, plus Belgian hare and Flemish giant rabbits, a six room brick house on West Fourth Street, and various notices from local residents and businesses. Names and locations include Jefferson Maryland Willelia Parment, F Lor raine Simpson Lebermann, and box addresses in The News.
An old marketing notice touts Payre's Drape dou as a quick remedy for indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. The ad claims five minute relief by aiding digestion and preventing stomach poison, warning readers against cancer and breath poisoning while urging pharmacists to provide plainly printed formulas. It pushes a 50 cent bottle and promises dramatic, rapid comfort.
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