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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1916
Page
4
A three hour public meeting debated Frederick's electric future. Aldermen heard reports from the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway and a city rail commission study. Baker urged a referendum while Coblentz defended current rate fairness and warned against loosing municipal control.
A Brooklyn mother reports a weakly digested boy thriving after introducing Grape Nuts, noting the food’s appetite appeal and visible health gains. A friend with children who had rickets also benefited from the cereal, and the Postum Co letter urges readers to believe these testimonial letters as genuine.
The Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company argues against municipal takeover of Frederick lighting, contending the municipal plant is inadequate and costly. It questions Reeder and Page findings, urges continued private power, cites rates, future sewer and water projects, and warns against $100,000 municipal investment in commercial lighting.
War report details a brutal clash on the Galicia front where Austro German forces prepare to unleash a broad offensive. The Russians hold a critical line as Allied powers stream reinforcements, with five key roads under pressure and heavy casualties reported across multiple divisions.
Halladelphis Jan 12 Governor Gru uk named a commission formed under a June 15 1915 resolution to investigate the rise in anthracite coal prices following the tax's constitutional ruling. Thomas Martindale Judge Robert S Gawre and John Langhon will serve. The panel may call witnesses, sit statewide, and report by next year with a $5000 expense appropriation.
Te Kan Jan 12 On an acreage estimated to be five per cent less than that sewn a year ago the condition of wheat in Kansas is five per cent better than in December 1914 according to the report of J C Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture.
Maryland Steel Co to raise wages on February with pay for all workers increasing by about seven per cent. The workforce at the plant numbers around 4000 men.
Readable fragments report alleged persecution of Jews and clashes over Jewish rights amid wartime politics. Other lines describe brothers crushed to death in a mine, with stray reflections on doubt and sleep.
Indictments returned against Menace Publishing company and Wilbur Phelps Bruce M Phelps Theodore C Wales Marvin Brown over improper matter sent through US mail. Six counts reference items in the weekly Menace distributed nationwide and a seventh concerns the booklet The Pope Chief of White Clerks High Priest of Intrigue.
New York reports Fritz Podzius known as Cupid Podzius editor of a matrimonial sheet dies. He claimed to have arranged about 20,000 marriages and ran a Berlin copy. A bachelor and recluse, he lived largely on apples and tea with money hidden in banks.
A vintage ad promises hair transformation with Danherine and Datherine treatments. It claims rapid beauty enhancement, scalp cleansing, and new hair growth, urging purchase of Knowlton's Dandeline for 73 cents.
London January 12 John Redmond parliamentary leader of the Irish party said in debate that Nationalists would not oppose the military service bill which enforces conscription on unmarried men ages eighteen to thirty one Ireland is exempted and Redmond and his followers would abstain from further votes The Irish Unionist leader Sir Edward Carson criticized Ireland’s exclusion noting Irish involvement in eventual victory remains vital to democracy
Jan 12. Senator Clarke of Arkansas, a Democrat, introduced a resolution directing the president to withdraw all American sovereignty over the Philippine islands and recognize an independent government to be set up there within two years. The measure was referred to the Philippine committee.
President Wilson commuted to expire immediately a five year sentence imposed on November 2, 1914, on Milton H. Lee of Salt Lake City. Lee, a counterfeiter, is ill with cancer and cannot live long.
Dr A L Pearre advertises Dr Howard’s remedy for constipation and dyspepsia at half price fifty cent bottles, promising a full refund if not cured. He notes one unsatisfactory return but guarantees satisfaction, urging readers to buy while the half-price offer lasts.
Mrs Lelia J Main of 919 Maryland Ave Hagerstown endorses Master Medicine Tanlac after nine years of stomach trouble and nightly discomfort. She reports improved digestion appetite and sleep after one bottle and urges others to try Tanlac. Available at Williamsons Frederick J H Cassell Thurmont and other area pharmacies at $1.00 per bottle.
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