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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1929
Page
4
A community urged to buy at home and support local merchants. The article argues trading locally strengthens the town’s economy, increases competition, improves prices and quality, and makes the community prosper. It emphasizes citizens shaping their town by patronizing home businesses to ensure thriving local commerce.
A columnist asks how the cost of living would react if advertising stopped. The piece warns the loss would shrink rail traffic, reduce orders and production, cut labor demand, tighten distribution, depress manufacturers and retailers, and lower prices toward prewar levels. It notes briefers and talkers abound, while action lags.
A fragmentary OCR style note describes a letter golf puzzle with rules. It explains changing one word per stroke, counts strokes for COW to HEN through a three step path, and keeps the sequence O R D and letter A fixed, ending with a printed solution on the last page.
DETTMAR SNAPP replies no to work crosswords. ROY KIMBON and MRS MEXRT RAABE give brief, conflicting statements. MEBE DOROTHY FREE denies working crossword puzzles. MART LEATHERMAN mentions time constraints.
Daily lessons at W. 2 Gordon teach proper possessive forms and pronunciation. Focus today on concise meaning brief terse and compact. The note presents examples and advice to expand vocabulary with precise word choices.
An Oakland sedan driven by William H. Dever left the highway near the Braddock toll gate and plunged down a slight embankment. The car suffered a smashed fender and wheel with the body badly scratched. Mr and Mrs Garver, occupants, escaped injury.
Twenty years ago at Frederick a two story brick house at 129 West Second Street sold for 2200 dollars in an auction by Thomas and Moties. Evangelical Reformed Sunday School officers were elected including Superintendent A C Metartiel and other posts. Duck pin championship results list Baltimore Shenk beating Maryland champion Smith with scores 366 112 1060?
This article details transmission through coughs and sneezes, advises handkerchief use, and stresses indoor ventilation. It links spread to cold weather, indoor crowding, and poor air flow, and prescribes hygiene, open fires for ventilation, regular disinfection, and prompt care to prevent pneumonia. It also urges staying home when ill and consulting a physician.
Dr Morrie Fishdein reviews the history and naming of vitamins, focusing on Vitamin A. He notes its broad importance beyond eye health, including growth, infection resistance, and tissue integrity, and discusses alphabetic versus descriptive designations in medical discourse.
The article notes twinning runs in families with a father of twins five times more likely to have twin offspring. It links kidney stones and other body issues to vitamins and suggests vitamins influence more than the primary disorders. Vitamin A is labeled the first soluble vitamin present in cod liver, egg yolk, many plants, butter, and other common foods.
Today in history lists births and deaths of notable figures. John Winthrop, born in England, died in Boston on March 26, 1649. Charles Perrault, born in Paris, died there on May 16, 1703. The Dublin born Eaioland Burke, an English orator, is noted with unclear details and date.
A collage of historical figures with birth and death notes includes John Hancock, Johann Pestalozzi, John Singer Sargent, Jack London, Arthur Lee, and Robert Underwood Johnson. Also referenced is a February 24 Lancaster County public auction of agricultural property tied to a local Patrastecia Ucn, with an offered price of 170,000 dollars and a Philadelphia realtor involvement. The piece mixes scattered historical notes with a local real estate item and a stray critique on the similes.
A compressed look at a week in Frederick County covers accident tolls, county taxes totaling 230471 paid in December, and state road dealings before the County Commissioners. Local groups mark Founders Day at Hood College and Legion funds reach 7000 for a home. Other items note resignations, committee appointments, and ongoing civic effort by residents.
A compact card presents a biblical line about serving two masters from Luke 16 13 and a Seneca saying about wealth and slavery. The juxtaposition invites readers to weigh spiritual service against material gain.
The Louisiana Supreme Court extended the death row for Ada Bonner Lebovel and Dr. Thomas E Dreber by 15 days after their sentences for the murder of James Lebouef. The court denied a lunacy commission and overturned a potential stay by Chief Justice ONeill, with defense planning an 18 year appeal to rehear the decision. A separate incident saw a sidewalk board fall from a building injuring a woman.
In New York and Baltimore, the so called prince of climbers Harry Lehr rose from $10 to social prominence among the 400. He wove himself into Mrs. Astor's circles, staged sensational feasts and bathing suit balls, and supplied the press with photo opportunities that mocked old Dowager society. Lehr's antics included a famous Newport monkey dinner and risqué stunts that fed the era's gossip and helped define his era's social satire.
Japanese Players at Hood College January 18 in Brodbeck Hall at 820 p m present a Japanese play with songs and dances. Mr and Mrs Ongawa have traveled widely performing Japanese plays and dances with only two characters. They have appeared at Columbus University and Wellesley College.
A jury returned a verdict for defendants Filjah Ganith Union Bridge versus Travid M Devilbiss and Jesse R Boone near Johnsville for 326000 damages. The suit claimed June 13 1938 mule kick caused hip injury and facial/eye damage hindering livelihood. Testimony from ten plaintiff witnesses and several for defendants preceded the hour and a half deliberation.
The regular meeting was held Thursday evening with Miss Harriet Kolb presiding. Mrs. Martha Slemmer read the minutes. Mrs. Hallie Sweet and Miss Harriet Kelb presented selections from the year’s second part. Sweet spoke on The New Pennsylvania Museum and Bethgate gave a talk on The Opening of the Book of the Law. A decoration modeled after the Supreme Court room 32 in the State House at Harrisburg illustrated the painting by Violet Dekkey. Mrs. Mary Beatty will chair next week’s meeting.
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