Frederick Base Ball Club Elects Goodell President
Frederick Base Ball Association stockholders met at the YMCA last night electing Dr Charles F Goodell as president and forming a new board of directors. A surplus fund was kept in reserve for emergencies, with discussions on season plans for the Blue Ridge League and ticket transfers for future years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or. Co
F. Goodell
Frederick Baseball Association
Blue Ridge
Goodell
D. Princeton
Martin BE. Kefauver
J. Hary’ Grove
Frank K. Schmidt
E. Austin James
Hagerstown
Schmidt
Boyer
Admiral Marston Toast Sparks Malta Dinner Banter
A muddled excerpt recalls Admiral Marston’s Maltese dinner toast to English officers and American comrades, with jovial jabs and mutual respect. The passage then shifts to a discussion on wood types, contrasting hard and soft woods by leaf shape, resin content, and conifer classification, citing pine and beech as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Marston
Malta
Ace Harbor
Addesseis
Frederick Weather Records For The Week
The Frederick weather summary lists temperatures and rainfall for the past seven days. Highs reached seasonal peaks with rainfall scattered through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Winter Relief Funds Exhausted Amid Severe Cold
Winter weather arrives with record lows as the Federated Charities report many distress calls. Dr Dixon notes fund shortfalls and mayoral relief funds exhausted after distributing coal and heat aid totaling 162 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Charities
Thomas Freeman Dixon
Dixon
Mayor Fraley
Fraley
Market Prices and Crowds at Local Base of Supplies
A small crowd gathered this morning at the market base as shoppers hurried to buy their goods. Prices ranged broadly with eggs 30 to 32 cents a dozen, butter 30 to 35 cents a pound, live chickens 15 to 16 cents a pound, and other staples listed from ducks to potatoes and fruit.
War and social change in the American war era
Emerson on war loosening old bonds and Pattee’s view that the Civil War transformed America beyond new activity. The North and South were provincial before 1860 with little fusion or common vision. Major cities resembled separate villages, lacking a unifying national impulse to meld the regions into a new republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Fred Lewis Pattee
America
North
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Charleston
The Better Judge and Handel’s Final Rehearsal
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Sir Charles Halle conducting an Oldham orchestra with the famed bassoonist George Steel. Handel remarks emerge about arranging parts and judging the performance, with voices claiming Handel was the better judge than others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldham Amaments
Landels
Wader
Charles Hallo
iWarer
George Steel
Asner Ander Lyne
Georee
George
Handel
Rou
Dondom
Russian Drive Battering East Galicia and Bukowina Line
London reports fierce fighting in east Galicia along the Bukowina Bessarabia axis. A Times correspondent cites Russian gains in the southwest and notes possible resumption of activity near Zaleszczyki. Sadagora’s capture remains unconfirmed. its strategic position would boost the Russian line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Galicia
Bukowina Bessarabia
Borun
Petrograd
The
Times
Olfser
Balkans
Bukowina
Siripa
Zaleszczyki
Sadagora
Czernowicz
Holland Dykes Burst Threatens North Holland Flooding
The Zuider Zee Dyke at Kativoude burst and the Zuidpolder was flooded forcing residents to flee by boat to nearby villages. Edam reports danger to Poldererveeng dyke with potential widespread flooding of northern Holland. Alarm bells rang near Broeck as farms were inundated and people fled toward Amsterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuidpolder
Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Zuider Zee
Kativoude Haa
Zudipolder
Dain
Edam
Polderereevang
North Holland
Broeck
Chalmsford Named Viceroy and Governor General of India
London Jan 15 announces Baron Chalmsford former governor of Queensland and New South Wales has been appointed viceroy and governor general of India in succession to Baron Hardinge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmsford
India
London
Baron Chalmsford
Queensland
New South Wales
Baron Hardinge
Bank Robbers Get 25000 at Clayton Alabama
Bank of Clayton safe cracked and $25,000 stolen. A posse with bloodhounds organized to pursue the robbers. Also reported four killed when an oil tank exploded in Chicago. Four injured as two die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Ala
Bank of
R. R
Chicago
West Side
Chicago & Northwestern
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Cites Kids Health Myth
A 1900s style advertisement warns parents that constipation causes illness in children and promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative. It urges using a 50 cent bottle with clear dosing for all ages, and cautions against counterfeit syrups. The copy imitates period parental advice and market language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Fig Sxrap Company
British take U. S. soldier from American vessel in Jamaica
Albert Clark a private in the Fifth U S infantry was removed from the steamship Santa Marta at Kingston Jamaica by a British neutrality officer. After hours ashore he returned to the ship and continued to Washington. Clark said he was born near Vienna and had American citizenship papers. This was described as the first such removal since 1812. A report notes paper underwear for aviators invented in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert Clark
Fifth
United States Infantry
Santa Marta
Kingston
Jamaica
Clark
Canal Zone
Washington
United States
Colon
Vienna
War Department
Various Local Notices and Personal Mentions
Personal news notes list Dr J W Warner’s business trip to Macon Ga Miss Donie Mullinix Frederick weekend in Baltimore Page Etchison a prominent Y M C A worker in Washington visiting relatives in Jefferson Miss Katherine Cramer Walkersville visiting cousin Edith Carle Baltimore William St Slemmer return from Norristown Pa Mrs Earn L Cramer Walkersville visiting daughter in Baltimore Miss Alice McCarty Stephens City Va guest of Katherine Grove East Second street has returned home Mrs Allen R Lampe returned from Philadelphia bedridden with grip Miss Frank X Staley and several others motor trip to Hagerstown Marriage Licenses Wilian Claude Hollyday and Lillian Baker William L Gilbert and Cela Katharine Wilhide widower and divorced William B Willard and Lillian R Engelbrecht Guy W Bittle and Eilleen G Long Play At Hood College Hood College students perform A Box of Monkeys and The Building Fund Mount Vernon home of Washington described with history of ownership and transfer to Mount Vernon Ladies Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Warner
Macon
Donie Mullinix
Frederick
Baltimore
Page Etchison
Washington
Jefferson
Katherine Cramer
Walkersville
Edith Carle
William St. Slemmer
Wriveet
Norristown
Earn L. Cramer
C. W. Gilbert
Imewgle
Alice McCarty
Stephens’ City
Katherine Grove
East Second Street
Allen R. Lampe
Philadelphia
Lampe
Frank X. Staley
Katherine R. Cramer
Margaret Ford
Antoinette Markell
Douglass Fuller
Winchester, Va
Hagerstown
Wilian Claude Hollyday
Lillian Baker
Kenmitsburg
William L. Gilbert
Cela Katharine Wilhide
William B. Willard
Doubs
Lillian R. Engelbrecht
Guy W. Bittle
Myeraville
Eilleen G. Long
Middletown
Seventh Day Adventists Hear of Year’s Progress
Local Seventh Day Adventists greeted a Washington headquarters report on the denomination’s progress. Excerpts compiled by H E Rogers show the 1914 net gain in membership exceeding the global membership thirty years earlier, signaling notable expansion across North America and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
H. E. Rogers
North America
Public sale of a Frederick County farm and property
Public notice announces a mortgage foreclosure sale of a 143 acre Frederick County farm near Adamstown on January 27, 1916 at 11 am at Ogle and Scarff’s store. It lists parcels previously conveyed to multiple parties and notes the property’s value, improvements, and proximity to B&O railroad stations. It also advertises a separate January 29, 1916 sale of farm livestock and implements at 10 am near Frederick on Montevue Pike.
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Mary C. Thomus
Frank C. Norwood
Frederick County
Maryland
Ogle & Scarff
Adamstown
Mary C. Thomas
Thomas L. Thomas
AZ .D
Adamstown Turnpike Company
A. D
Baltimore and Ohio Tailroad Company
Charles H. Conley
Iber
H. H
S. T. EH
Clinton B. G. Harwood
Dee
S. T. IL
Edith Utz Thomas
T. H
John C. Lamar
Frederick
Montevue Pike
Ulad
Helstein
Soadevich Pha Studebaker
Dayton
Lourren L. Welty
Rosa
Welty
Court House
Frederick City
Daily News
Darner
Tanjore T. Griffith
New Market
KE. Darnher
Jacob Rohrback
Ignatius W. Dorsey
A. mi
Willis J. Fisher
Abram Fisher
Mt. Airy
New London
Sem!Weekly News
M. W. Null
John
Frank Ricketts
Wm. H. Kimmell
Park Mills
Mt. Ephraim
H. Lease
Lawson Summers
Jonas V. Summers
Jos
H. Bussard
Philip Or Lee
Urbana
AL Rai
Bliss
Lawrence
F._Lorne Simpson
Lester
Repp
Joseph R. Lind
Janarch
Wm. E. Darner
Vincent Beachley
C. Eldridge Waesche
Martin E. Ketaurer
Middletown
Old Power House
M. E. Stitely
A. G. Cramer
Roy Hankey
Wm. A. Watking
Gustavius Shafer
Lewistown
Bready
D. Z. Padgett
W. W. Culler
E. L. Stitely
W. B. Catshall
Chas. M. Stitely
Woodsboro
Woodsporo
Pleasant Hol School House
H. R. Lease
J. H. Stauffer
Samuel M .Sttine
Newton A. Walkersville
Able Live
H. Hussard
P. H. Morningstar
W. O
Glaze
Emmitsburg Pike
Brish
Annie B. Warrenfeitz
Hansonville
Emmiteburg Pike
Daily
Hufer
Aucets
Joseph J. Bus
D. C. Grove
Jefferson
State Road
Troiley
Miritie Ser
Seemi-Weekix
Issiy News
Membership Growth and Mission Offerings in 1914
The report notes total membership at year end 1914 reached 125,844 with a gain of 11,287 or 9.85 percent. Baptisms numbered 14,999 and the net gain over baptisms was 33,712. Foreign missions offerings in the North American Division totaled $615,565.95, with division membership at 72,015.
Frederick County Auction Notices From The News Sale Register
The News Sale Register lists auction notices for real estate and personal property across Frederick County from January 1916 to March 1916. Auctions involve heirs executors and local auctions with multiple dates and references to Daily News and Semi-Weekly News notices.
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Ball Club
Holland Dykes
Mark Twain
Rane
American Press Associatio
U. S
France
Hood College
Dramatic Department
Seminary Hall
Mount Vernon
Lawrence Washington
Edward Vernon
R. N
Cartagena
Bushrod Washington
John Augustine Washington
Crittick
Crit
Philadelphia Lecter
Gladys
Banking Department of the State
Central Trust Company
Mary
the Central Trust Company
Mortgagee's
Said
Joseph G. Thomas
William Null
Fense
Peneatyen
Dembie
Raven Harrow
Hatshear
Rerch
Setone
C. AL
Eale
Pease
Lawson
the News Sale Register
South Market Street
Salis
Second
Caruine G. Johnson
N. M. Zente
Chas, T. Metzler
Della
Janddimoan&eTimon
Bona Turkets
Piure Bred
Vprivee
C. M. deGarmena
Tuscarora, Md
TOUNG
OTTAS
Gitllingers Grocery
Os Danildéy
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