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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1916
Page
4
The Freder ick daily paper and The Times announce joint printing operations and rate lists. Subscriptions and business may be transacted at the Brune ok office, with semi weekly editions issued on Tuesday and Friday and mail delivery to U.S. addresses.
Public attention focuses on county commission appointments of road supervisors and the aging system that governs road upkeep. Citizens argue for a modern, centralized plan or a road engineer to improve supervision and efficiency. About 20,000 spent yearly. political control has shaped supervisor selection in districts. State legislature should prompt a thoughtful, revised system or optimized use of the current one.
A fragmented midwinter trade narrative highlights feverish exchanges from a big city department store to a small countryside shop, emphasizing the vast scale of post holiday shopping and the bustling retail scene.
Merchants seek to reduce winter stock now to avoid carrying costs and risk. Unadvertised markdowns fail. shoppers scan newspapers for announced concessions. A savvy buyer class pursues January and February low prices, favoring stores that publicize midwinter offers.
An assembled national trade group presses for tariff protection to cover wage differentials in shoes while asserting foreign competition and wartime exports. The Columbia Star column weighs the ethics of congressional rhetoric, urging independent U.S. interest over British or German influence and calling for free discussion to reveal weaknesses in opposing viewpoints.
Fragmented excerpt combines Rupert Brooke poetry notes with a 7 word heavyweight champion vocabulary and a Michigan Gargoyle line. It resembles a collage of literary and sports items without a coherent narrative.
M L Pettibone of the Seventh day Adventist church writes a long warning that wars cost the innocent and belligerents ignore law. He predicts postwar religious and political upheaval, church power over state, and a push for universal peace backed by religion.
A fragment from The News January 15 1896 lists elected directors of local societies including Protestant Episcopal Harry Trail E Shepherd J A Markel Frank RB Sappington Evangelical Lateran Henry Nixdorff W Irving Parsons John Hardt H Clay Hall Methodist Episcopal Hammond Urner A Fearhahe Wilbur M H Unwall WH Nicodemus German Baptist Dr I F Ney M F South A J De Lashmuit Dr E Bowlus Hamilton Lindsay Evangelical Reformed John S Rarseurg William Rively William A Burger Jacob Rohrback Presbyterian SEL Brown Charles W Ely Edward S Eich elberger Harry Steiner United Brethren A L Kiine St Johns Reformed Charles Hermann William H Barger and others A St Johns Beneficial Association elected President vice president treasurer and messenger plus a fire on L Roehhes New Market property causing 15 or 20 dollars in damage The election results for the Reformed Sundes school listed Superintendent A C McCardell assistant superintendent Jacob Rohrback treasurer William P Rice secretary M F Pvt Librarian Jo Mary Hane assistants Lewis A Rice C Edwin Kemp William Knock
Delegates named to attend Havre de Grace gathering to present Frederick's claim for the 1918 state firemen's convention. Members discuss centennial plans for Independent Hose Company with a 300-year milestone two years hence and elect officers for the coming year.
Frederick County National Bank in Frederick Maryland shows a large sum of money, with Allen G Quy nn associated in the memo or related entry. The document lists figures in the hundreds of thousands, indicating a loan, deposit, or dispute amount.
Pauline Staub entertained about 24 guests on North Market Street with a view to the City Opera House amusement pictures. Afterward the party returned to the Staub home for cake and refreshments before motorized returns. A separate accident report notes Fingers Cut In a machine at a Boek Work shop injuring a man who received Dr. Bells Pine Tar Honey treatment.
Miscellaneous line item listing goods and prices for a local sale at 14 South Market Street and nearby locations in Frederick. Includes furniture pieces, textiles, and household items with approximate values, venue notes for the event, and travel routes via local hotels and streets.
Public auction to be held at the Court House door in Frederick City Maryland on Friday January 1916 at 11 am. Parcels include three adjoining lots on East Church Street with improvements and several unimproved lots. Deeds dated 1900 1907 and 1913 show title chains. Terms require half cash by January 28 1916 balance by April 1 1916 or all cash. Deposits posted for each lot and auctioneer and attorney named.
Executors of John H. Allnutt announce public sale by auction at Frederick Court House on February 8, 1916. Three tracts totaling 187.5, 177, and 240 acres with improvements, water rights, and specific reservations will be offered separately then together, with terms requiring $500 down and balance on court ratification. The properties lie in Buckeystown and Carrollton areas and are occupied by George S. Allnutt.
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