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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1915
Page
2
The Masonic Temple in Frederick hosts an 8 o clock meeting led by E D Moore to explain the Order of Owls and its aims. Membership is open to white males aged 16 to 60 of good character from all walks of life. Applications accepted at the hall tonight before closing time.
Y M C A alleys saw Leaders and Red Sox win two games each against Giants and Highlanders respectively. Rmith top score with 125 pins in opening game. detailed line scores listed for Giants, Red Sox, and Highlanders. League standings show Leaders, Giants, Red Sox, Terrapinogs, Highlanders, Imperials, Tip Tope, and Rebels with varying records.
Mr and Mrs Joseph G Miller mark fifty years of marriage after a January 19 wedding in Harrisburg Pennsylvania with Rev Kunkel. Mrs Miller, formerly Miss Sara Catherine Cocksin, is about 83. A celebratory dance was held at their homestead on Baltimore Pike. They live with daughter Mrs Harry B Witter, and Miller remains active in business visits to Frederick.
Theatre producer Maurice Campbell and his wife Henrietta Crossman filed voluntary bankruptcy petitions in New York. Campbell lists liabilities of 125,831 with assets at 483. Crossman shows liabilities of 17,670 and assets of 86,000, owed by her husband. She has acted in Frederick and other productions locally.
On the Charles L. Benn farm near Feagaville a large straw stack of 70 tons and the barn were saved after a long night of firefighting led by tenant John W. Barnes and local neighbors. Water was scarce and heat was intense, yet volunteers kept the blaze from spreading, with plans to build a larger barn next spring using old timber. About 12 fence panels burned along with the straw stack.
At the Frederick headquarters the People's Fire Insurance Company reported substantial gains in the past year with assets rising about 8000 and net premiums up about 14000. Auditing committee J Franklin Thomas Millard F McBride and Rev I M Motter chaired by Motter, inspectors E L Zimmerman and R R Lewis, reelected old officers and directors. The seven year old company shows remarkable growth with assets 165024.08, surplus to policy holders 131874.76, reserve 25651.57, business in force 5666000.
District President William H. Comfort of Camp 17 and President Howard H. Albaugh of Camp 79, P.O. Lor A., visited Camp 60 at Boonsboro on Saturday night and installed the recently elected officers for the ensuing term. A large attendance marked an enthusiastic meeting.
A courthouse scene unfolds as Justice Anderson fines John Tonnel two dollars for disorderly conduct after a warrant confusion. Emma Nealey and other defendants appear. Karl Gardner and Roger Gardner face grand jury action for an alleged brick attack on Arch Purdeman. Dick Cramer is freed on a forged check charge. HI Zimmerman is released on non support with a plan to find work.
Mayoru gene Harrison states gambling cases in Brunswick will not be dropped and rearrests on the same charge are expected soon. Five men found guilty by Justice Miers were fined $50 and imprisoned, but habeas corpus petitions led Judge Worthington to dismiss due to ambiguous separate commitments. Attornies Willard and Coblentz appeared for defendants and town respectively. Crummitt cannot account for $50 claimed as collateral, while Bolton was rearrested for disorderly conduct and will face hearings with I. Wood for similar charges.
Circuit and Orphans' Court notices show Anna E Radley and husband transferring property to Daniel L Staley and wife for 102 dollars. Other deeds list Lewis C Heerd to William M Eader for 5 dollars, Sebold to St Joseph's Seminary for 202.65, Baltzell to the same for 700, Strawsburs to Henry Shriver for 156, Nuchaum to Basil J Glisan for 19, and Lough to Stuart Whetzel in the city for 10. A Washington Star cartoon or exchange ponders the president's speech with a quip about reading it and political disagreement.
The Francis Hetzler Young People’s Branch of the W C T U held a regular meeting last night at 7 30. A new constitution was presented and adopted, taking effect immediately. Officers were elected in two sets with Roger B Dansberger and George Hunlchen as presidents of each set, and the group adjourned to meet February 1 1915.
At a largely attended meeting of Mountain City Council No. 12 Daughters of Liberty, eight applications were received for membership.
A vintage ad promises relief from bad colds and grippe without quinine. Take a dose every two hours, three doses total, to clear nasal passages, stop discharge, relieve headache, feverishness, sore throat, and body aches. Costs 25 cents at drug stores and acts without assistance.
Dr Richard S Hill state director of farmers Institutes opened the first Washington county institute at Keedysville on Monday. Despite rain many farmers and fruit growers attended. Lowell Koudabush of Ohio spoke on Soil Fertility and Carrying. Additional institutes will be held at Rovensboro Downaville and Clear Spring with a two day meeting at Hagerstown Friday and Saturday. Governor Goldsborough is expected to attend one Hagerstown session.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Tablets as effective for stomach trouble. The testimonial mentions Mia, GC, C. Dunn, Arnold, and Pao Li noting long bilious attacks and rapid relief after taking the tablets. Sold by all dealers.
Executors of Theodore A. Buesing announce a court ordered public sale at Frederick City Court House door on January 23 1916 at 10 a.m. The properties include three parcels on North Market Street and East Third Street with brick buildings, a pair of semi detached homes and a third lot with two dwellings. Terms require half cash at sale, rest in one year with interest and security. deposits noted for each property. possession on April 1, 1915. Elizabeth Miller and Frederick A. Miller executors.
Public sale under an 1814 Maryland equity decree listed by trustee George A. Pearre Jr. includes two adjacent properties at 210 and 212 North Market Street Frederick City with a two story brick building. The plan offers combined sale with Theodore A. Buesing’s three story building, minimum cash payment day of sale and two equal semi annual notes. A 300.00 deposit is required, possession April 1 1915, and buyer covers conveyance costs. Vendors William E. Darner Auctioneer.
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