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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1922
Page
4
A 1922 Frederick Frederick Chronicle piece urges thrift in households amid high costs. It notes youth spending, parental burden, and the need to save through bank deposits, prudent shopping, and avoiding wasteful purchases. It emphasizes economical choices, smarter food spending, and recognizing family sacrifice.
Letter to the editor commends a January 21 Frederick County farmers meeting at the court house. It highlights widespread turnout and dissatisfaction with taxation, praising Etchison for urging retrenchment and a constitutional rewrite to end class-based tax inequities, citing past audit work in Frederick County.
A public query on who should choose MontE Vue's superintendent draws varied local opinions. Arthur Hoffmaster and Riah L. Kefauver favor election by the people, while J I Maga ha and Maber advocate appointment by the county commission, and Hubert Linthicum offers no firm position.
L F Kefauver from Middletown urges farmers and taxpayers to rebalance the tax load as county finances show tangible wealth bearing most tax, urging wealthier classes to pay their fair share or risk upheaval. He compares postwar taxes and current distress, warning of possible revolution if inequities persist.
The Red Fez Club of Frederict county held an oyster roast last evening in the Masonic Temple with about 70 members attending. Committee chairman was Robert L. Warfield assisted by Dr DG Everhart and W O Kolb. Dr. Ira J. McCurdy, club president, presided.
Chronology lists York Maine destroyed by Indians and Frenchmen on January 25 1997 and the University of Virginia founded January 25 1819. Notes the New Orleans Picayune began publication January 23 1837 and a Protestant church dedication in Rome January 25 1873. References a 1921 Garfeld assassination and a 1902 first telephone call between New York and San Francisco.
The Municipal Committee of the Chamber of Commerce elected J Murray Dronenburg as permanent chairman and Leichert as secretary. They discussed establishing a City Planning Commission to oversee streets, water mains, and lights and proposed a five member body including top city officials and Chamber leaders. The idea aims to guide future additions and developments for the city’s benefit.
Personal notices report Mr John A Poole visiting his sister and Mrs Hessie Painter returning to Marietta. Mrs Beesie Painter spent the weekend with her parents. Carroll Etchison and family honor a newborn daughter in York Va while Mrs J E Price visits in York. Eugene Conard travels to attend his father John Conard’s funeral near Leesburg Va. A quoted verse closes the item.
Frederick columns recap from The News January 25, 1902 noting Raph Smith opens bakery in Manila, a chapel recital by Misa Salle Fauntleroy and Miss Margaret Graham, and the appointment of road supervisors in Mechanicstown Jackson and Frederick districts with listed names.
For the year ending Sept 30 1921 Maryland sentenced 888 prisoners to the Penitentiary. Larceny topped crimes with 170, followed by robbery 98 burglary 97 and murders in both degrees. Most terms were one year, 187, with Life 68 and other terms ranging to 25 years. Negroes numbered 809 of the prisoners, Frederick County contributed 27 inmates, and Baltimore City led origins of conviction. The report shows demographics by age race and occupation, noting literacy rates and religious affiliations among sentenced individuals.
A Maryland public health note reports kyphilis testing results with a positive rate reduced after treatment. It notes a dental clinic run by Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in a prison, free services except materials, and good overall inmate health with no outbreaks. Financials show a yearly deficit of 42,422.53 dollars. Miss Margaret Motter’s mission piece appears in The Outlook of Missions. A minor fire at D C Winebrewer and Sons warehouse caused little damage. Thirty inmates escaped last year, with most recaptured.
Henry L. Bennett executor announces a public sale by auction at Frederick County Court House for three parcels in Frederick City tied to the late John H. Bennett. Bids start at cash on sale day with a $150 deposit. conveyancing and stamps paid by purchasers. Auction set for February 11, 1922 at 11 o'clock.
A drugstore ad touts SUSTO Nutritive Tonic Tablets as tested and approved by a physiology professor at a leading American medical college. It claims the remedy boosts appetite and weight in undernourished individuals, infants, and the elderly, with a money back guarantee if not beneficial after one month.
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