Rockefeller Center expansion signals confidence in recovery
The piece notes President Roosevelt's push to lift recession with business and government taking action while John D. Rockefeller Jr. advances a $12 million to $16 million program building Rockefeller Center in New York. A $4 million fifteen story structure will start soon with Rockefeller touting demand-led growth and adequate wages as essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller Center
New York
Rockefeller
Life On The Wrong End Of The Med Roads Described
Mrs. Lewis B. Eader of Frederick Maryland writes to complain about impassable local roads. She details knee-deep mud hindering travel to highways and to medical care, delaying children’s schooling, and exhausting daily commutes. She questions tax spending on roads, proposes using stones to improve the road, and notes mail service disruption.
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Lewis B. Eader
The
New
Maryland
Frederick County
Mary
Class Meeting Held by Threads of Gold Bible Class
The Threads of Gold Bible Class of Calvary M E Church School met at Miss Pauline Koontz’s home on January 24. Mrs. Koontz presided, readings included the 23rd Psalm, and new committees were named. Prizes went to Mrs. Evelyn Crum and Mrs. Wade Brown won a game. Refreshments followed. seven members and three visitors attended. The next meeting is scheduled for February 21 at Bandera’s home.
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Threads of Gold Bible
Calvary M. E. Church School
Pauline Koontz
Koontz
Evelyn Crum
Mire. Crum
Wade Brown
Bandera
Baily Lesson In English Language Review
A compact reading on common word usage and pronunciation notes. It cites misused terms like fameness and gevezie, stresses pronouncing auxiliary, and notes teases versus teas. It includes a lesson idea: use a word three times to own it, and today highlights prognostic as a sign or symptom.
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Charles
Gevezie
la Bruyere
Louisa May Alcott bio praised for warmth and craft
Bruce Catton notes Emerson and Alcott link in Concord era. Katharine Anthony’s Louisa May Alcott biography portrays her as practical, less philosophical, yet influential. It recounts Louisa’s tomboy beginnings, family forging, and global reception, while noting her unfulfilled wish to write a literary novel.
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Emerson
Bronson Alcott
Alcott
Louisa
Katharine Anthony
Louisa May Alcott
Knopf
Lelise
Louisia
Anthony
Germantown
Boston
Concord
New Eden
Brooke
New York
London
Pole
Paris
D.S.E
Frede rick items recall past event and marriage
Fifty and twenty years ago today in Frederick whilst riding horseback to the residence of E J Stockman Jefferson Miss Eila Culler of that place was thrown to the ground as her horse shied at a sled Her brother George hurrying to her assistance found her unhurt Carrie Grove daughter of Manasses Grove of the Frederick county legislative delegation and John Carroll White of Kansas City Mo were married in St Josephs church on the Manor yesterday by Rev Fr William Hamilton in the presence of many relatives and friends Senator Urners bill creating Mi Zion district from Frederick Jefferson and Buckeys town districts is now before the House of Delegates The district would have about 250 voters with Feagaville as its center
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E. J. Stockman
Jeferson
Eila Culler
George
Carrie Grove
Manasses Grove
Frederick County
John Carroll White
Kansas City
St. Joseph's Church
William Hamilton
Urner
Mi Zion
Frederick
Jefferson
Buckeystown
House of Delegates
Feagaville
Plea For Funds For Navy Spyglasses In 1918
Local items note a plea for funds to buy spyglasses and bin oculars for Navy ships forwarded to Franklin D. Roosevelt by James Gambrill Jr for the Frederick County National Defense Association. The county court faces protests over a $21,000 salary raise for teachers, with clashes among several local figures. Rev Wilmer Hartman of Zion Lutheran Middletown dies after nine months illness from typhoid fever at age 49. he helped lead the county’s dry fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Gambrill, Jr
Frederick County
Reno S. Harp
U.S. G. Rupp
H. Dorsey Etchison
W. Bayes Brown
Milton G. Umer
Barry J. Kefauver
J. Dean Zeller
Emory F. Buchner
Johns Hopkins University
Arthur D. Willard
G. Lloyd Palmer
Wilmer A. Hartman
Zion Lutheran Church
Middletown
Mr. Hartman
Babson Sees Early Signs Of Seasonal Business Turnaround
Production shows a cautious upturn with retail trade stronger, industrial activity steady, and building volume improving. Textile and shoe sectors show mixed results as steel and motor output rebound, while paper orders trend up and consumer sentiment remains fragile amid policy noise.
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Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Fla
Chicago
Pric
Russia
Uh SigiGst & Sear
Washington
Copyright
Pub. Financial Bureau
Miscellaneous Shower for Herman and Mildred Layman
A January 22 shower at the Layman home honored Mr and Mrs Herman Layman with many useful gifts. Guests enjoyed cards and refreshments. Attendees included numerous Layman family members and friends such as Lawrence Green George Layman Delmas Layman Herman Layman Winnpigler Mulligan Snoots Aller Willie Green Jesse Clark Viser Biser Lightner Shaffer Harry Young Page Clay Cromwell Loraine Page Mary Lou Lightner Eva Green Ivah Green Patty Layman and others.
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Herman Layman
Delmas Layman
Lawrence Green
George Layman
Winpigler
Albert Mullican
Snoots
Carl Aller
Willie Green
Jesse Clark
Co. V. Biser
Leroy Despeaux
Catherine Lightner
Mildred Shaffer
Harry Young
Bitler
Lee Layman
Catherine Page
Sally Clay
Francois Cromwell
Loraine Page
Mary Lou Lightner
Anna May Green
Eva Green
Ivah Green
Patty Layman
Huber Biser Junior
Kenneth Layman
Dickie Clark
George Page
Melvin Obrien
Howard Green
Corky Huffman
Bible Thought Inspires Duty to All Readers
Short meditation cites I Corinthians 9 19 and a note by Sir Philip Sidney on becoming servants to the good. The quotes urge self sacrifice and obligation to virtue as a path to greater gain and moral influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir P, Sidney
Woodsboro Women's Club Meeting Notes Event Details
Woodsboro Woman's Club met Tuesday with 24 members and eight visitors. Elizabeth Geisbert presided, programs included violin solo Marvin Houck and talks on school improvements by George Etzler and others. Next meeting Feb 8 at Mrs. Powell's. benefit game night Jan 27 at Walkersville HS and card party Feb 4 at Hotel Frederick.
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Woodsboro
Bfre
Gail Cutshall
Woodsboro Woman's Club
Mass
Elizabeth Geisbert
N. Z Cramer
John W. Drenning
Sherman Powell
Maynard Dudrear
Harri
Owen Dorsey
Guy Eichelberger
Wm. Hoffman
Chas [King
Ira G. Houck
J. P. Feiser
Marvin Houck
Ira §G. Houck
Ernest Fogle
Catherine
Hattie Myers
G. Fred Myers
Walkersville
George L. Etzler
New Midway School
Sole
John Drenning
Myers
Hotel Frederick
Harmony ‘Grove
Mt Pleasant Women’s Club Meets at Cul ler Home
The St Pleasant Mt Pleasant Women’s Club met at Mrs John Culler's home with thirteen members. President Mrs Alice McDevitt led the gathering. Songs directed by Miss Lorene Barrick included There Are Many Flags In Many Lands Loch Lomond and Santa Lucia. New member Mrs Edward Storm welcomed. Collect read by Miss Rebecca Holland. Home grounds improvement demonstration by Mrs G A Holland and Miss Pauline Etzler. Prize to Miss Holland. Scrapbook donation by Mrs Raymond Lindsay. Next meeting at Mrs Wm Delawter home on February 15.
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St. Pleasant
Mt Pleasant
John Culler
Alice McDevitt
Lorene Barrick
Loch Lomond
Santa Lucia
Edward Storm
Rebecca Holland
G. A. Holland
Pauline Etzler
Miss Holland
Raymond Lindsay
Wm. Delawter
Grange Officers Installed at Braddock Grange Meeting
Braddock Grange installed new officers for the year with Deputy Organizer Howard A. Quinn presiding assisted by Mrs. Quinn and Mr. and Mrs. C. Vincent Bislr. Officers named include Master A. R. Klein Overseer William Miss Lecturer Ethel Krantz Steward Charles E. Klein Assistant Steward Thomas P. Culler Chaplain M. F. Kefauver Treasurer Cornelius Roberts Secretary Elsie M. Stone Gate Keeper George H. Stone Ceres Pearl Kefauver Flora Edna Roberts Lady Assistant Steward Frances Holter Pianist Hazel Holter and an Executive Committee of Klein Roberts and Stone. January 23 guests Miss Elizabeth Radcliff and Miss Mary McGraw of Potomac Edison spoke on electric cooking and light for the farm respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Grange
Howard A. Quinn
Quinn
C. Vincent Bisler
A. R. Klein
William Miss
Ethel Krantz
Charles E. Klein
Thomas P. Culler
M. F. Kefauver
Cornelius Roberts
Elsie M. Stone
George H. Stone
Ceres
Pearl Kefauver
Flora
Edna Roberts
Frances Holter
Hazel Holter
Elizabeth Radcliff
Mary McGraw
Home Service Department
Potomac Edison Company
Radcliff
Young Girls as Young as Six Reported Bearing Children
The article cites historical medical notes of girls as young as six precociously developing and bearing, including a six year old in Ukraina and a seven year old in London in 1932. It details multiple cases of very young mothers, with varying outcomes, and discusses when boys reach reproductive maturity.
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Ukraina
London
Journal of the American Medical Association
Roemmert Lectures on Wonders of an Unseen World
Dr. George Roemmert formerly of Columbia University lectured at Hood College on Wonders of an Unseen World. The Science Club meeting in Brodbeck Hall featured his invention the Microvivarium showing microorganisms magnified up to 350 and 1500 diameters.
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de, Roemmert
George Roemmert
Teacher's College of
Columbia University
New York City
Science Club of
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Roemmert
Local Youth Finds Army Good Place To Learn Trade
Edmund R. Plunkett, 103 East Sixth Street, who enlisted January 3, has spent three weeks at the Army Medical Center in Washington. He says the Army offers a place to learn his chosen trade and writes to Sergeant A. E. LeMoine at the Frederick post office thanking him for his enlistment assistance and detailing his new surroundings.
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ARMY
Army Medical Center
Washington
Edmund R. Plunkett
Plunkett
East Sixth Street
Sergi
A. E. LeMoine
Frederick Post Office
Mind Your Manners Answer Sheet From NEA Service
A reader questions etiquette for thank you notes and gifts. Correct practice: gifts named in acknowledgments, notes usually addressed to the wife with husband included, use Usher for attendants, best man option favors a brother or father or a close acquaintance if needed, and avoid misinterpretation of a donor’s gift.
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NEA Service, Inc
Today in History and Birthdays Highlight notable figures
Major anniversaries include John Brown Richard Taylor Lewis Carroll Lorenzo Crounse and Samuel Gompers with birth and death details. Notable events trace Seattle population Edison lamp and Supreme Court ruling. Birthdays list figures from Crocker Kern Stevens Beatty Stong Reeves and former German emperor. Horoscope notes strong insights and potential for fame.
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John Brown
Rhode Island Mercantile House
Brown University
Providence
Richard Taylor
Louisiana
Louisville
New York
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson
Lorenzo Crounse
Nebraska
Sharox
N. Y
Timothy E. Howard
South Bend
Ind
Ann Arbor
Mich
Samuel Gompers
New York City
American Federation of Labor
England
William Crocker
Boyce Thompson Institute For Plant Research
Yonkers
Medina
Ohio
Jerome D. Kern
Bronxville
N.Y
Henry L. Stevens
Warsaw
N. C
American Legion
Bessie Beatty
News York
Los Angeles
Phil Stong
Washington, Conn
Keosauqua
Iowa
Jesse S. Reeves
University of Michigan
Richmond
William I
Germany
Lupburrow Advice on Stimulating Business Progress
A quoted verse urges stimulating business to spark progress and speed, keep purchaser power alive, and prevent employment decline. It argues that giving business a chance will revive improvement and prevent a downward slide across the economy.
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N. A. Lupburrow
iMAN ABOUT MANHATTAN by George Tucker in New York Jan 27
New York column recalls wartime resourcefulness among theater people. Joe Cook improvises shaving with grape juice and ginger ale as water is shut off and a banquet looms. Actors cope with a bare stage and a garish pawn shop wardrobe swap while a producer arranges a golf game and a night out, all without missing a show.
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George Tucker
New York
Joe Cook
Joe
Cranium Crackers: Historic Questions for Readers
A puzzle page presents five trivia prompts about Cleopatra's Needles catacombs British premiers since WWI an American member of the World Court and a math riddle about fractions. Readers are invited to answer on the last page.
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World Court
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