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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1922
Page
4
Sunday edition from Court Street notes the Arboiated Press content and exclusive use policy for published material. It outlines submission rules for letters and opinions, requiring real names and authenticity of facts or opinions.
The report covers remarks at a public meeting condemning dishonesty and theft in large cities. Attendants discuss safety, with a piano player removal of coat and hat to deter theft. A statement notes 28 overcoats recently lost and cautions crowds to secure belongings. The piece cites rising suspicious fires in 1920s New York and a proposed $390,000 fund to hunt down arsonists, arguing arson harms all and warrants long prison terms.
The article gauges 1921 business tone using bank clearings and bankruptcies. Clearings fell about 25 percent from 1920 with no overall business decline, prices likely 20 percent lower, and activity rebounding in late 1921. Bankruptcies rose, liabilities more than double 1915, yet overall economic resilience persisted despite a major price drop in 1926.
In a reader survey from Frederick and surrounding areas five respondents weigh in on Cabinet salaries. Preston J. Bowers says Cabinet pay is adequate, Elmer K. Ramsburg and D. O. Murray admit uncertainty, George T. Ogle argues they earn less than other roles, and J. Magruder along with others think pay is sufficient.
John Allen writes to The News reflecting on Mr Etchison’s speech to a farmers association. He recalls 1920 school bond debates, defends broad educational aims, questions curriculum limits, and praises county officers, legislators, and Dr Cook’s proposals. He urges support for public schools and county governance.
Frederick notes from The News column dated January 28 1902 record McKinley Memorial Day in public schools Girls High School program includes Misses Robinson DeLashmutt Grayson Kuhlman Mullinix Dean Haugh Courtney. Also Maryland School for the Deaf annual report to Governor and General Assembly. Frank Eisenhaney and Roger McSherry back from North Carolina hunting trip. A Brawler named cashier of Standard Oil Company Washington branch succeeding in Frederick.
A Frederick city column offers light vignettes of social foibles and local curiosities. Jokes get spoiled by quick wits, fashion shifts reveal knees, and a raft of quirky scenes unfolds on Market Street from galoshes to a white rooster on the loose. A drinking fountain of field stone ideas and a bar fly mischief at soda fountains also appear.
The Frederick Hotel Company announces a contract award to Easton Fire-Proofing Company of New York City for concrete fire proof flooring in the new hotel. 76 piers will be erected after the steel frame, with completion about two weeks later. Work on underpinning continues despite weather delays as digging begins mid next week if conditions allow.
Upstate farmers seeking snakes to curb field mice turn to the Bronx Zoo curator who says none are for sale and advises raising their own. The Reptile Society of the World confirms it has none to spare and notes snakes breed quickly when undisturbed. A full grown mountain black snake eats seven to ten mice at a meal, then skips days.
Winchester Va Jan 28 Mrs Bernard Shiflett 40 mother of six near Elkton Va was killed when a shotgun used by her older son Geo ge discharged while she cleaned a splinter from a baby's foot. The baby girl lost an arm and a pellet wound was fatal to the mother as the elder sister alerted their father.
Five young Indian children orphaned by the deaths of their parents trekked through deep snow for two weeks to reach Watconth on a Canadian government railway. The group, led by 14 year old Adeicribes, included a baby and four others who survived by chewing raw meat and burning furniture to stay warm until relief arrived.
A heavy snowstorm, described as the heaviest in memory, hits Phoenixville causing widespread washes and street disruptions. The event disrupts daily operations of local companies and blankets the town in deep snow.
A woman identified as 28 year old Surns Jennetoan Madan died from burns suffered when her dress caught fire in a hospital here. She was admitted after an earlier incident and the blaze occurred while she was in care.
Proceedings in the Maryland Land Office show City Attorney Delaplaine pursuing title to a vacant West Fifth Street lot from Frederick Manufacturing and Development Company land. Cruxtees of the First Baptist Church urged a street, but aldermen, after engineering review, found a new road impractical, as it would sit beyond an alley and be blocked by church and nearby property. The filing, led by Fifth Street residents, seeks the legal title from the state.
Washington reports Sergeant Lee Henry of the Marine Corps and four Managua police officers were killed on January 24 after police intercepted deserters from the marine detachment. Three corporals, Amthor, Bennett, and Russell, were captured. the Managua police were commended. Henry was enlisted from Louisville, Kentucky.
Eight of nine obsolete warships offered for sale by the navy department have been sold to J. G. Hunter and Sons of Philadelphia. The Hitter bid, the highest, was 255.00 dollars for the eight ships.
Dolls for grown ups in Paris measure three to five feet and hang limp with trailing limbs. A Pierrot doll with pale face, wide eyes, red lips, sits in a corner for an artistic effect. Another type depicts a shock headed peasant with rubicund face in a blue blouse and striped trousers. In Geneva a large avalanche at Simplon tunnel blocks rail traffic after a Brieg train passed moments earlier.
Thousands of crows driven from exposed areas by severe cold flock over flats between Sonyea and Groveland in New York. Motorists report acres of weed strewn grounds covered as crows die from exposure and lack of food.
The revenue cutter Kipoo is assigned to Veape May harbor under secret orders. Lieutenant Hutson, the skipper, is told to hire men. If an unnamed stranger craft is seen, the ship will be seized, the crew arrested, and towed into harbor.
A fragment cites Article 29 of Maryland's Declaration of Rights, arguing standing armies threaten liberty and must not be raised or maintained without legislative consent. The text reflects historic concern over military power supplanting democratic authority.
Mrs Samuel Noitnagel of 255 West Patrick Street is improving. The piece cites a House Immigration Committee chairman claiming the new U S law has kept about one million foreigners out in six months while 180000 aliens entered in the first five months of the last fiscal year.
Public Service Commission of Maryland issues Order No 6786 in Case No 1973 outlining regulatory action. The notice records the formal decision and assigns proceedings related to the case.
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