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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1922
Page
4
Monday January 30 1922 reports the death of Pope Benedict whose life combined simple living with vast charity. He funded relief for war sufferers and supported impoverished priests and laypeople, earning gratitude from millions and regard as a personal friend by those he helped.
The United States Chamber of Commerce notes a hardware maker trims product line from 2752 to 701 items. Focused reductions lower expenses and prices, amid rival claims of broader assortments. Excess styles, fashions, and frills drive costs in the business world.
A Philadelphia Ledger inspired essay urges action over theory, praising earned effort and risk. It argues pessimism fades for those in motion while hardship disciplines, making rare joys worth the struggle and urging readers to live with all their might.
The speaker voices a grim fishing ritual about trying again after a failed catch. A tossed sponge and repeated attempts frame a cycle of hope and doubt as the angler vows to persist despite setbacks and hard lessons.
Readers across Frederick region debate if an early spring will arrive this year. Citizens including MILLE Frederick and J. WRAVER weigh in with cautious optimism and uncertainty.
Mr and Mrs Robert Jay Foreman of Carlisle Pa welcome a daughter born January 22. Formerly Miss Margaret Smith of Frederick Md. Alfred Trundle Thurmont spent the weekend in New York City. Mrs Wm Marin Thurmont visited Dr and Mrs Elis Sefton in Hagerstown. Miss Gladys Hooper supervisor of Progressive Must Series spent the weekend with Miss Lillian Thefauver Thurmont. Mrs Pofteimer Thurmont left for Lancaster Pa en route to Philadelphia for a Dramatic League session. Miss Frances Heller Helena MoUl and Miss Constance Buitman Summer SC students at Hood College spent the weekend visiting Mrs Doomtor Bowers Harmony Grove. Mr Kirkland Ruilh Saunders Richmond Va spent the weekend in Frederick. Miss Alice V Dert of Dearbought Farms and Mrs Edward Pp Shriver of Cereaville are guests of Burgin KF Veryan wife East Lake near Aluntat. Mr and Mrs James Dawson Frederick Md attended the Baltimore and Ohio Veterans banquet in Martinsburg West Virginia. they were guests of Mrs Dugan North Queen Street. It is recalled Mr Dawson, an engineer on the Metropolitan Division, had a miraculous calamity when a locomotive boiler failed en route to Washington. his fireman, son of Mr and Mrs H C Danner of Martinsburg, was seriously injured and recovering in a Washington hospital. Mr and Mrs George P Swank of Brunswick announce the birth of a son at City Hospital on Sunday. Mrs Swank is Ruth Coblentz, daughter of Mr BE Coblen...
Charles W. Waters sues J Stewart Anban and J C Annan in circuit court for 760 damages after a collision on September 19 on the North Market pike between Worman's Mill and Harmony Grove. Waters alleges negligence caused the buggy wreck and the horse was killed. counsel William M. Storm and Rank Stoner represents the plaintiff.
W R Faulkner a former Baltimore and Ohio conductor from Brunswick and longtime resident died in a Lake Erie Railroad accident near Pittsburgh on Tuesday. His brother F W Faulkner a fireman for the B&O who lives in Brunswick was notified and went to join the bereaved family. Details of how the accident occurred are not yet known. Faulkner was well known in Brunswick where he resided for many years.
The Brimback family of Luray Virginia is famed for longevity with several members still alive in the county. Dr David HO Brumback of McMinnville Tennessee is 95, Henry Brumback of Hamburg Iowa 91, Dr J B Brumback near Luray 83, ET Brumback of Ida near Luray 80, and Mrs Martha Stover of Luray.
Larry Goodsell of East Fifth Street was found guilty of cruelty to animals by Justice J. Grahame Johanson on Saturday afternoon. The sentence suspended. Goodsell ordered to pay the costs after the court found he left a horse out in the cold without protection.
Twenty years ago in Frederick the skating rink on East Patrick street began demolition to clear space for a car barn for the Fox & M electric railroad. Wilts Davis, recently named hall and engine keeper by the Junior Fire Company, moved into the former Dr. S. F. Thomas house. Rev John Barry, head of missions at Urbana, was appointed by Cardinal Gibbons to lead the St Joseph's Church mission in Baltimore. William Schnaufer of Brunswick was sent to Captain Franz at the German Cadet Ship Moltke in Baltimore. A revival at the United Brethren church was led by Rev. Mr. Rice of Keedysville with assistance from Rev. E. J. Todd and Rev. C. W. Stimesprinz.
Engagement of Mary Violet Smith to John Pinkney Jones announced by Mr and Mrs Geo Smith, with the wedding planned for early spring. Also details of a previous family wedding at Burkittsville, including participants, attire, and reception. Engagement of Elizabeth Datis to E Raymond Tabler announced. wedding planned for February.
New York January 30 J D Rockefeller began his public gifts with five cents weekly to foreign missions and three cents to the poor records show in a ledger kept for his Sunday school class at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Rockefeller Jr told the class wealth if used badly harms others but if directed to useful service becomes real value was the message from the speaker noting the early modest benefactions and ongoing stewardship.
Three masked bandits held up a messenger from North Hutson National Bank, dropped $20,000 from the bag, and fled after shots. Detective Tarn, shot in the arm, was rushed to North Hill Hospital in critical condition. The messenger survived as the robbers fled in an automobile along Monastery Street near two blocks from the bank.
In Utica Indiana a church search sparked a local scandal when Filmore James entered the Baptist church basement seeking a stir and instead uncovered a non existent moon silicon factory claim. The town reacted with disturbance amid vague discoveries and rumors.
Washington notes link no local victims, but reports mis' Comfort sisters left before collapse. Rumors suggested Miss Mary Atkinson may have been present. authorities confirmed she was not. Descriptions include fright at telephone outages and statewide concern.
Events dated January 29 to January 30 span U S history: Miles Standish wife dies in 1821 at Plymouth. Congress passes a nobility titles abolition in 1795. Kansas becomes 36th state in 1861. Slidell and Mason reach England in 1862. Carnegie gives 10.6 million to Carnegie Institute in 1902. Madison signs US Bank Act in 1815. Richard Lawrence attempts Jackson assassination in 1835. New Orleans mint and custom house attacked by Confederates in 1861. Electoral Commission appointed in 1837. South Dakota abolishes death penalty in 1913.
A social at the home of Mr and Mrs William Buxton near Kemp Town on January 25 celebrated Marshall Buxton’s eighteenth birthday. Attendees included Miane Eatelly Baker Laura Higgs Algie Browning Gertrude Wolfe Thelma Clay Hazel Thompson Leonel Pardum Evelyn Brandenburg Fairy Brasident iats Monare 8 H Planagan Monroe Beall Mary Ivy Carl Thompson Howard HN ory Master Rigus Raymond Day Raymond Urdam and Howard Watkins.
Mildred R. Caton through attorney Alban M. Wood files for absolute divorce from Charles S. Caton of Zanesville Ohio former Frederick baseball club third baseman. Statutory grounds alleged. married September 21 1920 at Hagestown by Rev J R B Gaar.
A quotation from Article 30 of Maryland’s Declaration of Rights asserts that the military must always be under strict subordination to and control by the civil authority. The line emphasizes civilian supremacy over the armed forces.
Jan 30 residents report a supper hosted by Mrs. Davis with guests Mrs Grubbs Mrs Lewis and several Misses Fout Boyer Wolfe. Mr William J Lewis visited daughter Mrs Beall at Damascus. Mr and Mrs Golden Moxley visited Louis Jones family. Alonzo Green spent weekend with Kemp town parents.
Professor C A Jacobson of West Virginia University reports making a sen toxic saponin from alfalfa hay using hot 95 percent grain alcohol The substance forms strong foam at low cost and may replace toxic saponoins in drinks He tested fish and small animals and found varying poisoning effects The report also includes an unrelated advertisement for Pepto Mangan and a testimonial style blurb.
A curious stream of baggage from Wilkes Barre to Williamsport caused a noted disturbance at Sunbury Station on January 30. Police were called as wreckage and a dropped bag were strewn about the platform while several hundred bystanders watched the scene unfold before the trunk was sent on its way.
An advertisement touts SUSTO as a tonic food backed by a world recognized scientific authority. It claims benefits for thin anemic adults and undernourished children, improving weight, strength, sleep, and vitality without medicine after months of tests with a Nutritional Expert at a leading medical college.
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