Legend of Barbara Fritchie boosts Frederick tourism
A feature recalls Barbara Fritchie legend and its impact on Frederick as a literary pilgrimage. The piece notes Whittier’s poem and the Barbara Fritchie House, plus a review of Emilie C. Harting’s travel guide featuring Maryland sites. It also mentions local election filing deadlines and changes in downtown business and occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Frichier
Frederick City
Dame Barbara
John Greenleaf Whittier
Barbara Fritchie
Barbara
West Patrick Street
Frederick
Baltimore
Rockville
F. Scott Fitzgerald
North Market
Summer in the Catoctins Offers Outdoor Escape
A look at northern Frederick County recreation outlines cooler escapes in Catoctin Mountain Park and Cunningham Falls State Park. Visitors are urged to visit Bunting Creek Lake, Round Meadow Folk Craft Center, and the Charcoal Trail displays while noting swimming hours, camping limits, and trout stamping rules. The piece also highlights old logging sleigh replicas, Blue Glazes, and the Round Meadow crafts, plus regional orchards for pick your own fruit and the growing Catoctin Medical Center project in Thurmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin Mountains
Thorent
Catoctin Mountain Park
Cunningham Falls State Park
Neil
Cunningham Falls
Round Meadow Folk Craft Center
Bunting Creek Lake
Owens Creek
William Houck
Hunting Creek Lake
U.S. 15
Manor
Charles Sandy
Catoctin
Irom
Catochinomnia Park
G. Eugene Anderson
Foxville
Harvesling
Catocun Mountain Park
Chartoal
Round Meadow Camp
Cammer
National Port Service
Catoctin Mountain
Public hearing on Lime Kiln area nuisances discussed
George Cosgove, superintendent of Alpha Portland Cement in Lime Kiln, told neighbors at a Court House hearing the firm is doing all it can to reduce nuisances. A local note mentions D day for contract offers with the Smith family and Philadelphia Phillies. Other items cover fishing limits at Culler Lake, a new satellite medical clinic by Frederick County Health Department, and fundraising for the Catoctin Medical Center with $119,000 raised toward a $145,000 total.
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Thurmont
Catoctin Medical Center
South Center Street
Mda
Stephen A. Pickett
William F. Harper
Calvin Sayler
Medical Center
Nancy Hoke
George ¥. Cosgove
Alpha Portland Cement Company
Lime Kile
Smith
Philadelphia Phillies
J. Douglas Butler
John W. Stroh
Frederick County Health Department
Martha Schipper
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Woodsboro
Schipper
Jon Emmitsburg
New Market
Brunswick
Caab
Catoctin Medical Center, Inc
Sayier
Cookout at Cunningham Falls Drowns Bomber Breesene
A local cookout at Cunningham Falls ends in tragedy as a bomb blast during the gathering kills attendees including a figure named Breesene while authorities investigate potential ties to the Ingham Falls State region.
Frederick banks to pay semi annual dividends and city park plan
Over 4000 interest will be paid to reporters of 4 percent. Total of 20 properties to be acquired by the city for Mullins Park. Improvement program bounds West All Saints and South Beatz streets. New housing for residents and an apartment for colored residents planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Benks
Mullinls Park
West All Saints
South Beatz Streets
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Great Gatsby
Edgar Allen Poe
North Amity Street
Poe Society of Baltimore
Jimmy Messersmith
Election Board
Joseph Blum
Sanford Blum
Allen’s
Blum
Sanford
Maria
Tee Hee
Ann Burnside
Thurmost
Landmark
Culler Lake
Santa
Ams Burnshds
Dieenizk
Ingham Fallle
Middletown
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