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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1919
Page
6
A damaged text fragment shows garbled phrases about pricing and products with unclear names. It lacks coherent facts, dates, or entities to identify a full event or notice. The readable content suggests an advertisement or catalog snippet with scribbled words and misspellings.
In a July 8 1919 opinion piece the writer argues that reduced unemployment lowers tramp numbers and notes many wanderers sought work honestly. It calls for steady long term employment to deter vagrants, saying organized job programs once helped out of work and that the tramp element poses a menace if not addressed.
Prices fail to drop eight months after the armistice with clothing and shoes rising in fall and food costs steady. A shopper reports a shoe price spike from 18 to 5.50 after contacting the maker, suggesting profiteering but noting most retailers gain little. Calls rise for price control through law or cooperative measures and cautions against excessive increases amid ongoing cost pressures.
A Toledo diade urging careful reading to gain real intellect and civic value amid rising fiction. It contrasts broader democracy and education with shallow reading and calls for active, useful citizenship through thoughtful study.
A fragmented poem titled In A Garden recalls intimate confessions and a fading connection, then shifts to a door of verse with a mandolin, laughter, and a drifting boat. Faith Baldwin appears as a referenced author, followed by an old advertisement about a $100 reward and a medical pitch for Hall's Catarrh Medicine.
A long list of social notes from Frederick records visits and journeys. Mr and Mrs Norbert E Delaplaine stay at Bon Air Cottage Braddock Heights for weeks. Miss Anna C Ewing plans to leave July 12 for Maryland. The Misses Marie and Josephine Ewing visit Brunswick. Lucy Derr visits York. William Beall remains ill in Baltimore. Various other Frederick residents travel to Smithburg Hagertown and beyond for work, visits, or summer stays, with many attending to relatives and friends in Baltimore Washington and York.
Lloyd Nathaniel Lilly and Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Maynor of Mikridge Md were married yesterday at twelve noon at the Lain Eron parsonage by Rev Dr US G Rupp. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Charles Voo Layner, the bride's cousin.
A brief exchange turns to a social tease about marriage with a witty clash among characters. The snippets parody theatre plotting and a humorous line about intellect and suitability, reflecting light newspaper quips from old society pages.
Local items from The News columns dated July 1899 note the Ross family returning from a northern trip to Canada and Baltimore resident Sophie Detrick visiting Linganore Hills Jnn near Frederick. Armstead Taylor, a Black man, is convicted of first degree murder in the Rosenstein killing in Slidell. the death sentence is pronounced by Judge McSherry, with John Alfred Brown indicted for the murder and to be tried July 11.
Section of the Auditors Report discusses Frederick County's taxable basis rising to about 39.35 million while the tax rate increases to 1.26 on the dollar. Auditors warn the system relies on issuing certificates and floating debt, with cash-based projections uncertain until the 1915 year end. The article outlines the financing cycle from levy to appropriations to certificates, criticizing the practice of spending collected funds and then borrowing against future tax receipts.
Partial bank balance sheet lists liabilities capital stock retained earnings and interest reserves. It shows circulating notes, net amounts due to banks and trust companies, certified checks, and deposits including demand deposits and postal savings. The fragment includes amounts like 125 000.06, 32 241.89, 584 761.24, and 589 761.24.
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