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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1916
Page
8
Baltimore health official Blake issued a bulletin on infantile paralysis noting 16 states reporting cases, with one in Baltimore and a suspicious case near Annapolis Junction. It urges isolation, disinfection, fly control, and sanitation measures to prevent outbreak in Maryland.
A fragmented reminiscence by Ed Howe praising the English sparrow and wild fruit trees. The speaker contrasts natural abundance with efforts to alter nature through serums, sprays, and cultivation, marveling at untouched crab apples and plum patches as free gifts of nature.
A full slate of Sunday school sessions and morning and evening services filled area churches. Rev. Ulysses G. Rupp preached on The Miracle of the Feeding of the Five Thousand at Evangelical Lutheran, while Trinity Mission Band and church council met. Other churches including United Brethren and First Baptist shared temperance, Bible school, and music programs, with Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Grace Reformed, St John’s Catholic, and Brethren listings detailing sermons and activities.
A bachelor tells an old maid at a social event that bachelors are richer than married men. She responds with a quip about why rich men don’t marry, saying poor men marry and rich men don’t, and that men share little with women.
Two trees stand along Thorshavn main street in the Faroe Islands, unique for thriving only in sheltered coastal spots. Local note explains how road work spared the trees by leaving them in the carriageway rather than removing them. Meanwhile the United States per capita wealth nears two thousand dollars.
Local notes report Verne V. Castle becoming chief operator in Franklin and lists several visits and vac actions by residents of Middletown, Roanoke, Baltimore, and nearby towns. Social events include a large barn-raising gathering at Culler farm with many neighbors and a July birthday surprise for Mrs. Etta Slifer at Meadow Brook Farm.
A voluble crank boasts he quit smoking and drinking, challenging Manley who concedes such a feat but notes that some topics are harder to quit than habits. The exchange ends with a witty punchline about talking about it.
The piece surveys global no man's land strips kept neutral by treaties. Notably a half mile wide belt between Gibraltar and Spain with opposing sentries, and a sixty foot wide but 700 mile long strip between the United States and Mexico. It notes roughly fifty such zones exist, varying in width, collectively forming a minor state of neutral land. It closes with a brief dental hygiene tip on chewing both sides to prevent tartar buildup.
An advertisement promotes Hotpoint electric irons with a ten year written guarantee and a free demonstration. Customers urged to call 510-R and ask neighbors for references as the newspaper offers to handle the rest.
An old advertisement from the Modern Lighting Co located at 223 N Market St Frederick Maryland promotes wiring services with the slogan Wire Us We ll Wire You and lists H S Hahn and H C Lease associated with the business.
Engineer Edward Hallem and fireman McMullen were severely to seriously scalded when a drain plug blew from the engine at Sleepy Creek Friday evening. The engineer suffered the more severe injuries and was taken to Martinsburg Hospital. The fireman was returned to his home in Haunswick. A News Help Want Ad will bring results.
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