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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1920
Page
6
The News invites readers to submit questions for its new Inquiring Reporter feature. Five respondents will answer each question with humorous or serious replies, avoiding party or local interest propulsion. Send your question to The News for consideration.
Letter to the editor proposes combining Scott Schley Park with a Soldiers and Sailors Memorial. A fountain trees benches approach funded by donors in honor of loved ones. Armistice Day cited for dedication. notes on park layout and accessibility. Mentions Frederick William Get Write-Up and Roy Sigler with Germany service update.
Editor's Note presents a ten question questionnaire filled by Frederick residents. The sample includes Benjamin Burg and others. questions cover residence duration youth sport hobby profession life ambitions and Frederick's appeal notably its water supply and need for more encouragement. Respondent Walter F Zeigler signs.
Hymeneal reports Miss Ruth Stanfield and William Turner Anderson wed at Trinity Church Charlotte. He is Southern Power Company meter department head for the Carolinas. The piece also notes the Bowlug Lapole wedding at Myersville and lists officers installed at Good Sumatran Lodge No 61 in Baltimore, with many named members and a past grand award.
Frederick history note lists Miss Nannie Routzahu and Mrs H Best among Census Office appointees in Washington. Elizabeth Marmon sustains a severe burn lighting a gasoline stove on South Market Street. Local astronomy students study lunar occultation of Saturn and a moonlight excursion to Myersville with two hired trolley cars. Children Day exercises occur at Flint Hill Methodists Episcopal Church. Mrs Netile Blessing Eyster attends the World WCTU Congress in Edinburgh.
A breezy, fragmentary column reflects town life and summer scenes. It notes rising prices, high living costs, and general chatter about markets, holidays, and local events. The piece recalls anniversaries, Fourth of July celebrations, bands, theatergoing, and farm produce, with a nostalgic tone on age and changing times. It mentions camp meetings, weddings, deaths, and civic notes like park improvements and tax concerns.
Purely personal items list local residents with travel, visits, work changes, and family ties. Notable entries include Albert Y Boilucu and family returning from a wedding trip, Monza Kepler securing a stenography position with a Baltimore firm, and various locals visiting relatives in Washington Baltimore and nearby towns.
Mrs Columbus Kemp, a native of Deals Island, was fatally injured when a Hagerstown and Frederick trolley struck her on a crossing near the Kemp home three miles west of Frederick. She suffered a compound fracture and head injuries, was taken to City Hospital in critical condition. Columbus Kemp, her father-in-law, had died less than two weeks earlier. A witness and Dr R M Rau aided at the scene. The trolley was operated by Motorman Charles E Jones and Conductor E Byler.
Letts Ald Potes, Copenhagen reports July 10 that Leite forces advance toward the Dvina as Poles seek aid from Lithuania after requesting war matériel the Poles could not move during their retreat. The Poles reportedly ask Lithuania for help as Letts near the Dvina.
An advertisement touts a forty year old herbal treatment by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veritable Compound as restoring health to women with backache headaches nervousness and irritability. The claim highlights its long standing merit and effectiveness in female ailments.
A tangled OCR shows Frederick County National Bank at Frederick Maryland with a June 30 1920 date and figures for loans overdrafts securities deposits and reserves. It lists cash in vault U S Treasurer funds and various bank asset items including thrift stamps and government securities with a total balance near 60 million in the mix of line items.
Notice from Frederick Maryland appoints George C. Bopst Edgar L. Betson and Charles S. Wilson as intermediate assessors. They will hold sessions at City Hall starting July 19, 1920 for ten working days, with hours listed. Also includes executor notice for Sarah L. Baugher and bank capital and liability figures.
Report of the condition of the Franklin Savings Bank at Frederick Mary as of June 30 with figures for assets liabilities and capital. The document records closing balances and financial positions typical of a mid 19th century bank statement.
A Maryland bank report lists federal securities, U.S. bonds, and pledged collateral totaling 680,849,205 with various notes, deposits, and trust assets. It details capital stock of 226,000 with surplus 126,000 and undivided profits, plus lists liabilities including postal savings deposits and time deposits.
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