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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1920
Page
4
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Editor's note presents a community program of progress by the Frederick Chamber of Commerce. It urges a balanced development plan emphasizing schools parks streets homes and responsible citizens to attract top talent and industry. W Phillip Shatts argues progress comes from collective effort and ethical conduct in community advancement.
The two-year strike surge may ease briefly but tenses remain. The piece argues that industrial disputes are costly and harm all classes, likening them to warfare. It suggests capital cannot subdue labor, nor labor subdue capital, and proposes a compromise where each side yields part of its claims to avoid broader social experiments.
Clarke Devilbiss discusses his life in Frederick, his youth bicycle racing, current hobby of growing flowers, and views on the city. He cites the desire for a winning Blue Ridge League baseball club, asks taxpayers on West Patrick Street to address street dust and air quality, and contemplates mutual adjustment in civic life.
Letter to the editor urges weed removal and park upkeep for the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial and Scott Schley park. Writer notes neglect, overgrown weeds, lack of markers, and proposes boy scouts or civic groups to maintain it and place a marker honoring a great man.
Deputy game warden Charles E. Lewhnder reports no open squirrel season in Montgomery County from August 26 to October due to state game wardens order. The only open season for squirrels, partridges, rabbits, and pheasants runs November 1 to December 20 in Montgomery County.
Fredrick column recalls events from July 19 1900 including John H Frazier's 300 high bowling score at Diamond alleys William Ogden injured by a severed finger in a mill machinery accident at Ijamsville a heat wave topped 105 degrees plans for a United Brethren church on West Second Street and Clarke Funk of Park Mills injured by a horse kick Linganore circuit meeting of the Methodist Episcopal South held at New Market
A long list of cordial greetings and visits fills the county as Miss Elizabeth Kimmel visits friends, Mr. Earl Davis and Miss Catherine Hettinkemmer of Washington spend a weekend with grandmother Mrs. F. T. Dayla, and Miss Ethel McCrow returns home from Washington. Several residents travel, host, or welcome guests including Miss Anna Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Sunday, Mrs. Ramsburg, State's Attorney Aaron R. Anders on a Florida trip, and the birth of a baby boy for Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Orriaga.
Marriage notices and social items from Frederick and nearby areas. Mrs Helen McCarty and Lieut Charles Smith wed at Flint Church Baltimore. Maria Oden wed Calvin A Paul in Baltimore. Ruth Belt and Norman Belt married in Washington. May Pearson and Benton Bowman wed in Hagerstown. lawn social at Huffer home with numerous locals listed. Miss Margaret Adams taken to Montevue Hospital Frederick.
Voters select the top twenty four candidates for the Chamber of Commerce primary. Twelve will be chosen as directors, with no political influence seen. Ballots are due at 4 p m today at the Chamber office as the committee records votes and reviews nominees for community service and civic enterprise.
Philadelphia police identified bandit Joe Thomas as one of the gunmen in the Sandy Spring Bank hold up where director Francis Hollowell was killed. Thomas was arrested in Maryland and is to be returned for trial. Police and Sandy Spring residents made the identification after the robbery witnessed by Hollowell’s associates. Meanwhile a trolley wheel axle break caused a junk truck to block a street, and the Palm Hotel in Charles Town is slated to reopen by August after leasing to Henry W. Weiss who runs Hate Ponner Harpers Ferry vicinity.
Thurmont mayor Rouser completed oiling and chipping streets with substantial stone use, improving road conditions. Mrs. Fred Kimmel of Market Space has recovered from illness, and the town notes better transport conditions overall.
Attendance at the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School reached 663, up 262 from a week earlier, with about 25 Mt. Carmel M. P. Church guests. The Leaders’ Bible Class at the Boys’ High School grounds drew 145 men, its second highest total. A 6:45 p.m. service featured congregational singing, a male quartet, and an address by W. Schmelser of Baltimore. The Woodboro Band gave a 45 minute concert, ending with the Star Spangled Banner, drawing nearly a thousand attendees. Next Sunday’s service on Washington Street School grounds will feature Harry Steffey, Baltimore. Leadership committees meet this week. the eighth annual Frederick County Methodist reunion is set for Braddock Heights July 29 with Bishop W. F. McDowell and doctors Harris and Smith speaking.
Mayor Gilmer Schley returned from a long motor trip through Pennsylvania and New York and orders city police to better educate visitors about local ordinances. He notes tourists are fined for rules they cannot know, cites a Milton Pennsylvania incident where the magistrate excused a visitor, and says Frederick City should not seem like a trap. The mayor stresses strict enforcement but more courtesy to attract travelers.
An old Plattsburg camp advisory recommends men in training use Foot-Ease powder in their shoes each morning to prevent blisters and sores. The antiseptic powder is said to relieve painful, swollen, smarting feet and ease the sting from new shoes.
The fourth annual Western Maryland Baptist Educational Conference opened last evening with a song service led by Henderson of Knoxville Tennessee, text Lite a Trust. About one hundred delegates attended the opening service. total attendance expected near two hundred during the week. sessions include Baptist Young Peoples Union, study classes, and junior work. Dr Henderson spoke on The Acid Test and will lecture again Wednesday. Dr J C Massee of Brookland Temple plans a sermon tonight. Major Hammond Parker of Cincinnati will address Thursday evening. Primary work conference led by Miss Annie Williams and women's work led by Mrs Eugene Levering set for 4 PM and 4:45 PM respectively.
Prof H D Beachley resigns after 25 of 27 years as acting principal of Thurmont High School. Misa M Beth Firor, longest serving Thurmont public school teacher, also resigns to Superintendent G Lloyd Palmer. Sunday School Meeting held at Church of the Brethren Rocky Ridge with participants from Piney Creek Detour Thurmont Fountaindate Mountain Dale and Rocky Ridge.
A Hagerstown pastor testifies that fifteen years of constant labor were eased by Dreco. The ad claims the herbal tonic rebuilds the system, relieves fatigue, and quiets nerves. Dreco is recommended for stomach, kidney, liver issues, rheumatism, catarrh, and constipation. Frederick's Pearce's Modern Pharmacy dispenses it.
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