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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1915
Page
6
A Frederick News item recalls a lost five-dollar bill found on a street and returned to its owner. The column praises the finder, a humble barber, for his integrity and calls for more people to act similarly when encountering lost property.
The piece muses on how travel loosens restraint and boosts natural behavior among strangers while at home social ambition shapes friendships. It warns against overreaction to heat, favors temperate conduct, and jokes about old myths like Jupiter Phrybus and the thunderbolt in weather commentary.
A reader argues for centralizing high schools to cut costs and improve instruction, suggesting merged districts, fewer teachers, cheaper heating, and expanded courses like dairying and agriculture. The piece urges awakening to higher efficiency and county-wide reform in education.
A Baltimore Sun poem urges readers to buckle down and meet life’s challenges with earnest effort. It frames duty, will, and perseverance as paths to conquering fear and achieving dreams, presenting a rousing call to action for strength and resolve.
A stray vacation encounter often yields instant friendship with plans for lasting ties. People meet on ships, trains, or theaters, exchange confidences, and feel a future link though many letters go unanswered. The seasonal ease of making acquaintances sparks light remarks about summer romance and social moves.
Articles of incorporation granted to The Examiner Publishing Co. with incorporators listed from Frederick and surrounding areas. Frederick and Jefferson turnpike improvements ease travel. A bright meteor lit the sky overnight. James A. Brown injured by falling iron vase at home. H. Leaie harvested a potato weighing 16.74 ounces from his garden on Early Ghio.
Monrovia to Hyattstown road extension of about 220 feet awaits State Roads Commission approval before County action. Separately Howard Scholarships named after competitive exams held at Hilcott City. winners include Miss Mary A Baugher and several others bound for Western Maryland College and Maryland State Normal School. Albaugh and Harrington sold 15 Carroll street lot and house to Merkle Moberly for Elias B Ramsburg as part of recent estate liquidations.
Major Fraley has inaugurated a system for the police to keep a record of all accidents calls and arrests. Reports are to be made to the desk sergeant who will have charge of the record.
An advertisement touts Poan's Kidney Pills as effective for backache and kidney disorder. It cites Mrs William Abrecht of Frederick Street Frederick who reports relief after using the product, claiming it helped with back pain, nervousness, and disordered kidneys. The copy urges readers to ask dealers for the remedy.
Frederick City officials plan extensive street improvements, with Macadamizing West Fifth Street from Elm to the Bavin Gardner residence and grading Park Avenue. About 1,000 feet of concrete curbing on West Church and Hentz streets. Numerous streets oiled and scarified, including East and West Patrick, Jefferson, South, Clarke Place, All Saints, West Second, Bentz, Fifth, West Church, and East Sixth. Water supply strong. Fishing Creek pipeline not yet started.
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