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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1938
Page
2
The Daily News item notes that the newspaper is entered at the Fredrick Md post office as second class matter. This reflects standard mailing status for periodicals and indicates the paper's distribution channel within the city.
A 1930s educational report notes city pupils average 143 days in two years while country children average 96 days, with many rural schools closing or farming duties pulling kids from class. It urges more state aid and longer school years, arguing investments yield higher future returns.
A group of Frederick merchants have offered special goods at attractive prices on Wednesdays to stimulate business. Results are reported as satisfactory with more shoppers finding Wednesday as convenient as Saturday. Readers are urged to study the paper's advertisements along with news.
The reviewer discusses Upton Sinclair’s Our Lady, noting a strange tale of the Virgin Mary visiting Los Angeles and speaking with a priest. The piece praises Sinclair’s deft handling, calling the satire engrossing and provocative, while warning readers to discover the ending themselves.
Families recipes furnished through courier with becal recdeom. Coconut Pound Cake uses six eggs 32 tbsp butter 2 lb pulverized sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 cups shredded coconut and milk. Date Bread blends sugar butter eggs 3 1/2 pounds dates 2 cups flour baking powder soda salt warm water and yeast, bake 45 minutes to an hour. Shared by Mrs E T Schaeffer Carroll Parkway Frederick Maryland.
Farmers and families invited to the Southern States Cooperative annual meeting at 8pm August 3 in the Frederick State Armory. Advisory Board members from Frederick area will attend. Harvey R. Grossnickle will discuss the cooperative program for farmers. Gary L. Utterback presides with Longstreet as master of ceremonies and Guy Fisher's Frederick orchestra providing music.
A quirky collection of quotes from Douglas Corrigan on air travel and romance, Herbert Boutall on city versus country life and marriage, and Marty Pickford speaking about refusing a film role. The snippets hint at personal views on love, aging, and cinema.
Frederick city officials fixed the new tax rate at 8745 cents, a decrease from last year. An exemption for one bank’s deposits prevented lowering to 80 cents. The note also comments on misattributions of the Star Spangled Banner to John Howard Payne by reporters.
The News reports four hundred more potential soldiers from Frederick, Montgomery, and Allegany counties arrived at Camp Meade, showing better physical condition than city youths. A freak storm cooled the heat, lightning killed seventeen sheep on Dennis Shankle’s Yellow Springs farm. The Democratic State Central Committee endorsed J. Grahame Johnson for justice of the peace as Guy K. Motter leaves for the government legal department August 1. The Richfield farm, birthplace of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, near Walkersville, sold to Charlies H. Shipe for over $30,000. Shipe had just sold the Barrier farm to George M. Oyster of Washington.
Obscured text fragment yields few readable names or details leaving the event unclear. No clear person organization place or date is identifiable. The item likely reflects a small local notice or news snippet with minimal content.
Picnic season fills the county with crowds as politicians visit to win votes, while Guardsmen enjoy hot suns and pleasant evenings. Deaths of Ernest Helfenstein and Dr R H Smith are reported, yet Dr Edward P Thomas recovers. Hood College adds faculty, new branch manager named, and local church plans move with a stained glass memorial. Braddock hills blue as vacationers return home.
In Wausau Wisconsin on July 23 a gasoline truck’s dangling ground chain struck a two foot turtle toward a car driven by Gordon Patterson a merchant, nearly breaking the windshield.
Roosevelt plans a Maryland visit to back David J. Lewis while navigating factional battles for governor. He disfavors certain candidates and leans toward a Lewis Jackson alliance, with Labor endorsements and intra-party maneuvers shaping the contest in Crisfield and surrounding counties.
A playful quiz prompts readers to pick the genuine answer among options. It asks about Verbiage, Hamilcar Barca, the French phrase fenced display, Bermuda’s direction from Florida, and Joan Blondell’s husband among three choices each, with answers promised on the last page.
A humorous poem by N A Lufburrow extols farmers and grocers supplying abundant food in exchange for payment. It frames agricultural bounty as a product earned by cash, linking appetite to commerce and the cost of sustenance. The verse celebrates the prosperity of those who provide earnings to support farming and milling labor.
Workplace conditions and wages influence life expectancy. Professions like preaching and teaching show longer life, while miners and unskilled workers have shorter spans. Doctors have slightly higher mortality due to hazards, nurses fare well, and lawyers stay safer. Hard work after age 40 reduces longevity, with dust, poisons, and transportation risks increasing death rates. Aircraft travel shows higher fatality rates per billion miles than trains or autos, underscoring lifestyle and hazard impact on lifespan.
Bible thought on St Mark 13 31 and Southey quote about affliction from a loving God who chastens those he loves. Likely a devotional clipping reflecting faith and consolation.
Test your social usage knowledge with five questions and solutions from NEA Service. Focuses include refusals with excuses, lingerie gifts, duplicate bridal gifts, public walking etiquette, and handling forgotten engagements with frankness versus politeness.
A daily list of historical anniversaries and birthdays. Notable figures include Eugene Vidocq, Charlotte Cushman, James Gibbons, Samuel Byers, Harriet Strong, Montague Glass, William Burt, and others. Also notes key events from 1851 to 1986 and a broad horoscope advisory.
Daily English lesson presents correct usage for congruous meaning harmoniously related and appropriate. Explains common misuses and notes pronunciation hints and related words like plaudit acclaim and applause.
Old Lyme observer recounts a lazy day in July with a morning patio breakfast then beach time on Boxwood Beach near the inn. The party notes a near encounter with a ghostly tanker in fog and a three‑masted schooner sighting, plus a private, sandy shore on Long Island Sound.
In Bath North Carolina on July 23 AP reports Edward Connie a Black youth unearthed several bars of gold in a field near the Pamlico river mouth. The coins are believed tied to the pirate Blackbeard from over two centuries ago. Connie's uncle Dallas Jordan took the metal to the mint in Washington and earned $2,000.
The Department of Agriculture states that 16,918,000 bales from last year’s nearly 19,000,000 bale cotton crop were sold by farmers for $734,194,000. The figure highlights substantial market activity and the scale of the year’s harvest.
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