Special Meeting to Address Market Hitching Posts and Chlorine Plant
Frederick officials plan a special meeting to enact a traffic ordinance eliminating hitching posts within one square of Market Street to reduce congestion and danger. Residents complain about Third Street corners with multiple tied horses while the State Health Guard discusses continuing and expanding the chlorine plant at a larger, safer facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Market Street
Third Street
Commercial State Bank
State Health Guard
Love Letters and Cancelled Checks Stir Pathos in Birmingham
A reflective columnist notes a package of old love letters bound with a faded ribbon and compares it to a bundle of cancelled checks, illustrating the poignant power of sentimental documents in daily life. The Birmingham Age-Herald comments on nostalgia and emotional value over mere financial records.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Death of W. B. Pettit noted in Frederick links
Family reports the death of William B. Pettit of Rock Island Illinois on July 16 following apoplexy. Born September 10 1824 in Cumberland Maryland he moved west in 1856 and settled in Rock Island in 1860 leaving nine children and twelve grandchildren. He was a Mason long an apartment house pioneer and a trusted local businessman. Funeral services were held at his home with burial at Chipplannonc cemetery under Masonic auspices.
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William B. Pettit
News Savers
Mr. Pettit
Frederick
J. J. Matthews
East Second Street
Rock Island
Rock Island Daily Union
William T. Pott
Thin Erty
Mra
Hello P. Matthews
Harriet Floyd
Liberty Hi
Columbia
Jodge 7
M. BE. Charley
Memorial Church
Chipplannock Cemetery
Trio
Pettit
Ennet
Petit
Pay Day at Camp Ord Delayed for Weeks by Deserted Cash
Bla Correspondent reports Camp Ord, Eagle Pass Texas July 21 as soldiers in Company A live without cash. Pay day has been “tomorrow” for weeks while men borrow among themselves and rely on canteen checks. Guard duty continues, instruction extends to September, and letters arrive twice daily. Despite heat, most men stay well with few hospital cases.
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Camp
Ord
Bla
Camp Ord
Eagle Pass
Texas
Mall
Market Street
Laurel
Frederick
Elmer F. Munshower
Paul E. Marsh
William M. Storm
Gorge ©. Slagle
Major Markey
Showe
Brown
Iry
Strom
Mait
Company A
Wirrt
Marriand Infantry
Lieraily
Masonic Temple Opens For Viewing Before Funeral Services
The Masonic Temple was open from 10 o'clock Tuesday morning until the funeral hour for friends to view the remains, with access available during the specified hours. The facility provided a respectful viewing period prior to the funeral rites.
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Masonic Temple
Automobiles Collide In Brunswick
Automobiles belonging to Charles Willard near Knoxville and W H Hanline Brunswick collided at Potomac avenue and Second avenue Saturday evening. Both cars were moving slowly. the Willard car traveled east on Potomac avenue and the Hanline car emerged from Second avenue. The front of the Hanline vehicle struck the rear of the Willard car, breaking a steering knuckle while Willard’s car only suffered a bent fender.
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Brunswick
Charles Willard
Knoxville
W. H. Hanline
Potomac Avenue
Second Avenue
Willard
A Burning Glass In the Eye
A historical explanation of the eye as a burning glass, describing how the lens focuses sunlight to scorch the retina when looked at directly. It explains why viewing a sun or mirror image can injure the eye, while a pin held between sun and eye avoids internal focus. The lens changes curvature to focus at different distances.
Riding a Colt and Mutual Forbearance
A cautionary note explains how a young colt ridden over rough surfaces risks permanent injury to bones and tendons. It contrasts colt frailty with the endurance needed to carry a child for a mile. The piece closes with a brief dialogue about a marital disagreement and conditional expectations in a shopping agreement.
Very Thoughtful Mrs Comerton A Tour of Inspection
Fragmentary notes describe a humorous exchange about a high bed for a child and remarks on a tour of inspection by Mrs Comerton through a friend hone-Grackers. The piece references a Chicago News remark about heavy sleepers and a claim of about 1000 electric trucks and wagons in the Valley States operating in 124 lines of trade.
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Valley States
Clock of Death at Hampton Court Palace
The clock at Hampton Court Palace in London reportedly earned the grisly name when royal deaths supposedly trigger its striking, a superstition tied to Anne of Denmark and James I. The clock, England’s first astronomical timepiece built in 1640 for Henry VII, was restored about 32 years ago after lying neglected for decades.
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Hampton Court Palace
London
Anne of Denstark
James I
England
Henry VII
Office of Works
Democrats Name Wade as State Democratic Chairman
Dr J Hubert Wade former Washington County Democratic chairman was elected chairman and treasurer of the Democratic State Central Committee in Baltimore to fill the vacancy caused by General Murray Vandiver’s death. Congressman's David J Lewis was notified as the party’s candidate for U S Senator at a gathering of nearly 300 Democrats.
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J. Hubert Wade
Washington County
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore
Murray Vandiver
David J. Lewis
United States
Rennett Hotel
Charles H. Conley
Maryland
Wade
Dr. Conley
Frederick
C. H. Eckstein
J. E. Rt. Wood
A. W. Wood
Dr. Wade
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WM. B. Pettit
Lit
New Post Toasties
Duke OF Devonshire
George
Or General of
Canada
Democrats
THE
Gentral Trust Company
Market St
Frederick, Md
Bon-Ton
Arch St
Philadelphia
Palm Beach
Central Restaurant
North Market Street
Square Corner
James Carros
Lehr Pianos
U.S
Cramer
Palace OF Music
C. R. Landis, Jeweler
South Market ST
C. R. Landis
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