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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1919
Page
8
Readable fragments depict a social column listing many residents and visitors across Cedar Grove, Rockville, Stillwater, and nearby towns. Names include Ranneberger, Moscrow, Wirtz, Renn, and Purdum families. events mention church services, picnics, a Prospect Community Club meeting, and visits among relatives.
The fragmentary notes show multiple visits and family links. Dr Wilstens and Dr Hopkins of Mt Aity host a mother’s visit. Charles Magruder from France called on kin. Carrie Grimes and Anna Quinlan spent Friday in Frederick. Quinn drove home Saturday. Sponsellers, Russell of Baltimore, Norman Nott of Frederick, and Grimes from Baltimore are listed with varied meetings and returns.
Mr Charles Crouse hosted guests including Amos Towmin Nelaan Ankert from Hanover and Jane Crouse from Riverside New Jersey. Also present were Lawrence Crouse Colimil Hersh Herold Wilmer Dutterar Bradley Newman and Miss Rudd Dreasure. Corporal Hobson Crouse of Maine visited with brothers Clarence and wife in Columbia. Spangler family outings mentioned with daughter's visit to Hanover.
In Yellow Springs the corn crop is beginning to show basal growth and the middle potato crop may have a good yield. Mr. John Linton, who has been sick, is improving.
Mr Windsor moxiey of Mr Alry and Miss Frances Mount of Wastington Grove wed at Rev C J Burdette's home. Eugene Walker announces a baby girl Maxter Steward Walker visiting grandmother Mrs James Day. Earl Linthicum welcomes a son Stat. Albert Smith kills three rattlesnakes while huckleberry picking. Mrs Sam Rosenberg and children and Miss Ana Gruber visit from Hafertown then return. Charles Young Amos Alvay Viola and others hosted by G O Poffinberger family.
A fragment reports wartime and prohibition enforcement legislation likely not enacted for months due to Republican refusals to adjourn from August 2 to September 8. Senate leaders warn major House changes ahead, as motorcycle race coverage notes a rider severely injured in Lehighton. The obituary mentions Wesley G. Saip of Belleville, Kansas, and a banker who once ran a popcorn stand.
A crowd filled the auditor ium and over a thousand gathered outside for the closing service of the Western Maryland Baptist Educational Conference on Braddock Heights. Dr John K White of Anderson College delivered the principal address on The Seven Wonders of Heaven. Delegates from Alexandria Brucetown Martinsburg Cumberland Frostburg and other towns attended the week long session. The conference will meet in 1920 from July 18 to 28 with Rev J N M Webb and Rev G W Whiteside among leaders.
A 23 year old African American man named Edward Prute, believed to have escaped from the House of Correction, was captured at Frederick Junction shortly after six on Saturday evening by Deputy Sheriff John L. Dutrow. He jumped from a freight train and attempted to run, but a shot from the deputy stopped him.
A manufacturer predicts continued price hikes into fall and winter for underwear and haberdashery after wartime increases. He cites higher labor and material costs, scarce supplies, and delayed postwar adjustments, noting collars will stay at 25 cents while soft collars rise slightly. Woolen underwear may reach $2.00 per garment as broader dre ss necessities edge toward luxury status.
Official figures from Professor Wesley Webb show Delaware wheat losses near 1,000,000 dollars directly from rain and rust damage. Kent county faces about 500,000 dollars. Sussex and New Castle districts also hit as yields collapse from the rust and continued rains. In Kent the expected 1,500,000 bushels drop to around 1,000,000 with roughly 200,000 bushels damaged beyond salvage. Kent’s 1917 yield stood near 1,009,000 bushels, Mon Castle 778,320, and Sussex 38,160 bushels.
A report from St Louis states Oveun City and Ws wife with their street sons made an automatic trip from St Louis to Ocean Cry. They traveled the distance from home to Philadelphia in three days. The best time noted was four ny.
Amateur aviator Krause was killed and passenger Winneth seriously injured when their aircraft plunged about 200 feet in Fremont Nebraska on July 28. Witnesses reported the crash occurred during a flight with savings stamps promotion in the area.
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