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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR from Ohio news dispatch mentions Mewa-Poat Holding and a court street reference with unacredited items. Lacks coherent events or names to confirm a full news item.
A 1920 era report notes extreme American heat effects on industry and daily life with business adaptations from cooling goods to land moves. It also covers vandalism against wheat fields, bank status changes, a murder verdict with a 13 year sentence, a minor assault fine, a jewelry heist and escape, and a runaway horse halting a freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio line.
Editor note presents a ten item questionnaire from Frederick folks including Claggett and Rameburg. Answers cover residence length, sport, hobby, vocation, early ambition, preferred work if lived again, why Frederick appeals, and a wish for a new electric lighting plant to power a bigger Frederick led by the Chamber of Commerce.
PURELY PERSONAL. Miss Aelen Holier visits Miss Sarah Hartman and Migstattle Buckey at State Normal School Towson. Mrs Wirghily Grove of Dalthnore visits Mr and Mes WH lim It De Lashmutt East Second street. Mr Herman Ordeman, NY visiting his mother Mrs D T Ordeman West Third street. Mrs M M Motter East Second street visiting in Shippensburg Pa. Mr George M Gittinger returned from trip to New York Boston and Atlantic seaports. Miss Sarah W Hardy and daughter Miss Margaret Hardy returned home on North Market street after Pen Mar. Miss Bernice Katherine Kiracofe visiting cousins the Misses Kiracofe Hagerstown. Casco Dismissed. Ida Harris and Virginian Ramsburg of Yellow Springs were heard by Judge J Grahame Johnson on disorderly charge. Case dismissed upon costs. Sheriff William C Wertenbaker made the arrest. Jury To Test Sanity. Sheriff Wertenbaker summoning special jury to consider mental capacity of Mathias Bartkin, a 70 year old farmer near Yellow Springs. Case brought by family through Edward S Dela playing, writ issued by Judge Glenn H Worthington for defamating inquisito. Trial next Monday morning before 12 men. Licenses issued at Rockville. Marriage licenses issued for Miss Mary K E Pryor of Takoma Park and George B Bicknell of Springfield Mass, and Miss Pearl M Brown and Percy Beckwith, both of Montgomery county.
Altar boys group from St John s and Mt Zion Lutheran Reformed held separate picnics at local sites. Frederick Bar Association library moved to Frederick College building. Good Templars held annual picnic at Plane on Nov 4. County Health Officer appointed registrars to record births and deaths. Old property on West Fourth torn down for new buildings. 107 Fredericksonians traveled to Baltimore for an excursion.
Two Moravia couples, Clark Be Stull and Pearl Spurrier, wed on July 24 at Pleasant Mission with Rev. Carnahan officiating. The Stull pair left for Pennsylvania while the Spurrier sister aided the ceremony. a surprise licenseed marriage followed for the attendants. Many friends attended a July 28 reception hosted by the Spurriers, with service members noted among guests.
William Franklin Ropp of Middletown was fined 25 dollars and costs by Justice Rood for filing to notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles about an automobile accident in which he was involved near Funkstown. The incident, Sunday, left a 14 year old boy with a broken leg after Ropp’s car struck him and he failed to stop or render aid.
The Leaders' Bible Class held a regular monthly business meeting with strong attendance. Committees reported achievements and future goals, led by remarks from Jacob Hesson, C. A. Gilson, and Chas. Dougherty. A watermelon feast followed, funded by President Jesse Yingling and the Social Committee, then outlines a full program of activities scheduled from September 1 to December 31.
Mrs Milton Engle of Washington formerly of Frederick was hospitalized Wednesday at Sibley Hospital for kidney trouble. Hanover Has The Pep. Waynesboro Pa July 30. Dark Ness ended a tie game 5-5 in the tenth inning with Waynesboro leading 5-2 after a Hanover rally with a single error and a homer. The score listing Rohe Hanover versus Waynesboro with Weaver Knauer Weed on Craig Fox Hart. Umpires Flynn and Clarke. A ventilated spark plug feature mentions a half check valve to keep the center electrode free from carbon and cooling.
At the Chamber of Commerce forum in Frederick a push for a city planning commission grew from calls to widen Carroll Street and fix deteriorating street conditions. City Engineer Crum and others outlined needed new thoroughfares and a comprehensive street layout, urging action and a permanent planning body to guide growth and swap aging streets for modern, safer routes.
Many school children, sickly mothers, and those valuing their children’s welfare should keep a box of Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders. They claim to break up colds, relieve feverishness, constipation, teething disorders, headaches, and stomach trouble. Used by mothers for over 30 years. All drug stores carry them. Don’t accept substitutes.
A signed statement from Vettie Clagston of Center Street Cumberland says two bottles of Dreco cured her kidney trouble. She reports constant back and limb pains and night waking, now resolved, with improved swallowing after a swollen throat cleared. Dreco is praised as a simple, fast-acting medicine for vital organs.
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