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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1920
Page
2
A parable sets 100 men on an island where fish and fruit are scarce. As each group hoards and demands a fixed share, fishing and gathering decline, unions fray, and cooperation collapses. In the end no one has food, and blame spreads among all.
A reader replies to a letter signed Farmer attacking life insurance agents. The writer argues insurance is a public trust tied to utilities, noting a shift from profit motive to societal duty, and cites broader reforms and opinions on the industry’s role in America. The piece defends agents and frames life insurance as essential to public welfare.
Frederick city features an editors note with ten questionnaire items posed to Charles McC. Mathias and other locals. The piece notes Mathias’s time in Frederick since 1911, mentions sports and early career choices, and hints at future installments with Charles A. Collina. A separate item cites a price commission investigation by Walter J. Blenemann and agents visiting the state.
Prof Watter G Charmbury a noted Danist will wed Ales Viola Bennett of Amherst Mass. The ceremony will be held at a local venue. Charmbury formerly headed Hood College Department of Music.
Mr and Mrs Bh Alexander of North Market Street celebrated their birthdays yesterday receiving many congratulations from friends and neighbors.
Students at the Women’s College School of Music staged their annual concert and the department displayed a notable exhibit. The graduating class held its day exercises and Confederate Memorial Day was observed with proper programs under the Alexander Young Camp Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy. An accident during a telephone pole setup injured Wesley Cregger, and the Masonic festival opened in Junior Hall. Lander reports warn of cornworm damage requiring replanting, while the Woodsboro Lutheran church P S C held its regular meeting and Children’s Day was observed.
Wilson N. Martz, 83, long known as the grand old man of Frederick county rural mail carriers, has resumed duties on Route 6 from Frederick after a five to six month absence. The 24 mile route serves 176 families, passing via Matovne Springs, Yellow Springs, Indian Springs, Edgewood and High Noble, with Martz famous for faithful service since the rural mail system began in the county. He began carrying mail 19 years ago, weathering a harsh winter and the 1917 18 snow drift incident. Under a new Congress provision he will be retired and pensioned next September. Born November 1 on a Frederick county farm, he worked as a carpenter before joining the service and has been married since February 7 1803, with his wife living and children Randolph, N Charles W John H Harvey and George P. Mra. George Crampe also listed among grandchildren.
The Board of County Commissioners approved a contract with M A Grove Lime Company to construct a two mile stretch of road from Middletown toward Harmony at about $80 547. The firm cited freight shortages delaying material needed for road work and plans to begin immediately after harvest.
Ragged, weathered reminiscence notes frequent rains after a visit to Missouri. An old Arkansas woman supposedly said the region’s rain never ends and clouds never clear, with humorous, clipped observations on heat and shade. The fragment hints at climate whimsy rather than a formal report.
Frederick readers learn the Y M C A leaders back a memorial park plan to honor WWI heroes. Monsignor Thomas presides at Visitation Academy exercises with diplomas and medals awarded to graduates Kath ryne Kearney and Margaret Wightman amid a long list of honors and pins.
An old newspaper ad touts a universal catarrh cure claiming to affect all stages through the blood and offering $100 reward for any failing case. It requests testimonials and lists a box address for orders and inquiries. The copy uses sensational language and urges readers to send for a list of testimonials.
Miss Ning F Alvord of McClellan Heights York attended annual exercises at Gettysburg College with Isabella Houck. Mabel Shewbridge and Mrs Etth Cseee Ton Edgar visited Brownsville with Mrs Frank Hoffmaster. Beulah Hoffmaster and Julia Cole at Sandy Hook. Mrs Lloyd Culler and others attend Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters Frostburg and Grand Lodge in Frostburg this week.
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