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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
6
In a year under a new ordinance to manage street work residents see little progress. Officials consider a city manager or city engineer plan, with calls to clearly define duties and fill the new office properly. Taxpayers urged to study the measure before final action.
A Frederick News feature presents a ten question questionnaire with William O Kolb covering nickname hobbies and career. Kolb cites driving his automobile as a current hobby and notes livestock raising as a future ambition. He praises Frederick’s hospitality and stresses united citizens to boost the city’s prestige.
An essay on advertising across varied trades notes that firms in cranberry, anchor cheasing, leather belting, granite monuments, ostrich plumes, pickles, grave vaults, fruit, and furniture succeed with ads. It argues advertising works when a business is distinctive and that novelty aids appeal. It also reports on wartime French actions in the Ruhr and a planned expansion of express service between New York and Chicago.
Fire destroyed several outbuildings on John Hargett's farm near the Monocacy. Mrs. Hargett suffered severe burns trying to combat the blaze. Asa Watkins of Kemptown was badly bruised in a runaway. At Baltimore Firemen's Convention independent Hose Frederick won the reel race and United Fire Company earned the first prize in ladder events with Junior Fire Company second. H. Dorsey Etchison elected clerk at election board meeting. Frederick College awarded diplomas to Edward Odell Ely Mumford Herman Ritter with Dr. William Crawford Johnson delivering the address. Ralph Schroeder injured when fingers were caught in a revolving helicycle wheel.
Ethylene Thomas, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clinton C Thomas near Frederick, became the bride of Lewis Reed of Rockville. The event featured a pink and white rose lawn, a Maurel rope altar, Violin solos, and a grand reception for about 150 guests. The couple will reside in Gaithersburg after July 1 following a motor trip to Niagara.
A 67 year old man from Frederick County married Emma Jane Stiner in a 1 o clock morning ceremony at his Hansonville area home conducted by Rev. C. A. Shuke. The couple will live near Hansonville and host a birthday social and dinner with numerous family and friends noted in attendance.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh through internal blood action. Proponents claim constitutional treatment builds strength and destroys disease foundations. They offer $100 to any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. price listed as 76 cents.
Power failures in the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway system left four homes, stores, and theatres without electricity from 6:30 pm to 1:30 am. Crowds lit by candles faced long outages, with two line breaks and repeated interruptions blamed on the system. Heavy rain and storms accompanied the outage, affecting several towns and causing closures. Titian painting returned to the Frari church in Venice after war damage and looting concerns have eased.
The article describes Governor Cox and Charles Murphy at a golf course near a stake on the ninth hole. Observers note Smith and Murphy. Indications imply support for Cox, though the room for other candidates remains possible.
The Western district Maryland Baptist Union at Tirai Baptist Church Hagerstown opens today with Rev W C Royal delivering the sermon and services led by Revs Loomis Pater Morrisian Whiteside and others. Delegates from First Baptist Church including Rev and Mrs Royal and many members will attend. Sessions cover mission reports and women's work with a $75 100 000 campaign focus on state work.
Dr and Mrs A A Radcliff and Mr Harry C Hull attend the commencement exercises at Western Maryland College Westminster today Mr and Mrs Emory G Nust and daughter Margaret Virginia have returned from Lexington Va accompanied by Mr and Mrs Frank Youngs and Frank Young Jr Mr and Mrs J Wm Neidhardt and Miss Margaret Neidhardt of Baltimore have moved to Braddock Heights where they will spend the summer Mrs Mary C Slinkman of Baltimore is visiting her sister Mrs F T Davis East South Street
Mr and Mrs A J Eichelberger announce the engagement of their daughter Alice Louisa to Albert Y Bolleau son of Mr and Mrs Wm G Bolleau of Middletown.
An old time advertisement promotes Dreco as a remedy for chronic rheumatism. It claims significant relief after years of suffering, with testimonials from Mrs. Rosie Twigg of Cumberland Maryland. The ad notes strong joints and painless movement after using Dreco and mentions Pearce's Modern Pharmacy as the introducer.
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