This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1920
Page
4
A vintage wedding piece explores how brides seek symbolic beauty through floral decor and the romance of marriage. It notes June as the ideal month for weddings, with nature’s abundance enhancing the ceremony and the bride’s view of the event’s inner significance.
Community editors urge orderly celebrations on the Fourth of July to curb youth mischief. They argue that festivals with sport and public leadership reduce damage, and call for regulation or prohibition of explosives to prevent injuries.
A letter to The News favors a memorial bed in the hospitalMemorial Bed. The author, JORN HAMMOND, argues the plan honors wounded and dead soldiers and gains approval from those who served nearby, endorsing a home memorial in the hospital.
Frederick residents share thoughts in a ten question questionnaire. Notable answers reflect pride in community hospitality, career choices, and the desire for a Union Depot to improve shipping facilities and connect Frederick with nearby commercial centers.
Graceham residents and relatives from Baltimore plus Thurmont and Westminster locations are noted visiting and staying with local families. Individuals include Mr Charles Morningstar and family Mr Orrion and family Miss Ella Weller and Ellas Weller Mrs Moble Fisher Roy Mattie Colliflower Leslie Dorsey William Wine Highfield Miss Long Florence Colliflower Agnes Robert Colliflower Edna Pomeroy Henry Hamerick and Mrs Harry Groshon and granddaughter Edna Pomeroy.
Two class day exercises were held at Boys High School. The scientist program featured recognitions for student orators and faculty awards. Notable graduates included Cramer and Derr, with Rosticke College conferrals and faculty honors. A public art exhibit occurred at the Maryland School for the Deaf along with corn price updates. The Free Kindergarten Association announced a room secured for a kindergarten at the Baltimore and Ohio depot, opening in October.
Mary Jane writes of storms and rain, commencements, weddings, and social gatherings. She recalls college graduations, card parties, fairs, harvests, and weather jokes. She notes local meetings, street events, and ongoing resilience amid storms, with longing for picnics and old days while urging support for soldiers’ memorials.
Director Ewing outlines campaign goals to reorganize the chamber into a financed, permanent civic body. He cites the need for ready volunteers, planning ahead, and boosting community spirit and cooperation for Frederick’s future growth. The drive seeks a three year budget and a central, dynamic force to plan and undertake city projects.
Dr Johanny M Blose new director of music at Hood College visits Frederick with President J H Apple for several days. This is Dr Blose first Frederick visit as he prepares a summer stay in Camden New Jersey with noted pianist Sir Edward Baxter Perry at Baymount Cottage. Dr Blose previously served as organist and choir master at a large Atlantic City church for five years. In other local items a deserter from Camp Benning Ga is tracked by Sheriff Wertenbaker and deputies after desertion was reported. Officers were dispatched to maintain camp security. Palestine Encampment elects officers including Chief Patriarch George A Zeigler and High Priest Charles F Sector. A cow on T M Darkin's Frederick area farm was struck by lightning while near a wire fence during a storm.
Randolph Wright and Robert Pipot sue Thomas B. Hayward for 3000 dollars alleging an assault on May 2 in Baltimore. M J Grove Lime Co sues Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 300 dollars over a March 29 1917 lime shipment delay causing loss. Elizabeth L Rawerds sues Stewart Gelehert for 40000 dollars in damages in a Baltimore Superior Court case. Additional suits involve A Manaty Edwards and others over a November 23 accident at Edmondson and Mount streets. Harling Sponseller gives a Chambersburg address at a Christian Endeavor meeting.
The new timetable lists daily Frederick departures at 7.20 am and 9.30 am with Sunday services at 4.80 pm and 10.10 pm. Return trains from Thurmont run 10.30 am and 1.30 pm, 4.40 pm daily except Sunday, plus 5.38 pm and 7.80 pm Sundays. Frederick to Hagerstown and connections to Shady Grove and Baltimore noted. local stops Braddock Heights through Junction for through service.
A discussion of thousands of undeliverable letters annually in Frederick and nearby towns, tracing their path to the Division of Dead Letters in Washington. It notes common causes, including misaddressed or unaddressed mail, and estimates local letter dispatch figures. The piece highlights the impact of careless addressing on the federal dead letter system and urges proper return addresses.
Help wanted notices mix with a report on H. Dorsey Etchison and his aims as Grand Master. The piece cites plans to raise about a hundred thousand dollars for an orphan and aged home and a goal to boost membership by ten thousand, with a September initiation in the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore and a large-night event to confer degrees on five thousand new members. Also appears several classified rental notices seeking a young couple, two rooms, and a six or seven room house in Frederick and nearby Maryland areas.
The Middletown Opera House near Middletown is sold by the Hall Association to a new owner for 43000 who will convert the structure into dwelling houses. Memorial Hall committee buys scenery chairs and piano for 500 to cover mortgage and notes. Opera House dedication dated February 19, 1904. A new tool set featuring vise and emery wheel is added.
Readers learn that catarrh is curable with constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and works through the blood to the mucous surfaces, offering a $100 reward for proof of failure to cure. Testimonials and address for F. J. Cheney & Co. Ohio.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.