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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1920
Page
6
A reader laments postwar disunity between labor and capital and urges Americans to restore mutual trust. The piece reflects on wartime solidarity, warns that selfish aims undermine efficiency, and calls for united policy to secure prosperity and national competitiveness.
The fragment discusses women entering politics after gaining suffrage, noting a refined campaign style. It contrasts street campaigning with quieter, influential approaches, mentioning pink teas and polite conversations as part of outreach. It asserts women can become highly effective vote getters and influence public support.
The seventh class in Frederick County to finish a fifteen lesson home hygiene and sick care course under the American Red Cross has passed exams. Nine members earn Nursing Bureau certificates, with others receiving modified course certificates. Total graduates since 1919 reach 102 across branches, per Red Cross reports.
Editor presents a questionnaire with ten questions asked of well known Frederick men. Charles H. Kehne discusses living in Frederick and its hospitality while naming a possible automobile truck manufacturing plant as Frederick’s greatest need.
Maryland threshermen vote to raise per bushel threshing fees citing higher machinery and labor costs. They urged farmers to get all wheat threshed when machines arrive and criticized moving threshers between farms, noting it often wasted time and money. Frederick County Threshermen's Association formed with Charles D. Olan as president and other officers named.
Mrs Freston Hill of Gettysburg returns home after visiting her aunt Mrs Joseph Null in Rosemont Addition. Mrs Henry Williams of the City Hotel travels to Winchester with several companions. Miss Harriet Manta summering at Braddock Heights visits Misses Helen and Elizabeth Keller. Bertha Trail attends a conference of church workers in Wellesley Mass with 900 attendees. Commander Pierre Light Wilson and Mrs Wilson and daughter Louise visit Mrs Frank Stoner. Wilson heads to Annapolis for duty after Coronda Beach, California.
A relief fund for farming areas in India is mentioned alongside local scenes. Thomas Bell was thrown from a cart near the Baltimore and Ohio depot, sustaining injuries. An automobile from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, drew attention as it passed Market Street toward Washington D.C., averaging 16 miles per hour. Foundations began for a new Girls High School on East Church Street. Prof Amon Burgee hosted the class of 1900 at East Patrick Street. Children’s Day was observed at the Ridgeville Methodist Protestant church, and a Woodsboro barn concert was held.
In a nostalgic weekly chat, Mary Jane sighs as June fades toward the Fourth of July. She recalls picnics, rain, dances, and summer pleasures while noting holidays, gardening, weddings, and community events. She hopes for better weather, notes store closings, and longs for memories of youth.
A June 23 birthday party for Kenneth Swope drew many guests at Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swope home. Attendees included numerous Stewart, Swope, Runkles, and Lewis family members plus local names. Freshments served as the gathering honored the birthday. A separate real estate note reports Charles Hofman purchasing the Motter Homestead from Jacob Topper in Hagerstown, planning an updated residence, with land 130 by 190 feet. Frederick and Hagerstown merchants to close at 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and extended daylight hours for July and August employees.
Local teachers from Frederick county will attend the Maryland State Teachers Association annual meeting in Ocean City Monday through Thursday. Programs include sessions daily with music, addresses by Mabel Carney and L S Hawking, and notices of officers led by G Lloyd Palmer.
Cordelia Elizabeth Fulks daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Fulks of Gaithersburg wed William H King near Cedar Grove in a small home ceremony attended by relatives and friends. The groom is the son of E D King of Cedar Grove and home is Baltimore. Also noted are recent marriage announcements in the area and plans to compile Montgomery county World War service records via a new county committee at Rockville.
Frank Clemson 13 and rider Earl Suggus were injured when their motorcycle was struck by a car driven by Charles Pheby near Woman's Mill. Clemson remained unconscious with facial cuts and head injuries. Suggus escaped with minor injuries. Clemson’s condition was reported as serious with hopes for recovery. the driver stopped 90 feet away and aided by witnesses.
A Cheyenne Wyoming storm near Hillsdale 12 miles away hurled small stones and logs through roots, reducing two firm buildings to kindling with no casualties. Searching parties were dispatched from Hillsdale after the June storm as reports cited stones up to eighteen inches in circumference and motorists taking shelter beneath their vehicles.
Greek forces reported to have surrounded a Turkish corps near Predelphit in the Smyrna district and captured about 500 prisoners with weapons in the campaign against Turkish nationalists.
Wesley Sheldon a fourteen year old boy from Ashburnham was announced the winner of the Worcester county bread making contest with participants from all towns. Over three months he baked fifty eight loaves in nineteen batings performed seventy six hours of housework and spent forty eight hours helping his mother with tasks.
Ness tile, Pa June 29 reports repairman at Midvale Steel and Ord inances company fatally injured when caught between several cars. Two blood transfusions were given at Coatesville Hospital but Marshall died during the second transfusion.
Des Moines dispatch says Severn Town Democrats on a special train to the San Francisco national convention telegraphed for funds after thieves boarded a car between Grand Tyne and Green River Wyoming and took about $7000 aboard the train.
Former President William Howard Taft told interviewers in Chicago on June 26 that he would stump for Harding and Coolidge or perform any task appointed by Republican campaign managers. He predicted the Democratic convention would not adopt a wet platform.
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