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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1922
Page
4
The Frederick Md daily newspaper describes policy requiring real names for communications and submission authority. It explains Associated Press use, and that free notices must be mailed, not phoned, with postal entry noted. This notice frames submission rules for letters and opinions.
A 1922 reflection on jazz traces its rise from ragtime after World War I, noting how ordinary listeners shift from sweet tunes to pronounced harmonies and noisy ensembles. It contrasts casual liking with deeper musical taste and discusses public reactions, morality concerns, and the idea that noisy novelty fades as maturity returns.
Charles E Keeney of Woodsboro and Leona O Gorsuch of Key Mar were married at the Woodsboro Lutheran church on Thursday evening March 2 Rev R S Patterson officiating Also noted are marriages Virts Barnard Weller Her and O Mara Bratt from nearby towns with brief details of ceremony and attendants
The county sales were light with only one farm sale on the Clinton Tucker place along the Wondshore Liberty road fetching about 100 dollars for four old borers and four cows. Public sales are planned near Trout and near Frederick with executrix Amie McWhipp and the Abieres arranging sites. Roy Sigler, son of Wm H Sigler of SpooWestfield near Middletown, returns from Germany after serving with the U S Army and arrives in New York January 17 before assignment to Fort Bennett, Georgia.
Citizens from East Third Street North Market Street Frederick and Myeraville express approval of The News overhaul. Quotes from I Charles A Opel Harry F Shipley George I Lenhart Melvin F Shepley and Roger G Harley describe the improvement as forward looking and beneficial to the paper.
Mr Russell, a passenger conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, is ill at his home in this city. Friends of Geo H Zimmerman of East Patrick Street regret to learn he has a severe cold that has not improved after several days.
Harris & Filler defeat L A Rice by 68 pins after seven straight games. Roy Burke tops with 412 pins. Harris & Filler totals 1849 while L A Rice totals 1761 in the alley league match.
Governor Albert C Ritchie appointed a slate of two year terms for Montgomery county with May 1 start. Justices of the Peace named include George E Hughes Thomas R Hall Edward P B Margerum Charles E Lechtlider William Stamper Bernard A Duke Alfred F Fairall James E Garrett R D Lille Rozel Woodward John L H Sawyer John A Hall Percy E Redden Eugene A Jamison and Robert E Lee. Notaries Public named are H Laurie Garratt B Walter Boglay Clifford H Robertson William E Morgan George P Henderson F Bache Ahert Emily T Cashell Lydia F Prettyman Samuel D Byrd Rebecca Hall Benjamin White L Curtis Mortimer Hatton D Brown Harry C Meem. The Chicago envoy who offered $7,000,000 at 15 percent to countryfolk is dismissed. All the news while it is news in The News.
Local notes from The News dated March 4 1902 report lease of Blue Mountain Iron and Steel property at Catoctin Furnace to Ralph Brandreth. Modern Woodmen gathering adjourned to Doll's Cafe for supper with many members named. Lloyd McDade and John S Zecher named road supervisors for Burkitsville. New Market Literary Society met with Downey Steir Ward Spouselier present. Martin Kemp recovered from smallpox. Brunswick Furniture Company filed articles of incorporation with Charles H Feete A G Horine William Schueuffer Ja er A Ramey and Thom z Barke listed as incorporators.
Deputies in the clerk of court office recount humorous marriage license mishaps including a non resident accidentally listing his mother as the bride. A pair on Market Street provoked a chuckle when one offered chewing gum as a gift while two men walked arm in arm. A traveling salesman explains he is divorced after a small town encounter.
The B Division of the Literary L L Society opened with roll call and a program including declamation essay and debate on labor unions. The negative won the main debate two to one. A Division followed with similar program elements, the affirmative winning by judges two to one. Both sections adjourned to meet March 10.
Fritz Leiber drew strong praise for his Macbeth performance in New York with Alice Duer Miller calling him Americas foremost Shakespearean. The actor will perform Macbeth at the City Opera House on Wednesday, March 8.
Ellen visits Mrs. Ostrand to learn about bindings and books. The sharp elderly hostess challenges Ellen to see beyond bindings while hinting at a forthcoming yes or no answer to a note. Ellen returns home eager to revisit the house.
In the social world, a surprise party honored Elmer Marper’s eighteenth birthday at his parents’ Hansonville residence with music games and refreshments. A second surprise celebrated Frank Martz’s birthday at Samuel Martz home with a large cake and many attendees. A pound party at Charles Winpigier’s featured games and refreshments. Two events also noted: a Frederick County Farm event at the courthouse and a YMCA Soldiers Memorial Association design committee meeting.
AL STUBBS recalls a university prank in which nine students trick two older Short-Horn entrants at Illinois. The plan used an alarm clock hullabaloo to wake the room, triggering a humorous scramble as the two men cobbled to dress for breakfast and class. The tale ends with laughter and the two pranksters never returning to boast of the stunt.
The Republican sub committee on the soldiers bonus bill finished refining the compromise plan. The revised measure will be shown to all House members, Republicans and Democrats, on Tuesday with a likely report to the House within ten to fourteen days. A key change lowers the total cost by about half a billion dollars by altering the certificate face value and interest terms.
Washington reports a Black Hand style note reading bonus was mailed to Senator Pepper postmarked Philadelphia. Pepper sees implied threat tied to his anti bonus stance amid attacks by American Legion and bonus supporters. Investigation planned to identify the letter writer. In Wilmington a man and a dying woman were found in a vacant house with liquor making equipment. authorities believe they were victims of the alcohol.
March 4 marks pivotal events in American history including the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter in 1629, William Penn’s grant to Pennsylvania in 1681, the U S Constitution taking effect in 1789, and George Washington becoming the first president in 1789. Chicago, Illinois, incorporated as a city in 1837.
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