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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1922
Page
4
The Daily News an independent daily paper in Frederick Maryland notes the publication details and submission rules for letters and notices. It states The Associated Press provides news dispatches and requires real names for opinion or news submissions and directs free notices to be mailed to the office.
A teacher from another city argues many students quit school before grasping reading or arithmetic. She says exposing pupils to varied subjects like history civics and hands on work can awaken sleeping minds, sustain interest, and prevent failure, regardless of the specific subject studied.
Four public sales were held in Frederick County on Saturday. The largest total neared 4400 dollars with cows and horses selling well. Harry D. Miller, west of New Market, led the day with about 4400 in receipts and a top horse price of 160 dollars. The news notes Miller’s dairy herd as strong, his move to Frederick after his wife’s death, and the season’s closing sales schedule for spring 1922.
Readers name their preferred actresses with a mix of famous figures and local quotes. Alvin Plant sites Nagimova, Mary Pickford, and Mary Miles Minter with Bebe Daniels as preferences shift amid a California affair. Joseph Whisner cites Mary Miles Minter before her scandal, while others mention Daniels.
A rumored secret society craze named Shifters spreads from a Boston area legend to Frederick Hood College and beyond. Participants are asked to pledge by surrendering valuables for a paper badge and a password, then urged to recruit others for ever higher fees, with rituals and varying chapter names and badges sold by stationers.
Rev. F. W. Meyer, pastor of the Lutheran church in Lovettsville Virginia, has resigned from the Lovettsville church council and accepted a call to the Lutheran church at Camden NL. The note adds a remark about normalcy and a Judge quote on dancers returning to burlesque.
Frederick column recalls events from March 27 1922. A party of fifteen Women’s College students toured Washington under Dr. Apple and met at the White House with President Roosevelt and wife. The Mayor and Aldermen awarded the steam plant contract to Frick and Company of Waynesboro Pa. The Austin Star Vaudeville Company appeared at the City Opera House. Cement work began for tiling in the Masonic Temple post office room. County Commissioners surveyed a road in Ballenger district for relocation.
Bishop A Hutfiton Baynes Bishop Jeho Gardner Murray and Canon H O Arrowsmith visited Maryland towns to boost support for the Baltimore cathedral project. The party rode about 200 miles by motor noting good roads and rural prosperity while meeting natives and enjoying terrapin shad muffins and waffles. The Bishop showed interest in the proposed Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of Maryland in Baltimore and the spring scenery hoped for in May.
A vaudeville piece follows Fifi the waowapine dancer as she battles a rival blonde doll in a Russian duet. Jealousy nearly ends her career after she sabotages her partner, but a string break and a tense backstage moment set the stage for a triumphant finale amid laughter.
A spring forest fire broke out west of Lewistown around 10 o clock and moved into the Fishing Creek region. Fire Warden Sylvester F. Moss led the response, by 10 30 the blaze was under control with a half mile line, aided by a mild wind. The burned area includes valuable timberland previously burned over. Also, the Bilent Semi pros of Baltimore seek a game with Frederick amateurs in the city. contact D Ketchell at 1192 W Pratt St Baltimore.
Chronology listing events tied to March 26 and 27 across centuries. Suppressed meetings in Flushing 1658, Marlborough destroyed 1676, SC constitution 1776, U S Bank chartered 1835, Mississippi ratified Confederate constitution 1861. Also Scknon Falls destroyed 690, Ponce de Leon reclaimed Florida 1813, Maryland’s first colony 1634, six frigates authorized 1794, first US Embassy from Japan to San Francisco 1860.
President Staley announced three clubs seek spring training camps in Maryland. Hagerstown could host the International League Bridgeport club in a planned Maryland site.
At a Saturday night convention in Middletown a ticket was nominated to be voted on Monday, April 3. Incumbent burgess George A. Doub leads a slate for commissioners Calvin R. Coblentz George D. Dinterman Chas B. Darner and Morris Holler. Ten nominees were named, eight defeated, five to be elected.
A garbled report describes a Saturday scene where a cashier named Al Thomas appears to interact with a chandelier during a ride. The fragment references a horse and an insistence that something cannot replace horses. Further context is missing.
Wallace Mullen of Lancaster and Margaret E Trewitz of Lancaster were married Saturday at the Lutheran parsonage by Rev. A G Rapp. They will reside in Lancaster where the groom is employed. Routzahn Waltz. S and Annie Waltz of Walkersville were quietly married Saturday at the Lutheran parsonage by Rev. Voss G Rapp. They travelled to Hagerstown for a short wedding trip and will live in Walkersville. Cramer and Stauer sold John H Saley s lot on West Patrick Street No 178 to J Paul Dephey a two story brick handsomely improved.
A vintage discussion describes an April Fool vaudeville featuring two masked maids, a clever dancing pair, a humorous sketch, a pair of tumblers, moving pictures, and a magic mirror finale with audience reflections. It notes stagecraft and audience setup as well as planning new acts.
In the Empire Theatre Wanda Hacker stars in Too Much Wife with a two reel Fresh from the Farm education comedy and Fox News. Eugene O Brien stars in The Prophets Paradise an Oriental surprise. Other items include Topics of the Day and Pathe News. The Star showcases William Fairbanks in Hells Border and Gud Pancan in A Beanery Heiress plus Harold Lloyd in a feature. At City Opera House Tom Mix leads Chasing the Moon with The Firt and Hurricane Hatch episodes. A crocodile description notes its grinding method using a gizzard and ingested stones.
Do You Know recounts how a bill becomes law in Maryland. After passage by both houses the governor may approve and sign, or return with objections. If three fifths in each house sustain, the bill becomes law despite objections.
In the court column, marriage licenses list John Seman and Cora McKissick of Emmitsburg, Charles Teddy Beachley and Mary Marker of Middletown, Charles Keifer and Mary Myers of Frederick, and others. Property deeds show Pearl Yenck to Rose Cowen in the city for $16, plus transfers from Alice Campbell to C Rufus Brown, and John Dove to Andrew Athey for $77 in the county.
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