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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
4
The 1916 Frederick Maryland issue of the Daily News and Independent announces postal rates and subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery, details offices in Frederick and Brunswick, and lists contacts for advertising. It notes semi weekly edition is mailed for a yearly fee and provides sale locations and phone numbers for the office.
A survey of how local newspaper notices of annual banquets by groups like the Sons of Rest and Daughters of Toil capture atmosphere. It notes the toastmaster’s role, the expected humorous stories, and a clergy anecdote about misread hours turning breakfast into steadfastness, highlighting civic enthusiasm fed by hot rolls and oysters.
A subscriber notes his subscription expired and will renew in fall. Farmers report no time to read due to workload and long days. The piece argues that busy, productive people still value a carefully edited daily paper for informed reading.
The passage argues reading is timely for the season and helps save time and labor by inspiring new ideas. It insists reading adds zest, aids work, and is essential despite a busy schedule. It frames reading as recreation for the mind and body to perform best.
The column mentions May den face washing to fade freckles, Braddock in bloom, early market hour questions, and daily fare including strawberry shortcake and rhubarb pie. It notes school commencements, Sunday schools planning children's day programs and picnics, good weather for housework and gardening, and social season wrapups. It also asks about the trolley ring to the Cemetery and city lighting plans, civic beautification around Carroll creek, and preparing to tidy borders.
W J Grove responds to One Who Saw about traction engines, claiming cleated wheels caused street wear. He notes legal rights to use improved roads, and explains shifting to smooth wheels due to block shortages. Grove urges investigation of general traffic damaging paved streets and asks for further input.
Motivational verse urges candidates who lost to persist and try again. It emphasizes grit, determined pace, and not dwelling on failure as they prepare for another campaign. The poem calls for resilience and readying for a future race.
In Frederick on May 5 1896 members of Lynch Lodge NoVA presented Shafer T Harsett with a Past Master’s jewel. Freda E Tasker Esq will deliver the address at the Y M C A anniversary exercises. A hen owned by Mrs Kent McHenry on North Market Street is noted. Mr Howard Kussinaul has placed benches in the Park at the Court House.
The Hagerstown Municipal Electric Light Plant earned 16244.10 for the year ended March 1, after deducting bond interest depreciation and uncollectible accounts. The Globe notes the plant as a model of municipal efficiency and warns of competition from Frederick and the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company.
David Lowenstein former president of the Board of Aldermen opposes the planned city light plant costing 60 000 or more He favors buying current from the railroad to light streets and the White Way as a cheaper present option He notes material costs rising 15 to 20 percent and warns of about 10000 extra tax burden if done now He urges taxpayers money not aldermen funds to be spent and says if railroad pricing unfair the city can build its own plant with one months notice He prefers a written promise to lower rates but doubts a large expenditure is wise amid price changes and a new administration
Dorchester residents attest Vinel tonic strengthens weak and rundown families after surgery and illness. Grandmother recovered from a nervous breakdown, and 12 years of use reportedly sustains household energy. Advertised as a great strength center with cod liver extract and iron peptonate, the product claims lasting health benefits.
Frederick Co Nat Bank advertises large deposit figures and a bold claim about Peter Minuet buying Manhattan Island for 24 dollars and beads. The copy promotes special deposits with a liberal interest rate.
The Board of Supervisors of Election for Frederick City announces the intermediate voter registration in Frederick Maryland. Sessions will occur May 9 May 16 and May 23 1916 from 9 am to 6 pm at precinct locations on West Patrick Street East Patrick Street North Market Street and other sites. Voters must register in their current precinct and bring naturalization papers if foreign born.
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