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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1924
Page
11
Guidance on when to plant crops and garden structures for continuous harvest. Includes turnips tomatoes lettuce carrots radishes parsnips beets onions lima beans parsley corn and beans with spacing and bed length for a family of four. Also notes use of cold frames for frost protection and staggered sowing every ten days.
The late spring curbed mountain forest fires in the county with only one acre burned in Wolfsville and two in Sabillasville along the Western Maryland Railroad. Four fires occurred in Washington county this spring including rail and brush blazes. total losses near $10 to extinguish and about $8.50 in costs. District Forest Warden C Cyril Klein cites lookout stations lines and quick response as key protections.
A Stratford on Avon building linked to Judith Shakespeare, daughter of William Shakespeare, has been restored by W. H. Smith & Son and current tenants using portland cement stucco. The work preserves an Elizabethan half-timbered structure with oak and plaster features. Half the rent supports King Edward School under Guild estate arrangements.
The St John area in New Brunswick boasts the world’s largest drydock newly opened for use. The dock measures 1 150 feet in length with 123 feet entrance width and 42 feet of water over the sill at high tide, designed to host two medium ships or one large vessel as needed.
A 1711 English grandfather clock in Omaha keeps time recording seconds minutes month days lunar phases and tides. Owned by Mrs. Carrie M. Peters it will pass to her oldest son or to daughter Miss Hester H. Patera if no son survives. Built by Felix Owen it later came to Jamestown Virginia and Petersburg before winding up with the Peters family. The clock was displayed at the 1876 Centennial and reputed to have marked events from Lexington to Yorktown and beyond.
County and area briefs report visits and moves in Emmitsburg Germantown and Union Bridge. Frank Halas of Chicago visits brother Walter Halas. William Treiver buys drug store property in Frederick. several residents relocate or visit Baltimore Washington and Winchester. Community events note card games and a Parent Teachers meeting.
Windstorms across the Waimate district in New Zealand scrape raspberries from bushes strip orchards blow grain away burn grass and cause cattle deaths from starvation. Farmers appeal to Dunedin citizens for aid.
A Louisville reader praises the remedy for inward weakness and the Change of Life and recalls improved health and productivity. A Frankford, Pennsylvania source says nerves calm after use and urges others to try it. A Carlyis, Timbla reader notes bed rest during the Change of Life but reports recovery.
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