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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1922
Page
5
The Daily News Frederic md appears with an incomplete masthead about publication policy and submission rules. It notes no telephoned notices and requires writers full names for content, indicating independence and Associated Press rights.
The article recalls a 1920s rural town rite Zamination Day where students faced a perfunctory exam before a crowd. It recalls stock questions like multiplying 5 1 2 by 8 1 3 and the stock reading, ruin, and arithmetic exhibits. The board’s remarks praise the teachers, pupils, and parents and hint at reelecting the school board at $23 yearly pay.
A Public Ledger reflection urges greeting others with a smile despite personal burdens. It extols cheerful resilience, noting radiant invalids bless their observers and that those with health owe kindness to lift others. The piece celebrates facing day with courage and faith, even amid night.
The fragmentary notice hints at a cannibalized advertisement in a historical newspaper page. Readable parts reference the newspaper name and an instruction to deliver results, but specifics like dates, locations, or campaign details are missing.
Maps and charts from the University of Maryland chart traffic on Maryland state roads by month, vehicle type, and route. The study, led by Dr. A N Johnson, reveals which roads need widening, maintenance budgets, and police deployment, based on counts since 1917. It notes Washington Boulevard as a near continuous artery with uniform width and highlights monthly traffic dips and peaks across multiple routes.
Russell and Betty chase a rainbow through a village yard. Betty disappears while hunting a pot of gold and is found safe in a chauffeur driven car. She returns home with shiny silver pieces, learning that truth is golden.
Justice Lewis heard testimony about Lewis Engle and a woman in a motor reveler who collided with James Smith’s motorcycle near Ridgeville. Smith fled the scene, later arrested for reckless driving and failing to aid. Engle and the woman were returned home. her name could not be learned.
Robert Potwin a former Maryland state roads engineer pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a July auto crash on the Frederick pike that killed 18 month old Howard Callahan and injured his mother. Potwin was fined 500 dollars as Judge Whitmire Forsythe presided in Ensteatt City Court. Potwin said his accelerator jammed and he looked down to free it before the collision with Howard Callahan of Mount Airy. Potwin previously faced a trial last September. the jury did not reach a verdict. Potwin was defended by John A Garrett of Baltimore. The News notes a city event yesterday.
Local columns note oddities and events from May in Frederick. A man displays a 50 inch blacksnake, bank directors reorganize Franklin Savings Bank with James Heerek as president and William Hage as secretary, and reforms plan new residences on Market Street. Rail and canal work progress near Point of Rocks while a road project advances in the Soferaon district.
Historical notes recount how England’s society embraced tobacco after the plague era. Smoking was common across ages and classes, taught to children, with mothers and daughters part of daily rituals, until manners shifted and church and youth smoking declined. Also mentions road work by Flanacan & Sons and local fire company elections in Emmitsburg.
Peggy and Harry plot a circus themed fundraiser using the club's tumbling team. They propose clown outfits, a bearded lady, side shows, a fortuneteller, and a wild west act to draw crowds at the barn for summer camping gear money. They assign roles, timings, and concessions like pink lemonade and hot dogs.
On May 9 across years notable events include Connecticut resuming charter government and recalling Governor Trent in 1680, the bombardment of Charleston beginning in 1780, wartime status recognized by the Confederate Congress in 1861, slaves freed in the Union army in 1862, Sheridan’s Lee raid begun in 1864, a New York financial panic starting in 1901, and a forest fire near Woodbine New Jersey threatening timberland and the New Jersey Home for Feeble Minded, with substantial anticipated damage.
Veterans groups discuss erecting memorials on French battlefields to American units. Federal and state commissions will select sites in France, with conferences to avoid duplication. The Twenty-ninth Division Association proposes a two member Maryland committee to coordinate with the state and federal plans.
On May 9, Charles RL Carton killed himself with a hunting rifle during Easter morning. The accusing charges against him were retracted by the government after officials determined he acted in self defense, ending the case as an alleged external crime.
A committee representing the unit will work to coordinate the two programs. An effort will be made to align objectives and integrate planning across both initiatives.
Several hundred people attended the formal opening of the Young Men's Christian Association building in Hagerstown on Tuesday. None of the amusements were open, but visitors toured the new structure. Preston Hartlage oversaw the ground floor during the event.
Aged sixty Art Smiles vanished causing strong concern that he may have been led astray. Authorities report Mr Jake Bentley’s brother died this morning in a notable local incident. Further details are awaited as investigations continue.
Dr. O. R. McIntyre, licensed chiropractor, opens an office at 9 East Second Street. With years of practice, he is a Palmer School graduate from Davenport Iowa and has served as an officer in the Maryland State Chiropractic Association for two years.
Fragmentary ad style notice cites a judge error and a medical remedy claim. It references a physician’s morphine use and an advertised product named Co-Opera nce Drag Co. Inc. claiming to cure catarrhal matters and various stomach and intestinal ailments with a money back guarantee.
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