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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
4
The Frederick Daily News advertises semi weekly editions and mailing options, lists subscription rates, and notes office locations in Brunswick and Frederic. It includes a long rant about eradicating fly hatcheries, urging cleanliness and elimination of breeding and feeding sites to stop fly proliferation.
Framing wartime efficiency as a business issue, this 1916 item notes employers increasingly back recruits. It cites a Boston dry goods store offering ten men monthly camp pay, transportation, and equipment help, aiming to attract higher quality volunteers and reduce wartime labor gaps.
Editorial note from Birmingham Via Neus comments on Frederick Md sanitation example. Mentions officials offer to fund a dollar a pint for dead, streets affected by cartage activity, and health concerns amid rising activity in the south. Barksdale notes communities look to set example and discussions imply statewide influence.
An editorial from The Brunswick Times advocates targeted fly control, urging residents to destroy breeding and feeding sites to reduce fly populations. The piece emphasizes practical sanitation and community action rather than swatting individual insects.
The New York World reports that American railroads are the safest for passengers in 1915. Of 325 railways with 250000 miles plus, passenger deaths totaled 196, down from 265 in 1914 and 403 in 1912. Europe shows higher totals, though wartime conditions skew comparisons. Vandalism and other track deaths remain a sharp concern, with incidents cited including damage to landmarks and the Washington monument.
From The News May 12 78461 local items include Harry Glessner losing the end of his left thumb on a trimming machine at the rush works. Master Lallie known as Prance Bill visits Frederick on business. A severe wind rain and hail storm batters Frederick County. The Lutheran Church plans a special program led by organist Tr T S Eader.
Reports from Frederick County farmers indicate a small green worm is damaging clover while wheat prospects look strong. Noah E. Cramer showed live specimens from Albert Elworthy to the News office and will send them to the Agricultural Department for study. Wheat appears better than last year, with harvest in about six weeks and July threshing plans. Corn planting delayed by wet weather, but field work resumes in warm days.
Frank L. Hewitt a leading Republican figure of Montgomery county wed Miss Nalcy A. Proctor at the Cardinal's residence in Baltimore yesterday afternoon. The bride was attended by her sister Miss Mary Proctor with Gist Blair and Brooke Steele assisting the groom. Separately Edwin Mayo Betts and Edna Griffith married at Rev. S. S. Miller's East Third Street home yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock and left for a honeymoon trip before settling in Hanover and Newark areas.
Sabillasville U B Charge schedules Sunday events with Erxler Valley and Deeright congregations. A Mothers Day sermon and a lecture by Rev Wiram J Mewis are announced for Libertatown and Linganere. Unionville hosts a lecture on May 16 17 at 8 oclock. Also an iron post contract awarded to Morris Iron and Steel Co for street lamps in Baltimore at 12 487 each plus 23 cents depot delivery.
Dr Pearre sells Dr Holland's specific at half price with a care guarantee. After two months the plan shows strong sales and a full money refund if not effective. The offer targets dispepsia constipation headaches dizziness and general fatigue with a personal guarantee to refund.
Second Lieutenant F Lester Smith, Mr L E Mullinix, and Master Jack Markey were in Baltimore yesterday for company business. Miss Mary and Miss Emily DeLashmutt visited their aunt Jeanie Delashmutt in Baltimore. Charles J Lewis and wife of Clarendon Texas, former residents of West Patrick Street, are guests of A C McCardell on East Second Street. Dr Greenawalt will lecture on European travel Some Things I have Seen at Grace Reformed Church Sun Schoolroom 7 30 with a musical program.
A citizen questions the city light plant bid and injunction against the mayor and aldermen. The writer defends Mayor and Board of Aldermen, claims no law was broken, and suggests the investigation seeks a hidden motive for funds taken from Frederick residents.
Frederick County National Bank lists loans and discounts, overdrafts, securities, and deposits in a 1916 financial statement. Albert Gilson signs as cashier noting the figures for loans, bonds, stock subscriptions, and other assets with sworn verification before Geo W Heinlein on May 9, 1916.
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