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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1922
Page
7
The Daily News announces publication from The Mews-Post Building Court Street Frederick Maryland by Great Southern Printing. It states news must credit real authors and opined statements require consent. Free notices advertising must be mailed to the office. no telephone submissions accepted.
On May 16 1922 Frederick welcomes the 1922 Blue Ridge season with high hopes for fan support and Buck Ramsey to deliver. The piece blends baseball enthusiasm with public sentiment lessons and notes a Woman's Christian Temperance Union Institute event in Hagerstown plus a brief humorous exchange about a boy's name.
A damaged OCR fragment from a religious text appears with mixed archaic phrasing about trusting in the Lord and doing good. The line seems to echo Psalm language but is garbled, including stray letters and misspellings, suggesting a transcription error on a religious page.
The Inquiring Reporter asks five residents who will win the ball game. Clinton Rhoads says Frederick will win. Michael Pizarro hopes Frederick will win. Earl Era believes Frederick will win. Maurice Riutzahn predicts Frederick will win. Ann Ezra Hoffman asserts Frederick is going to win.
In Berkshire and London Tit-Bits a collection of quaint folk remedies is described. Cures include wearing a ring made from five silver sixpences from different bachelors, a blue bead string or uncooked bacon around the neck, and ten heamrock leaves to “cause love.” Other tips cover tinctures for whooping cough, wart removal with a bag of silver money, and lore on styes, sore throats, tumbago, briar twigs, and sprains with ritual twine and hands.
A Penn State comparison shows freshmen taking army Thurstone and Binet Simon tests align with academic ratings. Among 67 students dismissed for poor scholarship last year the army alpha average was 118 versus the overall 131. Army results best indicate a student's likely college performance and field of work.
Twenty years ago the Frederick Athletic Club formed a baseball lineup with Bentz as captain and Shipley as manager. Grace Reformed church women held an ice cream festival at Kemp Hall. Herbert Kreh received a black snake trophy near Oak Grove. The Frederick County Christian Endeavor Union held a large convention in Woodsboro with pastors and lay leaders from several towns. County commissioners approved a two story brick addition to the Girls High School and planned one room schools at Chestnut Grove Mt Pleasant Catochin Furnace and Blue Mountain Mechanicstown.
Reports from Frederick county districts show a very low peach crop of about 1 percent and a scant apple yield, blamed on late April frosts. In contrast, an Emmitsburg area orchardist forecasts the best apples and peaches, with optimism spreading along the Potomac from Brunayick to Point of Rocks and Leadown county, Va., for only a slight shortfall.
Forty diamonds valued at $200,000 were found in an electric light socket in a Pullman drawing room during a customs search of a Boston bound express train at Rouses Point New York. Two passengers Louis Lever and Victor Cerville of Philadelphia were arrested on smuggling charges and jailed at Plattsburg New York.
Moses Taylor chairman of Lackawanna Steel Co and Eugene G Grace president of Bethlehem Steel Corp were summoned today to appear before the Lockwood Legislative committee Thursday for examination concerning the merger ratified earlier by their boards of directors.
Washington May 16 indications were given at the White House that the United States would not accept Britain's invitation to join a commission to investigate atrocities by the Turks on Christian minorities in Asia Minor as reported by the American Relief Administration.
Henry E. Cramer was taken home yesterday from Wilcoxon and Brown's planning mills where he is employed. He is doing as well as can be expected and expects to be about in a few days.
Mr and Mrs Benton Knode of South Market Street reported their first strawberries yesterday as a garden harvest. This brief item notes a local family sharing fruit seen by neighbors.
Miss Wine describes eight original crepe paper hats and teaches a simple method to craft lightweight stylish headwear. From sailor shapes to crowns, readers are guided to cut, fold, stitch, and varnish crepe paper for fashionable, affordable hats that rival silk.
The piece explains reasons to craft a paper hat using inexpensive materials. It notes paper costs little and can rival cloth or straw hats in appearance. It suggests reusing old hat frames, highlights easy work with paper, and mentions having plenty of time or “tun” to make many hats.
Fragmented text mentions Safe Bod day returning home and a sister-in-law visiting. It hints at trouble this year and locating an exact spartivant where a great man Copyrt Fations Newspaper Service may be involved.
Prentiss and Mrs Williams linger in New Guinea to settle affairs after his father’s death. A native reveals a hidden treasure as a cockatoo’s alarm warns of a murder in the living room. A thief, paused at a wall panel, is slain by Prentiss’s advancing chair strike. The tale blends legend with crime as the bird signals the killer.
On May 16 in history Newport founded 1639 Brooklyn to New York steam ferries began 1813 New York banks resumed specie payments 1838 Champion Hills battle 1863 pitting 32000 Federals against 25000 Confederates A Colorado admission bill vetoed by Johnson 1866 Mass reservoir burst 1874 destroyed three towns and killed 144 people
Local agent J Paul Delpher sold a new Harley Davidson motorcycle with delivery track attached to the dry goods store of John D Hendrickson. The notice asks readers to send in any locally located news.
An May 3 birthday party was held at Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Stull home for Mr. Stull and daughter Mary with music and refreshments. A long guest list included many local couples and individuals. An evening program at Winchester Hall featured piano performances by Mrs. Johann M. River and a senior recital announced for Friday.
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