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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1926
Page
9
The third session of the Scout Leaders Training Course met at the Scout Headquarters on Thursday night. Leaders gained map reading skills, compass points, topographic map interpretation, and star finding from blackboard drawings. The night included songs, with next indoor session focusing on troop programs and patrol system operation for Scoutmasters.
Harris Stauffer notes May 14 meeting of Troop No 2 led by Scoutmaster Reddick opened with the Scout oath. Dinner report, first aid and bandaging instruction, three new candidates Gilmore Trout Arthur Trout and Thomas Cramer welcomed. Troop to number with tenderfoot progress. Troop 1 met May 11 in Memorial Hall with about eighteen Scouts, Hoffmaster presiding, pledge to the Flag, and patrol meetings after a brief business session.
Taneytown wires note social visits and family gatherings with readers listing calls to or from Littlestown Union Bridge Medford Hanover and Emmitsburg. A Dr Wells company meeting in Taneytown discusses capitalization potential plant location and staff attendance. The Christian Endeavor group plans a Silver Run Taneytown visit with program music and address by Rev Hammeg. Carroll Newcomer undergoes surgery at Frederick City Hospital.
Woodboro May 15 Miss Charlotte Aumen visits friends in Baltimore. Also noted are reports of attendees at Mrs Mary Haring Armor lecture at Empire, local perfect attendance in Won Hororo school, and community visits and Mother's Day program details from Lith eran Sunday school and nearby households.
The Flying Eagle Patrol presents a stunt titled A Scout is first worthy. A 2 p.m. Saturday hike to antos woods with fires learning and map making, plus first aid and compass use. Court of Honor sessions begin May 37 and May 25 deadlines. merit badges and certificates, Red Cross courses, and attendance requirements.
Solders are categorized as soft or hard by alloy composition. Soft solders melt at low temperatures and use lead and tin, while hard solders, with copper brass zinc silver or gold, melt at higher temperatures. The typical soft solder is half lead and half tin, melting at 870 degrees Fahrenheit, though more lead raises the melting point. An alloy of one part tin to two parts lead melts at 141 degrees Fahrenheit.
A journalist, his wife, and child Alice argue over pudding as mother and father clash on portions. Alice ends the dispute with the quip that "The editor's decision is final," while a closing note likens a serpent's forked tongue to its organ of timidity.
The essay questions whether early humans heard birds as we do and whether primitive speech was one syllable. It muses on how music may have affected ancient beings and compares modern tasting of sound to a hypothetical backward racer.
Peers say modern andelac cantons like the Notary Kiwanis and Knights of the Round Table do not represent new ideas. Addison era luncheon clubs such as the Spectator Club followed rules banning trades within the group and punishing false stories with fines. Also notes China saw twelve hundred Christian Endeavor societies organized last year.
Compiled schedule shows WEAF WCX WJR KDKA and many others airing music and talks by 1930s standards. Entries include orchestras bands choirs and variety acts with times from afternoon to late night across cities such as Atlantic City Cleveland Detroit New York Chicago and Montreal.
For over a century a tale from Ames England claims winding a violin string about the body can cure Jum bag after a few months. T and EB strings are named as having power, but London Stock Exchange cases spiked demand causing music stores to run out and fetch high prices for Italian gut strings claimed to resist the condition.
New York May 18 reports promoter Tom O Rourke announced a New York syndicate offers Jack Dempsey $1,000,000 for a heavyweight bout with Harry Wile O Rourke provides $250,000 up front with signing, while other terms include a 11 percent share of gate receipts above $2,000,000 and a hold harmless guarantee. O Rourke did not name backers.
Long Island sound like dispatch from Brunswick dated May 18 notes Mrs George Bentz of Baltimore visiting Mrs Lola Kline. Florene Vengle and husband and James Bentz visit Ms Bentz at Mr Kline’s home. Mrs Paul Gaither’s children recovering from illness. Mr Sam Charley improving. Mrs Dmeq Quhu improving. Nancy Tarsh’s children recovering from recent indisposition.
Fifty years ago women faced heavy workloads and health risks as they pursued economic independence. Elizabeth Chamberlain of 500 Monmouth St, Prenton, N. J, praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after reporting better health from taking it and urges other women to write for guidance.
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