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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1916
Page
7
The article notes the approach of Thanksgiving and Christmas with prices rising and stores preparing early. It urges shoppers to buy ahead, watch for inflated turkey and goods costs, and to mail early as post offices plan extra handling. It calls for more clerks and window displays as merchants push early shopping.
Coast guard station reports a sighting of a German submarine in Block Island sound that later proved unfounded. The vessel was misidentified as U-40, then No. 44, later clarified as a United States Navy submarine moving eastward about seventy miles from Nantucket.
Los Angeles Nov 14 For the first time in U S history three California women will sit in the electoral college next June. The women honored are Mrs W C Tyler Los Angeles M Spinks San Francisco and Mrs Wylie of Freana.
Williamstown New Jersey November 14 stable hand Joseph Sherman the one arm crack shot killed the largest rabbit seen in the area After dressing the rabbit it weighed eight pounds two ounces The report notes the unusual size of the game and the marksman’s feat in local terms
New York dispatch reports Republicans poised to hold 217 seats in the next House, up one from earlier totals. Ramsay's New Jersey win narrows the Democratic margin to 212, with several districts still contestable and recounts possible in Louisiana, North Carolina, Iowa, and New Jersey races. Submarine activity near the Bosphorus cited by Russia. four state police cars ordered for emergency use. Harold R Watson dies from football injuries in Meadville after omitting precautions amid a late-season game.
Felix Diaz is reported to align with Pancho Villa at Zapata in a developing political-military situation. The arrangement signals possible joint action in the region as tensions rise around the border and local factions respond to Diaz’s movement.
The Pittsburgh school board voted to resume salaries for September and October for Mrs Champers, Detinder and Mr Oliver, teachers whose lapse during vacation months prompted no action. The chairman said salaries would be paid without prejudice and hinted at a future resolution barring married women as teachers. A brief note adds that baseball in Russia is known as Jutka.
Laurel Del November 1 Two Laurel soldiers votes from the Mexican border chose Brown Republican as state senator defeating Allen Democrat and Hastings Democrat for inspector of the third precinct defeating Moor Republican with no tie. Official canvass of Delaware president vote totals Hughes 25794 Wilson 24521 Nancy 694 Benson 480, not including soldier ballots from two counties cast in New Mexico.
Senator William F. Chilton Democrat will contest the election of Toward I. Sutherland Republican after a conference with Senator James Vardaman chairman of the Senate committee on privileges and elections. The dispute centers on returns said to show Chilton was cheated in last week's balloting.
In Scranton Pa November 14 Thomas OConnor a druggist of Winton near here must answer in court for selling a dozen poison tablets to Thomas Llewellyn of Akely May 2 1915 Llewellyn swallowed a tablet during personal crisis and died His widow claims he died from the drug Judge Edwards refused to dismiss the case and it will go to a jury.
Pittsburgh Pa November 14 The plan of Robert Williams twenty choir singer to pose as a millionaire's son to impress chorus girl friends led him to appropriate a new four thousand dollar automobile police hold Williams on a technical charge while the case is investigated by investigators local police report the incident today
London reports Petrograd cables stating Russians crossed the Danube into Dobrudja south of Cernavoda and shells renewed on Constanza. Field Marshal Mackensen’s retreat continues with morale deteriorating as one third of his forces are described as effectively lost. Serbian forces scored a notable victory near Monastir, driving Germans back and capturing about 1000 prisoners, while Rumantars held positions along the Alt river region.
Nine people drowned when an automobile stage from Ladner plunged through an open draw of the Frazer river bridge and sank. Three survivors were rescued by a lifeboat from a river tug after the stage went to the river bottom.
Allentown report states John Davia, a Bethlehem boarding house keeper, perished after trying to rescue his wife believed trapped in an attic as a fire gutted the second and third floors. Property loss is about 2000 dollars. A separate note says a full grown elephant yields 120 pounds of ivory.
A dated advertisement urges mothers to give five teaspoons of California Syrup of Figs to relieve constipation in children. It claims rapid movement of waste, improved appetite, and a restored playful state within hours, warning to avoid counterfeit syrups and to buy the 60-cent bottle from the California Syrup Company with clear directions.
A pianist of world renown has obtained a Swiss patent for a car design using pistons to replace steel springs. The system operates with cushions in cylinders to absorb shocks, promising a novel ride mechanism.
Mrs Mia E Irwin of New Kensington Pa credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with relief for her son Helwin who suffered sleepless nights due to croup. She urges keeping a bottle in the house to ease symptoms and prevent illness.
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