Building business through personal relations in retail sales
The article extols cultivating wide local acquaintance to boost sales. A successful wholesale salesman gains favor by friendliness, attentive conversation, and informal chats with store staff and proprietors, turning frequent customers into buyers and opening new avenues for success. It emphasizes hometown networks over distant mail orders and notes lasting value of personal relations.
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Pereqnal
Upiige
Jessen
Dum
Frederick
United States dominance in world outputs highlighted
Commerce and Finance notes U S predominance in population land banks and production. The piece cites U S shares in grains meat dairy iron coal oil autos and gold mining, as well as postwar debt and foreign holdings, arguing against pessimistic views. It emphasizes large gold reserves and net creditor position after wartime debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wit Lhe
Letters to the Editor criticize Congressman Kahn speech
W J Grove disapproves of Congressman Kahn's Armistice Day address to the Francis Scott Key Post. The letter notes Kahn praised American soldiers and women, warned of future conflicts, and urged U S action before Europe. It criticizes his stance on women and army policy and mentions remarks about Germany and a speedy return of troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Grove
Kahn
F Armory
Francis Scott Key Post
America
Gilould
Europe
Germany
Congress
Ay Kahn
Inquiring Reporter Snowy Start To Real Winter
A series of responses from local residents on whether today’s snow marks real winter. Charles Caver expects real winter but hopes it stays mild. Garvey Miller and Mary Liasse see winter beginning, while De Lipps notes the look. Marshall Etchison hesitates.
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Charles Caver
Garvey Miller
Mary ‘Liase Cashier
Lipps
Barber
Marshall L. Etchison
Critique of Congress and Wilson policies in 1920 letter
William J. Grove of Lime Kiln Maryland criticizes Congress for delaying peace with Germany and prioritizing politics over war settlement. He condemns Stahn and Kahn for preparedness rhetoric and partisan bias against President Wilson, praising Wilson’s humanitarian efforts and quoting scripture reference Blossey. He urges attention to Internal interests and less militarism.
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Congress
Germany
Stahn
House Committee On
Kahn
America
Europe
Wilson
Senate
House
Blossey
Birthday Surprise Held for Mrs Free Near Frederick
A birthday surprise was hosted at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Worry M. Free three miles west of Frederick on November 3 in honor of Mrs. Free’s 29th birthday. Guests included numerous relatives and friends, with music by Ehner Foaga and a cake lit by 29 candles.
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Worry M. Free
Frederick
Samuel Forney
Lewis Kemp
Julian Kemp
Ernest Wilhide
Edgar Schultz
Vadu Wilhide
Lacey Kino
Mildred Kemp
Dorothy Eree
Lillian Kemp
Helen Free
Viola Staley
Jeannette Kemp
Thelma Schaffer
Ruth Free
Euelah Kiltne
Louise Schaffer
Hilda Weaning
Sara Free
Evelyn Kemp
Catherine Staley
Virginia Kemp
Jeannette Free
Walter Schultz
Messin
John Tidderbrand
Lawrence Phebus
Charles Kemp
Ernest Gon “So
Oscar Staley
Marold Pree
Ang the Kemp
Donald Wildebrand
Alvin Kemp
Edgar Marty
Wilfrod Kline
Sherwood Hildebrand
Eliott Schaffer
Tlarold Staley
Willard Thiel Mrteston Schuffer
Joseph Stone
Marey Blank
Milton Kling
Purely Personal Notice From Hagerstown
Mantz of Hagerstown returns home after a brief visit to the city. Miss Margaret Evelyn Mantz, of Hagerstown, has been visiting here and now becomes Mrs. Ethel B. Ingraham of Baltimore. Mrs. Huma Hubbard, West Patrick Street, who has spent several months in Baltimore, is returning.
Eyler Brandenburg Wedding at Lutheran Parsonage
Karl E K Eyler and Zelda Brandenburg, both of Gore, wed Saturday in a Lutheran parsonage ceremony officiated by Rev. Dr W S G Rupp. George W Brendesburg, bride’s father, attended as witness. Gordon Rice wedding noted in Jefferson with Beryl Elizabeth Rice and Osceola Gordon married at Jefferson Lutheran parsonage officiated by Rev. George S Aller. Also mention of Mrs Matthewson as Kent England’s oldest hop picker at 97, still working, walking three miles daily to fields.
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Eyler
Brandenburg
Karl EK
Zelda 1
tLe Gore
WS. G Rupp
George W. Brendesburg
Gordon—Rice
Beryl Elizabeth Rice
Osceola ‘Gordon
Jefferson
George S. Aller
Jane Smith
Matthewson
Kent
England
Real Winter Arrives With First Snowfall in City
The city wakes to a rare November snowfall around 7 am with half an inch by 9 am, the earliest snow in records since 1917. Temperatures dropped to 17 below freezing at night, with 15 above zero in the morning and a high of 43 at noon, followed by 32 by evening, signaling a sharp, brief cold snap for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Sharp
Rother
Frederick Local Items Twenty Years Ago Today
Frederick county delegates to the State Christian Endeavor Convention in Baltimore included W M Strayer Annie Wilhide Minnie Miner Berule Stauffer Joseph Wolfe J N X Jim Merman Miss Joe Jones Mrs C H Millard Mrs J A Roser Mrs G F Mullican Margaret Osler and others. The Gans home in Emmitsburg burned. work on the new Girls High School would finish by December 15. Dr Frederick W Sykes lectured on Victorian Poets at the Women's College Hall. hunting season opened. a three act comedy Down on the Farm played at the City Opera House. Baltimore and Ohio surveyors began a six mile third track survey from Weverton to Eagles Switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Baltimore
W. M Strayer
Annie fWilhide
Minnie E. Miner
Berule V. Stauffer
Joseph Wolfe
J. NX
Jim Merman
Joe Tones
C. H. Millard
Kathleen Beard
H. Maud Cronise
Chas. W. Johnson
J. A. Roser
G. F. Mullican
Margaret Osler
Christmas Seal sale plans by J Richardson in Frederick
J Richardson of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association arrives in Frederick to organize the city for the Christmas Seal sale starting December 1. He will focus on planning to boost the sale and may lecture on health, promoting the double barred cross stamps now tied to tuberculosis work and workers’ health across factories and sanatoria.
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J. Richardson
Maryland Tuberculioais Association
Frederick
Sala
Helgins
Richardson
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
All Saints Prepares For Series Mission Services
All Saints parish plans two rounds of mission services in five chapels and the mother church. Victor Rosa will lead Sunday sessions at St. Timothy's Schleysville and Rev. John D. LaMothe will preach in All Saints Church. Committees formed for publicity distribution visiting music and more with volunteers urged.
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St Timothy's
Schleysvilie
St. Barnabas
Wittchester ‘Street
Ams Saintsquareh
Court Square
Or. Victor I. Rosa
All Saints’ Church
John D. LaMothe
Church of the Ascension
Baltimore
LaMrothe
House of Bishops
Honolulu
Isle of Man
America
Virginia Theological Seminary
Church of the Epiphany
Washington
All Saints
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Ewin G. Markell
Misa Afary Maulsby
John S. Newman
John Francis Smith
Murbering
Frank B. Sappington
Frank DB. Sappington, Jr
Marshall L. Etchison
Douglass Hooft
Dernest Helfenstein
J. D. Baker
Charles Goel
Schley
Hooft
Methodist Episco pal Sunday School Attendance and Activities
Attendance at the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School reached 508 with 102 men in the Leaders Bible Class. A forceful sermon drew a large morning crowd, Epworth League and evening service followed, and a 6 30 p m motor escort carried Leaders Bible Class to Urbana for a service. Rehearsals, fund readings, and planned shows feature upcoming Leaders Club events and a November 28 Leaders Club morning and night services with Rev Hamilton P. Fox as speaker.
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Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Epworth League
Suiomobile
M. & Church
Urbana
Luyer
Hesson
O. W. Shinnick
B.S. Rice
C. A. Gilson
Walter Michael
Claca
Hamilton P. Fox
Hamline M. J. Church
Washington Ee C
Women Who Need Strength Addicts Ad The Cod Liver Iron Remedy
An old advertisement argues that weak women suffer from poor blood and promotes cod liver oil with iron as a universal strength builder. It claims the remedy quickens blood and restores vigor, suggesting widespread demand among women and notes druggists would struggle to stock enough.
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Vinci
Public roads ban for livestock in Liberty village
An ordinance in Frederick county Liberty village prohibits farm animals from being at large on public roads within half a mile of the Methodist Protestant church. A separate Paris dispatch notes France aims to build an elaborate wireless system centered in Paris to cover Europe and beyond, potentially rivaling Britain's cables.
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Liberty
Frederick County
Idoitifey
Roupe
Paris
Deschamps
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
France
Great Britain
Rhine Patrol Exchange Echoes a Humdrum Sentry Scene
In a terse wartime vignette from Stars and Stripes, a sentry challenges a repeating Arbelter voice, noting the speaker’s generic name repetition after repeated stops across twenty minutes, illustrating routine patrol friction on the Rhine front.
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Rhine
Arbelter
Stars and Stripes
Dreco Root and Herb Cure Ad Claims Stomach Relief
An advertisement promotes Dreco as a superior root and herb medicine for stomach disorders. It cites rapid illness progression affecting liver, kidneys, and nerves, with testimonials from Joseph I. Stottler of Maryland and notes Dreco is sold by all druggists and introduced in Frederick by Pearre's-Modern Pharmacy.
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Theri
Joseph I. Stottler
Route 2
Ha Kerstown
Dreen
Frederick
Pearre
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