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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1916
Page
6
The document lists subscription rates and advertising terms for The Daily News and The Semi-Weekly News in Fredericks, Md. It notes carrier delivery options, pricing for various periods, and advertising applications. It details office locations, distribution points, and mentions the Brunswick Times as a related publication.
Parents face a split between technical training and broad mental education. The era favors engineering and skilled trades, with high demand and strong pay for capable hands. Yet colleges stress logical thinking and communication as essential, guiding parents to assess their boy's aptitudes for a fit between skill and intellect.
The article argues that governors have superior chances to reach the presidency than other offices. It notes past presidents and recent governors as evidence, contending governors can display leadership, initiate reforms, reduce waste, and drive social improvement during their tenure.
The text contrasts governors gaining national notoriety with Congress members bogged down by red tape and conflicting interests. It notes how political reach expands beyond state borders and how presidential prospects depend on regional perception, while state-level limits shrink when faced with a broader audience and greater regulations.
President Wilson backs civil service merit for all postmasters and urges legislation to place first through third class postmaster positions under competitive exams. The move aims to standardize appointments, extend merit-based promotion, and remove political influence from postmasterhips.
Water has been shut off in the fountain at Court House Park. The park beaches were cleared for the winter season last week.
Local items from the Frederick column dated November 17 1896 note a decisive ball game between Frederick and Rockville with one win each and a tie, promising a supremacy struggle. A man calling himself Man of Washington hired a wheel from Keiser Co yesterday and has not been heard from since. Christian Endeavor faces Middletown with a successful conclusion. A new fee schedule will begin for the Frederick and Middletown electric road tomorrow.
A lecture extols self denial and thrift to curb material excess and wasteful spending. It warns against crowd influence, ads, and shopping out of habit, urging saving for a purpose and the discipline of doing without. The piece ends noting broader social benefits of thrift and a warning that lack of self control leads to regret.
A garbled mix of words referencing bronchitis diet tips and beverages. The text includes phrases about Wheaten, tea, top lines, and vague timelines. Readable content is minimal and lacks clear events or people.
Real estate agents offer property on a farm of two acres with multiple parcels and terms, noting insurance and loan services. The text lists a broad array of agencies and offices across various locations, including Parma, Westley, and Maryland, with references to real estate, insurance, and lending services and multiple agents and offices.
Readable details describe West Second Street Presbyterian Sunday school expansion nearing occupancy next month. Plans cover 56 by 45 feet with a 32 by 42 main floor and several juvenile rooms plus a large social room on the lower floor. Architects Kepner and Smith also report Mt Airy Methodist Episcopal church nearing completion with a gymnasium basement feature and ongoing interior decorations.
Public sale set for December 2, 1916 at the Frederick County Court House door in Frederick City. Items include several Locust Alley lots Nos. 423 415 421 4 and 38 with multiple improvements and a weatherboarded double house on Lot 421, all described in prior deeds and mortgages to Lewie Walter and now assigned to George A. Pearre Jr.
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