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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1914
Page
7
A long, inane holiday column blends Thanksgiving cheer with local happenings in Frederick. It mentions church services, water debates, retail warnings, charitable appeals, and forthcoming events at Company A’s bazar, with reminders to shop early and support Rescue Workers and Belgian relief.
The B Division of the B L Lit holds a morning session with readings on Old England Young America War and Patriotism a debate on compulsory suffrage and a hot general debate. The C Division opens with memory gems and a program including A Complaint Where the Hand of God is Seen and Government Ownership of the Telephones. The Clover Leaf Literary Society reviews Panama Canal and a debate on opportunities for modern men with a 2 1 decision for the negative. The Oriole Society of Church Street School presents a varied program of readings recitals songs and journals. The Juvenile Literary Society conducts Bible reading and pieces on Scouts A Fight in the Barrack and a debate on horses versus automobiles with a clear affirmative win.
The Junior Literary Society held its regular meeting with Esterly presiding. Members presented Bible reading, readings by Edgar English and Grant Scot, recitations by Harry Mask and John Oland, an essay by Charles Ranneberger, and a debate on cement versus bricks. The affirmative won 2 to 1. critic’s report by Martin Urner. The Busy Workers Society followed with songs, reports, readings by Clara Getzendanner and Eva Doty, and recitations by Foster Himes and Walter Thrasher, adjourned for next week.
A column on fighting in Flanders describes Algerians engaging enemy forces hand to hand. Riflemen allegedly drop rifles and draw long knives to strike down opposition amid intense close quarters combat.
Captain Decker of the Tennessee cabled the Navy Department acknowledging Daniels' order to take no action without Washington instructions. He gave no further details about last Tuesday's incident when a Tennessee launch was fired on by Smyrna harbor fortifications. Also reports from Paris and Sayville note ongoing Belgian coast bombardments by French and British ships, with Belgian towns destroyed.
Advertisement touts Jap Enamel Varnish Stains in cherry, mahogany, walnut, dark oak and light oak. Twelve pint cans priced at 12 cents each and pint cans at 20 cents, with quart cans at 36 cents. None better claims.
Walnut Dark Oak Light Oak gallon cans priced at 125 dollars per gallon with a 12 gallon quantity noted.
The advertisement explains Peruna for coughs and colds, noting it can prevent lingering symptoms if taken early and that stopping a cough before all expectoration is removed can cause injury. It discusses irritable larynx cases, suggests local treatment sometimes, and invites readers to request the Ills of Life pamphlet from the Peruna Company in Columbus Ohio. It claims Peruna has a thirty to forty year reputation and promotes Peruna tablets as an alternative.
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