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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
6
Subscriptions priced at 25 to 60 cents per month, 1.00 for four months, or 3.00 yearly. The Semi-Weekly News ships Tuesdays and Fridays for 1.25 yearly in advance. Subscriptions and ads handled at The News office, Freder ick Md. and Brunswick offices with local sale points listed.
A discussion on the election of a Montana woman to Congress and the need for decorum in legislative bodies. The piece argues lawmakers should uphold dignity, maintain attention in debate, and reflects on Congress and state legislatures as historic symbols. It urges women to pursue reforms that elevate manners in lawmaking.
The Washington Post weighs European monarchies and the divine right theory as Greece nears involvement in the war. Venizelos leads a provisional government at Saloniki, pushing an educational campaign denying divine kingship and arguing leaders are mere primaries of circumstance.
In a speech the king says he will leave internal affairs to the ministry but is responsible before God for Greece’s international relations. He accuses Venizelos of clinging to the divine right of kings, which he says Greece has nothing to do with.
The poem celebrates a formidable feminine ideal, depicting beauty and power as a guiding force. It frames women as sacred figures whose influence shapes art and culture. Marion Couthony Smith is named in Harpers Magazine as a notable reference.
Property transfers include William G. Baker to Frederick County Farmers Exchange and J Stuart McAleer to The McAleer Lime Company for ten dollars. Marriage licenses list several couples with ages and locales. Also notes on Visita Key Council visits and a National Councilor talk. A claim by A L Walter against Hagerstown club is disallowed. Hunting parties report thirteen rabbits and twenty rabbits plus two quail.
Clerk Haugh records commissions granted by Governor Harrington to several forest wardens and game wardens including Charles F. Shiney of Frederick as deputy game warden and Chariet F Kelbaugh L. T. Sensenbaugh Lorin T. Lewis and George W. Andres as forest wardens.
Local items from the News columns dated November 23 1896 note the winter schedule of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins tomorrow and will interest Frederick residents John Horaker of the Standard Lime and Stone Company begins a contract in Brunswick yard Reynolds Post No 2 Grand Army of the Republic holds annual inspection at Post Hall Monday A Republican State Factory Association forms December 2 at Republican HQ in Baltimore men meet at the YMCA tomorrow a Thanksgiving service at 7 led by Rev Lather Kuhnman
Mrs Calvin Kefauver of Dill Avenue returns home after visiting friends in Fork Raven Baltimore County and Fallaton Harford County. Curtis Kefauver left for duties on a Radio station in Lock Maven. Mr and Mrs Wilson Ualiar of Zapeaville visited Mrs Louise Tala on South Market Street. Several locals and visitors are noted as spending time in Baltimore Hoboken New York and Hot Springs while others return home from travels.
Carrie Martz and Raymond Stup wed yesterday in a quiet ceremony at the Martz home near Bloomfield. Rev. Chas A Shilke officiated. Bride wore blue silk with white carnations. Guests included family and friends from nearby towns. A reception followed. gifts were abundant.
The Frederick County roads deal raises toll gates at Buckeystown and Washington turnpikes, with payments totaling 9,000 for Buckeystown 9,886.60 for Washington and 1.00 for Urbana. Deeds recorded and gates removed, two routes to Washington now free, and future rebuilding funded by federal and state funds. Executives named include D Princeton Buckey and others. broader plan adds about 24 miles of state roads locally.
Bank statements from Walkersville and Monrovia Maryland detail a bank condition as of November 17 1916 including resources loans and discounts deposits and capital stock with figures for each category. Notaries certify the statements and two banks list cashier signs and notary attestations.
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