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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
5
College Park announces a holiday opening featuring a football themed event and a Christmas night program. Authorities urge residents to attend the tonight event and enjoy seasonal activities and lights.
City adheres to a long standing custom with no newspaper issue tomorrow as the business office will be closed. This brief notice informs readers and advertisers to pause deliveries and plan accordingly.
An explosion at Morris Tron and Steel Company plant shook the northeast city area around 5 15 PM. A large oil storage tank cap blew off sending 30 pound iron fragments across 500 feet, while the tank itself remained intact and no oil fire occurred. Manager Coblentz cited overheated air in the dome from a hard running compressor as the likely cause. about 4000 gallons of oil were in the 7900 gallon tank.
Brief items report purchases including a 1914 Buick touring car by Eugene Sponseller, and hunting success by Harry Bateler and George Poole with a single rabbit bag. A new concrete curb is laid in front of Kenneth W Young on West Fifth street. John L Dutrow will sell personal property and livestock near Clifton. George E Cook killed five hogs weighing 1829 pounds total, while A B Renn butchered five hogs averaging 349 pounds. Eastern manufacturers seek northwest hardwoods for clothing factory needs.
Thanksgiving Day is a legal holiday with banks and post offices closed. Frederick County observes church services, school holidays, and a three day rest for children. Mt Airy Poultry Show runs today through Friday. Football game Boys High vs Hagerstown is tomorrow afternoon.
Public offices generally observe holiday hours at the post office with two collection times and a single delivery following the regular schedule. The notice indicates windows and services will be continued partially as described on page two.
Local notices describe Good Old Maryland Thanksgiving Dinner at Court Square Gate with a 12 to 2 pm and 8 pm service, featuring oysters soup olives celery cranberry jelly roast turkey pie and sides for 50 cents. Also included are holiday markets, freight suspensions, and listings for Knights of Pythias meetings, hospital guild gathering, dancing school, and various local shops promoting Thanksgiving produce and oysters.
Frederick business leaders protested changes in the Baltimore and Ohio schedule that would drop fast train No. 1’s stop at Washington Junction. Executives urged reinstating the stop, citing Frederick as a shipping center, and may send a delegation to Baltimore if telegrams fail. Changes shift arrival and departure times, with six fast trains no longer stopping at Washington Junction.
A collage of business ads and public notices including real estate for sale, insurance services, and a Christmas sale. It lists orders for fruit cakes and groceries at Blue Ribbon Grocery, a Thanksgiving sale, and a women’s temperance sale at 246 North Market Street. Also included are hunting permit notices, dog leash and muzzling requirements, and license tag information from the City Register.
Hand made articles sold daily 2 to 4 PM from November 29 for one week. Home made mincemeat by Mrs EB Baltzell. Sale by ETD Baltzell 149 North Market Street. Satchels suit cases trunks under selling prices. Mince meat sauerkraut also offered by Mrs James Biggs 27 West Fifth Street.
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