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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1930
Page
5
Obituaries list Decsy Scawen, Albert W. Will, Daniel W. Smith, infant Anna Louise Shildt, and Elmer Brengle. Details cover allegations of illness, ages, survivors, and scheduled services at Olver chapel, home churches, and local cemeteries with interments planned in Ham let and church grounds.
The funeral for John W Sechtist from Braddock Heights was at two. Rev Frank Fife and Rev W W Cal officiated with Mrs M J Phan singing. Interment at Mt Olivet. Pallbearers named. Funeral director Thomas P Rice. A second service for William H Esterly from Motler Avenue was at four with Rev J E Tyer officiating. Flowers included gifts from the Junior Fire Compact. Interment at Mt Olivet cemetery.
Baker, once of Precter, ill in York hospital, returns home at 38 South Newberry York. Jefferson Thanksgiving services involve three churches, Lutheran and Reformed hosting a union service at 720 in the evening with Rev. Gorge T. preaching. Offerings support the Children’s Aid Society and local needy efforts. Detroity clerk Tum graf connected to graft probe.
The post office reports a total receipts gain of 895,202.92 for the year, with money orders reaching a record 169,259.36 and a loss from insured mail at 108,829.74. Daily mail volume averages about 27,000 letters, 600 packages, and fifty O. D. packages, while staff payroll totaled 624,251. The figures note insurance shifts blamed on commercial carriers and rising use by individual senders.
The article outlines carving a turkey with step by step knife work for breast leg and wing removal, describing circular cuts and joint twists. It also lists a Duty Menu including breakfast options figs omelet and coffee, lunch with baked ham and tomatoes, and dinner featuring veal casserole and Brussels sprouts.
Miss Dorothy Phelps of Savage will be weekend guest of her aunt Mrs Cora Bissier of Dillaven Mr and Mrs John H Young 1310 North Market Street. Bertha Davis Floyd and Barbara Boze have returned to New Orleans after two months visiting their parents the Davises of Dawks Keefer visited in Hager and several relatives were at the Redmond home near Braddock including Elmer Stine and family Walter Harrison and children George Cramer James Cramer John Stone Slaughter Three Hogs was held at Lerisdale November 19 three hogs weighing 449 416 and 396 pounds Dinner was served and families from Kemptown Bethesda Clarksburg and nearby were mentioned among attendees including Rev Fred Barnes Mrs W H Broadhurst and many Beall family members.
Market prices for wheat and live stock show ranges for hogs and hog prices per hundredweight. The fragment lists weight classes and price bands with varying figures, indicating a market bulletin style listing from the county market.
Local items report visits by Rev and Mrs Sutton to Wallace Davis at a Monrovia country home. Attendees at Chatauqua in New Market include Mrs Russell and children and others from Hyattstown. Families visited by Jasper Price and Mary Ryan at the Mountains. Philadelphia guests hunted near Monrovia, and Lyduxmood and Davis families hosted in Kent County. Church groups held a combined Epworth League and Christian Endeavor event, with social meals and donations. Additional notes mention ongoing improvements of Mrs Anderson and visits by Warfield and Tadler families from Washington. A separate item notes a bank offer and a crime report of four men stealing a car last Thursday, with 290,000,000 cars referenced in the era context.
A damaged clipping discusses Belasco craftsmanship and a favorable note to Sara A Whitehurst president of the Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs. It includes appreciation for publicity and a formal closing from Mrs John L Whitehurst. The vote from the Maryland Federation is cited as acknowledgment.
Several community notices appear in this period, including a turkey supper hosted by the Ladies' Aid or Tr. E Church South, cards of thanks, and multiple ads for services and goods in Frederick. The page lists dinners, furniture refinishing, luggage, furs, and a municipal sewer project notice with bid details and dates.
The text lists named officers including Boonk HeiMes D Bastr as President and Jonxs H Baker as Vice President, McLivit as Vice-President, William G Zimmerman as Cashier, Lastover G Noyat as Assistant Cashier, and J Travers Thomas as Assistant Cashier, indicating a banking governance roster.
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