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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1914
Page
6
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY reports visitors in various areas, noting Sunday calls among families including Wachter, Hicks, Palmer, Harper, and Ramsburg. Nearby Rocky Ridge entries mention relatives, oysters, harvests, a stork birth, and multiple social visits across Emmitsburg, Detour, and Mount. Revival meetings, school activities, and hog butchering mark the community scene.
Crowds at the City Opera House enjoyed a novelty vaudeville act titled The Gil in the Moon. The performer sails over the audience with dainty, pep notes from a chanteuse while the handsome crowd reacts with wonder. George Martin provided comic relief with his distinctive laugh as electrical effects enhanced the effect.
Unable to attend boot due to NVSS conflict. Review notes indicate scheduling clash impacting participation and next steps to resolve attendance status.
Miss Laura Randle returns to Washington while Albert Mayan visits John Mount family. Mrs Clara Williams and son Allen travel to Baltimore. Kate Beal visiting Ernest Hoyer then visits friends in Middletown. WIA Lancre and wife of Washington spend time with BE Adams. R L Sponseller and son George in Wamsville with George Wolfe. Mrs R L Sponseller and Nannie Reich visit Mt Airy with Clifton Sponseller. George F Sponselier returns from Martinsburg after visiting his son Dr Geo Sponselier. Hoof and mouth disease scare leads to widespread hog slaughter this week.
Ernest L. Fraley of Claysville Montgomery county pleads guilty to attempting to burn Fraley Bros. milling property. Judge suspends sentence and orders commitment for mental observation after defense cites childhood injury and spells. Fraley collapsed before testimony. arrestee noted by State Fire Marshal Myers. John W. House near Burkittsville kills two hogs weighing 399 and 296 pounds.
In a tightly contested opening season game the Martinsburg Y M C A quint lost 43 to 35 to the West Virginians. Hannis and Ware starred for Martinsburg with 32 of the team's 35 points. Frederick's Lease and Zeigler led the visitors with most scoring support from Castle and Duvall. A return game is planned in January with Waynesboro next on December 4 and 9.
Peery scores 3 for Peery with 1 foul and Baker adds 2 as Lease suffers 6 fouls from Zeig ler Derr and Castle. Derr scores 3 and Lease tallies 3 from Peery and 1 from Fouls. Halves 20 minutes each. Referee Tenney oversees tense contest.
In a dispatch Antwerp reports a German-backed prefecture promising 77,000 troops and daily wine and tobacco supplies to support a German garrison. The notice also mentions a war levy and related financial details as part of wartime cooperation, with local cholera concerns noted in eastern Belgium in recent days.
Tima Dera November 27. The Peruvian cruiser Coli td Bolognesi has been assigned to patrol the coast of Peru to preserve the country’s neutrality amid regional tensions.
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