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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1916
Page
6
The Freder ick News lists advertising and subscription details for Southern Printing Company at 43 Herb Market Street. It announces weekly and semi weekly editions with rates for mail delivery, including 1.25 for United States addresses and 83.00 annual. The notice notes office and street sales outlets and subscription terms.
A business psychology note on why customers choose distant stores. It cites price, living costs, and the allure of enterprise. Advertising creates the perception of hustle and alertness, encouraging trust and willingness to buy from merchants who appear to seek out best values. Personal solicitation costs more. newspapers project constant effort.
A strict drive to enforce laws against habit forming drugs raises public awareness of addicts. Victims without access to supplies beg at drug stores and doctors offices. About a hundred to two hundred locals in a town of 10000 struggle with the dreadful habit and seek help from loyal stewards.
The passage urges addicts to seek help from doctors or sanatoriums rather than hide their addiction. It emphasizes that willpower alone is insufficient and that failing to seek treatment often leads to premature death or insanity. It counsels openness about the problem and trust in medical or therapeutic care to regain strength.
A reflective poem recalling a departed child during Christmas. The speaker speaks of healing memories, a face seen in firelight, and the ache of absence. The verse laments the child’s loneliness and the inability to comfort him, while memory and faith offer a gracious gift at Christmastide.
Philadelphia Inquirer opinion collection discusses abolishing the Electoral College. It highlights two main objections to a national popular vote and argues for a plan that preserves state influence while dissolving electors. States would still certify results by direct popular votes.
C Thomas Kemp a Frederick dry goods merchant has placed a new delivery automobile on the street after years of using ponies for delivery service. The change marks a familiar sight as his team of horses is replaced by motor transport.
Local items from the News columns dated November 25 1846 note Thanksgiving observance and a cadet drill contest between Company A and Company B of St John’s Literary Institute with Company A winning the prize. County high schools adopt a three year course starting soon. Grand Commanders of Maryland Knights Templar hold annual conclave in Baltimore electing and installing grand officers. W Nash Young of Frederick elected Grand Captain General and turkeys listed at 10 to 12 cents per pound in market.
Mrs J D Royer of Belstertown returns home from visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J D Coward. Miss Anna Siess Thurmont in Frank Stover plumbing office Waynesboro Pa. Mr and Mrs Harvey Hann Dil Avenue spent weekend with Mr and Mrs Eann Charlestown W Va. Samuel Armstrong family McMurray street back from funeral in New Franklin Pa. Mrs John J Johnson East Patrick street returns from Washington visit. Miss Magee Keyser Dil Avenue returns after visiting brother Clifford Keyser in Hagerstown. Miss Ethel Fout Kemptown returns from Baltimore visit. Charley Lewis returns from Baltimore. Mrs C R Simpson Indian Springs returns from Washington with Dixie Wyegal Christiansburg Va. Attorney Vernon Cook Baltimore, visiting Frederick with Mrs Cook. Rev and Mrs Charles A Bushong Export Pa visit John S Ramsburg East Second street. Mrs Sidney Thomas guest of Mr and Mrs D Hauer Quynn College Park. Mr and Mrs Stanley McPherson Sewickley Pa spend days Frederick en route south for wedding trip. Mrs McPherson formerly Miss Clara Patterson Hood College student. Hood College class of 1917 entertained the newlyweds.
Miss Ethel Virginia Day daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Day became the bride of Eugene S Walker at the Bethesda Methodist church. The ceremony featured an evergreen arch with a chrysanthemum bell and a Lohengrin wedding march by Prof Ivan Lawson. The couple left for Philadelphia after a wedding dinner at the Day home.
The Gladstone Literary Society of New Market High School held a meeting November 2 with Dewey Zimmerman presiding. Readings, recitations, a dialogue, songs, and an eleventh grade debate on whether the United States is more prosperous than England filled the program, with judges and critic reports concluding the session.
A large bank barn on the Kraft brothers stock farm near Ellicott City burned yesterday afternoon. The blaze wiped out hay and straw, harness, farming implements, and other contents. A. Harver was fined in Winnipeg the other day for beating a kitten to death.
Frederick plans a full Thanksgiving program with a 9:29 cross country run by The News and Post, a 2:20 football game at Cadet Field, boxing at the Armory, and a Frederick College basketball opener. The Y M C A and theaters host events while stores and banks close. Postmaster hours remain standard. Homecoming visitors and hunting season await the holiday crowd. Dinner and charity efforts accompany the day.
Dr George D Moore of Peoria Illinois has spent about two thousand dollars in sixty days repainting and improving more than a hundred Frederick properties. He owns over a hundred houses locally and may move here eventually. Moore, known for jokes and sociable visits, has purchased seven Mehrling houses on West South Street and laid new sidewalks as part of ongoing investment. He pays about fifteen hundred dollars annually in water rents and taxes. He spends much time here during stays and continues to add to his Frederick real estate holdings, with totals running into thousands. The ad cites Hall's Catarrh Cure by FoI Cheney & Col as a remedy and promises a reward for cures.
Frederick Maryland bank report lists resources and liabilities as of November 17 1916 with details on loans overdrafts securities deposits and circulating notes. Cashier J W L Carty swears to the truth of the statement before a notary on November 22 1936.
Ledger style financial report from Woodsboro Savings Bank listing assets and liabilities as of November 17, 12918 with details on loans discounts overdrafts cash items, securities, and deposits. Includes capital stock surplus profits dividends unpaid and other liabilities totaling 603,303.17 with notices of paper sacks pricing by Peerless.
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