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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1914
Page
4
Local notices report subscription reminders for The Frederick News, distribution points around Frederick, and rural life commentary on October planting. The piece notes editor Folger McKinsey’s Baltimore Sun address about a play, Elopement denial by Miss Flossie McFadden, and clergy delegates attending the Pittsburgh Synod sessions with returns planned Friday.
Frederick engineers investigate persistent water shortages as a dry season strains streams and storage. Wil lam H. Boardman returns to reevaluate the system and operations, considering a small dam now with possible future expansion to meet rising demand and prevent future summers’ shortfalls.
Narrative notes a correspondent recounting tree planting in spring and the summer drought. It hints that water fed to saplings can revive thirsty trees as they establish roots and grow. The fragment references trees, watering, and seasonal conditions without complete details.
An 1894 column notes a Baltimore football game between Winceton Tigers and University of Virginia with captain Jesse Ramsburg of Frederick. It mentions local figures, a prohibition league event, a festival program, and a burglary attempt at a house with a dramatic outcome and a warning.
The Frederick City Hospital Association held its monthly board meeting to report September activity. One hundred one patients were treated, with 68 admitted and 61 discharged or remaining. Three full day, four part pay, and 35 free patients. Water supply and third-floor improvements discussed. plan for third-story wings considered. November 3 bazar and New Year’s Charity Ball planned at the Armory, with donations sought from the public. schoolchildren asked to bring eggs or potatoes.
Miss Alice Ramsburg of Frederick recovering from severe burns to her right arm and hand after an alcohol spill in Joseph Price Hospital, Philadelphia. Her quick action with a water bucket helped extinguish flames and avert a worse hospital fire. She may be unable to work for several weeks and the scars may remain.
Seventeen members of Jacques de Molay Commandery No 4 Knights Templar attended a Baltimore reception hosted by Monumental Commandery for St Johns Commandery of Philadelphia. They traveled by car at an early hour and enjoyed the visit with full courtesies at the parade to Mt Royal Station and back to the Masonic Temple. Prof George Edward Smith assisted with the musical selections on the program.
A daughter or son shows signs of illness such as peevishness pale sleep problems or stomach upset. The ad claims a coating tongue signals stomach liver and bowels needing cleansing. It promotes California Syrup of Figs as a tasty fruit laxative available in a small bottle with care to buy genuine product.
Frederick Civic Club hosts a luncheon at New City Hotel with forty six members present. Miss McCormick discusses proper care of refuse while Miss Rankin speaks on factory conditions. Attendees include Mrs J H Markey and many club members. decorations featured yellow and white. menu listed.
An old time advertisement promises rapid headache and neuralgia relief with Dr James Headache Powder. It claims a dime package clears the head in moments, urges readers to buy at the drug store and notes the ad’s claim that pain vanishes promptly.
Public sale authorized by the Circuit Court to sell two parcels in Frederick City Maryland as decreed in No 1172 Equity. Properties include a two story frame dwelling at 415 West South Street with yard and unattached second lot on Derr Street unimproved. Sale at Court House door October 24 1914 at 11 am with terms: 50 percent cash day of sale, balance in six months with notes and security. $200 deposit required. Trustees Samuel A. Lewis Reno S. Harp Auctioneer Harvey St. Lease.
George W. Wasson a 31 year old widower of Hedgesville West Virginia was arrested in Hagerstown and jailed on $300 bail for grand jury action. He allegedly lied about Ruth Miller then 15 when obtaining a marriage license at the First Baptist parsonage in Hagerstown and was married there by Rev. E K Thomas.
An advertisement claims deafness results from catarrh of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promises a $100 reward for any case cured by the Catarrh Core and urges sending for free circulars from E Y & Co Toledo Ohio, with pills for constipation sold by druggists.
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