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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1937
Page
3
Frederick fair awards many home baking prizes across dozens of categories. Bets include firsts for white and brown loaves, various breads, cakes, cookies, pies, candies, canned fruits and vegetables, jellies, marmalades, pickles, and preserves won by numerous individuals from local clubs and households.
Otto H. Mohr of Concord California experiments at using sunshine for household work. His solar refrigerator makes daily ice at no cost and a solar water heater provides hot water day and night. He also reports burning hydrogen gas produced by splitting water, using a desk sized set of wires to generate the electrical action.
Mohr describes a solar driven thermopile that uses a negative electrical plate and a positive plate to generate current, split water vapor into oxygen and hydrogen stored for night use. He notes hydrogen powered by sun energy could have domestic or industrial applications, referencing U S Navy history in his correspondence.
Left to right Richard Ahalt Middletown and Richard Remsburg Jefferson with Moelsteins Meredith Boyer Middletown and Staley Hahn. Ceresville with Ayrslines Nevin Baker New Windsor and Richard Beachley Middletown with Guernseys. Hahn is champion Ayrshire and Baker champion Guernsey in 4-H classes.
Readable fragment lists prizes and winners from Unionville and Johnsville clubs for preserved canned goods meats dried fruits and other home products. Names include Mrs Pauline Biddinger Mrs Emery Biddinger Mrs Alexander Gow Mrs Thos Kho Mrs Louie Kefauver and others with prize amounts and items such as cold packed canned beef pork bottled chicken dried peaches and apricots.
The record lists prize results for multiple classes at the Lan der Women's club fair. Winners include Kathleen Kemp first and Misa Betty Stauffer second for potato chips. Mrs G Ro Flult first and Mrs C Herbert Kreh second in linen work embroidery. J H Ammbrose 506 entries and others in towels, handkerchiefs, pillow cases, and related crafts. Continuous results noted with monetary prizes and contestants.
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