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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
5
The article reflects on fairs as a regional tradition that renews friendships, provides entertainment, and offers a respite from farm work for rural and urban residents alike. It notes fairs foster social bonds, agricultural displays, political discussion, and shared leisure, with fairs native to the area and valued for their cultural significance.
Today's question asks which meal is preferred break fast dinner or supper. James Cornprops says supper best for a big meal. Alvin Rebs er prefers supper for more time to eat. Charles Quinn has no preference. Woodward Jr likes oatmeal. Harry Shepard favors supper with hot hamburgers and onions.
Amid local notes on illness and recovery in Hagers Town, Llloyd Culler is reported improving while P. Hildenry of Charles Town returns to work after surgery. The Carroll Poultry Show proceeds with Taneytown dates and election of officers. Senator John Walter Smith will visit the fair with Democratic hosts. Masons elect officers at Salem Chapter. Straw hats mark a warm spell as streets show summer attire. A horse room tragedy is reported at the Western Maryland Hotel in Baltimore.
PURELY PERSONAL. Mrs. HW J D Hugan and son Charles Hugan travel to Savannah GA and Jacksonville FL. Ms M A Woodward Jr visits father in Coatesville PA. Mrs Son A Woodward Sr hosts Elizabeth Mills in Washington. Mrs C R Simpson hosts from Indian Springs. Dr Arthur V Hargett from New York visits his mother on East Second. G Pred Ordoman from Whiting IN joins wife and daughter here. W McNeil of Lafayette visits Mrs W H Ilvicary East Church. Grace Q Rigney of Baltimore visits Mr and Mrs MR Bowers Clarke Place. Currie Thomas in Washington DC visits Mr and Mrs D Haover Quynn College Park. FW Whitman of Baltimore spend week with Mr A G Quynn East Patrick. Mr and Mrs Jack Helena of Philadelphia spend Frederick Fair week. Charles Landers Nisg Na Shirver and Miss Laira Maru of Emmitsburg visit Frederick. W H Shugars, ex-editor of Emmitsburg Chronicle, moves to Hagerstown for new position.
Mr and Mrs Eldridge W Beall of Cedar Grove Montgomery county announce the marriage of their daughter Virgie Mae to William Melvin Carlin The ceremony took place on October 9 in Barnesville conducted by Father John Cuddy The bride wore a blue traveling suit with a boat hat Afterward Mr and Mrs Carlin left for a honeymoon and will reside in Boyds after October 16 The groom has relatives in Frederick Darby Bowle May Katherine Bottlemay of Gaulthersburg and Ira Darby of Gaulthersburg Also reported is the Saturday marriage of Katherine Bottlemay daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Bottlemay of Gaulthersburg to Ira Darby of Gaulthersburg by Rev J C Hager Grace Methodist Church
A surprise birthday social honored Mrs Levi F Hines on October 11 with an evening of refreshments. Numerous friends attended, including Mr. and Mrs. Levi F Hines, J. W. Harbaugh, and many Koons, Welty, and Hinen family members, sharing warm wishes and memories. The event concluded with a reflective blessing and social chatter.
Lewis H Crum, age 57, collapsed at his daughter's funeral as she was to be placed in the hearse. He died at 22 West Fourth Street after suffering heart trouble, survived by a widow and five children Corinne Salome Kusenia Isegrey and Lewis Crum, with brothers and sisters listed. Funeral Friday at nine in the morning, interment Mt. Divet cemetery. burial directed by Thomas P. Bice.
Officers warn of pickpockets and crooks during the fair and crowd gatherings. Detectives note strangers selling space at the grounds led to fraud cases, with losses estimated up to $600. Local police pledge extra patrols and heightened vigilance to curb robberies and scams amid busy event days.
The article lists varied social visits across towns including Herbert F. Martins in Hagerstown and Clarence R. Mosers in Rocky Hill. It notes a legal note on suffrage, with a federal amendment cited as preventing advancement of a case, and mentions the International signal code with eighteen flags enabling 78 000 signals. It also advertises Poley’s Honey and Tar from Louisville, praising its use for cold symptoms and general cough relief.
Residents of Pleasant Walk area petition county commissioners to erect a new school building replacing the old one. A Republican mass meeting at Plane No. 4 featured Henry Wilson presiding with speakers Nicodemus, Urner, Baughman, and others returning from a tour in New York and West Virginia.
A burglary at George Allnutt's Three Springs farm near Buckeystown saw thieves back a truck to the fence and take about 100 bushels of corn. Wheel tracks from the fence to the state road were found, but the robbers’ direction after reaching the road remains unknown. Neighbors heard no disturbance, suggesting midnight or early morning timing. Two Hersons are suspected. no arrests reported.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound for rapid cold relief. It claims breaking up severe colds and grippe misery after doses every two hours, easing nasal congestion, runny nose, headaches, feverishness, sneezing, and body aches without quinine, at a low cost.
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