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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1920
Page
5
Dr W M layes Brown escaped with minor facial scratches after a car skidded on a slippery hill to avoid a small dog. The Ford rolled and pinned him beneath the roadstep before three passersby lifted the vehicle. The windshield fender and top were damaged as the car stopped near a ditch bed with water.
Plans are complete for the fourth annual Frederick County Sunday School rally in the city on October 31. The parade starts 2:45 p.m. with six bands. routing around the Courthouse to be announced. A 3 30 p.m. mass meeting at the City Opera House features Rev. George A. Snyder presiding and Emory u Coblentz as magical rector, with speakers and music including J Campbell White from New York and local clergy.
A local sale advertises a limited run of toys and rugs from importers and manufacturers. Items include axminster Wilton Brussels and wool rugs, linoleum, Crex rugs, brass and glassware, beds, and various household furnishings with deep discounts. Also promotes a fair week with dances, electric appliances, and community events at the Frederick News-Post listings.
A jumble of notices from Frederick announces a public sale at Magnolia on Friday October 29 1920 including household furniture and a 20 foot Pullman highway car. Also listed are fair week exhibitions at the Hagerstown pike and the Frederick Armory with items from Lowenstein Wertheimer and other merchants offering sales and demonstrations.
The Citizens' National Bank shows capital of $100,000 and surplus of $300,000 with officers including President WM. G. Baker and Vice Presidents D. Baker and Zimmerman. Cashier Samuel G. Duvall, Aust. Cashier Joseph McDivitt, and Asst Cashier names listed along with a long slate of directors.
An advertisement highlights John D. Hendrickson and a store selling one piece dresses in serge and Jersey with prices from 18 to 68 dollars. It promotes fur coats in French seal, Marmot, and Australian opossum with prices 148 to 260 dollars, and lists luxurious North West furs including Angkan Foxes and Black Lynx. The copy touts reliable Jersey suits, coats, and accessories priced to attract buyers.
The listing details numerous properties along State Road and near Frederick, Lewistown, Middletown, Utica, and Petersville. Offers include 6 to 1445 acres, timber land, fruit trees, bank barns, and brick houses with modern amenities. Prices range up to 66,500 with multiple 1 to 12 room homes and outbuildings.
Fragmented notices describe parcels for sale and improvements near Pine Farms. Listings mention 157 acres three miles from cultivation, 40 acres with improvements, and urban lots with modern features priced around 1600 to 2590 dollars. Additional entries note several dwelling types and room counts in terse, OCR-like phrasing.
Eugene H. Albaugh advertises numerous farm properties for sale in Charles Town and Montgomery County. Listings include 176 to 226 acre river bottom and timber lands, 60 acre tracts, 12 to 38 acre parcels with improvements, houses, outbuildings, and water access, with prices ranging around 30 000 dollars and up. Also notes fine spring sulfur water and various brick houses, fields, and improved farm buildings.
The readable fragments indicate totals for debts, liabilities, and insurance payments. It references a total surplus and final settlement, but key names, dates, or organizations are missing, leaving only vague amounts and categories.
County case argued before the U S Supreme Court concerns a Maryland act requiring motor vehicle licenses for highway use. The Maryland law mandates license issuance only after a safety demonstration, with an appeal right for applicants. The Post Office Department seeks exemption from that license operation in its application to vehicles carrying United States mails. Continued on Page 7.
The Sidney Electric Washing Machine debuts as the latest improved washer with exclusive agency. Demonstrations planned at our exhibit this week at the fair, with A. J. and 1. Ta Elcheiverger, Willy’s Light dealers ready to display.
Real estate notice offers 160 acre farm near Thormont priced at 16000 with good fences and drainage. Other listings include 129 acres near Pe with high state of cultivation and 110 acres two miles from Frederick with similar improvements. Apply for further particulars and terms of sale.
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