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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
5
Evening stars Mercury Jupiter Mars and Venus appear with Saturn as a morning star. The moon joins Venus in a conjunction at 2 02 a m. This sky event highlights bright inner planets visible at dusk and Saturn rising before dawn.
Wedding notices record Olive Stupp and Harvey Blank wed at Stupp grandparents home with a reception, plus Duvall King marriages and related nuptials across Damascus, Mt Airy, Littlestown, and Hagerstown. Attendees include numerous Stupp Hildebrand and Wolfe family members across East Fifth Street settings and parsonage ceremonies.
The woodwork at the dwelling of Mr. Edwart S. Mobley on North Bentz street is being repainted by Walter Shearer. Seven registration appeals have been filed in the Circuit Court and will be heard by the judges before the election.
Wheat prices listed with figures around 7.08 and 1.08 dollars per unit. The note cites the Mountain City Mills quota and a high water mark this season of 1.18 dollars.
Justice Posey’s court dealt with three Negroes fined twenty dollars each for shell game activity after arrests by Officer Fraley and Constable Deeter. Victims reported losses including fifteen dollars, a mileage book, and other items. The report names the suspects Sam Coleman, Captain Smith Young, Captain Smith Carter, and Joe Jones from Baltimore, all found guilty.
A city complaint cites garbage not collected on schedule this week in the northern section. A resident said he placed trash on the curb Tuesday at 6 pm and it remained uncollected this morning. Mayor Fraley said the issue would be investigated.
Local notice advertises ripe Kieffer pears for sale at 50 cents a bushel at W. Leatherman on East Eighth Street in Price Place.
Specials for fair week list men s and ladies shoes with varying prices, trunks, suit cases, and clothing items from The Underselling Store at 115 Market Street. The notice mentions new hay scales at the corner of South Bentz and West All Sainte streets, a brass jardi phone hijack from Elm street, and fair week promotions including sprays and coal.
Dan Cupid breaks another record during fair week with 21 licenses issued by 11 am. Deputy Clerk Charles H. Groff notes ample supply for rush. The list names couples from Maryland and Virginia, ages ranging from 17 to 58, including widower and divorce status, with several interracial pairings noted.
Valuable property in Frederick to be sold Tuesday October 27 at 11 am front Court House door. Lot 31 by 190 with a nine room brick house, one of the best located residential properties. Terms 300 dollars down, balance in ten days with deed free of incumbrances. Sold to highest bidder. Owner Eliza Pettingall. Auctioneer Harvey R. Lease. Keys at W N Jolliffe office. Purchaser bears no conveyance costs.
A vintage advertisement promises quick relief for colds with Dr King’s New Discovery. It urges families to keep a large bottle at home and notes a money back guarantee, claiming the remedy “nearly always helps.”
State Roads Commission reports about 25 miles of pikes under contract in Frederick County nearing completion this year. The Middletown to South Mountain 4 44 mile stretch is finished, oiling to continue next week. Work on Emmitsburg and Jefferson pikes advances, with plans for piking through Funkstown Boonsboro and Clearspring under study.
Thrush and Stough, builders of fine buggies and carriages from Shippensburg and Hagerstown, announce they will display high quality buggies at the Frederick Fair this year and invite patrons to call for details. Also note Tuberculin Tested Milk Wanted from Horner Dairy in Washington DC with emphasis on purity and prompt delivery for sick care.
A jumble of Capital and surplus bank listings, agents, and extensive farm and real estate ads from Frederick Maryland. It includes notices for John D. Hendrickson Opie Model shopping in autumn offerings, Neidig & Miler real estate and loan office, and a large directory of farms for sale with locations near Mt. Pleasant Fred, New Market and Walkersville.
Albauhg Harrington offers 148 acres stone land and fine buildings a dairy farm near Frederick. 138 acres several miles from Frederick state head near B & O line good buildings and water crops. 363 acres miles from Frederick good buildings one water wood fencing high cultivation. 195 acres three miles from Walkersville fruit water fencing near schools and churches. Watch weekly ads for changes. Money to loan on real estate. Property listings and insurance across main street. CRAMER OTAUFFER Court Gurest.
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