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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1920
Page
15
The annual chestnut show fades as blight kills stately trees across Frederick County and beyond. Nurseries now push alternative species like chinquapin and dwarf chestnut stock bred for blight resistance, offering a cautious hope for new varieties in coming years.
A fragmentary quip by William J. Grove of Linio Wilson praises a writer of letters and tinkers while noting the Valstéad Act and constitutional rights. The text blends mock formalities with dialect and references a cent reception and approbation.
In Frederick readers recall yesterday's vast crowd at the Fair , with farmers John H. Stull McKinney and others noting the extraordinary turnout. Special Officer James Painter and Charles Burger discuss the city’s traffic changes while debates over war policy and patriotism unfold amid postwar reflections on sacrifice and national unity.
Twenty years ago today local items recall pension increases, transfers to Visitation Convent in Abington, and a series of mass meetings at New Market Rougaville Barthsios and Twin Falsy. Speakers include Joseph Becher Frank Goodman Wm Rager Harry Kalb John Newman H Dorsey Frchs Joan B Charles Renn E Bawar N Hobbs Charles Wat Til and E R Wonda. Republican mass meetings were held at Jefferson Woodshoro Braodock with speakers Mikey Gourner Wm Go Smith George W Crum Hammond Urner Harry Chapling John Mumford and others.
A long list of visitors and residents appears from the fair pages, noting Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ritchie Wine and other Baltimore, Washington, and Maryland residents visiting relatives in Frederick and nearby towns. Several students from the University of Maryland and Georgetown are listed at homes in Mt. Airy and Frederick as autumn events unfold. A poem titled Autumn Lady closes the digest.
A fragment describes Vind as a remedy to restore strength after illness. It claims to build tissue from liver elements and improve blood, circulation, and nerve function, boosting appetite and energy. The note asserts many city residents have benefited from the product.
Blue Ridge League moguls plan a October 24 meeting at Conococheague Club Hagerstown with six towns Frederick Waynesboro Martinsburg Chambersburg Hanover invited to send reps. Key topics include refunding deposits and league finances. local treasury is reported between 2000 and 3000 dollars.
Business in the courts shows numerous marriage license items with names ages and locales including Manrica Crum 21 Liberty Grace Staley 20 Walkersville. William Lyles 27 Damascus and Helen At Rove 18 Ridgeville. others span Maryland Virginia Pennsylvania and West Virginia locales with multiple couples and some divorce entries.
The Frederick Cotillion Club hosted the annual county fair dance at Frederick Armory drawing visitors from Washington Baltimore Hagerstown Philadelphia New York and other towns. Now in its 26th year the event remains a premier social fixture under Cotillion Club direction with Mrs D Charles Winebrower Mrs John Francis Smith and other patronesses. Fisher's Orchestra provided music under Louis H. Fisher. The Armory was decorated for the occasion. Cocoons production reached 9 500 000 pounds an increase of 37 percent from last year.
A biased report from a Western Maryland county fair details Republican Congressman Zihlimun and State Senator Frank Mish’s campaigns. Mish seeks support across Washington county with strong reception. Weller and other Republicans mingle with voters while Democrats court women voters at headquarters. An injury near Knoxville interrupts events as a farmer recovers from a fall. Brunswick store changes hands as Herbert Porter buys the Wm Turner building and grocery business.
Mrs Ella Shaw of Cumberland claims Dreco improved her husband’s weak digestion, back pain, and heart pressure after years of poor health. She describes weighty symptoms, frequent constipation, and better sleep, praising Dreco as sold by Pearre's Modern Pharmacy in Frederick.
Sale of the personal property of Charlotte J. Coblentz at her residence Middletown Ald on October 20 1920 beginning at 10 A M. Includes three bedroom suit two in fine condition with marble tops one bed two cots and other bedroom furniture such as feather beds pillows curtains rockers couches and floor matting in varied condition.
Arrangements for a mass meeting are set at the City Opera House with free seating except balcony for ladies and first floor for Indies. The stage will host central committee members and an orchestra will provide music between addresses. The gathering signals the Democrats firing up the campaign. parallel meetings are planned in Brunswick and a Tuesday election will follow.
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