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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1914
Page
4
Subscribers to The Frederick News are asked to report non delivery to the office. The paper states it is making every effort to ensure perfect service and asks readers to help by notifying any missed deliveries.
Brecerick joins a nationwide Christmas ship drive to send presents to children made fatherless by the European war. Donations must reach collection stations by November 1 to be packed and shipped. The effort, inspired by the Chicago Herald, involves many papers and railroads offering free transport.
A United States Senator criticizes complex phrasing in statutes noting the public will ignore vague laws. He argues laws should be written clearly so an intelligent layperson can understand without a lawyer.
A fragment from Nowbursport Herald mixes a wartime poem lament with a local report. Superintendent G Lloyd Palmer warns truancy officers will push a compulsory convention crackdown later this week while President Daniel Willard and Cyrough Krunswick travel west for an annual company inspection on its lines.
YMCA physical department ready to begin gym classes in about a week with planned basketball and indoor baseball leagues. Basketball squad practice set for late this week with players including Derr, Oscar Derr, Lease, Crouse, Duvall and LeGore. Scheduled games with Catholic University MO St Marys Washington to MLCA West Branch YMCA Baltimore and others. Season opens Thanksgiving with a trip to Martinsburg to face the local Y M C A. Football squad to report soon though no autobes for down games. possible contest with Heh School on Thanksgiving.
After a week adjournment Judges Urner and Worthington reopen the September term. The State v Keefer for assault ends in not guilty with D Princeton Buckey as attorney. Other cases include vagrancy conviction with suspended sentence and multiple larceny indictments. Registration appeals conclude with names added to Burkittsville district rolls.
Local items recount events from Frederick twenty years ago including a man who fell from a porch and broke his arm at West Fifth Street, carp distributed to ponds by the U S Fish Commission, and a masked Republican meeting at the Cy Opera House with Major Y O Geldstoroush presiding.
Brief items note repainting of the Misses Johnson property on Southket Street. The work proceeds under Mehrl FL Moberly by force of hands, with unspecified scope and duration.
From the New York World a report shows only forty four millionaires paid tax on incomes of $1000 and up, vastly undercounting the true wealthy. The article argues many fortunes exist beyond declared earnings, with fraud and exaggeration shaping the tax picture and Congress urged to reform a system that fails to capture hidden wealth.
The article notes strong, cross party confidence as election day nears for the Hall of Representatives seat. It centers on incumbent Senator John Walter Smith likely defeating Edward Carrington, with David J. Lewis and Frederick M. Zihman drawing statewide attention and labor support. Debates over Allegany Garrett Frederick counties margins and district majorities are discussed amid party optimism and caution.
Marriage license filing shows Earl V. Grimth age 21 of Boonsboro with Thandie Watkins age 20 of Roll? Rheem Town. Henry Clemson and Margie Wetzel both of Union Bridge. Also Fresher WV Schmidt age 5 of Washington and Brick, 34, of Chillicothe Ohio.
A meeting of the Frederick County Board of School Commissioners Hood College and Frederick officials was held to finalize plans for establishing a chair of pedagogy. The discussion centered on funding, responsibilities, and the role of the chair in advancing teacher training and curriculum development at local institutions.
An old time advertisement touts Dr James Headache Powders as a quick remedy for headaches and neuralgia. It urges readers to visit a drug store for a dime package claiming the pain relief is immediate and the headache and neuralgia vanish for a moment.
Mrs. 31, G. Urner is improving after operation in Washington. Henry Draumgerdner is confined by satatic rheumatism. Mrs. Franklin F. Neel, after a serious operation at Ue City Hospital, is improving. Charles 2 Trail at home is improving after illness. Mr. Frank L. Knode of West Third street has been confined but now moves about with a cane.
Public sale conducted under mortgage power on Ack parcel described as land with improvements, including a stone foundation and improvements near Ketptown. Court sale proceeds to be applied to mortgage debt, with purchaser required to provide security and pay costs. sale conducted by the Sheriff or designated officer at the specified time and place.
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