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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1920
Page
6
An unmasked robber held up a Washington branch post office, fleeing with $580. Police and deputies in Md and Pa were alerted, with lookout issued for a man about 25, possibly traveling via back roads toward Philadelphia. No injuries reported.
New York City October reports reveal the will of Mrs. Comelin Shoemaker who died December 1919 in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Her estate largely divided among her employer and close friends. Roberta the chauffeur received a $5000 trust along with other named executors and beneficiaries including Thomas and his wife Marie, Marion Porter of Washington D C and several relatives. The appraisal lists jewelry and real estate as part of the bequests to close associates.
Fragmentary report notes a supervisor held over intoxication incidents with unclear details. Police mention 300 net disturbances and a sudden rise in drunkenness, with abatement expected but not realized.
The Frederick Woodsboro Turnpike Company faces a possible sale to the State Roads Commission for 2.78 miles of road. A committee met Tuesday with directors to discuss a $30,000 purchase offer to eliminate the toll gate north of Frederick on the North Market street pike. The commission seeks to remove tolls amid sharp criticism of toll gates on state roads. Continued on Page 4.
An important meeting of the Frederick district Republican Committee will be held at headquarters on the third floor of the Central Trust Co building Monday evening at 7 30. For sale: six room brick home on Elm Street. For further particulars apply to W N Jolliffe real estate agent 5 West Church Frederick Md. Free lunch Saturday night at Knipple's all welcome. Hallowe en social tonight at 8 o'clock at the Sunday school. Surprise in store for everybody admission five and ten cents. Hershberger new box of chocolates 59c. City Winter Behedute txt By totter of an Ordinance of the City of Frederick notice is hereby given that the municipal market will open from and after November 1st March April at 7 o'clock each regular market morning. Ly Fy Harrison Market Master. For Sale two and one half story brick house steam heat six rooms and hall large lot No 300 West South street Axesplendid home apply to Marewood D Harp Pythian Castle Building an Hallowe en Special Ib box of assorted chocolates 59c Hershberger s
Local board of election supervisors declared the electorate should vote early to avoid congestion as registrations push the voter pool beyond 20 000. additional precincts unavailable. Notices include Halloween dances, local sales, and classified reminders from Frederick Md merchants and services.
The document lists officers and assistants across several banks with names such as WM. G. BAKER J. D. BAKER WM. G. ZIMMERMAN SAMUEL G. DUVALL JOSEPH MCDIVITT JOHN 8 RAMSBURG THOS H. HALLER DANIEL BAKER and P. L. HARGETT as part of a compiled roster noting roles like President Vice Presidents Cashier and Assistant Cashier among others. It also references J. D. BAKER and J. H. GAMBRILL within the bank staff context alongside Potts & Griffin and other names.
John D. Hendrickson markets fur coats and dresses with a persuasive sales pitch. The feature highlights French seal and Marmot fur coats priced from 148 to 260 dollars, Australian opossum and marmot, plus Alaskan foxes and black lynx furs. Jersey, tricots, and coats for ladies also promoted with mid- to high-range prices.
A long, fragmented notice catalogs numerous parcels of land for sale or development. Properties include multiple-acre tracts near Lewistown Middletown Petersville and Urbena, with brick houses, bank barns, outbuildings, and features like trolleys and good road access. Nearby towns such as Catoctin Furnace and Shookatown are mentioned with varied acreage and improvements.
Markwood D Harp offers 6 9 38 acres well improved farms near New Windsor and Frederick. Properties include houses barns timber and fruit orchards with prices ranging from 6 500 to 30 000. Nearby state highways, pikes, and R R access the listings with varied acreage and improvements.
A noisy classified notice offers farm land and properties for sale across Maryland and nearby towns. Listings include 100 acres near Mt Pleasant with intact improvements, 50 to 167 acres near Creagerstown and Charlesville, a modern dairy barn with silo and chicken houses priced around 6 000, multiple parcels near Urbana and Creagerstown, and a substantial 407 acre listing near Urbana. Prices range from 1 000 to 15 000 with various cultivation and building conditions. Immediate post-session sales are noted with personal property included. A full list of modern houses and rates is promised.
A legacy listing shows numerous brick dwelling houses with baths on East Church Street priced around 4500 dollars and Modern home and business properties on No Market Street at 6200 dollars. Also offered are six room and seven room brick homes on Third and Madison streets, prices from 3400 to 3500 dollars, plus large brick dwellings on Second Street at 4000 dollars and several six room suburban homes on Madison Street priced 1500 to 3500 dollars. A large lot on West 7th Street lists at 4260 dollars with other modern six room suburban homes near Nine priced at 2800 dollars. Small farms include a seven room stone house with fruit and improvements at 4000 dollars, nine acres with well located near a farm and 11.22 acres with eight room homes nearby.
Real estate brief describes a farm and city property in Balm Grayson H Mercer with 240 acres, 8 rooms, modern outbuildings, water, good fencing, timber, and multiple dwellings near Third and Market streets. Listings note price near 66 00 per acre and insurance references to New York Life Insurance Co.
Farm of 1107 acres two miles from Frederick with good buildings and land in high cultivation state. Price options: $23,000 or owner wishes $17,000. Further particulars from Real Estate, agent, 5 Went Church Street.
Fragmented notice advertises a substantial Kalmat tract with acres of productive well improved land. It mentions roads water good and fruit trees, plus a band of other properties on State Road and Bourn Street with rental prospects and insurance lines. The ad lists connections to Remington Typewriter Co and Grafh Prater Newland and notes second hand optics.
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