News-Post publication details and subscription rates
The News established 1883 announces its Thursday October 31 issue. Subscription rates listed include 3 cents per copy paid in advance. monthly 50 cents. three months 1.25. yearly 5.00. Communications should be sent to The News News-Post Building in Frederick Maryland and the paper is an Audit Bureau of Circulations member.
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Mood Of Autumn Observed In Quiet Country Drive
A reflective prose piece celebrates autumn color along country roads. It extols woodlands in bronze and crimson, urges walking to truly savor hues, and notes leaves rustling underfoot as trees thin. The author muses on the seasons turning and the woods’ faith in spring.
Halloween Traditions From Ancient Beliefs To Today
A retrospective on Halloween origins and customs from ancient times. It notes spirits, witches, and devils linked to All Saints Day eve, the mirror trick for finding a spouse, and how modern awareness has dismissed superstitions. It also attributes mischief to local youths rather than supernatural forces.
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Hallowe'en
Ufe
God and human conscience in the voyage of life
An essay uses Amorose Channel as a nautical metaphor for moral navigation. It argues that pilots rely on a divine guide and biblical revelation rather than self reliance, urging readers to seek God given powers for life’s serious course.
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Earl L. Douglass
New York Harbor
God
Babson Newspaper
Kes
Sink Holes Of Iniquity By Roger W Babson
Babson recounts travels exposing social ills in New York Boston Chicago and Kansas City while praising small rural farming areas. He advises investing in ten named stocks across food retail, merchandising, building materials and machinery with diversification limits and notes safety in rural properties and select bonds.
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Roe Ann Fukenaden
Ae Tiath Gili
CQ Cpan
General Foods
Kruger Grocery
Pet Mile
Food
J. C. Penney Company
McLellan
Diamond Matth
Deere & Company
St. Joseph
Greyhound Bus
Kansas City & Southern R. R. Co
Western Union Telegraph Co
New York Stock Exchange
Iocal Bank
iCopyright
Puh
Financial Bureau
Weather data highlights and river conditions update
The report notes no precipitation in the last 24 hours. October to date totals reach 93 inches. Yesterday’s high and last night’s low were not specified. River conditions show Mangeacy clearing at Ceresville and Potomac muddy at Point of Rocks with astronomical times listed.
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Ceresville
Potomac
Point of Rocks
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
A collection of local notes from October includes a Sound Money Democrats mass meeting in City Opera House with Edgar J. Gans and U S District Attorney Wm L Marbury as speakers. The new iron bridge on Potomac Avenue in Brunswick is completed. Fredericks Bicycle Club plans a turkey dinner run to Ridge with 30 to 50 riders. Local dealers buy apples and grapes from other states with prices listed. Dressed chickens sell for 20 to 25 cents. A social event hosted by the Christian Association’s Ladies Auxiliary features several helpers and attendees.
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Sound Money Democrats
City Oprea House
Edgar J. Gans
U.S
Wm. L. Marbury
Baltimore
Baker Johnson
Outerbridge Horsey
Potomac Avenue
Brunswick
Fredericks
Twenty Years Ago Local Hems from the Columns Of The News
October 11 1926 reports Officer Allen Bartgis and Sheriff Ingomar Albaugh leaving for Washington to arrest a driver of a car wreck at the square. Houdini died in Detz and appeared before a Frederick audience about two years earlier. A fire thought to have originated from a tobacco pipe damaged the home of George T. Bagardner on South Market. Pomona Grange elected officers for the year at Mt. Pleasant with J. Fromer Rein erg, Middletown, master and F. M. Maynard, New Market, overseer. Thomas Culler Ballenger treasurer and Austin Hern Ballenger secretary.
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Allen Bartgis
Sherif Ingomar Albaugh
Washington
Harry Houdini
Muagician
Detz
Frederick
George T. Bagardner
South Market
Pomona Grange
Abo
Mt. Pleasant
J. Iromer Reinerg
Middletown
F. M. Maynard
New Market
Thomas Culler
Ballenger
Ustin Hern
Today in History and Births of Noted Figures
A compilation of historical anniversaries and birth dates including Philo Remington, Mrs. Tom Thumb, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Juliette Gordon Low, and William Gibbs McAdams. It lists events from 1763 to 1943 such as the Sons of Liberty, Nevada statehood, Niagara Bridge completion, and WWI actions. Also notes occupations, locations, and notable remarks alongside a horoscope.
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Reled Hlron
N. Y
Litchfield
Tom Thumb
Gen
New York
Middleboro
Mass
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Randolph
Juliette Gordon Low
Girl Scouts of America
Savannah
William Gibbs McAdap
Sons of Liberty
Boston
Nevada
Niagara
International Bridge
Braxi
Turkey
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Senate
Roosevelt
Dorothy Dix comments on labor and the unpaid work of mothers
Dorothy Dix uses AFL rhetoric to argue housewives perform perpetual labor at home. She posits that emancipation for wives would threaten family stability, noting mothers’ 40 hour limits and contrasting with men’s shorter-hour strikes. The piece condemns absentee mothers and juvenile delinquency as outcomes of absent caregiving.
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Dorothy Dix
American Federation of Labor
Mamie
Mom
Doctor Explains Sarcoidosis Across Skin Lymph Nodes Lungs Bones
Dr O Brien outlines sarcoidosis as a chronic infection affecting skin nodes eyes salivary glands lungs and bones of hands and feet. Spontaneous recovery is common and tuberculosis sanatorium care is not usually advised. The skin eruptions vary from nodules to bluish patches and may heal leaving scars. X rays aid diagnosis showing hand lumps and lung nodules. The cause is unknown and the disease often affects ages 15 to 40, more rural, temperate zones. Treatments include corticosteroids but efficacy varies.
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William A. O'Brien
NEA
Boeck
Attitudes Toward Russia Split in Washington Debate
Washington observers split over Russia and Stalin with some urging cautious engagement while distrustful voices warn Moscow aims are propaganda. Churchill’s warning about a collective Kremlin mind is cited as a guide to future policy and Cold War pressures.
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Moscow
Molotov
Russia
America
Britain
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Lui
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House of Commons
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Kremlin
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Bean’s Election Forecast Method Sets GOP Chances High
Economist Louis H. Bean, longtime Budget Bureau analyst, tests election results since 1854 to predict party control. He notes two rules: low unemployment preserves in power, and lower total vote favors Republicans. He estimates 1946 turnout near 35.5 million and expects Democrats to retain the House if turnout remains low.
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New York
Luff's Stuff Text urges temper control and restraint
The passage urges readers to hold temper, not lose control, and to value self restraint. It frames anger as wasting energy and calls for disciplined, thoughtful conduct to earn respect and maintain order.
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A. Lufburrow
1946 House seat shift guesses from Gallup poll data
The article discusses a 1946 election forecast based on a Gallup poll showing 42 percent Democrat and 7 percent Republican support. It notes a 10-point Democratic drop from 53 percent in 1944 to 43 percent in 1946, and presents Bean's estimate of roughly 50 Republican gains, though he cautions the rule does not apply to Senate results.
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Peter Edson Washington
NEA
Louis H. Bean
Bureau of the Budget
Department of Agriculture
House of Representatives
Gallup
GOF
Bean
House
Senate
London censors spark fury over Vicious Circle play
London authorities ban the Sartre translated drama Vicious Circle at the Arts Theater club amid a censorship storm. The controversy follows a prior clash over Elsa Shelley’s Pick-up Girl, which faced negative reviews and a Broadway run but still drew crowds. Russell Landstrom reports from London.
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Landstrom
London
Janotier
Broadway
Jack O'Brian
New York
Russell Landstrom
Associated Press
Lond Chamberlain
Jean-Paul Sartre
Arts Theater Club
West End
Elsa Shelley
Lord Chamberlain
Vocabulary Notes on Usage and Spelling Guidance
This brief lists common misuses and pronunciation notes for English learners. It contrasts phrases like a girl ten years old with alternatives, explains sleight versus slight, and introduces words such as impute with example usage. It encourages daily vocabulary growth through small, focused lessons.
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