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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
6
Fragments from a historic Freder ick MD newspaper describe subscription rates and delivery details. It lists prices for daily and semi weekly editions, notices about mailing to the United States, and mentions local vendors and the news office.
A historical view on stump speech dynamics notes audiences now demand truth and fairness. Speakers must show strong convictions while avoiding unbacked claims or hostile slurs, or risk insulting listeners and losing credibility.
National Highways Protective Association of New York campaigns across seven states to curb roadside sign vandalism. Laws exist in several states, but legal obstacles allow landowners wide leeway to keep properties unsightly. Civic groups urged to push beautification, urging auto clubs and improvement societies to join.
The text calls on outdoor organizations to back efforts to improve road surfaces and oppose advertising signs on highways or barns. It urges resolutions against defacement and asks members to avoid patronizing businesses that use such advertising, claiming public sentiment could force removals.
Arrangements are nearly complete for ceremonies marking the transfer of the Lincoln log cabin farm to the United States. President Wilson will attend with other dignitaries, with Josey W. Folk delivering the address as President Roosevelt, Taft, and now Wilson participate across three generations in Hodgenville. The event emphasizes Lincoln’s enduring national and regional significance beyond past labels.
A farmer driving a wagon through Brunswick tied a dog to the rear axle to deter boys from jumping aboard. He quipped the dog “keeps the work” as he drove on. Leesburg High School opens September 11 for the fall term, with exams for conditioned seventh grade and high school pupils on September 7.
No seven o clock Mass tomorrow due to funeral Mass at nine o'clock. St John s church announces cancellation of the 7 am service because of the mourning observance.
Twenty years ago Frederick items note the August term of Frederick County Circuit Court, convening the third Monday, paused for two weeks, then reconvened with Chief Judge James McSherry and Associate Judge Lynch and Henderson presiding. A thief broke into Baker and Clary’s store, stealing a resolver and small change. Epworth League Convention to be held at Hancock Methodist Church September 2 and 3, with about one hundred delegates expected. Merchants extend early closing movement until September 12.
Purely personal notices list visitors and residents in Middletown and surrounding towns. Names include Rev. and Mrs. Rice Lionville Pa Mr and Mrs George D Dinterman Middletown Prof Henry Ward Pearson Hood College and family, and many others visiting or traveling between Middletown Frederick Baltimore Dayton and other places. Also notes a birth and travel anecdotes and a hair growth device invention preview.
The opening of August featured bright skies and mild relief from heat as the thermometer peaked in the day. Frederick registered 40 degrees overnight with coal breezes, while August 1916 saw fifteen days at or above 90 degrees, marking it one of the hottest months in years. Rainfall totaled 1.96 inches, far below normal, with eight rain days and twenty-one dry days. four storms, two electrical, produced limited damage. Notably, August 22 reached 99 degrees, and the month recorded varied highs across years, with visits from Phillip C. DeLauter of Warren, Ohio, and his granddaughter Merle Thrasher at Braddock Heights.
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Neidhart of Fast Patrick street return from a two month visit to their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs C R Holmes in Fargo North Dakota. They left in late July. The summer was described as the warmest ever by old inhabitants. Fargo’s population around twenty one thousand nine hundred and growth remains strong. Crop conditions near home were poor due to excess rain and sun while Fargo area industry and housing expand. The couple also visited Chicago on the way home.
Miss Virginia McCarthy hosted an elaborately appointed masque ball at her Braddock Heights home on Jefferson Boulevard. Guests wore varied costumes, an elimination contest awarded prizes to Miss Ruth Coblentz and Lesnia Bopst, and party favors included butterflies and fans.
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