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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1911
Page
3
Doors open for 187 county schools tomorrow welcoming about 1,200 pupils back after summer. Labor Day gave a one day pause. average attendance last year was 6,577 with 273 teachers. Frederick County spent $139,994.71 on schools. salaries totaled about $110,000.
John Edward Schell Jr with G S DeGrange Jr recount a canoe trip on the Monocacy Potomac and C and O Canal to Washington. They describe landscapes battles, river rapids, locks at Georgetown and D C boathouses, camping, shortages, and the trip’s recreation and vigor.
The Boy Scout movement expands as 400 000 boys trek long hikes and overnights, learning woodcraft, fire building, canoeing, and distance measurement. Paul Aurelius and Eric Allequist trek seven hundred miles to the Northwest, while Troys and Tuxedo youths visit New York encampments, guided by Scout Masters.
Dr. Thomas Freman Dixon travels to Baltimore for a presbytery gathering this evening where Dean Hendrickson and Minor Simpson, both of this city, will be received as candidates for the ministry.
Advertises Cascarets as a gentle overnight cleanse for the stomach liver and bowels. Claims relief from sour belches heartburn and indigestion by morning with a 10 cent box. Ends with urging care for children and a price point.
A Pennsylvania farmer asks Professor H A Surface how to rid wheat of weevils in granaries. He recommends sealing grain in tight containers and fumigating with carbon disulfide or carbon bisulfide, applying one pound per hundred bushels, covered with wet blankets, and avoiding open flames due to explosive fumes. If needed, repeat with higher doses and check after a day or two. avoid mixing new grain with infected stock and consider kerosene or crude carbolic acid sprays for better results.
Frederick's crack rifle shot, a Maryland National Guard marksman, returned from Camp Perry Ohio where he climbed two places on the state team. He travels to Sea Girt with seven teammates to represent Maryland in rifle matches.
The article describes Camp Perry marksmen training with emphasis on nerve, wind estimation, and sight alignment. It notes that eye health varies among top shooters and details how wind and rain affect aim at long ranges up to 1,900 yards, with calculations for bullet drop and elevation required to hit the bull's eye.
Miss Violet Snoots of Washing ton spent a week with her aunt Mrs. Oscar Routzahn. Various neighbors visited relatives including the Barns Summers, Zimmerman, Routzahn, and Sines families. George Poole improves after illness. other local visits and gatherings are noted.
As usual a sprain keeps a man from work for three to four weeks. Using Chamberlain's Liniment promptly and following directions on the bottle may cure in two to four days. Sold by all druggists.
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