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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1916
Page
8
Letters detail visits among residents in McKaig Walkersville and Frederick, with reports of a barn fire on Mort Jones farm caused by a Friday storm, insurance losses, and a revival meeting led by Rev. Miller and Rev. Rooker drawing crowds. The section notes numerous visits, returns from travels, and social updates through Sunday.
Creagerstown notes confirm the Temperance Rally date was September 14 rather than 15 with a choir of forty, andRay P. E. Heimer to conduct regular service September 17 at St. John's Reformed. Monocacy Valley Concert Band busy with parades and events under Marian G. Warner and upcoming winter rehearsals.
Mr and Mrs Roy Eader of Frederick spent Sunday with brother Harry Staley and family. Mrs William Miss visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs David Kints. Miss Rebecca Shoemaker stayed with Grace and Lillian Grove near Feagarille for several days. A bean boiling was held at Mr Geo Falmerfi of Braddock on Monday. Those who spent Sunday with Luther family included McCleery Wiles Anthony Wickless Mrs C J Turner and son Charles. Theophilus Lewis Hanshew hosted Frederick visitors Sunday. Mrs Charles Turner and son visited brother C A Wickless and family in Frederick Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Harry Phreeger enjoyed an automobile trip Sunday. Mr A Wolfe, stationed in Hagerstown, visited wife and mother Mrs Edward Schaeffer Sunday. Annie Fulmer entertained Charles Turner and son Wies Tich Wockless and William Cline. Miss Wary Shoemater spent Sunday evening with Miss Tithe Stater. Gertrude Wickless spent several days with C A Wickless of Frederick.
Mr and Mrs Genoa King spent time at Green Valley Mills according to a brief local item. The note records their presence and a short visit, reflecting social news from the community.
Emmitsburg area residents host visitors from Baltimore York and Chicago while Saint Joseph Parochial School plus Mount Saint Mary's College and local high and public schools reopen after a break. Notables include Mr James A Mitchell Mrs Margaret Mitchell Miss Constance Kerachner and Miss H H Molter with four hundred students returning to Mount Saint Mary's College as teachers resume institute lectures in Frederick.
Liberty Town notes show Mrs E B Smith and her young daughter Ann visiting Baltimore while jurors from the area include Taylor Sneather and Howard Lease. Rev S J Kavenaugh left for a retreat at St Marys Seminary Baltimore. Bernard and Frank Etzter of Baltimore visited their parents here. Walter Curfman and Willam Albaugh called on Mrs Albert Smith. len Smith of Frederick stayed with his parents. Frank Beard took peonies to Pen Mar by automobile. MOP Starr of the Pop pies Bank purchased an Overland auto. AL Norwood plans to lay a concrete sidewalk in front of his home.
Mrs Carrie C Catt Fielder Burns toured the Potomac banks last week. Public schools opened with good attendance. Miss Artues Gaither visited Frederick with her parents for a day. Interest grows ahead of the presidential election as farmers begin corn harvesting. The Standard Oil Company plans to install an oil tank and pump soon with R W Wright in charge. William Stitely and family from Sdinganore visited Louie Myers and family on Sunday.
At a special meeting of the Mayor and Council committees were named for Finance Street Water Works Street Lights Fire Department Ordinance Park and Nuisances. The tax ordinance keeps 80 cent rate per 100 with 15 cents for sinking fund and 5 cents for certificates. Interest starts Jan 1 1917. Water plan to boost supply discussed. Street clearance order approved. Also note: James Hill estate valued about 8 dollars in New York.
A garbled historical advertisement fragment urges remedies for an all winter cough. It mentions a drug or treatment likely marketed to readers, with broken phrases suggesting a medical product and a sales pitch. The readable portion hints at warnings and promotional tone typical of old medical ads in newspapers.
Scouts of the American army searched the Santa Clara canyons for Francisco Villa's marauding band but found no trace. General Pershing believed Villa was near San Antonio thirty five miles west of Chihuahua City, with reports hinting at heavy support from a cavalry force. This marked the first indication in weeks of Pershing’s men operating far from their base.
The body of William Paul of Kaska was found at the mountain foot near Pottaville Pa with a bullet wound in the temple and his pockets turned inside out. Police suspect robbery and murder after he had called on Mrs Julia Carroll earlier in the evening and rode a trolley toward his hometown twelve miles away.
Burlington New Jersey September 12 After nine days of suffering Mrs Samuel Lippincott died from blood poisoning from an insect bite at Atlantic City Doctors and specialists failed to identify the insect or stop the infection Rear Admiral George E Hendee US Navy retired died at his Brookline Massachusetts home Born in Boston seventy five years ago he retired in 1902 after over thirty years in the paymaster's department of the navy
Berlin reports a Civil War veteran in Darmstadt has not received his pension for months due to British censorship. Overseas News Agency notes Washington letters with pension checks did not arrive. Snow begins to fall in Colorado with Denver reporting first snow of the season at Leadville and surrounding areas.
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