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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1915
Page
4
The misspelled item shows a local newspaper page with ads for Oreo Brick and a Brunsw ick press office. It includes printing services and subscription details with rates and contact lines. An editorial urges parents to engage restless youths in clubs and sports to curb wanderlust and risky behavior. It notes upcoming primary election activity and civic duties for voters.
Voters head to the polls tomorrow in a statewide and Frederick County primary with many offices to fill. Selections include State Senator, House of Delegates, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Register of Wills, Orphans Court judges, Sheriff, State's Attorney, County Commissioners, and County Treasurer, across Republican and Democratic tickets.
A Chadanga assembly speaker warned about 56000 vacant positions across the United States. He estimated the annual cost at about 1.5 billion dollars, arguing an army of vagrants drains resources and affects population and labor efforts.
The Land Office in Washington reports over 11 million acres taken from public domain in the past year for homesteads, with about 200 million acres remaining, plus Alaska's 390 million. Areas include Kansas 75,000 acres and Michigan equal amount, Washington over a million, Oregon 15 million.
State's Attorney Joseph L Donovan of Howard County warned the Auto Club of Maryland motorists to observe speed laws or risk action to stop speeding. A Ford delivery wagon owned by grocer John M. Culler collided with a S. Marine truck Saturday night, causing only minor damage to both vehicles.
Local items from the News Columns September 13 1895 report Miss Clara Kline’s hen house theft at Wollfsville with chickens taken. Thomas H Wolfe injures his right thumb at Frederick Canning Factors plant while operating a machine. A watch contest at John H Frazier South Market street ends with James Williams as winner. Mr Jaim Magaha suffers bruises after being thrown under a team near Jefferson while transporting coal. Public funds show only 1700 needed to ensure the Frederick and Middletown railroad construction.
The statewide Democratic and Republican primaries take place tomorrow with polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Rolla County. Voters choose for governor, state attorney general, and state comptroller, with multiple county contests and a path for declined voters to affiliate at the polls.
A Frederick reader writes to The News urging action against traction engines damaging state roads. He cites Baltimore Turnpike and Washington Road wear, freezing water and disintegration, and calls for non glare headlights and speed limits to prevent accidents. The letter endorses government awareness and reasonable restraint by engine owners.
Frederick merchant A W Boyer defends his public conduct and accuses H H Dorsey Etchison of evading a direct answer in a letter to The News. He argues against a passenger freight tax on automobiles and urges tax fairness to individual carriers benefiting Frederick’s business climate.
A force of hands under Harvey Sunday repaints The Arlington Hotel North on Market Street. The residence of Clarence String at West Saint Street is also undergoing repairs by local workers as reported in The News.
The Frederick county health officer Dr Ralph Browning reports August Typhoid fever caused most of 37 contagious cases with 20 new Typhoid cases and one death. Monthly totals for 1915 show Typhoid by month and other illnesses. births fell to 98 in August and deaths dropped. A separate note covers dances at Braddock Heights pavilion and asters gifted to The News.
A letter from Theresa Reason of Pontum County Rattle Creek shows starting Grape Nuts helped an ill nine month old and later a weak family member gain weight and strength. The family credits the cereal with dramatic improvement and notes it aided recovery during illness. The ad asserts authenticity and human interest.
Frederick County National Bank of Frederick Maryland presents the condition as of September 1915 detailing resources liabilities including loans deposits capital surplus and notices of officers. The report includes totals for securities, loans and discounts, reserves and notes, with signatories including J. W. L. Garty cashier and directors Chas. Hendrickson Ben Reich Allen Quynn and others.
For sale a three story brick house on West Church with 10 rooms and bath, hot water heat, private sewer, lawned lot 50 by 300 with an 8 room frame house, fruit trees, alley rear, near East Fatrick Street outside city limits. Also for rent a six room flat with modern conveniences near New City Hotel and an appeal for fire insurance shares.
Grayson Mercer Real Estate offers farms near Frederick with 112 to 161 acres, improvements, and price prospects in coming days. Additional properties include 21 to 28 acre farms, cottages, and lots near Winchester and Peterstown. Cramer & Stauffer announce financial figures and deposits in a Frederick City bank notice with capital stock and surplus details.
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