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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1915
Page
8
Fifty two small items recount visits and sick lists across Jsoansville Rocky Ridge and nearby towns. Residents from Baltimore Pittsburgh and Baltimore area are noted visiting relatives, teachers depart for Frederick, schools reopen with Miss Esther Helmer as teacher, and numerous family outings and home gatherings are listed.
Lorettaville and Mr Mann of Hillsboro visited Brunswick Sunday and spent the day with Mr and Mrs J O Fry. Miss Annie Byrd of Bayton Va is a new teacher in West Brunswick. George Lee Snitzler of Pittsburgh joined his wife at her parents home last week and they left Friday for Washington Colonial Beach and Baltimore. Mrs Mary Shipley of Woodbine visited her sister Mrs F T Cahill. School Commissioner A W Nicodemus Jr of Buckeystown inspected Brunswick school buildings. John H Kidwiler, Park Avenue, recovering from surgery at Maryland University Hospital and will be home in two weeks. Elias W Kidwifer left Bluefield W Va to teach in Charleston W Va city schools. C Fairchild of Philadelphia visited Adalt Burkittsville Hillsboro. Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown and son Willis visited Mrs W W Marshall. Fred and Carl Everhart visited Aunt Daisie Waters. Mary Hammerly of Hillsboro visited Washington DC. Louis Hunter and wife visiting his mother Mrs Ruth Aan Hunter. Jennie and Mollie Reed returned home after visiting their brother James Reed.
Reported visits include Joseph Fox and wives from Troutville and Howard Moore and wife with Koonts and Thomas Fox. Miss Mary Baumgardner and Elisabeth Weybright enroll as students at Blue Ridge College New Windsor. Concreting work by William H. Devilbiss and social calls among Baumgardner and Frock families with neighbors in Union Bridge Thurmont and Washington DC connections. Lillian Baumgardner visits New Windsor with Miss Lambert.
Communities in Funkstown, Viola Whitmore near Ca Furnace and near Thur host a string of social visits. Miss Katherine Hammelbaugh and Rosalie Miller are noted guests with local families. Preaching occurred at Mountain Gaion chapel led by Rev E H Lamar. Mary Rice, C A Rice, and others spend time in Baltimore. Families of Stitely, Stilesen, Gladhill, and Speak join social calls in Albertytown Ladiesburg Liberty and nearby areas.
Mr. John Moore visited Frederick with friends while Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Foster spent Sunday in Charles Town to see their hospitalized daughter Mrs. Walter Kelly. Others attended Morgans Grove Fair in West Virginia or visited relatives in Brownsville and Washington. The Pleasant Valley public school opened with teacher Eugene A. Brown from Brunswick, and several residents planned or undertook trips to Antietam battlefield, Baltimore, and Terra Alta for conferences and visits.
A reader asks about the spike in mosquitoes this season. Prof H A Surface explains wet conditions foster larval water habitats. Wrigglers breed in stagnant water from troughs barrels and stock tanks while running water prevents growth. Kerosene gasoline and oil create surface films to kill larvae. skim off before water use.
Thaw was sentenced to pay a fine and costs by Burgess Rose for speeding on July 2. The bill totaled $13.00, with court costs. Thaw is now in California.
Fragmentary notes from Lititz Lancaster seek urgent board action over a week. An examiner checks the water supply with Columbia linked to the Susquehanna river flow. Senior chief fears potential contamination to the water system.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Cardinal Gibbons, Vatican discussions, and war response. The fragment hints at a Vatican stance amid conflict, with mentions of peace prospects and political actors, but details are unclear. Entities include Cardinal Gibbons and Vatican.
Edward W Flynn reports his southeast corner Middle Street store suffered about $25 in stock damage after a freight car jumped the tracks and rammed the building. The empty stock car swung west along the rails and struck the storefront, causing scattered debris and confusion among witnesses.
The piece recalls regimental histories from 1795 to 1810 and the fate of old colors. It mentions a London upholsterer selling colors as curtains, their rescue by Lord Archibald Campbell, and efforts to preserve or inter the flags with ceremonial care. A humor quip contrasts golf as a cure for insanity with the New York World’s joke.
A garbled 19th century letter promotes a "Prescript ion Trop" as a cure for eczema. It claims strong inquiry support and urges readers to visit A. Williamson at 40 N Market St to discuss the remedy. The text is inconsistent and appears to be a testimonial style advertisement with dubious medical claims.
An old classified ad promotes Jap-Enamel varnish stains in multiple colors including Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak and Light Oak. Available in 1 2 pint cans for 12 cents, pint cans for 20 cents, and quart cans for 35 cents.
Floor stain offered in Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak and Light Oak. Gallon cans priced at 1.25 dollars. 12 gallon cans 65 cents. Kalkomo and Moresco cold water paint available in 5 pound packages at low prices.
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