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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
5
Empire Opera House advertises an event titled Everybody's Shoe 8 on Saturday. The notice invites attendance and provides basic timing details.
Frederick witnesses a chilly fall pattern with temperatures dropping to 8 degrees overnight. Forecasters in Washington predict fair skies and cooler breezes ahead. frost likely in western Maryland and the mountains tonight. Gardeners rush to cover crops while pumpkins ripen and straw hats vanish as fall fashions begin in town.
Mrs Mary Catherine Hager widow of Lewis A Hager died yesterday after 5 pm at 7 West Patrick street of paralysia aged 76 1 29. Survived by daughter Mrs R Bach elder and one granddaughter. Funeral Monday 9 am at St Johns Catholic church with interment in St Johns cemetery. C E Cline in charge. Also Wm Henry Waar Whales colored died at Point of Rocks Friday September 15 about 9 pm age about 30 senile debility. Funeral Monday Sept 18 at 2 pm in M E Church Point of Rocks. Etchison funeral director. Miss Elizabeth Crawford died at niece Mrs Myers Thurmont yesterday morning about 1 am senile debility aged about 86. Survived by three sisters. Funeral Sunday 9 am at her home. Interment Evergreen cemetery Gettysburg. M L Creager funeral director.
Hymeneas Fi be Plummer Fraley and Miss M Eles for Black near Thurmont married last evening at Thurmont by Rev J Weybright of the Church of the Brethren. The ceremony was at Rev Weybright's residence and the couple will reside near Thurmont.
Miss Clemmie Brunner age about 16 died at Pleasant Walk last evening from unknown causes after leaving the table and falling from a porch. Magistrate Hoover and two physicians investigated but could not determine a cause. The girl had eaten supper alone, walked to the porch, and was found dead fifteen minutes later. a head injury above the eye was noted. Her father was killed on a nearby railway track about a year ago. She leaves her mother Mrs. Atanda Brunner, two brothers, a sister, and several step-relatives. Funeral set for 2:30 at home with Rev. Ger E. Smith officiating.
Unparalleled School Bargains list prices for school supplies with cents per item and bulk deals. The Busy Corner notes church and club events including an M E Church Sunday School gathering for Miss C Swartz on September 14, an auction by A G Hooper for Mrs Ida Catsail on March 16 1917, and sales by H R Lease and W E Lohr of livestock and farm implements. Jobs offered for men and boys at Ox Fire Brush Co. Civic Club to meet September 18. Pennsylvania to plant black cherry trees in state reservation.
A caustic broadside warns Frederick County residents against Local Option on November 7 1916. It accuses Anti Saloon League operatives of taxing critics and claims Local Option would devastate morals health and finances. It predicts bootlegger invasion and widespread drinking if approved.
Notice is hereby given that any person who cuts down wheels bushes or barb wire and allows the same to remain upon the roads or in the ditches along Frederick county roads will be dealt with according to law. By order of the Board of County Commissioners Frank M Stevens President.
Public sale of household furniture set for Friday September 1916 at 10 o'clock in the morning at 221 East Second Street. Items include walnut furnishings, beds, chests, chairs, mirrors, ranges, chandeliers, and more. Terms cash. Auctioneers listed. Also notices for dry cleaning, another household sale September 23, 2 o'clock, various items, cash on day. Upcoming sales include March 19, 1917 at Staley farm livestock and implements. School reopens October 1916 at 4 pm. Millinery exhibit September 15 1916. Tax and street improvement notices with 30-day payment window. City laundry and local business promos. Public notices on refuse disposal penalties. Bazaar and Dance dates September 27–30. Horseshaving and blacksmithing services offered. Discount offer for September payments. City administration names and addresses.
In a cluttered ad style notice the names Ramsburg Wm G Baker Co M Thomas D Kefauver Baker Thos H Haller appear alongside sale items. It touts shirts in all colors at 48c and large Turkish towels with colored borders also 48c per pair. 32 inch ginghams priced at 13 and a half cents per yard with fast colors and varied patterns.
A brief classified style notice invites farmers to list their properties for fire insurance with the agency, offering blank forms or mail-in fall descriptions if not currently enrolled.
Office No 28 W Patrick and All Kinds Insurance Loans Bonds Securities Mortgages and Investments advertises a full service financial and insurance office offering coverage and investment options from a single location.
Eugene H. Albaugh lists multiple farms near Woodsboro Frederick Montgomery and Martinsburg with 118 acres near Woodsboro 24 acres near Frederick 121 acres near Mt Pleasant 8 acres Creagerstown and 416 acres near Martinsburg all well improved with water in house cropland and woodland terms vary. Also promotes insurance services and Remington Typewriter agency at 7 Market St with phone 74 W. Successor to Albaugh & Harrington.
1461 acres Time stone land near Walkernville priced at 104 dollars per acre. 187 acres an aike two miles from Walkeraville 3100 we acres four miles from Mt Airy. other parcels include gi? acres four miles from Mt Airy 240 acres near State Road 678. 206 acres near Crbdana with money to loan. CRAMER & P&TAUFFER, 2 Conor Site.
A terse notice notes moonshiner and bootlegger prosper under prohibitions while the State and City lack lawful recourse. The advertisement cites Vote Against Prohibition as the stance. The fragment reflects political advertising chatter about legal authority and enforcement limits.
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