Car Boks a curb payment box idea for Frederick
Louie Eichelberger cites a municipal innovation from The American City magazine. A curbside payment box outside City Hall accepts tax water license and traffic tickets with prepaid envelopes and receipts mailed on request. In one city it processed hundreds of tickets and thousands of bills monthly. The scheme aims to help citizens who cannot visit offices during work hours.
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City Register
Louie Eichelberger
Frederick
City Hall
Eicchelberger
Parking Meter Grid Shapes Frederick Traffic
Frederick faces a growing parking challenge with 767 meters generating about 50 000 dollars annually. Of these 307 are one hour 172 two hour and 288 ten hour meters guiding loading zones and lots on Market Patrick Street East Patrick Street Court Council and near City Hall. 85 loading zones cover 340 spaces and 29 special permits mainly to medical staff. Bids on 120 more meters await opening by the Mayor and Aldermen. Chief Charley Main oversees enforcement alongside Meter Collector Elgin Hemp. Traffic lights at Market and Ninth aid flow while no parking notices honor funeral families.
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Elgin Hemp
Police Department
Frederick
East Patrick Street
South Street
Church
Church Street
Market
Bentz
Carroll
Patrick
All Saints
Court Street
Patrick Streets
Hemp
Charley Main
Iti
Providence
Main
Ninth Street
North Market Street
Breakfast Club gathers daily at Franklin Reese’s Sandwich Shop
Frederick readers learn of daily Morning Breakfast Club meetings at Franklin Reese's Sandwich Shop across from City Hall. Alderman Charley Staley is the speaker when Mayor Derr is away, with L Don Davis standing in. prominent members include Dr Noah Kefauver, Claude Wachter, Lou Brosius and Bill Bennett.
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Franklin
Noah Kefauver
Frederick
Claude Wachter
Charley Main
Lou Brosius
Bill Bennett
Cal Phil Wertheimser
Gene Hummel
F. UH. 5
Barbers Set New Standard Price For Male Haircuts
Advertised notice states the standard price for a male haircut in local shops rises to one dollar from 75 cents. The writer notes personal impact is minimal and jokes about buying a violin as possibly cheaper. The piece reflects local pricing shifts and barbers’ charges.
Rupture Cure Promises Non surgical Hernia Treatment
A Newark New Jersey clinic offers a non surgical hernia cure claim. The ad promotes a free book FP-8 detailing actual cures and emphasizes no hospitalization, no time lost from work, and a colorful illustrated guide edited by medical authority.
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Cabea
Sound Medical Authority
Union Medical Clinic
Market St
Newark 2
New Jersey
Polio season appears to taper after late 1955 peak
The U S Public Health Service reports 2009 polio cases last week, down about 2 percent from 2058. The year’s peak reached 2289 in late August, with 18215 total cases and 6220 paralytic from April 1 to Sept 11 across 48 states. Vaccination status cited but efficacy not determinable from these figures due to incomplete data.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
the Health Service
Polio tolls update and estate reports noted
The report lists state polio figures with Massachusetts leading at 29 cases, New York 245, and Wisconsin 224, versus prior weeks. It then details several probate accounts including Bertie Salter, Mary Hildebrand, and Annetta Deterding, with heirs’ shares and disbursements. A final note reports John Rapacz of the Baltimore Colts sidelined by a second broken leg.
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Massachusetts
New York
Wisconsin
Bertie Mae Salter
Robert
Musicale Meet Opens Season With Home Meeting
Monday Musicales began its current season with a business meeting at Mrs. Lloyd C. Culler's home. Miss Helen Shafer presided and appointed committees. Programs by Mrs. L Brant Morgan were distributed by Mrs. Donald Sullivan. The October meeting date was moved due to many members' unavailability. A social hour followed with refreshments by Mrs. Culler and others.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Helen Shafer
L. Brant Morgan
Donald Sullivan
Culler
James Falk
Frank S. Griffin
Donald M. Sullivan
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Casselman River
Grantsville
Garrett County
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Monocacy River
Antietam Creek
Hagerstown
Maryland
NED
Zeiler Real Estate and Insurance
N. Court Street
Westinghouse
Batty Furneus
Better Homes Equipment CO
Patrick Street
S. W. George CO
Brunswick
Samuel Frederick Deterding
Annetta
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Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Sia
Lance
Shipley
Siegler Feateces
Routzahn & Sons
Siegler
South Market St
Southern States Valley Cooperative
Middletown
Middletown, MD
Ted Mack
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