Deaths and Obscure Local Notices From An Unreadable Page
Fragmentary obituary and death notices mix with garbled lines about individuals. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving only a vague sense of community acknowledgments and losses.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1930
Page
5
Fragmentary obituary and death notices mix with garbled lines about individuals. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving only a vague sense of community acknowledgments and losses.
E L Root Gead, longtime Middleburg and Thurston merchant and organizer of the Pen Mar Canning Company, died aged 71 after a life in retail and store ownership. Survived by children Mary, Helen, Barbara, Fannie, John, George and a brother Charles, with funeral services conducted by Rev C H Corbett and the Thurston Lodge O F within Brethren Cemetery. Funeral directed by M L Crea st & Son.
Funeral services are scheduled today for Millard H Hoffman formerly of Creagers Town Philadelphia based sporting goods manager who shot himself in his office at 09 Walnut Street Philadelphia witnesses say his stenographer Miss Betty Fogle was nearby when the gunfire occurred Hoffman's funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 30 at United Brethren Church Thurmont. The report notes Hoffman had moved to Philadelphia eight years ago and had been dealing with business pressures. Police launched an investigation and a bystander called for help. In other local notes the Woodsboro W C T C meeting covered devotional readings and prayer and discussed Easton convention plans and Christmas offerings.
Live stock prices and market teasers listed with weights and ranges. Entries mention cattle and hogs with price bands such as 130-146 lbs and 110-120 lbs, plus miscellaneous figures for other animals and seed. The fragmentary data implies a local reporting style of daily market quotations.
Palmer Tennant recalls his rapid tour through German cities and Denmark. He describes Dresden with its art, coin collection, and porcelain techniques. Berlin’s Unter den Linden and Sieges Allee. Copenhagen’s City Hall Square and Elsinore trip. He notes encounters with Americans and local scenes from travel days.
Mr. Dudley Page remains confined to bed at his Record street residence but shows improvement. Mrs. Victoria Mullican of 116 Jefferson street is recovering after shoulder and hip injuries. Miss Virginia C. Rhoderick, daughter of J. W. Rhoderick, a York Hospital student nurse, underwent appendectomy Sunday night with a favorable prognosis.
Representative Louis Cramton of Lapeer announces a recount request in Michigan's Seventh Congressional District primary. He trails Jesse B. Wolcott by 102 votes as per district tallies, saying the aim is to uncover the truth rather than regain the nomination.
Rim Ridge college opened with an enrolment plan reflecting last year’s summer. Faculty includes president Dr Edward C. Bixier and Marshall R Wolfe. other staff cover science, mathematics, muse Grace I. Rinehart, art, history, English, commercial studies, and administration led by Miss Anna Roop. W C T U to meet at Mrs Alice Richardson’s home Friday evening.
A wedding notice appears with names and a message of affection in a fragmented Wayne County Pennsylvania clipping. The readable bits name Sree Teaest and Lee 5 among garbled text, indicating a personal notice arrangement rather than a formal ceremony detail.
Personal notices list Miss Nelie Selers Mor Effie Mescy and Frederick with a Baltimore address, plus events at 3200 Clare and a birthday for Mrs. William Schmid. Ballinger's Woman's Club meets hosted by Miss Alan Deer with reports on quilts, shawls, antique furniture, and papers on China and ocean wares. A quip about a magistrate and a speed fiend ends the clipping.
Fragmented local lines list sale items from Charles L Farnsworth auctioneer including furniture a Majestic coal range and records. Also mention sanitary dairy sales and vintage ads for hair services and easy work notices plus a Frederick meeting invitation for September 18 at 7 30 PM to discuss labor through construction contracts.
A cluttered sale section lists Harmon fruit and vegetable auction hours, a public sale of household furniture at 209 B Seventh Street on Saturday September 20 1930, and various items including a touring car and art class promotions. Auctioneer L Dutrox and Pauline Koontz are named with cash terms and address details amid other commercial notices.
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