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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1938
Page
2
The Daily News states no communication will be rejected on reputation and urges corrections to any erroneous entries. The paper notes it is entered at the Fredrick Md post office as second class matter.
The article notes a broad revival in building across residential and commercial sectors, with strong investment in new business and industrial structures. Economists see this as a potential harbinger of broader prosperity, expecting a boost to capital goods and overall demand if business confidence and investment resume alongside housing.
Ministers and church workers seek ways to draw crowds back to services and keep young people engaged amid modern distractions. They cite automobiles, entertainment, newspapers, and literature as competing forces while noting sermons, music, welcoming greeters, and friendly interactions can entice attendance and offerings.
Recent records show the length of the U S school term increasing to roughly 173 days per year. The report notes the trend across districts as education systems adjust calendars and schedules.
Recipes furnished through courtesy of local residents. Includes instructions for cake batter and a mustard pickle. Describes ingredients such as cucumbers tomatoes onions peppers cauliflower and vinegar with steps to blend spices and boil briefly before packing into jars. Signature mentions Mrs A E Fisher at 85 East Second street.
Sixteen members of the Past Grand Chiefs Association of the Pythian Sisters of Maryland held their annual dinner at Barbara Fritchie tea room and later met at the Francis Scott Key hotel for a business session. Elizabeth Odgers, of Frostburg, presided. Elizabeth Edwards was absent due to illness. Three members died last year: Mary McGregor of Frostburg Janet Picken and Minnie Conner of Lonaconing. Officers elected for the year: Mollie Zimmerman Frederick president Lena Radcliff Baltimore vice president Edith Holder Lonaconing secretary and Mildred Sency Baltimore treasurer. Next meeting set for Salisbury in 1939.
Rocky Ridge farmer Harry Knight reports fifty pigs from three litters delivered within thirteen months. The sow produced sixteen on May 1 1937 twelve on November 19 1987 and twenty two on May 26. Ten pigs from one litter died soon after birth but thirty two survived due to care and luck.
In Frederick on Sept 24 1888 a horse belonging to T Saylor bolted from George E Shipley’s Market and Third streets causing a street scene before being halted in front of Alex Brengle’s shoe shop. Junk dealer John Baumgardner shipped 64000 pounds of iron to Warnesboro. Grayson Bowers and Cas Per Quynn caught Sfteca bass in the Monocacs.
A military aviator will fly from Washington to Frederick to drop Fourth Liberty Loan literature over the city. A mass meeting is planned at the Fair Grounds as Frederick residents respond to the drive for clothing gifts for the destitute, with the Red Cross handling donations. Two Frederick County youths, James White of near LeGore and Francis Edward Rowe near Emmitsburg, are reported as having died in service or from illness related to service. A county man pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to selling intoxicants, but argued the cider was not hard, and was fined $30 plus costs for violating the prohibition law.
In a sunlit Frederick scene residents reflect on hurricane devastation in New England as Red Cross aid rosters grow. Hood College opens with an art address while local groups plan events, from Boy Scouts to the Great Frederick Fair, and officials discuss bonds and school improvements amid a busy civic calendar.
The article traces how orange juice, tomato juice, spinach, and salads rose to daily use through advertising. It cites increased orange production and lower prices, tomato juice adoption after campaigns, Popeye boosting spinach, and historical shifts toward salad eating, framing advertising as the driver of durable dietary change and national health.
The Gentztown Bard recalls early European event updates on radio. Announcers yelled with fear, creating a sense that the world end was near, then connections with foreign stations and diplomats followed, before calm news returned and readers awaited the paper for facts.
The Johnsville Republican Central Committee met September 23 and reorganized naming officers including Chairman George Marshall Wachter and vice chairman Harry Clabaugh. Secret ary-treasurer Jesse Nicodemus and several members at large were elected along with numerous associates and officers.
A surprise party at 106 West Fourth Street honored Mil dred L Unger on her 13th birthday. Guests included Mildred f and Doris Unger Jane Wills Nancy Dorsey Betty Lee Dorsey Fath Stroup Ethel Sulcer Margaret Summers Irene Rautzahn Mildred Echelberger Helen Romsburg and the hosts Mr and Mrs James Unger.
A compact digest lists notable dates and figures: John Marshall, Marcus Hanna, Pastio Ben Greet, Frederic Jay Catton, and Schwenkfelders, plus the Supreme Court founding, James Brooke, Black Friday, the 1918 influenza Liberty Loan, and 1937 Wall Street shifts. Birthdays include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Samuel Williston, J Donald Adams, George Stocking, Franklin Hobbs, John McDowell, with a general today’s horoscope noting forceful mentality and executive drive.
Daily lesson notes misused words pronunciation and spelling. The focus is on ambiguous meaning and accent rules for several terms including pergola balance ballast and predicates of daily vocabulary growth.
A girl’s invitation to a club dance, and dance etiquette questions are outlined with the advised answers. The piece asks which actions a girl or man should take at dances, including who should apologize for faults and which dances to attend when paired with a poor dancer. It presents a scenario and the recommended responses.
The piece surveys figures from George Gershwin era culture and theater, noting actors Eddie Cantor Teddy Hart and others. It describes social scenes in Central Park, Bowery risks, and a Brooklyn gas station hostess. It blends light anecdotes with portraits of famous performers and their routines.
Doctors warn facial infections are dangerous due to thin skin and direct connections to major veins. Avoid picking or squeezing pimples or boils. seek medical care early and follow hospital treatment if spreading occurs. Treatments may include hot compresses, hospital care, and, in some cases, X-rays and drugs targeting the infection.
A querulous Fleet Street representative would rather not speak of Downing Street or the Quai but refer directly to the men those terms denote. In a separate note, Mississippi farmers consumed 2,073 pounds of pork in 45 cold storage plans during the 1937-38 season at a total cost of $29.
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