The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-02-21
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No rural mail will be delivered to-
morrow on account Of WashingtOn's
birthday.
I'm one month Spring will be on
its three months journey. Today
we are having laid fine coating Of
snow.
Miss Blanche " RiPpeon, this city.
has received word or the death OF her
brother, Herbert IT. Rippeon, Fred
erick, aged "a years.
has been spending some time with
her son, MIR. il. J. Baker, Frederick,
has returned home.
Careless smokers were responsible
for $15,724,556 Of total loss of $780,
466, 054 worth OF property by proven
table fires during 1918.
Mrs. Essie Jane Kolb, wife OF John
E. Kolb. Frederick, died February
13, aged g. years. Elmer Kolb, MT.
Airy, is a SON Of the deceased.
st. Johns Lutheran Missionary
Society will hold its regular monthly
meeting March / at the home or Mrs.
Jacob Neudecker. If the weather
should be unfavorable IL will be held
the following Tuesday.
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs Geo. A.
Graw this past week were Mr.. r.
Barnes. OF Baltimore; Mr.. I'LL. o.
Barnes, of Camp Meade; Mrs. Elsie
AlbauRh. Master Roby Phillips, Ger
trude Ordwen and others.
The Government has fixed the
price OF No. 3 tomatoes at $1.95 and
No. % at $1.2S each per dozen. The
War Department commandeered
about As per cent. OF the packs, and
will settle with packers on this basis.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Altman, or
Woodensburg. were awakened shortly
before midnight Monday to find that
chimney fire had ignited the wood
work in the kitchen on the first floor.
The fire was extinguished.
:. The House Ways and Means Com
mittee tentatively decided to author
ize no more bond issues, members
said, but to authorize issuance of
short-termed notes to raise money
that will be needed to run the govern
ment.
The postoffice safe at Hatfield, Pa.
which had been cracked" FIVE pre-
vious times, has again been pifered,
but this time-the sixth-it contained
no valuables. Since the last robbery
the safe has been left open at night
and valuables are kept elsewhere.
A delegation from Mt. Airy was
before the County Commissioners OH
Monday in reference to the building
Of three miles OF State road from Mt.
Airy toward Taylorsville. The citi-
zens Of Mt. Airy will raise 10 per
cent of the cost which has already
been done.
! Mrs. Frank G. Wilson, of Union
Bridge, was taken ill suddenly and
as her condition grew worse she was
taken to the Frederick Hospital on
Monday last. On Tuesday she was
operated on for gall stones and over
800 removed. Her condition since is
regarded as satisfactory.
The Braddock Hotel at Braddock
Heights has been sold to Harry Ward
man and Thomas P. Bones, of Wash
ington, ID. c., by Mrs. Mamie T.. Goss,
Of Washington, who recently purchas-
ed the property from the Braddock
Hotel COMPANY.
Joseph WI. Kahn, vice4president and
treasurer of the Aero Transport Com
pany, said that regular hydro-aero-
plane passenger and lightweight
service between New York and At
Iantic City will start February %.
The round trip will cost $50 Aero
plane service to other cities will fol-
low soon.
Uncle Sam, ever alert to serve his
millions OF customers, is putting out
a new postage stamp. 1t is of tho 13-
cent denomination, and Is issued pri-
marily for use in prepaying a single
rate OF letter postage and Specialize
livery fee. or for postage and registry
Zee. 1t may be used, however, for
other purposes for which ordinary
stamps are used.
a very gratifying showing of the
states credit was evidenced by the sale
of $1,500,000 of its Az per cent. bonds
on Monday at $100.34.s It was only
by the strenuous efforts of tens OF
thousands of patriotic citizens that
the last Liberty Bonds which bear
4 La per cent. interest were floated
at par. and now sell on, the streets
at about $95. The states net debt
now aggregates $4,000 900.
A barn on the farm of George Fox,
near Graceham, was destroyed by fire
several days ago together with a
quantity of grain and fodder and a
hay stack some feet from the barn
a summer house on the property 1f
Mrs. Agnes Colliflower and one or
two other buildings caught fire but
were saved by neighbors. Mr.. Fox
was in i1racena1I a. he tho lie fire
was discovered and he rachel his
barn i'm time to save two horses that
we're surrounded by flames.
Mrs. WI. K. Beasman, Sykesyille,
has received the details concerning
the death OF her son, Carl W.. Beaa-
man. on the Western front in France,
from Captain James K. Morriaty, or
the United States Marine Corps, COM
handing Company "A, Sixth Machine
Gun Battalion. The letter states
that the young soldier was killed
during the offensive in Champagne
He was wounded on October 6 at 1T.
lEtienne, and died October Z ins. the
evacuation hospital. The body-1was
buried with full military honors in
the Military Cemetery at Cuperly