25-50-100 Years Ago: Oct. 9

Oct. 8—100 Years Ago

Oct. 9, 1923

The enactment of a state law compelling the titling of bicycles as a preventative against theft would prove adequate in Baltimore city, but would cause a storm of protest from the residents of the counties, is the opinion of Deputy Automobile Commissioner D. Marshall Schroeder, Frederick, acting Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in the absence of E. Austin Baughman. He said that he had taken up the titling question with a number of residents of towns scattered throughout the state but all had spoken their disapproval of titling bicycles.

The two-room portable school building being erected at Thurmont is being pushed along rapidly. The roof was finished last Saturday. Carpenters are now busy on the inside work. The front of this structure is on a line with the east front of the main building and almost entirely of glass.

Another workman, helping to repair the city streets, was overcome by gas Monday. John Carbaugh, of Thurmont, while repairing a hole in a gas main in a ditch at the square corner was overcome and was assisted from the hole by Charles Myers, the foreman in charge. Sergeant John Hughes, in charge of recruiting for the regular army in Frederick until after the Fair, who happened to be standing by, tried his remedy of walking Carbaugh around in the fresh air. When that failed to revive him, it was seen that his condition was rather serious. John H. Linton, of Yellow Springs, took him to the Frederick City Hospital where he was placed the care of a physician.

50 Years Ago

Oct. 9, 1973

Frederick city candidates have been invited to discuss the Frederick City Water Shed at a meeting of "The Frederick County Sportsmans Council" at the South End Civic Association Building, Burke Street and Scholl's Lane. Candidates are expected to discuss their opinion of the permitted uses of the water shed, whether the water shed is currently being managed and controlled properly, and their concept of the future of the water shed.

Every night before she goes to bed, Mrs. Archie F. Stup looks out her bedroom window to make sure everything is alright. Monday night about 9:45 p.m. she looked out as usual and saw flames coming out from around the crown of an old cow barn, about 100 feet from the house off Lynn Burke Road near Monrovia. Mr. Stup, a retired farmer, later said it was the first fire "of any kind" he had had in more than 50 years of farming. He couldn't estimate the total damages of the blaze, but said he believed the only thing in the barn of value was "a couple of tons of hay."

25 Years Ago

Oct. 9, 1998

Like every other Republican in the House of Representatives, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-6th, voted for an impeachment inquiry (of President William Jefferson Clinton). "The Constitution requires it and 78 percent of constituents who've contacted me demand it," Dr. Bartlett said in a statement. "The Constitution requires the Congress to find the facts."

Traffic flow on Frederick's streets was initially changed to one-way in 1963 or 1964 to get traffic out of downtown as quickly as possible, according to Charles V. Main, former Frederick Police Chief. Frederick city officials, however, are moving in the opposite direction; recently agreeing to move toward the two-way traffic on East Patrick Street between Carroll and East streets. Mr. Main said at that time, all traffic going east, west, north and south went through downtown Frederick before U.S. 15 was built. "The whole city was jammed up," Mr. Main said.

(Editor's Note: The News-Post does not have access to archives from 20 years ago for April 16 through December 2003. The "20 Years Ago" summary will return Jan. 1, 2024.)