25-50-100 Years Ago -- Sept. 28

Susan Guynn, The Frederick News-Post, Md.
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Sep. 28—100 Years Ago

Sept. 28, 1923

Automobiles are no longer permitted to drive along Patrick street, make the complete turn and then go back again as heretofore, Chief of Police Filby announced. The torn up condition of Market street, just north of the Square Corner, has made it imperative for the police authorities to ban this. Some of the city authorities are said to be favorably disposed toward making the ruling permanent. It has made it especially hard for a pedestrian to tell what to do at this point, it is claimed, since when a pedestrian starts crossing the street and sees a machine traveling south on Market street he does not, unless well acquainted with the local conditions, expect the machine to make the complete turn and travel north. It has led to several mishaps, according to the traffic policemen.

Are you a member of the Harley-Davidson "Coon Hunting Club of Frederick County, Maryland?" According to the reports most all lovers of this sport are hastening to join this organization, which has headquarters at the motorcycle establishment of J. Paul Delphey, in preparation for the coming season. The club has recently been organized. The cost of admission is one dollar which entitles one to all the benefits of the organization. It is expected there will be at least 40 participants in the first hunt. The trips to the various places where the hunts are held will be made by means of motorcycles and motorcycle trailers.

50 Years Ago

Sept. 28, 1973

Land use, public control of whether and how a piece of land will be developed, has one major problem: somebody owns that land. The United States traditionally does not take or use land without giving the owner some compensation usually based on its market value. But how does the government compensate huge numbers of landowners in return for preserving vast acreage of farm land? The question is boggling minds in every level of government, in farm, civic and business groups across the country.

Several candidates for city alderman got a taste of one of the problems they will have to face if elected when utility company officials met Thursday afternoon to discuss the question of putting the wiring underground along South Market Street. Once again a solution to how to get the wires underground was blocked by insistence from the C&P Telephone Company and Potomac Edison Power Company that they could not pay the cost of the project without assurance of repayment.

25 Years Ago

Sept. 28, 1998

ST. LOUIS — Mark McGwire topped Mount Everest on Sunday. The St. Louis Cardinals' first basemen hit his 69th and 70th homers on the baseball season's last day, adding nearly 800 feet to his cumulative total. The total distance of Mr. McGwire's homers is 29,598 feet, nearly 400 feet higher than the peak of the world's highest mountain.

Fifteen area dairy enthusiasts are in the Midwest this week to exhibit their cattle at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. The local delegation traveled in a convoy following a double-decker tractor-trailer loaded with 25 head of dairy cattle representing all six of the dairy breeds. "Expo is the trip of a lifetime and a great experience for young people," said Becky Long Chaney, the trip's co-organizer. "Not only is it a learning experience, but the juniors see superior animals from the United States and Canada, and meet people from all over the world."

(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.)