Hymn vote at church lists top ten favorites in 19011
The Christian Advocate reports a church pew vote selecting the ten best hymns. Nearer My God to Thee led with 112 votes, Abide With Me second with 107, Jesus Lover of My Soul third with 82, Love to Tell the Story fourth with 89, and Lead Kindly Light fifth with 84. Several other hymns fell just short, while the piece notes the gospel song's rising stature and explains the voting context. Immigration trends and political notes follow, including Maryland's bid for a Democratic national convention and railway plans affecting the Eastern Shore.
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Mr Kerr On Strawberries In Caroline District
In a speech on strawberries J W Kerr explains the fruit’s varied role for growers and households. He cites two cent picking labor, large plantations, soil needs for the Gandy variety, and the shift from old shipping habits to organized market exchanges with crates, cups, and cross marked rows.
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Market reforms guard fair fruit values at auctions
Growers and buyers meet at the auction stand where berries are quickly weighed and priced. If bids satisfy, payment is made. if collusion is suspected, exchanges are used to ensure fair value. Experts note that deliberate cultivation methods and economic study drive profitability while new varieties attract attention mainly from small growers.
Proposal for a Small Debt Court under Maryland bill
A Baltimore Sun correspondent advocates a bill to ease small debt collection. It would create a magistrate like court for sums up to 200 dollars, allow suing without lawyers, set fees at ten percent max with a 1 dollar minimum, and enable installments or wage deductions, with payment in full required before appeal.
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Express firms fight parcels post to save high charges
Express companies rally rural merchants against parcels post defeating cheap mail service. They claim rates are needed to block competition from department stores and shipments to towns and countryside. Observers say interior merchants may benefit from cheaper postage while monopolistic express firms and rail insiders would lose.
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Prisoners Aid Association Reports Strong Year
The forty first annual report of the Prisoners Aid Association details extensive charitable work aiding worthy men in trouble. Officers visit jails in major towns daily and secure release or parole for first time offenders. The society runs a Baltimore temporary home aiding liberated individuals to reform and gain employment.
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Epidemic of la grippe affects Maryland businesses
Physicians report a Mary land wide la grippe epidemic crippling many establishments. Stores and factories suffer as a large portion of the workforce is ill and unable to work, though some dull seasons persist thanks to active advertising by businesses.
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