Municipal Ballot Watch As City Eases Voting
An article discusses the municipal election ballot design and voter access. It notes sample ballots will be posted four days before election and explains name order advantages and potential disenfranchisement for illiterates lacking assistance. It highlights Republican candidates leading Democrats in mayoral and city register ballots and comments on ballot layout impacting voting ease.
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Taz
Marlboro Gazette
Straight Ticket Will Ballot Marks Meet New Rules
It is not expected that such men will succeed in marking properly ballots prepared according to the new regulations. The remark highlights doubts about adherence to updated ballot procedures and potential voting irregularities.
Census debates and political overtones across states
A Maryland centric set of clipped opinions weighs census fraud concerns and the re enumeration aim to tally population accurately. Editorials urge non political selection of enumerators, emphasize fitness over party ties, and call for a consistent primary law to protect the voter and ensure fair choice.
Fragmented dialogue from orders and papers mixed with humor
A collage of clipped quotes and banter from multiple periodicals shows cantankerous talk on art stage life marriage and travel. Characters argue about Danbers pictures and stage purity while others laugh at money and time as a yacht crosses the world.
McKinley Flaws in Exposition Commission Choice Criticized
From the New York Evening Post The piece argues McKinley used offices as mere places selecting nine St. Louis Exposition commissioners paying 5000 dollars each. Tawney pushes for education expertise and Northrop of Minnesota is urged. instead Arkansas Senator Jones is named as reward. The essay notes educational respect and flags the commission’s poor representation of leading industries.
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New York Evening Post
McKinley
Congress
Tawney
Minnesota
St. Louis Fair
Northrop
University of Minnesota
Jones
Arkansas
Pan-American Congress
Mexico
Washington
Laryard
Easter Day Heralded In Springtime Verse Scene
A poetic fragment evokes Easter and spring with personified nature. Birds, winds, and flowers spread upbeat imagery of renewal, while a later quotation from Bar ny Garrison contemplates mortality and the desire to live for spring’s vitality amid aging.
Deaths and funerals in Boonsboro and beyond
Multiple obituaries report deaths in March from pneumonia and other causes. Mrs Laura Reapsomer, 44, of Boonsboro, leaves a husband John and children Lizzie and Frederick. siblings Joshua and Malinda Main, plus Lopp, Houpt, Nash. Funeral held in Boonsboro with Rev G W Snyder officiating. Also: William Ridgely, 78, of Pleasant Walk, brother of the late Robert Ridgely, dies after a sudden illness. funeral from Myersville U B Church with Rev P M Glenn officiating. burial at Hawe Bottom. John Long, 89, a Middletown Valley native and Nebraska pioneer, dies in North Auburn, Neb. Jennie Listed, about 45, daughter of Gideon Bassard, dies in Ijamsville. funeral planned from home at 9 then Mt Olivet cemetery at 10.
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Laura Reapsomer
Boonsboro
Washington County
Jonathan Houpt
Middletown
Lizzie
Frederick
Joshua Main
Harry Main
Malinda Lopp
William Ridgely
Wm. Ridgely
Robert Ridgely
Pleasant Walk
County
Robert J. Ridgely
Champe W. Ridgely
Rockwell City
Iowa
U. B
Myersville
M. Glenn
Old Burying Ground
Hawe Bottom
John Long
Middletown Valley
North Auborn
Neb
Long
Nemaha River
Nebraska
Jennie
Jennie Bassard
Ijamsville
Gideon Bassard
Mornig
Mt. Olivet
Boonsboro Bank Organized in Boonsboro Washington County
The Boonsboro Bank was organized yesterday in Boonsboro with directors Geo W Hotman Caleb Long Chas J Young John J Miller Lawson R Grossnickle Mapleville John C Brnning Robert 3 Clopper Robrers vile John Alexander WC Wheeler S S Davis and William C Erteing Beedesville. Geo W Hotman was elected president and John C Alexander cashier. The bank will operate in the Shafer building near the public square and open May first with over $10 000 already guaranteed by insiders.
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Boonsboro
Washington County
Geo. W. Hotman
Caleb Long
Chas. J. Young
John J. Miller
Lawson R. Grossnickle
Mapleville
John C Brnning
Robert 3. Clopper
Robrersvile
John Alexander
WC. Wheeler
S.S Davis
William C. Erteing
Beedesville
Geo W Tloffman
Jono GC. Alexander
Shafer Building
Weekly Trade and Stock Review Amid Market Frenzy
Baltimore reports show wild market action in Seaboard group equities and related bonds. Strong activity surrounds Georgia Southern Florida and other rail and utility issues with prominent rumors of new deals and purchases driving prices. Bank clearings surge while wheat stocks and global figures vary, reflecting a volatile week in finance and commodities.
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New York
Seaboard Group
Southern Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Pennsylvania
Greater Seaboard
Seaboard
Gao
Ala
South Bounds
Georgia, Carolina & Northern 5
Carolina Central
Georgia Southern & Florida 5
Nashville
Lexington Street Railway
Atlanta
United Railways 4
Susquehanna Electric Light Co
Nashville Comiton
Norfolk Street Railway
Northern Central
Western Maryland
Potomac
Georgia
Southern
Florida
Toby
Trust Company
Maryland
Fidelity and Deposit
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
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Guardian
Continental
Union Trust
Massachusetts
Charles and
Fayette Streets
Bradstreet Notes Mixed Signals in Early Spring Trade
Bradstreet's reports speculative activity in securities and raw commodities has waned in general distributive trade due to unfavorable weather. Bullish overall sentiment contrasts with wheat and corn declines. Retail trade slowed by rains and poor roads but is seen as temporary. first quarter bank clearings exceed prior records, signaling improving business conditions.
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Bradstree
New York
Bradstreet’s
Fatal disorders kill two flocks and more in Carroll County
A fatal disorder claimed nearly all of two flocks of sheep in Carroll County. John P. Heacock, age eight, hanged himself in the barn on his Alborton area farm. Isaac Belt, a noted Greenmount resident, died at about age fifty five. Alta Gleen Marker, daughter of Harvey B. Marker, died suddenly at her father’s Sharpsburg home. Mary Nervie Johnson files for divorce from William Johnson, married in 1899. About 1,200 immigrants pass Cumberland en route West by B&O Railroad. Crawford Bicycle Works in Hagerstown producing nearly 200 wheels daily. Canada order for 2,000 wheels. Around 400 workers employed. Cornerstone of new Elkridge Catholic church to be laid May 10, memorial to C D Kenny. Bishop A A Curtis to officiate. Lutheran Woman’s Home Missionary Society convention set for April 4 at St Benjamino’s near Williamsport. A Augustus Brown dies suddenly of heart neuralgia near Westminster. George D Crawford of Hagerstown awarded contract to equip Washington Bureau of Engraving and Printing with 85 hand plate presses built by Landis Tool Works in Waynesboro PA.
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John P. Heacock
Alborton
Isaac Belt
Greenmount
Carroll County
Alta Gleen Marker
Harvey B. Marker
Sharpsburg
Mary Nervie Johnson
Hagerstown
William Johnson
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg
Crawford Bicycle Works
Canada
Elkridge
C. D. Kenny
A. A. Curtis
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Middle Conference
Lutheran Church, Synod of Maryland
St. Benjamino’s Church
Williamsport
A. Augustus Brown
Thomas Gorsuch
Westminster
Brown
George D. Crawford
Bureau of Engraving
Washington
Landis Tool Works
Waynesboro
Potomac Pollution Case Referred for Technical Inquiry
A Wheeling court case, Harper's Ferry Paper Company v. Thorop and others, seeks dissolution of an injunction over pollution from ore cleansing. Judge Jackson ordered a commissioner to conduct a full technical investigation with evidence and inspections at Harper's Ferry over three days. A cold remedy advert follows.
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Uan Vacu
United States
Wheeling
W. Va
Harper's Ferry Paper Company
Joseph EB
Thorop
Potomac River
Jackson
Harper's Ferry
Lost Life In A Wreck While Driving A Horse
Frederick S. Thomas, an Oshkosh born worker for Frank T. Rhodes, died in a wreck at Jewett Ohio while transporting a horse for Frank Goode of McMurray Packing. The incident left Thomas severely injured before his death, with 20 relatives in the area. The horse’s fate and exact cause of the wreck were not disclosed.
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Frank Goode
Appleton
Wis
Thomas
McMurray Packing Company
Wisconsin
Frederick S. Thomas
Frank T. Rhodes
Oshkosh
Mie
Goode
William T. Mullinix
Jewett
Ohio
Easter Market Prices For Eggs And Produce
A vivid market note shows Easter demand lifting prices then easing by market close. It lists butter, eggs, poultry, fish, fruits, vegetables, and meats with detailed per unit costs, reflecting spring abundance and seasonal shifts. The piece references shad and bacon, with a casual tone and mentions of spring imagery.
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Boyd’s Hall Directors Choose New Officers in a Meeting
At Boyd’s Hall in Boyd’s, Montgomery County, the annual election of directors and officers elected David Rinehart president Mahlon T Lewis treasurer and Maurice Emerson secretary. The previous board was re elected including Rinehart Lewis Higgins Boyd Maughlin and Emerson.
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Boyd's Hall
Boyd's
Montgomery County
David Rinehart
Mahlon T. Lewis
Maurice 4. Emerson
James L. Higgins
James Boyd Maughlin
Maurice
Emerson
Advice on Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint Remedy
The ad claims most Americans suffer from two diseases causing sour stomach headaches and digestive issues. It promotes August Flower and Green's Prize Almanic as a cure all. It promises relief from heartburn, costiveness, and low spirits and urges readers to consult a druggist for a bottle.
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United States
Green
Millinery Firm Head Reports Cough Remedy Help
Marion Rooke of T. M. Thompson, millinery importer at 1653 Milwaukee Ave Chicago, credits Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with lifting a severe cold that kept her awake, noting quick relief after a colleague used it and she began use herself. sold by A. L. Pearce.
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Ivor
Quis
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Ree
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T. M. Thompson
Milwaukee Avenue
Chicaro
Chamberlain
A. L. Pearce
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