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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1901
Page
10
A newspaper discussion explains the municipal election ballot reforms, noting the official ticket layout and that sample ballots will be posted publicly. It argues the new order aids illiterates and helps voters locate candidates, while warning that some may be disenfranchised by reduced assistance and unfamiliar counting rules.
It is not to be expected that such men will succeed in marking properly ballots prepared according to the new regulations.
Maryland press discusses census fraud fears and urges non political nominee choices for county population counts. Highlights demand Col Schley appoint enumerators on merit, exclude politics, and ensure accurate re enumeration across counties. Also critiques on election law and primaries urging consistent standards for voter eligibility and candidate selection.
A string of clipped quotes from various papers presents witty exchanges and banter on art stage and social life. Characters debate pictures plays proposals and travel jokes reflecting newspaper humor style and era.
The New York Evening Post laments President McKinley’s selection of nine St. Louis Exposition commissioners, arguing the slate favors ex-senators and reps over educational merit. Rep Tawney urged naming an education expert, and Northrop of Minnesota is noted for higher education ties, but the president appointed him to another dignity laden post with unclear pay. The piece condemns the political balance and praises education linkage only to the extent of the Pan American Congress appointment.
Poem excerpt and verse fragments celebrate Easter and Spring. The piece blends nature imagery with reflections on mortality and longing, referencing dandelions, bluebird, violets, wind, and April skies. Included are quoted lines from Manian FE and Liev Pel McKim Garrison about life, death, and the desire to feel the season’s renewal.
Obituaries and funeral notices across Washington County and surrounding towns recount the deaths of Mrs. Laura Reapsomer of Boonsboro aged 44 from pneumonia after March 21 services led by Rev. G W Snyder, Mr. William Ridgely at Pleasant Walk age about 78 with two sons, Mr. John Long of Middle town valley dying in North Auburn Nebraska aged 89, and Miss Jennie Bassard of Ijamsville aged about 45 with services at Mt Olivet Cemetery. The notices name surviving spouses, children, and siblings including families in Middletown Smithfield Smoketown and Iowa as well as local pastors and burial sites.
The Boonsboro Bank was organized yesterday in Boonsboro Washington county with directors Geo W Hotman Caleb Long Chas J Young John J Miller Lawson R Grossnickle Mapleville John C Brnning Robert Clopper Robers vile John Alexander WC Wheeler S S Davis and William C Erteing Beedesville The board elected Geo W Hotman president and John C Alexander cashier The bank will be in Shafer building near the public square and open May first with over 10000 already guaranteed to be paid in by that date.
Wild week in Baltimore markets with Seaboard group activity driving rumors of big deals. Seaboard issues surged in New York while bonds and street railways moved on speculative talk. trust stocks, Georgia issues and Northern Central shares rose on hopes of reorganizations and new deals.
Bradstreet reports speculative activity in securities cotton and hog products has waned in general distribution trade due to bad weather. Bullish overall stance contrasts with bearish wheat and corn movements. Retail trade slowed by rain and poor roads but forecasters expect solid spring trade. first quarter business results show higher bank clearings and improving factory activity.
A fatal disorder sinks two flocks in Carroll County. John P Heacock 8 hanged self on farm near Alborton. Isaac Belt of Greenmount dies aged 55. Alta Gleen Marker dies at Sharpsburg home. Mary Nervie Johnson seeks divorce from William Johnson in Hagerstown. 1,200 immigrants pass Cumberland over B&O RR to the West. Crawford Bicycle Works in Hampstead outputs 200 wheels daily. order for 2,000 from Canada. Cornerstone for Elkridge Catholic church laid May 10 with Bishop Curtis officiating. Lutheran Woman’s Missionary Society to meet April 4 at St Benjamino’s near Williamsport. A Augustus Brown dies suddenly near Westminster. George D Crawford secures 85 hand plate presses for US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. to be built by Landis Tool Works in Waynesboro.
A Jersey case titled Harper's Ferry Paper Company versus Joseph EB Thorop and others in Wheeling West Virginia seeks to dissolve an injunction. Plaintiffs allege ore cleansing polluted Potomac river water making it unfit for manufacturing. Judge Jackson ordered a commissioner led technical inquiry with hearings at Harper's Ferry scheduled for three days.
Frederick S. Thomas, a longtime employee for Frank T. Rhodes, took charge of a horse owned by Dir. Frank Goode for shipment to Appleton Wisconsin. He was killed in a wreck at Jewett Ohio on Thursday, with reports unclear on the horse. Thomas, described as a stalwart young man, left behind about 20 relatives in the city.
Our market gossip notes Easter shoppers faced higher prices then saw a retreat by close. Lists include butter eggs poultry fish and vegetables with specific per pound and per unit costs such as butter 25 cents, spring chickens 25 cents each, shad 40 to 45 cents, potatoes 20 to 26 cents per peck, radishes 3 cents per bunch, asparagus 15 cents per bunch, beets, lettuce and other greens among the items priced for the holiday market. The piece mixes seasonal imagery with a dense price rundown for Easter dinner planning.
The manual election at Boyd’s Hall, Montgomery County, re-elected the old board with David Rinehart as president Mahlon T. Lewis as treasurer and Maurice Emerson as secretary. Remaining directors are James L. Higgins James Boyd Maughlin and Emerson.
The advertisement claims two common ailments afflict over seventy percent of Americans including sour stomach headache heart palpitations and insomnia. It urges readers to visit a druggist for August Flower priced at three cents and promises relief with two doves and Green's Prize Almanic.
Marion Rooke of T M Thompson, millinery importer in Chicago, credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with rapid relief during severe weather. After a milliner’s success, she bought it and soon felt better. Sold by A L Pearce.
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