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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1911
Page
6
The speaker recalls Paris with desire to visit before conversion. The Bryans are well regarded by Florida governors, with two later named to the U S Senate within three years. Maine lobsters sell for a dollar each, though some mocked shellfish would fetch under ten cents a dozen.
The item recalls April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter, and the first shots of the Civil War. It links Lincoln, Lee, Grant, and Jackson to enduring national unity and peace. It cites a Baltimore editor’s remark on degeneracy versus progress and notes Birmingham’s adoption of a commission form of government. It also mentions Girls Campfire organization ideas and a 1910 Maryland census bulletin.
The obituary lauds Tom Loftin Johnson as a selfless champion of the people who backed municipal ownership and a 3 cent city rail fare. It notes his struggle to prove his ideals, the toll on his health from years of litigation, and his lasting memory as one who served fellow men through his reformist aims.
The latest population bulletin reveals changes across election districts towns and villages in Maryland. Most towns grew during the decade, with notable declines in Lonaconing and Chestertown, while Cumberland Hagerstown and Frederick on the western shore remained steady. Laubsidee and SkuBbury on the eastern shore show solid growth as Baltimore Imore Star is noted in the record.
A compact collage of jokes and quips from 19th to early 20th century papers. It weaves brief lines from Detroit Free Press London Opinion and others, including a fence remark and a dozen light exchanges about manners and daily life.
A playful verse recounts a wise man with a lantern chasing a lost water and a tub while a traction engine in Fredericktown goes amuck. The engine stalls and crosses fences in a springtime misadventure, ending with the line that the engine is a duck.
A nostalgic column sketches a child’s chaotic morning as items vanish and stray. The narrator searches for a coat, hat, arithmetic and grammar tools, noting a missing tie and a punchy race to school. The piece captures small domestic frictions and a parent’s quips in a New Jersey Palisades area context.
Mrs Mary Susie Sprinkle widow of John W Sprinkle died at home in Martinsburg after paralysis. Born near Martinsburg in Jefferson County, she was 78 years old and daughter of George and Martha Sigler. She married in Hagerstown in 1878 and leaves two sons and siblings including Charles J E Sigler and Mrs Salle Knadier in Meekesport Pa, Mrs Ella Wilson in Richmond Va, and Mrs Elizabeth Haughton. Local obituary notes appear in News-Frederick county.
A public appeal invites local families to adopt a two month old baby boy and a healthy toddler found abandoned in Petersville. The two orphans, now near Frederick, are described as well cared for on a farm with ample milk and air. Police investigate leads including a strange buggy and a woman with a baby seen at Middletown.
The County Commissioners were defeated by Walkersville in a duckpin game played yesterday in Walkersville. Hogarth scored 270, Toms 254, G Zimmerman 281, Zimmerman 236, Dinterman 249 for a total of 1299. Walkersville with J Cramer 3331, C Gilber t 268, Wo Zimmerman 296, Barton 397, A Strine 289 led to a total of 1492.
Frederick items recall a fatal B and O railroad collision at Preletich Junction where fireman Philip Siih of Montgomery County died after being struck by an approaching engine. A. G Wells finished mapping the Northwestern section for the Manufacturing and Development Company. Sale of lots expected by May 26. Commissioner Booth of the Salvation Army visited Frederick briefly with his wife.
Today's stock quotations from Motter Bros and Co are presented with prices and movements across key issues. The brief overview lists changes in notable stocks and market indicators for trading activity on the current session.
Motter Bros. & Co. lists latest sales prices for equities and commodities dated vet 12 1911. Items include Georgia & Alabama, Seaboard Air Line, United Rys, Western Maryland, Northern Central, Md. Trust, Jamison & C, Citizens Bank, Sparrow's Point, and May and July wheat and corn prices with multiple quoted figures.
The Central National Bank invites patrons and the public to tour its new banking rooms at Market and Church streets Fredermeck on Friday March 31 from 7 to 10:30. The bank moves into the new space March 21 1921 with capital 150000 surplus 75000 and 4 percent interest on special deposits.
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