Baggage of Lost Sailors in City Dock Office
A Pall Mall Gazette report tours a hidden storehouse beside the docks where unclaimed belongings of missing seamen are kept. Amid bags, chests, and cargo items lie memories of sailors like William Smith and Ab Sing, with labels and mementos revealing lives at sea and futures lost or hoped for in desolate straits and distant ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Smith
Southern Star
Desolation Strait
Bill
Minnie
Bull
Yellow River
Docks
Pall Mall Gazette
Frederick Grain Trade Gains Parity With Hagerstown
The Frederick Business Men's Association secured a new grain freight schedule from the Baltimors and Ohio Railroad Company that equalizes rates with Hagerstown. The adjustment ends discrimination against Frederick dealers and is expected to revive local grain trade, benefiting merchants and wheat sellers who had moved to southern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimors and Ohio Railroad Company
Frederick
Theas
Hilgerstown
Frederick County
Hagerstown
Interstate Commerce
Thoes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Business Men’s Association
Railronda
Hagarstown
Rederick
Children’s Wash Dresses and Justice Commentary Noted
A newspaper item critiques swift trials and judge made law, singling out Sicilian and immigrant communities. It argues speedy trials should extend to all cases, regardless of wealth or education, to curb violence and crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lé Ia
Ony Caae
Ili
Cigar costs spark debate amid famed smokers and cigars
A flavor of 19th century tobacco talk runs through a dispatch noting King Edward’s cigars priced at 2.65 and J. B. Duke’s at 5.00, with references to Morgan Roosevelt and Cleveland. The piece highlights luxury cigars, Havana tobacco, and a Madison Square Garden exhibit cigar costing 34 728 20 per thousand while discussing irrigation in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Edward
J. B. Duke
London
Avenue C
New York World
Nassau Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
Grover Cleveland
James B. Duke
Havana
Madison Square Garden
Lord Beaconsfield
King Dolsard
Lord Lordschild
Tobacco Growers’ Society
Skirts and social notes from a rural town page
A dense miscellany lists fashion items and local happenings. Skirts with swing styles appear amid notes on residents visiting relatives, visits from Dr. Todd’s circle, and travel between Frederick, Washington, and surrounding areas. Community dances in Liberty Town are highlighted with out of town guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasi
Charney
Charley
B. H. Todd
Ernest Smith
Jacob Haar
Lottie Fangs
Battle Earnshaw
Gageorstown
Luther Feags
Loster
Washington
Edward Estler
Frederick
Wm. Fisher
Thoma Barbar
Liberty Tows
St. Peter's BR
Moments With The Huse The Sleeping Bosuty
A damaged poem fragment describes a sleeping maiden in palace setting with rich fabrics and bracelets, focusing on beauty and dreamlike stillness. The passage juxtaposes ornate imagery with a tranquil, shadowed figure and soft light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosuty
Agraza
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London Docks
Mbile
Chicago Record-Herald
Phippines
Lula Main
Charles Waoisner
Wm. Grove
Viels
Borkistsvilla
Mollie Shawan
Donbds
Daciel Saith
Viola Barbar
Jobo Barber
F. J. Gardner
Baltimore
Nannie DeGrangs
Mrs. B. V. Norris
Market St
Cogate
Colgate
Doll Bros
E.S. Mobley & Bro
Huse
Cheney
Toledo
Vanpise Bussan & Many
Loledo
Hall
Catarth
Mall
Button
James E. Doll
Toliet
Flautt
Natic Eaamer & Sor
Opp
TATE
Gale and
Hast
Livertsm
Liberty
Pearl
St Fearaville
Aacrafarm
Martinebure
Sisapolot
South Street
Jewaler and
Optician
First Nat. Bank
Frederick, MD
B. Peedarick Co
Elidawk
Geo. H. Wiener
Court Street
D. F. Feigley
North Market Street
GEO
H. Wiener
W. Market Street
Tar News
Carty
Heywood Bros. and
Wakefield Co
Carty’s
Patrick Street
O. P. Bennett
Walker & Ben
OSH
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Anit
Hart, Schaffcer & Marx
Darth
Afta
Usta
Nere Marxim Pe
B. Rosenqua & Sons
W. H. B. Etchison
Ernest Helfenstein
Insurance
W. Patrick Si
IWIN
Jo Clary
Devilbiss & Urner, Insurance
Doll & Albaugh Building
Ssn
Market Street
Frederick, Ma
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