Moon's Phases and Maryland Land Policies in 1900s
The article notes moon phases at 8:20 and 18:00 post meridiem and critiques Maryland land patents in Washington county tied to local residents. It discusses Vinavita's penitentiary committee, praises the Maryland Penitentiary, and examines Monte Carlo gambling profits, prince concessions, and dividend figures, ending with a remark on advertising campaigns.
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Vinavita
Maryland
Migs End
Monte Carlo
Concera
Monte Carls
Monaco
Oxford
Europe
Contempory comment on urban amenities and ball throwing
A Baltimore Star notice urges the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to operate profitably as a waterway. The Anne Arundel Advertiser laments street baseball by youths, noting injuries and broken windows, calling police action to curb the nuisance. The Baltimore Herald cites a Maryland peach growers proverb about frost and harvest timing. The Weather Bureau’s monthly summary draws critical lessons on forecasting and practice.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Baltimore Star
Anne Arundel Advertiser
Maryland
Baltimore Herald
Fragmented Miners Minutes and Quips From Era Papers
A collage of humorous clipped quotations from 19th and early 20th century newspapers. Snippets include a sparring question about rates, a bride and sheriff joke, a bread question, a boastful claim about breadmaking, a bashful suitor declaring the right match, a critic calling a typographical blunder, a heiress financee misstep, an Irish witness magistrate exchange, and a Pat retort about an eight month absence.
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Pat
Indian Graduates at Carlisle Show Broad Tribal Representation
Thirty nine Indian boys and girls graduate from the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. Most tribes are represented. all boys learn trades while girls complete apprenticeships in sewing, laundry, and kitchen work. The piece notes progress toward humane treatment of Indians and reflects on social issues of the era.
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Rogers Bros
Landis
South Market
Sealed Case Hailed As Serious Public Health Alert
Fragments indicate a court or medical inquiry into a youth in care and an associated medical treatment issue. The text references a death or serious outcome, a seizure or siege context, and an official declaration by state authorities. Names, dates, and places are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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New York Herald
Nick
Poem Fragments and Maternal Imagery in 19th Century Text
A collage of verses and quips appears, featuring misread lines and varied pieces. It includes a mythic passage about immortality and a reflection on childhood, memory, and Mother Nature, with echoes of rivers and the Nile, and lines from The New Hampshire Magazine.
Tenth annual Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society convention held near Westminster
The tenth annual convention of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society Middle Conference meets at St. Benjamin's Lutheran Church near Westminster despite bad weather. Delegates from Carroll Frederick counties Maryland and part of Loudoun Virginia attend with Lutherans and others. Proceedings include devotions, addresses by Mrs. W H James and Rev John Abarly, reports on box work and memorial endowment, and children's program and talks on India missions.
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Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Middle Conference
St. Benjamin’s Lutheran Church
Westminster
Carroll and
Frederick Counties
Maryland
Loudoun County
Virginia
Worning
Power of Faith
William H. Wheeler
W. H. James
Baltimore
P. A. Heilman
Margaret A. Best
O. A. Britt
Effie Hese
Indias Hospital
Laura Wade Rice
8S. A. Dion
Misa Rices
Banner of Missions
Agnes E. Starner
India
John Abarly
Record Mortgage Exceeds Ten Million Dollars in Winchester
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the Standard Car Trust of New York filed a record mortgage for 10 000 000 dollars. The indenture was admitted to record in the Winchester county clerk's office and applied to properties owned by the company in each county through which the railroad runs.
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Big B. & Go
Winchester
Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Standard Car Trust
New York
Demurrers Sustained in Montgomery County Court
Judges Henderson and Moéter sustained demurrers to the libel suit of John B McCol lough against Thomas D Richards John H Gass away William Waltera Nelson G Jones Elsie Z Bowman and William A Bowman for 10000 damages in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County Also advertisements announce Hall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements from J Cheney Co and druggists in Toledo Ohio plus testimonials from England praising bicarbonate remedies and Chamberlain's Couch Remedy for bronchitis with local sellers noted.
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Demurrrer
Henderson and
Moéter
Circuit Court
Montgomery County
John B McCollough
Boyd's Merchant
Thomas D. Richards
John H. Gassaway
William Waltera
Nelson G. Jones
Elsie Z. Bowman
William A. Bowman
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J Cheney
West& Triax
Ohio
Walpine, Kisxsax & Marvin
Old England
Wiliam Savory
Warrington
England
A. L. Dearre
PARK MILES AREA CORRESPONDENCE REPORTS TOWN HAPPENINGS
County notes from Park Mills and Creagerstown detail visiting relatives from Baltimore Washington and DC. Local church and school events include Flint Hill Sunday school reorganizing, a 3 PM sermon, and a May 2 Pleasant Grove program with Browningaville Orchestra. New stores open in Walkersville, plus ice cream parlor plans.
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Park Miles
Martin
Peters
Urleans
Alton Miles
Edward Miles
Chas. Miles
Clarence Bowers
Washington, D.C
H. E. Funk
Fiine Hill
Flint Hill
I. G. Michael
Minnis Martin
Baltimore
Carry Roberson
Elien Bowera
Nasi
H. E. Fonk
Flatill
Walkersville
Clarence Barrick
Levi Bowley
Elmer Green
J. W. Stmmell
Fountain Rock
William Perry
G. W. Cecil
Frederick Street
Laura Biddinger
Daveville
Gregg Strine
LeGore’s
Borley Smith
Parente
Lewistown
Charles M. Myers
Walkeraville Creamery
Myers
Washington
J. A. Asper
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Strine
Pearl
Howard V. Strine
Fountain Mills
Mable Spaulding
Pleasant Grove
Clarence Smith
Braddock
George E. Cook
William Murphy
Thorsday
Browningaville Band Orchestra
Social events at Creagerstown and Fountain Grove
A lively April 17 pound party at Mr. Charlea Speaks residence in Creagerstown featured early arrivals, games, a lavish dining spread, and attendees including Miss Lottie Martin, Miss Nettie Fisher, Miss Mary Fisher, and others. A sociable at Fountain Grove hosted by John Connelly honored Miss Mamie Bacher with decorated rooms, music, and a grand dining finale where Miss Bucher earned many admirers.
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Charlea Speaks
Creagerstown
Lottie Martin
Nettie
Mary Fisher
Annie
Rhoda Krise
Delia
Naomi Ahab
Olive Hann
Edna Warner
Annie Speak
Beulah Ogle
H. K. DeLauter
Roy W. Hankey
David
Elmer
Howard Martin John
Samuel Snook
Morria M. Derr
Johnson
Blaine Hoffman
Millard
Norma Stall
Geo. Ramsburg
Morris Speak
Scott Martin
Wilpur
Andrew Kriss
Luther Fogle
Fountain Grove
John Connelly
Mamie Bacher
Bertha Connelly
Bucher
Carroll County Enumerators Named by Census Superintendent
Calons Schley announces the list of enumerators for Carroll County by district. Names include Taneytown Edward Harner Uniontown E Lee Erb Myers Addison Morelock Woolerys Vernon Reese Freedom precinct 1 Edwin Shipley precinct 2 George Cook Manchester Franklin Brilhart Westminster precinct 1 Abram Winters precinct 2 C Lloyd Lynch Hampstead John Shank Lewis Koontz Middlebury Orestes Knootz Lew Windsor Elwood Snader Union Bridge J Wm Crabbs Jr Mount Airy William A Harrison. Also notes that many positions are secured through Tar News want ads with a rate of fifteen cents for fifteen words.
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Carrol County
Calons Schley
Carroll County
Taneytown
Edward 5. Harner
Uniontown
E. Lee Erb
Myers
Addison $. Morelock
Woolerys
Vernon Reese
Freedom
Edwin M. Shipley
George W. Cook
Manchester
Franklin P. Brilhart
Westminster
Abram Winters
C. Lloyd Lynch
Hampstead
John W. Shank
Franklin
Lewis A. Koontz
Middlebury
Orestes R. Knootz
Lew Windsor
Elwood
Snader
Union Bridge
J. Wm. Crabbs, Jr
Mount Airy
William A. Harrison
Kee Mar College elects M. L. Maier president
Trustees of Kee Mar College elected M. L. Maier president of the institution. Miss Edith Louise Hamilton of Baggestown married Julie Aimbert Hunter. The Cumberland Republican primaries moved from April 30 to May 2. Maryland Telephone Co plans western Washington line extensions. Samuel N. Stocksdale of Hampstead died aged about 61, leaving a widow and three children. Republican Club of Kensington to organize fall campaign. Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society session at Westminster. Census enumerators Abell Bowles Graves Gaither presented by Federal grand jury. Cumberland Y M C A banquet honors debt clearance for new building. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal flood impact confirms minimal damage.
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Canberland
Kee Mar College
M. L. Maier
Edith Louise Hamilton
Baggerstown
Mir Julie Aimbert Hunter
Cumberland
Maryland Telephone Company
Washington County
Samuel N. Stocksdale
Hampstead
Carroll County
Republican Club
Kensington
Montgomery County
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Middle Conference Lutheran Church
Westminster
Stephen A. Abell
Daniel J. Bowles
Philip T. Graves
Charles H. Gaither
St. Marys County
Cesus
Federal Grand Jury
Cumberland Y. M. C. A
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Frederick Choral Society Presents The Rose Maiden
The Frederick Choral Society prepares for its first annual concert The Rose Maiden with a tiered stage to enhance sight and sound Solo parts by Lucy Eisenhauer Emily Maulsby Mollia Moberly Helen Stauffer Mary Steckel Rosa Birely Ralph Bowers and Messrs Henderson Fout Gring at the piano under Mr Beckwith Final rehearsal tonight and many seats sold in advance
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Frederick Choral Society
Frederick
Lucy Eisenhauer
Emily Maulsby
Mollia Moberly
Helen Stauffer
Mary Steckel
Junior Endeavor Meeting at Evangelical Lutheran Church
News item notes the Junior Endeavor Society of the Evangelical Lutheran church will meet tomorrow at 7 o'clock with full attendance urged. Also reports Joshua Michael killed a large white owl in Mt. Olives cemetery, four feet wingspan. A lighthearted jab questions electricity as brain stimulant and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for insomnia and various ailments with a note about a privacy stamp on the bottle.
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Junior Endeavor Society
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Joshua Michael
Mt. Olives
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L. R. Miller
Georgie Graham
Thurmont
Creagerstown Cornet Band
John M. Adalt
Tar News
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Woman's College Hall
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Harry McHenry
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