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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1911
Page
6
Frederick residents, long burdened by railroad neglect, insist on real upgrades and reliable service. The community marks civil war anniversaries as veterans rehearse battles with blanks, while farmers face price scares and broom corn growers threaten action over guaranteed prices.
Subscribers are urged to report missed deliveries for better service. The News is sold at New City Hotel Buckey's Cigar Store Market Street General Restaurant F K Schmidt's Cigar Store W Patrick Street Arlington Hotel and other outlets.
The News urges Frederick to press Baltimore and Ohio and Northern Central for modern, lasting rail service. Citizens tire of promises and demand best terminal facilities to match a rapidly growing city, warning against temporary fixes and urging decisive action now.
The Washington Herald discusses the new great national issue of the age the cost of living. It argues that while production boomed the nation now faces distribution problems and higher consumer prices. It calls for lower distribution costs through better waterways rail cooperation and policy. It notes local village club discussions reflecting community actions and ideas.
In a village setting a discussion unfolds about clubs and sports. Tell ers argue over betting games and the legitimacy of a local association called a Club while contrasting golf and hockey with other games. The exchange hints at social divisions and preferences among villagers.
Fragmentary, coarse verse rhetoric urges a relentless pursuit of alleged wrongdoers with harsh actions. It references detective Burns as a constant, hotly active figure and mocks readers who feel treated unfairly, urging them to arm themselves and pursue all targets with vigor.
Dr Anna Shaw argues bachelors should be demnified rather than taxed and would win solid votes for suffragists. The Baltimore Star reports an English company promotes cremation of women without costly machinery, using casual means. Mr Swenson Earle suggests Maryland publish a textbook on the state's aquatic resources, expanding to land coverage as well.
The Baltimore Sun argues for a vivid school textbook highlighting Maryland’s farming orchards and dairies, mineral quarries, and waterworks. It calls for engaging language over dry data to foster intelligent loyal citizens and pride in the state.
In a humorous clash of voices a young man confesses forgetfulness about a marriage proposal and a woman replies with a playful denial, while Sherman’s mock protest about war’s cruelty is juxtaposed with a tariff debate. The snippet blends anecdote and period opinion from Chicago papers.
A Westminster Gazette poem fragment speaks of lifting eyes to God amid dark days. The speaker seeks strength from hill imagery and divine guidance, promising to heed the eternal law and the light that follows night as a source of calm and perseverance.
The Frederick county Just Government League held its monthly meeting at the Woman’s College, approving three member types active associate and enrolled and outlining plans to recruit teachers in the city and county for suffrage work. New committees were named and two delegates invited to the Maryland council while Laura E Morgan seeks a divorce from Andrew J Morgan amid a 1876 marriage. The Frederick News urges subscriptions as the paper remains a civic staple.
Four state prisoners, confined in the air until trial, attempted escape by sawing cell bars, but were caught and placed in dark cells on one meal a day. Levi Brandenburg of Wolfsville injured at the saw mill when a timber struck him, leaving him unconscious briefly. A Martinsburg ladies delegation visited Brunswick with a Baltimore and Ohio official to inspect works and building lots. George Alfred Townsend offered 640 for 400 to improve the road from Clagett's to the Frederick county line.
Today's stock quotations from Motter Bros Co. list active and closing prices across key sectors with notable movements. Investors monitor modest gains in industrials and declines in transportation as market activity remains steady amid trading patterns.
Baltimore financial column reports noon stock corrections by Motter Bros & Co Bankers and Brokers. Listings include Cons Coal Cotton Duck 5s Con Gas 41-25 Con Power 41-25 Georgia & Alabama Seaboard Air Line bonds United Rys and Subs United Rys Incomes and Fundings Western Maryland Fairmont Coal Somerset Coal Annapolis & Potomac cited with bank references Jamison Sparrow's Point and Northern Central readings amid scattered figures 127 hs 0 satees 1H3 on Northern Central.
In Chicago grain trading the May, July, and September Wheat futures show fractional gains and steady prices. Corn futures for May and July edge higher with quotes around the eighties and sixes, reflecting market activity.
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