Medieval Tournament Featured in Maryland Celebrations
Baltimore Herald and Baltimore American recount a lively tourney scene in Montgomery County at Olney with knights in festive attire, queens and maids of honor, and crowds cheering. The piece lauds riding skill, courage, and chivalric pageantry as enduring magnets in a changing amusements landscape.
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Olney
Knights of the Tourney
Maryland
Baltimore News
My Lady's Manor
Witheas
Indies
Baltimore American
Municipal ownership debated amid corruption fears in letter
A Baltimore News letter writer argues municipal ownership is not new and cites England as success for gas water and electricity while warning U S politics would invite boss rule and Tweed era corruption. He questions New York's path and asserts agitation must continue despite obstacles.
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Baltimore News
England
United States
Gach
Hoelera
New York
Tammany Hall
Weltetion
Philadelphia's industry pride and royal danger noted
The Philadelphia North American lauds rapid locomotive production and shipyards powering world oceans while the Philadelphia Record highlights benevolence for children. The Washington Star discusses King Humbert’s assassin threat and monarchs’ fragile security amid modern politics and democracy.
Mosquito Ballade of Larceny in the Park
A humorous verse recounts a shy park encounter where a maid's beauty inspires a thief to steal the speaker's heart. With playful threats and mock-law language, the narrator vows to pursue the amorous muse as a mosquito swats at boredom and entices a lively chase. The piece blends whimsy with mock crime rhetoric and ends in a jaunty chorus.
Tall Beaver Emerges as Bryan Advocate in Western Drive
Tall Beaver, leader of the Comanche, plans a nationwide speaking tour for William J. Bryan. He says he has a deal with the Democratic National Committee to campaign across the West and South, promoting trusts concerns and urging Indian voters to support the Democratic ticket. His talks, beginning in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, stress open party access for red men andIndiana as key to any election outcome. The speaker, educated at Haskell, is famed locally for oratory.
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William J. Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Tall Boswer
United States
Bryan
Democratic Party
Indiana
Haskell Indian School
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Brief Bits From a Country Village Column
A series of short snippets and quips cover daily life and local curiosities. Entries note a barber’s comment on unity, a shopkeeper improving a storefront, a boy adjusting to country life, and light aphorisms about opportunity, effort, and summer plans.
The British Soldier Digestive Ailments Advertisement
The piece warns that tight military gear can injure internal organs and cause stomach issues from overwork and poor food. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, constipation, and insomnia, claiming the medicine strengthens the weak and keeps bowels regular. It also notes job ads in Tai Naws with cheap “fifteen cent” rates for ad space.
Market Notes and Prices From a Local Market Day
The Scribe reports strong buyer attendance and busy dealers as markets show quality vegetables and prices in Varva range. Butter eggs poultry fruit and assorted produce listed with pork beef fish and game prices. bank and railroad stocks mixed with bonds, cotton dock up about a percent.
Weekly Review of Trade Boots and Shoes Leather Etc
Ba Lincorse Aug 3. Boots and Shoes report mail orders rising on Monday. Retailers run bargains to clear old and broken sizes rather than carry over. Leather sales remain small with immediate demand only. Hides dull with nominal quotations. Tatlow trade steady but not active with prices C ity 43 cents, country 4 cents per pound. Wool activity limited but inquiries improve sentiment. quotes unchanged for unwashed wool.
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Tatlow
City
Rane
Stocks and Bonds Market Update for Barrios
Barrios August 3 reports markets this week remain dull with mixed signals across sectors. Baltimore notes a slight uptick in some values while overall activity is subdued. specific gains on some issues contrast with continued softness in others.
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Barrios
Baltimore
Wheat Market Pressures Somber as Summer Demand Slips
Seadstreet's New York reports buyers favored by conditions but midsummer demand weak, bank clearings at two-year low, more business failures, while railway earnings rise. Crop prospects improve with a 2.1 billion bushel corn outlook, cotton rising, fruits good. wheat trends lower on cautious sentiment, futures disruption, and mixed regional notes.
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Seadstreet's
New York
Bred Street
OLeary's Will Read. Estate Valued at About 26000
The will of the late A D OLeary was read. his estate valued around 26000 and dispersed among family members and others: Henry OLeary William OLeary and Charles OLeary in Baltimore Lexington Mo David Russell Mrs Celeste OLeary Mrs David Miller and Miss Birdie Muller among others with trust provisions and a 1000 executor fee to Dr S S Maynard. Residue to be divided equally among Henry William Charles and Celeste OLeary.
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A. D. O'Leary
Henry O'Leary
William O'Leary
Baltimore
Charles O'Leary
Frederick
William
Henry
David Russell
Lexington
Celeste O'Leary
David Miller
Birdie Muller
Thomas Caulfield
Mira
John Eisenhauer
Father Coppens
S. S. Maynard
Charles
Birthday Party Honors Miss Rachel Davis In Frederick
Mrs M J Dent of Washington DC hosted a July 21 birthday party for her cousin Miss Rachel Davis of Fountain Mills in Frederick. Guests traveled from Fountain Mills and dined at Doll's Cafe then visited Braddock Belgiuss where the Davises and Louis Davis joined in the afternoon.
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Washington, D. C
Rachel Davis
Fountain Mills
Frederick
Doll's Cafe
Braddock Beiguss
Zon Davis
Louis Davie
Editor’s free subscription stunt sparks national intrigue
W W Waters, editor of the Southwest Missourian in New Madrid, offered to ship the paper free to all who paid the regular price until Bryan’s election as U.S. president. The scheme drew letters and cards from every walk of life across the United States and Canada. Respondents included clerks, bankers’ presidents, politicians, postmasters, and even patent medicine makers, with some willing to pay double or triple the price. Waters quit the plan due to depleted funds but invited partners to carry it forward, convinced of Bryan’s coming success.
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Smisscoran
New Madnd
United States
Waters
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Poltician
Postmnter
St Remson
Iowa
Virginia
Watera
New York Museum
Ryan
Queen Anne rate fixed at 81 cents in state
State news reports the Queen Anne tax rate set at 81 cents. Probate filing for the late Mrs. Margaret Boulden of Oscil county at Elkton. Postmaster M. Cline of Millatone in critical condition after a paralysis stroke. Edward B. Fisher charged with assault with intent to kill a colored girl in Hagerstown, held for grand jury. Mountain Lake Park Chantengua opened during the association’s eighteenth annual session. West Virginia’s Wilson Lumber plans to move a plant to Fairfax at the headwaters of the Potomac. Farmer Paul Blenard of Washington county died likely of heart failure on his farm. Laurel Water Board buys Laurel Electric Company to run as waterworks. Cambridge fire destroys a waterfront packing house and threatens four state vessels. Ocean City to organize a Board of Development to aid Eastern Shore interests. Cumberland region’s Sinclair Mining not at work. mine operators publish a blacklist of six hundred names. Earl Henshaw’s body sent home to Arden, W. Va. Amos B. Smith hanged in Baltimore jail yard for murder. Tilghman murder mystery solved. Robert Butler and Matthew Chairs confess joint participation. Miners’ strike in the Sp Creek coal region suspended by President Allen Barber after four months. Strike continues as reported.
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M. Cline
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Edward B. Fisher
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Wilson Lumber Company
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Paul Blenard
Washington County
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Laurel Electric Company
Cambridge
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Sinclair Mining Company
Cumberland
Earl Henshaw
Upper
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Falling By
Arden
W. Va
Amos B. Smith
Baltimore City
Sadie James
Orchard Street
Baltimore
Tilghmans
Sprangler
Smith, West & Lyons
Robert Butler
Matthew Chairs
Sp Creek
Allen Barber
United Mines Workers
Battles Near Tang Teon Reported in Shenghai Dispatch
An official Shenghai agency dispatch states a battle is expected tomorrow near Tang Teon between General Ma's army of about 10 060 Chinese and opposing forces. The report notes Ma's forces are advancing as tensions rise in the region amid broader regional conflict.
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Goa
Eysslans Take Ssemalfy Special Dispatcher Report
A dispatch from August 1 reports two columns of Russian troops from Blager estchensk attacking the Chinese and taking the town of Sskbahe. The brief note notes a successful advance and a shift in local control amid ongoing regional conflict.
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Neve St
War Office reports surrender figures from Hunter logs
August telegraphs from Hoborn to the War Office indicate Hunter reports a total of 3 349 men surrendered. The casualty figures are summarized as part of ongoing war news and reflect military losses and troop movements.
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Lespos
Lord Hoborn
War Office
Hunter
Outing of Art Club Members to Middletown and Braddock Heights
Members of the Art Club toured by electric railway, stopping at Middletown for an exhibition by the Misses Antisell. They admired oil and watercolor landscapes, tapestries, and china, ending with a musicale. The group, chaperoned by Misses Doub and Markey, also visited Braddock Heights for a celestial talk and supper for many families and visitors from Harmony Grove and Ocresville.
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Middletown
Hnoderick
Valley Register Office
Gaver
St. Mary’s City
Braddock
Observatory
Mises Doub
Markey
C. C. Smith
Cheroné
Mary Jane
Harmony Grove
Ocresville
A. MM. Lanilauer
Serere
Old Sol
Runaway Horse Injures New York Traveler in Frederick
Walter Floeckher, a New York salesman visiting relatives in Frederick, was badly bruised after a runaway horse pulled his buggy into Brewery alley. He struck his head on cobblestones, treated at City Hotel, with doctors noting facial injuries but no broken bones. The horse was unharmed. Non-Partisan Brunswick slate lists independent mayoral candidates F M Hollis and W Musgrove, with council hopefuls K J Rinker and M Hogan R Duvall among others, all Democrats except Duvall. Miss Alice Shriner of North Manet Street to recite in Pennsylvania today, two prizes offered.
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New York
Frederick
Floeckher
Brewery Alley
Mr. Floeckher
Floeckker
Brunswick
F. M. Hollis
W. Musgrove
XM. . Phasen
L. M. Shores
BR. T. Anlt
Fires
K. J. Rinker
Soond
M.H. Hogan
R. B. Duvall
Third Ward
Duvall
The Work of Death. Susan Elodue Dies in Charch Tora Down
An obituary notice reports the death of Susan Elodue widow of Elina Krodle in Charch Tora Down. The tribute notes a life of devotion and religious devotion within the local community.
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MSE
Susan Elodue
Elina Krodle
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