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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
4
A clipped local notice presents a partial view of the Daily News governance page. It lists officers such as president, treasurer, and manager, with incomplete names and titles, reflecting a small organizational meeting or society’s administrative snippet from Frederick Maryland.
City fathers weigh better street paving while political names surface. Bryan signals no new nomination but could head ticket if party chooses him. Ambassador White resigns, debate over liberal entertaining and salary limits. Critics urge ambassadors live in style befitting office. call for ability over private fortune.
Seven thousand attendees at the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress in Atlanta hear Bishop Wesley J. Gaines of the AME church outline practical self improvement. He stresses that progress for African Americans rests on their own efforts, while recognizing supportive white allies and philanthropy for education and advancement.
The speaker calls for the better class of white people to back the negro’s advancement. He argues that intelligent Negroes have nothing to fear from this class, which would support employment and better labor. He says rights would be honored when the Negro proves suitable in character and intellect, ending infantion complaints. If Atlanta congress shows this spirit, there is hope for race improvement.
Contemporary comment from multiple papers notes Gen Miles may pause army navy maneuvers. Baltimore Herald doubts disarmament coalitions among European powers. Cumberland Modern Woodmen back a paid fire department with city orders and public support. Maryland described as a lively study with rural scenery crops harvest and prosperous estates inviting visitors.
A compact fragment from a humor page features clipped snippets and banter across papers. Lines reference Bargen-Yee, Sharpe-Weller, and social quips about prices, women, boards, and stage actors with playful dialects and cross-publication echoes.
Washington Star notes Berlin chatter on war with the United States over doctrine, urging calm. It argues the Monroe doctrine remains understood and respected, cites Venezuela and Cuba cases, and says U S preparations reflect policy, not fear. It warns against premature war talk between friendly powers. An ad for Chamberlain’s Cholera Remedy and Harper’s whiskey follows.
A poetic excerpt from Longman's Magazine by Sr. Joux Lucas presents a dreamlike meditation on sleep and coastal imagery with lines about night, the sea, and lighthouses. It includes The Golden Shnigke vignette by Minna Irvine, describing a Knight in golden mail and autumnal landscape.
Prof Willis L Moore and Prof Angelo Heliprin debunk sensational predictions of a 3 pm tidal wave at Atlantic City. They note volcanic eruptions in the Caribbean influence weather only negligibly and warn against gullible belief in bogus forecasts from unreliable sources.
Andrew J Sevehsor died of consumption at his home near Clearspring aged 63. The Kent Island to Sandy Palhs telephone cable was completed. Mia Maud Wenner died near Rockville of typhoid fever at 21. Edward Darby died in Baltimore and was buried in Clacksburg. Democrats show progress in Cecil county ballot recount. ongoing. Eliza Duckett died suddenly at a funeral in Forestville during services. Montgomery County Agricultural Society ordered a grand stand for Rockville Fair Grounds costing 8500 and seating 4200. A tournament and picnic at Clarkeville for the Lady's Catholic choir was disrupted by rain but a success. Western Maryland College scholarships awarded in Ostroll county to several named students. John Cassidy attempted suicide near Jessups, leaping between trains, with minor injuries. No clear motive known.
The article touts a new wireless usegraphy system predicting publication aboard ocean liners, claiming it rivals Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in effectiveness on land and sea. It urges travelers to carry a supply for seasickness and touts use for heartburn indigestion dyspepsia constipation and malaria for those on land.
The General Order lists 46 names for medals and certificates of merit for gallantry in the Spanish American and Chinese Wars and the Philippine insurrection. Sterling A. Galt of Taneytown, Carroll County, is named. Galt enlisted in North Dakota Volunteers and served in Spain, later joining the Thirty-sixth United States Veteran Volunteers in the Philippines as a scout. He was commended for bravery at Bamban, Luzon, November 9, 1899, with the Medal of Honor awarded February 7, 1922. About 70 Medals exist. A sale notice follows for a two acre parcel on Saturday August 30, 1902 at 10 o'clock.
A Panama Colombia physician Dr Chas B Hiller reported a sixteen year old girl severely weakened by dysentery. After ineffective treatments she recovered shockingly after Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Patient regained strength in a week and stood on her feet. Sold by A J Pearre.
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