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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
6
The issue discusses Lipton and press notices, then shifts to a Philadelphia experiment on work willingness. It contrasts farmwork availability with idlers, and reports Missouri and Georgia state investigations into legislative corruption, grand juries in Missouri, and anti bribery concerns. The piece highlights public demand for integrity and warns against lobbyist influence.
Contemporary comment notes Maryland's exhibit at the St Louis Exposition is gaining attention. The piece suggests the greeter Stabe is becoming prominent, with rapid yet steady progress observed by critics.
A Kentucky candidate for the legislature says he would not give a stick of candy for a vote. Kentucky voters are not addicted to the candy habit any way. The Onunderland Times notes college boys harvest work and girls in kitchens while public works progress eases Maryland canal bridge issues.
A compact collage of quips and repartee from old papers. Cartoonish banter covers drinking bets underwater feats and election expense zingers. Names include Reuber Hig De Whiskers and Senator Lotiman in a playful, era voice.
An editorial piece from the Kansas City Journal argues that doubt signals intellectual vigor and portends progress in science, politics, and religion. It claims skepticism drives discovery, comparing it to a necessary, constructive phase endured by all strong minds before embracing new ideas.
Fragmented verse fragment speaks of a muse, a fluttering air, blush and charm, a wooed hour ataster and rose, while defiant life and awakened sense resist the band of touch. The poem hints at a night’s charm and a morrow’s gaze.
A summary page notes a new moon today and picnic weather in the woods. It jokes about the gift of gab, a bumper chestnut crop, pricey parlor vs kitchen scenery at weddings, and an Axz excursion from the city to Washington and Baltimore tomorrow via the B and Q Railroad, with trains at 7:45 and 10:00. The Republican Club meets at Dixon Bros store rooms, with good attendance and new members welcomed.
Harley Smith son of William L. Smith of this city threw a large stone Thursday evening across the street at another bay breaking the large plate glass window in the Frederick Gas Company's office on South Market street. The stone shattered into three pieces.
Mr. William Hargett is confined to his house at 142 East Patrick Street with typhoid fever. Mrs. William F. Schmidt, previously seriously ill at her home for two weeks, is much improved.
Today price data lists corn at 2.75 per shelled bushel, 53 cents per pashel, wheat No 2 red at 7.43 per shemmer with 70 per bunkel, data at 40 cents per cashel, and hay at 18.90 to 20 per ton.
A terse notice urges finding a buyer for unwanted items by placing an advertisement. It hints at a brokered sale and cash value but lacks concrete details or names. The fragmentary text suggests a simple transactional approach without identifying parties or locations.
Special correspondence from Glascow Scotland June 18 1908 praises Glasgow as a modern commercial hub on the Clyde with notable civic buildings and a famed life boat service day. The writer imagines European souvenir cards, artful ruins at Braddock Heights and notes future London travel while detailing local curiosity about hotels and sites.
The writer observes American goods making inroads into European markets, noting merchants’ frantic efforts to attract demand. Baedeker’s travel guides are praised, with Frederick Maryland highlighted for its historical associations and Key’s burial site. The piece thanks readers for perusing the letters and notes correspondence.
Two confidence men in Denton Maryland on Thursday robbed Farmer John H Bullock of 1500 at a hotel then escaped before being caught. They claimed the crime occurred in Delaware and later surrendered 1300 of Bullock’s money plus paid a 100 reward to Constable Hughes. The pair had large sums of cash and four packs of 4000 each, and paid the reward in gold. Bullock’s son recovered the money at Canton after a noon trip. The men had lingered near Harrington Delaware prior to the incident.
A reader proposes to the Frederick Historical Society the creation of a local history museum in Frederick with nominal admission. Suggestions include collecting artifacts from notable Frederick figures and inviting living neighbors for exhibits. Other items mention church benches moved to a hall, and a new Bethany Lathsran church project and property purchases by Delaware Tribs No. 43 I.O.O.M. and R.E. Wenner.
Special correspondence from Lux News reports improvements at Braddock Springs with a larger platform and railings. Notables at Catalpia Easton Md Rev L B Baldwin and Mrs Baldwin, plus guests from Washington D C Frederick and Baltimore. A busy carnival and moonlight events at the colony with dances, dinners, and a large crowd on the August picnic night.
A sprawling set of notes reports Charles Busby’s accidental death in Iowa, B Frank Coulbourn’s death in Salisbury, Dorchester county politics with James Higgins seeking Democratic nomination for State’s attorney, a Western land-buying party eyeing Kent county, J Groome Steele named teller at Chesapeake City National Bank, and the Maryland Deaf convention adjournment. Also listed are John Eston’s suicide in Delaware, investigation into primary election fraud linked to Congressman Mudd supporters, sale of “Farm Content” near Avondale, a 152 acre parcel sold for 903d to Joseph F. Hering, the New Jersey monument shaft for Antietam to be erected at the battlefield, an I M C A tennis match on the schedule, and a garbled ad-like line about constipation remedies.
Nancy Rose, lighthouse keeper at Stony Point New York, will retire after forty seven years tending the two beacon lights and fog bell. Her son, who is river town supervisor, would not continue the duty. The family to move to a cottage downslope as the lighthouse and hilltop cottage age. the keeper’s duties include recording weather, lamp timings, fuel, and supplies.
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