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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1902
Page
4
The Daily News offers mailing and carrier delivery details for Frederick Maryland. Subscriptions are 80 cents per month or 1.00 for four months with advance payment. The Weekly News is mailed or carrier delivered at 1.00 per year with clubs encouraged. Address all letters and telegrams to The News.
A late sumner column surveys Angora goats as a useful but not universal addition to farms. Farmers in Barbour County and western states report brush clearing and shelter benefits, with high price as a barrier. A Wool Markets writer notes Oregon Washington and California districts finding success where forage is ample, signaling a lasting shift toward these goats.
A quirky note predicts rising fame for an animal and its vanison flavored dishes as the American public grows to value the small creature. It suggests these products will become savory staples across the land.
Contemporary commentary notes public ownership debates in Maryland. It cites William Pinkney Whyte’s 78th birthday and praises his career. The piece highlights Southern Maryland’s improving rail prospects, including a new Washington Seaboard and Norfolk Railway mortgage of 1.5 million to connect points from Point Lookout to Hyattsville, risking whether the project will materialize but hoping for broader prosperity through reduced inaccessibility.
A fragmented humor filled excerpt from a Cumberland Daily News feature notes playful quips and misheard dialogue. It references a foolish merchant’s mirror display scheme and a brief life update from a boss named Johnnie who will be absent after his aunt’s death.
The Philadelphia Ledger essay argues that postwar peace will redirect military skill to civilian growth in South Africa and the Philippines. It highlights veterans who helped build railroads, bridges, and waterways, noting figures like McClellan and Meade. War lessons fuel science, engineering, and agriculture, with former soldiers leading future infrastructure.
Poetic reminiscence by E Kiser in the Chicago Record Herald, contrasting childhood equality with later social differences. A mock dialogue on who bears burdens, noting that while all are born equal, some shoulder heavier loads as they grow.
Account of Thomas Sim Lee and Mary Diggs, their 1771 elopement and marriage at Melwood Park, Lee's rise to Governor of Maryland, and the Readwood Forest estate. Includes family background, Lea lineage, and the fate of Melwood Park and Needwood Forest.
A Panama physician recounts a dramatic rescue of a young woman in crisis from severe colic. He notes that after failing remedies, Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy aided rapid recovery, with the patient improving within hours and fully well in a week.
A Baltimore inventor, Dr Gary, proposes a nerve stimulation device using compressed air and glass cups to massage the optic nerve. A blind Harlem Race Track owner, Mr Condon, reports rapid improvement after twenty one daily treatments, saying vision returned from total blindness to notable clarity.
Mrs Addie Looblire and Miss Margaret Myers of Baltimore host C W Loy and family visiting relatives. William Troxell and daughter Mattiz from Newcack visit sister Mrs Mary M. Marian of Te diesburg spends days with cousins Frank Zimmer. Desio Putman of Lewistown visits near Tan with Norah Loy. May Meskell visits Dennis Maskell family in Graceham. C W Loy and sister Mrs Jeremiah Martin spend Monday with relatives in Frederick. Joshua Graber, Western Maryland brakeman, at home with a smashed foot. Park Mills residents Jessis Fant from Green Valley returns from Pennsylvania trip. Minnie Michislis attends camp at Washington Grove. S and W Plummer of Lame Hill spend Sunday with her parents. Mrs Nichols and Virginia son return home after summer with Bir J P Perreil at Flint Hill. Minnis Martin of Baltimore visits father. George N P Dizon visits Washington D C family of J S Grizon. Protracted meeting begins at Flint Hill with large crowd. William L Botier of Backeys town visits parents Sunday. J D Mobley and Baltimore family spend days with local friends. Oscar Leaman of Washington D C visits brother J B Leaman. Bay Forew noted in Tex Hews.
Local report notes Wisharda's grocery store at Hagerstown was gutted by fire. Other items mention new corporate filings in Cumberland, a death in Talbot county, a fatal attack near Orangeville, and plans for a Denton bank. Also referenced are weathered ads and a grand excursion listing Tolchester Beach departures.
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