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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
6
The Frederick News records indicate subscription notice details from The Daily News, an independent paper published by Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company. Led by R E Byrely and C Will Foot with Geo Sirley as secretary treasurer, the notice lists subscriber guidance and mailing directions.
The piece praises the United States for its feats in invention from the first patent to the one millionth and envisions future wonders. It notes innovations like telephones, electric lighting, and air travel, and cites Miss Marie Diehl's memorial fountain as a tribute to virtue and progress.
Community urged to cultivate kindness toward all and press for uniform fire plug connections in Frederick. Efforts aim to speed hose attachments during fires, warning that current practice risks costly delays. A stray fragment mentions a farmer with a potato crop trading elsewhere.
The Charleston News and Courier weighs the idea of popular government versus representative systems. It warns that a pure majority rule risks denying justice to the minority and notes that today’s minority may be tomorrow’s majority. The piece cautions against treating majority passion as sound policy.
A New York agent cites census data showing at least 300000 cars produced in ten years and a robust market. Prices span from 485 to 1200 for standard models, with luxury touring cars and limousines reaching up to 10000, while demand remains strong and production shifts to better designs.
A Baltimore Star column laments the furnace of campaign rhetoric and the danger of untruths in elections. It warns against personal smears and calls for sober debate as leaders face scrutiny and backlash.
Snippets from late 19th century papers stitch together a comic mosaic of social manners. A photographer, a sitter, and a dealer debate expression and signatures while domestic life and servants supply biting ironies about progress and price.
A whimsical verse explores summer bliss and winter longing with playful miswordings and seasonal contrasts. The narrator laments heat while imagining icy joys, referencing frost, blankets, and festive imagery as a dated, humorous monologue attributed to A. Salferan Mann in the New York Times.
Local items from the Columna of Tur Nins Auansé 18, 1891 note Carroll street wagon wheat trade with Shan Corn quotes 1 cent. Frederick Erdenbrecht, a nailer at Riggs Brothers Rocky Ridge, killed by a falling log to be used in a dam across The Mulivities. President Eisenhawer of the Board of Aldermen will introduce an ordinance to keep electric lights burning nightly for the year. Public schools in Frederick city and county and high schools at Frederick and Middletown set to reopen September 1.
Contractors resume work at the reservoir after delays awaiting valve and pipe pieces from Troy N Y Both items reportedly slipped a week or more but are now en route Work continues on Creek dam backfilling and water diversion Plans for the dam not ready Engineer Beatrdmann pending decisions favor a stone dam for water proofing Cement may seal the dam. contractor Roy may be given the job.
In Chicago trading, May Wheat shows a weak tone with tentative quotes around 1003, September Wheat steady at 9nt, December Wheat hovering near Hesy Mer. September Corn, October or December futures listed with implied turns. broadly mixed grain board as traders weigh supply and demand signals.
New York stocks today are quoted by Motter Bros. and Co. with prices listed for leading issues. Market activity appears steady as traders weigh industrials rails and utilities amid mixed earnings reports.
Motter Bros. & Co bankers and brokers report noon prices for a wide range of securities. Listings include Anacostia & Polvac 6s, Chicago Railway 5s, Fairmont Coal, Georgia Alabama 5s, Houston Oil Com preferred, North & Portsmouth 5s, Seaboard lines, United Rys securities, Western Maryland 1st 4s, and Mercantile Trust among others. The note ends with advertising exhortation to advertise.
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