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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
6
The piece urges more investigations and mentions Governor Crothers. It notes Frederick’s continued building, Hot Springs Republicans seeking recognition, and indictments of alleged leaders in a Springfield riot. The State’s attorney calls for punishment to deter future riots and restore civic pride.
A New York society woman donates mounted birds of Paradise to the American Museum of Natural History to spotlight their rapid extinction from plumage hunting. A placard explains the threat and calls for legislation to curb the demand for ornamental plumage. England has already restricted imports of certain plumage, signaling broader efforts to save diverse bird species.
The piece cites editorials from the Baltimore Sun Cumberland Times and Baltimore American commenting on political and racial tensions in the South and North. It notes calls to end disorder and warns against violence while referencing Booker T. Washington as a credible authority on racial progress.
A Philadelphia Inquirer item describes a giant wild wheat head found in Alaska sprouting into vast yields, suggesting 224 bushels per acre and potential world impact. It discusses bread prices, famine fears, and shifts in rice and appetite worldwide.
A collage of old poem stanzas and stray lines reflecting nostalgia and youthful love. The text weaves musings on golden days, distant isles, and cleaving to youth, with garbled end notes and a disjointed ad fragment marring readability.
A lively Frederick weekly column covers a week of summer leisure and civic notes. It highlights fairs, picnics, canning for the Navy, moving pictures, dances, church services, and upcoming excursions, with references to towns like Braddock and Mountaindale, and events at the Opera House and local banks.
News notes preview a busy weekend with a Montgomery county cattle show at Rockville, Middletown hosts a grand picnic, an opera house pony racing event, Braddock Heights Mannerchoir concert, and a City Hospital benefit play. A playful line invites attendance at the Middletown picnic on Saturday.
A Pearce and Sebeek moving picture shows at City Opera House screens A Runaway Mother-in-law. The old mother-in-law wheels a cart downhill into a nursemaid, a delivery wagon, a garden table, crowds, and even a river splash before bystanders rescue her.
A motor car with a trailer left Myersville at 12 30 clcok and jumped the track about 1 pm on the Frederick Inter-Urban Railway between Middletown and Myersville. Mrs Etsboo wife of Rev Stan ton and Mrs Dawson Flook of Myersville and a young lady passenger were injured though not seriously. The wreck halted the train for 600 feet, with reports of two deaths later disputed by officials. Investigations continued at the scene.
Mr Wm Hoon started a frame dwelling on West Fifth Street. Kemp and Ja are erecting brick houses on South Market Street. Mrs Peter Baer fell at home on South Market, bruising her face. Charles W Dugan and Frank Kieenhauer hunted and bagged seven plovers yesterday evening. Mrs George Banders residence on South Market is being renewed by a crew under Michael Kennedy.
The funerals were held for Mrs Elien Butler at panary whro with Rev M G Lee officiating and interment at Greenmount cemetery. Pallbearers included Lee Whiting Elijah Davis and others. Thomas P Rios served as funeral director. A second funeral for Mrs Georgedhna Rideout occurred at St Johns Catholic church with Mass sung by Rev Fr W J Kane and interment at St Johns cemetery. Pallbearers listed as Marlin Swann John Hill James Miunner and John Brunner. Thomas P Rice was funeral director.
A well attended Republican County Central Committee meeting at the courthouse re elected officers Geo R Dennis chairman Harry Z Chapline virginity man C G Ausherman secretary Melvin A Biser treasurer and discussed plans for an active campaign.
J B Yeakle superintendent of fire alarm telegraph in Baltimore formerly of Frederick was elected president of the International Association of Municipal Electricians at the closing session of the group’s Detroit convention He had served as vice president in the previous year representing Baltimore at the event.
The City Opera House presents the popular play Human Hearts on Friday August 28. The plot centers on Tom Logan accused of murder and imprisoned for life, his wife Jeannette who runs away to New York, returns seeking their child Grace, and a governor’s pardon frees Tom after Jeannette dies. Tom remarries Ruth Larkins as adversity lifts.
Edward B. Henry of Chicam writes that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy helped his chronic diarrhoea after an introduction from the General Superintendent. The testimonial notes his service with Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley in the 23rd Ohio Regiment and mentions the remedy being sold at Modern Pharmacy.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine and references painters and a modern pharmacy. Readable names include Thea Painters and Wal Peatre. other terms appear garbled.
Mr D C Walker of Taweon hosted ex Senator James J Lindsay and Messrs Frank I Wheeler and John Perking on an automobile tour to the Blue Ridge Mountains this week. They visited Frederick and Hagerstown, South Mountain, Sugar Loaf and Braddock Heights and were entertained by Frederick County farmers at a grove along the Monocacy river on Thursday afternoon.
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