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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1910
Page
4
Sadhiens mourn the death of Mr. Charles Shell Howard after more than twenty six years with the paper. He was a respected businessman in furnishings and printing, known for kindness and reliability. A devoted Mason, he was loved by many as a Southern gentleman and friend.
Fragmentary notes reference William Goddard and editor roles in the Pennsylvania Chronicle and Maryland Journal and Advertiser. The damaged text mentions an American facsimile journal, volume 1, and an advertisement implying local interest in a town event dating from August 1778.
A fragment from a Maryland Journal style meditation on life and mortality contrasts with calls for better public roads to aid farming and education. The piece argues religion and schooling are society’s engines, highlights compulsory education, and suggests open-air schools for urban weaklings, while noting an Omaha inventor’s jaw-powered sewing and churn attachment.
A fragmentary report notes Col John Jacob Astor on board a Bar Harbor yacht and references his death. It contrasts the wealth of the Astor family with a pauper’s death at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
A string of brief notes from Baltimore papers covers Taft and state affairs, English use vs Esperanto, Maryland National Guard funding, local advertising quirks, congressional nomination debates, and public health cautions about contaminated water and milk to prevent a dread disease.
A mosaic of cartoonish squibs and quips notes Hank Stubbs on ambition and procession, a Parvenu lad mocked for study, and a jaunt in a midnight room. A fare-dropper loses a dollar on the car platform while a reformer is mocked by a farmer over local mud hole conditions and mortgage relief from hauling cars.
A playful verse about meeting at the ball park to cheer the players and enjoy a carefree afternoon. The piece blends songlike lines about cheering, fashion, and being part of the crowd with a brief testimonial note praising King’s New Life Pills for health, attributed to W. J. Bends of Coal City Alabama and a local pharmacy.
Officials of the Frederick Railroad Company and the Hagerstown Railway Company agreed on extensive additions and improvements including electrifying the Charmont division, extending Fifth Street loop to the fair grounds, and constructing a power plant jointly to serve both roads. Land purchase from Mr. Henry Trust was approved to enclose the loop around the air grounds. The plan calls for morning and evening loop operations linking Fifth Street, Patrick Street, Market Street, and East Wirth Street, with livestock and machinery displayed at the grounds. A power plant location was tentatively set for Antietam or Mynocley, with final plans to be submitted within a week.
The funerals were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock for James Williame a colored man from 163 West All Saints street conducted by Rev J Valentine with pallbearers Martha Bainbridge father Brown William Cash Geo E Carpenter and William H Woodward. Interment followed at Greenmount Cemetery. Thomas P Rice was the funeral director. A second funeral for Cavalyn Lourae Hoffman occurred Sunday afternoon at 2 from the Hoffmans home Harmony Grove with services by Rev M A Gas U. Pallbearers Rebecca and Mildred Gillinger Mary Eaton Thomas and Helen Dutrow attended Mt Olivet Cemetery. F Schroeder was the funeral director.
The Forest Grove Combinations defeated the Doubs All Star 10 to 6 on their ground despite poor field conditions. Talbot allowed 10 hits as Fisher pitched well for the visitors, while Adamatown players contributed to the winning lineup from outfield and infield positions.
Stock summaries from Motter Bros & Co track latest sales through noon. Listings include cotton products, railroad and electric company shares with figures for consols and preferreds, United Ry securities, Western Maryland notes, and regional gas and oil issues amid a broad market snapshot.
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