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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
6
The Daily News announces subscription options with annual, semiannual, and monthly rates. Home delivery by carriers within the city is available, with mail delivery offered nationwide at set rates.
Fragmented excerpts discuss Eliot’s remarks on labor unions as a democratic counterbalance to concentrated capital. The synopsis portrays unions improving hours, sanitation, child labor rules, and wages, while criticizing restrictive apprenticeship, output limits, uniform wages, and strike violence. It reflects tensions over unionism, labor policy, and industrial democracy.
Fragmentary OCR passage cites a worker’s abandoned property right claim and a remark by Ontbeok about anti-labor sentiment. It suggests unions could gain strength if wealthy clubs heard such character-based arguments, reflecting early union rhetoric and national reach.
Maryland's Court of Appeales says men's wills deserve equal consideration to women's. The German Reichstag shows strain in sessions. The U.S. Senate and state governance discuss estate disputes and court settlement versus out-of-court divisions. The Republican agenda pushes gold standard settlement and elastic currency, with tariff and trust issues noted as unlikely to advance.
A collage of quips from various papers shows humorous exchanges and headlines. Notable snippets include a daughter resisting marriage, a mother seeking change, biblical advice misquoted, a homely scene of work and a wagon incident, and jokes about social invitations and a salt production note.
A New York World report on agriculture cites Secretary Wilson noting harsh figures for U S farming. It states six million farms cover nearly a billion acres providing for 40 million people, with an average farm of 146 acres valued about 3500 dollars and housing seven people. It discusses farm size trends, irrigation laws, and rising productivity. It also covers Senator Hale's views on tariff revision and the debate over free trade versus protectionism.
Master Wm J Cahill with his Angora goat herd at Hancock showcases the success of E P Cobitt’s Angora ranch. The 9 0 acre tract on Towoway Ridge cleared in two years using only $1.50 per acre for sapling removal, yielding 140 goats and a ready apple-planting site. Cahill, at 14, leads America’s youngest Angora herd with 5 flocks of ten does and a famed doe kid from Pasha Columbia sold for 1050. The image features Lady Bos, Cahill’s pet doe, with an 11 month fleece weighing four pounds at 75 cents a pound.
The speaker avoids admitting tariff revision while warning against alarming business interests. He defends current schedules, claims they are sound, and labels opposing views as mischievous from protectionists. He challenges Republican Visionists and asks how Maine senators will respond to the challenge.
A fragment from David Grananu ApEx in United Service Magazine recounts the Maryland Line’s courage at Long Island, Gowanus, Harlem, and the decisive charge against British forces. It honors the four hundred brave Maryland patriots who charged under Washington’s eye, embodying valor and devotion to country and flag.
The Garrett county district assessors report a $300,000 rise in taxable base to county commissioners. Chestertown plans raising the town tax from 30 to 36 cents to fund summer sprinkler operation. Kent and Queen Annes counties meet in Chestertown to discuss repairs to the Chester River bridge. Baltimore and Ohio completes rail line shift from Confluence toward Brook tunnel serving eastbound freight. The Anti-Balcony League victory in Montgomery County praised for enforcing the law. Judge Henderson urges prosecution of lax county officers.
Letters section laments corporate domination of streets and urges city fathers to limit company power. Also notes subscriber in Huck Finn stage engagement by Klaw and Erlanger at Baltimore Academy of Music with Mark Twain’s works adapted for three acts and five scenes set in St. Petersburg Missouri.
Lincoln J Carter presents The Darkest Hour a sensational comedy at City Opera House on Tuesday night December 9. The production boasts a strong story of cheap heart interest bright up to date comedy startling situations and unprecedented scenic and mechanical effects. German comedian Charles A Gardner leads the company.
On Monday next the December term of court will begin with very few cases marked for trial. It is expected to be a short term. George R. Henry, a brakeman, was run over and killed by a freight train at Briar Neck Crossing, one mile south of Elkton.
Special Correspondence from Paris dated November 25 1902 describes snowbound streets a brown fog and short days. The writer notes street deliveries by hand and horse drawn carts with high signs and ladders, crowded omnibuses and streetcars, and a somber mood with numerous funerals. He observes uniformed schoolchildren veiled nuns and public porters in blue shirts and sombrero style hats, and remarks on Parisian life from inside a window including weather hardships and the popularity of automobiles known as Teafteuf while noting the smell of naptha and gas.
A bustling market column lists Christmas eve preparations with eggs at 26 cents a dozen and butter 25 cents a pound. Poultry ranges from 25 to 80 cents per dressed item, fish prices, apples at 12 to 15 cents per half peck, cranberries 13 cents per quart, and a variety of vegetables, nuts, and baked goods priced per item or per dozen. The piece captures the seasonal fare and prices for a Sunday dinner and hints at a preholiday market mood.
The late Solomon Devilbiss died at his home near Walkeraville from heart disease at 76 years. He served on the Board of County Commissioners and was a respected Glade farmer. Funeral Monday at 11 at his home with interment at Glade cemetery. Also announced are obituaries for Mary Speak, Rachel Hammond, Samuel Wargell, and William Henry Byler with service and burial details at local churches and cemeteries.
Invitations issued for the marriage of Emma Holtz near Craigere to Jacob Abalt near Ridgetown with ceremony at City Hotel on Thursday December 11 in the morning and a reception for groom’s residents. Also notices for Lily Bast daughter of James and Mrs Bret of Howe Bottom and George W Culler son of Mr and Mrs Wm J Culler to be wed December 16 at 11 o’clock in the bride’s residence.
A New York visit by Gen. Bauchman and talks with Sen. Gorman and others sparked a public push for unity behind the Democratic presidential nominee. Bauchman argued the nation needs strong, united leadership despite factional tensions, while Gorman did not comment on the backing. The discussion emphasized rallying disparate Democratic factions toward the party’s top candidate.
A late night return led to discovery inside a wardrobe where an intimate friend crouched. A fight occurred. a physician attended the wounded man and a constable pursued the fugitive across the river toward West Virginia. A Hagerstown lawyer was summoned to the hiding place. The fugitive, a husband with children, will surrender.
A vaudeville program headlines the second City Opera House show on Thursday night December 11 featuring Hawkins. Acted pieces include Newell & Nibio as novelty instrumentalists, Maxwell and Dudley in A Singing Lesson, Beatrice Menot, Walloon Jackson, and performances by William Friend and Louiss Bryant with numerous popular song hits.
With the cold spell setting in, goldfish from the Court Park fountain were removed this morning. Each owner took their fish to winter quarters to protect them from the cold.
Advertisement notes the postponed sale of the Maseer property on West Fifth Street to December 20. Also includes help wanted notices for a cook and housework, a trusted farmhand, and a salesman position offered by Brown Bros Co in Rochester.
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