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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
2
A popular comedy tour titled The Tavellie Salesmen arrives Monday December 13 at City Doors House. James Forbes promises a lively performance with natural, plausible situations to elicit laughter from the audience.
Review notes a sentimental, humorous portrait of Forbes as the traveling salesman character, with Bob Blake cast as the jovial rescuer of a young woman seeking property, aiming for audience affection and laughs. Cast includes Rosalind Gaghlad, Maurice Hackett, Barret, Sheldon, Dale Baker, and others across New York, Boston, Chicago tour.
A historical account describes hunters using automobiles and rubber tubes to flush coyotes from dens and drive rabbits to a cannery, detailing wagon drives with wire nets and conjoined blinds. It notes evolving sportsmen plans to shoot ducks from autos and follow flocks across ponds for quick bagging.
Henry P. Bowie of Burtingame California receives the Order of the Rising Sun fourth degree after adopting oriental dress. The club member, noted for riding trousers and frock at society events, embraces the more comfortable Japanese attire and decor changes reflect the shift.
The Illinois Farmers Hall of Fame at the University of Illinois Urbana will dedicate a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick on Dec 16, with James Wilson and several governors attending. Miss Muriel McCormick will unveil, as flags and names highlight McCormick and other pioneers like James N. Brown Isaac Funk and Jonathan S Tener while officials discuss the impact of the Reaper and the land grant system.
Rev Dr Oscar Haywood of New York argues J D Rockefeller should fund a religious reconciliation instead of giving money. He says Rockefeller’s 100 word contribution could quiet sectarian rifts, promote brotherhood, and counter elitist wealth with faith focused scholarship.
A humorously chaotic dining room is unsettled by a new boarder who is fat, sentimental, and prone to confidences. She spurs awkward whispering as neighbors endure her gush of verse and chatter, while one neighbor resists with sharp wit about Wordsworth and poetry.
Washington health officer Dr. Wittham C. Woodward condemns the practice of waving handkerchiefs to football players as a potential spreader of contagious diseases. He cites tuberculosis, diphtheria and leprosy risk and urges suppression of farewell handkerchief waving except by those leaving to avoid contagion.
Fragmented OCR text portrays a quarrel over rights and protection with mentions of a goddess, higher law, and foreign harm. It references Europe, Monroe, and a struggle involving an elder brother as a guardian, amid garbled lines and stray names. The piece reads like a wartime polemic or dramatic speech with unclear, damaged context.
The passage explains how dust particles lift and feed hailstones and snow crystals. It describes hailstones forming in high cirrus clouds, growing as they collect particles, then falling to earth like diamonds in the sun. It ends with a moral about advertising.
The advertisement touts J A Williamson store in Frederick as trustworthy and honest promoting Rexall Remedies. It emphasizes Rexall Dyspepsin Tablets for stomach issues priced 25 cents to $1.00, claims a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee, and urges people to investigate and buy Rexall products locally.
The author James B. Connolly, known for biased stories and ties to Democratic circles, faces opposition in Massachusetts. The feature notes Connolly’s connections to former officials and mentions Roosevelt era influence as part of the political background.
The speaker praises James Connolly of Boston as a model for Theodore junior, citing Connolly’s Olympian Games success, whaling voyages, fishing, and military service. The message highlights Connolly’s strength, agility, perseverance, outdoor healthful life, and clean character as Roosevelt’s chosen pattern for the boy.
Chicago Irish Americans plan the Emmet Memorial building on Ogden avenue at Taylor and Leavitt streets under Ancient Order of Hibernians Chicago Cook county. Officers include William J. Doherty president John Foley secretary R M Dore treasurer Thomas Moriarty Michael Larney. Bonds totaling 35000 will fund the project with banking finance. ground breaking at earliest opportunity. Auditorium main floor 700 capacity. second and third floor halls seating 180 200 and 350 respectively. Ground owned by Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Fragmentary lines describe misery from backache and bladder discomfort. The text mentions Pape's Diuretic as a purported remedy, claimed to restore order to kidneys and bladder and reduce rheumatic twinges. It reads like an old advertisement touting a druggist supply and a universal cure.
Extracts recount a meal where horseflesh was served to officers after beef ran short, with one diner realizing the mix late as others ate beef. The text shifts to industrial hygiene, noting needle factory dust and the adoption of magnetized steel masks to protect workers from inhaling metal particles.
A mangled London Scraps fragment describes a shrimp vender and a weary day with money scarce. A passerby shouts at the door while the street scene hints at unexpected company and a terse response about a baby or visitor.
A reader from Frederick Maryland shares a testimonial extolling Doan’s Kidney Pills for backache and rheumatic joint pain caused by disordered kidneys. The letter credits relief to the product after years of ineffective treatments and urges buyers to remember the name. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY, sole agents.
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