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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1900
Page
1
A collage of brief notes: a Boston liquor-law debate over a late-night closing, a tale of Mrs. Sarah Russell aging toward 106 with laughter as a lifeline, and a reflection on English and American authors’ popularity. The piece also mentions Senate itemized purchases from mahogany to quinine, humorously detailing varied goods.
Two signals suggest major shifts in public schooling. Baltimore meeting discussions favored consolidated graded schools and rural holds for cost efficiency. Harford county explores municipal training at Havre de Grace High School after inspector visits Easton, citing favorable results and manageable costs.
A county report notes existing funds and revised aims for Harford High School. The text describes a balance used for staffing and equipment, with proposed changes to introduce effects to Harford County and a rapid, positive response from the public.
A collection of brief excerpts from Maryland newspapers comments on current events. The Baltimore Herald questions Boer annexation recognition, while the Baltimore American mentions Drac in the Castellane collection. The Carroll Record reports on Jesse F. Dixon’s sentence for a crime and notes mercy by the jury. The Baltimore News praises highway division efforts to educate and spur county road improvements with model road sections.
Jumbled dialogue snippets reveal humor about engagements marriages and domestic life. A servant reports on a mistress privacy a wife questions a surprise engagement and a sly joke about tact. The lines show early newspaper humor and social foibles via brief exchanges and whipsmart retorts.
From the New York Mail and Express the piece condemns Governor Pingree for pardoning two state troops generals convicted of malfeasance in the Spanish War. It labels the acts as dishonorable and treasonous, noting their Republican ties and party expulsion. The column denounces New York City spending as extravagant and cites comparative government costs.
An old verse piece laments endless talk and urges silent study as Arthur L. Satay narrates A Christmas Story. Two white figures in a parsery watch stockings, imagining Grandpapa via chimney, until two intruders claim gifts, moonlight fading as childlike zeal meets holiday whimsy.
A county teachers series argues that public school pay drives teachers away seeking livings elsewhere. The article notes overcrowded classes and multiple grades, urging higher salaries to retain experienced staff and reduce turnover. It questions why teachers must supplement income during vacations and calls for pay comparable to neighboring states.
A humorous column notes that every girl longs for a kiss against her will and jokes about women's attempts to outmaneuver men. It mocks hairpin styling and proposes that men misperceive their own sizes, delivering a playful social sketch.
Rapid smallpox spread is noted in the lower Prince George's area among colored residents with ten new cases at Jerry Herey's farm near Leeland Station and two at Rev. Turner’s property. White residents push for mass vaccination though health officials have not yet enacted it, and quarantine enforcement remains difficult.
A man about 30 with dark curly hair and light mustache, neatly dressed, was killed Friday night when a passenger train passed Weverton. An envelope addressed to George A. Harin of Washington DC was found in his pocket. The body was sent to Americans?stown.
A fragmentary advertisement piece discusses satisfying customers through timely ads and ongoing value. It notes The News as a medium for reaching readers and mentions a 25 pound carp caught by Messrs George A Paisley and Clarence Hetta on the Monocacy. It also roams into job ads with a line about cheap want ads.
The wedding for Rev Robey Day and Miss Vivian Walker of Browningside is announced for Wednesday.
A man named Green was struck and seriously injured after a walk from one freight car to another. He was taken to the depot where doctors diagnosed severe injuries to the head and body. Green recovered somewhat and was returned home later that day.
A severe gale in Allegany county Saturday night blew down the brick walls of a Maryland Automobile Manufacturing Company building in progress by John W. George of Cumberland. The structure measured 80 by 70 feet, one story high with eight inch walls. only patches remain. Loss covered by a tornado policy with Fall Insurance Company, likely the first in the county.
After term end, Carroll County Circuit Court sent two inmates to the penitentiary and three to the House of Correction. The jail now houses no prisoners, a two month summer drift noted in a county with over ten thousand residents. Also, Mormon elders will hold a semi annual conference in Cumberland on December 16, attracting regional attendance, amid growing church influence in Allegany and neighboring counties. Local wine tasting finds amateur producers achieve qualities of good wine in three samples sent by J Daniel Chromins.
Mr and Mrs Edward Derr Shiriner of Ceresville invite guests to their tenth wedding anniversary at Ceres Villa on Monday evening December 17. Pay car of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company arrived in Frederick at noon and employees received November pay.
In the Dispens Court for Frederick County awaiting action on the Report of Sales filed November 1900. On December 13, 1900, the court will hear the motion to ratify the Real Estate sale report by Glenn H. Worthington Trustee, unless objections are shown by December 10, with publication in Frederick County papers for three successive weeks.
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