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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1901
Page
8
A garbled notice describes a fighter named Ware engaging in a bout against a foe described as a sparring partner. The fragment notes actions and fighting with emphasis on Ware’s leadership and combat behavior during the match.
A vivid portrait of Andrew Jackson’s youth and rise through peril and duel to become a formidable leader. It recalls Hanging Rock, the Dickinson duel, and the relentless defense of New Orleans, where Jackson’s ferocity and strategy culminated in victory on January 8.
A Baltimore and Ohio locomotive boiler explosion is recounted with witness detail and grim results. The blast occurred after a repair, killing the engineer and fireman, leaving wreckage and dense smoke. A second piece shifts to a humorous vignette about a practical wife and their wedding anniversary.
A Brooklyn real estate dealer says he is not revengeful but wanted his dog to have a fair show. He recounts driving to Mineola with his mastiff while farmers’ dogs chewed and mauled the dog, leaving a trail of howling, limping canines as he sought a chance for a proper contest. The tale ends with a note on social settlements worldwide.
A tale shows Sheridan trading a half crown for ducks, then a shift to Russia’s peasant wedding customs. The piece explains village festivity, bride sewing beforehand, groom’s generosity tested with coins, and the shared ceremony with ancient rites and celebrations.
A historical London account recounts dramatic falls and leaps from speeding trains. A mother on the underground loses a child to a funnel gap but a railway official rescues it with the crowd, while a pantomime star’s baby survives a window leap in a Wolverhampton tunnel. A criminal inmate once leaped from a sixty mile an hour train, vanishing with only血stains as evidence.
A crow adores a boastful fox then keeps her cheese and reveals she reads ancient fables. The tale ends with the moral that a literary education holds value, as reported by the New York Herald.
A barber and drunken operator clash in a chaotic scene as a customer seeks a shave. The drunk barber injures the patron with a dirty blade, leaving the reader with a grim, disorderly account of a failed grooming encounter and its brutal outcome.
The Gloucester sloop Klondike crew hunted swordfish thirty five miles southwest of Norman's Land. Auguste Sylvia, sent in a dory to reaim, was struck by a 500 pound swordfish which pierced the dory and tossed him overboard. He sank in oil skins and rubber boots and was not seen again. The swordfish broke its sword near its nose and was hauled aboard the Klondike.
Chicagoan B F Mohr was caught in a bear trap during a Idaho hunting trip arranged by his sister MecBroon. The trap closed hard but spared his leg just behind the ankle, a miracle praised by seasoned hunters. Three bears were trapped earlier for display before Mohr’s mishap near Cougar Point.
A playful exchange unfolds as Dudekins foists a conundrum on Frau Miss Fannie. She answers with a witty twist about having a man in them, leaving him to guess the clever moral of the riddle and his own misjudgment.
Letters from the People announces three general bills by the Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association. The measures target both salt and fresh waters and aim to ban fixed nets for five years, protect spawning fish, set size limits, and require fish ladders. Henry E. Racey invites interested citizens to request copies.
Mr Snell of Summer Basin New York feared stomach pains would ruin a party until a friend recommended Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He bought a bottle and reports being cured enough to enjoy the event. The ramets is sold by A. L. Pearre.
Byers bottle guaranteed Harper, sole by the Buffalo Restaurant, Frederick.
A journey to the Achinsk district reveals a vein rich in native gold visible in quartz walls with wirelike strands extending through the drift. Along Guadalupe’s coast vast iron sands yield about 67 percent iron and are described as virtually unlimited. Copper coating methods promise rust resistance, while Senator Clark of Montana backs a new electrolytic process to produce burst sheets and tubes at the mine mouth, saving about $100 per ton of refined copper.
David H. Hardesty of Allegheny Pennsylvania has devised a nonexplosive oil can. The vent and discharge spout connect at the can's lowest interior point so flames cannot reach gases before passing through oil, and the vent is located far from the domes reducing ignition risk even when the can is nearly empty.
A Belgian royal observatory presents varied calculations by mathematicians and physicists on atmospheric depth. Estimates range from 40 miles to over 216 miles, with Ball citing meteors seen above 200 miles and supporting Ritter’s higher figure as most correct.
Professor Birkeland of the University of Christiania argues the aurora borealis results from cathode rays shed by sap rising from the upper air. He cites numerous experiments and claims to have created an artificial aurora indistinguishable from a natural one.
A Marseille firm manufactures Vegetaline a new product from cocoanut that resembles butter in fatty nature but is harder and whiter. It is designed for bakery and confectionery uses and obtained by refining the dried cocoanut off extract.
Charley Baskerville reports the discovery of a new element named carolinium in thorium by the North Carolina section of the American Chemical Society. The element’s specific gravity is given as 9.4 to 10.4.
In dialogue from the Chicaso Post a woman tells George she cannot be his, citing fate and a prosaic outcome. He protests and asks how, but she explains Papa approves and S&S offers a safe match, leaving no room for elopement or romance.
A photographer notes a humorous cartoon caption about Afghanistan's ameer being a stutterer. A stranger in the story reacts angrily, calling the remark insulting as the newspaper caricature appears. The piece reflects early 20th century newspaper humor and public sensitivities.
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