Frederick City and County Rail Trade and Public Friction
A historical article argues the Washington Frederick and Gettysburg Railway should serve Frederick city and county without diverting local trade. It cites ex Secretary Cortelyou’s advice for frank public disclosures and notes that major railroads have benefited from transparent business practices.
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Rederick Railroad
Cobigiany Deren Daton
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Baltimore
Ee Lta
Frederick City
County
Washington, Frederick and
Gettysburg
Cortelyuu
National
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New ‘York
Cortelyou
Justine
Taft Urges Government Reform at New Haven Banquet
President Taft criticized lax government methods at the New Haven Chamber of Commerce banquet. He argued for more adult, businesslike administration and questioned the use of Ways and Means and Appropriation practices as excuses for extravagance.
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Taft
New Haven
Footnotes on House Budget and Economy Calls
The text argues for government to be run like a business, urging Congress to tighten expenses across departments. It notes departments have cut estimates and calls for gatekeeping and restraint to ensure responsible appropriation and executive oversight.
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Payne
Congress
Nomination Methods Debate Cited by Baltimore Press
The Baltimore Sun contrasts caucus decline with convention direct primary and petition methods. It notes Senate leaders resisting new anti- restraint regulation and reflects on Beaton's petition experience as a caution. The piece surveys party nominating practices and their susceptibility to boss influence.
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Crawford
Beaton
Baltimore Sun
Minutes of Merriness Jokes and quips from various papers
A collection of brief humorous snippets and misread captions from different newspapers. Nonsense lines reference topics from belle captions to mule jokes and a child’s school vacation. The passages resemble quick witticisms typical of a humor column.
Wickersham Rants on Prosecutions by Wealthy Offenders
The New York World notes Attorney General Wickersham warned against letting wealth or social standing influence criminal prosecutions. He stressed that crime must be pursued without regard to offender status, praising or critiquing his department's stance and suggesting retirement if he cannot maintain this principle.
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Mal Wickeubiam
New York
Winkermham
Pennsylvania Society
Mr. Wickersham
Sugar Trust
Thio Standard Oi! Company
Evening Post Hinta
Tony
S Wickersham
Moments With The Muse Tha Beils Of Yule
Fragmented verse and prose pieces mix in a dated page, mentioning Easter hills night wind and bells of Yule. The jumble references Hanzar Wiley and Toledo, with stray lines about memory, grace, and a broken end of life.
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Yule
Hanzar KR
Wiley
Sunad
Prohibition Debate Shapes Local Campaign Storm
In Saratoga County a heated campaign unfolds over the dry option amida conference setting. Candidates and supporters clash on licensing brewers and distillers as Prohibitionists push federal action while opponents push state and local measures.
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Hugéne
Crithetseil
Odi
Chall
Saratoga
Baittinier
ATOM
Halley’s Comet and its 18th Century prediction
The text recounts Halley’s work predicting the return of the comet in 1758 after linking its periodicity to earlier apparitions in 1637 and 1007. It notes his calculations showing Jupiter’s influence on velocity and an imagined, cautious prediction that the comet would reappear by year 1758, a forecast met with public expense debates.
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Hailey
Nelen
Talitaehy
Anorust
State News Briefs from Cavetown and Surrounding Areas
Obituaries and notices report the death of John Tumm a Cavetown fruit grower in Washington county and the sudden death of Mr George Biddle Elkton superintendent of Geerl county schools and Maryland Teachers Association president. Robert H. Smith of Baltimore elected vice president of Tome School for Boys board of trustees Thomas Minnick a Shady Side merchant injured in an incident Anne Arundel County notices reference arbitration amid threatened strikes and lockouts.
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John Tumm
Cavetown
Washington County
Robert H. Smith
Baltimore
Tome School
Thomas Minnick
Shady Side
Anne Attindel County
George Biddle
Geerl
County
Maryland Teachers’ Associaon
Elkton
J. Alby Henderson
Eidat
House of Deveraten
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Mayor and Board Session Set for Tonight at 7 30
Regular monthly meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to be held this evening at 7 30. Alfred Cooper, colored, committed to Montevideo Hospital for treatment by Justice Alfred Ritter. Constable Carter conveyed him there. News Want Ads report results.
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Will
Alfred Cooper
Wag
Montevyo
Alfred Ritter
Petterday
Carter
Martinsburg Special Election Extends Waterworks Bond Issue
Martinsburg voters approved issuing 40000 dollars in bonds to extend the city water system by a three fourths margin, with about 225 votes over the opposition. The measure also authorized a county tax of ten cents per one hundred dollars to fund a sinking fund for bond repayment. The vote was light but decisive.
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Martinsburg
Frederick Market Prices Corrected December 1
Market price list shows varying figures for grains hay and feeds. Wheat oats corn rye barley and flour are listed with prices per bushel or per ton, along with Timothy and Clover hay classes and seed prices. Cotton seed meal and potato seed rates are included with miscellaneous farm goods.
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BGC
Timothy
Baltimore Stock Market Roundup and Irish Home Rule News
The Baltimore stock market report lists prices and quotes for buyers up to noon with items like Cotton Duck and Seaboard lines among others. In Dublin the central Irish Nationalists approve Liberal support for the government and home rule for Ireland after Asquith's Albert Hall pledge.
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Cenceesee
Georgian& Alabama
Houston Oil
Glee, Roy
Vee OY Norf
Portamouth
Seaboard Air
Piefer
Albert Hall
Ireland
John Redmond
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South Fulton Street
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Middletown
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