Daily News readers face end of year notices and brief notes
The issue presents an assortment of old format notices and editorial asides from Frederick Maryland dated December 21, 1901. It references subscription details for The Daily News and The Weekly News, cabinet resignations, Christmas plans, political picks, extreme winter temperatures near Lake Superior, prior naval credits, vaccination debates, and public health comments from Philadelphia. It notes General Sampson, the Roosevelts, and smallpox vaccination opinions.
People demand justice for Admiral Schley in Navy row
The New York Times argues that Secretary Long should not hurry endorsement of the court findings. It contends that the final judgment rests with the people, not with secret proceedings, and that public indignation should not be appeased by agreed inaction. The piece notes witnesses and Sail officers’ testimonies support Schley’s case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schley
New York Times
Admiral Schley
Secretary Long
Court of Inquiry
Sampson-Schley
Wimes
Navy Department
Times
United States
Altogather
Senate
House
Ocoark
Secretary of the Navy
Sampson
Dewey
Naval Establishment
Baltimore
Amari
OBR
Debate Over Schley Credibility Deepens in Navy Controversy
The Times laments ongoing discredit of the Navy over Schley, urging an end to pernicious arbitration and a fair conclusion to defend a brave officer against unjust charges. The public blames the source of discredit and seeks closure to prevent further harm to the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schley
the Times
Disj
Sno
Just Nation
Contempory Comment From Historic Newspapers Echoes Debate
Fragmented excerpts show editorial voices from Baltimore American and Annapolis Capital attacking naval, political, and legislative issues. References to Admiral Dewey, Admiral Schley, and internal Navy affairs clash with Maryland state House leadership and Speakership dynamics in Anne Arundel County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Arundel
Senate
Anne Azuadel
United States
Anne Arandel
James RR. Brasheare
Annapolis Capital
Minutes of Merriness and Drolleries in Local Papers
A collage of brief humor and dialogue from 19th/early 20th century papers. Jests include a royal page joke at court, a child contemplating death and independence, and wry exchanges about marriage and wealth. Prominent quips from the Philadelphia Press Indianapolis News Brooklyn Eagle Gasholic Standard Chicago Record appear in compact snippets.
Rise in land values and farm prosperity observed
The Florida Times-Union notes rising farm prices with North farms selling 25 to 50 percent higher than five years ago. Returns from farming improve as land becomes a safer investment and productive land is seen as limited. The piece discusses shifts in East versus West agricultural dynamics and growing population pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Times-Union
Farmers and wives seek aid as machines transform farms
The Booth has her own farm Isbor, calm and content, but she has much to gain yet in mechanizing her farms. Land values are likely to rise swiftly in the South, possibly faster than elsewhere in the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sande
Booth
South
Union
Moments With The Muse On Sandy Claws Poem
A playful Christmas verse imagines a child’s wishful kinship with Sandy Claws as a benevolent father figure. The poem humorousely contemplates reindeer, the North Pole, and magical gifts, ending with the bittersweet realization that Sandy Claws is not real.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Olaws
Sandy Olawa
Beaten After Years Hopkins Loses East Fishkill Justice Seat
Benjamin Hopkins, lifelong Democrat and 50 year justice of the peace in East Fishkill New York, loses to Lisonard V. Pierce by 29 votes after decades of unopposed majorities. Despite calls to step aside, Hopkins vows to defend the post until Pierce is sworn in, ending his long tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Hopkins
Joatice Hopkins
East Fishkill
N.Y
Democrate
Lisonard V. Pierce
Hopkins
Beess
Pierce
Ming
Pierca
Bin goutsburg Railroad declares 2 percent dividend
The Board of Directors met on Wednesday and declared a two percent dividend on the company's capital stock. Payment begins Monday January 6, 1902. The new management has built several iron bridges, laid new steel rails, and completed trestle fill near Tom's Creek bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingoutsburg Railroad Company
Tom's Creek Bridge
Shortest Day Highlights Sunlight and Winter Solstice
The almanac marks today as the shortest day of the year with 9 hours 21 minutes of sunshine. Sunrise at 7:24, sunset at 4:45, and the day is noted as the first day of winter with the sun entering Capricorn as winter begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almanac
Theann
Capricorn
Submarine Cable and Bitters Claim Historic Roles
A vintage note links the first submarine cable laid across the English Channel to the 19th century introduction of Hostetter s Stomach Bitters. The ad claims the Bitters served as a key family medicine then and now remains the reliable remedy for indigestion nervousness insomnia and related ailments, urging readers to try it for health and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
Hostetters
Christmas Festival at Free Kindergarten Brightens Season
Readable report of a Christmas program at the Free Kindergarten with twenty five children, prayers, songs, and gifts for parents. Announced school entertainments at the Syuth Street Annex and Male High School with numerous recitations, songs, and plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhauer
Frea
Syuth Street Annex School
Annex School
West Southstreet
Wiener
Grabill
Christman
Madeline Moberly
Naanie Poole
The
Stara
Mazie Moberly
Ruth Goodman
Magdalene Nelson
Santa Claus
Lillie Gaver
Jingle Bella
Myrtle Webb
Ruth Kline
Belen
Helen Cramer
Katie Yinger
Mamie Stockman
Vivian Moberly
Emily Jane
Hettie Hahn
Mabel Gosnell
Lottie Cramper
Bessie
Katharine Lease
Fenton Harria
Ollie Cobb
Santa Clara
Jet
Austin James
Roger Smith
Mastera Crum
Hull
Thomas
Roger Fisher
Charlie Pickett
Santa
Frank Dolloborus
Socrates Snooks
Hammond Clary
Marion Miller
Christione
George Rodock
Earle Gilbert
Echool
Fe School
Amon Burges
PURELY PERSONAL NOTES FROM WASHINGTON TRIPS
Miss Edna Reich near Frederick visits friends in Washington. Miss Gertrude Hayden of Court street spends a few days in Washington. Mr. M A Snyder a Myersville citizen joins family near Canton Ohio. Mic Sallye Fauntleroy of Women’s College heads home Staunton Va for Christmas. Miss Edith Gardiner of Annapolis visits Misses Brown South Market Street and returns from Wilson College. Mr Earl Kefauver of Dayton Ohio, visiting Middletown relatives, returns home with Howard Kefauver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Reich
Frederick
Washington
Gertrude Hayden
Court Street
M. A. Snyder
Myersville
Cagtine
Ohio
Mic
Sallye Fauntleroy
Woman’s College
Staunton
Edith Gardiner
Annapolis
Brown
South Market Street
Miss Gardiner
Wilson College
Earl Kefauver
Dayton
Middletown
Howard Kefauver
Lewis F. Kefauver
Christmas Market Gossip and Prices for Turkeys and More
Christmas mood at the mart as women shop for holiday breakfast and greens. Lists prices for poultry beef pork fish and produce with per pound and per dozen rates, from turkeys 13 to 15 cents to oranges 25 to 60 cents per dozen and tomatoes others. The piece blends seasonal cheer with a detailed Christmas shopping schedule.
Weekly Review of Trade Stocks and Bonds in Baltimore
In Baltimore on December 20 the market stayed flat and depreciated. Copper fluctuations and a default scare on Cotton Duck Incomes pushed prices. First Mortgage 5s dropped to 83 with bids at 81.5 to 84. The report notes Sea boards as strongest, with Georgia & Alabama Consols at 110.43 and Seaboard terminals performing well. Charleston Street Railway bonds call planned for January 1, and Chattanooga Street Railway improvements are underway. trust company stocks were subdued while Citizens bank hit a record high of 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bawimore
New York
Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Securities
Ali
South
Georgia & Alabama
Seaboard
Savannah
Carolina Central
Georgia, Southern
Florida
Georgia, Carolina & Northern
Columbia & Greenville
United Roadways
Atlanta Consolidated
City and Suburban
Washington
Norfolk Street Railway
United Traction of
Pittsburg
Charleston Street Railway
Charleston Street Railway 5
Chattanooga Street Railway
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company
Fidelity & Deposit
I. Mercantile
Bradstreet's Dec 21 Retail Trade Notes Amid Holiday Demand
Bradstreet's reports retail trade centers on holiday demand and unusually good weather. Reorders rise in shoes clothing and rubber goods while wholesale wool, lumber, leather, coal, and iron show mixed activity. Copper and tin lead prices ease, while year end activity remains expected to intensify in January. Wheat prices firm as exports lag and receipts shift, with No 2 red Western around 81.340 and related quotes noted.
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Bradstreet
Athesa
Letters to Santa Claus Collect Readers’ Christmas Wishes
The News publishes reader letters to Santa Claus listing gifts desired by children. Blanche K. Stone, Austin Moberly, Rosa Dyer, Albert McClow, Olly, Katie Hahn, and Mary Hahn request items including dolls, clothing, candy, nuts, a piano, games, a Christmas tree, a writing desk, a cradle, and a push cart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Santa
Blanche K. Stone
Santa Olang
Austin Moberly
Albert McClow
Olly
Katie Hahn
Mary Hahn
South Market St
Death notices and a fire at a Pittsburgh printing house
The death of Frances McBride of Brunswick aged 52 years 8 months 20 days is reported along with funeral details at Locust Valley Church of God and burial at Locust Grove Cemetery. Ezra Long aged 64 years 10 months 5 days and Edward Owens Grim aged 93 died in Baltimore. A fire at Davis and Warde printing and engraving, Pittsburgh, caused $15 000 to $20 000 damage, insured, with Charles Warde a former local resident.
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James M
Frances
James McBride
Brunswick
Church of God
Locust Valley
Wra. Stevens
M. E. Church
South
Ezra Los
Ezra Long
Jacob Long
Rohrersville
John
Locust Grove
A. W. Philower
Ceemetery
Edward
Grim
Edward Owens Grim
Baltimore
Davis & Warde
Fourth Avenue
Pittsburg
Charles Warde
Burglars Steal Watches Rings from Point of Rocks
Thieves broke into Edward Confer and G W Lilly’s room at Point of Rocks on Thursday, taking twenty gold watches thirty gold rings and clothing. The property belonged to Mr Lilly and Mr Confer. three men were seen nearby and fled through a basement meat shop. Police across the area pursued suspects but have not captured them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Confer
G. W. Lilly
Point
Rocka
Mr. Confer
Lally
Wouter
Thorsday
Lilly
Point of Rocks
Itig
Burned to Death of Aged Widow Near Harper's Ferry
Mrs. Sarah Jane Smith, an aged blind woman living near Dargan three miles from Harper's Ferry, died after her carpet caught fire while using a flame to warm it for a dog. The fire spread quickly. a five year old child in the room witnessed the event. Survived by a 90 year old husband and several children including Charles Smith Mrs. E F Elgin and Mrs. J T Bradley of Branswick. Mr. Smith was the first B and O engineman to drive over the Harper's Ferry railroad bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jane Smith
Dargan
Harper
Champion Lever Walker Daniel Sanders OC and O Canal
Daniel Sanders known as lever walker moved from Two Locks to Shepherds Town on March 20 to perform work formerly done by two men. From then to December 10 he worked daily, covering 7,390 miles across nine months, wearing out shoes and paying a lodge fine for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lever Walker
Daniel Sanders
Shepherdstown
Juans
Officers Elected by Francis Scots Key Council OU A M
Francis Scots Key Council O U A M elected officers for the ensuing year. Wm Herwig is councillor and C E H Sheffer vice councillor. J W Falk recording secretary and A R Lampe assistant recording secretary. R K Kemp financial secretary and G T Baumgardner treasurer. Other posts include Wm W Pickett senior ex councillor, R L Rippeon junior ex councillor, Geo D Wolfe inductor, Wm F Snyder examiner, J W Batson inside protector, Geo W Masner outside protector. Trustees are UO H Shaffer, Wm F Snyder, A R Lampe. Representatives are S O, 3 W Falk, D B A R Kemp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scots Key Council
Wm Herwig
C. E H. Sheffer
J. W. Falk
Ssaiurant
A. R. Lampe
R .K. Kemp
G. T. Baumgardner
Wm. W. Pickett
Gough Remedy Endorsed By Local Resident
Toowoomba Gazette reports strong local endorsement for Chamberisin’s Gough Remedy. A resident named W. C. Wocs- SER states two months of severe coughing ceased after using the medicine. The note, signed by a respected elder, urges others to try the remedy. Sold by L Pearre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toowoomba
Australia
T&nd Chamberisin
Gough
W. C. Wocs- Ser
Wockner
Notice First Meeting of Creditors in Peters Bankruptcy
Notice is given that Mary E. Peters of Brunswick Frederick County Maryland was adjudicated bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will be held January 9 1902 at 1% o'clock in the morning at 54 West Patrick Street Frederick Md. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. Edward Aoldsborough Referee in Bankruptcy appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
District of Maryland
Mary R. Peters
Mar
Frederick
Edward Aoldsborough
Bankraptes
For Rent Listings on Market and Street
OR RENT notices appear for multiple properties including No 211 N Market Street with 8 rooms requiring application to Wm H Shipley on N Market Street No 50 East Second Street apply at News Office AT A OR RENT No 453 West Toird Street with modern improvements and April 1 1902 possession offered by T M Biser ts OR RENT Large three story dwellings No 33 West Third Street and No 35 Willis Von apply to Charles P Levy at
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Market Street
Wm. H. Shipley
Market St
East Second Street
W. Toird Street
T. M. Biserts
West Third Streets
Charles P. Levy
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