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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
6
The Daily News and The Weekly News announce subscription terms and rates. Carriers deliver papers in the city and mail options apply across the United States with monthly and yearly pricing. The papers encourage club subscriptions and note telephone and telegraph correspondence to The News in Frederick Maryland.
The piece notes Mascaca the musician blaming a trust for limited success in America while praising the country’s spirit. It mentions a 1903 calendar gift to subscribers, and a dispatch from New York on zero weather causing coal prices to spike and kerosene costs rising after Standard Oil profits. The author denounces profiteering amid cold conditions and suffering tenement families.
General F. Y. Greene asserts nerve is the cure for police and public corruption. The Philadelphia Record notes strong enforcement and honest duty curb boodling, noting Missouri and Louisiana examples. The piece urges every law officer to act with nerve to restore respect for the law.
Fragmented reading shows contending opinions on beauty and pathos in snow imagery. Public notices rail against overbearing powers while referencing figures like Jake Smith and Freddie Fenston in a charged, era-specific political context.
The Baltimore News reports a strong press consensus that Mr Roosevalt should accept arbitration. It states powers have left him in a trap with no escape if kept there. The prevailing view condemns acceptance as harmful to U S interests.
A collage of wry exchanges and jokes from various papers. Snippets poke fun at dressmakers bills hunting dogs and coins with women’s heads, ending with a street prank about sprinkling ashes on ice as a fat lady and two gents slip.
Chicago News calls for household protection against underweight coal fuel and other overcharged goods as city sealer exposes two coal wagon drivers from a North Side firm. It urges harsh punishment for cheaters, arguing high prices tempt theft and urging citizens to seek justice.
A brief poetic piece echoes life in the old country with rustic images of fields and pies, urging gratitude and stillness. The verses blend songs of life and memory with calls to wake sunshine, and celebrate simple joys. Visitation Academy Alpha.
A head on crash between Pacific Express No. 5 and a southbound freight on the Sarnia branch of the Grand Trunk Railway near Wanstead this morning killed thirty people and left eighteen seriously injured. Special dispatch reports the disaster occurred December 27.
The writer lauds Mr Charles Co. Gorsvoh of Westminster for Christmas gifts to boys and girls at his adopted home. Hagerstown and Frederick are praised for charity and urged to continue the spirit of giving into the new year.
A set of short marriage notices from local towns lists William Grimes marrying Mollie Mullinix in Browningsville and several other couples wed in Walkersville and nearby places. Names include Pentz, Grabill, Dinterman, Rippeon, Biddinger, Hildebrand, Mattoon, Haller, Kruge, Hines, Gantz, with officiants Rev M J Heberly and Rev Dr Luther Kuhlman.
Morris Routzsby formerly of Middletown valley died December 2 at his Terre Haute home aged about 53. He leaves a widow, a son and a daughter. sister Misa Loretta Routzabu buried at Middletown last Sunday. Claude Smith near Donbs died Thursday morning aged 23 from double pneumonia. survived by widow Mamie Myers and a son. son of H H Smith. Frances Kaiser Kassler, divorced wife of Olaf Ronald and daughter of the late Captain Bailer, died December 18 near Hagerstown aged 67. sister of Mrs. Mary Keagle locally.
Mrs. Jacob Rady of Middletown marked her 96th birthday and remains in good health with all faculties. Nearby, Mrs. Anna Schisdler in her sixtieth year shares similar vitality, while Miss Matilda Alexander allegedly nears 103 and remains mostly bedbound. Mrs. Jane R. Nyman, born in the county, observed her 53rd birthday in Washington, tracing ancestry to Henry and Susan Miller of the former Dahien property on South Montala.
At the City Opera House the Fred Raymond Company presented The Missouri Girl before a large audience. The company offered an engaging drama of social life and the production was warmly applauded by the crowd.
Special Correspondent notes a Paris Pantheon experiment measuring the sixteenth of a second between Greenwich and Paris meridians. Details the pendulum apparatus, public scientific interest, and nearby sights in the Champs Elysées area including the Louvre and Place de la Concorde with historical references to Paris monuments and past events.
A wartime letter from a correspondent in Paris describes the heart of the city known for bloodshed and gore. The writer announces leaving Tax News after seven months as a weekly messenger and hopes to report again if he has observations from Germany or the Kaiser’s land.
Fire damaged the home of Prof Henry T Harrison in College Park on Christmas Day with losses around 300 dollars, the house owned by Duckett and Dent and insured. Other items note Charlee McFadden injured by trolley in Holmesburg, a farming meeting in Clnsy, Kate E Davis death in Queen Annes County, plus a suit filed by Alexander Payson Kivapy in Towson Circuit Court and a Maryland hospital death of Morrison Boyer after a street accident. An Allegany County Improvement Company incorporations lists David P Miller Arthur H Amick Robert S Shriver George Fleck Lansbury and David er as incorporators with 20000 capital.
J Dukes Downes, teller at Denton Nations Bank, has been designated State Bank Examiner by State Treasurer Vandiver, succeeding Col William E Griffith. Downes, a long-time banker on the Eastern Shore, was elected teller in 1887 and is highly regarded for banking knowledge. He is 52 years old, educated in Denton and Media Academy, and has two children.
A Philadelphia juvenile minstrel troupe led by Hilton Spencer and Hoffman tours with the only such company. Young star Robin Frear, aged 14, headlines a fresh act coached by a professional, drawing crowds at the City Opera House for three nights starting tonight after a matinee this afternoon.
Gas Palm, colored, was arrested on Christmas Day by Officer Jones and charged with cutting Dick Fetts, also colored, with azazsr in a confrontation at South Market and Saints streets. Palm appeared before Justice Wood who set a hearing for 10 o'clock yesterday. After the hearing Wood fined Palm $3, paid. Potts testified they were merely playing. Potts was wounded in one leg.
Marriage licenses were issued in Baltimore yesterday to G Webster Smith and Miss Fannie Harrison both of Frederick and Abdiel A Albaugh and Miss Maude Darrow both of Liberty Town.
The Bodbe Thin Morning notes a frosty Christosne market with scarce dealers and few buyers. Poultry and eggs are pricier while winter vegetables and canned fruits remain common. prices listed for butter, apples, oranges, potatoes, beef, pork, and other staples reflect a tight market.
At the Academy of Music Baltimore a New Year attraction presents the touring production A Chinese Honeymoon. The elaborate show comes from New York and London engagements with a cast over one hundred, featuring music by Howard Talbert and book and lyrics by George Dance, praised for its tuneful melodies and colorful spectacle.
The Corker andatrical advance hails Old Arkansan as a strong compact play with pathos and humor. It boasts a lavish stage outfit, top-notch actors, and enduring public appeal. Seen in this city on Saturday January 3.
Middletown rejoiced over a principal Christmas gift a car load of Lykens Valley red ash and coal about 5 tons received direct from the mine by the Middletown Supply Company. This was the first hard coal delivered to Middletown since the great strike and will be sold to customers in half ton lots.
A Philadelphia group, via Steele Semmes Osrey Bond, aims to acquire all Isabella Gang Company stock and Marcus Williams's interests in the Isabella Gas Plant. Terms include surrender of the lease and an option for the plant, with completion expected early next week or early next month. Williams and Isabella officials declined comment.
The Frederick county bar met in the judge's chamber to assign fourteen cases for trial after the holidays. Under Judge John O. Motter's direction the appeal and criminal dockets were disposed of before the holidays, and most civil matters were concluded. The remaining fourteen cases will be tried after New Year.
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