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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1903
Page
4
A Texas report touts boll weevil control by turkeys boosting turkey prices and aiding cotton-raising areas. The piece notes D. Rockefeller’s employment action over gambling and cites a new U.S. map marking the Louisiana Purchase with anniversary reflections from Philadelphia and forecasts population growth and potential wartime implications.
The fragmented passage praises republican institutions and equal opportunity, claiming the nation has eradicated distinctions and provided chances for all, while noting others may view the country as wealthy due to opportunity. It reflects a broad patriotic sentiment without concrete event details.
A 1908 reflection notes that weather whims and public opinion shape daily life. It asserts Maryland voters demand open, not secret caucuses, criticizing secrecy as distrustful while praising openness in political mater. It contrasts public desire for transparency with perceived backroom tactics in the Legislature.
A collage of humorous snippets and dialogue from multiple papers includes exchanges about a real duke, loan requests before next Thursday, and a note due Friday. Witty asides touch on engagement rings, business delays, and schoolyard mischief.
An amalgam of editorials notes divorces among foreign royalties and critiques of political and fiscal issues. It cites claims from Chicago and New York papers about aristocratic divorces and McKinley tariff reciprocity, then discusses small change demand and the U.S. currency system with historical context and treasury profit.
The fragmentary text presents two entwined poems. A nostalgic scene centers on Sweet cider at a grandfather’s farm with vivid rustic imagery of warmth, love, and shared drinking. The second poem by Frank L. Stanton, titled A Song of Bright Days, promises hopeful future days, blossom and music, with a hopeful celestial tone.
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania the Alormeons Bay Church building, once used by Lutherans and Presbyterians, was sold to the Mormon congregation of Tomatown. The sale, years after the German Baptist Brethren sold the original site, has provoked strong opposition from the old Protestant denominations in Franklin County. A separate item notes the will of James Z. Conner probate in Baltimore. He leaves his stave business to Eddie Ernest Hitel and funds to four sisters with specific bequests. Theodore Sumwals named executor.
Local items include a Glenwood Howard County dance music by Frederick Select Orchestra, a lawsuit threat over a poem misprint causing wife life confusion, a mall property sale at Thurmont for 3850 to John M Powell and George N English, plus an ad praising Electric Bitters as a cure all with 50 cent price and guarantee.
A letter to Tax News argues Maryland state school salary plans will raise Frederick County taxes by at least ten cents per dollar. The writer cites teachers paid 1.50 to 2 dollars per day versus others at 1 to 1.75 for longer work, urging Annapolis to limit school appropriation and protect taxpayers. The piece is signed by W. Albert Hoop of Me. Airy, Md, dated January 6, 1904.
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