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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
2
A fragmented excerpt appears to portray a speaker in the United States Bar of Chicago reflecting on wealth and charity. The text mentions a birthday on April 14 and a vow to continue a life of giving, even to the point of dying penniless, with a challenge to other millionaires to join in this lifestyle.
A speaker pledges to give away money for ten years, noting twelve colleges in the South have received gifts. The speaker laments lingering guilt tied to abolitionist critiques and reflects on the moral impact of these charitable acts.
Olile R. Smith, one of eight children of Cheyenne pioneers, is named as the alternate for the next Wyoming senatorial vacancy at West Point. A six foot, 170 pound athlete, he excels in running, swimming, boxing, and broncho busting. He has strong endorsements from Army officers and is coached by Captain Young of the Ninth Cavalry at Fort David AL Trussell near Cheyenne.
In London Sunday letters are not delivered by mail, but a post office telephone service now forwards prepaid letters to addressees on Sundays for a fee of three pence per thirty words. Only subscribers may use this option, and it reflects a shift in how Sunday mail is handled.
Aimed at keeping Virginia boys on the farms with US Department of Agriculture support. Two to ten schools per county will select two boys each to work an acre under government instruction. Boys must be regular students and obtain parental consent to cultivate and own crops under demonstrator guidance. Exhibits and prizes may follow harvest prizes at county fairs.
Professor Wenley reveals new sleep theories from University of Michigan experiments. He overturns the old idea that unconsciousness results from reduced brain blood flow and suggests brain volume grows during sleep and shrinks on awakening. A device recorded a breathing wave in the brain, with blood flow rising on inspiration and falling on expiration.
Frederick Culling hosts an experiment in wireless opera at the Coliseum Chicago a selected party of electrical men hear the first act of Il Trovatore from the Great Northern and a portion of the Bosto mer Opera program on portable transmitters on two stages voices carry clearly despite metallic wires and braces officials note.
A report details a group of former inmates from the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington living together in the capital under a “colony of interest” while police investigate the disappearance of Mrs Whalen. Separately, Richard Bowring of England arrives in New York with falcon and goshawk to showcase a new hunting sport in Mississippi, claiming falcons and hawks have not been used in the U.S. before.
Senator Linthigom introduces a measure to erect road and highway guides with mile figures and arrows at village and county intersections. The State Roads Commission enforces the act with penalties for noncompliance and cities must maintain substantial eight foot posts bearing the next town name and distance.
A Philadelphia courthouse scene shows a large Negro parade blocking streets with riders, swords, axes, and lodge insignia. A smart young Black politician named Tom notes the mood, saying a parade for a Negro cannot need a "occasion." Pageantry appeals to the Negro's tropical imagination and social life centers on churches and lodges as he keeps step with the drum.
Paria zoological psychologists begin a humane training program via a new zoological psychology institute subsidized by the state. The project, by the Society For Zoological Psychology, promises non corporal methods for training lions tigers leopards hyenas and bears with expert zoologists and circus trainers teaching a kinder approach. Students may study in Paris at the institute housed in a relocated building adjacent to the zoological gardens.
A quirky 1920s style note details Bog Catohipe courting Yuri and pursuing a world record as a top dog catcher. He claims years of dog catching in the United States and Canada, offering free services to clear small towns of unlicensed dogs within thirty days. Hart Inn in England trains him, with travels through Nova Scotia and many U.S. states. Also includes a satirical poem attacking trust ownership of food and consumer goods.
An old newspaper advertises Resall Dyspepsia Tablets as relief for indigestion and stomach discomfort. Claims include aiding digestion and blood nourishment, with a money back guarantee if relief is not found. Available at Rexel Remedi in Frederick, Z. A. Willison store on Market Street.
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