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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1910
Page
4
The article urges swift passage of an amended bill funding Frederick’s heating debt. It argues bonds will reduce interest by 1 percent, saving nearly a thousand dollars annually, and easing government reform amid caretaker transitions. The piece notes protests against rival factions and calls for timely legislative action.
A critical editorial urges the city to fix periodic water shortages in several sections, arguing it is a duty to provide reliable mains. It suggests readjusting distribution, possibly issuing bonds for necessary upgrades, and cautions against rash action without proper guidance.
The article highlights worsening water supply problems and urgent calls to address the needs of residents who struggle to obtain water. Officials acknowledge the severity and pledge immediate steps to improve access and reliability.
In a Baltimore context the discussion centers on creating a public utilities body to curb a dominant telephone and rail monopoly. The aim is to ensure fair rates and allow redress for citizens against powerful corporations. The piece cites the need for governance to balance private control with public interests amid growing corporate influence.
A jumble of pastiche lines from New York Weekly and Washington Star quotes captures quips about weddings, diplomacy, babies, and a judge with dyed whiskers. The disjointed dialogue includes mock exchanges on marriage gifts, a baby, and mishandled advice, reflecting humorous newspaper miscellany.
A Washington Herald piece mocks a Maryland lawmaker Wittig who seeks ten inch women body size limits, noting his anti suffrage stance and isolation from supporters while recalling far flung state bill curiosities about bachelors taxes and weekly baths.
Fragmentary poetic lines evoke a meditation on youth's renewal and truth. The text mentions daybreak, a staff, battles for truth, and gold that never ages, with streams widening as they flow downward. The passage reads as a reflective, literary excerpt.
A report on Dr. Duvalis bill to repeal the compulsory vaccination law was presented to the House of Delegates by the Hygiene Committee after a lengthy hearing. supporters and opponents mobilize for a clash while legislators consider arguments from physicians and public health advocates.
The obituary list records Frederick William Hull of Creagerstown funeral details with Lutheran rites and lodge pallbearers. It notes Daniel S Willard killed at Relay with service plans at Kouba Lutheran and Mt Olivet Cemetery. Other notices include Cornelius Robinson funeral at his Fast Street home and interment in Greenmount Cemetery, and Charles F Heinlein’s San Francisco death with Mt Olivet burial.
The Rayner bill to appoint an additional Federal judge for the District of Maryland passed the House with no amendments and awaits Taft's signature. President Taft reportedly favors Henry Stockbridge, while Pearre of Maryland contends the seat should go to a western Marylander. Pearce may visit the White House to push Charles Wagaman for the post.
Farmers at the thirty seventh annual convention in Lyceum Hall Sandy Wing, Montgomery, heard Allan Farquhar argue that abnormal prices profit farmers little due to trust levies. He urged educating consumers to vote for normal prices. Captain B W Silveater of Maryland Agricultural College described fruit growing methods from a western visit. The event drew many individuals from nearby counties.
William Major Ashby Price and William Green, alleged Degry subagents, were arrested in Frederick on suspicion of assaulting night watchman John G. Neibert at Boyer & Heard’s grain elevator. Crowds gathered in Frederick and Hagerstown as officers moved the suspects to jail. Neibert remains unable to sleep or sit up, awaiting identification.
Mr Fred Stitser of Brownsville suffered a severe thumb injury at a planing mill in Mracewick when his hand was caught in a machine. He handed over a shed to the writer during the incident.
Market quotations dated February 16 1910 list prices for wheat corn hay potatoes and feed. Wheat No 2 Red 1.23 per bushel corn new ear corn 3.50 per barrel hay baled 10 to 13 per ton timothy 17 to 18 per bushel and other feeds including buckwheat and mill feed appear with varied figures. The notice invites readers to place small ads in The News for selling hiring or finding positions.
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