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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1902
Page
6
The Frederick Frederick News discusses Washington's birthday as a patriotic milestone. It praises his judgment, self-control, and unwavering duty, citing Lecky's England in the XVIII Century portrait of Washington as the ideal statesman and moral exemplar.
A passage notes that the public was warned against overthrow by military adventurers and forced into service under military dependence, but Washington’s transparent integrity dispelled that fear and preserved liberty.
The Baltimore American and Baltimore Sun criticize Roosevelt and Roosevalt on election supervision, indicting the administration for proposing continued agitation and eccentric arbitration. They praise Admiral Bedley as a national hero and question the president’s attempt to end the dispute without proper resolution. The tone is caustic about the political debate and its handling.
A compact humor collage cites quips and comic exchanges from Harlem Lite Chicago Daily News Tit-Bits and Washington Star. Jokes involve art fate harp Thousand strings ice thickness literature and a library designing architect.
From the New York World a well known New York woman divorced in South Dakota seven months ago marries again in Indiana. Her former husband quickly remarried after the divorce to a woman he learned to love. The man the first wife married westward was also divorced to wed his new partner with three children by the previous wife. These trips into triple divorces and remarriages would be illegal if tied to the place of origin. The lone deserted husband in this state may wed the abandoned wife to complete this comic tragedy. Some urge a constitutional amendment for national divorce law. the President’s stance remains unclear.
The Grace United Evangelical church in Hanover Pennsylvania was dedicated on the first Sunday evening by Bishop Stanford of Harrisburg. Rev J H Forner led the effort with Rev H A Benford Rev J O Reeser and Rev S S Bailey assisting. A platform meeting featured Hanover ministers M J Roth J Emery Weeks and O Seitz. The brick Gothic building seats 325, measures 42 by 80 feet, and cost 3500 with about 500 raised that Sunday.
A lively column from Frederick county notes ongoing winter chariness and hints of spring. It covers local events from church Lenten observances to lectures, hospital updates, a cycle show, court and jail concerns, and upcoming Easter preparations. The piece mixes social happenings, civic notes, and light humor with references to national figures and Washington guidance.
The piece extols dawn and nature's renewal with vivid hills, violets, daisies, and singing birds. A poet listens as joy and grief mingle, inviting readers to greet the morning and feel love’s beauty amid awakening fields and banners of light. It ends by noting a cheap publicity alert for Frederick readers via a classifieds notice.
An Unlicted family near Elletton mourns after Floyd Hoover dies of meningitis last Wednesday. The couple has another daughter and a second child. Dr A J Smith of Wolfsville and Dr O J Wachter of SibraNe operated on the girl, removing a gallon of pus from a cavity in the left chest.
W. B. T. Derr recounts a cross continental journey from New York to Portland in 1901 with stops in Minnesota North Dakota Montana and Washington. He describes the North Coast Limited train the Montana bad lands the Rockies Butte Spokane and the Yakima Valley noting scenery climate and timber wealth including towering trees and rich irrigation fruit crops and alfalfa yields.
Fragmentary OCR shows an auction style sale blurb from a Northwow New York area listing. It mentions Wheeler and Bis Rhea Stant and a product called Pain Balm with references to sale by A L Vest. The readable portion hints at a local ad listing items for sale and distributor name.
Our Market Gossip reports tight supplies and high prices across eggs vegetables fruit and poultry amid slow arrivals and shipping disruptions. Butter eggs poultry and meat costs climb with scarce staples like strawberries absent. canned fruit helps fill gaps as shoppers navigate a wary market and fluctuating stock.
The week saw stronger markets with higher demand for top securities, though the Northern Securities case and President’s action caused a temporary pause. Washington city securities show recovery as Baltimore Trust resumes February interest, and rail issues gain on Hood’s presidency, while bond prices across preferreds and 4s show mixed movement.
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