Abolition calls buoy fire marshal post and illiteracy vote change
The piece notes Hagerstown firemen pushing to abolish the State Fire Marshal office and discusses a proposed election law change to disfranchise illiterate voters. It outlines a plan to print all governor candidates in one column, remove party emblems, and require voters to write party labels, risking a straight-ticket vote and shifting political balance in Southern Maryland counties.
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Maryland General Assembly Pledges Hope for Tax Relief
Editorials from Baltimore Herald Baltimore American and Hagerstown announce Governor Lowndes agenda praising Republican record on debt reduction and public works while urging Democratic lawmakers in Annapolis to honor pledges to good government and possible tax rate cuts.
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Minutes of Merriness and Jokes Parade
A meshing of quips and cartoons from contemporary papers. A Dewey joke contrasts a walker and a sailor, a doctor patient exchange deflates a claim of worth, while society quips about new neighbors and old salaries. Quick, humorous exchanges highlight social foibles.
News Roundup of International and Domestic Politics
A montage from multiple papers notes a German naval song prize in Leipzig, taxes and reform fallout in New York, California political maneuvers around Quay, a Californian legislature extra session, and a Los Angeles response praising or critiquing progress amid global woes.
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Leipzig
End of the Century Portraits in Verse and Prose
A collage of lines praising the artist Master and a meditation on woman as a living opal at the end of nineteen hundred years. Ella Wheeler Wilcox and James Crean Usherman cited in New York Journal essays, reflecting on beauty, spirituality, and moral judgment.
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Annual Owls meeting canceled by severe weather
The Owls, a longstanding social organization, were forced to cancel their annual New Year’s Eve meeting due to extreme cold and Sunday night conditions. Members typically gather at a member’s South Market street residence for social games, with a street serenade, but recent years have seen less activity while the group remains active and respected by prominent citizens.
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Bose
Croup Remedy Praised in World Wide Testimonials
A letter chain extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a universal cure for croup and coughs. Multiple endorsements claim it saved children, with mentions of Liberty West Virginia and Loganton Pennsylvania. The ad notes sale locations and a pharmacist endorsement from J H Keller at 165 N Market St.
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Fragmented notes reflect varied 19th century concerns
A garbled, old newspaper fragment mentions an orchestra in Winchester Virginia, a Dewey Sampson Schley reference, and general musings on responsibility, advertising, Christmas dissipation, ice cutting invention by Mears and Nicodemus, plus early remedies for coughs and constipation from J H Keller. It reads as a collage of ads, opinions, and notices with no single clear event.
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Bockeystown Creamery Company
Desirable Farm Offered At 2 O’clock P M
At the hour of 2 o'clock p m, a desirable farm is offered for sale. The notice specifies a consolidated property description and invites interested buyers to attend the auction.
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