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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1904
Page
4
A national capital tale reports all government departments ordered to stay open until 4 30. The change alarms clerks and other workers who fear losing time for baseball games and tea. Committees found clerks actually work six and a half hours daily, prompting demands for more staff but triggering a pushback from lawmakers.
A fragment notes that only one person suffers greater deprivations while others receive compensation in the form of liberal pay from Uncle Sam for his employees, contrasting conditions and implying a broader social issue.
Contemporary notes from The Baltimore newspapers praise Annapolis census growth memorialize Governor elect Warfield and urge lawmakers to prioritize state interests. They urge repairs to the State House, support liberal restoration funds, and caution against political distractions during legislative business.
A compact collage of joke lines and humor bits from several papers. The exchange touches on gender roles, medical consultations, a political vote, aging, and a comedian’s quips about a whiskey bottle, all framed in light banter. Named items include Chicago News and Philadelphia papers, plus certain recurring characters.
A critical essay contrasts investigative efforts by legislatures and officials with the persistent failure to punish most criminals. It argues criminal justice lags, crime outpaces punishment, and America lags behind other nations in criminal records despite extensive social expenditures.
Mrs BH H Gunby dies near Crisueld. John H Herbert ill with pneumonia near Millcote City. Freak A Tricker leases National Gisas plant in Cumberland. Gen Charles A Chipley dies at Anchorage near Easton. Patrick Geraghty dies in Baltimore at 44 Boat Hill. Coroner to probe Miss Buala Dougherty death near Hagerstown. Pumphrey and Conrad improving after Cumberland wreck. Mrs Victoria Whitehead dies in Laurel. husband injured flying to bedside. Third VP Potter and Manager Sims to inspect Baltimore and Ohio system. Miss Oda M Elliott shot dead in Baltimore by brother. Cumberland wreck verdict blames freight crew. Advertised letters in Frederick PO. List includes F R Greene, Himner Green, Hurkcamp, W L Johnson, etc.
Buckey M. Kemp and Matilda A. Walters quietly married at 104 Chestnut Street Chicago at 8 o clock Wednesday January 0 1904. Rev Mr Sterne rector of St James Episcopal church officiated.
Mrs John J O’Brien of Meriden Connecticut testifies that her three year old daughter suffered severe bronchitis and a lingering throat cold before Father John’s Medicine relieved the cough and cured the ailment after only a few doses. The parent says the medicine was the only one that helped.
A poem contrasts the daily labor of the common worker with greed and fame chasing by the plutocrat and the unacknowledged hero who seeks understanding. It laments enduring hardship while wealth winds through “streams of wealth” and fame remains elusive.
The description outlines two sets of buildings on the first tract a substan tial dwelling with a large Switzer barn and ample outbuildings the land is first class well cultivated with a fine spring and a good road frontage. The property may be offered as a whole or divided into two nearly equal farms. The second tract is the former Spurrier farm lying immediately north of the first with additional details following.
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