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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1895
Page
3
Fragmented rural notices list visits, illnesses, and social events across Fountain Rock Charlesville Petersville and Poolesville. Entries mention residents like Mrs Charlee Troxell in Frederick, Mr Levi Binea in Monocacy, property mishaps, sleighing socials, and church entertainments with Santa Claus.
The Brooklyn Eagle weighs a plan to reform the human boy by granting him a private room at home. It argues the boy currently lacks a space for privacy or personal pursuits, while the family system imposes limits and indignities. The proposal endorses a room for study, whittling, and experiments, with a shift in upbringing toward individualized space within the household.
A string of small town items from Dawsonville Bakerton and Woodville recounts society meetings, sleighing, and community happenings. The Dawsonville Literary Society met January 31 with notable attendance. social visits include Miss Clare Manakee and Miss Julia Allnatt in from Kensington. local moves and business notes fill the page.
Rev Spurrier improving health. Ed Poole family homeward bound to Washington DC after visit to Br Poole's parents. Miss Dora Hall maid of honor at Folger Belt wedding in Washington. Wooten and Dr Eugene Jones spent holidays with families. Turner Wooten attends Agricultural College and medical school in Baltimore. Mrs Blakemore visiting daughter in law and Poole family. Cupid's idle as no weddings reported this cycle. community social items and upcoming Oyster supper proposed for church benefit.
The Baltimore American notes a coincidence between the death of the author of the bloomer costume and a global discussion on women’s bicycling attire. It argues prejudice against women on wheels has faded in France and America, praising women who ride despite ridicule and noting the bloomer’s revival as a symbol of female rebellion and athletic progress.
A garbled excerpt mocks 19th century dime novels sold in New York saloons. A reporter observes a judge collecting sensational Indian fighter and detective tales, while the piece mocks sensational crime pulp and notes patent medicines from local vendors amid a barrage of misread OCR text.
The Philadelphia Press describes Aubrey Boucicault meeting a Frederick amateur composer on a Baltimore to Cleveland train. The young man offered his opera manuscript titled Persimmons Pickers for Boucicault’s critique. Boucicault ridiculed the verse as nonsensical, noting each line’s rhyme failure and offering cynical, improvised suggestions.
The record shows fewer failures in 1894 than 1893 and a drop in total liabilities from 346,744 889 to 167,000 or less than half. The decline suggests improved business conditions, and the editorial urges patience and resolve to endure.
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