Independent Newspaper Subscription Offer Details
Public notice from 48 Independent Newspaper published by IEEE Great Southern Printing in Frederick Maryland. The ad outlines subscription terms at $1.00 yearly in advance with inducements to clubs to secure subscriptions and mentions required adherence to every order.
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Ieee Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company
Frederick
Birelt
Bee
United States
Eccom
Radical change urged in Palmetto State politics
The Baltimore Sun urges a return to old traditions of honor patriotism and public service in South Carolina. It calls for rule by the people through capable officials rather than through demagogues bosses or violent elements.
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Tillmans
South Carolina
Baltimore Sun
Palmetto
Responsibility for the Coal Scarcity Sparks Blame Match
A Scranton sourced dispatch claims coal company orders limit miners to four cars daily, delaying output. United Mine Workers officer says miners can haul ten to twelve cars if available, but company quotas cap surface extraction. The Star canvass finds this pattern at multiple collieries, prompting calls for an official inquiry.
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Scranton
Washington Evening Star
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Star
Lsm
Unclear Rural Delivery and Fire Response Concerns
Contemporaries debate rural free delivery limits unless turnpikes free and question the wisdom of policies. The Cumberland item calls for fire horses to ease a boy’s heavy task, imagining a circus night fire and the havoc from antediluvian buildings, while the Hagerstown note mocks the absurdities.
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Cumberland
Hagerstown
Maryland Comptroller Reports Healthy State Finances 1902
Dr Joshua W Herlog, Comptroller of the Treasury, presents the annual Maryland state finances report to the Governor for the fiscal year ended September 30 1902. It notes ample revenues, low debt growth, andLegislature spending 3 9 million on state real estate while bond issuance continued into the sinking fund.
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Phad
Maryland
Jenna
Baltimore Nova
Joahua W. Herlog
Treasury of
Minutes of Merriness and light humor snippets
A humorous collage of quips from various papers. Jokes about winter dread, romantic misunderstandings, stock market talk, and social observations frame a portrait of playful chatter and newspaper wit across several cities. Names and dates are referenced in passing.
Press Voices on Coal, Tariff and Sugar Trusts
The Norfolk Ledger reprints editorials arguing coal operators block reform, calls for public ownership of Bituminous coal fields, and condemns miner rail monopolies. It cites Judge Grossoup on public ownership and urges action against “merciless” trusts. It also analyzes Havemeyer sugar charges and tariff effects, noting sugar’s net price and government deductions. Fire insurance losses are summarized with 1902 figures and notable conflagrations.
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Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Paterson
Waterbury
Atlantic
Rising insurance costs and competition in industry
The article notes higher premiere and insurance costs, Philadelphia facing heavy property losses with $32,000,000 coverage, and the view that premiums may rise despite some relief. It cites increasing competition in independent industries, difficulty in securing materials, and cautious optimism about a continued competitive principle amid trusts and reorganizations.
Moments With The Muse The Woman Editor
A satirical poem about a female editor who writes recipes and homemaking pieces she never does herself. It lampoons how she dictates domestic tasks while lacking personal experience, noting readers’ awareness and the author’s amusement at the paradox. The speaker recalls hours of work transforming ideas into advice she could not embody.
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Fon
Veteran skaters vie as cold winter renews rivalry
In New Castle Delaware octogenarian Colonel J Harry Rogers renews his annual ice challenge against Abe Oppenheimer of Philadelphia. The two veteran skaters, famed for their winter feats, have long debated who holds mastery though no race has yet occurred.
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J. Harry Rogers
New Castle
Del
Abe Oppenheimer
Philadelphia
Market Gossip Lists Prices At Walkersville Fair
A brisk morning draws more shoppers as Walkersville stalls report steady prices across poultry eggs fruit and vegetables. Eggs 28c a dozen butter 25c lb chickens 25-80c dressed 20-60c ducks 36-50c turkey 18c lb apples 15-18c per half peck oranges 25-40c per dozen onions 5c box potatoes 10c half peck and other items rangy with small changes noted.
Colonel Rog ore bets on skating showdown with Oppenheimer
In Delaware and across the state Colonel Rog ore, famed as the greatest amateur skater, challenges Philadelphia champion Mr. Oppenheimer. He offers plain, fancy, or long-distance events or a speed trial with any stake, even mortgaging his farm to back the wager.
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Rogore
Ovel
Delaware
Philadelphia
Evangelist Jacob Kurtz Plans Self-Sustaining Gospel Car
Jacob Kurtz, known for controversial preaching in Chambersburg and York, proposes a mobile gospel car drawn by a traction engine. The 30 by 8 foot two-story vehicle will host meetings on the first floor with a pulpit and seating, while the second floor serves as living space. The engine will also operate farm machinery by day and haul the car at night. Kurtz aims to start in May targeting workingmen in villages and small towns and to crusade against demoralizing home cartoons. He is currently cutting timber in the woods while awaiting completion of the gospel car, which he plans to sell locally.
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Jacob Kartz
Chambersburg
York
Kurtz
Sprca
Save
Longyears of toil lead to a bright but brief peak
A nineteenth century styled reflection recalls twenty years of steady practice, patient effort, and eventual success that flashed briefly before days of doubt and decline settled in. The piece notes perseverance, triumphs, and a final fading spotlight on a performer once hailed as a rising star.
Baltimore and Ohio plans four track Chicago seaboard system
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad aims to build a four track line from Chicago to the seaboard. A cut off would shorten Chicago to Pittsburgh by 80 miles and reduce distances to New York and Washington. The reconstruction, begun after 1896 bankruptcy, totals about 115 million in two years and signals major East West commercial ties.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Seaboard
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Washington
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
East
Middle West
Pennsylvania
Belles Lettres Society meets with Venezuela debate
The Belles Lettres Literary Society held its regular meeting led by President Wineberg. After minutes and a reading of "The Chicago Fire" the group debated whether the United States should intervene with England and Germany on Venezuela's behalf. The affirmative won unanimously. Reports followed and the meeting adjourned. Samuel H. Hedges is very sick at his West South street home.
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Belles Lettees
Belles Lettres Literary Society
Wineberg
Chicago Fire
Sappicgter
United States
England
Germany
Venezuela
W. Blessing Asad
Hendrickon
Schroeder
W. Michael
R Toms
F. Gildhill
R. Hamm
Edisor
O. DaGrange
O. Stine
Samuel H. Hedges
West South Street
Gorman for President in Maryland Campaign
Baltimore correspondent of the Philadelphia Record discusses Gorman as a Democratic presidential candidate in Maryland. The piece notes strong inner-circle support for a straight nomination and possible southern backing, highlighting the first Maryland residents discussed as a presidential possibility. It warns of a bitter home fight if Gorman pushes the movement, recalling past clashes between Cleveland and Gorman.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia Record
Gorman
Mary- Isod
Fay
Maryland
Cleveland
Garman
How Time Is Made Uncle Sam Regulates His Clocks
A historical look explains how the United States keeps time. Stars determine star time and a transmitting clock sends a noon signal to telegraph offices in Washington and New York. Time-balls atop buildings drop at noon and clocks nationwide jump to 12.00 as signals propagate. District residents mark it as Saint Nicholas’s noon.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
New York
State, War and Navy Department
St Nicholas
Pickings From Fiction and Insect Attacks
Select excerpts on human confidence and moral law from fiction and notes on wasp attack methods. The text cites John Oliver Hobbes, Seten Merriman, Charles Frederic Goss, Anthony Hope, James Creelman and Belt’s Naturalist In Nicaragua describing how emotions, egotism, and defensive tactics reveal themselves, including wasp species that target faces.
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John Oliver Hobbes
Tlears Seten Merriman
Charles Frederic Goss
Anthony Hope
Red Color to Battle Color and Mortality Claims
A London answer claims that battlefield mortality rises with uniform conspicuousness. It asserts red attire is most lethal, with twelve in red versus seven in rifle green or six in blue, or five in brown, blue gray, or gray.
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London
Advertisements in The News Reach All Public Areas
The Town Orier is out of date. Advertisements in The News reach business and households, serving employers and the unemployed. Want ads cover all needs from jobs to goods, silver, or finder listings, in a direct public message.
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Orier
Ter
Local News Highlights From Maryland and Nearby Areas
News notes report multiple local incidents including Mrs. Alice Seibert's death from January burns in Cearsons Washington county. A Mine Inspectorate report accuses some mine officials of law disregard. A toddler in Middleburg strangles to death on a rope entangled in a bedpost. Samuel Solomons of Washington faces two pool room cases. bail set at 1000 for Montgomery county appeal. A Pondtown grocery robbery yields groceries and tobacco. Mrs. Amelia Benton dies at 78 in Potomac county. Potomac river freezes over first part of winter. four inches thick upstream, ships still pass. Centreville National Bank buys land for a 320000 building. more business structures planned. Washington County Democratic Committee urges appointment of William J. Witzenbacher as associate judge after Stake’s death. A 110060 lb girder is placed on Patapsco bridge at Ilchester. bridge 400 ft long, due for March completion. A new tunnel at Sischester seven-eighths of a mile long, archwork pending completion.
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Alice Anna Seibert
Cearsons
Washington County
Burns
Allegany County
Nctory
Harvey Lesher
Middleburg
Samuel Solomons
Washington
Montgomery County
Rockville
Booce
Thomas West
Pondtown
Warhington County
Amelia H. Benton
John W. Carroll
Potomac
Fort Washington
Centreville National Bank
Centreville
Democratic State Central Committee
Merars
B. A. Betts
W. A. Carr
J H. Wade
A. Mason
Smith
William J. Witzenbacher
Judge Stake
Patapaco
Ilchester
Sichester
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed Guarantee Featured
Claiming worldwide efficacy the ad promises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will satisfy or money back after two thirds used. It targets jauntipe cold coughs croup and whooping cough urging use by mothers and noting safety and pneumonia prevention. Sold by A and Pearie and A L Pearre with Liver Stop as a digestive aid.
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Chamberlain
A. &. Pearie
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