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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1906
Page
2
A fragmented ad notice from the 40 Independent newspaper pages offering printing and manufacturing services by the Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company of Frederick ND. Mentions telegraph exchange, mail orders, and correspondence from across the country with a free 24 hour address option.
The article cites President Roosevelt lamenting congressional delays while critics fault the anti pass law and railroad interests. It highlights concerns over Mr Capen pursuing Senator Brackets, Mrs Quapwick’s prison work, and warnings about rich magnates like Harry A Rogers challenging Missouri court authority. It argues wealth cannot override law.
Commentary notes unrest among political leaders and rail fare reforms. Mention of House of Representatives authority and Cortelyou era postmastership policy. References include Naval Academy hazing origins and Rockville postmaster reappointment rules amid merit standards.
A collage of quirky lines from various papers includes jokes about patron gods, two faced figures, life insurance, shopping for the sick, price disputes at a butcher, and a cartoonish exchange about bank loans. It presents a snapshot of humorous and satirical clippings.
A Philadelphia Ledger column critiques women who advocate using chloroform on poor children. It notes opponents cite murder prejudice, questions motives, and stresses that misery and poverty drive ill outcomes while praising restraint and social reform aimed at reducing harm.
Grit and fishing aphorisms contrast with wanderlust verses about the sea and the unknown. A patient reflection on resilience precedes a medical note praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for coughs and pneumonia prevention, with A. L. Pearce's Drug Store listed for purchase.
The article describes scientific machine fed stations near Chicago Iowa and Kansas City where six week old chicks are fattened for market. At each station about 25000 birds are cared for daily with clean sanitary conditions and regular feeding using a rubber tube delivery system.
Miss Marsaline Stierlefs visits Washington D C as guest of relatives. Miss Nattie Wood of Baltimore visits her aunt. Mrs Williams visits Mr and Mrs Lewis in Kemptown. Miss Mary Mount visits friends in Baltimore. M P church held an oyster supper at Odd Fellow's ball. Miss Kahne spoke on Missions at St P church and received support. Communion services postponed to January 25. Rev S A Hedges with Bresok next Sunday January 21. Mr Murry Kiser’s infant son ill. Mrs John W Rhine visits Baltimore county. Mr Markwood D Harp received a $2000 draft paid to Mrs Alice Ray. Joseph P McDonnell, labor editor, dies in Paterson N J. McDonnell faced two prosecutions. Catarrh cure ads and health claims appear.
Delaware guards scramble to prevent mob violence after a Black suspect, John Long, is captured. Miss Flore Booze accuses him of assault near Milford while two Black men are held at the jail. Crowds damage the jail as officials seek stabilizing orders.
Indianapolis January 17 Twelve hundred delegates attend the opening of the seventh annual United Mine Workers convention. President John Mitchell cites wage increases and denounces party disruption while noting progress in treasury collections across district and subdistrict levels totaling seven million in the union’s funds.
In Trenton New Jersey on January 17 William Parke and John Wahama two colored men were arrested and held for Pennsylvania requisition on charges of robbery and assault. They allegedly chewed and gassed Edward Cooper his wife and farmhand Fred Mathias at the Cooper residence near Nextown Pennsylvania. Mary Cooper escaped from a second story window and neighbors freed the others. A third man white escaped. Cooper is prostrated from shock and exposure.
Two negro tunnel workers died from suffocation and caisson disease, two were drowned, and two others were overcome as a pipe burst. White foreman and assistant rescued survivors after the caisson collapse at Man o War Reef opposite 424 street New York. Bodies of the drowned lay at shaft bottom twenty feet below river level.
A petition signed by S. M. Willains of Pittsburgh requests court action to compel the Pennsylvania Railroad to abolish the $10 deposit on mileage books. The secretary of internal affairs will study the petition and may report to the attorney general for possible proceedings. Meanwhile Franklin memory honored by American Philosophical Society with a bicentennial program in Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania House and Senate have appointed standing committees marking the completion of initial legislative work for Governor Pennypacker's reform program. Bills on many topics await hearings before advancing to chamber consideration. The House expects a short adjournment Thursday while the Senate plans Friday departure.
A party of three men, Joseph Deier Frank Welmer and a companion, were drowned near Locust Point after their boat overturned in the bay. Residents heard cries for help and found the overturned craft. The boat had been borrowed by the trio, who had been missing for days. Indictments return in a separate case where F C Gunean Henry Afich John S Hawkings face charges of blackmailing and extorting from Robert Ballantine with $14,000 involved across counts.
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