06 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
1
The Frederick business community agrees to close wholesale establishments on Saturdays at 4 o clock in summer as a step toward a Saturday half holiday. The move aims to rest workers in hot weather and promote brighter labor life.
The article recalls the 1900 sentencing of William M. Jacobs and William L. Kendig of Lancaster for a vast counterfeiting conspiracy. They received twelve years for defrauding the U.S. by issuing bogus internal revenue stamps and treasury notes. President Roosevelt later granted executive clemency, reducing their penalties.
Corrupted officials threaten a broad scheme and would face up to 800 years if convicted on all counts. President Roosevelt declares five years would suffice, provoking expectations of mass clemency requests from Oyster Bay post offices awaiting pardons.
A collection of editorial snips from Baltimore American Cumberland Times and Annapolis Capital note Russia risks and Roosevelt leadership as a political pilot for the nation. The items reflect era attitudes and humorous takes on domestic politics and gender roles.
A collage of quips from multiple papers feature punny dialogue on inventions debts and marriage, with skewed wordplay and mismatched captions. The items reference Bronen Wagg Nordy and Mina Welloph in a light satirical tone, highlighting-era style humor and cross-paper jokes.
A nostalgic essay from The Atlanta Constitution extols the front porch as a social hub. It describes summer porch gatherings as a public square for gossip, wisdom, and family debate, likening it to a local forum and stating it offers essential American relaxation and civic spirit.
The piece blends poetry and religious humor in a July Recreation setting. It references a Sylvan Service with Jack in the pulpit and a somber mood as night and the pale horse appear. It notes a family, friends, and the Buffalo venue in a nostalgic, melodic tone.
Farmers report an epidemic eye disease in Frederick county Virginia cattle causing blindness and death. An Agricultural Department reply outlines a treatment using boracic acid solution and jodoform vaseline applied to the eyelids, with rubbing to spread the medicine and prevent progression.
The obituary records the death of John Aloysius Orndorff, 33, who died of yellow fever aboard the City of Sydney near San Francisco after leaving Panama. He was a Spokane resident and miner, with family ties in Maryland and elsewhere, buried at sea during quarantine. The report notes his brother Prof Willem Orndorff and other relatives, with a Spokane requiem mass held June 26.
Mr Harrys W Bowers buys five acres adjoining Clarke Place to build a new street and add a district named South Park. The Local Market lists corn and wheat prices, plus a sensational note about a person’s dramatic rescue and a medical ad for Dr Kings New Discovery with claims of quick relief and a free trial bottle.
Philadelphia reform groups denounce Governor Pennypacker for naming David Martin of Philadelphia as state insurance commissioner to replace Thrael W. Durham who resigned. The Committee of Seventy and the Committee of Nine vow to unite citizens to retire those dominating the Republican organization in the city and state.
Bonds of 5000 each were posted by three packing companies Amour & Co Swift & Co and the Fairbanks Morse company and by 13 individual packers named in the federal grand jury indictment. Several listed executives of Armour Swift and related firms posted the bonds. Four indicted packers remained absent from Chicago.
summarizes baseball results from American and National Leagues with several scores. includes a $100 reward notice and an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonial claims. also several product and coal advertisements and a local services brief from Woodland.
A Philadelphia man Mortimer attempted suicide at the Mediterranean avenue crossing and lost a $40 wooden leg. Rescuer brakeman Elmer Reiner saved him but may lose his foot after the wheels trapped it. Mortimer is jailed for sanity evaluation amid family desertion motives.
Frederick County satellite bank announces a certificate of re extension of its charter received from the Comptroller of the Currency. The notice is required to be published for thirty days so all shareholders are notified of the extension.
An old Frederick Maryland advertisement lists bonds stocks mortgaged notes and cash loans with firms Cramer & Stauffer and OAH E. Cramer D. W. Stauffer. It details multiple property sales including a villa suburb, farms, vacant lots, business properties and suburban homes with locations on East Patrick Street North Market Street Jefferson Pike Mountville and near Hagerstown. A timetable of leave and arrival times for several rail stops is included amid the property listings.
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