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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
4
Anger over prize fighting and demoralizing displays prompts Baltimore and Washington to forbid exhibitions. Leaders warn such films foster racial tension and social harm, while Frederick's baseball team loss cited as local disappointment. business meeting urged to unite Frederick for progress.
The article laments neglect by Congress in funding a crypt at the Naval Academy for John Paul Jones. It cites General Horace Porter and ambassadorial efforts to obtain approval to recover and rebury Jones from Paris. Jones died in 1792 and was buried in Paris Protestant Cemetery. after searches and state action, his remains were recovered in 1905 and reinterred with honors in France before transport to the United States.
Fragmented notes recall Spokane residents chafing at an oversized apple crop and a proposed Adam and Eve monument. The piece meanders through quirky lines about attire fixes, a banquet, and odd dispatches, concluding with a jumbled jab at Beveridge and Jack Johnson amid broader wartime era wordplay.
The Abernathy boys travel to New York on horseback and plan a quick return by auto amid critiques of Eastern decadence. Maryland seeks reciprocal state relations with the East as Governor and Automobile Commission push for public approval. Public worry grows over prize fight pictures and their disorderly aftermath, fueling calls for suppression. Health emphasized to endure summer heat, with cooling periods noted as relief in hot deserts.
Washington Herald reports that Congress has not yet adopted a formal doctrine on air power as the new force in war. Debate centers on strategic priorities and the role of air forces in national defense versus ground operations. Officials warn that policy must adapt to rapid technological advances and aerial capabilities.
A column argues airships could surpass battleships in wartime, noting Germany and England already fund air power and predicting American innovation could outpace costly dreadnoughts. It urges government support to build airship fleets, training schools, and naval aviation strength.
A 1920 poem by Cusna V Morr Frederick explores lingering pain after love, betrayal, and fate. The speaker laments a past romance damaged by a fleeting passion, asking why a kiss doomed happiness and left a heart chained to sorrow. The verse contrasts a wounded psyche with a stubborn plea for eventual understanding.
A summer resort called the Blue Ridge Mountain Ton on the summit of Blue Ridge near Bluemont Loudoun county Virginia was destroyed by fire last night at unknown time. The blaze started in the hotel laundry room spread quickly aided by high winds. Many guests lost their wearing apparel. Loss estimated at $20 000 with partial insurance.
Mayor Mahool insists prize fight films must be shown in Baltimore despite strong public opposition across Maryland. Attorney General Straus says Governor can suppress displays, with state and county prosecutors able to act. Baltimore officials clash with county leaders over licensing and permits as other counties vow to block exhibition, and doubts arise about possible showings in nearby cities.
Adjt Muraball and officers present a semiannual statement of work and services. Items include conversions, 5 meetings indoor, 42 cottage meetings, 12 outdoor meetings, 230 sick visits, 80 baptisms, 3 confirmations, 64 meals furnished, 6 lodgings, $14.85 for traveling to needy persons, $30.70 for charity, 2 children's entertainments, 1 outing, garments given, 1 medical attendance, 10 jail services. Two outings planned this season plus August 26 noted, making three in total.
Mr John Renn displayed unusually large early Strawbery variety potatoes at the Tr News office yesterday. Grown near Vengaville in this county, the crop yielded about 50 bushels from 3 bushels planted. Several tubers reached one pound each, marking one of the best early-season potato crops Mr Reno has ever produced.
Alexander Neill president of the Hagerstown Bank and former Maryland State Bankers' Association head is ill at his Blue Ridge Summit mountain cottage. He has been paralyzed for months.
Frederick County Farmers Exchange provides corrected July 1910 market prices for assorted staples. Wheat No 2 Red at .11, corn ear at 3.30 per barrel, rye 60e per bushel, oats 1c to 2c per bushel, barley 35e to 60c, hay timothy 19 to 320, timothy No 2 13 to 19, mixed 17 to 18, not sold 316 to 18 per ton, straw bailed wheat .00 to 20, bailed oats 8 to 10, flour winter 5.60 to 6.10, spring 5.75 to 6.25, cornmeal 1.60 to 1.70, 100 lbs tatces 46c to 60c per bushel, mill feed bran 23.60 per ton, middlings 39.00 per ton, dog 2.20 per sack, dairy feeds 23 to 24 per ton, cotton seed meal 24 to 36, Timothy seed 2.00 to 2.25 per bushel, clover 7 to 8 per bushel.
July 1910 market snapshot shows Motter Bros corrected noon prices forCotton Duck and United Rail assets. notes listing Seaboard, Western Maryland, and Houston Oil among active issues. Includes bank deposits, bond circulations, and national currency items with totals around 150 million.
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