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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1899
Page
2
The page includes subscription rates for The Daily News and The Weekly News, with service notes and pricing. It also contains assorted political commentary on Senator Depew, Governor Lowndes, Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, Governor Bradley, Kentucky militia, and Cumberland and Annapolis correspondents.
The article discusses Roosevelt’s warning of political pressure on the army and the public’s stance on McKinley’s handling. It notes the strong belief that politics should not influence military matters, while many would back McKinley if he remains firm against such pressure.
Contemporary comment notes a rising local argument to blow up the can non cracker while Transvaal tensions show Britain fast to assert suzerainty. Other items report eleven Allegany jail inmates charged with felonious assaults reflecting moral concerns amid war news and volunteers drawn to Philippine duty.
A poem fragment describes two lovers resting beneath beech trees. The speaker pleads for words while the brook and thrushes accompany a silent exchange. The muse-like Vera, with silver speech and gold silence, frames unspoken love as the moments pass.
Governor Roosevelt reports the President wants only merit based recommendations for officers in the new volunteer army and will ignore political considerations. The stance pleases those who deem politics outside the army, yet critics note the late decision echoes earlier spoils system patterns and regret past appointment practices during the Spanish War buildup.
A humor filled page compiles wry exchanges and quick quips from readers and editors. Jests on farming, family, and work ethic mingle with sharp asides about towns, taverns, and city life in a mosaic of 19th or early 20th century newspaper banter.
A Philadelphia Record letter from Tokyo questions a quoted Dewey remark on conquering the Philippines, calling it preposterous and untrue. The piece argues Dewey would follow orders and not insubordinate, urging focus on maintaining order with adequate force during the Luzon campaign. It endorses lawful authority and criticizes sensational anti imperialist claims. It notes public sentiment supports orderly action and avoiding political strife while soldiers’ lives are at stake.
An advertisement extols Alon's Foot-Race powder as softening new shoe fit and relieving corns and bunions. It claims comfort for growing nails, sore feet, and calouses, with sales at shoe stores and a mail order option to Allin S Olmstead. Also promotes De Witt's Little Early Risers for constipation and liver troubles, and Vietor Infante relief for infants.
A Baltimore man, estranged from his family, circulated postal cards seeking information on the whereabouts of children placed with a Frederick county Reformed family by the Henry Watson Children's Aid Society of Baltimore. Miss Mary Willcox Brown, secretary of the society, spoke with a News representative, detailing the subject’s erratic past and the society’s success in finding good homes in Frederick county. She urged potential adoptive families to contact the society at 301 North Charles street, Baltimore. Also listed are letters remaining at the Frederick city post office, July 8, 1899, with instructions to claim or risk sending them to the dead letter office.
Linemen from Frederick County Telegraph and Telephone Co plan to complete a circuit to Brunswick by month end or early August. Epworth League delegates Rev Page Milburn Hon J. G. Urner and Miss Grace Radcliff were chosen for the Indianapolis convention on July 20. Also notes on Prof Joseph H Branham and Dr Z H Sviburky ill with appendicitis, local market quotes, and a DC Supreme Court admission for J Frank Butts.
News items from Maryland columns报道 mention Bateman Easton death by action. A shirt factory begins at Michaels. Simpers killed by lightning in Chestertown. Anne Arundel Republicans endorse Lowndes. Destructive tobacco epidemic hits southern Maryland. Disma Swamp Canal partly open to trains. Rev Stude baker resigns as Fourth Reg. chaplain. Annapolis Republicans urge abstention at city polls. Lightning destroys a Cecil County barn. Jones fractures arm in sleep. Voster awarded Frostburg well-burning contract. Alleged ill treatment sparks family dispute in Frostburg. Chestertown fountain unveiling to be decided by vote. Soil pipe combine to issue bonds and stock. Percy Sumpton in hospital with peanut in bronchial tube. Postal Telegraph seeks city agreement to enter Hagerstown. Baltimore District United Brethren Camp meetings in July August. Day of Ridgely acquires Union Telephone control. Frightly Blunder adage promotes Bucklen’s Armens Salve for burns and skin issues. 250 price. sold by AL Pearre Druggist.
An 1899 Frederick County notice warns readers that beauty requires pure blood and good digestion as it promotes Earl's Clover Root Ten. Separate items include declarations by H. Dorsey Etchison for State’s Attorney and W. B. Catshall for Sheriff, urging Republican delegates to nominate and support their campaigns.
In the Circuit Court for Frederick County a bill in equity seeks a decree for sale of the estate of William Carmack, deceased April 1880, to pay debts. Executors are Carr Buiank. Heirs include John Carmack. descendants of Ephraim, Hangon, and Mary Fulton. Mamie Lewis and others. Letters testamentary issued. real estate valued at about 1 acre 16 perches.
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