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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
6
A sweeping look at scarce reliable claims and census figures. The piece notes an exciting Montgomery county campaign led by Bryan, Hartford Connecticut using kerosene against mosquitoes, and a New York Post census discussion on Black population growth. It also defends collegiate education against Schwab critics, highlighting rising graduates and university expansion.
The article argues that modern education has moved beyond Horace quotations to cover all life needs. It cites vast university offerings, practical training for diverse careers, and new opportunities like Cornell offering mechanical science jobs to graduates. It notes Schwab's ideas aren’t universal in business, yet college now aids hands on work and democracy.
A digest of editorial snippets from Baltimore and nearby papers discusses diverse topics. It notes stunt acts and weathering bolts in fair circuits, a Jersey lightning theme, a Pennsylvania railway guard to deter ride theft, and farmers' mixed stance on the tramp as labor. It praises Warfield’s Baltimore Postoffice merit system and questions civil service reform, citing presidential appointments and public service incentives.
A collage of humorous snippets and quips from late 19th century columns. Humorous exchanges feature Captain Miller and a Malapropps of his force, a playful door to a nursery, witticisms about philosophers, and a post mortem joke. The passages showcase social banter and light irony from period press.
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette notes the rapid rise of the Christian Endeavor movement. It highlights how church workers formed from a single society to a vast network of about 65,000 local societies in twenty years, underscoring the movement’s reach and perceived vitality.
London buzzes over a breach of promise suit by Miss Portia Knight against the Duke of Manchester. Knight, an American described as beautiful, is represented by Sir Edward Clarke, famed for cross examination prowess. The piece also notes Endeavorers’ ecumenical ethos and Cuba’s evolving link to the United States as observed in the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
A mixed page fragment features verses Moments With The Muse about picnic scenes under chestnut trees and a harvest song celebrating summer labor and autumn breezes. It also reports on a Home For Aged Newspaper Men noting incorporation of the Journalists' Home association in Philadelphia with plans for a Lake Weer site and a fundraising magazine Ponemia to support the project.
It was learned the deceased on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on Wednesday afternoon was Emish aber, believed to be a Swede rather than a German as once supposed. His body was buried at Montvue. The note concludes that business may come and go but the shrewd advertiser's business flows on forever.
News of the stale reports a Baltimore real estate dealer Henry W. Rogers dying. Other notes include the critical illness of Thomas McK Day former Howard County Register of Wills, a drowning at J. B. Beacham & Bro. marine railway, and a woodlands death of Eli Stewart in Washington county. A lightning fire destroyed Mrs. George Line’s barn in Washington county. Catharine Shunk dies in Newchester Pa. in her eighty fifth year. Montgomery county politics center on the Senate race between Spencer O. Jones and W. Viers Boult. The Baltimore machinists strike ends as Sparrow’s Point workers return under old terms. Seventeen to thirty-one George’s Creek region youths who joined two years ago head home from the Philippines. Lawyer Skipwith Wilmer dies in Nahant, Mass. A Baltimore and Ohio case settles a suit against Emma Maude Smith from a 1900 injury. Allegany Court overrules a Cumberland attorney’s demurrer in a disbarment case. J William Grant in Hagerstown jail seeks transfer for his double murder trial. The groin wound of Policeman Flory heals as he battles rheumatism.
In New York yesterday wheat and corn surged with one of the year's largest totals, corn rising about 8 cents and wheat following to top levels. Traders report heavy order flow as farmers stay bullish while professionals suffer losses from the surge. Demand notes the Southwest feeding stock with wheat and heat in the Red River Valley threatens quality.
An astrologer predicts warlike tensions with a foreign power, financial strife, strikes, mob violence, and large corporate failures. He cautions officials and readers to pursue arbitration, watch rail and postal services, protect children, and heed warnings of water hazards and epidemics affecting humans and livestock.
A dated exhortation urges extreme caution for summer sports recreation and pastimes. It warns of trouble and calamity linked to public buildings or large venues, predicts illness and high mortality, and calls for prudent diplomacy with foreign groups. The writer frames these warnings as scientific guidance to avert sorrow and ensure national prosperity.
The Scribe notes cooler weather and a thriving market with abundant supplies. Prices for fruits vegetables fish and meats are listed in detail, highlighting home grown raspberries dewberries and peaches ahead, while buyers eye Middletown and Braddock picnic chatter.
Baltimore July 12 markets down in New York and here. Morgan seeks what he wants while Gould Harriman oppose his community plans. Decline across lists paced by summer business rumors of strikes and drought in the West. Seaboard stock values seen rising soon as firm prospects grow.
Bond market notes show Seaboard Air Lines Collateral Trust Ten Year Bonds selling nicely but slipping due to New York depreciation, with prices around 1012 and interest. Georgia and Northern rail bonds ease to 108, street railways range in 96 to 102. Bank stocks few sales, general money lending at 5 percent and expected asset releases to loosen liquidity. Townsend Scott & Sox.
Bradstreet reports varied trade conditions across regions with midsummer activity in the east, drought hurt in the southwest, strong crops in the northwest, and steady to ordinary tone in the middle and south. Key factors include corn and oats speculation, nervous stock market, rail rate worries, labor mood improving, and bank clearings up 4.5 percent week over week.
Montgomery county reports a very short wheat crop despite abundant straw while Howard and Carroll counties show mixed results with yields from twenty to thirty five bushels per acre and quality varying. Maryland ranks seventh in population density with Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Jersey among the top densities in 1900.
Pennsylvania defeated Trinity College Dublin in a race held today reported by Special Dispatch to Tak News. The event featured teams from Kenarsgy University and IReLagp in a competitive matchup.
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