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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1907
Page
4
A fragmented notice section urges readers to mail or phone their Frederick addresses to The Daily News for ongoing mailings. It mentions subscription rates and requests updates before travel. Also a garbled item references Oklahoma constitutional makers and a mock query about a Henry James novel.
Frederick readers praise Josgph D. Baker as eminently qualified for governor. The Baltimore News staff findings quote Chief Judge B McSherry and describe Baker as trusted, honored, and admired by neighbors. Editors urge Democrats to support a strong, popular candidate capable of leading Maryland to victory.
In Charles County and Baltimore, editorials discuss whether Democratic leaders should convene a closed party meeting or open it to public input. Critics urge harmony and honest debate, while calling for leadership to allow party members to think for themselves.
A collage of humorous misstatements and misheard dialogue appears from various papers. Quotations touch on etiquette, fashion, family, and everyday misunderstandings. The snippets showcase playful wordplay and comic misreads from New York Milwaukee Chicago and Houston publications.
A syndicated montage shows experts warning coal reserves may exhaust in 75 years, urging winter preparation. It also notes pacific coast naval reach, a cautious view on a Japanese war scare, and critiques Vice President Fairbanks's public image amid ongoing global tension.
The piece contrasts Anglo Japanese diplomacy with wary American readers and argues for cautious policy. It analyzes the tobacco trust as a near monopoly, urging antitrust action and government breakup to restore competition, noting limited legislative paths and impacts on broader industrial change.
A poem by Carolyn Wells titled Moments With The Muse explores love as sufficient, intertwining painterly imagery and playful anecdotes about Peggy. The verse evokes affection, light, and whimsy as Peggy becomes a muse for tears, eyes, lips, and spritely dreams.
A Rockville dispatch argues Col Spencer Jones out leaves Montgomery County backing Joseph D Baker of Frederick for governor. Baker is praised as popular, capable and able to win a larger vote, with leaders and voters expressing strong support and belief he could carry the county.
Beal and noted Frederick bank figures are listed with William H. Nicodemus serving as secretary of Franklin Savings Bank. Nicodemus, born in 1860s, worked in education and business before settling into banking. multiple marriages and a son, Dr. Robert O. Nicodemus, are mentioned. A horse driven by a colored man near Frederick caused an auto scare, jumping a fence and breaking a new cart with minor injuries to the horse.
In a Frederick district Democratic primary held in the courthouse basement, delegates were instructed to vote for Joseph C. Baker for Governor at the State convention. The meeting named 25 delegates to each county convention and 25 to the county central committee, with a compromise slate formed after rival claims. Chairman Joseph W. Gaver indicated delegates would likely be named by Monday.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled rail carriers must serve all first class passengers equally, white or black. A Louisville and Nashville case found discrimination where a black passenger was given a white car with wash basins while whites had such facilities, and a separate smoking compartment for whites was provided. the commission ordered equal amenities for black passengers paying first class fare. The decision also aims to improve immigrant travel conditions by ending crowding in smoking and baggage cars and ensuring foreigners receive proper treatment on long journeys.
In a noisy mock battle, the Maryland Naval Brigade attacked Fort Howard. The day saw the trial of John W. Gaiger, former cashier of the Canton W National Bank, in progress. Walter A. Mason was acquitted of conspiracy, while Olin Sryan’s charge was dropped. Fred Backs, escaped convict, recaptured and jailed in Oakland for highway robbery. Frank Potts, 10, railroad watchman, found dead at Little Orleans due to natural heart trouble. Charles McCabe, 18, of Orellin, Garrett county, died from a blow to the abdomen from timber at Kendall lumber plant.
Rev Zingmerman of Obriat Lutheran Baltimore issues a card ofNevera with maxims on gentleness, restraint, justice, patience, and peacemaking. The list warns against anger, gossip, neglect of duty, urging self-improvement and charity toward others while stressing personal accountability before God and man.
An 11 year old fugitive, Charles Kelmyer, escaped from the Maryland School for Boys in Baltimore on Thursday night and was arrested yesterday at Thor mont by Deputy Sheriff W. A. Stall. He was turned over to Deputy Sheriff Darner and brought to the city and jailed. Superintendent J. M. Hendrix arrived today and took him back to the institution.
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