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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1901
Page
4
Frederick Md. readers see notes on local rail expansion to Myeraville and a through line to Hagara town, plus commentary on public figures Lord Kitchener and Rev Dr Gunther Kuhlman. The piece also critiques U S consular pay and calls for higher salaries to attract capable officials.
The Baltimore American criticizes a book as a grotesquely false naval history of the Spanish War. It argues the work distorts facts to flatter Rear Admiral Schley while diminishing Swinny and urges protest against adopting the volume as a standard in Annapolis. The Navy Department is not charged with misconduct but is urged to act on Maclay’s history.
A strong demand calls for the Navy Department to either convene a court martial for Admiral Schley on Maclay's allegations or expel the cited History of the Navy from the Naval Academy. If false, expunge the work. if true, discipline Schley. Congress should investigate if the department delays action to defend honor and duty.
A compact selection notes political opinion from Baltimore papers on Cuba and Maryland Day activities, highlights Crowninshield’s disputed dispatch to Dewey, and analyzes corn crop prospects. It cites figures for crops and values, including corn at two billion bushels and wheat, cotton, and hay valuations, framing corn as the leading agricultural staple and export driver.
A collage of quips and jokes drawn from Tit Bits Life and What To Rat satire. Dialogue snippets include Mrs Cobwigger fashion chatter, a waiter boasting service, a child misnaming flood survivors, a general scolding a reporter, and a Christian Scientist goat joke.
The Jacksonville Times Union argues Southern restraint has faded as violence grows, urging mutual North-South aid amid rising lawlessness. Springfield Republican notes the Boer War drains Britain as Civil War costs echo, warning empire plans may collapse under embattled farmers’ power.
Commentary notes that privacy remains nearly unattainable for the very rich despite vast wealth. Observers say solitude is compromised by crowds, servants, and omnipresent reporters, while the very poor endure physical crowding. The piece contrasts wealth and poverty in public scrutiny.
A Washington Star poem laments fading seasonal isms and longs for political passions. The speaker watches parasol fashion while yearning for renewed interest in socialism imperialism Bryanism and other isms as spring arrives.
The forty-eighth year shows prosperity with students from fourteen states and countries including six Porto Ricans and four Koreans. An American library of 22 000 volumes, a working laboratory, and an experienced faculty underline strong academics at moderate cost. Salem benefits from a healthful setting, churches, and moral advantages. a Roanoke Collegian catalogue and college views are available free from President Julius D. Dreher in Salem Virginia.
A Frederick post office notice lists advertised letters Saturday July 13 1901. Gentlemen list includes Andrew Goode Mariot Houck G H Moonshower Gen Parucker M D W B Walker. Ladies list includes Katye R Baker Annie M Fineyfrock Eyre Galiath Maggie Nelson Arie mith. Two weeks to claim before transfer to dead letter office.
Detectives warn of a New York based green goods swindle targeting travelers on the Buffalo exposition route. A Washington reader received a confidential circular from a self described plate engraver claiming flawless forgeries and urging cooperation without initial investment. Victims recount schemes of meeting suspects in dim locations, opening packages only to find worthless paper.
Market quotes today show corn per barrel 2.50 shelled corn 0.50 per bushel wheat 0.65 per bushel hay 19.40 per ton and 24 per ton for the bundled price values.
A pension official warns the national pension roll may not end for about 50 years due to yearly fluctuations in new pensions the Spanish War and Civil War measures. He notes 993,529 names on the rolls at year end with 43,834 dropped and 45,354 added while two thirds as many Mexican and Civil War pensions remain. He estimates possible exhaustion around 1924, given ongoing costs and future surges. The article cites Brevet pensions showing 8,151 widows and 16,464 beneficiaries from the Mexican War 55 years past, with lingering survivors and widows from earlier wars, placing total Civil War and Spanish War pension costs well into the century.
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