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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
6
A long discussion over a suburb’s dog barking ban triggers reactions from the New York Tribune and others. Observers defend the ordinance as reasonable, noting similar rules in Frederick and stressing that noise control protects neighbors’ sleep and health.
Baltimore announces construction of additional cell room at the city jail for use by the mayor and council. The note underscores political maneuvering and the broader implications for governance amid ongoing party dynamics.
In a disjointed Baltimore style fragment a woman seeker questions a suitor about timing finances and sex while a Boston advertiser voices concern about a partner. The garbled text hints at a personal ad and social anxieties.
The piece argues that heads of major railroads often rose from laborer or clerk ranks rather than elite bloodlines. It cites examples from J A Edison to Samuel Menton, noting street-rail and construction work backgrounds. The author praises American merit and opportunity for the poor to reach high office.
An assortment of clipped verse and ad-like lines discusses dreaming and the loom of life. It juxtaposes Antaor Bruona style imagery with fragmented reflections on uncertainty, time, and the busyness of life, plus a 25 cents price note and a Dr King life pills testimonial.
On July 4 a new star joined the flag and the navy reduced old flags to make room for the new design. The Brooklyn Navy Yard flagmaking establishment crafts every battleship outfit from 150 pieces costing about 2 dollars each, with over 50,000 flags produced annually for roughly 75 thousand dollars. Foreign ensigns cost from 21 to 52.50, with elaborate centerpieces stitched by women. Massive U S ensigns reach 36 by 19 feet, while the largest flag for the President requires a month of hand embroidery. The plant employs about 50 women and a few men, paid 2.20 to 28 per day, and flags undergo stringent color fastness and tensile tests.
French researchers Dr. Walter M. Atkinson and Dr. J. Fogle from the Pasteur Institute in Lille travel to Pennsylvania to catch copperheads and rattlesnakes. Venom is drawn using a needle-syringe system, with two drops collected per snake, then shipped for antitoxin work. Venom value is cited at $30,000 per pound, and methods include sterilization and careful handling.
Misc notes from town include entertainments and trips, improvements on Mrs. N. J. Wilson’s East Patrick Street residence, and reflections on dues. Churchmen Rev. Gee W Crist and Thomas S Albay caught seven bass while fishing near Big Tail Creek. later John H Martz and others netted forty five bass at Double Pipe Creek. Mrs Beelkey stepped on a nail in her yard, injuring her right foot.
Pearce and Scheck present Don Juan in Pictures featuring a moving picture program at the City Opera House this Saturday. The serial shows Don Juan amid rival love interests, duels, abductions, a convent, a father’s death, a living statue, and a dreamlike funeral vision before the hero disappears in a flame as the daughter places a wreath on her father’s tomb.
Sale of three lots at the corner of McMurray and Washington streets in Poole's addition to Frederick to William A Smith and Minne M Smith closed by Stamer and Stauffer, real estate and loan agents on private terms. A Boston dispatch reports a new national cemetery on Deer Island like Arlington, to be used for soldiers sailors officers and U S civilians who died in service. Many sailors who died of ship fever and soldiers who perished in the War of 1812 and the rebellion were buried there.
After twelve years of doctoring for a bad stomach and spending nearly five hundred dollars on medicine I bought my wife a box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They did her so much good she continued to use them. They have time and again performed better than all prior medicines. Lemnet Boyer, Folkorn, Tone. This medicine is for sale at Pearre's Modern Pharmacy with free samples. If you can sell to five customers by advertising, whereas you sell to only one without advertising, why not advertise as a good investment.
Mrs Emma Rice wife of C A Rice of Knowville died at home on Monday July 13 aged 54 from typhoid fever and complications. She leaves a husband a son Charles Homer Rice a daughter Exie Darby Rice and her parents Mr and Mrs James Reeley of Middletown Va plus three brothers and one sister. Funeral was held Tuesday afternoon with services at the house by Rev Link Middletown Va and interment in the family lot in the Reformed cemetery.
A letter from Thad Farrar of Cat Inland La recalls a 1907 cholera and diarrhoea attack that crippled him for weeks. He creditss Chamberlains Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with prompt relief and says had he used it in 1902 he would have saved $100. He endorses Pearres Modern Pharmacy for selling the medicine.
An Auburn Centre resident touts Dr Wing s New Discovery as a potent remedy for long standing coughs throat and lung trouble claiming it cured what other treatments could not and expressing confidence it will restore health with continued use The ad notes the product is available at Pearre s Modern Pharmacy and free sample offers at local banks. mentions Frederick Maryland and 1908 banking data.
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