Post Office rule changes cut second class mail abuse
The Daily News notes criticism of Postmaster General Smith's order ending lax second class mail rates. It explains the reform targets books and non news focused publications, prohibits unsold copies returns, and aims to curb losses to the government while enabling sooner one cent letter postage. The piece contrasts critics and supporters and highlights implications for publishers and the postal system.
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Contemprary Comment on Sampson and Queenstown Militiamen
Contemporary comment from the Baltimore American notes that even if Sampson failed to win a medal he would not be forgotten. The piece references young men at Queenstown who serve as militiamen undergoing ongoing training or duties.
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Sampson
Baltimore American
Queenstown
Maryland and Americans in hardship amid veterans debate
The Baltimore Herald and Cumberland News quote hardships of soldiers and discuss misfortune and public sentiment. They remark on Spain's sorrow, a fallow named Urow Inshield wager, and the charged controversy over naval leadership after the battle of Santiago. The Baltimore News cautions against assigning blame, noting partisan bias in reports.
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Spain
Urowinshield
Cumberland News
Minutes of Merriness and Witty Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of comic quotes from multiple papers highlights quirky exchanges. Jests touch on marriage, work, honesty, and odd mishearings, from Goldthorpe and Bickers to Patience Mince and Patience, with asides on arched wills and insured lives.
Perjury and the Erosion of Oath Truth in Courts
A Tribune sourced piece highlights Iowa Bar Association concerns over rising perjury in U.S. courts. It argues witnesses show little regard for oaths, notes routine swearing, and urges stricter prosecution and clearer oath understanding, warning about a community-wide decline in veracity and trust in legal testimony.
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Crom
Waghligton Star
Iowa State Bar , Association
Iowa
The Gest Remedy for Stomach and Bone Troubles Story
In a Columbus drug trade testimonial W Wasedeld praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a superior stomach and towel troubles cure. He claims it cured two severe cases in his family and has sold hundreds of bottles with customer satisfaction. Forsale by A L Pearre.
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W. Wasedeld
Columbus
A. L. Pearre
Moments With The Muse A Vacation Song Poem
A Washington Star poem blends a nostalgic vacation mood with playful verse about a summer girl and school fading away. It shifts to Kiavienne Lee Bates praising the school of nature, where daisies, clover, and streams replace classrooms and bells.
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Kiavienne Lee Bates
Work of Death Henry A Dreyer obituary notice
Henry A Dreyer died at his son in law EB W Moxleys home in Plane No 4 at 72. He was born in Bremen Germany and survived by wife Mary E Mason and three children. Funeral at New Market M E church with Fidelity Lodge No 54 in charge. interment in local cemetery. The service was led by Rev O M Cullum.
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EB. W. Moxley
Bremen
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Monrovia
Henry Munsetter
W. Moxley
Charles M. Dreyer
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Fidelity Lodge lI. C. C. F
N. M. Waters
J. C. Riggs
P. Dockerly
Charles Grubbs
Jesse
Philadelphia
C. EK. McCaslin
Rest Cottage guests and local notices from Washington Grove
Washington Grove hosts Mrs May Cookson Jones with guests from Frederick and Rockville including Mrs George M Gittinger and several Gittinger sisters. Delegates from Frederick attend the WOTU camp meeting. Middletown Valley wheat yields look fair but post harvest rains damaged remaining shock. An infant in Reichboor recovered from cholera infantum after Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. testimonial by Mrs Craig Baker Beokwalter Ohio. Ad reads A New 5 asertisement appears.
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Rockville
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Elma Moulton
Washington
Rose Lindsay
Reichboor
St Mary's church to be dedicated at Grantville
News briefs from the state note St Mary's Catholic church at Grantville will be dedicated Sunday and Bishop Curtis will dedicate an altar at St Laurence's in Jessups. An Annapolis tax levy is set at 2 cents per 100. In other items, deaths include Solomon Speers Sr in Adie and Thomas Malloy of Cumberland.
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Harford County
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Tristate Medical
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Smith
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Anton Ghoula
Rockville
W. Clarence White
Laurel
Curroll County
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Souitheburg
Home Mission Board
Newark
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Bad Season For Fishing Across Potomac Rivers
Rains keep Potomac waters muddy preventing bass fishing since April. Fishermen fear a larger bass population later due to missed fishing during the season. Wet weather also harms early peaches and huckleberries, rotting fruit and reducing crops in several patches, with birds and animals feeding on fallen berries.
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Potomac River
Yacht Capsizes in Sound With Four Drowned
Special Dispatch to Tar News from New Hives reports that Arthur C. Colburn of Philadelphia and his two daughters Ida and Anniette, along with Captain Flint and a sailor, were drowned when the yacht Venitzis capsized in Long Island Sound.
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New Hives
Arther C. Qolburn
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Ida
Anniette
Flint
Venitzis
Long Island Sound
Resumption of Work at Eight Colliery and School Appointments
Special dispatch notes Erie Coal Company eight colliery resumes operations. Miss Condon of Woodville is appointed teacher at Clemsonville public school replacing Miss Barnes who moved to Germantown. Montgomery county schools extend nine months next year with salaries up to 50 dollars a month. A storm causes a fire at Mr. Wm Monard's wheat shock on the Manor. Local market quotes: corn barrel 2.59, shelled corn 30 cents per bushel, wheat 5? cents per bushel, hay 12 to 14 dollars per ton.
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State Normal School
M. Gertrude Barnes
Montgomery County
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Fire Local Mart
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August Flower Cure Claim Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts August Flower as a remedy for digestive and liver ailments including sour stomach, headache, constipation, palpitations, yellow skin, coated tongue, and nausea. It urges readers to visit a drug store for a bottle and promises two doses will relieve symptoms, noting Green's Prize Almanac and Main's Drug Store as sources.
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Von
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Main’s
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Fisher for House of Delegates Independent Republican
Geo M Fisher of Hagerstown the one armed candidate who ran as an independent Republican for Congress in Washington county and Sixth District announces his bid for the House of Delegates on a platform favoring workers rights arbitration weekly pay and direct legislation via initiative and referendum He pledges support for labor causes and the rights of working people along with a brief note on public figures and a digression about Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen and Babylon population estimates.
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