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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
6
The Independent Newspaper is published by a major Southern printing house for its subscribers. It serves readers with locally produced news, notices, and market updates crafted in the period’s journalistic style.
A city paper writer frets picnics are extinct yet finds urban families still enjoy communal outings. In town or country, Sunday schools and churches organize gatherings with baskets of fried chicken pies and cakes. People travel by trolley or car today, but the core joy of shared food and grass under trees remains timeless.
A bright city youth died from an accidental shotgun explosion as he and several companions took the gun to shoot cranes along the river. The incident, described as a most sad occurrence, occurred yesterday and is under investigation.
The article warns that the use of freazine by boys is a grave danger and urges strict parental oversight. It notes accidents can happen even to careful hunters and stresses firearms should not be in youths hands without an adult instructor. It also cautions about air rifles on city streets and the need to regulate children’s conduct with dangerous weapons.
The movement has formed over 1,000 new societies with more than 1,000,000 members, led by the United States and Canada. Atlantic City hosts a convention seeking ways to boost efficiency and global peace, highlighting hospitals, missions, temperance, and social outreach.
An announcement notes Alt Trappe of the State Immigration Bureau achieving success in attracting Dutch farmers to Maryland. A colony is planned near the Patuxent River mouth in St Marys County, aiming to cultivate land titled for Dutch settlers and reduce tobacco dependence by promoting crops requiring less capital and labor.
A Maryland newspaper excerpt satirizes soda fountain fears and germ scares while contrasting with a Baltimore American note on hidden treasure and the postal savings bank. It discusses public panic, immigrant savings, and the potential pull of postal banking as a tool to curb capital flight and attract foreign deposits.
Fragmented comic dialogue from several papers including Chicago Post Boston Transcript and Brooklyn Life. A husband forgets a wound while a maid calls out domestic blunders. The vicar is sidestepped as the old man requests a burial message for Matha Jiggins at two tomorrow.
A large crowd attended a gala reception at Dr and Mrs Charles Cauley’s Guilford estate south of Frederick to honor Governor Crothers and National Guard officers. Japanese lanterns lit the grounds and rooms, with Fisher’s Orchestra providing music as about 200 guests arrived. The Fourth Regiment dance at regimental HQ follows tonight with Colonel J Frank Supplee hosting and a band in attendance. A luncheon for Brigadier General Macklin and dinner for brigade officers are scheduled for tomorrow at Poplar Terrace and Craddock Sleights respectively.
Today stock quotations are provided by Motter Bros Co with summaries of market movers, price ranges, and notable shifts. The report lists price changes for key industrial, railroad, and utility issues, highlighting gainers and losers across trading sessions.
A nostalgic verse recalls barefoot days and muddy pies, kid antics and pranks. It mentions chasing dust in the street, tying the cat to Towser, stealing goats, splashing in creeks, and stern scoldings, all set in a bygone summer.
Hon David J Lewis of Cumberland will be principal speaker at the Franklin County Pomona Orange picnic at Pan-Mar Park on Tuesday August. He will discuss parcel post and farmers from nearby counties are expected to attend.
Local Fruit Inspector Charles 16. Klein, of near Uradilock, has commenced the inspection of fruit trees. For six weeks he will work in the orchards across Urtana, Frederick, and Barkittsville districts. He left this morning for Lamsville to inspect in that locality.
Prices of latest sales corrected up to noon today by Motter Bros and Co Bankers and Brokers list Seaboard Air Line Seaboard Company common and second preferred United Railways various bonds and notes including Houston Oil Company and Continental Trust area banks and trusts such as Mercantile Trust Citizens Bank and Maryland Trust among others with figures and yields noted for multiple issues and securities.
Capital Charles B Trail and C Albert Gilson appear as bank officers with Trail titled president and Gilson as cashier in the historical notice. The translation preserves the formal bank descripton and roles for archival record.
A 19th century Frederick Chronicle notes copper mines at Good Hope likely to be operated soon and a new school building planned in Frederick County. A room in the edifice is prepared for a schoolroom while another suitable space may be purchased. A heavy evening shower floods trees, with winds and hail accompanying the storm.
In Lincoln Nebraska a young woman describes long standing stomach trouble and chronic gastritis. After taking Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets she recovered within days and is now able to work. She urges others to seek this medicine from their local druggists.
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