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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
6
Fragmentary text describes royal ladies and servants with gossip about a princess and a would be bride. It references Sweden and Princess Margaret, household duties, and the idea of the bride choosing her husband and ulster. The tone imitates period newspaper voice with emphasis on duties, propriety, and home life.
The Koktrom Ritwshe governor M. Verkelidkef, often signing documents without reading them, was tricked into resigning after a private letter to the Interior Ministry claimed he could not rule. A telegram from Kostroma urged his immediate return to Su Petersburg where the letter was presented and read.
Paris will borrow nearly 200 million dollars with about half for public buildings and upkeep, parks, promenades, and the rest for new boulevards and highways. A notable project is a proposed letter X bridge over the Seine linking Rue de Rennes to Rue de Louvre and connecting to the Louvre wharf, supported by a single central pier.
The article notes a shift in naval power as weight of projectiles and ship displacement rise, with the Ersatz Fease i Battleabipe referenced as a newer class challenging older battleships.
Consul General John Ta Grimiths of London reports on a new temperance drink sold as a non intoxicating beer substitute. The beverage supposedly mimics ale in flavor and appearance but contains about nine tenths of one percent alcohol, higher than ginger ales, and uses similar brewing materials. French scientists helped develop the process with Pasteur Institute input and English brewers assisted in production.
A Glen Ridge publishing firm insures every employee as a merit bonus, paying premiums while they stay with the company. The policy goes to the named beneficiary if the worker leaves, and can be continued by the employee. The plan is not accident insurance and costs the firm thousands annually.
Aberdeen's granite trade heats up as a local firm imports a large shipment of Scotch granite from South Carolina quarries. The article notes demand for varied gray stone and suggests American quarrying costs push importation to Scotland, despite high transporting costs and long distance.
Swedish officials discussed changes to the Olympic program at Luxemburg, dropping several events such as discus and wrestling while adding others including decathlon and pentathlon. The plan also outlined new event formats, jury composition limits, and revised track and field events for the 1900s program.
President Taft plans a Bar Harbor meeting with Professor H. C. Emery, chairman of the tariff commission, following Emery's return from Europe and Germany. The talks would precede the full commission's Beverly meeting next month and may influence the fall campaign discussions.
A Boston Globe correspondent reports English walnuts can be grown in the eastern U S. Norman Pomeroy of Lockport N Y explains how he and his father gathered nuts from a Philadelphia yard then planted them producing a small orchard. Neighbors also value these acclimated trees.
Baseball scores from multiple games include Boston 3 Detroit 2 in Boston, Washington 8 Cleveland 4, Philadelphia Athletics 2 Chicago 0, New York 2 St. Louis 1. Batter notes list pitchers Williamson and others. standings show Athletics 68 24, Cleveland 84 41, New York 48 25, Washington 32 43, Boston 49 24, Chicago 31 48, Detroit 45 39, St. Louis 24 53.
The Cincinnati and Pittsburg matchups show New York and Brooklyn likely in action with several listed batters. Standings table lists Chicago at top with 50 wins and 29 losses, Philadelphia 40 and 48, New York 46 and 33, St Louis 41 and 46, Boston 32 and 51, and Brooklyn 34 and 44.
League results show Williamsport 7 Lancaster 2 with Upp Therre Reeder and McGinley in batteries at Williamsport. Altoona 6 Reading 4 with Wallace Warton Garrity Conroy. York 9 Morrisburg 1 with Garrard Remerter Myers IIouser. standings list Welw PC and Wile PC Altoona 45 20 692 Harrisg 85 31 620 Williams 28 27 68 Johnson 29 38 433 Trenton 89 28 576 Reading 26 40 94 Lanenatt 36 29 554 York 17 61 280.Eastern League scores include Rochester 7 Baltimore 1 and Toronto 6 Jersey City 5 first game plus Toronto 7 Jersey City 1 second game. Other notes mention Montreal 5 Newark and Buffalo 16 Providence. The Gegenschein description explains a faint celestial object opposite the sun with a cloud of meteors about 1 million miles away and a diameter near 6000 miles. A brief item on Trarpere Weekly notes a box forming a “Little More Than a Bushel” with a Hitler reference and a standard basket.
A report from consul at Bluefields to the state department details rising anti American sentiment in Nicaragua. The commander of the gunboat Dubuque was ordered to sail to Cape Gracias a Dios with marines to safeguard American consul Edwin W. Timmer and property.
In Barcelona on July 21 an arbiter named Ehrmann saw his cross country flight struck by lightning. The aircraft caught fire and plunged to the ground but Ehrmann escaped unharmed, a remarkable outcome witnessed by onlookers.
Fragmentary report notes a change in embargo status and references a chaperon and speakers amid scattered phrases about advertising and newspapers in Boston. Names and clear context are unclear, leaving a murky, quote-like snippet of a larger discussion.
New York July 21 Edward Howland Green son of the wealthiest woman in America is described as tall and heavy and set to take over his mother Hetty Green’s business. He is president of the Texas Midland Railroad and has been named a director of the Seaboard. The article notes his weight and height and characterizes him as a model successor.
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