News and notices from Frederick decline to fund fire companies
The Frederick Frederick newspaper discusses subscriptions and notices while reporting on local issues. It highlights the Montevne fire, criticizing the county commissioners for underpaying fire companies and argues for higher compensation. It notes recent personnel changes and reflects on public attitudes toward fires and safety.
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Frederick
Montevne
Escientisof
Monterae
Contempory Comment and Gossip Fragments
A mixture of satirical notes and gossip items from various sources. Topics touched include Captain Hobson as a controversial figure, Mr. Carnegie and coal miners’ plight, rumors about Mr. Littlefelg from Maine, and a New York church choir interlude with high-wire bicycle performers. The pieces reflect light social commentary and curiosity about public figures.
Minutes of Merriness and Miscellany Gags
A humorous collage of quips and classroom antics brings light fare from a brisk reading of jokes. Fragmentary exchanges touch on wardrobe, bathing suits, custard pies, geographic misnaming, and a Nebraska farmer’s heat.
Municipal reform and boodle in city government
The article discusses municipal reform amid reports of boodle in northern and western cities. It questions the election of supposedly honest officials who later turn out to be rascals and argues for reforms to curb official profit from franchises and contracts. It also considers the rise of farm wealth, noting farm values and census data, with emphasis on the growing billion-dollar farm sector and regional value gains.
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Atlanta Constitution
Coan Allmen
New York World
United States
New York
Union
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Penneylvania
Moments With the Muse In Absence and Dorothy Smith
Poetic fragments recount longing and memory as a speaker laments absence of a loved one and recalls portraits of Dorothy. The verse explores devotion, fate, and the pull of home, ending with a promotional line for a liver syrup product.
Riverdale Campers Enjoy Two Weeks at Greenfield Site
Riverdale cottage party of Washington area youths spent about two weeks at Greenfield on the Monoonoy. Chaperoned by Mrs G Manu Rice Wolfe of Lindan Montgomery County they hosted visitors, swam, boated and fished in fine water. The post laureate Tut News shares a verse recounting the outing with names and playful details from Myrtle Isabella Ethel Johnnie Ada Russell Alfred Tommy and others in a nostalgic, tonal camp reminiscence.
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Riverdale
Greenfield
Washington
G. Manurice Wolfe
Lindan
Montgomery County
Aendate
Myrtle
Roaebud
Isabella
Afeire
Ethel
Heétle
Johnnie
Irisky
Sheunie
Ada
Russell
John
Alfred
Tommy
National Hymn Resolutions Pushed at War of 1812 Meeting
Boston convention of the General Society of the War of 1812 drafts resolutions to urge Congress to declare The Star-Spangled Banner the national hymn and to require schools to teach its words. The push follows observers’ note that many officials could not sing beyond the first stanza during a Arlington monument remembrance.
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General Society of the War of 1812
Boston
Thomas Hill
Baltimore
United States
Congress
As United
Asid
Bill
Arlington
United States Marine Band
Rss
Stats
Local Notes From Taneytown County Correspondence
William Payne of Thurmont relates to relatives while Miss Aunn M Hagan returns from Hagertown. Archie Croase and York Pa visitors stop by. Miss Lambert of New Windsor visits sister Mrs Norvel Shoemaker as Mr and Mrs O A Elliott and child visit Mrs Hilots sister Mrs A F Orndorff. Maurice O Dutters returns from Poo-Mar pleased with vigil. No preaching at Trinity Lutheran due to Rev O A Brits installing Rev Rob Doty at Salem. M M Marshall resigns town bailiff and tax collector. Burgeas S Miller appointed. Rev Jonas W Hees of Brunswick visited relatives.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
M .M. Marshall
Powlin
Burgeas
Miller
Onas. W. Hees
Brunawick
Nimble Headlines From A Busy July News Sheet
A collection of terse dispatches reports a fatal police confrontation in Womersdorf West Virginia. Other items note a 5.2 million dollar Twentieth Century Fund drive in London and Cuban official Emile Perry’s resignation. Camden fires destroy eleven stores. Norfolk Portsmouth oyster traders form price pact. Bethlehm iron company founder dies. Secretary Shaw Cortelyou coordinate McKinley funeral payments while withholding full expense detail. Jockey Taylor dies from Harlem race injuries. Wells Fargo railcar looted of 52 000 dollars near El Paso. A Brooklyn body found in a grain sack. King George Saxony pneumonia. a Cincinnati double shooting. a Hong Kong steamship capsizes drowning 200. A new two dollar bill debate. Chamberlains Pain Balm praised by customers. Forsale Bitters touted as stomach remedy. cheap 25 cent Want Ads in Frederick for notices and jobs.
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Wilmot
Womersdorf
W Va
London
Methodist Church
Emile Perry
Palma
Camden
S. C
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Fatrick Buedy
Bethlehem
Bethman
Most Valuable Watch Belongs To Elusive Owner In New York
A $10,000 watch circulates among pawnshops in New York with no buyer yet. The owner hypothecated it five years ago for 92,200, its monogrammed case remains unredeemed, and experts say it’s the most expensive watch ever made. Crafted in England, it weighs seven ounces total with 164 diamonds, and a circle of large stones decorates the sides. The face shows the initials E J P. Also notes a Summer complaint cure: Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, recommended for children.
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England
E. J.P
Chamberlain
Yescriba
Fansing
A L. ‘Earre
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