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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
6
The Daily News announces subscription rates and mailing options for the city and United States. The semi weekly edition ships Tuesdays and Fridays with advance payment required. The News Office is connected to the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone exchange for 24 hour service and prompts for news and business inquiries.
Readers are urged to report missed deliveries as the newspaper works to improve service. The News is sold at New City Hotel Buckey's Cigar Store S Market Street Central Restaurant F K Schmidt's Cigar Store W Patrick Street Arlington Hotel.
Marcus M. Marks argues vacations have economic value and restore strength and patience. Busy people should take a week or two yearly, preferably in summer, to renew physically mentally and morally. The piece links leisure to better work and broader life outlook amid public health crusades against germ spread.
The piece rails at widespread taboos from drinking vessels to towels and even a baby kissers, noting New Jersey bans promiscuous drinkware in public while Chicago vows similar limits. A Kansas judge deems the roller towel an enemy to society, suggesting personal cleanliness and folding cups and towels may become universal pocket accessories.
Minnesota botanist Professor F E Clements warns US mushroom waste equals national agricultural value as edible picks rise and risks of deadly species loom. Meanwhile Great Northern plans a $600 million bond to absorb Burlington, consolidating Chicago to Vancouver rail routes and signaling a robust, funded growth outlook after Supreme Court rulings.
A Chicago clergyman demands a higher salary stating he cannot marry on $1,200 a year. He argues the current pay does not meet his basic needs and asks for consideration of a raise to improve his circumstances.
Maryland readers express concern over Crothers-Tucker road building policy and looming loan requests. Baltimore papers describe potential total costs exceeding 15 million for 1,200 miles, with 1 million yearly maintenance, amid public alarm about fiscal strain and contracts. Other notes touch on labor, sugar stocks, and a Harvard-educated Japanese youth.
A fragment from era newspapers, recalling a Merriness club gathering with women’s talk and a veiled scandal. A Boston Transcript quip, and a Metropolitan Magazine anecdote show a young man seeking a jewelled belt size, asking a salesgirl for a tape measure to gauge his fianc ée.
A fragment recounts a military style vaccination drill with lines like This is your vaccination day and Present arms. It shifts to a Mother Earth greeting and a whimsical children's bath song about flowers and cheerful faces in their places.
A verse urging readers that smiling and cheerful words bring financial and social gain. It argues gloom harms fortune and success, urging Edgar A. Guest style counsel to peers in Detroit Free Press context. References Baryer’s Drug Store and skin whitening ad appear as advertising in the piece.
Crowds line Market Street to watch the Fore paugh and Sells Bros circus parade as 300 heroes and ponies, fourteen elephants, lions, tigers, and a six camel wagon march through town. The afternoon show begins at two with another at eight, over a thousand staff and daily pageantry. Governor Crothers schedules visits to nearby counties. former Mayor McCormick of Harrisburg was invited to a Democratic clubs convention but declined.
Local automobilists are organizing into an association with Harry Waller in charge of arrangements. A meeting is set for Monday at the Y M C A building to take steps toward forming the club. Enthusiasm is high about establishing the organization.
The Chicago grain market shows July wheat at 28.74, September wheat at 8.734, December wheat at 9.04, July corn at 2.50, and September corn at 5.6 percent. Prices reflect trading signals across futures for the coming season.
Local notes from Frederick recount a hot day with 86 at seven, 95 at noon, and 88 in the afternoon. Kaval High and Middletown students sit exams led by Examiner Worthington. The Montgomery Mining and Manufacturing scheme collapsed due to machine shortages under Diamond Mates control. John McCarthy was jailed in Westminster for breaking up Samuel Hann’s house at Bruceville after stealing money and small valuables.
Today's quotations furnished by Motter Bros Co show activity across leading stocks with price moves varied by sector. Investors monitor industrial issues and rail groups as market sentiment shifts amid trading volume and occasional price swings.
Motter Bros. & Co. Bankers and Brokers report corrected noon prices for the latest sales. Listings include Cons. Cotton Duck and Pfd. Cons. Cotton Duck 5s and several Seaboard, United Rys, Houston Oil, Maryland Trust, Northern Central, Chesapeake lines, and coal stocks with various 4s and 5s maturities, reflecting active trading on June 15, 1911.
The report from Central National Bank of Frederick Maryland details resources liabilities and financial position as of June 1 1911. It lists loans and discounts 3600996.85 securities bonds and other assets reserves from national and state banks checks cash and coin and specie. The liability section shows paid in capital surplus undivided profits and deposits with notes payable and other standard items. The cashier Robt A Kemp swears the statement true and signs with witnesses dated June 1917.
Frederick County National Bank reports resources of 271, a large total with loans 156,636 and deposits 359,970.80. The Woodsboro Savings Bank lists resources of 178,863.81 with deposits totaling 164,018.45 and notes capital and surplus figures for both institutions.
The report lists resources and liabilities of the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank as of June 10 1911. It includes loans and discounts reserves U S bonds and deposits and notes in circulation. Key figures show total assets around 1 448 521 73 and substantial liabilities including capital surplus and undivided profits. Directors and cashiers certify the accuracy to the best of knowledge and belief.
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