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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
4
Fragmented recipe notes describe making icing with sugar and cocoa, assembling layered cake with butter cream, eggs, and walnuts, and a boiled crystallized candy. Also includes rice balls dipped in cream and vanilla, and assorted desserts with raisins, almonds, and candied fruit.
The Girl About Town celebrates a full week of commencements and season events across the county. June weather, church services, weddings, and concerts mix with fairs, bicycle trips, and a growing town as railways expand. Children’s Day, Flag Day observances, and school programs highlight a busy week, with plans for summer outings and improved streets and rail service.
In a midwestern rural town a man who vowed in 1850 to wear his beard untrimmed finally had it cut after forty years. He believed General Fremont's death voided his pledge and paid a barber half a dollar, asking if he could keep the hair. The barber refused to give value for the hair.
A year’s comic figure dismisses newspaper critics while exchanging greetings with a writer and his companion. The scene, noted by Argonaut, touches on stage identity and public perception with sharp epitaphs from late 19th century newspapers.
Mrs J Bayne of 1305 Ashland Ave Baltimore testifies Donn’s Kidney Pills cured her kidney complaint backache and urinary issues after years of failed remedies. She recalls prior doctors and multiple kidney cures before finding relief in 1903 and reiterates in 1907. She urges readers to say they saw it in The News.
A self styled simple life colony plans to relocate to near Veracruz Mexico. Led by James Enda How and organizer Gu tafih Afulpr the group promises to abandon clothes haircuts and conventional schooling. They foresee fruit based living with minimal cooking and endless reproduction overseen by a local official body.
A report recalls a lightning strike years ago near GatChing that toppled a stone column held by iron angle bars. The blow killed a guard. others were injured as the interior stones were blasted inward and a terride explosion followed, with chaos and fear described by local observers.
A vintage column contrasts a French farmer’s efficiency with minimal land needs to support a family, noting his topsoil care and portable home. It shifts to compare a city’s modern press to a powerful municipal force, praising London New York and Paris papers for city guidance while criticizing local press for poverty and censorship.
Frederick farmers exchange quotes list 1908 prices for grains hay corn oats wheat and related feed. Includes No 8 Red corn Yellow corn White corn oats barley and buckwheat per bushel per barrel and per ton with dairy and cotton seed notes. figures show varied ranges and units across commodities.
Fragmentary text gives sale of property with dower terms and residue due in months, names including Watts and Barkman, followed by a note of a special election in the City of Frederick conducted by The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick.
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