The Daily News Subscription Rates and Address Policy
The Daily News announces subscription prices and terms for city delivery and nationwide mail. The Weekly News outlines carrier and mail options with advance payment requirements.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
6
The Daily News announces subscription prices and terms for city delivery and nationwide mail. The Weekly News outlines carrier and mail options with advance payment requirements.
The Maryland Pharmaceutical Association meeting at Blue Mountain House focused on widespread adulteration of food and drug products. Prof Danial Bare warned adulteration is almost universal, blaming profit driven producers and unscrupulous methods. Prof Bass urged a law to prohibit the practice and provide penalties.
A Baltimore News editorial argues that frequent daily routines dull creativity and productivity. It claims vacations refresh the mind, boost ideas, and improve workplace relations, noting nearly everyone is a brain worker today and urging widespread use of extra holidays.
A collage of light exchanges and wry remarks from Chicago Merriness and city papers. Characters riff on travel, literature, finances, and domestic quarrels with humor and clipped dialogue. Quips include a bill collector, a wife and mother telegram, and a reformer’s joke about counting “honest men.”
The piece reviews Edward VII as a constitutional monarch who avoided governing while expanding personal influence within ceremonial and political limits. It notes his restraint after illness, credit for South African peace moves, and potential to broaden royal prerogative without signaling a return to absolute rule.
A compact excerpt describes Fools, the cosmos, and brave defiance as a muse argues for daring minds. It juxtaposes Galileo, Columbus, and Brono with praise for rebellious thought. The wind singingly frames a romantic mountain ascent and a fading moment into eternity. Josefa, Scribner's July edition, is cited.
Contemporary comment surveys mixed views on Lipton and Astor honors, party harmony, and the East West convention dead issues. It notes Tac Conventions neglecting dead issues and criticizes Bryan and Cleveland on harmony. It also references a Fourth of July proclamation viewed as a half week eulogy by patriotic citizens.
George McFadden of Oxford Iowa describes his whittling art in a letter to The News. He claims 75 feet of chain and several patterns of wooden pliers, a wooden crucifix, four napkin rings, and a central box of 1500 pieces of wood. No machine was used in the work. He is 72 years old and enjoys this craft.
A 1902 Brunswick Hotel note tiny ode to sleep by Rev Silliman BlagedRx mentions sleep in Christ and heaven. Reported in York County Pa peach orchard near Alpine, W W Ramsey farm uses white mosquito netting canopy to protect a peach crop from a 17 year locust attack. Mrs Batsey funds netting from Crooks Road store.
Francis F. Kieindienst, long-time Rockville resident and horseman from Ligonier and Greene County, drowned Tuesday in Mill Creek near Ligonier. He leaves a widow Mollie Obrilora and four children Ralph, Campbell, Miss Mand, and Missie. Survives include siblings Emma V. Carr and others in Washington and Ligonier. Say you saw it in Toe Now.
A compilation of brief local items dated 1902 includes Dorchester and Allegany tax rates, a pending internal revenue collector appointment, a Maryland pharmacy association convention note, a Baltimore Western Union manager’s resignation, a Confederate monument contract, a fatality and a murder conviction, a girl adopted in Washington County returning to her roots, a Baltimore court matter about a bigamy case, a transfer of Western Maryland Railroad holdings, a habeas corpus bid by Caroline Klein, and a state normal school contempt inquiry involving Prof. Prestyman.
Frederick Osuzcil Jr convened the meeting and elected Arthur B Regex as councillor Manon C Haller as vice councillor R A Bennett as assistant recording secretary Robert Danner as Wardso Marion Moberly as chaplain Eugene Albaugh as inside sentinel J A Ring as Outside sentinel After the meeting members enjoyed ice cream cake soda water punch and fruit at Hershberger’s ice cream parlors Business may come 206 business may 0 but the shrewd advertiser’s business shown forever.
A rustic market report describes a Saturday morning with live stock vegetables and eggs plentiful though not cheap. Prices cover eggs to 15 cents a dozen, butter 16 to 20 cents a pound, poultry and meats with many items listed by piece or pound, and various fruits, vegetables, and fish offerings with modestly fluctuating costs.
A thunderstorm in Frederick County Virginia killed John Brady, a 55-year-old farmer living on the Kentucky farm near Bruce Town. He was struck while driving in a field to gather turkeys, his widow and four children left bereaved. The body was moved to the house as rain continued and burial planned for Brace Town.
The 1903 act repeals the war revenue tax with effect July 1. Stamp taxes on documents vanish and brokers and bankers are relieved. Taxes on parlor cars, theatres, tobacco products, and certain excises are removed or reduced. Legacy taxes apply to deaths before July 1. beer, tobacco, and cigars see notable rate changes. No stamp discount remains for tobacco or liquor sales.
Harry Williams surrendered a Marine Corps deserter to Officer Edery this morning. The man had been stationed at Annapolis and is awaiting records search to confirm the charge. Justice Eckstein telegraphed Annapolis but has not learned more. Williams will be held pending records inquiry.
The Frederick Athletic Club and Park team argued after a disputed fifth inning at Athletic Park. Frederick led 10 to 2 before Park scored seven. umpire calls ended with a disputed out at second and a disputed safe on Houck. Frederick quit, threatening withdrawal from the league if the score is not recognized as 10 to 9 in their favor. Two July Fourth games at Athletic Park against Westminster are planned with a home lineup touted as the county’s best.
Dr and Mrs B S Todd hosted a delightful at home last evening for the M E church congregation and friends. Attendants assisted in receiving, the parsonage freshly painted and redecorated, admired for its pink and white drawing room, with cake ice cream mints and lemons served by young ladies. Miss Willie Ritchie's dancing class will hold a dance at Braddock Heights Wednesday evening with a special car leaving Square Corner at 6 15 O clock Frederick Select Orchestra to provide music.
Rainy weather prompts B O excursion service from Frederick to Harper’s Ferry with a 7:45 p.m. departure and return from Harpers Ferry at 7:45 p.m. Additional trips will run to Baltimore and Washington and an excursion from Hagerstown to Frederick.
A humorous portrait recalls Lord North dozing through speeches in Parliament. Opponents tout his refusal to listen while he naps, mutters retorts, and quips about medicine for criminals. A tale of shipbuilding and Noah’s ark ends with a groan as he wakes to Elizabethan era.
An afternoon with a young painter ends in a playful exchange about copying subjects and selling replicas. Whistler comments on the work as the artist explains painting a similar piece to guarantee sales. A humorous analogy follows about genius and repeating eggs.
The guidebooks urge visitors to Edinburgh to seek John Knox’s grave in Parliament Square. A small stone slab set in cobblestones bears J. BR. 4573. Nearby, a second sunken marker reads Wilking Patent Hydrant, confounding tourists seeking the reformer.
A fragmentary dialogue links a judge's charge to a lawyer's fee, with a quoted line on wrinkles, the face, and the soul speaking from hopeful eyes. The excerpt blends courtroom language with a schoolmaster’s reflective tone, illustrating moral resilience.
A compact listing of railroad first-mortgage bonds with amounts and years for several lines, including Baltimore and Potomac Main Line first sixes in 1911 for 320000, Wilmington and Weldon first 33 in 1935 for 25000, Savannah Florida and Western first 63 in 1954 for 320000, Western North Carolina first 10,000, and Richmond and Petersburg first sixes in 1915 for 208. The entry notes location at East German Street in Baltimore Maryland.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.