News Commentary and Local Observations From Frederick
The piece blends misc notes on the Fourth of July noise ban and civic regard for Citizens' National Bank with commentary on Admiral Schley and a critique of railroad passes in Alabama. It highlights public sentiment on civic improvements, bank progress, and calls into question the ethics of pass distributions to lawmakers and media.
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Schley
Santiago
Citizens’ National Bank
Citizen's Bank
Frederick
City Ordinance on Cleansing Streets and Nuisances 1882
Frederick aldermen approve a March 11 1882 ordinance directing city constables to inspect streets alleys yards and vacant lots and remove filth nuisances at occupier or owner expense with fines for delays. Provisions cover cellars whitewashing nails, and penalties up to twenty dollars plus daily fines. corporation bears costs if no owner can be found.
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Board of Aldermen of
Frederick
City Constables to inspect vaults and privies for cleanliness
An ordinance requires City Constables to visit and carefully inspect all vaults and privies in the city. Owners who refuse to lime or cleanse within 24 hours after inspection may face fines. The explanation emphasizes health and duty of authorities to prevent nuisances and promote a clean city.
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Lee
Maryland Trolley Growth and Maryland Day at Buffalo
Baltimore Herald notes heat bottled for winter, coal prices rising and the rich securing fuel. Cumberland Times critiques trust bias. Maryland trolley lines expand across towns, promising electric intercity links with profitable operation. Baltimore Star forecasts early trolley growth as key transport opportunity. Maryland Day at the Buffalo Exposition promises governor and staff in uniform, music, addresses, and broad visitor interest to showcase state resources, aided by Dr Clark's graphic exhibit.
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Nony
Cumberland Times
Mary
Maryland
Consequenca
Baltimore Star
Baltimore News
Prison humor and family quips in brief excerpts
A collage of tiny jokes from period papers. A dog questions a hen in a coal bin, a hen jokes about storing coal, Moriarty faces a prison job choice, a drunk story at 1 am prompts a domestic clash, a statesman’s daughter humorously critiques her father, and a Black Beauty remark likens it to scripture.
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DaWitt
Press Views on Senators and Presidential Hopefuls
The Boston Herald notes difficulty for Senate figures to obtain Presidential nominations. It cites Henry Clay, Webster, Seward, Chase, Blaine, Harrison, Sherman, Garfield, Douglas, Bayard, Cass, and Buchanan as examples, then reports Secretary Hay plans to continue public duties despite personal tragedy.
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Senate
Boston Herald
Elkins
Henry Clay
Webster
Seward
Chase
Blaine
Benjamin Harrison
John Sherman
Garfield
Douglas
Bayard
Cass
Buchanan
Aame
Hay
Mr. Hay
Ray
McIntesn and Miss Maude Adams in Summer Plans
The article notes Miss Maude Adams spends summer in the south to recuperate from last season and will appear in a May Barrie play. It denies rumors of Adams and H Pernhardt playing Rumen dud it yet. The piece highlights the President’s confidence in the State Secretary amid major diplomatic tasks ahead.
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Adios
Soutthern Iinee
Scasete
H Dng Leen
May JM. Barrie
Adsuis
H Pernhardt
RUMENTS WITH THE MUSE to Love's Confessional
A line from a verse in Smart Set features a speaker addressing a beloved, confessing faults kept hidden and seeking forgiveness. The piece reflects intimate, contrite tone and self examination within a romantic context.
Local News Roundup of Carroll Dorchester Anne Arundel and Baltimore Events
Mrs. Douglas H. Gordon of Baltimore dies in Atlantic City. Carroll County adds four new election precincts. Dorchester and Montgomery levy taxes at 75 and 86 cents per $100. Wheat crop poor among Dorchester farmers. Laen Gill convicted of common assault on father in law William Willingham of Parkton. Milk Producers notes suit filings in Carroll. Census enumerator William Frisby Anderson faces padding claims in Anne Arundel. Annapolis Council revives ballots. Walter Deal, 14, drowns at Glenwood Park Back River during a church picnic. Maryland Shoe Machinery Company incorporated with $350,000 capital by Warden Wayler. Three Antietam cannon mounted at Battery III Williamsport for Fourth of July. Lathan Hurford injured by premature blast near Rising Sun Cecil County. William Harris and others nearby injured. Local Market: J B E W Hargett reports corn at 2.50 per barrel, shelled corn 50 cents per bushel, wheat at cents per bushel, hay 12 to 14 per ton. Printers’ ink and newspapers urged as best fertilizer for field of trade. News is the best grade.
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Douglas H. Gordon
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Carroll County
Dorchester
Laen Gill
Towson
Wm. Willingham
Parkton
Montgomery
Milk Producers’ Association
William Frisby Anderson
Anne Arundel County
Annapolis
Walter Deal
East
Pratt Street
Cglenwood Park
Back River
Maryland Shoe Machinery Company
Warden Wayler
Penitentiary
Antietam Battlefield
Williamsport
Lathan Hurford
Rising San
Cecil County
William Harris
Storm Damage West Heavy Losses to Farmers
Storm reports from Wisconsin Minnesota and St Paul describe extensive damage from tornadoes hail and mud storms. Farms lose buildings windmills livestock and machinery while crops suffer. A Minneapolis cyclone killed one and injured several, and cloudbursts delayed trains on the Great Northern line.
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Sachmond
Wis
St. Paul
New Richmond
Lave
Star Prairie
Hector
Minn
Bird Island
Montevideo
Minneapolis
Golly Bennett
Dell Eck
Morey
West Superior
Pacific Coast
Great Northern Railway
Salligton
Avonight
Morning Market Notes and Local Prices
A provincial note reads like a rural market column detailing crops and produce from beans to berries. It lists prices for eggs butter beef pork and a wide array of fruits vegetables and seafood, with commentary on harvest timing and regional suppliers.
Weekly Review of Trade and Stocks in Baltimore
Market activity fell this week due to heat and fewer operators in town yet money remained abundant around 4 1/2 to 6 percent. United Railway led trades with highs near 17 1/2, bonds sold near 95 1/4, Sesburn securities steadier, and new Sea Board Air Line Ten Year bonds offered at 102 with interest. Bank and trust stocks were quiet with Citizens Bank reaching a high mark of 3105, Maryland Trust around 235, and Continental at 236. Gas stock moved 63 1/2 to 65 1/2 as rumors persist of local franchise changes. continuous notes on market rumors and upcoming issues appeared.
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Baltlore
United Railway
Sesbourn
Seaboard Air Line
Citizens Bank
Maryland Trust
Continental
Governor appoints Dr Charles W Goldsborough to board
The governor appointed Dr Charles W Goldsborough of Walkers Ville as a member of the board of visitors of the Maryland School for the Deaf and Damb, with George Markell listed as deceased. The piece closes with a dated adage on survival of the fittest and a call to advertise.
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Charles W. Goldsborough
Walkers, Ville
The
Maryland School For the Deaf and
Damb
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George Markell
Astrologer Warns McKinley Threats Death Predictions
A Hoboken astrologer Gustave Meyer warns President McKinley of an assassination risk during a western trip and foresees Mrs McKinley’s death by April if Saturn retrogrades. He predicts June life disruptions including strikes, rail and postal troubles, and possible high society scandals. Meyer, born 1876 in Madison Indiana, later lived in Brooklyn and Hoboken.
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McKinley
Gustave Meyer
Hoboken
N. J
Jane
Uranus
United States
Meyer
Madison
Ind
Brooklyn
D. Astor
Arlington Poem and Old Advertisement Echo Civil War Remembrance
A poem salutes fallen soldiers on a battlefield memories of Potomac and freedom. The page then shifts to early medical advertising claiming temperature readings and a sales pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills touting constitutional treatment and guarantees.
Dividend notices arise from multiple Frederick institutions
Dividend declarations issued by Woodsboro and Frederick Turnpike Company and several Frederick banks announce payments in July. The Woodsboro earnings offer 2 percent on capital stock payable July 1–15 at Frederick County National Bank and July 16–31 at Woodgbore Savings Bank in Woodzboro. Other notices by Franklin Savings Bank Frederick and Ick Town Savings Institution declare per cent dividends with tax exemptions, payable on demand for six months ending June 50th, with officers named.
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Woodsboro
James Houck Odents
Frederick-Town Savings Frederick
Ick-Town Savings Institution
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