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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
4
A column surveys the Dreyfus affair mockingly and shifts to a Washington debate over an ordinance to ban spitting on sidewalks. The Star argues public health and esthetics favor prohibition despite paternalism and enforcement concerns, urging citywide cleanliness and sanitation.
Fragmentary editorial snippets note Cumberland Times hopes no injunction in a fight and Baltimore pride on Maryland Day. Mention of a Hagerstown election is partial, with truncated context and no clear outcome or dates.
A collage of humorous quotes and scraps from American readers about emigration, farming, humor, and daily life. The tone mixes satire on industries, travel, and local gossip with brief punchlines from diverse sources. Strong names or dates are scarcely present, focusing on paraphrased observations and jokes.
The Washington Star argues handbill distributors should pay a change tax like bill posters to curb street litter. It cites 1888 British debt policy and war costs as examples of how economies rise and fall with credit, urging enforcement of new rules to suppress widespread placard advertising.
A collage of verse and prose begins with Felix Carmel’s Collier's Weekly quatrains about roses and their hidden secrets, contrasting with lines on heroic figures who triumphed in spirit though not in victory. An ad for Dr. Alpy’s New Life Pills promises quick relief for indigestion and related ailments, claiming a range of stomach and bowel benefits.
News items report a potential knitting mill at Salisbury and several regional happenings. John E. Botharde of Hebron made a creditor’s assignment. A bricklayers strike at the Naval Academy in Annapolis was called off. Proposals include Salisbury post office quarters in the new Masonic Temple. A painter, Corneling B. Krazler, 64, fell from a scaffold on East Oliver Street in Baltimore and was injured. The Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church holds a meeting in Pocomoke City with Bishop Fowler presiding. Benjamin Franklin, 16, of Baltimore, reportedly married in Alexandria to Katie Pugh, age variously given as 17, 19, or 22. Robert R. Gillespie, 20, a stenographer at the Queen City Hotel, Cumberland, died suddenly. he was a grandson of Jos. A. Trimble of Mount Savage and an heir to coal lands. Canning in Queen Anne’s County is set to expand with several new canneries planned, including Wilson & Menick at Luglestide and a new cannery at Carville’s station. Ground purchased at Carville’s station for another cannery. further talks of Rathburg estate. Tomatoes contract price is $8 per ton. Judge Merrick of Prince George’s County Circuit Court appoints Constable Rufus H. Vincent of Bradsburg district as clerk in cases before Sheriff B. N. Hardesty. Hardesty was indicted by a grand jury for pressuring witnesses and aiding John Haye’s escape.
In Montgomery county Vironit Court the February term grand jury reported examining 152 witnesses and returning 31 indictments. Judge Henderson warned that offenders may be recalled to halt lawlessness seen last summer as inspectors prepared to enforce county laws. Maryland Day exercises were held by Miss M. O. Ott’s pupils with Colonial topics and hymns. Local auctions announced by several auctioneers plan sales of goods for residents near Frederick and beyond.
A testimonial from Frank W. Jerre of Shorteville New York claims severe grief and coughing were cured by a teaspoon of Chamberlains Cough Kenned and notes relief during night eruptions. The ad also extols Electric Ritters as a universal remedy for nerves, malaria and more and ends with a baby in distress and Victor infants relief.
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