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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1901
Page
4
The Frederick Maryland based Daily News outlines subscription details and staff roles, noting price structures for delivery by mail and carrier. It reports political commentary including a stance on the stamp-grabbing impulse, a potential candidate handshake after elections, and praise for legislators Buckey Waters and East for backing good primary law efforts.
The Woodville correspondent reports growing approval for rural free delivery across Frederick County. Residents beyond current routes clamor for extension as boxes improve access to newspapers, linking city and country readers. The promised expansion appears paused as the Post Office targets other areas and states.
Albert J. Johnson proposes a New York to Philadelphia trolley network with cars reaching sixty miles per hour and an interurban fare of fifty cents. The plan foresees a significant disruption to travel and commerce if carried out, signaling a major transportation initiative of the era.
The Cumberland News and Baltimore papers dissect a political climate where an extra legislative session aims to secure Democratic majorities. They condemn gerrymandering and costly census work, urging transparent reforms ahead of the next General Assembly and November elections. They point to Ward redistricting and census investigations as core moves in a broader strategy.
A collage of brief lines and quips from various newspapers recounting marriage proposals size up by quotable characters. Snippets touch on engagement rings, “New Woman” divorcees, door bell pranks, and a farmer’s son predicted to be a preacher.
The United States Cavalry plans to mount the first squadron at Fort Leavenworth but faces a severe horse shortage. Despite $115 per head offered, farmers cut breeding during hard times and market slumps persist. England and Russia have bought prime stock in the Midwest, leaving only inferior animals for government needs. A recovery in horse breeding is anticipated as demand remains high and prices rise. An advertisement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Harper Whiskey appears alongside.
A compact reading column presents poems and notes by Frank L. Stanton Katharine Tynan Hinson and Christian Expravorn Wor p. The pieces contrast lyrical musings with a sharp critique of rushed modern parenting and the pursuit of wealth.
A new effort to breed wild turkeys for sport is to be tested at John Barrison's Cook's Point game preserve in Dorchester County Maryland. About 1000 acres are enclosed to prevent escape, with hundreds of turkeys to be reared and released for shooting next season alongside the 200 English pheasants and a large partridge stock.
A Frederick City letter argues for Democrat William 4. Reese as a candidate for alderman. The writer praises Reese as honest, economical, and fiscally cautious, promising to reduce taxes by cutting unnecessary public expenses. The appeal asks the Democratic Nominating Convention to consider Reese for the aldermanic seat.
Mr D G Martin of the Baltimore and Ohio compares yesterday and today in rail transport. He cites 1857 inaugurations moving about 21 000 to Washington in eight days versus over 20 000 carried from Baltimore alone in one day this March. He notes 75 000 into Washington over four days, and says emergency capacity could move 10 000 soldiers in 10 hours. Now five times that in 24 hours, with 56 000 daily ordinary movement in January. Civil War troop moves would be routine in a third of the time, with tourists replacing box cars by sleepers.
Second day of the Baltimore Annual Conference in Hagerstown featured animated debates sparked by Dr. W P Thirkeld of Cincinnati on Southern race conditions. He praised Freeman's Aid and Southern Missionary Society work but critiqued recent Maryland Democratic action, urging uplift of the colored people amid cautions about restraint.
Persons having sale bills printed in The Daily or Weekly News will receive the Sale Register in both papers each day until sale. At 10 a.m. C. B. Paut, suctieteer, offers for Mrs. Susan Rice a valuable set of household furniture on premises at Market and Second Streets, as seen in the Daily News.
A set ring with initials inside and a set of keys were lost Wednesday March 2. A reward is offered for return to Patrick Street. contact News Office with details.
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