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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1911
Page
4
The Daily News a Frederick Maryland independent paper published by MWR Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company lists officers including Birely Delaplaine as president and treasurer and Will Foot as vice president and manager with Birely as secretary.
On Monday May 8 1911 the News lists sale locations including New City Hotel Buckey's Cigar Store at 8 Market Street General Restaurant F Schmidt's Cigar Store on West Patrick Street and Arlington Hotel for the upcoming auction events.
On Market Street vehicles lined both sides for blocks Saturday night leaving little room for traffic. Alarming fire response was noted as dangerous for emergency engines and horses. Authorities urge immediate regulation to curb promiscuous hitching and improve public safety.
A call to households to embrace a spirit of cleanliness to achieve practical benefits and foster healthful surroundings. The appeal emphasizes community effort and individual responsibility, endorsing the saying cleanliness is next to godliness and urging broad participation in a municipal spring cleaning movement.
Debates over statewide ballot ranking raise questions about multi choice voting and potential tally errors in Baltimore and counties. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes warm weather spurs mosquito prep and presents Home remedies from entomologist Dr. Howard, urging water removal to curb pests and urging public effort.
A string of dated quotes from New York Sun and Washington Star snippets discuss patience virtue, misapplied witticisms, and work ethic. The odd exchange about a young M D and a king references satire, with lines on production, manuscripts, and long hours in a bygone era.
A lighthearted Domestic vignette centers on a wife and husband debating a dress button at the back. The wife appeals to humor and irony, noting the challenge while the husband responds with cheerful disbelief. The scene shifts to a moving pictures setting and a chapter for the blind reference.
George Layman, 69, veteran carpenter employed by Merle Gitlinger, collapsed entering a side door during alterations at W. Miller's tobacco store on North Market Street. Coroner declined inquest after Dr. Hendrix and bystanders testified. Layman left home ailing but worked, died instantly. survived by widow, son Clarence, two daughters, and a brother. Funeral Wednesday. Also noted infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Betson died aged 5 days. services at 4 PM at home with burial at Mt. Olivet.
Discussion critiques Governor Crothers plan for a five million dollar good roads bond issue with half to be spent removing cobblestones in Baltimore. The piece argues the city would pay taxes to the state and gains would be minimal, urging a thorough review of the cleanliness program and skepticism about the proposed bond approach. It notes political shifts and reactions within Baltimore papers and mentions upcoming primary law debates.
A lyrical meditation on May as Ma lris and Swit move through woods and hollows. Birds sing in thickets while a blue azure soar brings a note from afar. The piece blends nature imagery with floral and seasonal personifications.
A chafing dish luncheon was hosted by Miss Emily Cooper of Xenia on Saturday for about twenty classmates honoring guest Miss Meaney of Ohio. Miss Janie Quynn of Frederick assisted. An annual May Fete for Wenan's College art department attendees is held today with a morning trip to Yellow Springs aboard a special train on Frederick Railroad Company lines.
A rat loosed near Dutrow's drew schoolchildren into a loud scene this afternoon. After a brief chase the rodent was killed. Children shouted in alarm but no one fainted. An old London Tit-Bits quotation frames the moment as a wry aside.
New York stocks and quotations are reported today from Motter Bros and Co. The brief item notes market movement and notable price shifts among leading shares and bonds, reflecting general trading activity on the exchange.
Stock and commodity listings corrected to noon by Motter Bros & Co bankers and brokers. Prices include cotton duck contracts, steels, rail and utility bonds, United Railways, Seaboard lines, Western Maryland, Annapolis and Potomac, Fairmont Coal, Citizens Bank, Fidelity and Deposit, Northern Central, and wheat and corn futures with bid and closing marks.
Twenty years ago in Frederick the Columns of Tri News note bank deposits in local institutions totaling 1,698,250.98 dollars for the current quarter. Justice of the Peace Ed Ritter is elected for the second district of Franklin County. Crouse’s horse fell after a jump, breaking its neck. The Fourth anniversary of the Young Woman’s organization was marked at the Methodist Episcopal church with William C. Bively presiding. addresses were given by WR Gurley and BH Warner of Washington.
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