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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
3
Local notices report numerous visits and calls across towns including Boyd's Warren's and Damascus. School closings, church events, and social visits to Frederick Dickerson and Washington DC are noted along with community happenings and minor sports results.
In Chester Pennsylvania on May 8 a pipeline burst near Brook Haven sending oil down Middle Town Road. A passing trolley sparked a blaze for 100 feet destroying fences and poles while the home of attorney David F Rose was saved. Firefighters and farmers battled flames for hours with dirt as an improvised extinguisher. estimated losses reach 10600 dollars.
In Martisburg Pennsylvania two days apart spurious acts of spite against Daniel Crawbaugh, inventor of the telephone, include a fire at his stone house and a separate early morning break in where three men chloroformed him and menaced his wife until fired upon by neighbors. Meanwhile in Elizabeth New Jersey villagers fought five burglars, wounding two, capturing two, and hunting for a dynamite outfit found in a barn. In Nice France a duel between Mas Regis and a German officer left the officer seriously wounded.
Farmers shift from bran to alfalfa hay for dairy cattle and meat stock as bran prices rise. Alfalfa offers similar nutrition at lower cost, with 2–4 yearly cuttings and careful curing to preserve leaves. Rural notes praise thick-walled silos, beveled joints, steel wire hoops, and practical silo construction tips from a Rural New Yorker correspondent.
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