Mixed views and society notes in a late 19th century column
The author questions Captain Pershing’s actions in the Philippines, notes Wanamaker’s proposed eight to nine million dollar store empires as advertising monuments, and comments on a York trolley accident, green goods detectives, and get rich quick schemes. It laments tax fights between Philadelphia officials over a potential $100,000 perquisites gain and Pennsylvanian law quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
New York
Secret Service
Pennsylvania
New York Advances Road Improvement Constitutional Result
The New York Legislature adopts a constitutional amendment to raise 30 million dollars over ten years for highway improvements, 5 million annually. Congress may consider a 20 million dollar national aid bill, drawing praise from supporters at the St. Louis convention where General Miles and William Jennings Bryan urged federal involvement in road building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brownlow
Tennessee
General Miles
Nationaal
St. Louis
Willian Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Country Roads and Rural Prosperity
The piece argues farmers deserve better country roads to market crops, reach town and church, and stay connected with the outside world. It links road quality to farm attractiveness, rural delivery, and overall government welfare, noting urban improvements contrast with rural needs. It urges prioritizing road paving amid city street upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily
Cluse
Contemporary comment on editors and public policy
Quotations critique Cleveland and newspaper relations, St Louis politics, and a Carlisle view on Child labor. It notes lawmakers must balance zeal with discretion, citing Southern and Northern conditions and employer profit motives in child labor debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
North
Baltimore
San
Minutes of Merriness in Old Newspaper Humor
A collage of comic exchanges from historic papers. Jokes on newlyweds and bachelors, birds and sponge cake, a poor man with wooden legs, a tailor’s bill, and a boy faced with the woodshed switch, all framed in a bygone humorous tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Time for a Lesson from The Voice of the Press
An excerpt from the New York World critiques Roosevelt era policy and imperial governance in Porto Rico. It argues U S authority abuses smuggling prosecutions and questions empire privileges versus republican limits. It laments lack of constitutional rights for occupied territories and urges restraint.
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New York World
Roosevelt
Washington
Empire
Porto Rive
United States
Astve
Internal Revenue
Tax policy and Porto Rico tariff debate cited
A criticalcore argument questions expansionist tariffs and the Dingley Act. It argues 16 is protectionist overreach and Porto Rico tariff revenues benefit locals, not Americans, urging President Roosevelt to reevaluate colonial governance and safeguard taxpayers and protected interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Porto Rico
Roosevelt
Moments With The Muse Maryland Confederate Monument
Poetic inscription on a Maryland Confederate Monument extols enduring love and sacrifice. It speaks to heart and eye, honoring fallen heroes and the buoying courage of youth, as time carries away the evils of war and memorials preserve noble deeds for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Confederate Monument
Weathering the Market News and Spring Provisions Ramp-Up
The column greets spring with talk of travel, social chatter, and upcoming country suppers. It lists prices for eggs 11 cents a dozen, butter 20 cents a pound, poultry and various fruits and vegetables with many unit prices, and meats from beef to lamb. It notes seasonality and ongoing demand as strawberries, pineapples, and local fish appear in markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cresses
Land of Dykes to Rotterdam A Steam Journey in 1903
Special correspondence recounts an Antwerp to Rotterdam voyage aboard a steamship, with views of dykes and canals, local dress, and docks. The writer notes ships, landings, and crowds at stations, plus observation of Dutch street life and transport for Rotterdam butchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoteerdam
Tur News
Rotterpam
Houuanp
Antwerp
Scheldt
Rotterdam
Holland
Porcelain stoves and sick room notices in old dwellings
The rooms of houses hold large porcelain stoves reaching to the ceiling with peat or compressed cost bricks stacked inside. Daily and semi daily bulletins on front doors announce a patient’s health to avoid inquiries from neighbors and friends. Rotterdam appeals to Americans historically, Delftshaven’s Pilgrim Fathers sailed July 22 1620, with a tablet recalling their last public religious service in European air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wach
Delftshaven
North America
Dredging Begins in Leonardtown Harbor
Leonardtown starts harbor dredging as Susquehanna fishers report heavy herring catches. Oakland taxes fixed at 60 cents per $100. Geoil county fights liquor prohibition. Cumberland Granite Brick Co. incorporated with $20,000 capital. Judge Thomas rules Annapolis wards re districting unauthorized. Rockville High School principal Prof. R. Thomas West resigns. Rockville graduates listed: Vandia Braddock Bessie Thompson Mattie England Mamie Ricketts Mary Griffich. W H Bower resigns from WV Central and Pittsburg R R to join Davis & Hikins as general manager at Elkins.
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Leonardtown
Susqueanns
Oakland
Nquor
Geoil
Cumberland Granite
Thomas
Corporation of
Annapolis
R. Thomas West
Rockville
Rockville High School
Vandia Braddock
Bessie Thompson
Mattie England
Mamie Ricketts
Mary Griffich
W.H. Bower
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railroad
Davis & Hikins
Elkins
Holland Notes From Rotterdam and Beyond During Turbulent Travel
A traveler recalls ships shipped for delicacy, Rotterdam scenes, windmills, and city curios. He notes no trains in Holland amid delays, landmarks like Erasmus statue and Europe’s tallest private building, and the guilder value. He laments language oddities and titles while recounting local rates, currency, and transit oddities. Public notices include an Eagles carnival arch in Cumberland and Salisbury electric plant guard action, plus Baltimore mayoral contest hints.
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Rotterdam
Aizo
Erasmus of
Europe
White House
Holland
Austria
Signor
Italy
Monsieur
Switzerland
France
Thea Fraternal Order of Eagles of Cumberland
Baltimore
Cumberlain
Salisbury
United States
Whyte
McLane
Board of Election Supervisors
Colored Girl Sent Home From City
Mamie Lee, colored, believed demented, was found wandering and taken to Justice Eckstein. She hailed from Damascus in Montgomery county and would not reveal her caller. Justice Eckstein consulted Mr. Jacob Tyann who directed Superintendent Oscar Caller to admit her to Montetue Hospital and send her home. Pension increases noted for John Scudder of Myersville to $12 per month.
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Mamie Lee
Oficer Crouse
Justice Eckstein
Damascus
Montgomery County
Jacob Tyann
Board of Charities and Corrections
Oscar Caller
Montetue Hospital
Religious Services and Notices Across Local Churches
Local church schedules list services at All Saints Episcopal Sohteysville Grace Reformed and other congregations with sermon times Sunday school sessions and special events. The Reformed Classis meets May 13 1904 at Thurmont with reports on ministerial candidates and church reconstruction efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Sohteysville Mission
Groseniox- Joe's
Grace Reformed Church
E. L. McLean
Sanday
The
Presbyterian Church
T. Freeman Dixon
Sual
Trinity M. BE. Church South
B. V Switzer
Epworth League
U. B
K. Wesstall
Labanon Valley College
Sanday School
W. J. Kane
Holy Name Society
Maryland
Clearspring
Thurmont
Thia County
E. J. Wolf
Walkersville
S. S. Miller
H. F. Dittmar
Alvill Conner
Paetersville
George A. Snyder
Hagerstown
Sabillasville
Oharga
Classis
E. Gormman
Washington
George Missel
Baltimore
Clagsia
Board of Education
The Work of Death John McCoy
John McCoy died yesterday in Winchester Virginia after a long bronchial illness. A Civil War veteran he served in Company F Eighteenth Cavalry Imboden's Brigade and was famed as a crack Southern sharpshooter. Captured at Winchester September 19 1864 he spent the war in prison at Point Lookout. He was a liveryman born Hampshire County West Virginia fifty eight years ago son of the late William McCoy. He was twice married both wives are dead. He leaves three children Mrs J W Norrie of Brunswick John McCoy and Miss Gertrude McCoy of Winchester.
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John M'Coy
John McCoy
Winchester
Eighteenth Cavalry
Imboden
Point Lookout
McCcy
Hampshire County
W. Va
William McCay
J W. Norrie
Brunswick
Gertrude McCoy
A Mountain Chapel on South Mountain Summit
Dahien Chapel sits on the summit of South Mountain along the National Turnpike about three miles above Boonboro Maryland. It was erected by the late Mrs Madeline Dahien for family use while at "Dahien" their favorite place opposite the chapel now owned by Mrs Dahlgren Pierce. The chapel is a pretty piece of architecture and is much admired by travelers crossing the mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahien
South Mountain
Booneboro
Madeline Dahiaren
Admirai Dahigeen
Sam Twist Place
Dahlen
Profits Capital Stock and Bank Names in Ledger
Profits capital stock shows 150000 dollars with a surplus of 77000 undivided. President James Gittinger and J W L Carty as officers. cashier Leroy McCardegud and vice presidents Epw. Sunriver and G McCampell. Other staff listed include D T Oxpeyman and Joan Simmons. Collections noted and three percent interest paid on deposits in savings department.
Flag Raising and 4 Festival at Jefferson Council
Flag raisings and a 4 festival are planned by Jefferson Council Junior Order United American Mechanics. A program includes talks by prominent speakers at Willow Dale Union and Lander, with age times 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Flag ceremonies conclude with addresses, an ice cream and strawberry festival at the Jefferson ball starting at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Council
United American Mechanice
Union
Lander
Janet
Willow Dale
Union Asl
Jefferson
Local Market Quotes And Liquor Licenses Report
Market quotations from Tobe Local Mart show corn at 2.80 per barrel shelled 45 cents per bushel wheat no 2 red 75 a seamer 73 per bushel oats 40 cents per bushel hay 18.83 220 per ton. Liquor licenses total 387 with gross receipts 4243 dollars. city collects 1030.15 dollars after 5 percent clerk’s fee.
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Tobe Local Mart
Haetern
Miling & Export Company
Goon
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Moon
Firat
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Courter
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Pershing
Philippines
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York
Anoh
Busitinse
Contemporary Comment
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Cumberland Times
Aul
Baltimore American
Oldbach
Philadelphia Record
Chicago
Boston Globe
Everbroke
Kansan City
Voice OF the Press
Eos
Mary Jane
Land OF Dykes
News OF the
Venice
St. Mark's Tower
Rotterdan’s Skyscraper
John Scudder
Myersville
County
Sunday Schools and Societies
Darlen Chapel
Frederick County Natl Bank
Freeveaigg
County National Bank
ERS
James Gittinger
McCardegl
J. W. L. Carty Cashier
A Leroy McCardeugd
Aast. Cashier
Lewis E. Shevy
Epw. D. Sunriver
A. C G. McCampelt
D. T. Oxpeman
Joan Simmons
Allen G. Quyss
G. B. Baadoin
Bunsamix F. Reren
PTLY
Mortescer 'S Public
Frederick City
Calvin L. Engle
Mary &. Engle
Atllo’glocka,M
Charles Wertheimer
Frederick County
Josephine Wachter
Fifth Street
Melville E. Doll
Jacob Rohrback
Financisl
Baser, Warrs & CO
Baltimore, MD
General Banking
Texsex, Sook & Sox
Fayette St. Oppo
Fostoffica Saltinors
Henry A- Hahn
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