Frederick News Ponders Dewey West Point and City Fire Safety
The Frederick Daily News discusses national and local concerns. It questions the wisdom of removing two city fire engines for a Westminster Convention and notes the risk to public safety. It also critiques Russell Sage’s wealth as a supposed public inspiration and cautions against valuing riches over civic virtue.
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New York City
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Inter-State Telephone and Telegraph Company
Frederick City
Baltimore City
F. John C. Motter
Douglass H. Hargett
Erk
PD. Maulaby, Jr
Chas. S. Watts
Petioners
John EB. Sifford
Second and
East Sts
Second St
Contemporary Comment on Mosquito Scarcity Prediction
A brief note reflects on forecasts of a mosquito shortage this summer, calling the idea a sly trick that reveals the wits of modern observers.
Purported Reform Quips and Crime Notes
Several brief items from newspapers touch on reform probes and crime. Baltimore American jokes about pure food tests by Hon. Billy Mason. Hagerstown Mail notes Cuban bandits meet trouble in an attempted robbery. Baltimore Herald discusses Moyern habeas corpus and citizen arrest limits.
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Billy Mason
Hagerstown
Noisy bouts of weather and daily sentences clash in a humorous column
A collage of comic snippets and quips from 19th century papers sketches school fatigue on rainy days. Mothers tease sons about questions at lessons while a strike rumor circulates in a joke about labor and pay.
Addressing Adulterated Food and Fraud Laws
The Boston Advertiser argues for stronger enforcement against makers of adulterated foods. It notes fines for grocers exist but do not stop production, calling adulteration a serious crime that harms the poor and may amount to manslaughter. It urges bond specific legislation to reach manufacturers.
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Local notes on Frederick summer plans and town improvements
Citizens praise early closing for Frederick businesses and discuss fire safety, athletic park upgrades, a new dancing pavilion, and music. Telecommunication links will connect New Midway and Petersville to Frederick. A surveying crew advances a route from Frederick Junction to Mt. Airy with five miles completed and optimism for further progress.
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Athletic Park
Jacob Schmidt
Frederick Junction
Mt. Airy
Moments With The Muse Meadow Frogs Poem Verse
Poem excerpt praises spring chorus from marshes with vivid imagery of warblers and misty prophecies. A fragmentary ad line touts Shiloh's Couch and Consumption Cure promising refunds if not effective. It cites a long sold remedy priced 25 cents and 50 cents and a $1.00 option sold by Albert L. Pearce.
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Albert L. Pearce
Fiendish murderer in Howard City kills wife and relatives
A man named Joseph Harvey murdered his wife, uncle, grandmother, and injured others in Howard City Michigan on May 12. He killed his wife and grandmother, shot his uncle, wounded his baby and father in law, then shot himself, later confessing to the sheriff. Harvey was arrested and gave no further statements.
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Counterfeit scheme claimed at Washington denied by officials
A federal denial states a sensational report about a counterfeit ring using patent office negatives is false. Officials say only two poor photographic plates were found and could not produce usable counterfeits. No arrests were made and the tale is labeled a canard. The piece includes a poem by Joan Exxserve from the Columbia Literary Monthly.
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