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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
2
Fragmented newspaper text from the Daily News and Weekly News shows garbled lines about dates locations and services. The readable parts mention Frederick and a few likely newspaper items but lack coherent events or names to report a clear summary.
A fragment discussing moon phases, then critiquing media honesty. It recounts John Wansmaker calling a bluff, cites Professor Dietzel predicting US decline, and attacks newspapers for printing false political gossip. The piece reflects on editorial integrity, reader responsibility, and the spread of unverified statements.
Readers pressure the press for honesty as partisan and reckless reporting are blamed for misleading the public. Editors and papers face scrutiny from citizens and local outlets warning that unreliable press harms trust and warrants reform. Fishery and wildlife concerns are also noted in related notices.
A collage of humorous dialogues and social musings from various papers. The salutation and diplomatic banter mix with domestic jests about senators salaries and household meals. The snippets include a grand vizier joke, a senate remark, and a breakfast table quip about tapioca pudding.
The Indianapolis News urges Congress to curb pension spending after the House set a record by approving ninety one private pension bills. It denounces recklessness in appropriations and argues taxes hit the poor hardest, calling for strict economy and quorum consideration of special bills.
Washington advocates push for the Lacey bill to protect game birds and insectivorous songbirds. The measure, passed by the House, faces Senate scrutiny as petitions circulate among bird lovers and sportsmen. Opponents fear millinery use of feathers but supporters say enforcement will curb field depopulation and safeguard wildlife.
A report details the memorial bridge to span the Potomac at Washington Arlington with six masonry arches and a bascule span. It names engineers Burr Buck Hutton Morton as designers and lists prize awards and proposed architectural features for a monumental bridge to honor American soldiers and sailors. The article also notes wildlife protection concerns amid out‑of‑season hunting and calls for uniform state laws and federal action to regulate interstate commerce affecting forests and fields.
Moments with the Rase laments hunger and longing for a watermelon path while river fishers idle and prayers reach the watermelon way. The Atlanta Constitution features a moral verse on worry not work aging faces, sleepless nights, and burdensome days, echoed by the Somerville Journal in similar verse about labor and care.
Special Dispatch to The News reports General Roberts at Geneva Siding six miles from Bosebrand where Boer entrenchments hold. Later cables say Boers evacuated trenches and Roberts entered Beachland then pressed toward Kroonstal only a few miles distant as they maneuver.
Special Dispatch reports Tannskilling Dragoons ambushed near Geneva SipisG yesterday. Several were killed and a score captured in the engagement.
Special Dispatch to The News Kansas City May 12 A strike was ordered this morning on all Metropolitan Street Railway lines.
Shake into Your Shoes Ailens Foot-Safe powder relieves pain from feet and nails and instantly eases stinging feet. Claims to cure sweating and tired aching feet with soft shoes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with trial packages by mail. Ring & Olmsted Le Roy, New York.
A reader from West Virginia commends Chamberlain's Celtic Cure and Kodal Dyspepsia Cure, claiming the remedies permanently cured a dreadful chest ailment and long‑standing stomach trouble after many years of suffering, and notes local pharmacies carry the products.
The Belles Lettres Literary Society met with President F Cramer. Students read poems and debated whether lawyers may defend guilty clients, the affirmative winning. Emerson Society at Frederick College held a similar program with essays, recitations, and a two to one negative vote on the machine work displacing jobs.
James Francis Mullen aged 63 died in Baltimore. Funeral from 863 Union Avenue Woodberry Monday May 14 at 9 o'clock to St Thomas church for high Requiem mass. Engagement announced: Anna Clark Forsythe daughter of A P Forge, Howard County, to Jerry Grove of Frederick. Wedding planned soon.
Market notes describe scarce spring lamb and rising butter quality from cattle turned to pasture, with prices for eggs, vegetables, and fruits listed. It notes a frost impact on potato vines, widespread plantings promising a large fall crop, and a general softening in trade with Bradstreet's noting inactive demand and weaker prices across sectors.
Baltimore May 11 Boots and Shoes market shows active demand with strong mail orders and rising prices forecast by manufacturers. Jobbers buy freely. stocks lean firm. summer goods partly re carved. Leather supplies light. general sales modest but prices hold. Tallow steady. Wool steady with limited demand. unwashed and washed ranges noted but overall quiet.
Prices at the Baltimore Stock Exchange show declines with little trading activity across city stocks. Bank stocks remain unchanged while Baltimore city issues and other bonds exhibit minimal movement amid a flat week.
The sick sister May DeChantal at the Visitation Academy is slightly better today while Mr. B. H. Blackston remains unchanged.
Invitations issued for a reception at Mr S W Barrick home Woodsboro next Wednesday evening honoring Miss Marguerite Owen of Philadelphia. Private school of Miss Ella Keller closed yesterday after public schools, pupils celebrated with ice cream and cake. An epidemic of whooping cough recounted with a home remedy testimonial from J. Moore of Millbrook and a drugstore ad for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
Selections of notices from Takoma Park and Montgomery County cover board appointments, school trustees, church and Masonic events, political candidacy changes, and local incidents. Notable items include the Varidas child trustees, Hagerstown church pew plans, a Royal Masters initiation, a Cumberland council race shift, a mine altercation, probate of Charles Porter, a freight wreck near Blaina, Enterprise Telephone Company director election, and historian tied local statutes and court terms. Also reports on Adam Koegel’s death, Browning for Garrett examiner, and the Maryland Temperance League update.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine to purify and enrich the blood, restore vigor, and build health for those weakened by poverty or fatigue. It claims widespread use and strong effects in common experience.
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