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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
4
Independent publication list of sale points in city. Locations include New City Hotel Buckey's Cigar Store S Market St Central Restaurant Artington Hotel and F K Schmidt's Cigar Store W Patrick Street.
A century comparison notes rapid farm gains over the decade with land values doubling in Kansas, 282 percent in Colorado, 104 percent in Missouri, and 93 percent in Indiana. Improved farming, irrigation, and demand transformed abandoned lands into profitable farms, proving land is the safest investment as population and prices rise.
The Frederick News leads county papers with top efficiency and broad reader appeal. It will publish an edition full of interesting features including domestic science work from the Woman's College and illustrated articles on local and foreign subjects. The paper remains a premier advertising medium in the territory.
From the New York World the piece argues neutrality law defects expose hypocrisy in Peace Conference discourse. It contrasts antiwar rhetoric with profits from arming conflicts and notes U S adventurers fighting for multiple sides while Britain enforces strict anti fighting laws. It questions penalties for citizens aiding foreign warfare.
Maryland faces about 100000 dollars in timber losses this spring as careless brush fires near cut timber spread. Officials call for investigations and legal action to deter offenders and protect timber lands amid a push for conservation. Other notes cite aviation risks and praise local societal groups like the Daughters of the Revolution for civic work in Baltimore.
Balt imore News argues that collecting overlooked historical data and preserving landmarks strengthens patriotism by memorializing Revolutionary rank and file, contrasting local erudition with other nations and calling for greater attention to dates and places.
A collage of humorous quotes from papers including remarks on public drink cups and a wooden leg cremation charge. The snippets mix light banter about marriage, money, and social expectations with brief exchanges from Boston Transcript and Detroit Free Press noted sources.
Fragmentary verse noting Texans seeking power to compel hotels to provide sheets. Mentions nine foot sheets for night and women’s dress made of white sheeting. Includes odd lines about dust, tar, and East Second Street, with playful riddle tone.
Poem fragment by John Neihardt from Man Song, praising the poet as master of matter. Voices of builders, steel, cities, engines, and battles seek swift, keen song to match their labor and sacrifice. The speaker invokes the Lyric Master to reveal a thunderous epic rising from tears and blood.
An old advertisement promotes ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP for tender skin, pimples, dandruff, and scalp diseases. It claims to remove soreness and itching and notes the soap is part of the treatment. Sold by druggists nationwide in Frederick and at Market Street North locations.
Local Road Commission parcels out state funded work with bids from four firms. Coblentz and Klipp win the Monrovia to Kemptown segment for $12,554.6, while LG Robinson secures New Market to New London for $23,092.22. Several sections and bidders are noted, with issues over grade crossings and new tenders anticipated.
The Democratic field for Montgomery County House of Delegates nominations grows from four to six with entrants Char les R Darby of Barnesville and J Farr White of Poolesville joining Andrew J Cummings Chevy Chase J Frank Lewis Boyds Clarence M Griffith Clarksburg and George Mt Nicholson Olney. Waynesboro withdraws from the Western Maryland League over funds, citing inability to raise required money.
Local notes from the Columns of Tur News Mae 12 1891 recount a fish kill in the Monocacy from dynamite with suckers and other varieties dying in large numbers. A tree near Jefferson yields a 22 pound treemend weight fruit, and a vein of coal is struck near Stull on the Oposxnatown pike. A free Washington excursion is planned for a lot sale by the Development Company, with about 200 to 400 attendees expected.
New York stock quotations are provided today by Motter Bros company. The listing highlights price moves across leading issues with daily changes and notable gains and losses shaping investment sentiment.
Mrs Ed Metzger who has run the Imperial Hotel at Pen-Mar for years has arrived for the season and is directing renovations in preparation for guests. The Baltimore stock market reports noon prices from Motter Bros. Co with varied bindings in cotton duck, gas, rail and coal securities and May and July grain quotes.
Central National Bank of Frederick Maryland traces its organization to 1808. The bank’s historical roots anchor its long standing presence in Frederick, Maryland, reflecting early financial development in the region.
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