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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1900
Page
2
Local papers debate dairy quality and pricing with calls for pure fresh milk and potential wagon taxation to curb delivery obstacles. Officials urged to act on milk shortages affecting families with children and the sick, amid broader wartime news and public concerns.
A garbled montage of quotations and captions from various papers. It includes lines about a horseless carriage, a disenfranchisement debate, furniture removal banter, and a cautious remark on cowards in society, with brief dialogue and editorial snatches.
The Philadelphia Record argues Wilkes-Barre jurors delayed verdicts reveal a fundamental flaw in juries. It warns majorities are not infallible, yet most verdicts mirror the majority. It calls for larger juries, better deliberation, and accepting honest majority findings over coercive unanimity.
A fragmentary literary piece contrasts a poem about April and Aphrodite with a short prose vignette. It presents questions of engagement, gender roles, and courtship, weaving imagery of wood, violets, and singing birds with playful dialogue. The tone is period-voiced and theatrical.
A woman has been called to the pastorate of Union Church, Washington area. The Rev I4a Haliiz, existing clergy, and local church members note her selection and duties ahead.
A brief profile hints at Peers Mise Hottin described as a woman of striking appeal while Bem Gelk Bui eHA ueut speaker. Sue, restricted to notes, speaks as men are limited. In a five winter period she lived in a Rocky Mountain cabin to restore health and walked miles through deep snow to preach to mountain settlers.
Shzpsb Chapter No 5 Eastern Star welcomed Concordia No 5 Baltimore on a fraternal visit last night. About ninety persons attended with officers in robes for the first time and an exemplification of the floral degree. Refreshments followed as letters of regret arrived and an invitation to Lynch Lodge’s festival was accepted.
Register Wille Henry Clinton Ali nott of Montgomery County is seriously ill at his Rockville home. Joshua F. Benson of Baltimore County died near Mount Carmel at seventy-nine. Westminster to inaugurate the three-letter postal delivery on July 1 with three new carriers. Cumberland awards South Cumberland sewer contract to John T. Gannon & Co. for 7887.83. About three hundred acres near Bethesda Park to become a large cemetery. Dr. G W Truitt named chief clerk to Insurance Commissioner Wilkinson, succeeding I Freeman Rasin. Caroline County adds potential school examiners E M Noble, G Edgar Williamson, and James B Noble. George's Creek Coal and Iron Co president J J Alexander secures injunction to limit miners’ organizing activity. Horatio Black injured by a falling two-ton stamp and earth while digging under a white oak in Carroll County.
Engineers survey a hill east of Ellicott City on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to remove a loop and shorten the line by several hundred yards. A tunnel will be needed. Plans also include removing a sharp curve at Union Dam two miles above Ellicott City.
Rain brings renewed activity at the market as vegetables and fruit rise in price. Butter and eggs show gains while fresh crops recover after dry spells. notes include beef, pork, fish, and miscellaneous items with varied per unit prices.
Baltimore markets show dull week with declines in tobacco and sugar, Indus tries weak in New York. Bonds like Georgia Southern and Florida 5s hold around 111, with several issues trading lower. trust company shares slide while some rail and gas stocks attract cautious buyers.
Baltimore on May 18 reports favorable conditions for boots and shoes with no substantial market change. Business as usual shows no decline in orders. jobbers buy satisfactorily while retailers hold back some orders, yet still placed for ahead of future demand.
Commodities list broad weakness in corn pork butter cheese wool and cotton with flat to falling prices. Hides tallow and leather markets remain subdued while wheat climbs on dry Northwest reports and firm Chicago market conditions. Bradstreet notes improved rail earnings but mixed retail and industrial signals continue.
The Belles Lettres Literary Society held its regular meeting with President Cramer in charge. Roll call and minutes were read, then program items included readings by E Reich and Russell Stockman, a Mark Twain piece, and a debate on cremation replacing earth burial. Judges ruled 2 to 1 for the negative. Next meeting set for Friday May 25.
The piece surveys summer heat and local life with notes on school plans, church events, concerts, trolley parties, strawberry festivals, dances, and excursions. It mentions the Historical and literary groups, Woman's College events, various church auxiliaries, a political nod to Scott Schlag, rail travel, and upcoming commencements, all framed as cheerful, gossiping observations.
The Birnie Trust Company organized by the firm George H. Birnie & Co. Taneytown bankers, starts with $9,000 capital and $9,000 surplus. Officers elected include Edward E. Reindollar president Dr J J Weaver Jr vice president and George H Birnie cashier. directors are Martin D Hess George H Birnie Edward E Reindollar Edwin A Sharetts Harvey E Weant Dr J M Weaver and G Walter Witt. Also an ad for De Vitt's Little Liver Pills by J H Keller Druggist.
Notices announce stockholders election for Frederick and Monocacs Turnpike Head Company directors on Monday June 4 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Secretaries and contact details listed. An offer provides a free lawn mower and grass maintenance for 1960 season. Boarding ad for a woman, a child for three months from June 1 to September 1, and acknowledgments for Frederick State.
The summer schedule takes effect tomorrow at Frederick with the 5.20 a.m. departure moved to 4.35 a.m. for connections to Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. The early mail train now arrives at 6.38 a.m. and the 6.40 a.m. arrival from Mt. Airy and nearby stops will be 6.50 a.m.
The ad promotes Allen’s Foot-Base as a relief for painful swollen feet corns callouses and sweating. It claims instant stinging relief and easier shoe fit with a promise of new comfort for weary feet. Available at druggists and shoe stores with trial packages and address in Le Roy New York.
Prof Stephens of Caroline county, Maryland, named the first Superintendent of Public Education for the state after the office was created by the late Legislature. A native of Ursinetine region, he was born October 5, 1802, and has long served as examiner for public schools in his county since 1886. He is a Democrat and formerly chaired Caroline’s Democratic Central Committee.
An old belief claims rheumatism is caused by a demon within a man and that exerting action is demonized. The text asserts Berlain's Pain Balm cures rheumatism after a single application, with testimonials and a claim of great value. sold by A. B. Pearre, Druggist.
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