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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
4
The Frederick based Independent Newspaper announces subscription price increases with options for monthly and yearly payments. The paper notes higher legal service costs and cites improved conditions in Batangas as American troops receive warmer local reception and invest in homes, health, and sanitation reform.
A proposed provision in the army appropriation bill aims to abolish enlistment-based commissions, drawing criticism from The American who calls the idea vicious and undemocratic. The piece argues West Point theory is elitist and urges preserving merit exams for officers.
Contemporary comment cites caution about political upheaval and the value of stable government in colonies while noting festive seasonal imagery. It highlights a Maryland judge urging enforcement against concealed weapons to deter crime, with statewide peers following.
A collage of quips from old newspapers features Mrs Summers and Mrs Winters trading jibes about lies and fishing, a courtroom scene with malice and a mallet, Mrs Gaussip and Mrs Meekley gossip about a doctor, and a joke about a colonel and editor. The fragment ends with Scadde’s consent to his daughter’s marriage to Cholly Noodles.
An inspection of White House comforts prompts debate on presidential surroundings. A New York Tribune tale warns of seventeen year locusts near Baltimore amid Maryland feasts, debates, and civic mood.
A fragmented excerpt blends a poem about a vanished ship to Spain by Albert Bigelow Paine with stray notes and a Chicago May 22 raid story. The text then shifts to a political note on immigration debates in Washington and a New York ransom case involving a missing child, with suspect crank letters.
A mob in Hastings Florida refused burial for William Austin who killed Bertha McCullough and her family then killed himself. After victims were moved to the cemetery, Austin’s body was cremated in the cabin fire. Also reported are a marriage of Dr Alvin Kraenzlein and Claudine Gilman in Belmar New Jersey and a strike at Doodley and W shoe factory in Wilkes-Barre.
Secretary Shaw heads to Montgomery to join the Thompson congressional party. The Free Sons of Israel at Atlantic City adjourns, planning to reconvene in 1907 at Atlantic City. The House approves a bill to fund international YMCA buildings in states and possessions. LL MiPenneh of Musheconach donates $60 to establish a home for indigent old women.
Publicity offer promises wide notice in Frederick for 25 pemte via a News want ad. Details are unclear but the item suggests a low cost classifieds option to reach readers in the area.
Communion services at the Lutheran church led by Rev. W. L. Remsberg drew a large crowd. Local residents and visitors attended prayers, with several individuals joining the church. The report notes community events, health concerns, property plans, and upcoming summer activities at Braddock Heights, plus festival updates and a promotion for Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Church Aid and Missionary Society of St Matthew's Reformed Church Manor will hold its meeting on May 25 at 7 30 p.m. Several strangers are expected. Children's Day services will be held at the same place at 10 a.m. All are invited.
The will names Daniel Brandenburg as testator with his wife Lydis A. R. Bradenburg receiving life use of the estate and the children inheriting thereafter. Executors named are Maurice O. Brandenburg and Oslyin R. Coblentz.
The Maryland State Homeopathic Medical Society closed in Baltimore at Southern Homeopathic College. Dr J Oliver Hendrix elected first vice president. Dr Lewis A Barck second. Hendrix named to surgery committee. Dr Obas F Goodell to board of medical examiners. Includes reader letter praising The News and advertising remedies.
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