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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
8
Miss Alice Carpenter, a nationally noted speaker, will address a mass meeting in Kemp Hall tomorrow night on woman suffrage. The tour through Maryland is under the Just Government League, and she will not be connected with the Pull Moose movement.
Miss Carpenter, a Smith College graduate of 1897, now serves as national organizer for the Progressive party. Her career spans settlement work, Associated Charities in Boston, and suffrage leadership in Massachusetts. She spent time in England with Mrs Pankhurst, organized suffrage leagues, and was elected delegate to the National Progressive convention. She also chairs New York State women’s work during the campaign.
Misa Carpenter toured Michigan during a tight five week campaign to promote suffrage for the Progressive party. She spoke at Roosevelt’s request amid scarce funds and strong opposing parties. Despite hurdles, 100,000 votes were polled across 34 cities with 13 Progressive mayors elected and 3 of 4 Progressive measures passed.
President Wilson will have experts in the Post Office Department study Congressman David J. Lewis's proposal to extend parcel post but without raising the weight limit. Lewis pressed that changes could be made by the Postmaster General with Interstate Commerce Commission approval. He pitched parcel post as a farm to city conduit to cut urban living costs.
J Roger McSherry son of late Chief Justice James McSherry will leave the secretary post after years of service. He formerly served as attorney for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. The association meets in Baltimore with emphasis on claim agents and the high salaries they command, noting 82 percent of railroad fatalities are trespassers and the importance of agents in railroad operations.
Former Frederick ballplayer Ray Morgan contributed a timely tenth inning hit as Washington defeated Cleveland 5 to 3 in extra innings yesterday.
The News emphasizes its Lost and Found column as a practical clearing house for missing items. It notes most finds come from readers who watch the paper daily and that the paper’s wide city and county reach helps restore many articles each year.
The American Flag Association calls for wide observance on June 14, marking the 116th anniversary of the flag’s adoption. Governors, mayors, schools, and civic groups urged public displays and patriotic exercises, recounting the flag’s history and its meaning since 1777 and 1818.
In the reorganization of the banking firm Middendorf Williams and Co Baltimore, set to dissolve around January 1 a new firm will form with R Lancaster Williams Frank A Munsey and T Garland Tinsley the latter from Nashville.
Danville Illinois Commercial News reports a Miller Train Control test at Oaklawn shops for C and E railroad engines. About forty stockholders directors and friends watched eight to ten men ride the engine as steam shut off and air brakes activated over a ramp. The engineer Mr Murray led the trials showing the device operated under slow and regular speeds. Spectators from Virginia West Virginia and Washington City were left with a clear view of the system in action and its potential adoption by rail lines in the west and middle west.
Dr Jacques Bertillon head of the Paris Municipal Statistical Department presents a sheet of statistics derived from studying diseases by occupation. He notes consumption is common among liquor workers and those exposed to lead, rare among shopkeepers and liberal professionals, with diabetes prevalent in liberal professions and clergy showing the fewest diseases and greatest longevity.
The Oak Hill Literary Society opened with president Geo I Etzler presiding. Readings, recitations, songs, and a fifteen minute comedy followed, ending with a debate on whether the sword is mightier than the pen. Festivities at the schoolhouse are planned for Mar 22 24.
Harry Hooper a fireman at Ox Fibre Brush Works suffered a tin staple driven through his hand when he struck a machine accidently. He received treatment from Dr. Burck and was later moved to the hospital. By noon he was progressing well and to be discharged home this afternoon.
James E. Ingram of Baltimore conveys all property to James McEvoy as trustee in a bond for $100,000 filed in Towson Circuit Court. Creditor payments to be made per law, with Ingram owning valuable real estate and a palatial Baltimore County home destroyed by fire in 1912. Ingram, a prominent Methodist layman, formerly Matthai Ingram Company officer and Frederick Railroad president James Ingram Jr.
A bulletin from the Inter-State Commerce Commission shows July to September 1912 saw 288 railway deaths and 4,588 injuries on steam lines, with overall accidents rising across all kinds, totaling 2,995 killed and 22,448 injured, plus 1,537 collisions and 2,398 derailments.
A Boston Transcript line notes how someone remains out of the swim when society discards him, framing a witty observation on exclusion and status in social circles. The quote mirrors themes of acceptance, reputation, and resilience amid public judgment.
An old advertisement promotes TIZ foot bath for tired feet with claims of relief from blisters, corns, bunions, and odor. It offers a free trial package and a money back guarantee, citing testimonials and urging readers to request direct shipment.
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