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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1896
Page
3
Readable fragments show names Ernest J. Enabe James B D Hason Wesley Guest as directors. The text lacks clear event or dates but indicates a listing of individuals in a directorial or board context.
A Chicago inspired storm devastated St Louis and East St Louis with many dead and hundreds injured. Reports say property losses reach 25 million dollars as trains, bridges, and buildings collapse and a city hospital wing is destroyed amid a mass evacuation. Governors, militia, and local authorities mobilize aid as wrecked blocks and stranded services tally the human cost.
The convention debated free coinage and prohibition with a narrow vote favoring a Prohibition plank. Levering won the presidential nomination after Elisha Kane shifted support, while Hughes of Arizona yielded. The event closed amid party tension and plans for a vigorous campaign led by Levering, a Baltimore coffee merchant and Prohibition figure. Diamond Match Co to close plants and expand others announced at end.
A historical note on the cost of stopping a railway train and the broader economic impact for railroads. It covers per-car stopping estimates, brake wear, crew wages, and the higher accident risk during stops, citing the Railroad Gazette on actual stopping costs and a trial where a company’s calculations showed stoppages could rival yearly operating expenses.
A lawn fete will be held at the Confederate Soldiers' Home in Pikesville tomorrow from 3 PM to 9 PM to benefit the home. Mrs John P Poe acts as chairman in Mrs Bradley T Johnson's absence. Committee leaders include J H Tegrayer, W Roderick Dorsey, Wilson C Nicholas, Hugh B Lee, and Bre Victor Baughman among assistants.
Relatives in Frederick learn Charles Clingan and Charles Blake were uninjured by the cyclone that swept over St. Louis Wednesday. J M Dennis and family escaped harm. Thormont county to get Saint Stephens church boarding home for church people, opening about June 15. Funeral of Catharine B McClellan, 92, held after remains from Ossipsneburg to Saint...
After many years Congress votes to pay French occupation and related claims. Names appear with sums in Washington and Montgomery counties including James B. Ferrell 509 dollars George W. Padgett 2280 dollars Thomas Asheary 627 dollars and transfers involving David Lowenstein Annie Mary Pchmild in Frederick city 1500 dollars David C. Winebrewer and wife to Theodore S. Bruner 500 dollars.
Fragile telegraph notes describe a disaster atRush Hill Missouri where a schoolhouse collapse or fire may have killed fifty children. The report references Orphan's Commercial estate actions and a bridge warning with failed load.
A garbled report describes a ceremonial event in Moscow with diplomats and officials in pale blue and white silk robes, plus a mention of Breck iodine and Jewish reception at the Kara court. It also notes a Savannah May watch on Vigilant, Cuban fleets, and a U.S. customs interest. The text blends with reports of education leaders, marriages, diamond thieves, and baseball scores.
Stock and produce markets show a more animated session with railways drawing attention. Closing bids list Baltimore and Ohio Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Central Reading Lehigh Navigation and other lines with varied figures. Live stock mixed with hogs steady to firm and sheep and lambs fairly active with prime values around 27 to 28 dollars for lambs. Weathered OCR yields scattered prices and entries across grains and livestock.
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