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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1903
Page
6
The article satirically notes postal investigators caution with deodorants, comments on Lowness's Republican bid, and cites Italian Chamber delegates offering $100,000 for representation. It mentions Russia expelling a London correspondent, Kentucky gun violence, and Civil War memories as Memorial Day renews reverence for veterans and descendants.
A fragmented passage notes tributes to memory with political underscores. It references Teddy’s resting place, Uncle Marcus, and a October/Time hint, alongside Edwin Warfeld of Howard County declaring a Maryland governor bid tied to Jeffersonian Democracy. It also highlights the Maryland and U S fish commissions aiding artificial propagation to sustain the fish industry and Maryland waters.
A collage of humorous dialogue snippets from various papers. Quotes include a poverished flattery dispute between a man and a maiden, playful banter about women making fools of men, a name origin joke about Lillie, a dying squire and prudent coachman exchange, a shipwreck tale with a whisk broom and cushion sawdust meal, and a quip about health foods. The items showcase light social wit and cross‑paper headlines.
The Kansas City Journal notes President Theodore Roosevelt’s rapid rise as a speaking president. In 20 months he delivered about 200 speeches, often multiple addresses daily, touring New England and the West while Washington quiets. His oratory impresses for tact and judgment rather than flash. The opposition has yet to find a usable line against him.
A mixed verse piece presents two poems about emotion and nature. The first poem laments lost courage and hope yet ends with healing through faith and prayer. The second celebrates a cheerful meadow filled with birds, butterflies, and children sharing summer joys.
Special Correspondence from Brus Galwany describes Berlin as tame next to Paris, noting snow and wind on arrival. See Unter den Linden, Tiergarten, Sieges Allee, and Wintergarten vaudeville. Reports on autos, postage stamps, grocery lines, and notable German army officers in elegant winter dress.
The narrator describes the gilded Helphatag building with a five and a half million dollar Renais sance style dome near the park. The Dies Chamber Ye seats 897 in an amphitheater, and the Emperor's palace interior shines with gilding and murals. The Imperial stables impress with polished glazed brick and costly wood, housing over two hundred mostly jet black or dapple grey horses. The narrator notes etiquette and dress of Berlin society, encounters a Graf at meals, and observes women who smoke with a sense of refinement.
Dr O R Scholler was reappointed Health Officer of Washington County. Two men were badly injured by an explosion on a yacht at Havre de Grace. The Maryland National Guard encampment may be held at Belair. Painters paperhangers and decorators of Hagerstown organized and elected officers. Elijah Feeny’s dolmar base was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire. Frederick Willon of Kent County was appointed deputy collector of internal revenue. In Hagerstown, Mrs Amelia Frank filed for absolute divorce from Frederick Frack, now in York Pennsylvania.
Reports describe crowds lining streets as the Emperor travels, with mounted and foot police, hats doffed and cheers exchanged. Taximeter rules in Berlin fascinate observers, while U.S. transit wage talks and a burglary incident in Port Republic, Ohio, highlight varied events. State politics in Maryland discuss fair primary procedures and a gubernatorial hopeful likely to be Stevenson A. Williams.
The Grace Protestant Episcopal church at New Market, rebuilt after a 1902 fire, opens its second edifice in the county. The congregation traces to 1868 with initial organizing efforts by E N Moberly and others, church leadership under Rev Dr McCabe, Rev Dr James Stephenson, and Rev David May, with consecration by Bishop Pinkney in 1876 and a restoration following the fire within a year.
The art rooms hosted the final reading session of the year led by Mrs. J. H. White. Miss Hallie Ott presented a paper on Laurens Alma-Tadema, detailing his Dutch origins, London career, knighthood in 1899, and works evoking Rome Greece and Egypt. Miss Minnie Markey praised Prof Hobart Gerkomer for his influence on English art and portrait painting. A social session followed and members reflected on the value of women’s clubs in education.
A heavy rain storm swept the northern county yesterday afternoon from 3 to 5 oclock causing extensive damage. A two span bridge over Hunting Creek near Thurmont was washed away and several bridges damaged. The railroad bed between Rocky Ridge and Emmitsburg washed out in places. Crops suffered greatly as fields were flooded and soil washed away. In Ion Bridge Ostroll county the storm was reportedly exceptionally severe.
Mr. Charles T. Cook, president of Tiffany & Co., announces the purchase through Whitehorne & Porter of the entire east side Fifth Avenue block front from 37th to near 35th streets. The $6.2 million deal is described as perhaps the largest New York realty transaction not by a syndicate, placing the store on a prominent Murray Hill crest site for its future home.
Charles T. Cook described a major expansion with 78 feet of Broadway frontage and 160 feet on Fifth Avenue, aiming to increase capacity and unify departments. He joined Tiffany & Co. in 1869 after buying the site near Union Square once offered to the firm, linking his 35 years of executive service to the company’s legacy and the late founders’ esteem.
A damaged passage extols a medicine praised for saving lives and easing pain, noting its reliability and popularity. The text mentions its sale at a bath and asserts it as a favored remedy, though the fragmentary wording obscures full context or specifics. Names, dates, and concrete details are missing from the garbled OCR.
Frederick County National Bank proclaims ethical stance and invites deposits with three percent interest. The notice touts deposits in its banking department, capital, surplus and profits totaling $227,000.
May is nearing finish as Tar commissioners plan a session next week through June 20. The column notes quips about a notable figure and reflections on youth, resilience, and work ethic through a light, breezy collage of phrases.
Elections are scheduled by the Frederick and Monocacy Turnpike Company at the First National Bank and by the Liberty and Frederick Turnpike Company at their Cer esville office on Monday morning.
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