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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
1
Fragmentary phrasing suggests a request for help to verify behavior and confidence. It mentions reassurance that individuals will not be harmed and that they should be given cheer, though the source text is garbled and lacks concrete context or names.
Fragmented notes discuss weathered topics from Cumberland News and Baltimore Herald. References include May Ballunwee, Majda Dax, and the Vaal river, plus calls for Geological Survey input to improve roads and reduce wagon damage. The piece expresses sympathy for Boers among educated readers and critiques imperial rhetoric.
A collage of humorous quips from old papers. The English cavalry remount shortage joke with the Observant and Cross Eyed Boarders appears alongside dialect gibes and a hospital ambulance gag. A misremembered campaign cost remark closes the set in a witty local tone.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes army canteens as clubhouses under restrictions, arguing they curb dissipation yet may attract off duty soldiers to dens. Methodist leaders back President McKinley’s Attorney General ruling, avoiding sharp attack on the policy.
Fragmentary report notes a group of graces and real raters planning action to compel eviction of servants through direct sale. Details are unclear in the OCR snippet but hint at property or status conflict and enforced removal. No names or places are readable in the fragment.
Fragmented poem fragmentary text from New York Press presents a meditation on motherhood memory and art. It juxtaposes maternal devotion with artistic longing and ends with a call to strike at time and awaken the year. The piece features archaic phrasing and scattered lines about a mother touching a child and a poet seeking timeless resonance.
Tod Sloan’s latest attitude shows a country gentleman approach. Friends announce plans to build a country house in America and to establish a stud farm dedicating time and money to raising high class horses.
Richard Seek George C B Cissel and Samuel D Waters trading as Seek Cissel Waters sued Montgomery County Commissioners in circuit court. Their contractors Leek Cissel Waters built the Rockville to Washington boulevard. Attorneys Talbott Talbot and Edward Peter with Prettyman represent the board in a dispute over the contract and funds for the driveway.
Rev Dr Stafford of Washington DC delivered a post meridiem lecture at the Visitation Academy before community members and friends. He spoke fifty minutes on Julius Caesar with Shakespearean analysis and praised Cesar Brutus and Cassius. He then gave another lecture at the Novitiate on Macbeth in a masterly manner.
News of the Churches notes the Frederick District Epworth League convention to be held in Frostburg, Maryland from June 20 to June 21. The Local Mart lists market quotas for today including corn at 2.15 per barrel, labeled corn at 0.98 per bushel, wheat at 0.65 per bushel, and a reference to a price of 813) or $14 per ton.
A lengthy briefing outlines the 1900 census process with enumerators visiting every house, asking detailed questions on location, name, relation, personal description, nativity, citizenship, occupation, education, and home ownership. It emphasizes courtesy, strict confidentiality, penalties for data leakage, and rules limiting who may accompany the enumerator.
Bessie Norris, colored, arrested last night by Officers Malhern and Six for fighting and being drunk and disorderly. She faced Justice Eckstein, was found guilty, and fined 35 and costs. In default, she was to serve 0 days in jail. Also notes a meeting of University Extension Centre subscribers tonight at the Woman's College at 8 o'clock to organize.
The public debates a statement that potatoes contain a poison named solanine. Claims contend new potatoes hold more solanine, while sprouted ones are dangerous. The note questions the sudden realization of potato danger after centuries of use and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for various digestive ailments.
The Frederick Art Club Students' League closed its exhibition with a social gathering. Miss Nellie Tooman spoke on the league's aims, judges announced Mrs. J. K. White as top student, and Miss Thomas presented a bound book prize containing all club articles. Honorable mention went to Miss Minnis Marksy.
County correspondent reports Mt Carmel Sunday school festival planned in front of the church for next Saturday night June 2 to benefit the church. Also notes social events and local visits, with brief notices of residents and visitors in Walkersville and nearby areas. The piece includes advertisements for Cham berlain's Pain Balm Allen's Foot Ease and New Great South American Kidney Cure.
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