Merit and corruption in railroads and industry
A letter warns against political rot in Southern Maryland and calls for cleaner streets. The piece lauds the merit system in large firms, citing Leonore Loree’s rise at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and similar paths at the Pennsylvania Railroad and Carnegie Steel, noting promotions based on ability and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonore Fresnell Loree
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Evening Post
Pennsyvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Sores
Saya
Pennsylvania
Lores
Pennsylvania Company
Baltimore American
Thomson
Roberta
Cascatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carnegie Steel Company
Contemporize Comment On Maryland Politics And City Life
A Baltimore themed set of opinions notes that Mr Madd is unfit to represent Maryland in Congress. It praises Sir Thomas Lipton as a true Sportsman and comments on Mr Loree and the Baltimore and Ohio management. The piece reflects on urbanization and rural return, citing telephones and electric cars linking farmers to markets and boosting city life dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madd
Maryland
Baltimore Star
Sir Thomas Lipton
Baltimore Herald
Loree
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Americar
New York Times
Civil Service Reform League
Wm. Dudley Foulke
Indiana
League
Qna
Tammany
Fragmentary note on farmer life and communication gains
A fragmented excerpt discusses isolation in farming life and future communication improvements. It mentions a doctor, mobility, weather, and country living as becoming agreeable, with a sense that existence becomes less tedious. Source reference to Baltimore San.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
San
Fragmented 19th Century Humor Snippets From Old Papers
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from era papers including Yonkers Statesman Philadelphia Times and Yankera Statesman. Jokes touch on truth, gossip, and social manners with brief dialogues and comic asides about fishing, laundry, and horses.
Excessive Exercise Endangers Student at Vassar
The Louis Post-Dispatch reports a Vassar College class of 1902 student nearly died after extreme gym workouts and long daily walks totaling 23 miles in a single day. The piece urges college authorities to curb extreme exercise and protect student health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the &T
Louis Post-Disputch
Vassar
Lea
Mack
Moments with the Muse and Jane poems in Frank Leslie's Monthly
A collage of verse and prose notes rhythms and love for Jane with lines about roses and life. It includes a poem by Epa Kixestey Wallace and a brief product testimonial for Chamberlain's cough remedy. The fragmentary item mentions Gray New York and a local seller A L Pearre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Epa Kixestey Wallace
Frank Leslie
A. L. Pearre
Susa Florence Newman
Chamberlain
New Man
Gray
N. Y
WHAT BRICKS PREDICTS Jane Solstice Storm Forecast
Faroour Weather Prophet Jane forecast a volatile storm period from May end through June with intense electrical activity and heavy rain across the Atlantic Seaboard. The period centers on Vulcan and Mercury cycles, peaking around May 9 to 12 and again June 15 to 18, risking drought in interior grain states after storms.
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Icks
Jay
Jane
Thunder Atorma
Mach Womara
Nowtlneans
Gresteat
New Moon
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf
Drouth
Toendar
Earth
Selections of Local News and Events Yesterday
Leahe Shank a retired farmer died May 80 at Williamsport aged 65. Two new smallpox cases found near Cumberland. The thirty sixth session of the State Normal School closed with commencement. A rural delivery route Cumberland to Hazen eight miles. Charles A Sodman of Brooklyn N Y drowned at Curtis Bay and three others escaped. Rev H O Kendrick of Logansport Ind to pastor First Christian Church Hagerstown. Decoration Day observed with flower strewing on graves of soldiers statewide. A brief rebellion at Maryland Agricultural College over lack of holiday homage. Judge Dennis decreed sale by receivers of Maryland Brewing Company not hindering reorganization. Tablet for Rear Admiral Richard W Meade unveiled at Naval Academy chapel with Lafayette Post veterans and Assistant Secretary Mackett.
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Leahe Shank
Williamsport
Cumberland
State Normal School
Cmberland
Hazen
Charles A. Sodman
Brooklyn
Curtis Bay
H. O. Kendrick
Logansport
Ind
First Christian Church
Hagerstown
Maryland Agricultural College
Dennis
Maryland Brewing Company
Naval Academy
Richard W. Meade
U.S. N
Lafayette Post
Mackett
Navy
Agricultural Notes From Unionville Harvest Remarks
Agricultural notes from Unionville praise farmers DC Pearce and James Etzler with fine crops and masterful fieldwork. Mentions an apple orchard, blooming potatoes, and a parsonage garden scene. References Luther E Harn and melon growing, plus printers jub as fertilizer. ends with a patent medicine teaser about Bromo Quinine tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Liberty Hanner
Pearce
James Etzler
Luther E. Harn
Boers Attack Vilde Nontein. 5 Officers Killed
Special Dispatch reports heavy British losses as Boer forces under General Delary attack Vilde Nontein. Beilichagualtres sustained 174 casualties with five officers killed.
Mrs McKinley Improves Still in Danger
Special Dispatch to The News reports Mrs. McKinley showing improvement at Wassixarox on May 31 though she remains in danger, with doctors noting progress yet continuing concern for her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wassixarox
McKinley
Improvements for streets in Mountain City proposed
A reader urges city action to improve cobblestones and pavements before replacing time cards with crossings. The letter calls for regular street sweeping, better crossings near Rice and Haller's, and a Ladies Committee modeled on Carlisle's Civic Club to safeguard cleanliness and pride in Mountain City with mentions of notable locals.
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Rice and Haller’s
Market St
Francis Scott Key
Roger B. Taney
Buchanang
Nelsons
Lynch
Civic Club
Carlisle
Ortizex
Pleasant Walk and Lander County Notes
Heaviest rain since Johnstown flood hits Pleasant Walk with local garden and harvest impacts. Residents report sick list cases and visitors from Frederick and Middletown. Barn and house painting underway. crops look good despite continual rain delaying corn. Churches schedule services and events including sermons, festivals, and missionary lectures. Community members noted for travel, illness, and a stolen horse report, with local houses and barns receiving maintenance.
Local Graduates Headline at Women’s College and Braddock High
Miss Sarah Katherine Poorbaugh of this county will graduate June 4 at the Woman's College Baltimore and receive the Bachelor of Arts. Miss Eva Beall Sweadner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sweadner, formerly Libertytown now Braddock Pa, will graduate Tuesday June 4 from the Braddock High School classical course. Sweadner is the salutatorian of her class.
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WoMin
Sarah Katherine Poorbaugh
Woman's College
Baltimore
Eva Beall Sweadner
Richard Sweadner
Libertytown
Braddock, Pa
Braddock High School
Misa Sweadger
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Elien
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Mrs. Crimsonbeak
Rich
Yankera
Mr. Green
Harrer
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William
H. Horman
O. C. Ansherman
Frederick County
Frank L. Stoner
Kata Carmack
Travia
Carrie Belle Travis White
Kate Carmack Travis
Isabelle Carmack
Mortiagee
Henry N. Etchison
Gaid Court
P. L. Staner
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SS Corporation Taxes
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John F. Ereh
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Geo. K. Brengle
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Fannie Hergesheimer
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Henry Henshew
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Charles B. Fout
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Mre. Miller
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S. Market St
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New York
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S. Market Street
J. Roger McSherry
James H. Cram
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Trust Co
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Chacionatt
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Josiah Bette
Aon
Gorman
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Bertie Ridenhour
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Frederick Doesing
William Stottlemyer
Statton Smith
Noah Myers
Mosers
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Frank ‘Brunner
Elmer ‘Tome
Franklin County
Samuel Duesing
Washington County
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Mahlon Green
Mahion Green
Clinton Grimes
Woodsboro
Wm. E. Wheeler
Peter Fogle
J. W. LeGore
Robert
R. L. Hammond
Messrs
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John Kling
Manard Dutrow
Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church
Jennis Crist
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