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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1898
Page
2
Election commentary highlights Roosevelt Quay and Reed results and a calm North Carolina outcome. City issues include East Patrick street sewer trap and a curfew ordinance debate. Flower Show praised for display and community impact. Wanamaker sues for slander over Pennsylvania government accusations, with Robinson named as defendant.
A historical critique questions the credibility of Wanamaker in accusing state offices of gross mismanagement. It argues that while reform is needed, reckless rumors harm politics and deter honest candidates. If Wanamaker’s claims were unfounded, his impact on future campaigns would diminish.
Contemporary comment from Baltimore papers notes Terreh Hooley as a disruptive figure amid a broader mood of progress in Maryland towns. It cites election day snows in Western states, predicts a smaller Republican House majority but Reed will sustain a quorum, and praises widespread local improvements expanding in towns and cities like Hagerstown.
A collage of comic quotes and wry exchanges from various papers highlights playful lines about cold hands signaling warm hearts, a hard worker avoiding plans, charity wills, and satirical ad copy. The mix evokes early 20th century newspaper humor and social manners.
The Philadelphia Record reports the Supreme Court decision declaring the Joint Traffic Association illegal under the Sherman Act. The piece argues the ruling could threaten other trusts, noting the Railway Trust aimed to stabilize rates for shippers and carriers, not raise them. It urges Attorney General Griggs to dismantle illegal combinations.
Carlton Stall notes a calm election day with little excitement as many voters, predominantly Democrats, abstain from polling. He observes farmers in the county as progressive and up-to-date, reflecting a quiet political climate.
Local letters mention farmers and Flower Show entries, with two still needing prizes. An observer notes two weeks to Thanksgiving and six to Christmas. The Bicycle Club plans a turkey dinner ride from Frederick to Ridgeville in about two weeks, inviting all riders.
A poetry fragment contrasts sunset skies with earthly limits, suggesting eternity and the future. The speaker feels unrest and awakening, hearing a visitor within, while pondering delayed dreams and a life of toil followed by longing for “some other day” to accomplish what might have been.
Miss Elizabeth Hanson daughter of Right Rev George W Peterkin Episcopal Bishop of West Virginia married Rev Carey Gamble of Onancock Accomack County Virginia in Trinity Church Parkersburg West Virginia. Ceremony by Bishop Dudley of Kentucky with Miss Constance Peterkin maid of honor and bridesmaids Harriet and Eliza Gardner. Best man Rev Mr Guingard of South Carolina. Mr Gamble to be appointed bishop coadjutor for the diocese. Estelle Hyde Talbott daughter of Henry M Talbott Montgomery county bar married Benjamin Canby Riggs yesterday at Christ Episcopal Church Rockville with reception afterward.
John West Taylor, colored, was arrested by Officer Cook for being disorderly and fined $1 by Justice White. If the fine is unpaid, he faces seven days in jail. The report also notes the upcoming annual State convention of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor at the Associated Reformed Church in Baltimore.
Prof Milton Whitney chief of the division of soil in the US Department of Agriculture and soil scientist at the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station has installed a soil hygrometer and a soil moisture instrument at the station. Four large plots with fall crops are linked to the experiment and more will be added next spring. Glurences W Dorsey, assistant physicist at the station, is in Ungeratown Valley with a division of soils team member to prepare four maps of the region.
The funeral of Catharine Chambers held at 2 p.m. at Asbury M. E. Church where she had been a member for 12 years. Rev. Abram Decks presiding with Rev. Murray. Nazarites and St. Mary’s Court assisted, pallbearers listed, interment at Laboring Sons Cemetery, A. I. Rice & Sons in charge. Deceased remained a devoted nurse in the Maulsby household.
The fragment discusses Uncle Sum expanding domains to include Guba to seize markets in four staples tobacco sugar volfeu and rice. It urges abandoning wealth to alien rule and hints at rhetoric about strength and appetite tonics and various patent medicines with advertising flavor.
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