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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
9
A fragmented column notes President Taft's Thanksgiving celebrations with Bruce Coataca joining the occasion. It references monuments, the Monocacy battlefield, and Speaker dynamics, plus Roosevelt's Thanksgiving proclamations urging moral progress and gratitude for national growth.
The clipped Baltimore American text skewers figures like Joe Cannon and Samuel Gompers, noting varied reactions to dinner, politics, and a looming immunity debate. It hints at opposition plans and a claim about wet water amid ongoing national drama.
A collage of quips and dialogues from Punch and other papers features banter on fire insurance at work, cattle pasture jokes, a rural uplift anecdote, and classroom banter about polar exploration. The snippets capture early 20th century wit and social satire.
A collage of editorial extracts discusses Democratic identity, postal service reforms, party leadership, and newspaper affairs. It cites Sam uel Gompert, Cannonim, the Chicago Record-Herald, the Washington Herald, Charles J. Grasty, George Thompson, and the St Paul Dispatch, plus potato crop insights from the New York World.
A fragmentary page blends verse with a Thanksgiving notice roundup. Poem excerpts from Robert Louis Stevenson appear beside stray lines about autumn and a ship of memory. Religious services list many local churches and times for Thanksgiving observances with offerings for clergy.
Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal church marked its Frederick Chapter 205 anniversary with a large turnout in the Sunday school room. Miss Lucy Frost presided over a program including readings, piano solos and duets, a Riley poem reading, a Thanksgiving talk, and a musical romance feature followed by refreshments and social time.
A college event held today featured a theme tied to harvest products, with a decorated stage and a notable peony display. An engaging literary program completed the entertainment, as reported by The News.
The Frederick W C T U held a pleasant reception and entertainment Monday night at the church pew room on East Church Street. Miles Mary Hastup met members while a musical and literary program featured local president J M Keller and many performers from Women's College and the community. The event closed with light refreshments and a hope that the work benefits Frederick. The room was attractively decorated with palms and chrysanthemums. Mechogs meet the fourth Monday monthly. The Toymakers Tonight at City Opera House promises musical comedy, bright tunes, and a clever cast led by Charlie Fy Mingin with a large ensemble and elaborate costumes.
Thanksgiving matinees and night show at the City Opera House feature Pearce and Scheck with five reels of latest film and Edison songs. The Jester is advertised as the feature, with a two hour program, ticket-number prizes, and an amateur contest hosting Saturday night. Sick reports list several local residents with various ailments.
Special dispatch reports the liner Sardinia destroyed by fire near Taw Nirws Maura on November 25. Two hundred passengers were aboard with several fatalities. Oaterne Ingie and 19 year old Osborne Ingle are named casualties. Ingle, a stock clerk at Johnson Boyd & Co warehouse in Baltimore, is a second cousin of Rev. Dr. Osborne Ingle of Frederick.
A reproduced poster mocks the lavish old time circus language. It promises a resplendent series of sublime, moral, interesting scenes to delight bewildered spectators with enchantment and Arabian Nights style pageantry.
PAZO OINTMENT guarantees cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. The ad promises relief and refund if symptoms persist.
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