Letters On Poll Tax Plan By B Easterday
A reader asks the Grange to justify a poll tax for schools and questions where tax money goes. He argues taxes burden all, urges road funding use, notes compulsory education and county buildings used by Grange meetings, and challenges legality and fairness voice. Plonser Auto Concern Sold and Chambersburg club reserve list update follow.
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Linkenger Grange
Grange
Banenger
Arangera
Chas B
Inquiring ng reporter asks five persons picked at random
Readers weigh price cuts on automobiles and see mixed effects from the public. Many say business activity rises while a few report little to moderate impact. A dance event at the Dixons’ Elm Street home is also noted with attendees listed. Knights of Columbus council in Emmitsburg reelects officers for the coming year.
Carroll County Registration Totals by Precincts
Pall reports from Carroll county precincts show 1,712 registered voters. White Republican men 121 and women 830. colored men 6 and women 44. Total Republicans 1,006. Democratic whites men 84 and women 649. total Democrats 683. White women declining 58 and colored women declining 3. White women affiliating with Prohibitionists 12. Republican majority over Democrats 373.
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Carroll
Carroll County
Repub
Montgomery Registration Counts Show Party Split and Limited Colored Participation
About 2,000 women registered at the registration sitting on Tuesday in the county. Of these 1,025 Democrats and 775 Republicans registered with 120 declining, nine affiliated with neither party. Very few colored women registered, with fewer than 300 countywide and some districts reporting none. more expected later. Also notes European glue tubes designed for petroleum and gas handling as a rubber tubing substitute.
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Montgomery
Twenty Years Ago Today Frederick Highlights
Read a Frederick daily column recap from October 2 1900 noting Harvest Home at St Pauls Reformed Utica with Rev Hench LL Victor Baughman John Wood and Col Buchanan Schley. Democratic leaders met in Baltimore at the Eutaw Hotel. A jury awarded Nimrod Kolb 450 for land damage from B and O rail improvements. Edward Nelson spoke at Washington Dental College. Fire Company committee planned autumn ball. Rail secretary Waters announced two Lewistown routes with 350000 stock planned. Local eggs 17 20 cents a dozen peaches 50 cents to 1 a bushel.
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LL. Victor Baughman
John E. Wood
Col
Buchanan Schley
Eutaw Hotel
Baltimore
C. C. Waters
Washington, Frederick
Weekly Chat Girl About Town September to October
A fragmented town column recalls September’s sun and rain, social clubs, and women voting, with notes on Frederick landmarks and autumn events. The author Mary Janie hints at fairs, church meals, and upcoming meetups, ending with warm nostalgia for October and the hunters moon.
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Mary Janie
Funeral Monday for Oliver P Bennett Merchant of City
Oliver P Bennett a well known dry goods merchant died at 6 30 PM yesterday after a stroke. He was 65 and survived by wife Nellie Besant Bennett a daughter Margaret Reid Bennett and a son William Besant Bennett. He lived at East Secor Street and previously ran Walker and Bennett at 26 North Market and later moved to 128 North Market. He was a St Johns Catholic Church member and a director of the Mutual Insurance Co Frederick County. Funeral is Monday at 9 AM from St Johns Catholic Church with burial in St Johns Cemetery under direction of C E L Cline.
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Oliver P. Bennett
Glty
East Secor Street
Nellie Besant Bennett
Margaret Reid Bennett
William Besant Bennett
William A
Ann M. (Lews) Bennett
Kemptown
Jate
Melvin P. Wood
Monrovia
Ts City
James Walker
Jamey K. Walker and Company
Ater
St. John
Mutual Insurance Company
Frederick County
St. John's Catholic Church
St. John's Cemetery
C. EL Cline
Purely Personal Notices From Local Citizens
Rev and Mrs A Lee Barrett on East Third street spend a few days in Baltimore. Emma R and A Kate Gittnger on East Third street spend a week at Forest Glen. Stephen Bennett and family and Henry Tygon moved from East Patrick street to Philadelphia. A S Huntenthal and family on Easy Third street move to church street. Charles W Spangler of West Forest Park Baltimore with Florence Spangler and James Hughes of Frankford Philadelphia visiting A S Riggs at 119 West Fourth street have returned home. Earle P Clemon, former Boys High School student, entered University of Maryland College Park to study medicine. Mr and Mrs James K Carey North Market street announce the birth of a son.
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A. Lee Barrett
East Third Street
Baltanore
Emma R
Kate Gittinger
Forest Glen
Stephen Bennett
Henry Tygon
East Patrick Street
Philadelphia
A. S Huntehen
Easy Thira Street
Iat Church Street
Charles W. Spangler
West Forest Park
Baltimore
Florence Spangler
James Hughes
Frankford
A. S. Riggs
West Fourth Street
Earle P. Clemaon
Boys’ High School
University of Maryland At
Amid Sick List and Moved Residents In Thurmont Locality
Among the sick, Mrs. Leonard Schudt of Thurmont rests at Frederick City Hospital. Mr. Mary Stottlemyer vane of the crural mail carriers from Thurmont has been off work for ten days. Mrs. Arthur Watte and children moved to the New Thurmont Hotel. Misses Boblitz relocated from Miz White's property. Miss Kathryn Ploro Thurman left for Philadelphia to study at Cond's Conservatory. Ralph B. Madsen could not find a bed in Detroit hotels, standing 7 feet 6 inches tall. Concrete sea-going vessels tested in Norway and Sweden prompt Denmark to begin building them. Excavations to convert Brussels into a seaport are complete.
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Leonard Schudt
Thurmont
Frederick City Hospital
Mary Stottlemyer Vane
Arthur Watte
Thurmoant l Hotel
Boblitz
Miz White
Kathryn Ploro
Thurman
Philadelphia
Cond
Conservatory of Music
Across Montana by Rail A Traveler's Western Wonder
A magazine style vignette extols Montana's vast distance and dramatic scenery from a transcontinental train. It highlights Homestake Pass dividing the Missouri watershed, the Butte copper boom led by William A Clark, and towns like Glendive Billings Bozeman Livingston and proximity to Yellowstone. The narrator contrasts rugged solitude with urban glow and notes enduring mineral wealth below the surface.
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Dakota
Pacife
Montana
Uae
Montanadrom
United States
Texas
California
Great Northwest
America
Neghbor
Earth
Commonwealths
Yates
Butte
Frederick
Boston
Glendive
Mhe3
Homestake Pass
Mountin
Butters
William A‘ Ldlark
New York
Library of Congress
Washington
John D
Willam Ay. Clark
Sworth
Butte Js Clark
Clark
Montam
Untitled Autos and the Engine Number Law Confusion
Patrols round up owners of untitled automobiles causing unease among those who avoided the title law and those with mixed body and chassis numbers. Officials warn that engine numbers are vital, as replacements may occur, but the engine remains the same through the car’s life.
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Paineclothes Paytrolmen
Gutomnobiiesigo
Tire Department
Automobile Commissioner
Women in Fight at Brunswick Station Sparks Station Fight
A crowd at the east riding passenger station in Brunswick watched a lively clash between two young women. The fast bout involved blows and hair pulling with about fifty observers, starting abruptly as the train neared 4 10. No serious injuries reported. Harriet Rohrback of Brunswick pled guilty in Martinstburg US Court to misusing railroad passes and was fined 60 dollars and costs for letting another woman ride on a pass to Engel's in Jefferson county while employed by Baltimore and Ohio.
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East Riding
Brunswick
Perem
Harriet Rohrback
United States
Martingburg
Engel's
Jefferson County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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