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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1893
Page
2
The piece notes fair week weather as a key draw and criticizes partisan compromise. It laments Maryland education mismanagement under Porrican control and mentions the death of ex Governor James Black Groome, praising his integrity and public service.
The piece opines that silence could rule in the Senate if compromise were guilt, notes omens in schools and the football season start, and mocks a ramp sent to the House of Correction. It contrasts views on women politicians preferring Senate roles and staying home in the House, with the model woman who says nothing in shop windows.
Public excerpts from the Buffalo Enquirer and other papers critique clots in talk and political restraint. They discuss Bismarck’s power, confidence in the Esness Legislature, pulpit criticism, and press pressure on promises of free silver. Marylanders abandon farms for city labor amid alien land sales.
The article discusses land sales in Derahastar, Senate delays on a repeal bill, and a gloomy outlook in Wall Street as markets stall. It argues for decisive Senate action to pass policies like compulsory silver purchase and critiques wage versus price dynamics noted by Carrol D. Wright.
Local readers share quips and short observations from the World's Fair and Frederick Fair visits. Notable lines mention intoxicated man absence, fair attendance, petty robbery warnings, a proposed ten dollar penalty, teaching English literature, farm character sketches, and colorful remarks from townsfolk about crowds, weather, and local happenings.
A fragment from a Contributed and Selected Poetry section titled CURRENT VERSE. It presents lines about a baby’s feet, an angel, and a sprite in a fairy-mead scene with archaic diction. The speaker asks to bless Earth with flowers sent by a queen, expressing a gentle, mythic tone and a closing attribution to M. A. EL.
Brief items from Shepherdstown and surrounding areas report fewer than four weddings in two weeks, local residents marrying from other towns, a revived Annapolis dog law, skin clarifier claims for Uryster juice, a large tree felled on East Church Street, and new bolting cloth fashions. Other notes cite a Mesmerizing Baptist hospital transfer, a switch-accident on East Third Street, Dr. Stewart condemning a dirty Potomac water supply, merchants preparing for a coming fair, Miss Annie Haller entering Home for the Aged, a Pennsylvanian railroad mishap, and a Minneapolis clergyman winning $417 for lost sermons. The Lively Times disbands and plans reorganization, Henry G. Davis funding a park in Elsins, a New York Sun flirtation definition, autumn leaf gatherings, and a Johns Hopkins monograph on slavery.
A Minneapolis Tribune column surveys shoe designs at the World’s Fair, arguing modern footwear reshapes the foot. It notes four main foot parts and criticizes excessive toe variations while highlighting Belgium’s women’s shoe as a notable exception. Also reports local sick lists and hospital updates.
An inspector notes Autimo Wear presents varied color combinations using dark backgrounds for street wear and bright stripes and glossy surfaces for evening and afternoon tea wear. The adaptable fabrics imply broad scope for high art in dress talents, with winter expected to bring tasteful novel toilets.
Simon P. Holmes died at Henry Harrison’s residence in Weverton aged 58 of consumption. He was a member of the Winbrennerian church at Samples Manor since youth and was buried at Knoxville after services in Knoxville M E Church led by Rev. Palibour. Minnie Best, a white inmate of Mexte vce Hospital, died Tuesday from epilepsy at about 21 years old. Her funeral is planned for this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Rachel Dorsey was arrested by Officer Freed for drinking and disorderly behavior. In default of $555, she was jailed for 30 days by Justice Eckstein.
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