This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
6
Flooding and plaster damage reported at a North Market Street store after a burst water line. Ceiling plaster damp, stock soaked, dry goods ruined, floors soaked, workers evacuated, repairs and possible insurance actions discussed. Local highway damage suit referenced with $500 damages.
This design describes a beautiful home at a reasonable cost with a full basement. First story height nine feet second story eight feet, finishes in Washington pine with a pine floor and clear Washington fir ceilings. House measures twenty seven by thirty one feet six inches and costs two thousand eight hundred fifty dollars excluding heating and plumbing. A copy of Sax ton's American Dwellings book is offered for one dollar with plans for 240 cottage bungalow and residence designs priced from one thousand to five thousand dollars.
Miss Cora Meir Harbold of Tillsburg York county Pa married Brigadier General Ralph W Hoyt U S Army in a ceremony at 423 East Wister Street Germantown. Rev Mr Long of Osburg Methodist Church officiated. After a wedding trip they will reside in St Paul Minnesota.
Four persons perished in a Black Hand outrage when a frame tenement housing forty was blown up and caught fire in Benwood. Ed ward Kolinsky, who ran the house with his family and boarders, slept as dynamite exploded at a corner. Walls collapsed and occupants fled flames and fumes. a woman with two children leaped back into the inferno. Kolinsky had recently refused a $1500 demand from the Black Hand.
The Supreme Court of the United States has convened after a four months' recess and will remain in session until the last of May. It is estimated the court will dispose of about four cases while roughly 200 new cases may be docketed before next June. Justice Tay is absent due to Mrs Day's illness keeping him at home in Canton, Ohio.
Governor Watson received a telegram from Leland Hume of the Al South Conference while in session at Memphis extending greetings from the South to New Jersey and inviting a visit during the semi centennial years 1971 to 1915. Governor Wis[e]n replied confirming greeting from New Jersey and promising another southern visit in the near future.
The Washington County Agricultural and Mechanical Association begins its sixth annual exhibition in Hagerstown with thousands on the grounds. The event features 150 horses, 400 hogs, 275 cattle and 331 sheep plus 6,500 poultry entries. The horse show runs three days with prizes totaling 2500, and overall premiums for livestock, poultry and household reaching about 12000. A butter demonstration by the Dairy Division and several lectures and demonstrations are scheduled this week.
In Hankow on October 10 rebels besieged Wu Chang with firefights audible beyond city lines. Communications cut, fires ablaze, and soldiers rumored to have defected to revolutionaries after four conspirators were executed. Harbor patrols continued as Chunghing relayed protest leadership protecting missions amid distress.
Proceedings of the S. tth Marr land Conference of Charities held November 17 18 and 1 have been issued in pamphlet form and are being distributed. A few applications of Chamberlains liniment may give relief for rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
National League results list Brooklyn over New York 2 to 1 with Barzer Erwin and others. Standings include St Louis Chicago and Philadelphia near top. A premature explosion killed two and injured five. dynamite blast noted. An express train wheel brake caused track damage. two railway workers injured. Three men killed in a building collapse at Battery and Hanover streets. A Seaboard Airline passenger train derailed near Cordele injuring twenty-one.
Notes from across Maryland report a large turnout at the Hagerstown Fair opening. Other items include Curtis Bey hosting 1901 cup defender 1Columbia, jail grand jury censuring county commissioners, Naval officers planning a flight from Annapolis to Fortress Monroe, Goldsborough addressing Leonardtown Republicans, Frank Munsey visiting Baltimore, and the Maryland College for Women in Lutherville opening. Also noted are divorce suit in Montgomery, Cumberlands conduit permit tabled, state party candidacy questions, long-canned plums from Beard’s 1881 harvest, Sharpstown road work, Chief Horton injured in auto crash, Baltimore grand jury actions, Greater Baltimore Committee plans, and tuberculosis talk to thousands.
Aviator C P Rodgers resumed the journey from Thompson Missouri toward the Pacific coast in the Hearst 30000 competition. He reportedly broke the world cross country aeroplane record by about sixty miles with a 1325 mile distance while Atwood previously logged 1263 miles from St Louis to New York. Crowds in Roadhouse Mexico Louisiana Centralia and Slater cheered as Rodgers flew at a low altitude enabling spectators to hear the airplane.
An old advert touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy claiming to cure catarrh at all stages. It asserts internal action to purge disease, promises testimonials, and offers a reward for a failure to cure, urging readers to send testimonials to the listed address.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.