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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
3
Miser Tom on a New Jersey like farm shows money and greed. The overseer suspects Tom hides wealth, but Tom is hidden in plain sight. When threatened, Tom pleads to stay. A barn fire ensues as Tom saves a boy, dying in the blaze with the tin box containing his fortune.
Plans describe a two family colonial villa on a 60 by 120 foot city lot. The front parlor measures 16 by 14 with bay window, then dining and living room 13 by 14 with open fireplace. Kitchen 12 by 11.6 features sink and wash trays. pantry and china closet. Second floor has four large chambers, four closets and a bathroom. Estimated occupancy cost set at $8,000. John F. Lapel seer.
Alexander V. Wilson of Bangor Maine arrives in New York with a motorless aeroplane he says could serve Navy needs. His craft weighs 36 feet with movable fore and aft wings and can fly on wind alone, rising seven miles in tests and reaching 700 feet high in a wind. A public exhibition and contest is planned at Morris Park race track on election day.
A Boston statement by Rev. Dr. Wilbur F Crafts on a world peace plan prompts William O. McDowell of the League of Peace to seek bureau support. He envisions an electoral college of global intellectual leaders to vote for a “Peacemaker” head, with Theodore Roosevelt as a leading candidate alongside Carnegie and a former U.S. presidential hopeful.
German citizens of Echterdingen announce a commemorative stone will be unveiled soon at the site where Count Zeppelin LV wrecked on August 5. The monument bears a bas relief and an allegorical scene portraying Zeppelin as conqueror of the elements.
A large Bangor and Aroostook line freight pulled into northern Maine Junction with seventy five potato cars from various points. The train carried 38 000 bushels valued from 628 000 to 20 000 dollars, marking a record for the region.
A fragmentary remark notes a buckwheat cake dish evoking a bare ball game. The line plays on wordplay about batting and hitting. Pock’s brief quip contrasts culinary memory with a sports metaphor, leaving the full context unclear.
The Rev. Herbert B. Johnson of Warren Avenue Baptist in Boston announced from the pulpit that he will refuse to marry anyone who is consumptive and plans to seek church action at the next district meeting to prohibit such marriages. He argued the church must confront the issue as a mortal threat and decline unions where one partner is afflicted. He also stated he would not marry a man earning less than $12 a week.
Article describes Papaw orchard efforts by Jaeper Thompson of Vermillion County Indiana, claiming the only papaw orchard in the United States. Details include planting, growth, yield around thirty bushels from ~25 trees, and a market for Indiana bananas. Also notes on a portable desk invention and local incidents.
A fragmented note discusses dangers of colds, claiming some illnesses like diphtheria and fever are linked to colds. It mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a claimed quick cure and warns that untreated colds may lead to serious outcomes for children.
The poem traces centuries of grandparents and kin who kept faith and courage through battles. It honors Puritan and Cavalier values, loyalty, and sacrifice, with reverence for ancestors who shaped a nation. The lines weave memory with timeless devotion to loved ones.
A damaged notice describes the Japanese pagoda atop Mount Penn, a stone edifice with curved balconies and a flagstaff, erected by former politician William Witman. It notes a private treaty and Witman’s admission of never visiting Jasper Pit, yet expresses a wish to reside near the pagoda, which stands about fifty feet square at the base and nearly seventy five feet tall with a sundial.
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