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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1900
Page
2
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Fragments report Rev Silas C Swallow of Pennsylvania contemplating a full confession. Mention of ex President Cleveland at Charlestown for William L Wilson funeral. remarks on campaigns, Chinese affairs, Kang Yi and Yo Hsien. Text suggests officials possibly misreporting deaths and future actions.
The Western Maryland Railroad reports rising earnings last year, spurring prospects of ending Baltimore City charges on the railroad. The news pleases taxpayers and those who trusted in the property's future despite adverse conditions. The Baltimore Herald notes the improvement lightens municipal burdens and confirms the line’s improving outlook.
The City Register’s statement details receipts from taxes water rents and rents for the City Opera House totaling 52862.55 and disbursements of 51690.27, leaving a small surplus. It highlights the Fishing Creek water line costs totaling 520000 with only 1260 listed as sundries and notes funds borrowed to cover sinking fund expenses.
The excerpt discusses sinking fund holdings, interest at 3 percent, and a fund total around 2 dollars. It notes the fund amount and the city indebtedness rising due to water supply expansion. The mayor and aldermen are not responsible for the debt increase, with the text highlighting the overall indebtedness and fund status.
A collage of humor taken from several papers. Jabs about parental duties, aging eyes, and the ethics of kings. A gag about a lobster and a girl’s digestion. A man inherits 1.1 million and a crowd advises him on investment with comic misfires.
From Independence Kansas a Populist farmer Hamed Jensen forbids marriages to daughters of men who won’t vote Bryan. Seven suitors back McKinley, threatening to wed the seven daughters if Bryan isn’t carried. The town’s total vote is 35, making Independence a doubtful McKinley spot.
A reader describes Georgia showers as peculiar weather with sudden thunder and rain then sun. The piece warns of dyspensia and indigestion caused by constipation and biliousness and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to strengthen the stomach and restore health.
Fragmentary verse laments the passing of seasons and death. The speaker recalls spring’s blooms and winter’s chill while pondering memory, aging, and renewal through a lyrical meditation on daffodils roses and lilies.
A satirical piece argues men would tolerate rough treatment from wives, mocks marital morality, and imagines an eventual shift toward widows wearing veils. It jokes about husbands fooling bachelors, women’s prayers for husbands, and changing social norms in a provocative tone.
Funerals were held for Annie E Whites at Quinn chapel with Rev George I Pinckney officiating and pallbearers listed. William S Cook was buried at Greenmount with Chaldea Society in attendance and Rev D Pinckney assisting. Byron H Adams infant interred at Reformed cemetery with F Schroeder directing.
The Belles Lettres Literary Society held its Friday meeting led by President W F Zeigler. Minutes were read by E B Stockman, with recitations by E Reich and E B Stockman, readings by H K E W Smith and J C Oram, and a debate on machinery's impact with a 2 to 1 affirmative verdict. The group adjourned to meet Friday November 2.
After nearly thirty years and at the age of four score Fears, Mr Daugherty visits Thurmont to renew old associations and scenes from his early life. For 27 years he and his wife, daughter of George Ott, lived in central Pennsylvania. From 1824 to 1872, 45 years, he resided near Franklin Mills in this county.
Alonzo B. Dickingon, drowned in the Delaware River, was banned from his parents home near Elkton yesterday, the day would have been his wedding. Letters found on the body after recovery revealed the plan, and the bride-to-be attended the funeral as mourners.
The will of the late John Sherman, filed in probate court, disposes of an estate valued at 2 500 000 dollars. Mrs Mary Sherman McCallum receives 100 000 dollars, half in real estate, with the remainder in bonds, and residuary shares total about 506 000 dollars. The bulk of the estate goes to seven residuary legatees, including Mrs McCallum and five nephews, with specific bequests of 35 000 to Hoyt Sherman and 100 dollars to Mrs McCallum. The named heirs include Henry S Sherman of Cleveland and P Tecumseh Sherman of New York. All brothers and most relatives are dead except two.
The Scribe reports a bustling market scene with plentiful supplies of bread eggs fruit and vegetables. Prices show butter 25 cents per pound peck prices for poultry fruit and vegetables listed. fish meats and dairy items priced. Weather rain aided wheat growth and farmers enjoy pleasant days amid harvest and market activity.
Balnware October 25 report notes a broader market week with active local securities led by United Railways around 37.5 to 27.55 and incomes rising to 7.32 then retreating to 7.27. Gas stock holds firm near 5.47 to 5.51. Georgia Southern & Florida second preferred dividend raised to 4 percent with mixed impact. First preferred around 927, second around 73, common at 40 bid. second preferred on 4 percent basis seen as a potential 5 percent next year. Trust company stocks show clearing activity.
Boots and Shoes market shows rising orders for prompt shipment and depleted stock levels with spring orders slow until after Nov 1. Leather and hides demand remains firm with stable prices, while wool and tallow show modest activity. Bradstreet's reports improved industrial demand, wage gains for anthracite miners, and stronger shoes and leather trade in the east amid uneven weather and ongoing election effects.
The report outlines price movement in Baltimore for Southern and Western grain, with No 2 red being sold in spots from 5 to 11 cents per bushel by quality. Futures showed declines mid-session, buyers willing to take positions as markets weakened. Closing quotes indicate mixed futures: December around 7 cents, May about 2 to 3 cents, with determinations for Southern by sample and grade and daily settlement levels.
A lively weekly chronicle recounts a stormy week of power outages and calm church gatherings, noting Harvest Home, Synod preparations, and brisk fall activity. The author sails through weddings, funerals, millinery openings, and town events, ending with anticipation for Bryan day and a fading October. The letter mentions Middletown, Frederick, Hagerstown, and Baltimore as places tied to synod, cornerstones, and parades.
A fragmented text references the near term of a Latin era and events around a president. Readable details are scarce, with several garbled terms and missing context making precise reconstruction difficult.
A diverse collection of stray items and notices including jokes, a widow remarriage hint, a carding of piano jokes, a pawnbroker item, a watch’s daily travel distance, a farmer’s hay tip, Dorothy and a dwarf quip, pension notice for William Fletcher, and assorted patent medicine claims. Also includes sworn testimony by Frank J. Cheney and endorsements for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Chamberlain remedies with local testimonials and pharmacy notes.
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