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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1911
Page
6
The Frederick Maryland publication outlines its independence, publishing schedule Tuesdays and Fridays, and offers subscription rates of 1.06 dollars per year in advance with club incentives. It notes mail subscriptions, office contact, and a request for news and business correspondence.
Subscribers urged to report missed issues as the paper expands efforts to improve service. Copies available at New City Hotel Buckey's Cigar Store Market Street Central Restaurant F K Schmidt's Cigar Store W Patrick Street Arlington Hotel and other outlets.
A dramatic account discusses near panic at the City Opera House on a Saturday night and urges safer exits, crowd control, and enforced aisle clearance. It stresses self preservation and the need for fire drills in schools and public buildings to save lives amid emergencies. A Colorado woman’s night trip to a mountain hotel in a storm is briefly noted.
A fragment recounts a woman traveling 115 miles to the nearest town after discovering no private baths. It also mentions a New Jersey man living across town lines in Newark and South Orange asking where he votes and a Denver man needing a permit to cough on streets. The text includes satirical lines about voting, sneezing, and suffragette hymns.
In the Catholic Standard and Times a fragment shows Willie Jones in a humorous exchange about a dream and a planned marriage. Jack and Jen discuss wedding news with May Pretty as bridesmaid in a breezy, colloquial exchange.
A spoof verse portrays Doctor Wiley as a cure amid microbes and germs. Files on Parade and the Color Sergeant debate bouncings of doctored cures, cold storage sausages, and economic strain as a satirical march unfolds.
September brings Maryland county fairs as social hubs and proof of the state’s agricultural wealth with York Ha gerstown Frederick and more cited for high exhibits and stock. Oysters face slower recovery from weaker past yields, urging voters to support oyster culture and a stronger legislature in January. The primary system is praised as a path to sound government, and the need to strengthen weak spots while maintaining the voting process is emphasized.
A melodious speaker recalls his grandfather who placed a mortgage on a house not yet paid. A socialite, in a terse exchange, notes his wife’s displeasure over a home visit, and Aunt Mary reacts with horror to cigarette smoking.
Reverend Wayne Bowers longtime pastor at Jefferson resigns to join Maple Avenue Reformed Church in St Louis. His resignation takes effect October 10 with final service planned in November after starting duties in St Louis on the first Sunday in November. A church meeting was held to consider his departure. The retirement at Jefferson brings tears at the Woman's College where he had served prior.
Local items from Frederick 1841 note Palmetto Fiber Company factory nearing interior finish. Charles Smallwood buys John Green's cigar store on South Market. Aldermen water works committee inspects reservoir site in the mountains. Women form an Old Maid's Club.
A crowd of about 900 panicked at the Opera House when a rat in the peanut gallery caused screams and a shouting boy to cry fire. Richard Mahoney, sixteen, was fined ten dollars and jailed 60 days after being found guilty of starting the panic. two others were detained. The exit rush damaged the calm, with women fainting and audiences trampled, but no injuries were reported.
The speaker describes a theater system to protect patrols and patrons. A stage announcement will warn of danger and guide orderly evacuation. An office telephone links to all sections, allowing rapid status updates within a minute if an accident occurs. The narrator confirms no current issues when the alarm sounded.
A 17 or 18-year-old, Grant Doulon Ponton of Buckeystown, tried to force his father to give up money for drink. He drew a loaded revolver and threatened to kill his father and burn the house. Deputy Sheriff Haover arrested him and he was sent to the Maryland School for Boys for three years.
Auctioneer Harvey R. Lease sold a 210 acre farm near Tourston in Montgomery County at public sale on Saturday afternoon. Justice J. Francis Smith acting for his mother Mrs. IF. F. Smith Jr. brought $41 an acre. buyer was George Nicholson who operates the farm.
Thomas Biggs, employee of A. A. Lough & Son, was seized by a spasmodic attack while en route to work shortly before one oclock. He was carried into Cline's store, revived in about fifteen minutes, and then returned to his duties.
Rev Thimmelbaugh leaves for North York to conduct the funeral of Mr Charles Blessing killed Saturday when he fell from a three story hotel being decorated for the firemen convention this week. Sheriff B Kettering returns with Charles H Clark, now confined for safety after a mental episode in Frederick Md. The Frederick City Packing Company holds an annual picnic at Worthingtons Springs near Frederick Junction today. An excursion from Baltimore brought 106 visitors to Frederick yesterday.
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