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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1902
Page
4
A Maryland town reports a prison escape as new items surface. Other notes mock the circus field’s lack of invention, discuss military actions and communications, and quote St Louis Assembly indictments on vote selling.
Typhoid fever fuels anxiety in Baltimore Washington and other cities with rising case counts in Frederick. Authorities urge boiling drinking water and sterilizing milk while noting germ spread through contaminated soil vegetables and vermin. Experts link outbreaks to soil and fertilizer practices and stress disinfection to curb transmission.
The duty of those caring for typhoid patients is to take every possible precaution to prevent the germ from being planted where it may develop and later be conveyed into the systems of other persons.
Contemporary comment notes September as a reminder of Jack Frost on stage and cites a Sultan appointing a reform commission in Macedonia. It also highlights good crops boosting southern and western farm buying and unprecedented business activity in cities, with expectations of record trade nationwide.
A collage of humorous exchanges about engagements diet and marriage from various papers. Jokes include a fiancée advising economy through imitation diamonds, a wife tolerating a brash husband, and cheerful letters from a bride about her spouse. Several quips touch on money debt and playful complaints.
The Nashville American notes the U S Army in the Philippines has fallen from 70 000 to 18 000 in under two years The change aims to bolster civil government while skeptics warned a 60 000 force would be necessary The piece argues such predictions were erroneous and fears over outbreaks remain pragmatic.
A poem fragment titled Moments With The Mule expresses homesickness for home over autumn breezes and city sounds. The speaker yearns for quiet nights, stars through maple trees, katydids, and distant bells, contrasting city life with the wish to return home.
A report recalls a party member who suffered dysentery during a bicycle trip plan. Hal Ward of Lacerville suggested Chamberlain's Coughs Cholens and Diarrheas Remedy, with one dose before meals and again at night. After using the bottle the rider recovered and the trip proceeded. Sold by A.
At the Ohio Bar Avaculation annual meeting in Pat in Bay the 86 year old H O Gray of Painesville is highlighted as the last surviving member of the 1851 Ohio constitutional convention. The piece recounts Gray’s editorial career, his early political life with the Whigs, and the rise of the log cabin campaign symbolizing Harrison’s frontier image and popular fervor.
A Boston assembly of the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents heard Frank Karich of Woodlawn Cemetery Detroit urge removing monuments from cemeteries. He noted landscape treatment favors wide lawns and natural scenery, arguing monuments disfigure graves and urging more markers or lawn-only design in future cemetery plans. The address discusses progress from old memorials to modern markers and calls for radical changes toward nonmonument burial practices.
County correspondence from Woodsboro details visits by Edne Gilbert and others, religious and social events, and a landscape update with rain. Reports on baptisms, sermons, a farm sale of 112 acres for 2550, and local illnesses. A death by typhoid in Washington, D C, removes Roddy Harmon, age 17, nephew of William Harmon.
The sixth annual session of the Roefatl Liquor Dealers' League of Maryland met at Fireman's Hall Westminster at 3 pm. President Frank Statlo of Baltimore presided. Mayor Oscar D. Gilbert welcomed delegates and offered Westminster city privileges. Frederick county delegates included James M. Smith John A. Frazier A. P. Marsh Frank E. Sheffield and H. Kokstein. President Statlo warned of legislative opposition by temperance factions and criticized Rev. Sam Small as example of fanaticism while affirming legitimate business and calm handling of reformers.
Miss Grace Beard daughter of Roy M L Beard and Rosell Young of Middletown were involved in a runaway in Williamsport Washington county last evening. The horse ran wild crashing into a telegraph pole and kicking Mr Young, who was later found unconscious but no bones were broken. Miss Beard escaped harm and the horse was later surrendered to livery stable. Major Goldsborough says punishment will be severe if the culprit is caught.
Mr and Mrs J B Ogle of Rocky Ridge hosted a Friday reception in honor of Bennie Ogle's marriage to Miss Mattie Stansbury. Guests were greeted by Mrs Ogle and later enjoyed a decorated dining room with a substantial assortment of delicacies. The event reflects a typical early 20th century social gathering in a small town.
A new wienal light claims to pierce heavy fog up to half a mile, potentially preventing land and sea accidents. Public interest grows as inventor history parallels other life saving devices. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is promoted as a trusted health tonic aiding digestion and blood purity amid various ailments.
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