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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1916
Page
6
The piece argues for higher taxes on industrial wealth to fund national deficits and urges voters to choose a saner, more prudent government. It contrasts wasteful Washington spending with a path back to fiscal sanity and national vitality amid a pending election.
An editorial lament on immigrant literacy and assimilation in the United States. It notes Rus sians Poles Roumanians and Bulgarians arriving in cities with high illiteracy and limited English, arguing evenings schools should teach basic everyday skills rather than classical literature to help newcomers integrate at the ballot box and in commerce.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues against taxing profits from war merely to fund temporary needs. It contends excessive wartime profits deserve careful taxation aligned to each industry’s ability to pay, noting England’s heavy wartime tax as a model of saving profits for national effort.
A reflective narrator recalls a tranquil valley town and a grimy distant city of toil and desire. By journey’s end a warning appears in blazing letters: Who Leaves the Town of Yesterday Shall Not Return Again. James J Montague, New York American. You mustn't play with Mr Goran, says a countess to her caller. the sister warns of damaging it and its imminent loss.
Purely Personal listings recount visits and travels among Frederick figures. Mr George H Railing and family travel from Washington to visit his father Christian Railing. Miss Ida Kigge returns from visiting her sister Parma Felser. William L Shufffer of Baltimore attends the funeral of Mrs George M Shoffier. others, including Mrs BE Ray McClung and son in Philadelphia, are at Brightside Cottage. several motor trips to Baltimore and Annapolis are noted along with educational moves and a diving prize at New Haven.
Local items from The NewsColumns recount Frederick life with market notes and civic events. The piece mentions vegetable prices, bank closures, a monument association flag event, railroad damages, and ongoing preparations for Frederick County Agricultural Society exhibits with officials answering inquiries nightly.
William J. Seabrook prominent Westminster editor and longtime Maryland political figure will be interred at Olivar Cemetery in Frederick after funeral services at Grace Lutheran church in Westminster. The Masonry fraternity, Grand Lodge choir from Baltimore, and officials led by Grand Master Thos J Shryock will conduct the burial. Seabrook, born October 9 1833, formerly edited the Frederick Herald and the American Sentinel and served in various government roles, including Land Office commissioner. He leaves two sons and two grandsons.
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