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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1911
Page
2
Philadelphia directors of the Tradesmen's Trust Company, closed doors, expect to pay depositors dollar for dollar and satisfy liabilities. They foresee a surplus for stockholders near the par value, with some expecting about 148 per share though cautious voices warn of a liquidation gap. The failure stems from unable cash from mortgages and real estate advances.
Edmund H. Madison, representative from Kansas Seventh, collapses at his breakfast table in Decise City. A longtime figure in the era pushing rules reform and curbing the speaker’s powers, he served two Congresses and was active in the recent extra session. He sat on the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee.
Aviator Calbraith PL Rodgers crashed his Wright flyer in Middletown after a thirty foot fall. The machine was smashed and dismantled with parts laid aside for a new build. Rodgers and Lieutenant John Roelff U. S. N. plus mechanicians dismantled the wreck as a crew awaited Wright Flyer Machine Company news.
Evie Tripp, 18, daughter of a prosperous farmer, accidentally killed James Powell, 22, at a party in Logansport Indiana. Powell had boasted that his marriage would make his wife keep her husband in line, prompting Tripp to joke about a revolver. Believing it unloaded, she pulled the trigger. Powell died instantly.
In Reading Pennsylvania thieves entered several churches including Trinity Lutheran and First Presbyterian collecting boxes and the 181 Baptists. The heaviest haul came from Trinity Lutheran with about 49 dollars from collection boxes. Some churches were pried open but had little or no theft. St. Johns Lattear is mentioned in the report.
A short notice touts Electric Bitters as a tonic to prevent breakdown and build vigor. It urges trying the remedy from Purse priced at Bteathe a Pharmacy, claiming health benefits and a money back guarantee.
Washington Sept. 8 John Walsh, the Cutago bank wrecker, is serving a federal sentence at Leavenworth. The Federal Probation Commission, led by Superintendent Ladun, meets there to consider parole requests. Walsh has served a third of his five year term and was eligible at the start of the month. Morse, another wrecker, is in Atlanta awaiting his chance. his fifteen year term leaves four years before parole.
Paris sources report France may have offered Germany more than French public opinion would approve. Negotiations between France and Germany enter a decisive stage as Paris weighs ceding Congo territories to secure terms. French cabinet faces possible rejection in the chamber if concessions extend beyond what is currently agreed.
In Poughkeepsie New York on September 1 Colonel Astor gave each of his 96 employees a $10 gift after a wedding of his bride. A delegation of five visited the library to present the bouquet in a vase and the colonel thanked them, directing Superintendent Pinkham to add $10 to each employee's pay.
In Scranton Pennsylvania Mitchael Quinn part owner of Mieka Coal Co perishes while aiding a surface vein drill. He is the sole victim as a roof collapse traps him among four others who escape. Quinn’s death follows the mine incident. Reading reports another death of Tenia Sie bert a German writer aged fifty one in Reading, who killed himself. he had retired a year earlier from Adler weekly.
Quotations furnish corrected September 1 for grains and feeds including Wheat No 2 at 7.5 to 7.7 cents per bushel. Rye 7.5 to 7.9. Winter Wheat 1.55. Spring Wheat 0.85. Cornmeal 0.75. Mil Feed Lea 27 per ton. Middling 1.49. Red Dog 6 to 2.20 per sack. Dairy Feed 25 to 26. Cotton Seed Meal 31 to 2.22. Timothy 7 to 8 per bushel. Clover 11 to 12. No 1 Timothy baled 23 to 25. No 2 Timothy 2 to 24. No 1 Mined 21 to 23. No 2 Mixed 20 to 22. Clover 18 to 19. Straw Baled Wheat 8 to 8. Oats 8 to 6. Hay not baled 26 to 22 per ton.
Readable items include infants and children's muslin drawers and skirts in all sizes with prices around 0.00 to 10.00. The listing features various undergarments for babies and girls, with colors such as white and lavender, and mentions coats and sweaters in a general sale context.
An old fashioned ad touts a complete jewelry store with fully stocked goods and favorable prices. It urges customers to visit, promising superior quality and reliable service and asserts there is no reason to pass by the shop.
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