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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1911
Page
6
The Frederick Daily News announces subscription rates and mail options, with weekly and semi weekly editions. It lists officers including Le Birely and Geo Birely, and notes circulation through local carriers, city offices, and sale points. It also describes mail and advertisement procedures and the paper’s post office classification.
The News reports a 16 percent rise in its yearly subscriber total from September to now, despite a rival daily starting last year and offering promotions. The circulation is now 12 percent above 1905 and 22 percent above 1908, with the Semi-Weekly News also growing strongly as a countywide two-edition setup.
The paper informs patrons and advertisers that advertising value rose ten percent over the past year while rates remained unchanged. The News emphasizes steady, conservative progress driven by the paper’s merits and continued growth.
A civic essay from the Omaha Bee praises avoiding evil rumors and urges people to think no evil. It cites ancient and Mosaic law, endorsing the innocent-until-proved-guilty principle and condemning the harm of repeating unfounded reports.
A fragment from the Baltimore American discusses John D Rockefeller as a possible model husband for attending church with his wife and taking sermon notes to share wisdom at home. It also touches on education, technical schools, and the rise of useful arts training in cities like Baltimore and across Britain and Germany.
Merriness notes a quip about courage under danger and the remark that a person’s demeanor matters in crisis. The brief item records a playful exchange and hints at a humorous context from the Ouston Post.
A collage of light dialogue from Toledo Blade and Kansas City Journal snippets features a playful exchange about marriage and propriety in social banter. A rescue remark about a swimmer in distress appears with comic rebuke, while a local case notes a man nicknamed human dynamo and a defendant named Gilsbason charged, suggesting a mix of society snippets and local crime news.
Sheriff William G Grimes of this county escorted H Ed gar Shawen to Baltimore for a three year Maryland Penitentiary sentence. Shawen escaped within blocks of the prison after luring the sheriff with cake and a request to step aside. Detectives and Baltimore police on lookout. Shawen 23, 5 ft 6, 140 pounds, blue suit gray cap, dark eyes and light hair. Grimes believes Shawen may try to reach his Baltimore sister for money to flee. Also notes See America First convention representation for Maryland with Emory I Coblentz and Richard P Ross named.
A fragmented verse heavy with political satire mocks the Demorx and the GO P, predicting pre election posturing by both parties. It warns that the public will see through tricks as the seventh of November approaches and the city faces financial pressure and party games.
A stream of verse about Ideh and the hillock, pine groves, and a transformation to “a grove of masts” with a note on Louise Imogen Gaines. The YMCA committee plans to renovate and varnish bowling alleys and repair pool tables, closing alleys during work and selling the range used in the YMCA cafe.
Market notes show Sept and Dec Wheat prices with bids and quotes across futures. Corn and May Wheat figures present, though several figures are garbled. Local traders monitor shifts in Chicago grain activity amid uncertain demand and weather factors.
Recalls events from September 20 1891 Cardinal Gibbons confirming at St Johns church with local attendees Also notes visits, scholarship winner CAusherman and changes at Mon Getzendanner store Staff updates bicycle trip by Masters Mealey and Poole reporting 40 mile outbound and 2 hour return total activity for the day
Daily stock quotations furnished by Motter Bros Co show active trading in New York markets. Prices in key issues rose on broad sentiment with gains across industrials, rails, and utilities as investors weighed recent corporate results and market trends.
Baltimore stock table dated September 20 1911 shows corrected prices from Motter Bros. & Co bankers and brokers. Listings include Anacostia & Potomac 5s Chicago Railways 5s Western Maryland 1st 4s United Rys. Funding and Income, Seaboard Air Line 1st 4s and other notes.
Central National Bank statement for September 30 1911 shows assets including loans secured and unsecured 150 000 deposits 20060 60 and cash reserves 1297 00 notes and fractional currency 145 080 09 and a stated liability mix with capital surplus and undivided profits. Robt A Kemp cashier swore to accuracy September 6 1917 before G Wesley Kindley with attestants Wertheimer Nordwoon Wollinson.
Farmers & Mechanic National Bank announces James H. Harris as vice-president and C Albert Gilson as cashier in a leadership update.
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