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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1903
Page
4
Baltimore parade counts vary from 4195 to 10000, sparked by a discussion of congressional salaries. The piece critiques sensational estimates and argues higher pay could attract better men, while noting many lawmakers privately supplement income during recess.
The text presents a garbled contemporary comment from a city involved in monuments and a campaign. It references Bellinors American, Bie and Rayeer jeans of ous ens belli mek. It notes active participation and mockery directed at an IRPHIVE style campaign in Monuments City.
Maryland voters show rising interest in reviving the oyster industry to boost state revenue. Both parties fail to endorse a scientific plan, but activists persist amid discussions in Baltimore and Annapolis. Frederick County Grand Jury commends swift justice with seven prisoners awaiting trial and praises local enforcement and courts for maintaining order.
A collage of quips and satire from 19th century papers parodies professions and politics. Jokes cover theater claims theater stars advertising lawyers ethics and senators, mocking public figures and the idea of electing senators by popular vote with sharp, period voice.
The St Louis Globe Democrat editorial calls for morality in legal practice condemning evasive tactics and urging lawyers to act honorably. Kansas City Journal discusses reform, while Chamberlain remedies are praised for croup and diarrhea in multiple local anecdotes, including saves by A L Pearre and neighbors in Morgantown area.
A New York News poem fragment by Lucy LaxcoMm urges readers to brighten others with inner radiance. It blends seasonal imagery with roses and memories, inviting quiet reflection and comforting notes to endure sorrow through hope and love.
Realms of King Corn describes vast prairie corn belts in Iowa Nebraska Kansas with 8 million acre plantings yielding hundreds of millions of bushels. It details harvest celebrations, decorations, parades, concerts, and carnival pageantry built around corn with town leaders, governors, and railroads promoting week long events and corn based fashion and millinery.
Report notes Albert Schroeder Albert Wallis and Elmer Waltman well known woticians from the city played yesterday with the Knights Military Band in the Odd Fellows parade in Baltimore. Also mentions a patient story about Dr King's New Discovery for consumption and other medical and promotional text likely from an advertisement.
The article notes a killer apple crop failure in Queen Anne's county after a profitable run, a Cumberland contractor Otho Howith fracturing his skull in a fall from a building, a large Huffer barn fire near Jones Crossroads causing about $5,000 loss with suspicion of arson, and Mina Cora Speer burned to death while preparing apple butter. Also mentions mad dog attacks on Alto Browning and his daughters, with Pasteur treatment in Baltimore.
The Falling Waters Limestone Company received a West Virginia incorporation certificate and was recorded in Berkeley County. Based at Falling Waters near Martinsburg, the firm plans quarrying and processing lime and limestone on several local tracts. Authorized capital is 8000 dollars, 80 shares at 100 dollars each, with 500 capital absorbed. Incorporators include Daniel Baker, John H. Baker, William G. Baker, Harry L. Marshall and D Westen haver of Martinsburg and Baltimore partners. Operations to begin when plans mature.
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