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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary remarks on women's suffrage in Newport and census questions raise concerns about unanswered issues. Mentions laborers in Wallington and high prices in Washington markets, and references to Peary and lecture platform room for all.
An interview with William J Corey of United States Steel Corp in the Manufacturers' Record argues for a forthcoming boom in steel and railroad activity. He cites widespread railroad orders and near full plant operation, with next year expected to set records in railroad supplies and steel output.
Fragmented excerpts reveal a miscellany of periodical snippets including poetry lines, political remarks, a rejected idea about offering jobs via a polling commission, a sketch about an illustrated news artist, and a lighthearted exchange about a music teacher living next door.
The World chronicles Prof. Donald B. McMillan’s Arctic work, tracing Greely and Peary legends, preserved artifacts, and the deaths of Hall and Ross Marvin. The account links hardship to knowledge, noting the endurance of Arctic explorers and the enduring push of discovery.
Poem praising dreamers as the seeders of progress and the fathers of action. It extols the dreamer's role in inspiring utility, industry, and broad societal advancement, arguing that dreams illuminate work and drive lasting achievement across time. The piece references the Baltimore Sun as the source and speaks to the enduring impact of imagination on material progress.
Dr Frederick A Cook told his polar narrative before an Arctic Club of America banquet at the Waldorf Astoria. Admiral Schley presided as toastmaster as Cook thanked supporters, reviewed man’s polar quest, and defended his claim to reaching the North Pole.
Commander Peary crosses the international boundary at Vanceboro and lands in Portland Maine to a continuous reception by locals. In Bangor he hands over expedition papers to General Thomas H. Hubbard of New York, president of the Peary Arctic Club after a brief conference.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a silent observation and a crowd sequence with a red matched convoy. The readable bits reference a citizen and a car, but key names, dates, and locations are missing, leaving only scattered phrases from a patrol or incident description.
Daniel and Levi Reibold, farmers in southeast York County, were arrested by a local constable and a Washington detective on counterfeiting charges. Authorities found metal stock and dies at their home as the counterfeit nickel, dime, quarter, and half dollar operation was active in their area. The elder Reibold denies his brother's involvement.
An autopsy at a Philadelphia hospital uncovered a collection of hardware in a man's stomach and intestines after years of undiagnosed illness. Items included a safety pin, hairpin, can opener, key, and chain fragments. The patient, an electrician, died after abdominal symptoms hindered examination.
Corrected September 24 1909 prices for grains and feeds include Wheat No 2 Red at 1.08, Corn Yellow Ear 3.60 per barrel, White Ear 3.60 per barrel, Shelled corn 0.72 per bushel, Oats 0.50 to 0.55 per bushel, Barley 0.60 to 0.60 per bushel, Hay and straw lots with various per ton and per bale figures, Winter Wheat flour 5.80 to 6.00 per barrel, Spring Wheat 6.50 to 7.00 per barrel, Cornmeal 1.75 to 1.35 per 100 lb, Buckwheat 0.02 to 0.04 per lb, Mill Feeds Bran 25.65 per ton, Middlings 28.00 per ton, Red Dog and other bagged feeds, Cotton Seed meal 3.06 per ton.
A Baltimore stock market summary notes prices corrected to noon September 24 1909 by Motter Bros Co. A Babylon anecdote quotes a spinster claiming ancient Babylon graded women by looks and that marrying ugliness could bring fortune while beauty required gold payments. Knox Jr son of the Secretary of State is fined 15 dollars and costs in Providence for some automobile appeal.
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