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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
4
The piece notes the News Office in Frederick Maryland with telegraph linkages and free ad service, plus a critique of leadership in a steel workers’ failure and commentary on Sir Thomas and Vanderbilt. It discusses Admiral Schley and Captain Wise statements amid questions of naval reporting and misrepresentation.
County teachers petition for increased salaries or an extended school term gain cordial backing from County Examiner Boblitz in his annual report to the Board of County School Commissioners. The document, drawn at the County Institute, argues better pay would enable teaching as a lifelong vocation and a longer term would raise school progress and educational standards as a prudent public investment.
The Cumberland Times urges careful debate before election day as home rule and constitutional issues dominate Maryland politics. Critics fault Maclay’s omission from the Schiey court of inquiry while the Bal more Herald notes rapid criticism of other targets amid mounting concerns over lawful self help and the Taoingosy trial referenced by Judge Lewis.
The text recalls Judge Lewis urging that a man be proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt before punishment, a principle echoed by President McKinley in Congress and later by public figures. It frames the Ceremonial trial as a vindication of law and a moral lesson for leaders in church and politics.
A collage of humorous exchanges shows politicians described as serving constituents, married life fatigue, and flirtations over inheritance, with quips from Philadelphia Record Detroit Free Press Chicago Post FPnok Brooklyn Life.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes a growing anti bird killing effort aimed at stopping birds in women's hat adornments. It cites public sentiment against cruelty, industry shifts to imitations, and potential laws to curb feather usage.
The text argues that a strike threat over wage cuts would be dismissed by the Steel Trust as profitable industry conditions favor labor restraint. It contends capital is better able to endure stoppages and the industry faces high margins, making a strike less impactful for management.
A fragmentary poem tribute to longing, memory, and mortality appears from Chicago Record-Herald and Washington Star. The verse contemplates waking after death and a flower on a tomb, while a dialect poem laments impending sorrow and a wind’s moaning signal.
A contested naval dispatch from Santiago 1898 recounts Rear-Admiral Sampson's staff member Staunton cancelling Schley's report and replacing it with Sampson’s famed Fourth of July message. The incident centers on who could send the casualty and battle reports to Washington and why.
John West Taylor is jailed after arrest by Officer Brust on assault charges involving Marasiis Brown and Thomas Potts. Grand jury to investigate today. Potts allegedly struck with a hatchet, Taylor reportedly drunk amid arrest difficulties. Stephen Owens jailed 15 days by Justice Eckstein for disorderly conduct. Lewis Maddox arrested for drinking and disorderly, released on $2.00 fine and costs.
Auctioneer Harvey R. Lesse to sell Reich and Newman real estate at Usz's Hotel New Market. Two lots in the village with two two story frame houses and acres of land including a two story dwelling. Sale scheduled for tomorrow.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of Frederick district Baltimore Conference adjourned after a 2:30 p.m. session at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Misanda E. Miner delivered the keynote address on The Deaconess at Work, and other speakers discussed the conference's work. Mrs. M. E. Hank of Martinsburg, W Va was re-elected president with a slate of officers. The next district meeting is set for Cumberland, contingent on the October Washington conference. Miner, a deaconess worker and Wesleyan College alumna, will stay in Frederick then travel to Denver to continue deaconess work.
The notice details Rural Delivery Wagon B routes starting from Thurmont through communities including Catactic Furnace Lewistown Mountaindale Bethel Church Stoneburg Charles ville Hansonville Utica Mills Oreageratown Jimtown and Thurmont total mileage. Carriers Morria L. Rouzer EB BE Black substitute and C C Quarrens driver. Routes 42 33 34 list additional carriers and segments with distances.
A quiet September 25 wedding at Tobias Newcomer’s country home joined William H Buxton and Anna Grace Troxell. Rev E L McLean officiated with relatives present, followed by a honeymoon tour to Washington. Troxell is sister to Sheriff Charles P Troxell.
ReWs OF THE STATE reports that the printing contract was awarded in Annapolis to King Bros. of Baltimore for 7800 dollars. Henry Webb, colored, was sentenced to five years in jail for feloniously consulting Julia Young, aged nine. Mrs. Sarah Ruttman seeks annulment of her divorce decree from Hyman Retman on fraud grounds. Nancy Irwin Findlay, daughter of Judge Jas Findlay, announces upcoming marriage to Rev. Robert Alexander Boyle. Thomas H. Mitchell of Salisbury contracted to build a new Methodist Protestant church in Snow Hill at about 14000 dollars, heating excluded.
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