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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
4
A speech argues Frederick should establish a public library funded by Margaret Artz's will. It urges careful selection of a librarian to ensure books are used and accessible, warning that even the finest collection loses value if not managed well.
The readable text presents a muddled mix of phrases about fate pardon and character traits, with garbled references to demons, explorers, and leaders. No clear event, person, or organization is identifiable from the fragment.
A collage of dated column snippets from early 20th century papers includes snippets about a fatherly remark on marriage, a maid's wages, a land quote, and a merchant reference. It features characters like Har Buitor and Miss Howard and brushes of domestic scenes with humor and social norms.
From the New York World the piece argues that America should harness agriculture to rival its manufacturing and finance sectors. It envisions an empire of agriculture, warns against tenant farming, and urges powerful individuals to organize and direct farming for national wealth and food security.
An impressionistic verse fragment evokes an Indian summer day with rustling insects honey bees and sap courses through trees. The piece blends nature imagery and distant song lines such as Comin through the rye with lilting flute-like tones and pastoral birdsong.
Horace W. Clarke resigns as vice president and general manager of the International and Great Northern Railway. Judge T. S. Freeman extols Clarke as the best transportation man in the region as Clarke prepares to assume a new role with the Rio Grande and Denver system.
A reader asks the Frederick City Hospital security ward to help a needy child receive eye examination and glasses. The writer seeks confirmation if public funds or a welfare trust can cover the hospital care, and requests an answer be sent to 107 West Second Street.
A large crowd is expected for the Mask Carnival at Braddock Weights Casino tomorrow night with Obie the first prize attraction and several prizes for novel costumes. The patronesses include Mesdames Landauer Landis Heblein Pearre Rocconour Stern Gilbert Remaburg and others as listed.
A birthday dinner honoring William H Goodell occurred Sunday at his Mt Airy home on his 65th birthday. Guests from Urbana Myersville Hagerstown Frederick and nearby areas attended, with meals and confections served and many useful presents received. A separate note mentions a birthday postal shower for Elle Evlog Patrick Street and a railroad company moving offices to a new freight building at Market and Fourth Streets with a waiting room and ticket office opening ahead of trains.
Auction and estate notices list property transfers and loans in Carroll Frederick and surrounding counties. Items include real estate deeds for Thompsons and Houghs, with payments and titles to Liberty and New Market properties, plus inventories, executors, and final accounts in varied estates.
Registration in Talbot county was unusually heavy. Rev John G Murry was consecrated bishop coadjutor of Maryland this morning at St Michael and All Angels church Baltimore. Queen Annes county Prohibitionista held a convention at Centreville and nominated a full county ticket. Three young men from Delaware were landed to Princess Anne jail for breaking into the house of Adolphus Waite near Coatton Station. Ollie R Wright placed on Dorchester county Republican ticket for the House of Delegates replacing John Ze Maguee who declined the nomination.
Quotations furnished by Frederick County Farmers' Exchange corrected September 29, 1909. Prices cover No. 2 Red and Yellow Ear corn, White Ear corn, shelled corn, rye, oats, barley, various hay types, wheat, flour, cornmeal, buckwheat, oats, animal feeds, cottonseed meal, potatoes, timothy, clover, and related farm staples with per bushel, per barrel, or per ton figures.
Eugene Sponseller sells his livery stable on South Market to Glenn Ou Garber and John L. Green. They will take control November 1 after a transitional month October when Sponseller remains as manager. The new firm, composed of two respected young men, plans to uphold the stable’s good reputation.
The Barber Shop is sold to William Garrett from John Folnd, amid financial details and executives including Emory L. Coblentz as president and Charles Weethheimer as vice president. The transaction involves the Fire National Paper Building and related clerical shares, with Bank of Bowie noted in the firm name and cashier George Baumgardner listed among officers.
A letter from Dr. Kefauver urges patrons to use the Ballymere bank for their business needs. It highlights personal attention, extensive experience, and the bank’s convenient, satisfactory service. Contact at phone number 616 is provided.
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