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Summary: Jesse Rhynes, formerly a slave of Benjamin Buckingham of Frederick County, is turning 96 and may be the oldest man in western Maryland

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Summary: The colored people of Westminster are planning an emancipation celebration and expect to have Frederick Douglass are one of the speakers

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Summary: Report on those invited to speak at the emancipation celebration on October 23

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Summary: Report on the distribution of state funds for white and colored schools in Carroll, Howard, and Baltimore Counties

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Summary: Report on school board meeting includes that the colored school at Poole's Church will be closed for the rest of the term because there are only 8 students

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Summary: Colored voters of Carroll County have voted solidly Republican and will probably do so again but that has gotten them nothing; the Republican "bosses" do not care about colored voters except at election time

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Summary: Detailed report on the emancipation celebration held in Westminster on October 23

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