19 Apr 1884
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1884
Page
1
SPECIAL NOTICES advertise various services and goods including paper ads at 25 cents per week. The listing hints at oysters and dining mentions and notes property for rent or sale near Preston with possession by April. Included are references to styles of writing, price mentions, and a few business names such as Cockmil-dtf and Beckley’s provision.
A grim tale of drink’s ruin in Dorchester County follows a family tragedy where a son kills his father to defend his mother. The piece links the tragedy to liquor’s moral lesson and societal wreckage, detailing the father’s decline into violence over years of heavy drinking. In Maryland matters, Holton and AMeComus press for faster mail facilities for Baltimore and rural areas, arguing widespread business need and regional benefit, with Postmaster General acknowledging the case but citing current year funding limits. Personal notes include Francis Steiner visiting Pt. Pleasant and Mollie Williard from Maryland Tract at Westminster, plus Thomas Haller registering at Eutaw House.
An excerpt from the North China Herald condemns official torture in China, listing methods and noting officials who rise by purchase or military service as perpetrators. The piece contrasts ancient rulers who valued mercy with present officials likened to wasps and wolves, linking crimes to natural calamities. The article also covers a local debate on immigration laws, a social event, artifacts found during demolition, and hotel arrivals.
Shipments from the Ummberland coal region for the week ending April 12, 1834 totaled 53,851 tons, with year to date 368,604 tons, up 22… tons from the prior year. To the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and local points, weekly 47,037 tons and yearly 402,187 tons, up 804 tons. To the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, weekly 6,350 tons and yearly 15,063 tons, down 45,578 tons from last year.
An advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the greatest medical wonder, guaranteed to speedily cure Barnes, bruises, cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, canker, piles, chilblains, corns, eczema, chapped hands, and skin eruptions. If not cured, money refunded. 25 cents per box. Sold by Garrity & Steele.
A former Cincinnati judge condemns mob justice and jury corruption. He argues juries are biased by newspaper reports and laments the decline of impartial trials, noting judges struggle to find respectable jurors as murderers face lynching.
The text notes a rise in uninstructed delegates for Chicago bound political convocation. It cites business motives, vague booms, and growing dislike of local boss methods as causes. Modesty and weak organization hinder machine rule, after unit rule defeat and anti instruction sentiment. The convention may act freely yet risk stampedes and instability.
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