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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1889
Page
3
The notice lists ad deadlines and rates for transient and running advertisements with strict cash in advance policy. It warns late placements miss publication and will move to the next week. It notes monthly running ads and annual cycles with monthly account billing and solicits salesmen.
Maryland Governor Jackson appoints Oswald Tilghman to represent the first congressional district at the New York centennial, with other state commissioners named. A Eureka Lewistown meeting and a Daysville Green Tree school entertainment are listed. A Dubuque report notes a new industry trading catfish or cate? for 50 cents to $3 shipped to Dakota to destroy mice around grain stores.
Col J C Failes notes Harrisburg and Washington line study. Engineer Lehman begins from Gettysburg Wednesday to survey a route direct to Washington, then to Westminster. If built, Westminster citizens may subscribe to cover increased mileage. Westminster–Westminster route could save coal and lumber costs, yielding a clear gain of about 14080 after interest.
A London hospital report notes 52 percent of consumptive patients harbor unsuspected kidney disease. The piece explains blood passes through lungs and kidneys daily, acids from unhealthy kidneys irritate lungs and mimic consumption. Warner’s Safe Cure is advertised as restoring kidney health and removing acids from blood.
Easter observances unfold across denominations with detailed programs. Rev E R Eschbach, Prof Firestone, and various choirs lead morning and evening services at local churches, featuring organ performances, hymns, and special musical numbers. Protestant and Catholic congregations publish schedules, pray for missions, and announce processions, sermons, and Holy Communion.
Mr. PF Pampel fell ill with cramps yesterday and received aid from Dr F B Smith. Joan Dorsey was arrested by Officer Abrecht yesterday evening for drunken and disorderly conduct. Mayor Doll fined $1.85 in a raid.
The daughter of S Feston and Emma C Hargett, Lainto Fst, was laid to rest today from her parents residence in Feagaville. Interment followed at Olivet Cemetery with Rev N H Shyles officiating. Pallbearers named Heid Philip Caller George Eldridge WH Soward WM Roderick and Cavan Frey. CC Castly undertaker.
The district meets Tuesday August 20 with two delegates from each of eight congregations and two elders expected. They will discuss church business and elect a delegate for the funding committee to attend the annual conference at Harrisonds Va on the line of time.
A Victorian tone essay discusses medical credulity and doctors role in arsenic poisonings. It critiques overreliance on cure quotes and urges Warner’s Safe Cure for kidney disease as a remedy. It notes the Boston and Somerville cases, warning against treating symptoms rather than the underlying illness.
Ada Gants of Winchester visits relatives here while Dr Purnell’s garden blooms with hyacinths and tulips. A bank director from Roanoke and several locals travel, church services are held, and various notices mention health tonics and household remedies such as Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Peerless Meat Sacks.
Magistrate Nienaber heard Hezekeh Putman versus John Koreil for damages to property from stock, ruling for the plaintiff at $6.20 plus costs. A counter case Korell vs Putman on the same issue will be heard Saturday of next week.
The Frederick College and D. D. Institute nines played yesterday with D and D winning 16 to 15. Umpire D Kolb and scorer George McCleery are noted. Emerald and Union teams schedule a Monday game at 2 pm. Easter Monday at 10 am features Gratulation versus Braddock at the old Association Grounds. Hayseeds beat Potatoes BB Clubs 3 to 2 on RicMurray field yesterday. Local interest grows in forming a first class club, planned for late May or June 1st.
Boonsboro notes report Mr Wm R Stull injured by matting in a Luther an church lecture room with recovery to mobility. Minor storm damage noted at local farms including a wagon shed move at Keedy farm and a blown straw rick. Obituary details the late Allen Bowie Davis of Baltimore interred at Greenwood near Brookville with funeral procession from Camden Station and services by Revs Laird and Hutton. Davis left three daughters and Col Washington Bowie as a nephew attendee.
At a meeting in Frederick, the Young Aliens Republican club chose delegates to the State League convention to be held May 1 in the city. G S DeGrange presided in President Tyler’s absence. Delegates named included John C Motter and J W Kaufman with alternates E Galdeborough E O Markell and M F Perry. The club plans a mass meeting and a parade if feasible.
The Frederick Paternsen, in command of Captain Beckley, leads a party of citizens from 3 W Patrick Street over the B& O railroad at 6:30 AM Tuesday for Annapolis. The round trip will stop in Baltimore.
A committee of the Junior Steam Fire Engine Company has arranged a dance at the Junior Hall on Easter Monday evening to benefit the company. Burek's orchestra will provide music for attendees. In other news, auctioneer C B Fout sold 14 shares of First National Bank stock to Mrs V Dol for US per share and 20 shares of Frederick County National Bank stock to Mr D C Wine brewer for 21.50 per share at the City Hotel.
The Young Men's Republican club of Annapolis with 105 members, led by Simuel Petersen, joins the State League and will attend the Frederick convention. Delegates to Frederick include Joseph Smith Joseph Moreland and Ambroze Shes from the Workingmen's Protective club of Baltimore’s First ward. The Baltimore Twentieth ward Republican Club elected J C Anderson Chap pel Davis and E H Sutton as delegates last night.
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