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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1889
Page
4
Wheat opened slightly higher as receipts lagged. December rose about 4 to 79% and closed near 79%. Corn climbed on storm damage reports to the growing crop. Provisions advanced with mesa pork up 10 cents per barrel and 10 cents per hundred pounds. Leading futures ranged 28 follows. Chicago market.
Philadelphia markets report prices for stocks, produce, and petroleum. Reading and Lehigh Valley shares rise while anthracite firms adjourned without price action. furnace prices expected to advance August 15 amid rising coal demand. Cotton and wheat futures hold, flour and feed markets steady with scarce old winters. petroleum shows mixed shifts in New York and Philadelphia trading.
A horse owned by Mr. George Beed Jr of Hamsville was stolen on Monday night after being put to pasture. A saddle and bridle belonging to neighbor D G Biser were stolen the same night.
A U S Cavalry troop stationed at the Agricultural grounds departed about six thirty this morning. They head to Yak in Carroll County and will encamp tonight. Their route crosses the stone bridge on the Baltimore turnpike. A two horse team owned by Martin Gaver of near Elerton ran away yesterday on the Elerton to Myereville road, throwing occupants and demolishing the vehicle. The horses were recovered near Myereville. William B Veirs, son of Edward M Veirs of Montgomery county, returns from California to Rockville and plans Australia as agent for a New York machinery firm for five years. Rev William Suman and family, from Palatine Station, visit Buckeystown to see his elderly parents, after seven years away. He will preach at the M E church next Sunday at 10:30. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ad promotes health benefits. Funeral notices for John H Brunner and Lucinda Coleman, both interred in local cemeteries, and Edith Anderson’s funeral on W Patrick Street. A child funeral and others are noted. An appeal for a wife via The News forms part of a humorous dating-culture item from 1839. An invitation to a dance at United Hall with Coates’ orchestra is announced. Lane’s Family Medicine offers a free trial package at druggists.
The M E Sunday School of Donbe County will hold an annual picnic in Calico Rock Wood on the B and O Railroad this Saturday August 10. Several eloquent addresses will be delivered and a pleasant time is anticipated. The United Brethren Sunday School and the Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School also plan events. Hotel arrivals are listed for the City Hotel and Central Hotel, with county residents noted. Local items include orchestra plans for Island Park and a note on court jury drawing. Additional notes cover trade on emeralds, rubies, and black pearls and snippets on Liberia, Italian music, and early English language history. Hezekiah Putman’s horse death, Reverend Luther Kuhlman’s vacation, and various small notices complete the page.
An old advertisement claims Fimplesion cures facial blemishes and purifies blood using Acker's blood elixir. It pledges lasting complexion improvement and overall constitution build up, sold and guaranteed by J A Williamson, druggist.
An Alden era newspaper fragment reports severe typhoid fever in Esglog with high death tolls and strained doctors. It notes fear of revealing the outbreak, a city physician’s forthcoming report, and a large, somber funeral for Col. Fordney.
A tablet remedy promises to cure the worst form of dyspepsia and indigestion, with claims of easing at once. Sold at 25 and 50 cents by J A Williamson, druggist, advertising a happier outlook.
A scrambled 1890s digest notes an international agriculture and forestry congress planned for Vienna. It mentions Topeks testing vitrified brick, Wheat variety yielding 47 bushels per acre, and diverse curiosities from Europe including a lava-like material near Las Cruces and a gas incident in Allegheny. It also covers travel price methods, old forge discoveries, and a curious earthworm description, finishing with medical ads for Ackers Baby Soother and Lane's Family Medicine samples.
An advertising fragment extols Acker's English remedy as a universal throat and lung cure, promising a free sample bottle and a 3 positive guarantee from J.A. Willizmeen, a druggist. It also touts Electric Bitters as a great health alterative, claiming relief for kidney and liver diseases, with shop notes about Dr. Garrott's store offering trial bottles and a general revival of trade.
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