03 Aug 1889
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1889
Page
1
Advertisement extols highest tes grade Grape Cream of Tartar Baking Powder free from ammonia alum lime phosphate or adulteration. Claims matchless purity and strength for wholesome baking. Grocers instructed to refund price if not satisfactory. sold by druggists and class grocers in cans only.
A co partnership formed between John Gomber and J C Burch after each acquiring half interests in the machine shop and the well drill business. They will operate the joint venture under the name GOMBER & ECRCH, combining machine work with artesian well drilling.
In the Maybrick trial the press notes shifting public mood, with Mrs Maybrick likely to be acquitted or have a hung jury. Testimony on arsenic is debated as doctors clash, while front line dispatches from Egypt report Der vis hish actions and deserters, amid imperial diplomacy and royal events in London and Osbourne.
Aug 3 dispatch details a statewide push for secret ballot reform. Hudson County group forms. activists plan educational meetings and pledges from candidates to back a secret ballot bill. Labor groups back the drive amid Democratic party disappointments.
Ottawa reports rising tension after a British vessel seizure in Belmang Sea provokes strong Canadian reaction. Authorities press for protection of imperial interests as Canadian militia counts reach 1.5 million, while Jesuit incorporation protests spark domestic Catholic Protestant frictions.
The Pittsburg club manager Brace D. Phillips lies at the Girard House after a severe illness blamed on alcoholism. Doctors report fever spikes from 103 to 108 and possible paralysis progress, with prognosis grim and death likely within days or weeks.
A fraud ring run by Seymour Hitchcock and his wife used Western papers to lure mail brides. They printed portraits, coaxed engagements, and sent remittances via forged receipts, operating across Oneonta, Olean, Erie, and Meadville with letters and money orders totaling about $100, plus several registered letters. Authorities captured the pair in Meadville after a local informant aided Postoffice Inspector Nash. Hitchcock confessed, estimating earnings around $125 monthly.
New York Aug 2 R G Dun and Company reports the country feeling wheat stimulus as new spring wheat arrives in Chicago, with an above average yield forecast for the Northwest and active grain trade in Minneapolis and Omaha. Railroads gain on traffic expectations, while money markets stay liquid and July exports exceed last year by a significant margin, though fear of price declines lingers amid a robust but uneven commodity market.
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