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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1891
Page
2
Royal Baking Powder is advertised as absolutely pure and superior in leavening strength purity and wholesomeness. The text cites official chemists state analysts boards of health and physicians as endorsers and claims the product remains strong and economical while bread and cake stay fresh even when eaten hot.
A dated letter from Lorentz of Co A 220th U.S. in Montana describes station at a shore fort in Custer county near Bilica City on NPRR. He recounts arrival from Fort Abraham Lincoln North Dakota after an Indian outbreak, notes Cheyenne scouts and 1000 Cheyenne on a Pine Ridge reservation, names Ft. Abraham Lincoln, Tongue and Yellowstone rivers, and mentions a boom in old Frederick.
Martinsburg notes report visits of Miss Bantz from Frederick and others in Montgomery and Moorefield, the Acme baseball club disbanding with a new team planned, a track hand Tobin killed after being struck by a train at Island Park, and a jail escape by three prisoners with one recaptured. A Martinsburg company declared a 2 percent dividend. tourists Fannie Brown and guitarists Shagogue and Fisutt tour Maryland and Pennsylvania with Martinsburg connections. Also a promotional paragraph extols Hopotetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for general debility and ailments.
The Star team from Braddock played a Sunday afternoon game against Derr's Tot and Bentztown Bard, with a 4 to tie in the sixth inning before Hands took the lead. The Bards and Stars offered a rugged match as pitchers were hit, and the final inning tally showed a notable spread. Umpires Hatner and Kopp officiated the field. later, a second game between the ok-the-Spook and Snow Ball Clubs ended 5 to 3 in favor of the former. Miss Maggie Blaine, secretary Blaine’s niece, suffered a serious head injury in a buckboard accident on the 6th Street bridge in Washington, D.C. Thomas F. Schley, son of Commodore Schley, has been recommended for appointment as second lieutenant after passing a strict exam and will join the Twenty-third infantry at Fort Sam Houston. A jury verdict finds George Winkelmann guilty of habitual drunkenness. he is committed to Montevue Hospital for three months.
Real estate transfers list R. J. Stup and wife to Lewis E. Bentz for Brunswick lots at 100 dollars, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to Frederick City Manufacturing and Development Company for a Frederick city lot at 8 dollars, and John J. White and wife to Allen J. Withar for a Frederick city lot at 1200 dollars. During a Saturday ball game at Derr's lot a small boy named Simpson was struck on the forehead by a bat that slipped from a player, but no serious injury resulted.
Local advertising proclaims Baltimore Brewing Company's Export Brewage as pure healthful and sustaining. It claims to banish tiredness, enrich blood, and provide nerve mental and digestive strength without stimulant effects. Sold by Besant & Knott with Ceresville Roller Flour and Shriner Milling Co involvement.
A fragmentary advertising item cites Dr. Franklin Miles promoting a new Heart Cure and other remedies, claiming success in treating nervous and organic heart symptoms. The jumbled text touts symptoms like short breath, pain, palpitations, and smothering, with references to sales and a new book on heart disease.
Sub-treasury staff changes in Baltimore noted with Brosius promotion and Cr wer appointment. Frederick officials, Berry Williams links and deputy roles discussed. Tramps and prisoners recounted with rearrests, plus a Hose Company expulsion. Numerous medicinal ads follow, touting Shitos cures, nerve remedies, and Victor products amid a broad, mixed notices page.
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