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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
7
The listing outlines prices for various lawn fabrics including Golored Lawns at 18 cents and White Persian Lawn at 21 cents, White Chiffonette Lawn at 39 and 75 cents, and White Swiss Lawn at 8 cents per yard. The catalog emphasizes color names, yardage, and unit costs.
A hectic sale ad touts lace hose to the toe at 18c and lace cotton vests at 1234c. Silks, dress goods, and remnants are featured with prices from 18c to $1.23, urging quick shopping before the stock runs out. Names of fabrics include Lisle, Mercerized Lisle, Sea Island cotton, Camel’s Hair, Mohair Sicilia, and Taffeta with varied colors navy brown and black.
Vermont station tests show Bordeaux mixture as a reliable remedy in a tough season, with two sprays giving strong protection but a third spray needed for best tops. Outcomes vary by labor quality and leaf coverage. soil spraying later reduced rot, supporting soil-borne spore infection theory, though not proposed as a practical remedy.
A collation of odd scientific notes covers a German physicist perplexed by a suspended thread rod that seeks a fixed position when twisted, a filament lamp chemistry in which oxidation and reduction alternate under air and vacuum, and a daily changing directive force. Other items discuss the monsoon Kite experiments in Simla, arsenic oxides in eggs, long term seed germination tests, ancient tools used by Australian natives, and advances in reflecting telescope reach, plus medical uses of electricity for eye inflammation and metal infection theories.
A satirical note contrasts a reckless act with a landlord who hoards wealth while neglecting his family. The item promotes Chamber slin's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy 20 x eaters, claimed as prompt relief, for sale by A. L. Perre. J Say
A historical account extols the rise of machinery in farming from 1600 onward, detailing ploughs, seeders, weeders, and especially harvesters. It contrasts laborious hand work with efficient steam and traction engines, noting vast time savings and the shift in agriculture from subsistence to major export power.
A statement from Rev. Dr. Wranda T. Tagg outlines the Methodist Protestant, United Brethren, and Congregational denominations' joint union discussions. It notes committees, potential general council, governance issues, property transfers, and doctrinal tensions, with emphasis on fairness, charity, and cautious progress amid practical hurdles. A closing humorous exchange about a railway survey humorously contrasts church debates with farm life.
A fragmented diary entry chronicles 19th century Frederick Maryland events and people including the Frederick County Jockey Club at Hughee field, theatre figures, a 1880 French revolution note, Maryland election tickets, and a lifelong timeline of J B Englebrecht born 1797. It also mentions schooling, tailoring, church membership, marriage in 1822, and reflections on mortality.
Laura Exons of Walkerville Ontario writes of five years of ovarian trouble and painful discharge. She says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound corrected the weakness within weeks, avoided surgery, and restored health. She urges other women to seek guidance from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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