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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1894
Page
4
A newspaper item recounts a New Englander visiting Murfreesboro Tennessee after the war and interviewing a Colored man. The tale centers on the Civil War battle memory and the man’s fearlessness, ending with a note that Lafayette Norris is very sick at his home on East Sixth Street.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves fevers colds and constipation. It claims acceptance by the medical profession and notes 50 cent bottles sold by druggists, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
About fifteen Cozeyites from California, part of the Kelley contingent, have camped at Book Creek bridge for a week. They live in former workmen’s shanties, pick blackberries to earn food, and seek free transportation home. They report no further movement and hope to avoid being duped again.
The Latheren council planned yard clearing and church cleaning with Tharaday Aurust amid local chores. A theft occurred when chop from Mr D T Warrenfeltz’s barn was stolen in broad daylight. Several roosts were visited and poultry taken. Local residents and visitors are named. The Christian Endeavor Society dissolved due to lack of interest. Dry weather halts Ca toctin Roller Mills and crops need rain. The three Saturday night festival has ended.
Gen H Kyd Douglas recalls John P in a Century Magazine July sketch as a Stonewall Brigade private from Shepherdstown W Va who faced battle fear with quiet courage. He stayed steady in danger and showed devotion to his wife and duty, surviving the war to build a peaceful, productive life.
The Weekly News lists new advertisements from firms like Jas. E. Walker & Co and Underwear Mixdorf Jr. plus a note on August 9 tournament results where Immerman, the American champion, won the professional scratch tennis race and the one mile international race. Banker was disqualified and Wheeler placed sixth. An excerpt from Richard Baxter on adversity accompanies the page.
An advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for chronic constipation and digestion, claiming dramatic benefits without griping. It mentions Dr. Hew Discovery for consumption, Electric Bitters for liver and kidneys, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and Dr. King’s New Life Pills as guaranteed cures sold by Albert L. Pearre, Apothecary. The piece touts four remedies achieving phenomenal sales.
A scatter of brief notes reports a prisoner seeking clergy before a bishop, a despondent youth wounded self inflicted, a boy and Emmett Brooks in a rifle incident, a Fayette county Democrat chairman ballot tie, a Wisconsin fire threat near Oshkosh, a bank wrecking pardon in New York, and assorted nuggets including cholera dysentery cures, political noms, and small town happenings with names like Cleveland and Gould.
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