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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1891
Page
3
An old advertisement extols German Syrup as a reliable cough remedy for children. It stresses ease of administration, pleasant taste, rapid action, and safety in moderate doses without harming appetite or spirits, claiming popularity across ages.
Two Evan ess Lutheran church committee members in Frederick arrange a Pen-Mar excursion for August 21 to join a regional Lutheran reunion. The train line will be the BLG&O with quick, expanded accommodations. Program notes include greetings, several addresses on church heritage and roles of women, and hymnal singing. Out of town attendees listed from Atlantic City to York and Front Royal. Sister Mary Louiseohnoue funeral held this morning officiated by Rev Gainey.
A cyclone swept through Davie City near the Grand River as a camp meeting in a grove collapsed. The storm wrecked buildings and telegraph lines, left streets impassable, and caused at least partial ruin without fatalities reported. Nearby cities logged heat deaths and storm damage to crops and property, with several injuries from related incidents.
Purely personal notes list residents and guests visiting from Baltimore and nearby towns. Mentions include Miss Grate Qeyne, Mrs. Ete of New Vo guest of her sister, various trips to Emmitsburg Gettysburg and Frederick, and several residents traveling to Baltimore Philadelphia and Europe for visits and business.
Officials from B and C arrive to meet contractors for a new depot project. Overnight work continues on platforms and freight rooms as the current depot is slated to be vacated by week’s end. A roster of attendees from Baltimore Cincinnati Columbus York and Philadelphia attends the hotel revival roundup and related gatherings.
At the meeting last night Mesars C. B. Tyson J. Roger Bee Sherry and J. Bateheimer were named to confer with railroad companies as Tegarderates and report to the company at their next gathering.
United States Marshals arrested Ald NH Toles and three female clerks at the Nativaat Capital Savings Building and Lega Association of North America. Investigators say the scheme took in 200,000 to 300,000 from buyers nationwide, with two leaders still at large. The operation used forged papers and letters from a fictitious Chicago auditor, drawing in hundreds of victims with small monthly payments for loans that never arrived.
A Reuters style summary of a deadly duel involving Wall and a Black man near Tennessee with a fatal wound to Wall, plus a bank fraud arrest of Moses Levy in New York. Other items note Pritchard considering a match with Fitzsimmons, a fatal carriage accident in Pennsylvania, new enterprises chartered in several cities, a life sentence for Elliott in Ohio, and a Vineland glass works startup in New Jersey.
Frank C. Almy tied to a South Ford farmer job then fled. A Newark- NH authorities description matches a man named Frank Anderson with a knife and revolver. In Nebraska a mill president faces an eight hour law test case after arrest and habeas corpus bid. A physician in Bratport shoots himself amid despondency. Vienna reports prima donna Ross Papier loses her voice and contract ends.
A large imperial decree from the emperor of China orders strict measures against religious riot leaders and calls for capital punishment for rioters. It directs governors to arrest and try leaders, protect foreign missionaries, and issue proclamations to prevent further unrest. The document cites recent attacks on missions in Wabn Tan Yang Huen and Wusneh and emphasizes punishment to deter copycat disturbances.
A report from Creagers Town details Clarence Warner of Creagerstown crushed when a switch between Middleburg and York Roads closed on his foot as crowds gathered on platforms during an event. Passengers stopped the engine after his foot was caught, friends rendered aid until surgical care. Also notes several local baseball games and a late battle on Third Street, with Rockville defeating Gaithursturg 20 to 0 and other club matchups.
Yesterday afternoon a party including Miss Hitchens of Baltimore Ulisses Tillie Nannie Lizzie and Julie Houck Miss Willie Worman Marion and Belle Dean Wm. Dean of Baltimore Chas. Kerfauver Chas. Worman Geo. Houck Fr. Harry Hill C. E. Cifne and Wm. Deen of this city picnicked at White Rock. A pleasant time marked by all present. The party returned about dusk, much accorded with their evening’s pleasure.
The first and final account of James H. Shriver as administrator of Lewia P. Shriver is filed and distribution made. The fifth account of Gideon Staley as guardian to Charles E. Steley is settled. Testimony in the Joshua Bruner will case begins before Orphans Court judges tomorrow.
John Hale colored was discharged from custody today by the court on the charge of entering a barn with malicious intent due to a defective commitment. The report mentions Judge Forty Years and a San Francisco reference, with unclear further details about Hoffman and a legal career ending in California. Some inconsistent names and dates appear, reflecting fragmented OCR.
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