This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1894
Page
4
The piece describes a vigorous urban reform mood pushing Congress overboard while noting a large eight page issue with varied reading material. A graphic account by Dr. Tal image of a leper colony in the Hawaiian islands appears among features.
A Boston agitation argues against engagement rings as a reform. A British royal figure, Marie Eugenie Countess de Pierrefond, is described as widow aged 67 born Granada naturalized French. The Duchess of York’s attending physician gains $50,000 extra annual income. The New York Herald begins printing Chinese and Japanese news in their languages for informed readers.
A San Francisco woman’s playful sermon on windfall wisdom warns against worry and haste and urges merriment to avoid aging. In Harper’s Ferry, residents push to honor abolitionist John Brown with a monument near the engine house, led by committee head Fred Hey.
A national committee seeks funds to erect a plain granite monument to John Brown with a disk sketch frontispiece. They aim for 10 000 to 12 000 in donations and will rely on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for site and transport. Frederick Douglass and James M. Mason comment on public sentiment. Brown’s engine house and Charlestown court house remain landmarks in the area.
A collage of reader quotes and notices from The Weekly News includes praise for the paper, a joke about a man attempting to lift a nailed pocketbook, a chef’s tip from Dr. G Lane, and endorsements from subscribers. Readers praise the Sun day school lesson and Talmage sermon, with mentions of subscriptions and newspaper affection from Maryland to Pennsylvania.
A heavily garbled excerpt of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan appears in current verse form. It references a stately pleasure dome by Alph river, caverns, gardens, forests, a chasm, a sacred river, and a vision of an Abyssinian maid playing a dulcimer. The piece ends with a prophetic warning to beware his demonic hallucinatory influence.
Horace Besley of Allegany county won the Populist nomination for Congress at Rockville after a contested session of the Sixth District convention representing Montgomery Allegany and Washington counties with Frederick and Garrett absent. The platform urged free coinage, expanded currency, government railways and telegraphs, land reform, a national banking ban, and anti-immigration measures. Besley, a longtime Allegany resident and Camberland city clerk, was acclaimed after delegate debates.
Several hundred invitations have been issued for the annual tournament and picnic by the young men of Merryland Tract in Oaklan Grove near Fetersville on Tuesday next August 14. The committee includes Roy B. Wenzer T. J. Cleggett Woo L. Gross and Hezekiah Boteler. Chaperones are Mrs Thoa Schley Mrs C M Wenner Mrs C W Weaghery and Mrs J W Hilleary. Riding starts at 3 p m with about fifteen knights contending for queen of love and the three maids of honor. A Frederick bar member will deliver the charge and the coronation address. A large platform will host dancing beginning at 5 p m with music by the Brunswick Cornet Band and Seibert Orchestra Brunswick. The event aims to surpass past similar gatherings.
A lively column describes a busy weekend in a mountain town with revivals picnics receptions and dances. It notes crowded churches campaigns and gatherings at Emory Grove Breddock Heights and Brad dock with a bicycle parade amid hot evenings and fashionable dress. Leaders include Pat Long Charley Diffendal and Allen Graumbize as the town enjoys summer leisure and Emancipation Day festivities.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.