Lee's Retreat Into Virginia Noted In Diary Entries
Extract from the Engelbrecht diary records July 11 1863 including Lees army retreat toward Virginia after Gettysburg as Meade fears a crossing. Entries also cover wartime prices for butter beef eggs and fruit, and events such as mule burials, a toll gate keeper election and a resignation of Lt Col Steiner.
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Engelbrecht
Col. Steiner
Thengelbrecht
Lee
Virginia
Gettysburg
Frederick
Washington County
Willson
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Meade
Jace
Potomak
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington City
Fallug Waters
Old Virginia
Sandy Hook
Potomack
O'Leary Meadow
United States
Samuel R. Hoge
Daniel Ellis
Frederick and
Woodsboro
Nile
Ellen Lambrecht
Danl. Ellis
Henry Baumgardner
Barriél
Cornelius P. Barrick
Williams Grove Picnic Reduced Rates Passes Offered
Williams Grove picnic advertisement announces reduced excursion fares via Pennsylvania R R or Grangers from Pennsylvania stations and from Baltimore Elmira Frederick and intermediate Northern Central Railway stations. Travel dates August 19 to 29 with return by September 2, from August 25 to 30 events.
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Williams Grove
Pennsylvania R. A
Grangers
Picnie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennnsylvania
Baltimore
Elmira
Frederick
Northern Central Railway
Engine Nearly Went Over Bank Near Monocacy Bridge
A traction engine driven by Lewis Ramsburg of this city nearly toppled into a 15 to 20 foot embankment on the Ceresville pike near the Monocacy Bridge when the diver lost control. The engine lodged against a locust tree, saving it from a fall. Collins and Grossnickle of Frederick assisted to pull the engine free. No damage reported.
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Lewis Ramsburg
Walkersville
Monocacy Bridge
Ceresville Pike
Collins and Grossnickle
Frederick
New W M Official on Job at Western Maryland Railway
Charles F Stewart begins duties as general passenger agent for Western Maryland Railway, succeeding Fielder M Howell who resigned to pursue real estate and general insurance business.
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Charles If. Stewart
Western Maryland Railway Company
Fielder M. Howell
Costly Treatment and Recovery with Chamberlain Tablets
A Whitlow resident recounts using Chamberlain's Tablets after constipation and indigestion. He visited St Louis and New Orleans hospitals with no cure, then found relief at home after taking the tablets for some time. Advertised as effective by local dealers.
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Siites
Hy Hines
Whitlow
Arie
St Louis
New Orleans
Health Exhibit Warns of Water Crisis and Sanitation Needs
City Health Officer Ira J. McCurdy warned at a Y M C A lecture that Frederick faces a looming water shortage if current depletion continues, urging purchase and protection of water sources, better sanitation, and removal of hog pens and slaughterhouses to avert epidemics. He cited Typhoid risk, urged incineration of garbage, covered bins, and stricter milk and meat protections, noting past incidents and local policy gaps.
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Tuscarora Creek
Fishing
Ira J. McCurdy
Frederick
McCurdy
Wilkes-Barre
Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Society
S Lewis Potter
Board of Trade
V. &. G Rupp
Lutheran Church
Cumberland
Lyon
Fort
Deafness Cure Claim From Incal Applications and Catarrh Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from an inflamed mucous condition of the Eustachian tube. It promotes Incal applications and a Catarrh Cure as remedies, claiming most deafness cases arise from catarrh and touting a money-back offer and free circulars from Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
New Cars For B and Co Will Boost Fall Freight Traffic
Baltimore and Ohio officials released an extended study on the car supply outlook for fall and winter. They expect healthy volume increases and say the railroad will handle traffic with new equipment. Thousands of freight cars and over a hundred locomotives were added, with 110 locomotives underway and 2,000 coat cars on order to arrive soon.
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Baltimore and Olle Hallrond Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Ebberts Family Mourns Death of T H C Ebberts
Family of late T H C Ebberts formerly of this city mourns his Baltimore death on Tuesday. He leaves two sons Allen and Frank Ebberts of Baltimore and one daughter in Frederick Mrs Ea Fey. Two brothers and one sister survive, Kunkel Ebberts of Baltimore, William Ebberts, and Mrs Elmer Stup of this city.
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Thomas H. C #bberts
Baltimore
Allen
Frank Ebberts
Frederick
Ea Fey
Kunkel Ebberts
Aviliam Ebberts
Elmer Stup
Carrie Stephens Sees Berries Sold At Five Cents A Quart
Mrs. Carrie Stephens near Jefferson harvested and sold 210 quarts of blackberries this season at five cents per quart. She also kept enough for personal use. Former Congressman Thomas Partan filed papers with the Secretary of State to seek the Republican nomination for U S Senate.
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Carrie Stephens
Jefferson
Thomas Par- Tan
Secretary of State
United States
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment Cures Long-Lasting Tetter
A 50 year struggle with eczema ends with relief from Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as Mrs. D. L. Kenney testifies the ointment cured her long standing tetter. The ad notes availability from druggists and by mail via Peiffer Chemical Co of St. Louis and Philadelphia.
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Reize
Hobson
D. L. Kenney
Fe Peiffer, Chemical Co
St. Louis
Philadelphia
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Potomac
W. M
J. H. Wetzel
NEW Green Grocery
North Market ST
Mullinix’s Carpet House
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Urner
Worthington
Buckeystown
Lenton R. Schaeffer
Charles E. Summers
Frederick Ernest Helfenstein
Charles E. Klein
A. T. M. Beall
John A Garigis
Emnauisburg
Ciaries E. Gillelan
George E. Keepers
Walter C. Doty
Charles A. Fawley
Johnsville
Edward Neenar
Henr Kotabidie
Brunswick
Edward M. Jones
John If
Grim
Chester O. Weller
Thurmont
Wome Cramer
Lloyd Culler
Washington Street
South Street
Culler
Roy
Alenry
Wm. Foremad
T. H. C. Ebberts
Parran
Senate
Greenawalt’s
Patrick Street
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
THE
Frederick Trust Company
Frederick, MD
Keno
Warp
David Cramer
Albert W. Neker
Frederick City
State Bank
City
County
Ark
Trust Company
RENO
F. W. Obenderfer
Claggett E
Ramsburg
Walter B. Leatherman
Harry F. Shipley
D. Chester Kemp
Albert W. Ecker
William B. Catshall
At Beintedbink
George W. Fawley
Jeffery
J. Stewart Ann
Walkersville, Maryland
Rex
Edwin August
Mary Charleson
Miss Charleson
Western Viregraph Company
Crystal
Pearl White
Chester Barnette
Majestic
Billy Garwood
Griffin & Griffin
West Patrick St
H. R. Flautt
City Hall
Gll
Kefauver
Market St. Broderick
Enrie
J. A. Ramsburg
Spaprerag Hye
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