07 Dec 1889
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1889
Page
1
Campbell Martin promotes high value goods at low prices, inviting customers to visit. The ad highlights new fabrics, 36 inch all wool tricots, silk and rayon items, robes, silks, handkerchiefs, mufflers, table linens, gloves, and a Dorset Department featuring OC P menswear. Specials emphasize affordability and holiday merchandise.
The advertisement claims Syrup of Figs provides pleasant taste and prompt action on kidneys and bowels, cleanses the system, relieves colds headaches and fevers, and cures habitual constipation. It is said to be prepared from healthy substances, universally popular, and sold in 50c and 1 bottles by leading druggists with substitution discouraged.
A short kitchen note details mixing one pint Buckwheat one-half pint Wheat Flour four teaspoonfuls of Parrish Faking Power one half teaspoonful salt and a scant quart of Sweet Milk. Thieve Buckwheat Wheat Flour Salt and Faking Powder thoroughly then add cold milk and mix lightly fry on a griddle to make delicious buckwheats.
Louis Kierscn, Roxe Nev, recounts Dr. Talmage’s British reception from Queenstown to London, noting letters of condolence and funding offers for a Brooklyn tabernacle. The London greeting is heartfelt, with a grand Exeter Hall memory and a Paris Eiffel Tower visit prompting bold American praise of US ingenuity.
In 1888 Lizzie M Trask of Vienna Stc dressmaking in Lewiston found a gold twenty five cent piece with a hole. After Lizzie’s death the wallet passed to James Trask and others. A niece Addie dreamed of the wallet and location. Inspecting the wallet recovered the gold coin wrapped in a newspaper in a wallet compartment, the coin dating back twelve years before.
The Jasper industry near Sioux Falls has grown to four active quarries employing nearly 1,000 men. The market stretches from Chicago to Kansas City and the stone, similar to red Missouri granite, colors Sioux Falls’ streets and four story buildings. Fossilized Arizona wood is polished from jasper dust into tops and ornaments. The city now adds chalcedony manufacture amid debates on jasper’s scientific nature and possible quartzite identity. Professor Winchell calls its grain close. some say it is the hardest stone used in U S building, though heat can cause it to crumble.
A Highlands housewife tries to surprise her husband with a cake but misreads ingredients. The cake tastes sharp and cayenne pepper shocks him. she discovers the error after tasting. The incident prompts her to taste all ingredients next time.
A humorous ad style note touts Victor Infante Relief as a remedy to soothe babies and help them sleep. It invites readers to try the product and be convinced by its effects.
A historic house plan shows a private stair leading to a high roof area above the dining room to create a large airy servant room without intruding on main living spaces. The design also features modern pantry layout with a glass front china closet, a kitchen cupboard with panel doors, a marble dough stone, and storage for bread molding, highlighting practical efficiency and expense considerations.
The article discusses floor plan standards for small low cost one story homes, noting the mismatch between parlor and dining spaces and limited bedrooms. It advocates using attic space for extra bedrooms, compares costs with two story designs, and outlines practical layouts for a home suitable for a couple or small family.
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