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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1898
Page
2
Frederick items discuss Santa gifts, efforts to attract industries, volunteer firemen praise, Christmas dinner plans for soldiers, and a governor race note. The aldermen aim to repair the town clock, while letters praise the paper and Helen Gould for wartime generosity. A vivid anecdote recounts a wife beating case and punishment by a judge.
A compact collage of humorous exchanges and quips from period papers. Dialogues touch on marriage consent, patience, phrases misquoted, and a running joke about a flawless man. Characters include a father daughter pair, a youth and parent, and playful misstatements.
The Royal Agricultural Society announced new rules barring horses with docked tails from future big shows in England. Docked yearlings and two-year-olds will be excluded next year and after that all docked examples, while already docked animals may still enter this year. The move aims to curb a brutal practice and reflects a respected society's growing influence. Also noted: a severe Sunday windstorm caused damage, rain fell heavily, and streams rose. Maryland Petroleum Company stockholders reorganized at the courthouse amid plans to develop West Virginia lands. Frederick Farmers Institute reelects D C Kemp as president. The Masonic bazar concluded successfully with lasting living pictures praised. another is hoped soon.
Police report a man matching the assailant description near Woodsboro after Miss Bululy was attacked near her home. A large search is planned east of town as officers pursue leads and witnesses describe the incident. The victim is reported to be recovering from the injuries.
A miscellany notes publishing rates in Great Britain, a Rocky Ridge hog weighs 545 pounds, Ireland reclaimed nearly 60 000 acres from bog and mash lands, cat tail muscles outnumber human wrists, the Sulley river is the fastest flowing in British India, a 12 000 foot descent in 160 miles is cited, 14 000 000 people may have perished in earthquakes since historic times, buggies shipped to Myersville on the electric road, ocean evaporation would yield a 230 foot water layer, college attendance rates vary by country, the longest canal is described as near 15 000 miles, and sewing inches produced worldwide reach over five hundred thousand annually.
Balti more native M Clmenes Etchison is listed as unvalid to his parents. Roy Sponselier travels to Hargerstown for a new business post. Christmas entertainments grow popular with rehearsals this week. Rain and wind curtailed Sunday preaching in town. Local hogs and cattle yields noted with weights: John Benvans 47 pounds, Lader 1922 pounds, John Bader 607 pounds. Indiana visitor James Pearce and sister Susie Pearce depart for home after visits. Death of Benjamin Kessler in Monrovia aged nearly 92 removes the district’s oldest citizen. Families move within the area and Dr Calvin C Clay departs for Peterstown to practice.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal cure for indigestion and stomach trouble. It asserts indigestion causes many diseases, praises the tablets’ digestive acids pepsin and bismuth, and notes availability from F A Stuart Co in Marshall Michigan for 50 cents or by mail, with testimonials promised.
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