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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
5
An ad by Walter Dugan, graduate pharmacist, promotes hydrogen peroxide, detailing sizes and prices. The notice references Dugan’s Pharmacy in Frederick, with claims of superiority over competitors and mentions Shakespeare volumes and a medical claim about piles.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to a Harttoud convention in Bamford Connecticut and mention figures connected to American history. There are garbled names, dates, and a museum director, with indications of deaths and births amid other scattered terms.
A short item lists goods for sale and a public sale notice including items such as lockets cranberries cough syrup household goods and miscellaneous merchandise. It notes special Monday offerings and references Vietor Records.
The News will publish another large edition tomorrow with 12 pages and appealing make-up. Special articles include a travel letter by Hon. Charles F. Markell and an in depth piece on Favorite Dishes of Well Known Frederick Citizens. Readers are invited to watch for big advertisements and timely shopper news.
Mrs William Wachter of East Fourth street shows improvement after illness. Mrs Harry Rowe of Dill avenue remains housebound with a severe grip. Mrs Kas Ramsburg, operated at City Hospital, returns home to Rockwell Terrace. Mr Bouurtz Enselbrecht suffered a slight stroke at his sister's home, with Mrs S L Rhoads on South Market Street affected last night but better this morning.
Early this morning William Scheel was held by a dog for about an hour after shots were fired at the animal. The dog escaped, and Scheel was treed as bystanders called for help, delaying his commute to work.
Free graduated medicine glasses given to each purchaser at Dugan's Pharmacy on Saturday December 16. Walter Dugan, graduate pharmacist, successor to S Schley & Bro, announces the sale and notes the inaccuracy of average teaspoons in measuring medicines.
A padded assortment of mattress ads lists several price points. Items labeled The Best and Why Pay More feature amounts ranging from 13.00 to 18.60. The Etchison Furniture Stone brand appears in the copy along with a seller named Mr. Etchison.
A Frederick Maryland bank report lists assets and liabilities as of December 1911 with figures for loans discounts U S Bonds and reserves. The document also promotes holiday goods from local merchants including Christmas gifts from Krehn Photo Studio Hershberger and Smith Studio and various department store offers on umbrellas furs jewelry and toys. It notes an upcoming bank directors election and a public notice of a meeting in January 1912.
A fragmented page shows holiday offers from Eichelberger’s Grocery and C R Landis Jewelry. It lists mince meat, pure rye whiskey, Christmas trees, chocolates, cigars, gloves, watches, and various fruits, nuts, and crackers. The ad emphasizes low prices and a wide holiday assortment from multiple Frederick vendors.
A dog believed to have gone mad bit two people near Derr's alley on West Patrick Street around 11 PM. The Grove dog owner, a grocer and a dealer, reports the suspect dog had escaped the yard and attacked others, with witnesses noting differences in tail length compared to the local dog. A man named William Scheel was briefly held by a dog during a prior incident, but investigators say the two bite victims were attacked by the roaming animal.
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