17 Dec 1884
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1884
Page
1
Market prices for various goods including produce poultry meats and groceries. The list shows rates for Cabbase per head potatoes Irish celery turkeys dressed geese ducks chickens pork hams beef flour berries roast and other items with unclear units due to transcription errors.
A Fidelity Trust Company clerk gambles on stocks with $500 capital, loses to margins, steals $12,000 in bonds to cover losses, and is imprisoned. The incident sparks a warning that stock gambling harms many, with moral reflections on dishonesty, fate, and societal temptations.
The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition opens December 16 1884 in New Orleans and runs to May 31 1885. The Pennsylvania Railroad sells excursion tickets with return by May 31 1885, Frederick to New Orleans at 40 dollars or 450 for one way plus different return route, with terms explained by agents.
Morris's announces a grand annual opening on Wednesday the 17th featuring elegant watches and jewelry, fine tea sets, chased wardrobes and baskets, and the largest line in the city. A. C. McCardell offers Sunday School boxes and home manufacture items at low prices next to City Hall. The event invites ladies to attend and explore novelties in clocks and silver pieces.
Local walnut and church notes from Jefferson and nearby Bartonstown areas dated Dec 15 report Lutheran practice, Christmas plans, a funeral, home sales and moving, social visits, and a busy corridor of protracted meetings. Names include Frank Shaff, Bobureh, Margaret Caller, Katie and Charles, Stockman, Phoebe Sheffer, and others with mentions of Middletown and Charlesville community events.
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