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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1888
Page
4
The Frederick area reports the sale of a valuable gray mare by W. Woead to Hon. P. L. Stoner for 250 dollars at private sale. Election of Officers The Young Men’s Republican Club of Frederick meets tonight at Independent Hall to elect officers for the coming year.
A series of weddings is recorded near Double Pipe Creek and in surrounding counties. Annie Weybright wed T. Rarer of Westminster in a German Baptist church ceremony. Numerous guests, gifts, and a honeymoon at Hagerstown are noted. Additional marriages include Mrs. David Fleck to Mery Fook, Pearl Boyer to Charles Abbot, and William Runkles to Edith Fogel. Further unions include James Hildbrand with Ettie Brubaker and Marion Kolb with Ella Baker, all cited with local clergymen officiating and home or church settings.
Samuel Titlow waived examination in an assault case and posted bail for the next court term before Magistrate Wissa. A Baltimore Herald item notes a separate article about Nimrod Baseman, an elderly Hampden resident missing for three weeks, with family details and distant relatives. Installation of Rev. L A Mann as pastor at Mt Jackson Va is described with remarks from Rev. J A Snyder and local clergy about tradition and duty.
Fragments describe community events in Mercerburg and surrounding townships. Mentions Mercerburg College publishing a twente Pixel Journal named the Mercerburg CHene Monthiz, local officers elected for Valley Hacampment, and various residents and activities including donations, business shipments, and a creamery fire loss.
The notice warns that morning coughs breathlessness and chest tightness signal early consumption. It touts Acker's English Cough Remedy as a cure, guaranteed, sold by Williamson and Brown druggists.
Nelson Plummer sues John H. Green in Magisterial Court today. Unionville resident Mrs Geo Norris heads toward Indiana after visiting Ohio relatives, with her sow at school. Western Maryland College guests Fulton, Charlie and Ida Harrie en route to Mt Ephraim to begin holidays. Perry G. Smith undertaker bought a coffin and a 50 cent note incident involved a girl attempting to lift his wallet during a wagon trip. The event included a attempted pocket theft and a scramble for change before leaving the area.
A first person account at an uptown theatre details usher missteps and patron interactions during a performance. The narrator recalls seating chaos, flirtations, and attempted gags as ushering duties collide with audience behavior. The piece reflects on ushering norms, pay, and the social dynamics of theatre life.
Purported advertisement claims Hood's Salt Saprilakes purifies the blood and expels the humor, healing salt rheum with no scar. It invites readers to send for a book of cures from C. I. Hood & Co. Apothecaries, Lowell, Massachusetts.
The Senate pauper immigration committee, led by Ford, plans hearings in Pittsburg to probe misuse of aid and contract labor. Proposals include federalized inspection, annual funding, penalties for noncompliance, and requiring agency blanks for passport applicants amid strong labor opposition.
Reports from New York dated December 21 describe a fluctuating situation in Venezuela. Ex-President Crespo and followers are captured after a skirmish near the Jacinta and La Lila outposts, with Crespo taken to Caracas. A farmhand murder and a Warrenchurch resort fire are also noted alongside fire-damaged drug and dry goods stores and a fluctuating European steamer situation in the Caribbean theater.
Dyspepsia and despair are linked to indigestion. Acker's Eoolish Dyspepsia Tablets claim to check and cure this range of ailments, guaranteed by William on Brown.
A fragmented 19th century account describes an electric powered boat launch on the Thames with claims of silent operation and short route efficiency. It mentions pressure boilers, electric lead power, and anticipated long and short voyage services. Included are stray notes on band fashion, a catarrh remedy claim, and a Toledo firm advertising Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials.
The text describes a broad revival of trade and a drugster selling free trial bottles to customers. It notes immense trade in a portable article, urging readers to test before buying and highlighting large sizes. It references deaths and an army of innocent children, with comments on weather and English Bahr Leather.
A dated fragment recalls Grater Crergyman and the Northern N. Conference discussing Wert's Balsam as a popular cure for throat coughs. He urges readers to use the remedy promptly and to spread the word among friends who suffer throat complaints.
An OCR fragment touts Great Alterative and Lenic Electne Bitters as health restoratives for ridu ers liver and stomach issues. Advertising notes price 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle at Sweph B Garrett's drug store.
A faulty promotional notice describes early signs of poisoned blood and urges taming the illness by using Ergiich Breod Elixir. The maker Jamson & Brown promise a positive cure but rely on a druggist endorsement.
In a Plains Pennsylvania item a druggist asserts strong local demand for a remedy. A doctor Von Wert and Esisem are noted, with a boastful vendor statement claiming unprecedented success in town. Williamson and Brown are named as proprietors of the remedy.
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