26 Dec 1884
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1884
Page
1
An advertisement offers telegraphy training for young men and women at Keystone Telegraph College in Philadelphia. It promises competent Pontons and modern dispatch systems, with inducements for applicants and favorable salaries for trusted, responsible positions.
At St John Church Rev Father Ciampi led a Grand High Mass with organ music by Prof Engelbrecht and performances by Profs Smith MacKallip and Miss Singleton. The Skids yard featured a 15 foot tree, gas jets, a dwarf village, and Jumbo the elephant. The Def and Dumb Institute inmates enjoyed stockings and a Christmas party. Frog Rock Sunday school held festive exercises with gifts and music. All Saints Church and Prospect M E Sunday school hosted decorated services and holiday programs with choirs and notable solos through the day.
Christmas night disturbance breaks out among several Black men in Emmitsburg. Burgess Henson and Constable Albaugh tried to arrest Woodyard who slashed the Burgess’s hand. Woodyard was arrested and sent to Frederick for trial. Two other men were fined.
Svangsits Ricawoxp of Virginia condemns Dwight Moody in a letter attacking Lee and Jackson as devils and praising Moody’s opponents. The piece portrays Moody as unchristian and urges him to study those who do not share his views.
Navy announces an American expedition to survey the Nicaragua route for a potential canal. Admiral Ammen cites improved location prospects and estimates total labor and material costs around 41.16 million dollars, suggesting possible final cost up to 65 million with interest. A separate item reports a tramp in Austin demanding a beer and being thwarted by a barkeep.
A jolly ball hosted by Charles Peters last night featured Mrs Beard and Chas McLane prominently. Thos Buffington's string band provided music. Old citizen Joseph Young died aged 73. A Harrisonburg couple married at Lewis Jefferson's home and left for Baltimore. Mrs Payne improves slowly. Canal worker Amos Josgrove killed near the railroad while intoxicated. Sleighing remains good and a Sunday school entertainment is planned for tomorrow night.
Correspondent from Macuanicstows notes a large Christmas celebration at the Harriot chapel Sunday school in Catoctin Furnace. He praises the superintending ladies and helpers for creating a Happy Christmas for the children and expresses gratitude to those who made the event possible.
An unclear health claim describes Dr Fahrney offering a product named health vetomr described as a blood purifier and lover invigorator with an ambiguously stated price or value. The fragment references Ermgsins valli and a monetary amount likely $108 but context is damaged.
West Virginia reports Ku Klux Klan violence including arson, robbery, and assaults with a looming peril. Peter Heiner, a man who fathered his daughter's child, remains at large as a string of robberies and beatings terrorizes the city. In St. Louis, a starving 103 year old woman, Eliza Rosa, is found dead in a decaying home because poverty and neglect led to hunger and exposure.
The National Republican lays out Lieutenant Lockwood's diary from the Greely Arctic expedition at Cape Sabine. He details extreme scarcity on Christmas 1881, savings of bread and butter, plans for a feast, and thoughts of home while enduring bitter cold and rations.
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