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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1896
Page
4
unreadable OCR fragment lists scattered names and places including a news office and pond references with incomplete sentences making identification of event or subject impossible. No coherent dates organizations or outcomes are discernible.
A parade of names and locales details visits and homecomings. Washington residents Charles Davis Ernest Koetler and Roger Doll travel to family homes, while Baltimore visitors Harry Swope George Babel join relatives in Frederick and Hagerstown. Multiple locals from Frederick, Smithsburg, Walkersville, and nearby towns spend Christmas at homes of kin and friends, with brief notes on travel and returns.
Arthur Fogle who recently became head baker at the Hovea of Correction plans to depart early next year to begin his duties elsewhere. The fixtures of the Fogle bakery on West Patrick Street will be sold at public sale tomorrow.
Dr A A Shareti withdraws from Fredericxtowa Savings Institution building and moves his practice to Mrs Williams residence at 3 Not Market. New quarters described as large and commodious and well suited to his profession.
A Frederick youth fell through ice on Bush Creek where the water was about ten feet deep. He grabbed the edge and, using his own strength, pulled himself free from danger.
The passage praises Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative remedy more effective for children and more acceptable to them. It notes the true remedy is manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company and emphasizes its benefits for families.
Large congregations attended the dedication of the new Methodists Protestant church in Backesstown with morning and evening services. Rev Dr Thomas B Lewis preached the dedicatory sermon and Rev Paul Moore Straver the evening address. The building, designed to seat a growing parish, features Port Deposit granite walls, a green tile roof, a 25 foot high octagonal auditorium, a 6600 volume library, steam heating, and a pipe organ. The church is debt free, and the congregation plans further expansion as needs grow.
Dr. Hoffman, longtime librarian of the U S Supreme Court and Frederick native, died after a serious illness. He was a scholar, host and promoter of local history, with ties to Washington and Frederick. Interment at Mt Olivet. services at St John’s Church.
Below is a compact record of a local advertisement noting holiday specials and seafood orders. It mentions oysters and New Year offerings, urging readers to place orders promptly at a specific shop. The fragment preserves the sense of a storefront notice from a neighborhood paper.
A clipped budget of local and general items outlines a centered China tally, claiming population figures from four to six million. A dealer touts a paradoxical line about selling eggs that supposedly “egg etiialo bese,” reflecting quirky trade talk and era slang.
A jumble of holiday notices and ads including New Year oysters at Castro’s, post-Christmas musical instruments at Birely’s Palace of Music, optician appearances by William J. Worman, gift phone calls by H and Wilcoxson, and Dr Bartley’s ear and catarrh cures. Also bulk ads for meat market specials at Central Meat Market, plus reduced holiday rail fares on B&O Railroad for December 24 25 31 and January 1 1897 with travel valid through January 4.
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