Middletown and Surrounding News Weekly Digest
Local notes report illnesses and recoveries in Middletown with a focus on Mrs. Routzahn and others, plus progress on a store addition by J. I. Malans. Community concern includes housing shortages, road improvements, and a forthcoming IOGT lodge meeting with officer installations and a class elder election.
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Vincent Lanuer
Toms
Williamson
Frederick
John H. Routzshu
Middletown Lodge
Templar
Daniel Kefauver
Amliss Elia Cook
Hollen Ifert
Mollie Baer
Clarence Kefanver
Elmer Huntsbury
Lillie Crone
Thomas Routzahn
C.K Rhoderick
Emory L. Coblentz
Miss Evalert
E L. Coblentz
Golentz
Grand Lodge of Maryland
Wolfsville
Alis_E.C. Hoover
J. I. Malans
C.O. Brandenburg
J. N. Wolf
Carpenter Ark
Amy
James Sensenbaugh
Amy Maufans
Ethel Toms
Mary Ella Sietelmyer
Harry War- Tenfeliz
Letters From The People On Hard Luck And Beggars
A reader argues with the letter writer who signs as Hard Luck, defending Koontz’s jail critique while recounting encounters with beggars and tramps. The letter complains beggars’ claims of need and urges harsher measures, questioning the beggars’ willingness to work and urging a Christian spirit in addressing poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr. Koontz
Mr. Koontz
Brown & DeLashmutt
Koontz
Maryland Farmers Back Missionary Plan in 19th Century Debate
Washington dispatches say Senator Stanford eyes Farmers Alliance presidential bid with Maryland farmers contacting him about his land and loan ideas. The piece rails against low tariffs, warns against government loan programs, and touts financial prudence amid calls for policy reform. It also reports a tragic death in Miamisburg due to a wagon accident and notes a local medical examiner’s findings.
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Myrtle. Font
Mgr Manin S. Remsburg
Grevnay
Faserreville
C. Ausherman
David Ausherman
Delaware
Ohio
National Art Hall and Business College
Yerwie
South Mountain
Wercesbero
Middletorn
Daniel Tobias Delauder
Bolivar
Jacob Haupt
Hagerstown
E. A. Wareham
Delander
Baltimore Sun
Washington
Stanford
Farmers’ Alliance
Maryland
Eugene L. Derr
Frederick County
Istik
Lent Rules and Dispensations From Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons issues Lent observance rules for Baltimore faithful starting Ash Wednesday. Fasting rules apply to those 21 and older, with exemptions for the sick and laboring, plus special dispensations allowing meat on certain days and dairy use. Lent emphasizes prayer, penance, and almsgiving. first confession encouraged around age seven. Gas customers urged to pay by the 10th to receive discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Torrow
United States
Gurtog
Marvelous Endurance and Health Cure Claim
A medical advertisement extols the heart's vast labor and blood flow, claiming 165 miles daily and 3,000,000,000 heartbeats in a lifetime. It warns of heart failure symptoms and promotes Dr Franklin Miles New Heart Cure, sold by Jos B Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
Jos. B. Garrol
Schilo's Consumption Cure Promised to Fight Coughs
An advertisement touts Schilo's Consumption Cure as the worst succession cough medicine and claims it cures coughs, croop, bronchitis, and consumption with a guarantee. It promotes Kemp's certain cough remedy and Shulo h's Porous Plaster with pricing in cents and dollars and urges immediate purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pricard
Shuloh
Medical Patent Tonic Claims Broad Liver Nerve Bond
A garbled nineteenth century advertisement touts Miles Nerve and Liver Pilla as a new principle acting on the liver stomach and bowels through nerves to cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. It markets Browns Iron Bitters Steiner Brothers and various syrups claiming cures for malaria indigestion loss of appetite and headaches with sample offers and free trials.
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Miles
Garrett
Steiner Brothers
Whatta Cough Remedy Promises Quick Cure
A sensational old remedy ad touts Stulch's Cure and Kemp's Balsam for coughs, croop, and whooping cough, claiming rapid relief and cures. It extols various products and lists dubious testimonials while urging readers to trust proprietary preparations.
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