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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1889
Page
4
The City Fall lecture by Prof Ober will be given tonight with stereoptical views projected on a 6 000 square foot canvas. It forms part of the F C A A course and is accompanied by a large display that underscores the program.
Mr Jos Meisinger reported a theft while in the city last night a colored man robbed him of 26 dollars and a receipt for 4 dollars for clover seed. County Commissioners settled road accounts and appointed road supervisors in Urbana and Linganore districts with some changes from last year. Laid to rest Dorsey H Smith funeral from W 24th Street residence at 3 30 pm interment Mt Olivet Cemetery Rev Dr Eschback officiating F F Schroeder Sons undertakers.
The ad claims catarrh causes ringing in the ears and a roaring sound. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier that treats this disease and restores hearing by purifying the blood. It urges sufferers to try the remedy.
Mr Marion Michael at Doub s leat a horee yesterday morning the horse died after a night of illness. Protracted meeting starts tonight in Bucheystown M E church all Christians invited. A Mt church meeting last night led to a Lime Kiln youth converting. Rev Henry Brunner to preach at Tamsville and Urbana tomorrow morning and afternoon on The Satan and the Influence upon our Nation. Communicated.
Rockville residents buzzed as Detective McDevitt from Washington arrived to aid in solving the hotel stables fire at W. H. Carr’s property on November 29. He and Carr visited homes of local residents including Holman Offatt to glean clues about incendiaries, but witnesses provided limited information amid tense questioning and a show of revolver.
The Martinsburg correspondence reports a vibrant winter social season with numerous Leap Year parties and late nights as 1888 opens. Notable mentions include Laker Bros. lime kilns gaining esteem, visits by Alisa Emma Brooker, Georgia Whaley guests, and Clara Ratledze’s upcoming marriage to J W Feldman at St John’s? Baptist church. Also noted are Senator Fawlimer and family wintering in Washington and Hon Howard Gittinger attending Charleston legislature.
Advertisement urges those with lingering ailments to try Kemp's Balsam with a positive guarantee. Claims rapid improvement after the first dose and notes price 56 cents and one dollar, with a free trial size offered. Available at all druggists.
Local items recall Clara Zimmerman receiving a gold lead pencil from her Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School class and Amanda Zimmerman obtaining a beveled mirror from hers. Reports of minor accidents near Mr. Best’s farm, a Jesuit novice hurt by a stone, and medical aid. Also notes on past visitors to Frederick, including presidents, and GA R officer installations and upcoming marriages and weddings in the community.
Frank G. Carpen details Frederick III as a patron of arts and science, balancing military sympathy with intellectual and industrial pursuits. He supported the state museum, education, and literature, notably praising Bach, Mozart, Wagner, and the works linked to Frederik the Great. The piece also recounts a royal proclamation in Korea warning that children were being stolen, with rewards for information, and notes on child selling and slavery observed there.
White Caps in Bringenport warn married men of an alleged plan to entertain at home with hired wives and companions. The initiative targets social routines, and a panel later notes a related case of a bachelor with a costly misstep. Fire and crime items, market notes, and local oddities follow including a Chicago apartment fire and a two year prisoner murder.
A magazine article argues against overheating the bed in cold weather. It urges wearing woolen or flannel sleep garments and using warm sheets to maintain normal body temperature. It warns against excessive bulk night dress and emphasizes steady warmth for nerves and health. Also included are kitchen tips for boiled chicken with celery, plant trends, and flowering notes.
A collection of household tips describes methods to repel mice using gum camphor and dry plaster of Paris for fur stains, waterproof fabrics with varnish and rubber naphtha, remove ink with muriatic acid or salt, protect children's clothing with lye wash, revive dull silk with tragacanth solution, remove ink from hoen with melted talow, bake plates with cinders, treat chapped lips with beeswax salve, cleanse porcelain with borax. outlines basic steps and cautions for each stain or care task.
An old dental ad copy promotes Acker's English Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy to indigestion. It claims the pills will both check and cure the illness and is branded with a guarantee by William on & Brows.
An advertisement warns against mercury based catarrh remedies and promotes Bell's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. It also touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and digestive ailments, offered by Joseph B Gerrort Druggists at one dollar per bottle.
A blunt sales notice claims the elixir cures all blood poisons and condemns cheaper remedies. The ad promises to sell through Williamson and Brown druggists with a stated positive guarantee to buyers.
Felt Jr of Watertown informs Van Wert Chemical Co that Lang Baleam has seen remarkable success with his customers. He notes many testimonials from prominent locals and mentions distributing 396 bottles in six months. Trial use is offered free to WH uson Brower.
Advertisement claims Acker's English Cough Remedy cures fearful symptoms of consumption. It promises a positive guarantee from Williamson & Brown as druggists and urges immediate purchase.
An oste convalescent woman near Fort Smith credits a scrap of paper for guiding her to Dr King's New Discovery. She states she weighed under seventy pounds after a consumption diagnosis but recovered to 140 pounds after using the product. Trial bottles were offered by a local druggist.
A reader warns that over half of child deaths occur before age six and blames parents for this. The piece asserts England shows a much lower rate and accuses Acker's English Baby Soother of causing most fatalities. It ends with a sales pitch for Williamson & Prown druggists.
A Victorian era medical advert claims tiredness dull headache and body pains signal poisoned blood and promises purification with Ackers English Blood Elixir. The product is sold under a positive guarantee by Williamson & Brown druggists.
The assignee of a mortgage from Jacob D Wolf will sell at public sale on Friday January 25 1889 at Lovelock Maryland. The first parcel contains about 3 12 acres located at the junction of Smithburg Brechinestown roads on the main street of Wollkville joining Jacob Wel Br Mrs Becker and Famus Holter. The property includes a large two story weather boarded store with a fire hall on the first floor a two story log dwelling with back burning a two story stone dwelling and other outbuildings with varied fencing. The second parcel comprises about 75 acres northeast of Wolfswil in Catcetin District on Spruce Run road joining Daniel J Forrest and others conveyed to Jacob D Wolf by Daniel W Forrest recorded in Liber C No 10 Folio 231. Cash terms. Joseph A Williamson Assignee of Sleonor W Williamson Mortgage.
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