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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1899
Page
2
A retro winter column notes icy streets slow markets and dull social life in January. It mentions a library opening, hospital plans, the Red Cross, and charity events, with local theaters and societies active despite shortages, delays, and rising debts. The piece closes with musings on moon phases and upcoming events.
Captain Walter Sandauer acted as auctioneer at a Middletown public sale for the estate of J. Harman Remsburg executrix Mary E. Remsburg. Real estate includes a Middletown house, five suburban lots, wheat, railway and creamery shares, a Frederick Elevator share, and various parcels to multiple buyers with prices per acre and per item noted. Also notes Mr Wo. G. Boilean selling his property on Jefferson Street and buying Ann M. Michael’s property, with figures provided.
A historical notice recounts the terror of impending execution in the Guillotine era and contrasts it with kidney disease’s quiet lethality. It features a patient named Werbert Marley of Philadelphia praising Warner’s Safe Cure as a remedy that relieved years of chronic kidney trouble and uric acid poisoning.
A playful verse describes Polly baking a pie with odd antics and improvised utensils, ending in a party for chickens and a cat while Mary Ann ensures no burn. The piece blends humor with domestic detail and rustic charm, reflecting lighthearted village life. Liberty Copper Mines Sold to New York firm for 1300 dollars. Six men operate, plan to expand to 100, with oil ore shipments and a future smelting furnace.
The Klondike fells endure hardships from a royal tax after the English government imposed a royalty. Miners speak of tough conditions as old methods fail against new pressures. Remedies and medicines are advertised as relief for ailments from constipation to rheumatism, touting trials and free offers in a crowded marketplace.
An 1898 Boston letter attacks three unnamed figures and their Christian-anti-Christian debate as false teaching. Dr Plumb is praised for rebuking unbelief, urging believers to pray, warn the public, and seek repentance through the Holy Ghost. The piece cites scripture and emphasizes the gospel against infidels.
Fragments show letters praising Rev Silliman Bladen from Rev Dr Philip S Moxon of Springfield Mass Mr John Bennett Sunman Indiana and Charles Wesley Fitch of Greenville Virginia. Readers commend his Masonry article Christian Unity mission work Bible and Prayer Union and sustaining church efforts with gratitude and hope.
A Middletown South Mountain Conclave meeting of the Improved Order Heptasophs is announced for Wednesday night January 14. Newly elected officers will be installed and visiting Heptasophas from Baltimore and Hagerstown will attend. Also mentions Bible reading support and the value of want ads for finding situations.
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