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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1889
Page
4
The hearing for William Briscoe charged with assault will be before Magistrate Barrick on Saturday evening at ten. The case of Josiah Betts versus John O Hayes for $100 debt was settled mutually. Betts was represented by P Frank Pampell.
Bishop Paret conducted the annual visitation at All Saints Church with Rev. Osborne Ingle presiding. Nine persons received confirmation, two of whom were mute, and the bishop urged help for underfunded parishes in Maryland and funds for the diocese through two collections.
Death notices report Jacob Marker of Uniontown Carroll county dying at home near Mayberry Tuesday evening in his 68th year. He leaves five sons and one daughter. Leah Ann Webster, widow of Thomas Webster, died near Westminster aged about 73. William H. Padgett, 63, died at 11 South Bond Street Baltimore from catarrh of the stomach after a long Baltimore residence. He leaves a widow and four children. funeral to be led by Misans. Beall H. Whalen died at East Patrick Street after typhoid fever. about 40, single, leaving six sisters and one brother. funeral planned Sunday afternoon.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices record the rites for Mrs. Mary Jane Walling Mrs L B Mullinix Merhie infant child of Geo and Clara Seidlizg and Mrs A J Lease. Services were held at residences churches and cemeteries with Rev officers and pallbearers named and C Carty as undertaker. Interments occurred at Mt Olivet Art Quiet Kemptown and family burying grounds near Dost Switch.
A horse hitched to a wagon belonging to Jacob Halderbrand in Rocky Springs bolted from a post on N Market street yesterday evening but was quickly caught before causing any damage. No injuries to horse or wagon were reported.
The advertisement urges cough sufferers to try Kemp's Balsam for throat and lungs, claiming quick relief and cures for chronic and acute coughs bronchitis and consumption. It promises 50c and 100 price options and a free trial size at druggists. Also promotes Xenny's Balsam with a free trial bottle for throat and lungs.
A historical guide describes making a decorative buffet scarf from heavy linen. It explains sizing the scarf to match the buffet width, tracing patterns from black on strong paper, and using cut work and buttonhole stitches to form bridges and embossed edges.
Pattern for scarves and buttons cut out all interstices where buttonhole edges are. A novel cabinet can be made from thin boards, with decorative ends and white varnish for a enameled look. Ginger snaps recipe and Miss Campbell offers reduced terms for music lessons.
Alexander Speer & Son of Blanco Texas tout Van Wert's Balsim as the best selling cough remedy they have on their shelves claiming it gives general satisfaction. Williamson & Brown offer trial size free.
Jan. 24 report says masked bandits boarded southbound express near Ludlow, forcing entry to the rear of the car. A struggle ensued with messenger Henry Carroll and assistant. a robber fell down an embankment and disappeared. Train stopped after a rope was pulled, front-robber fled. large public funds aboard.
Advertised testimonials claim Electric Bitters cure liver, kidney, and blood diseases with claims by druggists Veritch Gasarmous Salz and Abraham Here. A Kaley buyer reports relief after one bottle, while Mrs Luther Late credits Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. Miners in Montana are urged to carry Van Wert’s Balsam. local stores offer trial samples.
An advertisement asserts Acker’s Blood Elixir cures all blood poisons, claiming cheap sarsaparillas and quack remedies fail. It promises a positive guarantee and lists Williamson & Brown as the sellers in a local store.
A garbled OCR note cites a rogue claim by William and Brown offering guaranteed cure for ailments from dyspepsia to despair. The fragment mentions a producer or seller promising remedies and a healing venture led by an unnamed party, with threats of fatal outcomes implied.
A fragmentary item recounts a tale of a butterfly kept alive through winter by a lady, then describes several moral and educational snippets from the New York Ledger, including a note on head heart and hand education, a curious gold-field claim about Philadelphia, a paper house in Atlas Ga, and brief social vignettes about cheerfulness and manners alongside an ad for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
A sequence of sale notices lists real estate and livestock auctions in Wolfsville Buckeye town and surrounding areas. Auctions include Joseph A Williams mortgagee sale, J Wa Berkeley agent for Steiner heirs, Harvey Lease mortgagee sale at City Hotel, Chas Fourt for Chas Houghton stock and dairy fixtures, executors of John McDevitt real estate, Jacob Mollett live stock and farming gear, and others with dates January through March and references to Daily News Weekly News and bills notices.
An OCR fragment lists prices per unit for flour and various grains including wheat oats corn rye corn meal and Hungarian seed, along with eggs batter clover seed stock and feeders and butcher items. It reads like a market or commodity table with units per bush per doz and per cw.
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