New Ditty Set to an Old Tune in Fredericktown
A poetic column in Merrimac style recounts the Daily News cry and its townwide cheer in Fredericktown, noting the paper’s presence in daily life. Ceresville items report social events at Poole Kemp home near Mt. Pleasant, ice on the Monocacy, missionary society meeting, illness recovery, juror drawings for February term, and local concerns about Slighing.
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Jascany
Charles Poole
Minnie Kemp
Edward Cramer
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant District
Greenfield Items A Busy February Note
Miss Katie Doll returns from West Virginia while Miss Alice Millard recovers from measles. Mrs. E A Roberts improves after a severe cold. Roberts Bros cannot grind for three weeks due to Monocay unsteadiness. Chickens stop laying and take to coasting. Locals tease a gobbler as February 22 nears and a Chicago firm markets wooden asprets. Darlington Bree Press reports.
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Chicago
Darlington Bree Press
Crofts Celery and Chamomile Pills Offered for Sale
A fragment notes a sick headache and melancholy from a disordered aromath. It mentions Crofts Celery and Chamomil Pitters and states they will speedily renege. For sale only by Steiner Bros, druggists.
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Steiner Bros
Clother Question Sparks OdWanaper Writer Plan
OdWanaper writer asks what to do with clothes and proposes saving them until he begins a daily paper to satisfy a long felt want, indicating plans to launch soon and needing the garments for the venture.
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odWanaper
Frederick Celebrations Grow for Washington’s Birthday
February 22nd notes preparations across the country with New Orleans Mardi Gras scale and Frederick in Maryland showing bustling activity. Hotels filled engaged berths private residences ready crowds and merchants' displays. Citizens urge city aid with a $100 aldermanic contribution to cover mounting expenses while railway weather signals plan to inform farmers via colored indicators on southbound News Express cars.
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Washington
New Orleans
Mountain City
Maryland
Frederick Grant
McDaniel
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
J.B. Hutchison
News Express
Frederick
Columbia
McDonnell
Transfers of Real Estate in Frederick County
Transfers of real estate recorded for the week ending Jan 30 list: Thomas Clabauch, J E Annan and J C Annan to Emmittsburg Water Company two acres two roads and 21 perches. John C Fox and Mary A wife to Charles J Fox 45 acres. James McSherry administrator of John McCloskey to Ellen Breighner four acres one rood and 23 perches. George T Dill and Theo Shultz to John T Diggs parcel in Frederick 75 dollars. Stephen Cae and Annie E wife to John P Naill two or more acres more or less.
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Othee
Thomas Clabauch
Annan
J. C. Annan
Emmittsburg Water Company
John C. Fox
Mary A
Charles J. Fox
James McSherry
John McCloskey
Ellen Breighner
George T. Dill
Theo. Shultz
John T. Diggs
Frederick
Stephen “C. Cae
Annie E
John P. Naill
Marriage Licenses Issued For Week Ending January 30
The county clerk issued marriage licenses this week including Geo F P Brown and Annie V Wright Enos and Alice C Biser Koutzabn and James Giraham Barbara Legore Oliver H Plaine and Maggie Be Shoemaker Charles Cassidy and Rebecca Bierman The clipping notes an early method of making India rubber was patented in the late 19th century.
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Geo
FP. Brown
Annie V. Wright
Enos
Koutzabn
Alice C. Biser
James Giraham
Barbara Legore
Oliver H. Plaine
Maggie BE. Shoemaker
Charles Cassidy
Rebecca Bierman
Hotel Arrivals and a Strange Sales Pitch
The Hotel Arrivals list guests at CITY HOTEL from Baltimore New York Washington D C and local county travelers including George P. Rogers C T Wilson J D Curley W M Peighter M Reeze Libbard and Gust Ordver with many more from Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania. An odd notice follows about a hotel clerk offering himself for sale at reduced rates after an eastern clothing agent displayed samples and hinted at a paid suit then found shrouds and Mayapple bitters in the sample room.
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George P. Rogers
C. T. Wilson
J. D. Curley
Baltimore
W. M. Peighter
M. Reeze Libbard
W. F. Eisenberg
Altoona
Gust Ordver
Mont. Co
H.C. Gintie
York, Pa
George C. Kline
Hagerstown
Wm. H. Leese An
Carroll County
G. H. Cleaner
Medow Mills
Married in Gaithersburg nuptials at Forest Oak church
A Gaithersburg communication titled Happy Nuptials announces the marriage of C. H. Walker and Miss Jennie R. Coomes on the 25th inst at Forest Oak ME Church with Rev. B W Bond officiating. Miss Katie Walker played the organ and Mendelssohn’s wedding march. A reception followed at the groom’s home amid many costly gifts from friends and acquaintances.
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Gaithersburg
C. H. Walker
Jennie R. Coomes
Maryland Legislature Debates Bills on Payments and Levy Powers
Senator Bowlus introduced a bill to pay James McSherry Edward C Gant and John Ireland for services in contested election cages, referred to the committee of finance. The bill to pay Peter M Shafer late tax collector was also referred to finance. Leaves granted to publish county statements in pamphlet form. Debates include a Confederate levy bill and Keefer proposal to authorize a $65,000 indebtedness levy by tax.
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Maryland
Bowlus
James McSherry
Edward C. Gant
John Ireland
Committee of Finance
Peter M. Shafer
Markell
Keefer
Dr King’s New Discovery Now Sold By Local Druggists
Wide Awake Druggists Mesers Garrett and Steele announce the agency for Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and throat lung issues. The only certain cure for coughs colds hoarseness asthma hay fever bronchitis and related ailments, with a trial bottle free and regular size one dollar. Also Croft’s Hypophosphites offers instant relief, sold by Steiner Bros.
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Garrett & Steele
Dr. King
Circulation doubles ahead of forecast as growth continues
The newspaper reports circulation now stands at twice the expected level, signaling stronger reader reach than projected. Management notes the surge reflects broader readership trends and ongoing marketing efforts.
Mrs Langtry Read Public First Time as Reader
The article notes Mrs Langtry's debut as a reader performing Curing a Cold by Mark Twain. In a recent interview she stated she does not approve of Twain's method but personally uses Dr Bull's Cough Syrup claiming it a sure cure every time.
The Call for Cleanliness and Pure Habits
A historic public health note exhorts daily cleanliness to prevent contagious skin eye and mouth diseases. It warns that decaying matter and infected foods, waters, and meats breed parasites harming tissues and urges purification of bodies clothing and surroundings.
Magnetic Storms and Sun Influences Revealed
A 1869 observer pair in Oxford and London noted a sudden bright spot on the sun moving rapidly across its disk. Simultaneously, magnetic records at Kew showed a strong jerk while telegraph systems in Washington Philadelphia and Norwalk reported shocks and fires. Great auroras lit both hemispheres as researchers linked solar activity to magnetic storms.
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Messrs. Carrington
Hodgson
Oxford
London
Acle
Kew
West Indies
South America
Australia
Washington
Philadelphia
Bain
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Lord Baltimore
Baltimore Ore
Ino Charnre
Jimtwit
J. W. Morris
First National Bank Building
Ias
First National Bank
N.E. Cor. Market & Church Sts
Aidawit
Merrimac
Ana
Daily News
The
Dail News
Dliseini
Yhua
Pake
Fredericktown
Vury
Ceresville
Gobbler
Greece
India
Carlin House
Croft
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