Week's News in Brief Highlights Local and World Events
A digest of incidents and notices spans daily Town events from June to July including school exams sales storms and local deaths. Notable items cover canal opponents judges decisions horse trades prices fires accidents politics and regional crime notes with several named locals and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert ,Jr
Greenti
Ethel Hackletos
Miller
Aha Bim
St. John’s Parochial School
Win Devitt
Richard Chew
Stan
Bond
C. and O. Canal
East Patrick Street
Agricultural Park
C. G. Thomas
Lamar
C. E. Mealey
C. F
City Post Office
Hon. C.F. Markell's
Notes for Farmers and Household Tips From Various Papers
A mosaic of early farming lore and home care tips cites methods for stain removal with meal, maple syrup preparation, and oilcloth cleaning. It also covers soil moisture under stones, mulching pear trees, seed corn vitality from Vermont, horse fattening mixtures, gentleness in stock care, Arab horse attachment, noon milking benefits, and dairy yield considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Philadephia Press
Toledo
N. Y
Vermont
Chicago Times
New Yorker
Chicago Tribune
The Apple Tree and Maps and Medley in Odd Times
A collage of curious notes and anecdotes including Apple Tree lore at Appomattox and a long digression on maps and surveys by Thiers circle. It weaves Civil War surrender myths, Russian geography humor, a duel misadventure, elevator tests, and a panoply of quirky observations from late 19th century newspapers.
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Ier
Appo
Gunnas
New England
Appomattox
Arlington and the Nation’s Mourning Ground
Washington letter recalls Arlington National Cemetery’s vast fields of gravestones and limbs labeled Arms and legs, contrasting with past glories at Gettysburg and Antietam. Mentions General Lee’s home, Godfrey's Hotel midnight gatherings, Pleasonton’s quiet valor, and a promise of more newspaper notes to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magi
Georgetown
Arlington
Washington
Gettysburg
Antietam
Airlington Heights
Lee
Virginia
Appomattox
Godfrey
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pleasonton
Grant
Plessonten
America
Chancellorsville
Stewart
Men
The Difference Between a Journalist and an Editor
A collage of quotes and notes from the Chicago Tribune and Atlanta Constitution contrasts journalism with editing, questions what Kossuth’s view implies, and shares curious anecdotes about Niagara power and a dining tip. A phonetic misread tale ends with a peculiar bread buttering tip from a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Printing notice of best work at lowest prices
Pos Printing advertises fine printing at the lowest prices with neat dispatch for all descriptions.
Four Fearful Foggers Puzzles From a Curious Page
Four arithmetic curiosities challenge readers of all ages. An elderly man and young wife solve ages from a product and quotient relation. A nut basket puzzle asks for the minimal count with remainders for 2 to 6 but none for 7. A 30 foot deer frog riddle seeks days to escape as he climbs 3 feet by day and slips 2 by night. A wine bottle puzzle uses two other bottles to measure six pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Street
Baltimore
Baltimore City
W.C. McComas
Hagerstown
Winchester
J. Monroe Heiskell
Department of Justice
Mt. Clare
Charles Shuck
Cumberland
Samiel W. Bish
Catharine Hedden
Bibb & Co
Port Deposit
Caroline County
Charles W. Sulivane
Charles Francis Adame
Yseult Dudiey
New York
O'Donovan Rogen
London Standard
Great Britain
Sidney H. Russell
Presbyterian Church
Woodhaver
L. J
Southwark Mills
Philadelphia
John McCullough
Bloomingdale Asylum
Brigham Young, Jr
Bishop Snow
Mexico
Mexican Republic
James D. Fish
Marine National Bank of New York
Auburn Penitentiary
Andrew Peterson
Wilmington
Del
Lewis Davis
Presbyterian Church of
Lenox
Iowa
Rigina Langhlin
Platte River
Edge color Defines Stylish Traveling Shirt Collar Trend
Color on the edge is the proper and desirable feature for perecale linen or lawn collars and cuffs used in traveling wear. The note highlights edge color as a sign of quality and taste in the fabric accessory set.
Monster Locomotive Under Construction for Anvers Expo
A giant locomotive is being built at the Tabize works for the Anvers exposition. It is billed as the heaviest and largest locomotive since railroads began. The engine will have ten wheels over a yard in diameter and weigh about 165 000 pounds in running order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabize Works
Anvers
Average of fishworms per acre sparks crowd debate
Scientists claim the average fishworm count per acre is 167 yet a boy with a hoe and bait in the field insists on guessing numbers. The crowd waits, observing potential entry and bait trials as figures are debated.
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Acre i
The Mine Workman and a Failing Publicity Theory
A fragmentary piece discusses the mine worker as a worn, abused animal confined to the pit with limited recreation, disparaging publicity as harmful. It mentions Uruguay and a vague personal crisis reporting prohibition, plus scattered odd phrases about eagles and tortoises and a noisy forth.
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Corsty
L. Victor Baughman
Emory Kefanver
Middletown
McCardell
Woodville M. E
Deerfield
Mount Zion
D. Johnson
Japan
George Gardiner
Edward Shriver
Martin Grossnickle
Ellerton
Daniel E. Stine
Broad Run
Lorentz
Barkinsville
George Ramsburg
Jefferson Stauffer
Walkersville
Jacob Heston
Mount Pleasant
W.E. Diffenderfer
BR. Bartgis
West
Patrick Street
Tate
Tokio
San Francisco
Yokohama
Afghan Turkistan
Afghanistan
Russia
Spain
Lawrence Bent
STED
Prister
Frederick
Geo. Brust & Co
Horseord
Albeck’s
Baul’s
Winslow's
Fahroey
Palmer's Drug Store
North Market Street
Jnojuire Ews
Jaiyld
Galte
Cor
Carrodydd
WA Burgers
Igrill
Green House
jeQlin
West Patrick Street
Hee
Jesdewlw
MONEX
Med
Carp Mills
Harry Lews
Jefferson
Afd
Maryland Hinge Co
Frederick Co
Frederick City
Maryland Hinge Company
Frederics County
Levy
Issus
Wo. P.madsey,jr
Jacob B. Tyson
Secretarie
Jezaate
Ana Rollelem
M. Hou
Vatieetee
Pris
M. Thiers
Lori Lyons
Prince Orloff
ML de Lesseps
Prince Grieff
M. de Lesseps
Lord Lyons
York Suni
Uhonder
York Tribune
Real Estate Exchange
Roy
Feungster
Lexcrares
OUR
N. Merket Street
Iet Oilers
Routzahn & Bowers
East
Patrick St
Ilson A. Long
W. South St
C. B. Meaier
Cesdimo
Saaringhams
Venis Goths
Sateens
Ta Cine
LE. M
Frankin Savings Bank
Jane Sith
Frank
A. D. O'Leary
WM. H. Nicodemes
See
Buckeyf , Hall Building
Frederick, Md
Maine
Son
Chicazo Tribune
Edwards Pierrepont
Queen Elizabeth
Kossuth
Bismarck
Niagara
Buralyere
Niagara Falls
Bill
Uruguay
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