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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1899
Page
4
The advertisement promotes Bills Delicious Fragrance Royal Baking Powder as improving flavor and healthfulness of risen flour foods. It asserts the product makes biscuits bread and cake more assimilable and nutritious.
Cablegram confirms safe arrival of Baker and Thomas party in Liverpool. O J Keller Lime Co demolishes building to erect modern home office. Charles Keller buys 234 acres between M Church and Suman mansion for 1100 dollars and plans a new residence. Buckeystown and Elerslie Farm summerings noted. Lawn fete planned July 7 8 for Buckeystown Library. Feagaville church society program and Children’s Day set. Senator McComas ducks while fishing with slight scalp injury. Dr. Kuhlman reports Martinsburg cyclone damage. no injuries. William Neal Dova released from Maryland Penitentiary sent to Monteview Hospital for treatment. Various patent medicine ads and cures advertised by local pharmacists.
Obscured obituary notices report the death of Mrs Barbara Birely of Thurmont after a long illness. Surviving children include Samuel M and Morris A Birely, with daughters in Gettysburg Baltimore and Maria Furnace. Funeral held Tuesday at Hanagh's church yard with Revs Metzger and Patterson officiating. Also brief obituary for Mrs Mary Flynn aged 39, survived by six daughters and one son, funeral from her home on Sunday to be followed by Jefferson Cemetery. Judge McSherry praised by Rev C W Stinespring as a model jurist. remarks described as among the most forcible heard. Local market notes, weather, and a note on an Adaustown Middletown baseball game scheduled for Friday July 21 at 2 pm in Middletown.
An advertisement touts Dr. R V Pierce as a specialist in women’s diseases at the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. It claims treatment of over half a million women with high cure rates and promises confidential, free replies to letters, with emphasis on the necessity of female medical training and doctor status for women’s health guidance.
Washington County Commissioners grant Harpers Ferry Electric Light Company permission to erect poles and string wires from the Harper’s Ferry bridge to the Frederick county line to transmit electricity for illumination and commercial use in the city and surrounding towns. A two day session also approves a visit to Poole’s Ward to assess bridge needs and notes no action on Court Park walks. Temperance union meetings run July 18 to 24 at Washington Grove with a July 19 convention. A Philadelphia man recounts recovery after using Electric Bitters. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure advertised by J H Keller, Druggist.
Attorney General George R. Gaither probes the Potomac source linking Maryland and West Virginia in a case before the U S Supreme Court. He cites the South Branch Potomac as Maryland’s boundary and notes massive maps and tests will be presented. He highlights potential vast land transfers if Maryland prevails and recalls the Mason Dixon line history.
Vintage product pitches promote Allen's Foot Ease for swollen feet and sore toes with trial offers and 2 cent price, plus Da Witt's Witch Hazel Salve claiming piles cure and skin healing. Ends with praise for Victor Infants' Relief.
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