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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1891
Page
3
August Flower is extolled by Lorenzo F Sleeper of Appleton Maine who claims he suffered severe dyspepsia years ago and was cured after using the medicine. He says his distress ended after a few doses and he can now eat anything without fear, urging others with the disease to try August Flower.
In a magistrate's court session, Frank Smith facing assault and battery was dismissed after a 2 pm hearing before Magistrate Eckstein. Earlier, John Gale was acquitted for assaulting Wm. T. Thompson after a 7 pm hearing before Magistrate Barrick. James Ogle, charged with poultry larceny, will have a 2 pm hearing today before Magistrate Eckstein.
An understood but unofficial list names Col. John Brook Boyle Hon. Benzy Vanderford Dr. Frank T. Shaw Vel Coven Westminster Col. James G. Berett Fromsom Bessia George P. Buckey Laine Bridge and Albert Jones of Bit. Airy as delegates.
A series of destructive storms reported across Mississippi and Galveston. Widespread building wreckage, destroyed churches and homes, and injuries followed a fierce cyclone sequence. Galveston suffered extensive beach and infrastructure damage with ongoing recovery efforts.
A balloon launched from the naval exhibition fell in a storm at Bex- Tef Heath and wrecked the cottage of a man named Lee. The occupant was buried in the balloon folds and nearly suffocated by gas, while the two other occupants escaped.
At Ewart’s Tie Works last night a clay crusher crushed Foreman William Berg and James Quinn. Quinn died within moments. Berg was fatally injured and cannot recover.
The Compadre crew from Calcutta to Chile faced a fierce hurricane off Bluff Harbor Otago New Zealand. The ship grounded on rocks near Auckland Islands, crew swam ashore and endured 108 days with starvation and privation before rescue by a sealing vessel, later conveyed to New Zealand.
Mrs Mary Maharg wife of John Maharg, a long time resident, died after falling down stairs at her Dakota street home in the darkness during the night. She appeared to have gotten up, then slipped and fell, and was found dead. Sister in Frankford is a referenced contact.
A young daughter of G E Campbell of Gaj in the Gap hotel orchard suffered severe burns while roasting apples. her dress caught fire and she was badly burned before aid arrived. In Smolensk Russia police demanded Jews embrace Orthodoxy. they swore to uphold their faith, sold homes, and planned emigration within two days.
A New York press account describes the electric chair executions of four inmates at Laebiate prison. Witnesses recount the procedure, the readiness signals, and the instantaneous deaths of Slocum, Smiler Wenkens, Wood, and Jugire, noting the absence of gruesome burns beyond minor scalp and leg marks.
A fragmented recap of baseball results and races across major U S venues including Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and New York with details on races, purses, times, and notable horses and boats. Also reports on German Africa unrest, a hunting accident in Pennsylvania, and Finns Point jetty progress in Delaware with dates and locations.
Closing stock market notes show dull activity with Pennsylvania firm and Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Navigation strong. Produce market reports demand for beads firm, with varied bids and asks across wheat corn oats and fats.
A Maryland flood case centers on which Overbeck wife was legally married to the insured man. Mary Overbeck of Johnstown argues she was his wife at the time, while others claim the policy proceeds go to the later spouse or to the children. Attorneys contend the outcome hinges on marital status, with money possibly routed to the rightful heirs or the surviving spouse as legal.
A mixed local note set reports soil damage in Fishing Creek Valley from recent rain, rising peach shipments to Hagerstown, B&O workers laying foundations for yard scales, and a salvage excavation at Island Park. Firemen’s festival profits fund a bell tower, carp catch in Antietam Creek, state and county tax receipts near 75 440, a lone bicyclist crossing the ridge, watermelons carload moving, a horse bitten by a snake near Smoketown, a wrecked tank car at Frederick Junction, and church census figures.
A warning note warns brethren about a man calling himself Doctor Kins, a Philly quaker doctor with a light mustache and odd look. He places a glass tube in the hand, prescribes cures for 26 dollars, then vanishes after collecting money. The clip urges sharing with the county paper to alert the poor.
Mr Sameel L Lilis suffers an attack of lumbago while carrier Charles Hobbs on West South street is on the sick list. Dr John Reid of Knoxville, ill for nearly two years, was taken very ill Monday night and is not expected to recover.
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