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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1893
Page
6
A collage of curious facts and vignettes from diverse trivia sources. The item covers eccentric claims about Welsh populations, royal salaries, inventions, and strange anecdotes from public life, including hotel manager Boldt and a stamp shop conundrum, with scattered notes on aphids and other oddities.
Fragmentary copy reports a demand for armor clad trains in Indian Territory. It notes trains resisting robbers are molested with buck shot. Also a reference to India and a commentary on an Enc. India speaker and a God forge. Ends with ARRIVES.
A nostalgic piece discusses the rise of the shaving set for women, noting a masculine cup and brush on Parisian dressers. It praises soap lather routines and cold cream, extolling French and American beauty ideals. The essay extols the American girl’s charm, independence, and character as a defining national attribute.
The State Museum displays rare curiosities including Toltec American mummies in sitting postures. A father mother and two children were found in a New Mexico cave, sealed with adobe bricks, buried about 4000 years ago. No embalming. natural petrifaction from dry air preserved remains facing east.
A fragmented diary in a travel fragment describes moving to a new home, navigating a hotel stay, and visual impressions of rooms and spaces. The writer mentions traps, a fair on the ground, a second story with a verandah, and faint references to a person unseen.
Fragmented text discusses physical decline and appetite loss, suggesting a tonic as a safeguard. It asserts the tonic renews vital force and stomach comfort, claiming postoperative recovery and renewed vigor. Mentions Hostetter’s and other remedies as restoring health.
An old advertisement touts Mayers Magnetic Drops promising cures for catarrh bay fever and summer complaints with a money back guarantee. It claims rapid relief for cholera diarrhea and summer ailments and urges readers to keep a bottle at home with druggists supplying them. Reports of personal cure accompany the promo.
The report by government agent C C Georgeson describes a ferment used to sour cream evenly for churning. Ferment is prepared in sterilized skim milk, activated through a controlled temperature process, and perpetuated daily in sterilized skim milk. Ellerslie Guernseys yield averages and feed, with milk composition and costs discussed.
John Hertzler of Bethel Berks County Pa says a summer complaint and diarrhoea followed by his wife sister in the same household were quickly cured by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy after trying many other methods with no relief. The remedy is sold by Garrett and Pearre in Frederick in 25 and 50 cent bottles.
A reflective piece tracing the evolution of road systems from ancient trails to modern highways. It praises ancient Rome, Memphis, Babylon, and Inca infrastructure, contrasts them with 19th century American roads, and laments the United States lag in road quality despite vast production and population. Author D. EL. Venus argues for better, better drained, hard and smooth roads to match global progress.
The text discusses themes of development and immigration, arguing for a converted movement toward building a better business system with permanent roads and improved transport. It stresses substantial values and capital for progress and the expansion of travel, hinting at advancing rail infrastructure.
Incomplete text discusses roads, tariffs, and public works concerns. Mentions state efforts and the need for better infrastructure and highways. The fragment hints at political rhetoric about tariffs and national progress without clear specifics or names.
A reader from Trenton Texas praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for a two month bout of diarrhea in a child. She notes prior doctors and medicines failed but the remedy gave immediate relief and curing effects. She endorses the product and mentions Garret & Pearce as local sellers.
A magazine snippet discusses a home trick with three lit lucifer matches forming a tripod and a fourth match releasing the trio, noting that celebrated architects and contractors have failed to solve the setup. It then turns to the Ecgs of the Bobwhite, praising the bobwhite’s triangular eggs and orderly circular nesting, with Dr. Morris Gibbs cited on egg arrangement and hen behavior.
South Bend city engineer W M Whitten reports brick paving on rolled gravel compares well with concrete foundations after two years traffic. One brick course chews lower cost and better surface than two courses, and 45 degree laying allegedly yields more even wear.
An ad praises Electric Butvers as a leading pure medicine for stomach liver and digestion issues, claiming it cures sick headache indigestion constipation and malaria. It guarantees satisfaction or money back, selling at 50 cents per bottle through Garrett & Catt. Sayt you say t in The News.
A collage of brief, varied items notes Celery coffee and village theaters, odd proverbs, and aging anecdotes. A gas leak at a New York club room kills trainer Tim Reagan, a grayhound, and dogs, as a 25 year old man dies in the room. The mix reflects antiquated topics and scattered quotations.
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