17 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1884
Page
1
A fragmented 19th century classified notice page lists small ads and notices. It mentions sew services, employment, real estate, and various goods for sale, with scattered names, locations, and prices. The readable items reference New Market, Patrick Street, and local merchants, alongside promise of forthcoming job and sales opportunities.
Visitation 13 WW M y ledig Frederick ity Mad GC Range and son house and sign painters. Notney work respectfully sorfeited and Pomptly attense te. aydiwe C. KING & SON.
A dispatch from Washington reports Commander Schley says Lieutenant Greely and five men were rescued on June 22 while the rest of the party are dead. The source places Schley as Frederick native and notes the grim toll of the Arctic expedition.
An old Cleveland tale recounts Grover Cleveland’s early courtship of a wealthy relative of Judge Verplanck. She spurned him while other suitors escorted her home from Eagle Street Theatre, and a fever and separation followed. The piece intertwines gossip of a potential White House match with later notes on Ulster Mills and Lewistown happenings, including local farming, a new drawbridge, and farm sales.
Tammany Hall defers official talk awaiting the County Democracy's moves on Cleveland's ticket. A Chicago result echoing in New York moves Tammany toward or away from a fall mayoral race, with leaders like Reed and Kearney split on Cleveland support. The Fourth Assembly district association voted to back the Democratic ticket, signaling intra-party tensions and possible bolt risks. The tariff debate highlights little daylight between parties on duties, labor protection, and tax reform amid calls for fairer taxation and economy.
State prison officials kept quiet about an escapee named Howard serving three years for robbing a Minneapolis jewelry store. He crawled into a thrasher smokestack, rode the cars two days and nights, then escaped near Minnesota midway between St. Paul and Minneapolis and fled into the woods.
Four miles above Cairo Indiana a bolt of lightning struck a large oak sheltering Gus Morris and his mule during a thunderstorm. Morris was knocked unconscious and stripped of clothing while the mule dragged him across a field until the animal stopped at a fence corner. Morris later regained consciousness and is expected to recover.
The Phila Times argues revision is a public necessity to protect diversified industries and prosperity for capital and labor. It calls Perspiring orators to study two tariff platforms side by side and reminds readers this campaign should be one of argument, with intelligence and conviction guiding independent voters between Cleveland and Blaine.
Buffalo Bill and Captain Bogardus led a frontier pageant through Philadelphia streets drawing 5 000 to 6 000 spectators at Gentlemen's Driving Park. Cowboys Indians and Mexican vaqueros performed races pony express display and a dramatic coach rescue ending a two week stay at the park according to the Philadelphia Times.
The principal hotels report arrivals since yesterday noon. City Hotel guests include E L Stonebraker E E Grannan Wm Good S Parsons L R B Miller Balto C H Brian W H Dinmore E J Lefevre Thos Birdsall Phila A Parker W E Walker B C Thayer C M Greineisen A M A Browne W E Howe J H Gale W A Jack New York county 25 A K James J S Nelson J P Palmer N Hammond and son Balto 5S W Monroe Pa L P Spiner Washington John L Watkins Kemp town J E Miller Double Pipe Creek Charles Owens Indian Cu Phila J Magans Catoctin P H Newman Hagerstown Geo T Long Columbia Ohio C D Clements Berlin Pa O J King New York and 32 from county.
The county clerk issued licenses to Wm. T. Wilders and Sarah E. Miller Greenhry Snowden and Jennie Smith Jon. F. Penn and Annie FE. Brown Jas. R. Wolf and Nora A. Ramaburg Geo. W. Gaver and Eliza C. Bell.
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