18 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1884
Page
1
Public notices show a four line minimum ad policy and rates. Several garbled lines mention help wanted postings for various trades and roles, with contact prompts and dates, though many words are unreadable. The fragment suggests classified support ads, including positions, housekeeping, and clerical work, amid uncertain OCR text.
A fragmented OCR reading mentions individuals or entities with unclear roles and lacks coherent context. The readable parts indicate names or headings without a complete event, date, or location to build a clear news item.
An interview notes Butlerin accusing reporters of false and sensational claims about his support for Cleveraid and anti monop. he defends himself, denying fabrication and calling out press lies while criticizing coverage as untruthful. The piece shifts to Commander Schley’s press tour aboard Thetis, recounting the rescue and distress of six sailors from the ice at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound, describing the grave conditions and the earlier ordeal.
In Coecoporr Virginia on June 17 three masked men with revolvers robbed Eb Oiek and Frank Somers Scoul near a store. They bound gagged and took Somerville to a cellar while they blew open a safe and escaped with about $1200 watches and dry goods. Somerville’s injuries were minor. Also an ad for Shamrocks Cough and Consumption Cure appears.
Glad to return. The expedition has learned that Lieut Greeley and six of his party were found at Smith's Sound at the northern extremity of Basin's Bay, a large arm of the North. The rescue reports seven survivors from twenty five, including Greeley, one of whom died soon after. The article emphasizes the danger of Arctic exploration and honors the explorers for their duty.
The Bolt in Massachusetts Growing reports secretary George W. Blage resigns over inability to support Blaine and Logan. Senator John P. Andrew, linked as a leading Republican candidate for Congress from the Fifth District, plans to bolt the ticket and back Cleveland, and will resign from ward and city committees.
Jo Blank recounts a Grand Army of the Republic excursion to Pen Mar with train hassles, comic misadventures, beer halls, forest paths, and camp life including a self made poem, dancing, and a comic clash with railroad manners. A separate note reports Zachariah Taylor of eighteen nearly decapitated by a red hot iron at Cambria Iron Works, with coworker Thomas O Neil burned trying to help.
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