Obscure 18th Century Deaths Noted Across Regions
Fragmentary history notes record several deaths and losses: Darius II line of Persian kings mentions Ixander the Great and the poet known as as of Scotland, with unclear dates and origins near Ayt and Cape Fuusterre. A late count lists 190 lives lost and references Eugene Duclerc premier of France, Adrura, Melancther Smith, and a death in Green Bay Wissburn with scant details.
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Odomanus
Darius II
Ixander the Great
Mar
Scotland
Ayt
Cape Fuusterre
Ud Giyol
Heulore Eugene Duclerc
Senimmer
France
Bea
Adrura
Public Sale Notices and Local Advertisements Mix
A compressed, fragmented page shows public sale notices and multiple local ads. Mentions Good Beaner & Kemp, Dry Goods, Jonta Hendrickson, Alpine Safe Co, and Harmony Grove picnics. Also references Lutheran Church festival, nurses, grocers’ picnic, and various business names in Frederick Maryland area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes
Cssertisers
Hac
Denver
Manor Lutheran Church
Ents
Alpine Safe Co
Firmen
Excureton
A. B
Frederick, Md
Sete Island Park
Harmony Grove
Shriner
Advertising Thought Promotes Informed Purchases
An essay on the value of advertising urges including definite why facts in every ad to boost trade. It argues that curious readers seek reasons, prices, quality, and comparisons, and that effective ads explain why a product is better or cheaper. The piece praises Tas News as a model for future advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Indiana
Tas News
Six new rooms added to Woman's College
Brief items note six new rooms added to the Woman's College. Weather highlights include extreme heat forecast between late July and early August. Waterford and Lovetteville report eight weeks with no rain. A Roman house practice involved a slave reading to diners. Baltimore and Ohio shows a June net earnings drop of 166,913 dollars and 10 cents. Potomac banks between Hancock and Harper's Ferry host many campers. County has 225 public school teachers with salaries totaling $59,000. Peter Otzelberger of Shepherdstown catches an 18 pound carp at Antietam mouth. Burkittsville license to keep a dot set at $2.50 by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford
Lovetteville
Baltimore and Ohio
Potomac
Hancock
Harper's Ferry
Peter Otzelberger
Shepherdstown
Ae ‘Antietam
Notable Maryland Events From State News Briefs
The state reports a range of incidents and persons: the wife of William Manly dies in Catonsville, Fannie Sadler injured by a cow in Somerset, and Dennis Perkins shot by cousin Lewin Rhodes in Warwick Cecil. Albertus Luiz of Hagerstown enters insolvency. Joshua Young a 92 year old Civil War veteran dies in Howard. A burglary in Hancock yields thirty dollars in jewelry. A county official seeks to resist the Avbrett inebriety law in Washington. Two Elkton girls narrowly escape a train on a bridge. Robert Rapp, 10, dies after an axe blow during use by another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Manly
Catonsville
Coxey’s Commonwessels
Camp Bastile
Hyattsville
Gects
Albertus Luiz
Hagerstown
Fannie M. Sadler
Somerset County
C.E. Hillard
P. T. Little
Hancock
Washington County
When Traveling I Take Byrup of Figs on Trips
An ad asserts Byrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co. aids kidneys liver and bowels on travel. It claims prevention of fevers headaches and other maladies and urges obtaining the product from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Har rison Interstate Telephone and Telegraph Company Formed
Articles filed in the Clerk's office authorize the Harrison Interstate Telephone and Telegraph Company to manufacture, buy, repair and operate telephone and telegraph lines and supplies. Capital stock is 25000 dollars, led by five directors: Peter D. Carey, John Baumgardner, James E. Walker, F. B. Sappington and Edgar L. Miller, for a forty year term.
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Telephones Company
Harrison Interstate Telephone and Telegraph Company
Frederick
Peter D. Fahrney
Yone Baumgardner
James E. Walker
Francis B. Sappington
Edgar L. Pititer
Se 2 Corporation
Peter D.carey
John Baumgardner
F. B. Sippington
Edsar L. Miler
Wheel Swindle Involves Baltimore Buyer And Local Dealer
A young man posing as a bicycle buyer purchased two wheels from Mr. Gilbert of Eset End Siloor, later selling one as stolen from Baltimore. He left with payment due for repairs before fleeing with both wheels. Gilbert plans legal action. the seller remains at large and a small package was left for pickup.
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Eset
Wm Gilbert
Gilbert
Baltimore
Mfr
Weisenfeld
Little Joe
Weisenfield
Teddy
Pleasant personal notices from Hagerstown area
Purely personal items list visitors and residents in Hagerstown and nearby towns. Names include Sallie Angell, Charles D. Relfenider, H. Dorsey, F. F. Alvey, Victor Cramer, Judge Mills, Wm. Brendeil, Edward Melius, Ella Mealey, Marcus Wertheimer, Bradley Blarmen, George Houck, Harriet Boblitz, Estelle Forman, Thomas Quynn, Katie Goldsboro, Katie and Lula Price, Warren Keifer Damuth, Frederick D. Eifer, Zoe Trail, Miss Woodward, Miss Hanson, Albert Chapline, John Kaufman, Edyth Kensett. Also notes visits to Ladiesburg picnic and Point of Rocks fishing trip. Real estate transfer listed.
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Mies Sallie Angell
Boston
Charles D. Relfenider
Tiffin
Ohio
H. Dorsey
Ijamsvile
Hagerstown
F.F. Alvey
Frederick
Victor Cramer
Baltimore
Thurmont
Judge Mills
The
Orphans Court
Ladiesburg
Harmony Grove
Martin Lechider
Estelle Forman
Harriet Boblitz
West Third Street
Thomas Quynn
Colambia
Thomas A. Chapline
Charles Macgill
Point of Rocks
Katie Goldsboro
Walkereville
Katie
Lula Price
Mary Martin
Washington Street
Warren Keifer Damuth
Major Damuath
S. L. Lilly
Second Street
Frederick D. Eifer
Westminster
C. H. Fulton
Walkersville
Zoe Trail
Miss Woodward
Richmond
Hanson
Ratie Godeborough
Albert Chapline
Joseph Chapline
Laura Chapline
Washington
John Kaufman
Portsmouth
Richmond College
Manassas J. Grove
Lime Elin
Edythe Kensett
Charles W. Ross, Jr
Eest Patrick Street
Miss Kensett
Alleged scandal roils Westminster as elopement rumors surface
In a Westminster area, reports swirl about a white ex Federal worker John Bowler who lost his wife last year. Bowler, living with a Black man Thomas Francia, is tied to a tale of a Baltimore rented house, a missing family of Mrs Francis and her three children. The story centers on a suspected elopement.
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Bon
John Bowler
Thomas Francia
Wheeler
Baltimore
Westminster
Francis
Fr Colman's Departure to Jamaica Detains Local Clergy
A Frederick clerical notice reports Rev Fr Coleman Sr J to leave St John’s with Jesuit colleagues for Jamaica on the 23rd. The article traces Jamaica’s Catholic history, Kingston as capital, social mix, and Caribbean prospects, noting American influence on fruit exports and local mineral wealth.
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Frederick
Coleman
Wm O’b. Pardow
Od Bt. John’s
Gordon
Jamaica
United States
P.H. Kelly
St. Peter's
Jersey City
Mulroy and
Collins
Andrew Rapp
Warwick
Ceeil
England
Catholica
Antilles
Great Britain
Don Benedict Fernandez
Holy See
Jamates
Eng- Hah
San Fernandez
Maryland
New York
Society of Jesus
Kingston
Naples
Rio Janeiro
Interior
America
Boston Fruit Co
Tragic Death Near My ersville In Middle Creek
The body of Miss Jennie Souders of My ersville was found Thursday night by several young men near town in Middle Creek. Authorities believe she slipped on a projecting rock while sitting, resulting in her drowning.
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Jennie Souders
Myersville
Middle Creek
City Board to Convene in Annual Session Next Week
The Board of Aldermen will meet Monday in annual session to settle municipal affairs and begin a new fiscal year. All appointments of municipal authorities will be made and matters of importance transacted. The current public servants are well known and likely to be reappointed.
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Sweet Clean Opera House
A Martinsburg Boy Scribes Bee Sting Woes
A Martinsburg boy writing to his mother says he was stung by two bees while rusticating in the country. He reports that his kidneys are out of order and asks for medicine, noting not to tell his father as he would say it served him right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Papa
Robbery at P. T. Litte store in Hancock
Robbery occurred Wednesday night at the general merchandising store of P. T. Litte in Hancock. The theft was discovered by Littie’s son Thomas as one suspect tried on shoes. Thieves escaped through the entry window leaving hat and coat behind. Jewelry and two watches totaling eighty dollars were taken.
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Hancock
P.T. Litte
Ault Dies After Mt Airy Accident
Robert L. Holt, a Baltimore and Ohio flagman, died late Thursday night at Maryland Telverelty Hospital in Baltimore after an accident at Mt Airy where he was uncoupling cars.
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Ault
Robert L. Holt
Baltimore and Ohio
Mt. Airy
Maryland Telverelty Hospital
Baltimore
The Girl About Town in a 1804 July Letter
A lively column notes a July day, local events, and social jests from the town. It mentions the rail strike, Carroll’s scents, ice cream needs, mountain air limits, and a breezy tour of area happenings. The writer teases readers about press and town life, planning future columns.
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Mary Jane
Debs
Carroll
Catochie
Frederick
Flour from strict ly Bret class old wheat offered
A local notice warns buyers that flour labeled old wheat may be mixed with new wheat. It cautions against sellers misrepresenting wheat type and urges careful purchase to ensure authentic old wheat product.
Evening of Life Crowns and Heat Affect Town Speaker
The town faces continuing hot weather and a tongue in cheek outlook as Penchls arrive in strawberry boxes. Public life buzzes with jokes about toothache, crowning bonnets and Mary Jane delaying retirement while a somber song laments mortality.
GENTS New Wash Ties Open Today at Market
Opens today with large line including nagligre shirib cuffs and collars plus table linens priced at 60, 750, and 680. Tea from Ceslon praised as finest in the world. one pound equals stronger than top market teas. For sale by E. G. Staub.
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Ceslon
Indictments for Perjury Law Introduced Before Magistrates
A new law adds a section to Article 27 of the code defining perjury. It states that an oath or affirmation with two contradictory statements in listed cases is perjury even if which statement is false is not specified. It also covers subornation and prescribes up to ten years’ imprisonment. The rule aims to curb inconsistent witness testimony across prelims and trials.
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Frederick
Amozy
Baltimore & Ohio to Denver excursion tickets sale outlined
Low fare excursion plan from Baltimore and Washington to Denver with round trip tickets from all points on the B and O line. Tickets valid August 9 10 and 11 return on August 19 25 and September 18 with routes via Pittsburgh Akron Chicago or via Grafton Bellaire Chicago or via Parkersburg Cincinnati St. Louis. Double daily express trains offer Pullman sleeping and dining cars.
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Denver
Col
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co
Ohio River
Baltimore
Washington
Pittsburg
Akron
Chicago
Grafton
Bellare
Parkersburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Grocers Picnic and summer excursions advertise Bay Ridge events
Local notices urge enjoyment at the Grocers Picnic to Island Park on August 8 with dancing and special train from Washington. Old Firemen’s Association and Riflemen plan a Maryland excursion with hotel rates and round trip fare. Harmony Grove Sunday school picnic set for July 25 with PRR trains and child fares. Also parade of local sales pitches and church festival dates plus shop notices and merchandise ads.
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Bay Ridge
Old
Veteran Firemen’s Association of Baltimore
Riflemen
Washington
Baltimore
Bay Ridge Hotel
Howard House
U. B
M E. South Union
Harmony Grove
PR. R
Also Mentioned on This Page
ALY News
Ssursevox
D.C
Mr. Hamicton
Weather Bureau
Woman's College
Burkittsville
Board of Commissioners
News OF the State
Mary A. Morgan
Nannie Thomas
Elkton
Beine
Robert Rapp
AXEW
Enterprise
Joseph J. Cain
Lilly M. Garirill
FR Coleman
Gowip
Gazry
Lewis Rice
Bar Ism
Mary | Jane
Pew
Frostburg
Catoctin Mountain
Hick’s
Cape May
Camden
Philadelphia
Delaware
Shriner Milling CO
Ceresville Roller Plour
Ceresville
Erollee
Mortel
Fi Joen E Hendrigeron
Jack Model
Cuba
Joan Hesputosson
F. V. Staub
Ceo Tea
North Market Street
Telephone
Comdaly
Mace
aNooess
the Raising Grocery CO
N. Market
Jaconcis
Dimities
Rodock A
Neidig
A. T. Rice & Sons
A. T. Rice & Sone
Bhewense
Dhazerots
Harley
Bhohadt
Ilga Bhosant
SILOK
Ublic
BR. L. Harley
South Marget St. Frederick
National Capri Brewing Company
Hay View Brewing Company
C. B. Byans & Buns
J. A. G. Lipps
West Patrick and Telegraph Bt
W. C. Eldridge
Ww. C. Eldridge
Alto
Nation Inc
DEELS
BORG
Sldridge
West Patrick
Treat Frederick, MD
B. H. Blackston
Gall
Tarr
B. H. ‘Brackston
N. Market Street
Miller & & CO
W.S Miller & Co
P. A. Peters
City Coal
Ames BE
Wales
Wood
Cumberland
George's Creek
G. We Shriner
WLS Millers
Ombe
East
Patrick Street
Ford
Water Street Depot
PSE News
JOB Printing Office
A.S. Boyd
Kemp Hall
Island Park
J. S. Myere
Frank G. Lambert
F. G. Lambert
South Market Street
McCardell’s
Mulliniz & Kemp
Moon & Kae
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