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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1891
Page
4
A letter from Captain A. G. Pareis of Malden on the Hudson N Y praises August Flower as the best remedy for indigestion and constipation in his household. He and his wife report their symptoms improved after using the product and he notes taking it before meals relieves his own dyspeptic issues.
An advertisement proclaims a new sound board improving violins violas cellos and double basses by acoustic principles. It claims increased air and power, restoring youth and fire to old Italian instruments. Musicians are invited to The News office in Frederick Maryland for demonstrations and tests.
At Glyndon Camp yesterday the Women’s Christian Temperance Union was well represented with white ribbons, oak leaves, and cut flowers on the platform. Mrs Louis Dill of Baltimore read a paper on Why Isma Whiteribboner. The Prohibition States Convention met this morning. Dr D Pleasant is not a county delegate. he has disbanded. Robert Lorentz, recently in Martinsburg WV managing the baseball club, has returned home as Martinsburg disbanded on Monday.
George Dixon of Boston defeats Abe Wills of Australia in five rounds for a $5,002 bantamweight world title at the California Athletes Club gym last night. Dixon knocked Willis down in the first round and again in later rounds, with Dixon showing superior reach and offense as the Australian pressed and fought back.
The Republican National Committee plans to meet at Arlington Hotel this afternoon to decide on Quay’s possible retirement. Omaha pushes for the 1900 national convention, with Colonel C. R. Scott presenting Omaha’s bid and Clark son expected to become chairman. Death of sugar magnate Havemeyer and other city notes follow in New York reports.
Corvusis, O July 29 William J Elliott former proprietor editor of The Sunday Capital with his brother P J Elliott Albert C Osborn a reporter and bystander W E Hughes were convicted yesterday of a second degree assault in a February 23 shooting on High street The trial began May 11 and ended with a dramatic courtroom scene as the verdict was read and spectators reacted Mrs Elliott and the children showed little emotion while Miss Maroney fainted during the read of murder indictments.
Long Branch resident Trestus Helmbrold, known as Bouche, is confined in an asylum for the fourth time. He is in a straight jacket, described as a ravin g mani ac. His history includes wandering wealth from a patent medicine, multiple imprisonments, a divorce, and recent pronouncements by doctors that his case is hopeless.
Samuel Sands a veteran Baltimore printer editor and publisher died aged about 85. He helped start The American Farmer The Morning Chronicle and The Freeman's Banner in 1836 advocating Harrison. He helped found the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts and served as secretary of the Maryland State Agricultural Society. Sands once set type as an apprentice and printed The Star Spangled Banner.
SaLsaaxca July 20. Patrick Sullivan, shot weeks earlier by Dr Wilcox during a botched burglary at the doctor's home, escaped from a jail cell on the second floor through a brick wall opening. A $100 reward is offered for his capture.
The bulletin notes cooler conditions with central Pennsylvania temperatures, southerly winds, and a light frost in Winsted Connecticut. It records Emilio Puso named Chilean consul general in San Francisco, plus a fatal coal company accident in Denver. Samuel Alexander, jailed for a Chicopee murder, is described as dangerously insane.
The treasury bureau reports June 1891 foreign trade with imports valued at $819,905,202 and exports at $884,225,405, plus 355,406 immigrants. The past fiscal year set records in total commerce of $1,729,330,805 with exports leading by $39,610,014. Major import increases include coffee, hides, fruit, and chemicals, while wool and silk products declined. Immigrant arrivals reached 535,498, up 104,277 from 1890, with Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia contributing the largest shares.
Can’t Get Non-Unionists. Lebanon Pennsylvania July 29 The Lebanon Rolling mill cannot resume operations with non-union workers as attracted puddlers are turned away by locked out men. Incoming trains monitored by Amalgamated Association members, and any paddler or helper spotted is blocked from reaching the mill. Also reports a fatal accident at Keystone collieries near Carbondale when breaker boss Michael Dougherty was struck by a hoisting rope and skull fracture. Two men killed by lightning near Weatherly after a ball game ended under a tree yesterday.
Purely personal items list Willan M. Hardt and others traveling to Allastic Chev. 2 1. attendance of Orphans Court noted. Several residents from New Windsor to mechanisms in town for social events. Local residents and visitors named include Cardo Essor from Osk Orchard, Mrs. Clare Etter visiting from Washington DC, Miss Stary C. Gaddess from Haltimory, and many others visiting relatives or attending dances and balls.
A fragmented steam of race results and names from Jerome Park near New York and Hawthorne Track in Chicago. It lists horses such as Mirabeau Lord Willowbrook Phil Dwyer Estelis and others with jockeys and times, plus steeplechase and sprints across multiple races on July dates.
The Philadelphia stock and produce exchanges closed with little trading and broad apathy. A slight improvement seen at opening persisted to the close, with prices a shade higher than at the open. Activity was chiefly confined to a few names such as Buia fon and Gacy.
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