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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1889
Page
4
An advertisement touts Hood's Sareaparii'e as purifying and enriching blood to energize every organ, improve digestion, and restore appetite. The item appears amid local notes on weather, people improving from illness, a music event, and biographical sketches, with a severe afternoon rainstorm and record rainfall reported.
The Emancipation Celebration will be held at the Agricultural Park on August 15. Prominent speakers will deliver addresses and a street parade will occur in the morning.
The Grace Reformed Sunday School picnic is planned for Saturday at a grove four miles east of Frederick on the Baltimore Turnpike with a music band. A political picnic tournament is set for today in Colesburg Montgomery. Good Templars picnic events are listed for Washington Grove and leaders include Rev A C McCabe Mrs Buell and Frank Tucker. Mount Carmel SBC plans an ice cream festival on August 3. Rocky Springs Union Sunday School schedules its annual picnic in Staley’s needs with music and a pleasant time anticipated.
An article surveys early slot machines in public spaces noting variety from candy to perfume slots and weighers. It describes regular inspections, gambler behavior, and social scenes around coin drops, with a craze for an English hymn book box in churches as a novel device.
The passage describes a scientific coin box with a spring loaded lid and a hidden slot. A verger can remove the coin, while an internal indicator reveals how many coins have been inserted. It imagines future uses of pneumatic tubes and automated shopping via coin slots.
A Chicago Tribune item describes a remote New Britain practice where girls are placed in palm-bark cages from ages two to three until marriage. Cages are kept inside fenced houses and girls rarely leave, with mission influence cited from Rev. George Brown in 1878.
An advertisement claims Acker's Exglich remedy is superior for whooping cough and croup. It promises instant relief and offers a free sample bottle under a positive guarantee from J. A. Williamson, a local druggist.
Caution to mothers warns against giving babies paregoric or laudanum as they create stimulant cravings and endanger life. Acker's Baby Soother promotes relief and claims to be harmless without opium or morphine. Bold by J A Williamson, druggist.
A claim about a cottage and its cost cites misrepresentation in building prices and architects plans. The source notes accuracy of the plans despite possible cost discrepancies and urges attention to the design.
Perspective and floor plans describe a rural cottage by architect E H Hammond New York City using dry laid field stone walls. It notes dimensions eight foot high second floor, cedar shingle exterior, white stained woodwork, and a complete build in the New York area for 1.00 dollars plus details on floor construction and common carpentry faults.
The Art Amateur urges restraint in decorating small spaces and large rooms alike. It warns against overcrowding with rugs, portieres, and trimmings, favoring functional comfort over showy display and endorsing classic French styles within traditional limits.
The article praises wool carving as a decorative art while warning against overuse that ruins the furniture. It discusses table edges and carved tops, urging balanced, smooth surfaces and careful craftsmanship, with examples from The Amateur and related tips for shelves and a cozy fireplace setting. It also mentions facial pimples and a patent-elixir advertisement, followed by travel and social notes.
Ao Englishman is credited with a method of producing pure air from coal. The described process uses a brick chamber with feed and fuel ends, interposed exhaust and blast channels, and perforated bridges. A twelve inch fan mouth yields a steady hot air stream at Std degrees Fahrenheit with no visible fumes or taste. Also notes Buckien's Arnica Salve and a driving mare sale in Harmony Grove.
An advertisement touts Ackers Dyspersia Tablets as a cure for all forms of dyspepsia including constipation and indigestion. It claims the product will restore happiness and pleasure, sold at 4:25 and 150 cents by J A Williamson druggist.
Free trial package of La Family Medicine advertised as a root remedy discovered by Dr. L es Lene in the Rocky Mountain region. Claims to cure constipation improve complexion and cleanse liver and kidneys. Distribution through chemists and druggists with a large size package offered.
Local retailer touts Dr King s New Discovery with free samples to entice customers. The ad claims it cures coughs colds bronchitis croop and all throat and lung diseases quickly and offers a one dollar large bottle with a guaranteed satisfaction promise.
The article notes a new sugar manufacturing method lowering production costs so a crop can be sold for five cents a pound. Northern and central states grow cane, southern cane remains richer. three factories rise in Kansas, signaling broader adoption if successful.
Over 60 people forced to leave home for a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine. Claims include liver and kidney relief, improved complexion, and headache relief. Ad touts Dr Acker's English pills as easy to take and non gripping, sold by J A Williamson.
A tale of recovery from prolongd sickness credits Electric Bitters as a life changing tonic. The public is urged to seek relief for kidney liver or stomach ailments with the Great Alterative and Tonic, available at Garrett's drug store in bottles priced 50 cents and one dollar.
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