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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1889
Page
1
An old newspaper ad promotes a wide stock of men to suits at various prices and styles. It lists spring overcoats and juvenile suits with price ranges and catalog numbers for shop inventory.
A sermon warns against evil company and idle living, using tales of a young man swayed by companions and a spectral duel between good and bad angels. It urges restraint, work, and avoidance of pleasure seekers to protect character and faith.
The passage piles short items: a new plaster hardening method, meat and bread quantities for animals, a New York Zoological Society note, a drowning accident in Minnesota, a Washington street placard joke, glass heating failure causes, a railroad bed reroute proposal, a digression on the Wilmington Giant, ear insect removal advice, cross-eyed children’ eye care, a Paris theater anecdote, and a Labiche tale about stage play reactions.
In a crowded city street a man restrained a dog attacker until others could intervene. A bystander, a stylish youth, armed with a snuff box, settled the scene by using powder to calm the dog, drawing applause as he moved on. Also notes: Australia described as the largest island continent with 3,500 mile east west span and 7,950 mile north south span, population around 2.39 million, 7000 miles rail, 82,000 miles telegraph and telephone lines.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes Vienna's potential water supply by Exg-Ash for 1,250,000 people. Current daily use averages 14.55 gallons per person, covering both public and private needs, with modern American conveniences largely absent in Vienna.
A dramatic incident near a river occurred when a man went overboard at about ten in the forenoon. Two rescuers jumped in, one man grabbing the drowning victim while the other kept him afloat until a rope could reach them. The rescuer praised as brave by a colonel received praise for risking life to save another. The nearby toll bridge scene included a separate chaotic event with a youth firing a pistol toward himself, causing onlookers to intervene.
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