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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1889
Page
4
The Salvation Army plans an evening march and open air meeting along West Patrick Street. The event will end at the State Tavern after proceeding along the SEID street route amid local notices of social and community life.
Reynold's Post No 2 Dept of Aid G A R held its monthly meeting. Resolutions thanked Rev A J Gill for a sermon May 26 and tributes were offered for graveside decor, memorial services May 30 and others. Credit given to Profano Ebert and choir, Wm H Parnell for address, Lewis Mehrling for cemetery task, and city press for notices. Copy ordered for publication.
Readers mobilize for Berlin Knoxville Weverton Sandy Hook Harper's Ferry and Point of Rocks as a relief car linked to the B and O offers free transport for clothes bread groceries and money. Contributors named include Hendrickson Fabrney Brust Stehrling Michael Ruland Getzendamer Starr and others.
A prize plan costing 2000 dollars featured in Carpentry and Building, a New York monthly. George W. E. Field of Cincinnati furnished the plan and won first prize in the nineteenth competition. The plan details cellar depth three feet and foundation trenches two feet, with templates for excavation and base layout.
A garbled travel scene describes rapid travel by a palm borne method amid fear and satire. An English traveler reports entering Patna bazar after a four mile pace at sunset and notes a variety of advertised medicines promising relief for consumption and chest ailments.
Flood waters inundate Alexandria and surrounding areas. Flooded riverfronts damage bridges and rails forcing service suspensions. Trains toward St. Louis Atlanta Washington and New York are delayed or rerouted, with multiple lines halted and reports of property loss and evacuations across several towns. Local crews assess machinery damage and prepare cleaning and repair work expected to take weeks.
A miscellany of household instructions and etiquette notes. Includes a homemade beverage recipe with spiced ingredients and yeast, musings on politeness and good manners, a grape leaf linen center-piece embroidery design, stylish photo frames, ham frying tips, and a soap making method using lye and soap.
An advertisement touts Harit y Greeth Acker's Blood Elixir as a sole effective treatment for acne and skin diseases. It claims medical endorsement, lists A Williamson druggist at 100 Ladies Ward and others offering free samples, and markets a tonic for liver and kidney health with constipation relief priced at 50 cents.
A fashion note describes a latest mantel lambrequin in dark or maroon plush. It features a length drape with silk or silesia trimming and heavy interlining of carton or unbleached sheeps. The piece aims for unique style and elegance in home decor.
Dyspepsia and indigestion are described as burdens, with Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets claimed to cure the worst forms. The ad notes the product costs 30 cents and is sold by J. A. Willemson Drugs.
Advert shows Acker's Bioeod Elixir marketed as a universal cure with blood and skin benefits. It claims medical endorsement, offers free trial packs, and urges purchases from druggists. Also promotes a skin salve for cats and skin eruptions with money back guarantee, priced 25 cents per bottle.
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