18 Jun 1885
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1885
Page
1
The article offers advice on brewing ideal tea using proper vessels and methods, condemning milk and sugar. It shifts to a London letter praising Queen Victoria’s appearance at a drawing room, noting her black satin attire, diamond jewelry, and regal presence in a richly described royal setting.
In Philadelphia at the northwest corner of Sixth and More, the four story Washington Butcher's Sons plant and its lard packing house burned from about 3 45 pm. Fire crews saved neighboring property but the blaze caused over 250000 in loss including machinery stock and building. Over two hundred workers including women and young girls face unemployment.
A garbled reminiscence describes a hunting party tale with harsh talk about weighing a fish and a confrontation over a suspected object inside a man. A gray haired sportsman questions what lies inside and the narrator doubts the credibility of tall fish stories.
The article reports cicada swarms in Alexandria County Virginia damaging trees and shrubs, citing Professor Huleywe and the Washington Evening Star. It recommends cheap mosquito netting to protect young fruit and ornamental trees, noting minimal growth delay and potential gains. It also mentions a July 20 egg-laying deposit and coppery winds moving cicadas toward Georgetown, with a Wheat Crop update predicting a fair but below average yield nationwide.
The Lancaster New Era reports a remarkable case from Columbia where Wesley Cooper, a colored man, has for four years shared color with whites and is now turning white especially on the back and limbs. The correspondent notes it could influence opinions on racial change and cites a humorous quotation about God turning freedmen white.
A fight broke out aboard a Baltimore and Ohio freight train when Conductor Wood ordered an unknown German to board after refusing. The German drew a revolver, the conductor was knocked down, and the assailant was tied and taken to the city by a policeman.
At Western Maryland College Westminster June 15 the prize contest between the Webster and Irving Literary Societies featured T L Whitaker E F Roop and B Alfred Dumm for the Websters and Edward Wimbrough W Kuhne Charles Grow for the Irvings. Topics ranged from Be a Hero in the Strive to The Land of the Free Individuality and Abbe de L Epee with judges not chosen. The crowd praised the orators and split honors evenly between societies.
Professor from Juo Hopking University Baltimore explains the digger wasp preys on locusts to feed its young. She deposits eggs in a burrow and the wasp paralyzes locusts for nourishment. Ammonia helps neutralize the sting. Also reports crop damage from corn worms described as the wet Worm across Kansas fields.
Edwin H. Reynolde of Cecil County Maryland operates two carp ponds holding about three dozen fish. He feeds them with salt corn and claims he can make more corn for hogs. Last year his sales were worth a sum and his stock is now larger than then.
A garbled excerpt from a Longstreet article discusses Lincoln and Abraham, with unclear phrases and missing context. The text references reverence for a great man and a peculiar period, but deciphering is hindered by numerous misspellings and fragments.
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