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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1894
Page
2
A local piece extols Frederick county as a healthful resort with pure water, singing birds, and refreshingly cool nights. It laments limited advertising and urges more hotels and promotion to attract summer visitors from crowded city centers and fashionable retreats.
A Portland clergyman preaches a farewell sermon after being found at ball games and ginger ale. The New York Sun mocks his restraint. A Western scientist ties weather disruption to electric wires and light. New York households struggle as domestic help vanishes and public laundries charge extra for linen. Thunder and lightning themes appear amid speculation.
Faint hope hints that pressure in Washington could force an early adjournment of sessions. The Chicago Tribune excerpt suggests debate over bans and policy may conclude sooner than expected, with proponents optimistic about momentum on ongoing reform discussions.
A report notes villagers contest the treatment of old church relics and oak doors from a century before. A buyer plans to use the doors for a pig sty, provoking indignation among residents who value preservation.
A compiled mosaic of letters and anecdotes touches on weather lightning at Carl Harbor remarks from Dr Chas MacGui about cold spells a praise of the bicycle for workers insights from Frederick College closing exercises by alumnus Wn. 8 Tyler and a rustic verse from The Bentztown Bard. It notes severe storms this summer and cautions safety indoors during thunderstorms. A young writer recalls an idea that led to a narrow escape. William Summers leads the wheat harvest with a 40 bushel expectation and a cheat head from Mr Samuel Summers yielding 81 grains.
A cryptic poetic fragment contemplates faith, loss, and fate in dim light. It speaks of holding belief without despair, awaiting guidance while darkness and dusk resist a lone bright road. Refrains on solitude and inner resolve hover over a shifting, unsure path to hope.
In Catoctin Furnace a June 13 wedding joined Ide Martin and Charles Freshman with music by John Kessering. The reception featured a camptonus supper and a late night dance at the Martins’ home. Other items note Lois Smeltzer’s Kansas marriage to Angela C. Scott in Iola, and forthcoming weddings for Jennie Stottlemyer and Albert E. Haya in Wolfsville, plus Hugh Roddy and Sarah Hemler wed at Mt. St. Mary’s.
United States sub treasurer George L Wellington issued a circular instructing Baltimore and state bankers to exchange gold for new paper currency in 1200 dollar multiples. Banks including Merchants National Bank, Second National Bank of Cumberland, Western National Bank, and Commercial and Farmers each contributed sizable sums. Wellington urges a generous response, noting prior refusals by some Baltimore banks but stating the sub treasury is ready to exchange gold. During a storm, lightning struck Saint George Church causing a hole in the wall and scorched gas pipe, but no fire.
A 19th century health advisory urges mothers to use lactated food to prevent cholera infantum and fever in hot months. It extols lactated formula as pure, easily digested nourishment that mirrors mother’s milk, supports growth, and wards off diarrhea, advising stock at drugstores for summer safety.
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