County Correspondence Highlights Local Life and Weather
The county notes severe weather, labor sympathy for Froetburg strikers, and ongoing farm finance strains. Sunday school at Rocky Sprites grows. Grandpap Twenty near 64. Road improvements progress under Supervisor Zach Thomas. Local crops, harvests, and visits by Frederick and Baltimore residents are recorded along with Salvation Army activity. Children Day at M E church, lectures by Rev Dashiell, and community gatherings color the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froet‘burg
Lonsconing
Rocky Sprites
Grandpap Twenty
Tus
Zach Thomas
Shookstown
Pleasant Hill
Milton Cuteafl
Salvationists
Jenior
Jay
M. E
Thomas M. Waltz
Hunt & Eaton
New York
E. H. Dashiell
Trinity M.E. Church South
Daysville
JTNE
James Quick
Frayer
David Garber
Beard
Ernest Sundey
G.W. Zimmerman
J. D. Garber
Ora Paddick
Marshal Boon
Mack
Mr. Boon
W. H. Smith
Libertytown Orchestra
Wiliam Smith
George Nash
Willa Brhederick
Link Din
Seceston
Bennett's Creek M
George Peters
Clarksburgh
J. W. Steele
Montgomery
Bennew
E Creek
Breele
Weather and Society Notes From Frederick County
Wind and rain sweep through the region as farmers assess storm damage. Reports from Bennett's Creek and Broad Run detail road hazards, crop losses, and upcoming church services. Local residents including John W. Suman and J. W. Steele are mentioned with ongoing repairs and community events.
Modernized Water Clock And Grape Fruit Serving Tips
An 19th century style note describes a water clock with a moving hour hand driven by a wick and weight system, referencing a German source and a playful Captain Cuttle analogy. Also included is a recipe note on serving the shaddock or grapefruit with sugar and optional rum, plus brief testimonials and a druggist notice for Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horr
Aix
Freighting on the National Turnpike Fifty Years Ago
Daniel Barchus of Elk Lick recalls driving a six horse Conestoga between Baltimore and Wheeling in 1835. He describes rates from 75 cents to 1 25 per hundred, tavern life, cherry bounce, and the era’s rough but hearty hospitality. He notes tolls, subsistence costs, and a tough 18 day haul averaging 14.5 miles per day, with horses and wagon kept in repair and occasional abolitionist banter shaping freight deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Baltimore and National Turnpikes
Daniel Barchas
Elk Lick
Sommerset County
Washington County
Baltimore
Wheeling
Ohio
Chesapeake
Johns Hopkins
Barchus
Barehus
Cherry
Psrgy
Miy Companiana
Mt. Vernon
Huntzberry
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Onio River
Zane’s Island
Natonal
West Alexander
Tizes
Harness of daily toil and a remedy for fatigue
The piece discusses the burden of daily work on workers and offers Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a restorative to renew energy and combat ailments from sedentary labor. It claims benefits for malady prevention, exposure, and general weakness, touting awards for Rambler Bicycles and urging readers to visit THE NEWS Office to try them.
Drunken Bowery riders fade with new streetcars
An 1890s New York Sun clipping notes readers recall a chaotic Bowery and Park Row scene on early horsecar lines. After introduction of modern Peter Cooper style streetcars, conductors report fewer drunks, less vandalism, and improved safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet Hota
Bowery
Park Row
Exble
New York Sun
Water and digestion cited by Dr Yorke Davis in medical note
A medical journal excerpt quotes Dr Yorke Davis stressing water as essential to digestion and bodily functions while critiquing diet without water. It asserts water drives nourishment, waste removal, and overall health across life, comparing its role to a mill wheel powered by a stream. The piece also notes electromagnets in eye surgery and social advice on male and female friendship and conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorke Davis
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Percy and
Herry Russell
AL. Jane Downey
Elizabeth R. Downey
Margaret J. Hopkins
Terman
Hhoderick
Centrerilie
Charles Routzahy
Middletown Ry
T. Plummer Revelle
M.P
Buckeystown
Broad Hunl
William Suman
D. Carllton Huffer
SL Etrayer
John Wm. Suman
Frederick County
Astron Miullecdore
Boonsboro
Etta Slifer
Michael Rah
Harper's Ferry
W. Temp Grove
Cornelius Harley
Joshua A. Rice
Bethel
Cuttle—riz
Chamberlain
Simon Goldbarm
San Luis
Albert L. Pearre
Frederick WiFt
Airy
Buckien
Sarrott
Connestoga
Marion County
Zanciere
Awenan
Jake
San Frani_co
Hood
Knapp
John T. Lewis & Bros
Wood
Freesix
John T. Lewis & Bros. CO
Falladelphia
Tau
Sonuchia
TEE Relay
MFC. Co
Morgan & Wright
W.T. Delaplaine
Frederick
Tae Nana Atte
Cea
Sulfor
Telf Paneer
Pear
Ame
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
America
Metropolitan
West Patrick Street
Peoples
Haley Fiske
John R. Hegenan
Geo. EH. Gaston
J. J. Thompson
Thos. H. Williard, M. D
Med
Geo. B. Woodward
James M. Craig
Stewart L. Woodford
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