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Unclear OCR fragment references ads and names with partial text. The readable portions hint at a local notice or column but lack coherent facts, dates, or events to identify a specific person place or action.
05 Mar 1884
Page 1
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1884
Page
1
Unclear OCR fragment references ads and names with partial text. The readable portions hint at a local notice or column but lack coherent facts, dates, or events to identify a specific person place or action.
Fragmented notes describe a Cumberland Maryland early 20th century street scene marked by cold weather and crowded activity. An eyewitness reports a disorderly milieu on a Cumberland thoroughfare with mention of arrests, social vice, and calls for public reform without graphic specifics. The piece reflects local concern over vice, law enforcement, and municipal order in a bleak winter setting.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount Blaine leading in Republican nomination, references to Garfield, convention strategies, and party divisions across states. Mentions strong support in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maine, and other states, with garbled lines on temperance and political alignments.
Hutchinson Kansas man M E Alsen credits a trial bottle of Dr King's New Discovery for curing a severe cough and throat ailments after failures from doctors and climate. The ad promises cure for asthma bronchitis hoarseness and related issues with a free trial bottle and a large bottle priced at one dollar.
Browningsville notes record a March 3 gathering of the Independent Order of Good T at 7:30 p.m. led by Worthy Chief Templar Robert J. Walker. Two candidates were initiated, three applications for membership received, about 45 attendees due to bad weather, and literary postponed except for a reading by Sister Martha Purdum. The piece memorializes James Boyer, a longtime member who died after signing a temperance pledge, reflecting on his church involvement and family. Resolutions praise his upright service and extend sympathy to his widow and five orphaned children. Additional local items mention alleged theft of fowls from George Roelkey, sale of a colt Tanner Boy to John E. Hargett, and a broken excavating truck spring at Market and Patrick streets.
An interview recounts a Fort Smith to Muskogee stage coach journey featuring a Cherokee Council member and a half Indian child. The boy questions the Indian, prompting a tense mix of curiosity and caution as the passenger contemplates wild Indians, bears, and scalp questions while a driver and woman referee the scene.
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