09 Mar 1886
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1886
Page
1
Directory style list of Frederick merchants and trades firms with names like Rosenote Ber gen Lowenstein Wertheimer and others. Includes clothiers cigar dealers druggists dry goods grocers hardware harness and tailoring firms with street locations and brief product notes.
A sensational Oakland tale centers on Mrs Viole Grove, head of New Glades Hotel, who feigned a death, escaped from jail after a real option law arrest, and vanished with the sheriff and jailer reportedly away. The episode includes a doctor’s staged resuscitation and a dramatic escape via the front door to West Virginia.
A 19th century column extols the belle as a social queen. It urges charm through tact, wit, and graciousness, warns against overrefined flirtation, and asserts beauty of character surpasses mere looks. The piece cites Mrs Browning and praises kind, hopeful influence on family and friends. It ends with an ad for Salvation Oil as a cure-all remedy.
A Lawrence dispatch reports southern county farmer finding a cave inhabited by about 300 prairie wolves. After dogs entered and were driven back, a day-long hunt killed roughly 100 wolves and a grand drive was organized to continue the slaughter.
A Black man named Samuel Johnson was arrested Friday in Eatontown on a complaint by Miss Angeline Herbert and jailed in a brick jail. Early Saturday a mob broke in, clubbed him, and hanged him from the jail grate. A laborer, William Abbott, found the body, with blood and clubs in the cell, leaving the crime undescribed and the townspeople reluctant to identify perpetrators.
The Senior Senator John F. Miller of California died suddenly at 145 p.m. He was born in Indiana in 1831 and had a varied career from state senate in 1860 to brigade commander under Sherman. He later served as collector of the port of San Francisco before being elected to the U.S. Senate.
The Knights of Labor in Decatur HL announce a new national political party named the United Labor party of America. They pledge to support only candidates who back their principles and urge voters to unite to free wage workers from capitalist control amid fears of capitalists’ growth harming the masses.
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