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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1889
Page
4
A missionary meeting is announced at the B and church for the evening and offerings will support work in Brazil. The issue also records weddings and a funeral, noting Mary Keelb, Carl-ton Stull, and other local nuptials and the funeral of James M. Gannon with details of attendees and trustees from Masonic and Native societies.
The annual gathering of the Ladies' Church Aid and Missionary Society of the Afznor Lutheran congregation met Sunday evening March 27 at 6 30. The program included hymns readings prayers recitations and songs with performances by Miss Daisy Hoffman Miss Albert Hargett the Massee Remsburg Cockrell and others. The group reported about one hundred members and adjourned to meet again on April 7.
A list of advertised letters remaining in the Frederick city post office dated Saturday March 16 1889. Recipients include Miss Minnie Bord Mrs Mary Jackson Miss Maggie Benner Miss Katie Jacobs Mrs Tsbithe Dorsey Mrs Sarah Devis Maria King Miss Daffney Davis Miss Annie Hillperty Miss Lillie Foge Miss Belle Myer Roeanna Hiasgat Eartha Scheaffer Miss Hawis Miss Henri Thermas Mrs Britts Williams Annie Hotman Miss Clara Yoong Emmi Gentiequers list includes Brooks Feigman Keren Captain John O Brisco Edward Main John Bredsherr Roe MB Cash William Ramsourg Martin Downey Frank Robinson Win DeGrance John Simmers T Davis Tyler Epeerman Carlson Finnefrook Edward Thomas Geo Gof Wolf Samuel Seusy Chase Grove Harry Hagner Alex.
The advertisement extols Dr. Acker's English pills as a positive cure for sick headache and liver troubles. It notes the pills are small, sweet, easily taken and affordable, urged by druggist J. A. Williamson to purchase.
Saturday activities covered the Maryland Conference of the United Brethren Church in Mechanicstown with sermons, reports, and transfers. The Methodist Episcopal South session in Alexandria admitted candidates to full connection, heard on publishing work, temperance talk, and memoirs of bishops and ministers.
A horse belonging to Clagaett Mc Cauley near Chewaville Washington county was taken Friday night from the Cavetown pike by two men who rode away after cursing him. His brother had borrowed the horse and stopped at his grandmother's house about 9 pm. Pursuit failed as the thieves vanished with the team toward the mountain while authorities mounted a search for the stolen property and the abductors.
Obscure printed notice describes tablets claimed to cure various ailments with prices listed in cents. Vague brand names and poor legibility obscure specifics.
Local advertises Backten saruia salve as a cure for piles with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Sold by Joseph B. Garrott at 25 cents per bottle.
Three individuals were arrested on Saturday evening by officers Hobbs and Mehrling for disorderly conduct. They were jailed for 15 and 20 days under Thes. L. 5. C. The Chautangua Literary and Scientific Circle will meet tomorrow evening at Miss Fannie Mullinix's home on West Second Street.
Mr. Albert King left for Roanoke Virginia to make his future home and Mr JF Abler departed for Hagerstown to reside. Mr A T Stewart suffered losses from a fire last Friday with Phoenix Fire Insurance paying 350 dollars. Mesera Freemen and Thomas act as agents.
A large audience of horse owners and drivers gathered in New York to watch Prof. Gleason’s horse training feats. The show featured a violent brute, a Montreal stallion, and a mustang briefly tamed after a treacherous bite incident. Bergh attended with friends as the day’s events closed with a safe seesaw act under a muzzle.
Deaths include Harriett Dixon aged 9 in Baltimore. Henry Steffery, 94, Manchester native. Mary Ann Kline, 73, of East South Street. Richard Jackson, 28, Shebro. Ida L. Kelley, 28, Anne Arundel County. Wm D Lamar, 37, Orange Florida, son of Mrs Mary Lamar, and Mrs Edward Grady’s brother. Interments planned in Frederick Olivet and local cemeteries. multiple ages and hometowns listed.
The Homelet Man and others urge calling on any druggist to obtain a trial bottle of Semp's Eslsam for the throat and lungs. The remedy is advertised as curing chest and acute coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption with large bottles priced at fifty cents and one dollar.
An ad touts Dr King's New Discovery as a guaranteed relief for throat chest and lung ailments. It claims safety and pleasant taste with a trial bottle offered at a local dry goods store.
The registrar claims citizens have benefited from Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption Dr. King's New Life Pills Becklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters. They guarantee satisfaction or refund the purchase price. The remedies owe their success to merit and are sold with assurances of results.
A sermon by Rev. T. De Witt Talmage centers on Nehemiah’s moonlit midnight ride to view Jerusalem's ruins. The preacher portrays Nehemiah as a devoted cupbearer motivated by love for his homeland and faith, urging believers to rise and rebuild Jerusalem and the church.
A sermon argues for recognizing inner sin before outward reform. The speaker cites biblical figures and warns against false conversions, urging personal repentance and a disciplined gaze into one s heart. Nehemiah serves as a model of perseverance amid ruin and temptation.
The speaker recalls comforting a grieving Philadelphia family after their drowning son at Long Branch. He urges perseverance through sorrow, citing Biblical figures and Nehemiah to bolster faith, and emphasizes that God provides light shelter and home even in poverty, bereavement, and sin.
A warning advertises Ackers English Remedy as preventive and curative for croup coughs and colds. It promises a free sample bottle and a guarantee by J A Williamson, druggist, urging households to keep a bottle on hand.
Suffering from lingering coughs and colds, readers are urged to try Kemp's Bilsem. The ad claims rapid improvement after the first dose with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and a free trial size at all druggists.
A patent medicine advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and digestive ills. It claims the drink promises Eupepsy, good digestion, and relief from liver stomach and kidney troubles. Sold by Joseph B Garrett at 50c and 1.00 per bottle.
A county woman endured seven years of a severe illness with persistent coughing and sleepless nights. After trying Dr Buing's New Discoveries, she slept through the night and reportedly recovered after one bottle. W. C Hamrick & Co. of Keley, NC endorse the remedy. a free sample bottle offered at Jos B. Garretts drug store.
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