19 Mar 1884
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1884
Page
1
A dusty fragment from a Chicago sensational item describes self-inflicted death lore and a court outcome. It notes a dramatic event witnessed by a boy and later coroner proceedings, with limited names or specifics available in the readable text.
A patched page item mixes verse fragments and local notes from a 19th century publication. It mentions Daisy Greenfield, Mr H D, St Patrick's department, Adamstown, Roberts Bros selling a hog, a cough syrup sale, and a weathered community update about farm life and local characters.
From the New York Sun letters describe a brass looking forty foot barrel mounted on a steel girder in a Delaware iron works yard. The device is the barrel and carriage of a four inch dynamite pneumatic gun designed to sink a large man o war and annihilate its crew. It weighs about a ton and uses a compressed air chamber to fire a 1000 pound cartridge three miles with precision. If a cartridge hit a ship’s deck the vessel would be shattered and all aboard blown apart.
Miss Robert McDuell, an old and esteemed lady of this vicinity, died last week in the last year of her age. Spring seems slow but warm, Mr. Grace N. Merchant visits Lexington, Va. April approaches and citizens plan moves. Ed Garratt and Frank return from Keath with fine stock. The public school at Pis- is flourishing. Frederick City school is well run. Miss Brent Kemp of this place is assistant.
A Brooklyn incident at 470 Sixth Avenue, South Brooklyn, left Celia Renney dead when Dennis Riley, 50, and Mary Cassidy were visiting John Cassidy. Riley claimed the pistol misfired after pointing it at Renney, while he threatened Mary Cassidy. Police and the coroner were alerted as the weapon showed three empty chambers. A separate note mentions a teacher asking a child about three kinds of bees, identifying queen, king, and jack.
Chief ibiecer Hoven issues a circular allowing letters for Greely party members to be sent to Commander W. G. Schley at Brooklyn Navy Yard to arrive by April 20. Respondents may send to Chief Signal Officer Hazen in Washington to arrive by April 15, with clothing and supplies to be provided. no items needed from members.
Police believe several people may have fled the vicinity after a girl vanished. Mary Gahagan, a Providence suburb resident living with her widowed mother, applied for a hotel waitress job and never returned home. Relatives and authorities search, stirring public alarm.
A Latrobe district report details a strange poisoning event near Loyal Hanna coal shaft involving the Shulthe rs family Germans from Washington County who ate undercooked fresh pork with salt during destitute conditions. The illness progressed rapidly with multiple family members dying and others severely affected, prompting public concern.
The principal hotels report arrivals since yesterday noon. Guests include L A Rose Matthew Cault Isaac Simons L B Bird W B Ridgely M F B Rice WLC Erwin H D Daughters Geo J Elliott A Vandewell J McCasker G x Bullitt T H Brown Va Boas Richard E A Douglass C W Crawford among others from Baltimore Rochester N Y Troy New York Louisville Gaithersburg.
A fragment lists names and places including E. Johnson, FE Newsburg, Balto, A. P. Toss, Williamsport PA, H C Whitehell Buckingham WV, Chas Dover Springfield OH, D H Rontzahn Mt. Pleasant, James Fox Washington DC, O K Smith Point of Rocks, and Bl TL Shank Montgomery county plus 15 county residents.
The message urges extra care during fluctuating temperatures to prevent colds and possible lung trouble. It advises keeping overcoats on for weeks, as evenings grow chilly despite daytime warmth, and stresses ongoing attention to personal health.
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