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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
4
Many people doubt a permanent cure for indigestion yet Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claim a practical approach. The pills digest food after meals using pepsin and natural digestive aids rather than acting on bowel movements, with no secret ingredients and a price of 60 cents per package sold by druggists nationwide.
Obituary notices recount Nicholas Rogers of Grafton W Va dying en route to visit sisters in the county after illness near Sykesville born England Feb 15 1837 he lived in Frederick Co Md Belmont Nev before settling Grafton in 1877 mayoral terms noted Frances A G Ball daughter of Joseph N Ball died in Boonsboro aged 20 86 with funeral at Reformed Church and Rev Snyder officiating Mrs Elizabeth Beeler of Rohrersville dies at 86 founder of Central United Brethren Church in Rohrersville Col William Francis Smith of Hagerstown found dead in his hotel room aged about 40 longtime Washington County bar member and former General Assembly delegate William Jacobs former local resident dies in Washington DC at 78 with notices of various remedies and products included.
Maryland game warden KB HW Gilbert reports after heavy snows that many partridges survived, not more than half left alive post season. He notes birds may have fled or sheltered, and saved stock could bolster future populations for the next fall hunting season.
PURELY PERSONAL. Mr. Edward Smith of Georgetown College visits home for Easter. Mrs. Robert Campbell and son of Baltimore visit friends here. Benjamin Rosenour returns from Baltimore. F Bivans and Miss Evans return from Washington. Mr. and Mrs Davis of Orleans in Frederick yesterday. Mrs. Worthington Glaze returns from Baltimore. Charles W. Birsly of New Haven visiting parents in the city. Isaac Wineberg returns from Baltimore. Miss Bossie Tyson returns from Baltimore and Washington. Alons Shriver of Baltimore visits the Manishy family. Miss Mary Catharine Goldeborough departs Frederick for Baltimore. Austin Baughman of Fordham College and Miss Helen Baughman from Washington home for Easter.
Brief items report early market moves and preparations for Easter, Easter remembrances replacing cards, and local activity. Adam Brackey reports two wild ducks shot at the reservoir. Captain Groff erects a frame dwelling on Bentz Street. L H Creager of Middletown presents goldfish to Lowenstein Wertheimer and William Cnmouns. A B&O detective force reorganization places the east of the Ohio River under Special Agent Shaw in Baltimore.
Wheat in Frederick quoted at 74 cents per bushel. Corn shelled at 50 cents per bushel, trade noted. An attempted entry into G Mantz Rhodes’s hen house on East South Street failed as intruders fled. Thomas Potts of Jefferson County awarded an original pension of monthly dollars. Jesse Haines of West Fifth Street improving after illness. Bhiloh’s Consumption Cure advertised with prices 25 cents 50 cents and 1.00, claims relief with two thirds of contents taken. Bright customer note from Albert, likely a local patent remedy.
The article explains how Easter dates shift yearly based on lunar timing and the paschal full moon. It notes Easter can fall between March 21 and April 26, with more April occurrences, and provides counts for March and April dates across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Dr. James Garret Linthicum, born Urbana November 26, 1834, nominated by Democrats of Baltimore’s Fourth district for the second branch of the City Council. He studied medicine at the University of Maryland and has practiced in Southwest Baltimore since 1850. He has held university and club positions, is married to Mary R. Wilson, and has a son, Dr. John Wy. Linthicum.
Judge Sharp delivered an oral ruling in the state game law case. The defendants Samuela Rice and Robert Stevens were charged with possessing game during the closed season. The judge found the law valid except for prohibiting sale of game killed outside the state, which may be sold in original packaging. He also shifted the burden of proof to the accused to show the game was killed out of state.
News of the churches notes a Milton G Urner talk at the Methodist Church and various confirmations and preparatory services across Grace Reformed Evangelical Reformed and Lutheran parishes. Easter Monday elder and deacon elections are planned at the Reformed churches and vestrymen at All Saints Episcopal.
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