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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1889
Page
4
Reports include a planned board meeting postponement, funeral and interment details for Dras H. Sense in Baltimore, and a list of local rites and marriages. Also noted are a farmer’s remembrance and several Orphans Court actions with estate letters and guardianship accounts.
The Maryland Bulletin reports Principal Ely's absence on business in Connecticut with a return Wednesday. Students Rollins Henna and Smith enjoyed vacation with friends in Baltimore and the county. Frederick Academy beat Benton Line 14 to 1 in a baseball game. Foster’s eye boxes arrived Monday, delighting givers with thanks for Se and friends. Mr Houck of Taneytown contributes a fruit cart and works as carpenter and blacksmith. Mrs Alice Pancoast and Miss E Shoemaker visited Virginia friends. Acker’s Blood Elixir gains sale as a blood and skin remedy, endorsed by doctors and sold by Willey.
An open air meeting will be held tonight at the Postoffice followed by an indoor gathering at the Barracks. The Reformed Church of Mt Pleasant will host a missionary meeting Sunday evening with Mr D T Lakin of the city delivering an address. A M E Conference closed its Chestertown session with appointments including Ebenezer Church Baltimore Rev J H Collett and others at Mt Pleasant L S Caseel Davies Draper Petersville Saunders. Mr A Smith of Hanover Pa showed nineteen head of fine horses at Mealey's Livery and Sale Stables for close sale.
Early morning work on Carroll Creek bridge crews repair the span and lay new flooring Awnings are being installed in front of all city storefronts indicating ongoing street improvements and renovation activity downtown
A local column condemns a banana peel prankster leaving tracks on sidewalks. The writer likens the acts to endangering others and compares the culprit to a nitro threat to family stores, urging accountability for thoughtless behavior.
The Frederick College Literary Society held a meeting with a debate on compulsory schooling for children. The affirmative won by 31 votes. Also promoted were improved Peer-Jesaa Paper Meat Sacks and notes on Maryland National Guard encampment pay and site planning.
The Monaghan Presbyterian Church near Dillsburg Pennsylvania traces to 1745. Founded by Scotch Irish settlers, it protected worship with a stockade and later rebuilt in stone in 1818. Notable past pastors included George Duffield and John McDowell, with ties to the University of Pennsylvania.
The Height of Churches notes the interior heights of major English churches. Trinity Chapel reaches about 161 feet, surpassing the heights of Salisbury, Lincoln, Canterbury, Winchester, Ely, Durham, Exeter, Worcester, Gloucester, and Litchfield. Notable rivals include Westminster Abbey at 301 feet, York Minster at 90 feet, and St Paul's Cathedral in London at 85 feet.
A fragmented advertisement touts Dr Acker's English pills as a cure for sick headache and liver troubles. It promotes small sweet pills that do not gripe and are sold by J A Williamson with free samples. Also mentions electric paste stove polish and cleaning products.
A Chicago Lakefront celebration turned deadly as a premature firework exploded triggering a panicked mob. Five people died and many more were injured as horses and a bogey cart plowed through onlookers amid the crush on Michigan Avenue and Lincoln Park. Names of some injured are given, with several in hospital and the crowd woes continuing into the Lincol n Park incident where a sidewalk collapsed and hundreds fell.救
Fragmented notes spoof Averigan politics and American remedies. It mentions Robert as minister to St James, Harris, and a Delphin issue, then pushes free trial packs of Lane's Family Medicine and Acker's Blood Elixir. Also highlights Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and Garretts drug store promotions with free samples.
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