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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1893
Page
4
MG hosts a cottage prayer meeting this evening at Mr G W F Roelkey 85 South Market Street. The event invites neighbors and parishioners to join in quiet worship and reflection at the home of the Roelkey family.
A 19th century note argues four requisites for advertising success: merit in the article, a suitable field, capital, and above all ability. It cites failures from lacking one element, praises enduring brands, and asserts selection of reputable newspapers and targeted audiences as part of the essential fourth factor. The piece highlights figures like Procter & Gamble and Ivory Soap as examples of ability driving profit.
General Passenger Agent Charles O Scull reports no major fare cuts from Baltimore and Ohio or other trunk lines for World's Fair travel. Despite Nickel Plate's initial plan to offer reduced rates with stopovers, officials withdrew and will follow agreed trunk line rates. World’s Fair tickets go on sale with a 20 percent reduction on certain standard fares for use on unused trains and no stopover privilege, valid through November 1.
An advertisement extols electric bitters and pineapple products as cures for liver kidney aches and fevers. It claims benefits for sailors and travelers with promises of relief from headaches stomach issues and constipation. Garrett Pearre Drug Store markets the remedies with money back guarantees.
Cumberland News notes the Independent Hose Company of Frederick marks its seventy fifth anniversary with June 7 and 8 celebrations, railroad fare deals for uniformed firemen, and free apparatus for groups of at least twenty five. The piece highlights Mount Olivet and St John's cemeteries with poet Francis Scott Key and Justice Roger B Taney graves, nearby battlefields Monocacy South Mountain Gettysburg Antietam, and details the Frederick Volunteer Fire Department with 1442 members and extensive equipment.
Prof Goode of the Smithsonian conceived a pigeon exhibit with bred varieties from the wild blue rock ancestor. A model display shows chicken development in eggs while a stuffed Homer recalls a famed 30 mile race. Also promotional blurbs for Hostetter’s Bitters Mayers Magnetic Catarrh Cure and a testimonial from W B Denny.
A patient reports months of chronic stomach fullness and wind, aided by August Flower after seven years with Thomas McHenry of Allegheny City. The testimonial claims relief and lists the seller as GG Green of Wocabury New Jersey with a signed note by John D Cox.
A counterfeit five dollar note is reported from Lagonda National Bank of Sprierfeld Ohio. It is a very poor imitation with no attempt to copy the local security features such as the silk threads or the genuine paper’s texture.
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