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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
2
The text notes that the Democratic primaries will be held on June 2 across several counties, with county conventions and listed officials confirming the event. It also mentions appointments and local political developments in Queen Anne's and surrounding counties.
Dispatch from Easton Maryland reports a two horse wagon on a mill pond bridge while a white man with a pitchfork and two Negro aides used farm shovels to catch carp. The crowding water and warm weather drove a mass swim to the bridge channel as fishermen with pitchforks and shovels chased after the fish for hours.
Springfield Hospital for the insane held its regular board meeting at the hospital attended by Col. Henry Inoya John Hubner Dr Gundry Mr Weber Mr Wadlow and Mr Forsyth. Dr Clarkin reported 312 patients on April 1 with no deaths that month and noted plans for a new women’s building to receive patients in the near future.
A fragmentary read describes a neighborly alert about a remedy for cholera and ailments attributed to Chamberlain's Colt. Cholera and Barbbee remedies. The writer mentions taking a bottle of Hus xemen with uncertain effects and recommends it to others. The text includes garbled names and places, ending with a reference to Albany and Market Arrest.
A Baltimore scam disrupts public transit marketing fake streetcar tickets via a 1 book with three coupons. Buyers each recruit others who sell books, creating a chain that could illogically promise endless tickets but collapses as credits fail. The piece critiques the plan, cites financial impossible sums, and notes a death unrelated to the scheme.
In May in South Fork five people consumed wood alcohol from an improvised mix after purchasing at a drugstore. The dead include Lawrence Smith aged 42 and Peter Brae aged 34, Joseph Potozinski 19, and a woman. One man, Joseph Smith, age about 21, is dying. testimony cites participation by Joe Polozinski and others. Police report multiple rounds. motive unclear. all victims were Polish and Greek Catholic.
A garbled text fragment touts cures for back pain kidney issues liver ailments biliousness and headaches. It wanders through various pseudo remedies and dubious “cures” with broken phrases and unclear attributions, resembling a sensational health hoax note from a historical paper.
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