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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1884
Page
1
The New York board of canvassers reports the city tally across 712 districts. A district error would alter Blaine Cleveland votes by 27, changing Cleveland’s plurality to 1 105. State totals show Cleveland 563103 Blaine 561998 St John 25227 Butler 16875.
Horace P. Weddell of Everett and his family are drawn into a grim tale of failed business, suspected insanity, and a new marriage to Mary Simmerman. The report details his estrangement from his Maine-born wife, the death of the wife in Europe, his conflict with his sons, and his subsequent remarriage in Pennsylvania with Judge Ranney as lawyer.
Four masked men entered the residence of Geo Moore five miles south of Wooster on Thursday night bound and gagged Moore and his sister. They were alone and robbed of one dollar. No clues to the robbers are available.
An outbreak of scarlet fever in Jefferson leads local officials to close the public school. The move follows several reported cases, prompting health authorities to order temporary suspension of classes as a precaution.
CENTREVILLE Mp Nov 15 A farmer named Al Wood living near town died by self inflicted shotgun blast after a period of despondency over troubles. He had attempted hanging years ago. Eli K Price aged 86, veteran lawyer and one of the oldest bar members besides James J Barclay, died today at 5 am from heart disease.
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, 12, was run over by a car in the Northern Central Railway yards yesterday morning. She died in the City Hospital that afternoon from injuries sustained.
A Haiphong despatch says French Annamite auxiliaries beheaded 600 Chinese prisoners captured at Kep on October 9. The report, dated London November 16, reaches the paper this afternoon.
From midnight last night to 8 pm 62 new cholera cases and 38 deaths were recorded in Paris. Several cases and one death are reported in Toledo Spain.
A Shanghai dispatch to the Times says rumors of Tamaui's fall are circulating in that city. The report notes the claim is unconfirmed and reflects wartime chatter rather than verified events.
The Paris fashion house Worth employs about 400 young women in Paris with a total staff of 1 200. The designer, born in Lincolnshire about sixty years ago, faces strict tastes and demanding clients while praising his mother for taste. He recalls a quarrel with a client who rejects his style and jokes about ladies’ sense of fashion.
Mrs Cody, alone in her home, fired twice at a Negro intruder who entered her room by force. The assailant fled after a back shot and was later found missing as authorities search the nearby woods.
The Grocers Advocate describes a vial light replacing matches. A pea sized piece of phosphorous in a glass vial with olive oil heated to the burning point, filled one third, corked. Removing cork allows air in and re seals to glow like a lamp. Light dims as air is used and resealing replenishes by air entry.
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