24 Nov 1885
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1885
Page
1
Special offers run ten days at 20 South Market Street to clear space for a large stock. 150 pairs of white wool blankets from a New York auction sold at 1.12 per pair. Bed comforts priced 0.70 to 1.25. Gray blankets and Marseilles spreads in stock. Velvet ribbon by the yard, prices low. A three button kid glove bargain at 3.72 cents a pair. New styles in buckles and fringes.
A profile of Whit Day and Josiah Lilly, famed moonshiners in McDowell and Tazewell counties and nearby regions. Day, long a elusive target for U S officers, is said to guard his operations with two large dogs and quick coverups. The piece notes a 1861 Confederate escape, later illicit distilling in Tennessee, and a 1881 shooting incident. Day and Lilly remain at large.
A Boston report recounts a romance among American Board missionaries bound for Turkey. Dr Graham, unmarried, marries Ella Bray in Constantinople before heading to Aintab. the Board may assign them as mission pair, despite initial marriage hurdles. Also notes a Brooklyn Bridge accident and a tonic claim from Dr Henley’s Celery product.
The Star interviews Senator Camden in Washington noting his expectation of an orderly Senate with limited opposition to President Cleveland’s nominations. He predicts tariff and silver debates, a cautious tariff revision, and a measured silver coinage stance, with Republicans likely sidelined by Democrats. He also cites West Virginia Democrats’ mixed feelings and personal responsibility for party unity.
Annsaponis Missouri November 23 The Salvation Army facing trouble as it fails to rent skating rink or public assembly rooms. After erecting a tent a gale blew it away and callers occupied the market house. Exhorters now prepare to use new barracks on King George Street while stalls protest to city fathers. Jersey City burglars loot Miesen Livingstone millinery store feathers and velvet worth 2500 dollars Newark avenue.
A Missouri teacher Minnie Turney at Bennett School Somerville forced a boy to name another as a telltale under threat of whipping. The boy was burned inside his mouth and died days later from diphtheria after receiving a mouth injury and illness following the incident. The death was entered on the death certificate by a physician.
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