28 Nov 1885
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1885
Page
1
We received 150 pairs of white wool blankets from a New York auction and offer them at 1.12 per pair to make space. Bed comforts and gray blankets with spreads, fringes and fur trimmings are priced to beat competition. Also 10,000 yards of velvet ribbon 1 inch wide at 5 cents a yard and a sale on kid gloves and buckies in new styles.
Special correspondence from Mews Pa celebrates Miss Mills of Ohio with the world’s largest feet showcased for five cents admission. Describes measurements, shoe construction, and gawker interest, with satirical poems and odd vignettes linking to broader quips about Ohio pride and public spectacle.
A garbled description centers on Miss Mais a petite blonde said to be 20, weighing 115 pounds with exaggerated feet and a provocative display. The text also covers rail expansion in Canada and American Pacific routes, observations on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and assorted advertisements for elixirs and tonics.
The piece notes hair color restoration under a phosphorized treatment and mentions various plants now in pharmacopoeia. It cites a scientist praising sea snail extracts for gout and reports telescope lens casting and a San Francisco Call forecast of the moon’s approach. An English astronomer, Dr Copeland, observed a Jupiter satellite eclipse in line with the sun and earth.
The Indianapolis funeral for Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks was planned with a leading committee including Senator Harrison and W. H. English. Embalming completed, remains to lie in state at the courthouse, then at Crown Hill Cemetery with a grand marble memorial.
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