23 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1884
Page
1
Special notices announce a private sale of thirteen shares in the Frederick County National Bank. The listing appears under a short classified header, naming Charles F. Krehckie and the firm Frederick P. Co. Md as contacts.
Special correspondent locates a September Philadelphia scene linking autumn sour-kraut prose with a torchlight Democratic parade led by Senator Pendleton. It notes city schooling shortfalls with 20 000 children without proper buildings and details civic concern over Public Buildings and new pavement works.
Reports confirm a string of incidents across Maryland including Ernest Markle run over by a train in Cumberland and crippled. John Boshe dies from a shooting at the Eckhart ball riot. W. W. Johnson dies as two Shenandoah Valley rails collide. EF Alexander swindles Maryland carriage builders with bogus checks, most recently Herr Brothers of Westminster. Misa Bridgat Igo is committed to Mount Hope Asylum for religious monomania. An extra Baltimore belt constable is appointed after numerous burglaries. A light wreck on the Western Maryland Railroad at Mechanicstown derails freight cars with no injuries.
President Robert Garrett of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers to move Maryland and West Virginia exhibits to the World’s Industrial Exposition in New Orleans at no cost, saving more than $1,000. Maryland station agents will collect local natural resource samples for display in New Orleans. A separate note mentions Dr Bull's Cough Syrup easing a child's croup after a bottle was taken.
Excited crowds seek Dr. King's New Discovery as the life saving remedy. It claims to cure coughs colds asthma hay fever bronchitis hoarseness and throat issues. Free samples available at Garrett Breck’s Drug Store, large size one dollar.
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