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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1893
Page
4
The article notes a visual illusion where arches appear divided by bisecting lines unless a pencil line is drawn to reveal the correct form. Architects are warned to avoid columns placed to split arches en symmetrically. It also lists bizarre sermon titles from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and reports local illnesses and improvements of Maggie Steagle and Frank Davis.
A sermon study by Rev. D. M. Stearn on living to God and others, urging humility and selflessness. The text cites First Corinthians, stressing that knowledge puffs up while love edifies, and warns against idol worship whether wood or self. It argues true freedom serves the gospel and the weak, not personal gratification.
Gray Buffalo Robe, linked with Pawnee Bill's Wild West show, gave birth to a pappoose named Carolinas on a train in Charleston DC. The newborn’s names honor May Lillie and the state of birth. The mother rode in a race ten hours after delivery. The Falling Star is described as wife and daughter of Sitting Ball.
A National League for Good Roads exhibit near Chicago displays three road styles with different widths and foundations, from simple six inch macadam to a Telford design costing up to $8,600 per mile. Senator Manderson leads the league with Chicago officials backing a push to fund better country thoroughfares. The display features model roads and a farm wagon stuck in mud to illustrate conditions, aiming to persuade farmers to accept higher taxes for improved roads.
A brief note explains that land values rise by improvements, raising assessments and taxes on benefited lands. Lands not abating see a smaller tax percentage, while areas less favored experience lower increases.
J J LaGrange of Avoca Nebraska touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a specific for croup noting its pleasant taste aids use among children. He claims cases where a small child was saved by the remedy. Bottles cost 50 cents and are sold by Garrett and Pearre in Frederick. Miss Aggie Brickner visited Mr Thomas Thompson this week.
In hopeful prose an article extols resilience amid business gloom and bank pressures. It urges readers to unite, work hard, and trust in renewal while warning of only temporary setbacks and invoking divine blessing on the nation. It advertises Bicorate Bitters as a health tonic for strength and recovery.
An expert description details a new disinfecting method tested by the New York board of health and Croton water officials at Brewsters New York. Alfred E Woolf of New York City devised the process by electrolizing sea water to yield a hypochlorite solution that forms ozone and disinfects sewage quickly. The plant supports continuous flow with an 8 horsepower capacity, treating sewage beyond Brewsters needs. The disinfectant reduces marsh color and surface growth, destroys nitrites, and is effective against cholera germs after 30 seconds exposure. Costing about 20 cents per 1 000 gallons, it is cheaper than chlorine and other disinfectants. Electrolized sea water is harmless and the inventor drinks it as spring water.
Regeneration of body tissues requires waste removal and renewal. Brandreth’s Pills serve as a solvent for disintegration products, boosting elasticity and aiding nature to relieve irritation and obstruction. They address temporary and habitual ailments from biliousness to indigestion and rheumatism. The pills are vegetable, harmless, and safe for use. Red Flag U1 is a pain remedy for rheumatism gout neuralgia and lumbago at 25 cents. Red Flag Oil is advertised at Steiner Bros Drug Store.
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