28 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1884
Page
1
SHAWL LOST It striped shawl in at Market or Patron street. The finder will be returning same to Dow & Albanghe N. Market Street. ASTHAY A white dog with dove colored spots strayed from its owner in this city Saturday. Liberal reward for its return to the Fountain Mille.
Maryland party committees publish four full electoral tickets for the presidential election with eight electors for the state and six for the districts. Congressional candidates listed in each district include Democrats, Republicans, Prohibition, and Greenback-leaning options, with notable figures such as Gideon, Bussum, Shaw, Blair, Cole, Pentz, Findlay, and Odom.
The article describes drying tomatoes as a profitable, long running business in Italy. Vines grow among grape rows, fruit is pressed in cloth bags, pulp dries on cloths or boards, then ground and packed for market. Dried tomato pulp is used for soups and canned products, with significant home use and export potential.
Father Riordan, Catholic missionary of Castle Garden, returned from Ireland aboard the Germanic after months there. He urged curbing pauper emigration and visited most counties, reporting warm reception from bishops. He plans a New York home for Irish immigrants modeled on the German Society, noting Ireland’s misery and a hopeful future with land reform.
The item catalog notes Pennsylvania leads with 3 346 post offices, New York 3 131. It lists 150 banana varieties and jokes about rum from sweet potatoes in Louisiana. It cites national wealth figures and per person amounts, plus mineral and resource mentions across counties. It ends with the ocean’s estimated two million tons of dissolved silver.
A barn near St George owned by J W Loughey burned several nights ago. A later search found a middle aged man’s severely burned body in the ruins and a partially burned hand. Authorities believe two men were inside and one escaped fatally burned.
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