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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1889
Page
3
Announcements for tomorrow’s paper must reach the office early for display. Rates are listed for local notices and ads. Advertisers with running accounts will be billed on the first of the month. yearly running ads are charged on specified dates.
Baltimore championship games set between Baltimore and Cincinnati and Kansas City later in September. Cumberland Valley Railroad carried forty thousand people with no accidents. St John's Bene ficial Society to aid centennial archdiocese celebration in Baltimore November. Frederick county Prohibition Mass Convention to nominate county officers with a stereopticon lecture on alcohol. Crown grain drill wins first at Rockville Fair for third year. Boonsboro personials note local schools and visitors. Morgan's Grove Maryland Day event draws large crowd. baseball between Boonsboro and Sheptown. Prizes awarded for babies at fair with local names listed.
The column tracks a rainy morning market with Dutch produce, meats, and eggs selling briskly though some items show weaker quality. Prices for spring chickens, butter, peaches, grapes, watermelons, tomatoes, cabbage, and other fresh goods are given, along with Baltimore figures for onions, apples, cucumbers, and more, reflecting steady demand and seasonal shifts.
The piece extols progress in modern remedies and lauds Syrup of Figs as the perfect laxative and gentle diuretic. It emphasizes ease of use, palatability, and healthy effects as key virtues.
A jumble of items from Frederick shows cultural notes and sales. Teachers guide and stove shipment arrive. falls in a manufacturer election. various church services listed across many denominations with times and dedications. A 600 bushel potato shipment and several land deeds are noted amid health ads and a diphtheria tally.
Franklin Jackson of Araby claims to own a pig born with a single eye and a trunk like an elephant. The unusual animal draws attention as a notable local curiosity.
State politics show nominations for clerk H F Lankford sheriff C T Beauchamp and county commissioners John Sterling Joseph Redding George R Revell for the county. House delegates A Lincoln Dryden Wim E Ford George A Somers delegates Stephen G Waters Littleton T Dryden L B P Dennis and Samuel Wilson. Resolutions condemn bribery at elections. Prohibition effort pushed by John W Angel to form a party ticket in Carroll county. Montgomery County Orphans Court vacancy filling discussed with several candidates named. Democratic precincts held with county ticket to be named. sheriff race dominated by S Carr Wicker John T Lineh Jonathan W Dorsey and Hills B Davider. rumor of Ex-sheriff George A Skow Stauchester as potential candidate.
An old issue containing a Political Examiner and Public Advertiser from October 5, 1814 is described, mentioning letters about the bombardment of Fort McHenry and Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. A separate fire near Berrs ville Virginia destroyed a barn, threshing gear, and hay valued around 23,000 with no insurance, as horses were rescued.
The Steamer Columbia will run a Wednesday excursion from Pier No. 10 Light Street at 2 pm to Annapolis and the Naval Academy, returning at 7 pm. Tickets fifty cents, with music and dancing on board, and a view of Fort Bic Heary and warships. The trip touted as a popular season bargain alongside B&O rail rates.
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