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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1897
Page
8
The Market Gossip column reports a lively fair with strong vegetable displays and brisk purchases. Prices are listed for eggs, beef cuts, pork, poultry, cantaloupes, pumpkins, melons, greens, fruits, and other staples, reflecting a bountiful season and rising demand. The piece notes hot weather earlier in the week and a cautious view toward the harvest, with pumpkin pies highlighted as a seasonal specialty.
Numerous churches schedule Sunday services with pastors and visiting speakers in Middletown and surrounding areas. Harvest services, missionary society meetings, and youth activities fill the weekend when Rev. Darms is away. attendance includes Buckeystown St James and Reformed churches plus Epworth Leagues and Sunday schools.
A collection of short notices and quirky items from local life. Mentions include a Middletown colored public school teacher, Mr. Samuel J. Smits near Myersville, a swing incident injuring a child, and the Potomac bass fishing opening with hopeful catches near Willamaport. Also casual quips about art, umbrellas, and a few whimsical phrases.
A newspaper note outlines bean weighing and pricing with beans valued at 2475 pounds totaling 259 873 dollars. It mentions shipment to Seer pisces and a shipper paying farmers 7 cents per pound for beans and about 60 cents per quart yielding confusion over true per quart costs.
After Corn Ceatting the survey for the idpecayile and Catoctin Electric Railway can be postponed until farmers have exhausted eating corn, allowing a better advantage for the project.
A locals column lists numerous visitors and residents in Liberty, Middletown, Baltimore, Washington, and nearby towns. Names include Miss Violet Richmond, Miss Rachel Norris, Miss Mabel Browning, Mrs. Emma Fosshell, Miss Ada Louch, and many others visiting relatives, attending schools, or returning from trips across Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
On Tuesday next September 14, the 35th anniversary of the 1862 battle of South Mountain will be observed. The Autietan base event followed three days later on September 11 as noted in local timelines.
Letters to The News call for police power to curb obstructive business displays on sidewalks and demand strict enforcement to protect pedestrians. The writer argues three feet of curb space is enough and urges action against violators for public safety and fair passage. A second letter endorses John E R Wood as the Democratic nominee, praising his honesty, experience, and party service to Frederick County voters.
The Braddock Heights dance scheduled for Monday September 13 was postponed to Wednesday September 15. Miss Katherine Goldsborough hosted a bicycle tea in Walkersville attended by many friends. Cyclists rode six miles from Frederick to Walkersville and back, with a pleasant moonlit return trip.
J Roger McSherry, proprietor of Monocacy Water Bennsels, recently relocated fourtean dogs to a new site near the Frederick area, close to the Easton railroad line. He plans to enter his hounds in trials at West Point Mississippi, with his winter litter of six puppies six weeks old and two dogs from Westminster.
Captain Walter Ssanders acting as auctioneer conducted a public sale at the Court House for the Broksburg railroad running from Rocky Ridge to Emualtsburg, a distance of 73 miles. It was sold to a syndicate represented by James A. Elder J B Brazner and Wm A Ames for 29500 dollars.
A county farmer boldly predicts wheat will reach 150 dollars per bushel, basing the claim on rising demand and betting odds. Wheat in the city today was quoted at 98 cents per bushel.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as an unequaled blood purifier that conquers disease and relieves itching sores and ulcers. It claims permanent cures by purifying and enriching the blood and defeating various skin and inflammatory conditions.
Fragmentary text reports on various local individuals medical updates. Mentions include Mrs. Jobe Grehe improving after typhoid four weeks, Mrs. H C Zachariaz improving, and Col D C Winebrewer suffering vertigo then improving by noon. Also references bat sales and prices not coherent with surrounding items.
On Friday at Routers farm Yaoutmort Mr William Lohr was topping a straw stack when a wind gust knocked the top from the stack. He fell about thirty feet suffering broken bones severe bruises and sprains but hopes to work again.
Notice promotes art posters and tournament posters available from Fue News office. It highlights large posters and email posters at low prices with speedy printing and samples for pricing comparison.
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