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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1889
Page
3
Notices urge timely receipt of ads for tomorrow's issue with cash in advance policy and evening display deadlines. Rates shown for transient advertising, legal notices, and yearly or monthly installments, with payment schedules and posting rules.
Saturday notices inform subscribers to pay by the fifteenth and that bills will be collected Monday on routes. It notes the Charities and Corrections commissioners will review proposals for Montevue Hospital and jail contracts from Oct 1, 1889 to Jan 1, 1890. It also mentions local weather forecasts and upcoming public sales of wrecked bridge materials across several farms and lands on specified dates.
Countywide Republican primaries were held this afternoon and evening to elect delegates for the county convention on Saturday. A list of delegates from the twenty one districts will be published in The News on Monday. Mechanicstown briefs note an organ builder from Reading repaired the local valve organ, a strange tomato worm incident, and upcoming lectures by Rev B W Shields and Rev Jne H Barb regarding travels and vacations.
Correspondent visits Niagara Falls during a September trip from Ohio. The piece details the American and Canadian sides, Cascade, Goat Island, suspension and Cantilever bridges, Prospect and Victoria Jubilee parks, and views from the Canadian incline. The Lunar Bow over the falls is highlighted as the greatest sight.
The audience filled the City Opera House last night for Only a Farmer's Daughter. Adelaide Cherie impresses as the lead, with F Gordon Meade as Sammy Green and Beatrice Tugraham as his wife earning laughs. Emma Richards and Mansper Dadisman receive praise for the troupe.
Carroll county public schools will open on Monday next. Several local residents were seen at Keefer's Creek yesterday afternoon, where three bushels of rice fish were caught. An annual inspection tour will be conducted in Urbana today and Monday by 8.T. Dixon, Standard Keeper of Weights and Measures.
Scholastic notes report Gateh will reopen his school on Monday at his residence on Bee cord street, aiming to form a place of instruction for young ladies in English Latin and French. Maryland institute for Deaf ard Damb will resume the fall session next week. Two more victims in coal oil fires involve a granddaughter of Rev. Henry Williams who attempted to start a coal oil fire, the vessel exploded, she burned slightly, and her grandfather was severely burned while rescuing her.
A Mechanics town observer argues for a Gettysburg to Washington short line via Emmitsburg Mechanicstown and Frederick City. He praises scenic plateaus Blue Ridges fertile Maryland valleys and proposes touristic value along with iron ore beds peach regions and tobacco belts. The writer claims the route mirrors Civil War army movements and urges survey to confirm the route’s appeal and viability.
A Maryland reader challenges a newspaper alias “Citizen” over a harsh critique of a legal case in Adams County. The author defends the judiciary and recounts the Frank McAbee trial, highlighting habeas corpus issues, magistrates, and witness testimony as evidence of flawed process.
A damp market morning yields a bustling scene with buyers and sellers, cheap wares and a few quirky anecdotes. Prices for fruit and vegetables fluctuate, with peaches, pears and grapes described as waning in quality or quantity. Butter eggs and local goods appear, while a few humorous incidents unfold, including a jawing remark about market finance and a minor theft of a brush.
The Salem Land and Improvement Company bought the Simmons and Logan farm of 900 acres near Salem in Roanoke County for 75000 dollars. A Northern syndicate is expected around October 1 to pursue a 200000 dollar furnace project at the site.
In our Car Pet Department we stock a range of door mats suitable for winter weather. The collection includes galvanized steel wire mats noted for wear and weather resistance, old reliable rubber mats of top quality, and standard cocoa mats in plain and fancy styles. Prices are affordable and within reach.
A queer looking genius appeared at Shepherdstown West Virginia this week claiming orders from Washington to take charge of an office. He said he was a mail carrier from Morgan County and thought Martinsburg unsafe for inspection. He wept when told he was not in Martinsburg and was sent home by Justice Rene.
A fragmented report describes alleged danger from a product named King Ack ers Baby Soother marketed by Bold bin J. a. Wilianson druggist. Mothers express concern over harmful effects on children amid unclear details of the device.
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