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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1895
Page
8
A collage of small town notes across Harmony and neighboring communities. Beans rain and crops, school openings, visitors, birthdays, and local doings mingle with brief weather remarks and minor incidents as residents recount life in Septembr.
Saturday last and a festival at night drew large crowds while a Friday rain washed roads in spots. Preaching at Mathias Luthern church drew a crowded 8 pm service with Rev Keley. Farmers prepare for seeding as some cut corn. Weather remains pleasant. Basil Shipley builds a new barn. Frank Dorsey also cutting Amber for a barn. Abbie McKinney and Nettle Eckers return from Bridgewater Normal School after three weeks. School opens with Milton Anthony as teacher. Revival meetings progress at Southern Methodist church with three conversions. Banneta’s Creek Church hosts a similar effort. Principal B K Pordum resigns. a State Normal School graduate teaches temporarily. Epworth League visits Bethesda. Upcoming Sunday school entertainment at Bethel M P Church. Alonso Anderson builds a nearly complete home at West Accidents reported by Liberty Banswer: Robert Ronzer fractures his leg. Artie Kemp breaks his collarbone. Stuart McAlister’s buggy crash near Liberty ends with bruises. The runaway horse, once from Liberty picnic, caused gear damage and near-drowning moments. McAlister escapes with minor injuries.
Fragmented ad style text cites Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion headaches and liver symptoms. Claims long reputation and broad efficacy for nerves, sleep, appetite, and general invalids with various ailments. Mentions sales by Etchison Bull Great and Unaeasi Offer and Albert L. Puarrre with building address.
The article extols home canning and tomato preparations for winter. It notes fragrant kitchens, peaches, grapes, and onions, plus methods for preserving tomatoes in jellies, sauces, and pickles. A light history recounts the tomato once feared as poison, dubbed the love apple, and finally embraced as a staple.
Reports from Maryland New York and other regions indicate a larger than usual apple crop. Prices have already declined with current buys around 1.50 per barrel, while earlier seasons saw 2 to 6 dollars or more for quality fruit. Experts caution that harvest outcomes may still alter forecasts and prices.
The 1903 Pennsylvania Congress act authorized 16 observation towers on Gettysburg battlefields to view army movements. Four initial wrought iron towers, 60 and 73 feet, were contracted to Structural Iron Erecting Co of Baltimore, with two on Round Top and two near the Confederate line. Remaining towers to be decided after evaluating the first phase. Fire killed family tragedy in Cincinnati as Melvin Willian fatally shot his 3 year old son while attempting to murder his wife.
Brown's iron and Bitters has for over twenty years cured dyspepsia bile and liver troubles. The advertisement extols the remedy as a powerful strength giver using selected vegetables, noting it benefits women and children by making them strong and rosy.
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