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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1893
Page
6
The piece traces the word picnic from a 17th century practice of guests bringing dishes, notes a Charles I birthday gathering, and lists colorful nicknames of notable men. It surveys physiognomy ideas, Paradise notions from Arctic and Pacific views, German medlar trees, and a spoof of woodland heroes, ending with a medicinal advertisement for a cough remedy.
Consul reports Belgium has nine provinces each with distinct roads and bridges. Gravel over stone offers quieter, durable travel. well-graded, regularly sized stones are quickly laid and replaced. Roads rival railways with heavy loads hauled from Liege to Brussels and Antwerp. large draft horses needed for American equivalents.
Consul Roosevelt details pavement types, costs, and durations for Belgian roads. Porphyry and sandstone durability cited. per square yard prices listed. Road widths, curb sizes, and maintenance costs described with emphasis on efficient drainage and repair practices.
The fragment outlines essential repair supervision aims to prevent errors and ensure adherence to team directives. It mentions two people, a united effort, and references various identifiers like SOATF and Nevis without clear context. The text remains vague and scattered across multiple phrases.
A local reader extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for treating cholera morbus symptoms such as sickness and diarrhea. The writer emphasizes keeping the remedy at home and notes it is sold by Garrett and Pearre in Frederick. Also mentions Beecoom’s Pills curing sick headache.
A humorous exchange in a bustling diner captures women lamenting men’s stubbornness while sharing small scandals about shopping and saving. The talk covers gloves, capes, lost pocketbooks, and economy, with neighbors swapping tales of marital frugality and misadventures.
A long profile outlines George Mortimer Pullman and the town he built at Pullman, Chicago. It describes its streets, landmarks, and social enterprise, notes his early career and the Pullman cars, and praises the monumental social and industrial system surrounding the enterprise. It also includes miscellaneous vignettes on famous figures and society notes.
The Journal of Commerce veteran editor David M. Stone, age 75, retires after four decades without vacation. He wrote every article by hand for 12 months and over 300 editorials yearly, reflecting on a career spanning religion politics and finance. The paper, once scandalously attacked, has risen to a $1 million valuation.
In a wallingford anecdote a church warden notes a bishop inquiry about preaching and carriage. Other quips mock patent medicines and gullible cures, illustrating humor of misread words and the era’s belief in pills and tonics.
Advertisement offers Mayers' Magnetic Catarrh Cure for catarrh hay fever and similar ailments. It promises a three month treatment per bottle with a money back guarantee if no cure. Sold by druggists nationwide with Oakland Maryland address for orders.
In childhood days severe sickness stands out. A young mother recalls Cham berlain's Cough Remedy cured her of croup and she gives it to her own child each spring with good results. For sale by Garrett & Peatre Frederick. Say you saw it in The News.
A pedestrian and companion watch a thimble game where a madcap bets wagers on finding a pea under a thimble. The expert bets crown and double or quits, each time the pea is found. The third bet ends in the same outcome as the others, and the winner departs with the spoils. Also an ad for Chamberlain's Pain Salve and Garrett & Pearre’s 50 cent bottles.
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