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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1901
Page
5
A fragmented notice lists events and vendors for an Easter season in town. Mentions public sale actions, new codes for Easter dinner, and social gatherings at venues like City Hotel Buffet and Buffalo. Names include MacGill, Houck, Highbarger, and several local merchants.
A Thursday April 4 wedding at Utica Mills features Mr George F Late and Miss Abe Potman with Rev J A Asper officiating. The couple host a tropical themed reception and various local guests attend. Elizabeth Cover and Charles Gardner wed at York Road with guests from several towns. the couple plans residence in Cascade. Ruth Markey of San Francisco is set to wed Eugene Ashby Carter of Baltimore in a midsummer ceremony. Also covered is a sad note on Ida Dawson and a brief Local Market update with J B W Hargett’s prices for corn, wheat and hay.
Easter Sunday activities fill churches with flowers, choirs, and special programs across the city. St John’s, Grace Reformed, Presbyterian, Evangelical Lutheran, and others present elaborate music, mass, and recitations. several plan communions and Sunday school programs. notices note schedules, choir lists, and special Easter events across multiple congregations.
City election guidance lists Edward A Gittinger Edward A Shepherd John Baum Gardner Elmer Brown Albert W Condon Edward Lease Tromas Mateny John L Michael John Ed Schell George H Zimmerman detail precincts party affiliations and ballot instructions for April 16 voter marks must select one candidate per race avoid double marks and more than five aldermen candidates to prevent ballot invalidation
Local notices list an Easter social at Kemp Hall on Tuesday at 7 30 p m with admission price for refreshments and program. A rink sale features walnut marble top bedroom suits a wardrobe and a new bath tub. Various ads promote optical services clothing millinery groceries livery stables and fruit stands with Easter sales and deliveries in Frederick Md.
The article reports a spirited vote on adopting a time limit for pastorates, which failed by nine votes. It notes Rev Dr Todd will visit Baltimore around April 20 and arrive about May 1, with related church arrangements. Also covered are confirmations at Evangelical Lutheran church, pastor changes, salary and parsonage plans, and Easter services across several congregations.
John A. Kraus of Auburn N Y follows a lent diet of a pint of peanuts and a glass of milk daily. He reports gaining eight pounds since Lent began and says he feels better than ever. He buys shelled peanuts hot from a street vendor for 25 cents a week with 7 cents for milk, total 42 cents. A quarry accident injures Henry Holland, about 60, buried under earth but rescued and treated. A Postal Telegraph crew advances eight new wires through the county.
The column lists residents and guests visiting Frederick and nearby towns. Names include Miss Mary Butler visiting East Second street, Miss Anders in Washington, Miss Ramsburg in Philadelphia, Miss De Garmendia in Baltimore, Mr. Clifford Frazier in Washington, Miss Virginia Motter from Taneytown, Mr. and Mrs. Grayson Urner in Frederick, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Carty in Baltimore and Washington, Miss Grace Getzendanner visiting Columbia, Miss M Imogene Dorsey in Baltimore, Mrs. Edward O Lease in Kee dynville, Misses Margaret and Katharine Weiner bound for Gettysburg, Paul Urner at Cornell, Charles Dechant visiting from Collegeville, and other Easter holiday plans involving Lucie Ramsburg and East Third street.
Mr. Charles D. Doll showcases a wide array of dishes in the east window of his cafe. The display includes squabs, chickens, lobsters, shad roe, raccoon, beefsteaks, lamb legs, oysters, clams, strawberries, vanishes, onions, and lettuce.
Hotel offers a seasonal special dinner with hot frankfurters potato salad and side dishes. Yingling serves devil crabs and oyster soup with chowder and Easter eggs featured. Also available are New Code of Ordinances copies for $1 at the City Register's office.
A Baltimore medium conducted a spiritualistic seance attended by several prominent local men who are now discussing the remarkable manifestations and whether the medium's prophecies will be fulfilled.
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