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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1893
Page
5
Special dispatch from Wasmmmeton D C notes fair weather for the next 24 hours. Local notices include Trespass actions, sales, wanted help, millinery, lost memorandum book, and advertisements for goods and services. Various local mentions list stores, bargains, and public notices across multiple firms.
A study in quick notes from Palmetto Fibre adds new machinery for boxes and brushes to be shown at the Weel s Fair. Hympsbhy discusses new ceresis for babies. Carrots and champagne stew show up in food talk. Vegetarian trend noted. A grocery mouse tale ends with a cat trap mishap on North Market Street. Eugene Albaugh debuts a new soda fountain. Chicken pot appears in menus for children. Miss Katie Hoke joins O B Burseker’s confectionery as clerk. Government-printed historical paper received by Dr Bernard Steiner. Over thirty dogs deemed mad are killed near Wrolsville. Butter fetches up to 50 cents a pound in recent market chatter. Thunder storms and suskes predicted. Bir C G A Stultz among Southern Homeopathic College graduates. John Lawrence on a two day fishing trip. William B Stambaugh joins Rice & Eader’s music store.
The Trotting Horse Breeders Association of Maryland and the District of Columbia held a meeting in Baltimore yesterday. Present were Carlos de Garmendia and Benjamin White, with secretary A. A race program proposed by de Garmendia was unanimously accepted.
The article recounts Capt Henry Fleete as the first European to ascend the Potomac past Georgetown to Little Falls, detailing his captivity among the Anacostans, the voyage of the Tiger in 1621, and his later trading exploits. It traces Maryland colonial origins, the Yococomoco post, and Georgetown’s rise linked to the early Potomac trade routes, ending with a public notice on a disorderly conduct fine.
A church evening in Lovelock featured a reception with dolls and a cake table, spelling bee, blackboard exercises, and social entertainment led by Misses Pearl Esder and Mammle Ott. Separately, Col. Sinn's bid for divorce costs Miss Cora Tanner a court fight over alimony as her marriage history is challenged by Tanner’s attorneys. An accident roundup notes a child’s arm fracture and a boy’s near-miss in a horse-drawn wagon incident.
Chas H Butts J F Butts C C Moser A J Horiie and Melvin Sheply of Myersville plan camping along the Potomac during the summer.
Easter week brings churchgoers, fashion, and social rounds as gardens bloom, hats rise, and crowds embrace weddings, dances, and opera season. Mary Jang notes festivals, ladies’ gowns, and the cadence of society events in a lively account of the town’s spring bustle.
The St. Lonia Globe-Democrat notes the total solar eclipse on April 16 will not be visible in the United States but can be seen in South America parts of Southern Europe and Africa. Observers from major nations will attend, with the U.S. represented by two or three groups. Maximum totality is expected near four and a half minutes, longer than average. Hoses for the Aged charity reports six months of service and broad community support, highlighting nonsectarian care and gratitude for Easter offerings. Collectors are touring city and county areas to raise ongoing funds, with out-of-town committee members aiding in fundraising and garden produce donations.
The Alcott Literary Society of the Female High School met bi weekly at 3 o clock. The program featured Recitation Ship on Fire piano solo reading Benedict Arnold's Death Bed vocal solo and a debate on Childhood to the Happiest Period in Life. The negative won the debate and The Robinson Gazette was read with queries for the next meeting.
Yesterdae hotel arrivals list numerous guests including Crrt Horan-Melvin Cromwell J Jordan Cal vin Weaver Jos Lenker W 8 Gunther H T Bust H G Farriah and others from Baltimore Washington D C Gaithersburg Montgomery county and New York. Count shows 9 from the county and 1 from the city.
A charming social event was hosted in Frederick last night by Mesara Win Levy Johnson Dutrow and Thomas Wolfe. The hall featured tasteful decor and palms with Burex's Orchestra providing music. Chaperons included Misses Helen Young Mary Grace Levy Eleanor Potts and Katie Getzendanner. Notable attendees ranged across local families and near towns, with many expressing evident enjoyment and regret at departure time.
General managers meeting in Chicago discussed forming a passenger association for the region. They warned that World’s Fair rates may fall and that reduced one way tickets undermine excursions. They noted big rail lines plan fast trains and expect rate cuts affecting existing agreements and step overs on reduced fares.
Mr Grant Shoemaker of Ladlenburg visits his brother on East Sixth street. Mrs Elizabeth Bantz of Frederick accompanied by her daughter Miss Datay visits Mr Geo W Berry in the city before an extended western trip. Miss Blanche Shriner returns to Fal more to resume Peabody Conservatory music studies.
News notes from Maryland include Arbor Day plans by schools and granges, a fatal accident near Pocomoke City when a tree fell on a colored boy, the Annapolis funeral for Capt. W. C. Spencer, barn-burn prevention moves by Washington county, a dead horse found in Conococheague creek, railway stance on a Lutheran reunion at Pen-Mar, and the Maryland Temperance Alliance set for May 2–4. Also, Krupp gun recovered for shipment to the World’s Fair and a Chesapeake and Potomac agent arrested on a telephone law test. Local ads advertise curtains and poles with new enameled poles.
The State Board for the World's Fair named a colonial committee of ladies and others to inspect rules for a loan toward the colonial exhibit in the Government Bulldog. Members include Mrs William Reed Mrs John Ritchie and several Misses and Mrs. Milner. Mrs John Ritchie added relics to the Frederick county display. Myersville forms a Fisherman's Club with President George D Rowteachan Secretary Isaac Butte and Treasurer George W Moser. The club plans a first trip late April and invites new members via the president. A forthcoming meeting will consider bait usage.
A jumble of local notices advertises pianos and organs sold at Rice and Eaders, baby carriages from Haywood, spring vegetables at A T Kline, musical instruments at Rice and Eader's, and a new store at 14 W Patrick St. Also notices warn gas consumers to pay by the 10th to receive discounts, and various promotions from local merchants and a dental parlor offer.
John Bendrickson advertises rivalling spotted lace ginghams and plaid lace ginghams as top sellers, with Lima cloths and new cotton dress fabrics. He extols durability, colorfastness, and health benefits for children, urging readers to buy wool-oating cloth for summer wear and noting the broad range of stripes and plaids available.
The Skill and Knowledge essential to producing the most perfect laxative remedy have helped the California Fig Syrup Co. gain wide reputation for Syrup of Figs. It is conceded to be the universal laxative and is sold by druggists.
An invoice arrives this morning for Japanese mats direct from a steamer unloading in New York. The shipment adds to the department inventory as it goes on sale.
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