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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1911
Page
5
Entries note the birth of David Rittenhouse in 1732 and the 1796 death of scientist Er. John Johnson, with 1846 birth of actress Belena Modjeska and 1907 death of Rev. Er. John Johnson. An astronomical brief lists sunset and sunrise times and Mercury visibility in the western sky.
A fragmented notice lists consolidations and associations including solidated Sales Co and Jockey Club connected to Hospital Assn as Company A. Names such as Shipley, Wertheimer Rosenour & Sons, Haller Etchison Cline appear amid the era business references.
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Mrs Sparks of New Jersey national WCTU lecturer and organizer will address Buckeystown M P church tomorrow morning during Rev L F Warner's absence. She will speak at Lime Kiln church at 3 pm and lead prayer and praise in Buckeystown that evening. Next Tuesday she will address a mothers meeting in Middletown U B church and at 7 30 pm report temperance work for the WCTU.
The woodwork of Dr. Franklin B. Smith on Court and Council streets has been repainted. John Young of McMurray street shows a freak chicken with a crooked spine and ten toes. A. H. Harrington’s property on West Fifth street gains a new fence. Mrs. J. Jacob Lambert’s canary on West Third street died Thursday night at sixteen, a loss to the family.
Additional figures from the 1910 Census reported for Frederick County reveal overall growth in incorporated towns, with New Market losing 40 residents and Burkittsville down by one. Counties and towns listed include Brunswick Mt Airy Walkersville and many in adjoining counties, with Frederick City and Middletown among larger populations.
Sammy Peaster received word from Peter Cassidy manager of the Wilmington Del team of the Tri State League to report Monday. Peaster signed a contract to play with the team and will be tried out for a permanent backstop position over the next weeks. He is a fast, heady player who uses the willow well and has been a mainstay on the Frederick team. He has also worked with Hagerstown and other Northern clubs. A Pleasing Easter Gift box of Quality Chocotes is sold at HARNDR'S.
Edward Snurr appeared before Judge Motier on a bench warrant. He was previously tried in September 1909 for assaulting his wife and had sentence suspended. He must pay $3 weekly for family support or face another charge. brought to Frederick by Deputy Lanner. Cora King, committed to the Female House of Refuge in Baltimore, was ordered by Judge Motter to be placed in custody of her Frederick stepmother. represented by Reno S. Harp. Frederick Electric Co. manager M. Turley has rented offices in the Central Bank building to engage in engineering and contracting.
Grace Irene Mathias 27 9 27 died at her Waynesboro home after nervous prostration following a severe cold. Linotype operator for years, she was daughter of J A P Mathias and Marcella J Koons Mathias and survived by parents a sister Mrs Wm L Simmons and brothers Lester J J Bernard and Harry K. funeral at Trinity Reformed church then Creagerstown.
The Frederick Art Club met Thursday evening April 6 with Miss Tillinghast chairing and Miss Doubleday presenting plans for the Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Baltimore April 26 to 28. Grace Elyon Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, born 1759 in Marbach Germany, was discussed along with two shorter papers by Edith Markey on Jean Paul and Heinrich Heine.
Mrs. F F Smith received photographs of a ring given to Capt James Neale by Queen Henrietta Maria after Charles I’s execution. The images, taken for the Jamestown Exposition, came from Maryland historian Mrs Hooter Dorsey Richardson and are now with a Maryland descendant. The lineage includes Dr W Meredith Smith and several Frederick residents.
Receivers Milard Shafer and John S. Newman report 660 claims totaling over 210000 filed since April 1 and gain an extension to April 20. Depositors' claims vary from a few dollars to thousands. total liabilities listed at 234161.33 with assets and overdrafts detailing a projected 50 cent recovery to depositors.
The Maplesville Cornet Band will give a three act comedy titled Girls from L Triangle Ranch at Middle Town tonight with concerts at 4 and 7 pm. Specialties will be performed between acts and proceeds go to the band.
Local shop listing offers numerous small items and prices including toilet paper 25 cents per roll, 50 envelopes, 25 cent paper and stationery sets, Easter postals, talking machines in first class condition, 7 450 composition books, ink, pencils, shelf paper in colors, tacks, garden trowels, standard patterns, fashion sheets, antiseptic cups, baseball bats, and new books. Window displays promote home beautification with 190 rolls of china and Japanese majing received this morning.
A jumble of discount items from Shipley's Saturday Bargains including toilet paper 25¢, silk ties, broom 25¢, onion sets 5¢ quart, yard goods and kitchenware. Also real estate ads for Dr. Baltzell property, sale of men shorts and shirts 39¢, 39¢ pants, 50¢–$1.50 ranges, and a roller skate. Local notices include Frederick City Hospital board meeting April 11 at 2:30, J. Clark Devilbiss grocery, fruit tree listings, and Gem Dining Parlors clarification on operation with meals priced 20–30¢. Also Y., M. C. A. cafe delivery and gas bill discounts reminders.
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